Laura N. Anderson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Laura N. Anderson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura N. Anderson has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 33 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Laura N. Anderson's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (43 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (24 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Laura N. Anderson is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (43 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (24 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Laura N. Anderson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Laura N. Anderson's co-authors include Michelle Cotterchio, Catherine S. Birken, Julia A. Knight, Jonathon L. Maguire, Patricia C. Parkin, Steven Gallinger, Vanessa De Rubeis, Lauren E. Griffith, Gerald Lebovic and Sarah Carsley and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Laura N. Anderson

110 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Obesity and weight change during the COVID‐19 pandemic in... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Obesity and weight change during the COVID‐19 pandemic in children and adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
    2023 83 citations Laura N. Anderson, Vanessa De Rubeis et al. Obesity Reviews profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura N. Anderson Canada 24 766 344 326 295 264 123 2.0k
Caitlyn A Senger United States 24 849 1.1× 431 1.3× 174 0.5× 348 1.2× 366 1.4× 49 3.2k
Rebecca J. Mullan United States 21 571 0.7× 120 0.3× 555 1.7× 222 0.8× 427 1.6× 25 3.4k
Marit L. Bovbjerg United States 23 483 0.6× 376 1.1× 121 0.4× 234 0.8× 204 0.8× 84 2.2k
Hazreen Abdul Majid Malaysia 25 576 0.8× 199 0.6× 97 0.3× 528 1.8× 440 1.7× 116 2.2k
Martín Lajous Mexico 30 1.1k 1.4× 138 0.4× 133 0.4× 567 1.9× 173 0.7× 140 2.8k
Elke Raum Germany 33 335 0.4× 178 0.5× 679 2.1× 353 1.2× 247 0.9× 57 2.4k
Junxiu Liu United States 26 1.2k 1.6× 165 0.5× 102 0.3× 325 1.1× 446 1.7× 82 2.4k
Sarina Schrager United States 20 404 0.5× 113 0.3× 252 0.8× 134 0.5× 221 0.8× 92 1.4k
Rakibul M. Islam Australia 27 459 0.6× 209 0.6× 135 0.4× 97 0.3× 193 0.7× 123 2.4k
Kenneth Adams United States 21 1.0k 1.3× 256 0.7× 247 0.8× 952 3.2× 253 1.0× 33 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura N. Anderson

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All Works

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Anderson, Laura N. & Alia Martin. (2023). What you really want: Two‐year‐olds prioritise ultimate goals when helping. Social Development. 32(3). 1009–1022. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Laura N., et al.. (2023). Obesity and weight change during the COVID‐19 pandemic in children and adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 24(5). e13550–e13550. 83 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kirkpatrick, Sharon I., Brendan T. Smith, Charles Keown‐Stoneman, et al.. (2023). Validation of a parent proxy-reported beverage screener compared to a 24-hour dietary recall for the measurement of sugar-containing beverage intake among young children. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0288768–e0288768. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Laura N., et al.. (2022). Income precarity and child and parent weight change during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis of the Ontario Parent Survey. BMJ Open. 12(12). e063653–e063653. 2 indexed citations
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Keown‐Stoneman, Charles, Jonathon L. Maguire, Deborah L. O’Connor, et al.. (2022). Maternal BMI in the preconception period, and association with child zBMI growth rates. Pediatric Obesity. 18(4). e12999–e12999. 3 indexed citations
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Kamali, Mahdis, Jordan Edwards, Laura N. Anderson, Eric Duku, & Katholiki Georgiades. (2022). Social Disparities in Mental Health Service Use Among Children and Youth in Ontario: Evidence From a General, Population-Based Survey. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 68(8). 596–604. 11 indexed citations
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Rubeis, Vanessa De, Jinhee Lee, Saman Iftikhar, et al.. (2021). Impact of disasters, including pandemics, on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life-course: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 11(5). e047152–e047152. 33 indexed citations
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Keown‐Stoneman, Charles, Susitha Wanigaratne, Shelley Vanderhout, et al.. (2021). The social determinants of health as predictors of adherence to public health preventive measures among parents and young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(4). 552–565. 8 indexed citations
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Vanderloo, Leigh M., Charles Keown‐Stoneman, Patricia C. Parkin, et al.. (2020). Association of screen time and cardiometabolic risk in school-aged children. Preventive Medicine Reports. 20. 101183–101183. 11 indexed citations
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Costa, Andrew P., et al.. (2020). Perspective: Big Data and Machine Learning Could Help Advance Nutritional Epidemiology. Advances in Nutrition. 12(3). 621–631. 63 indexed citations
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Rubeis, Vanessa De, Jinhee Lee, Saman Iftikhar, et al.. (2020). Impact of disasters, including pandemics, on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life-course: A systematic review. medRxiv. 2 indexed citations
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Anderson, Laura N., et al.. (2017). Severe Obesity, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children 0 to 6 Years of Age. Childhood Obesity. 13(5). 415–424. 12 indexed citations
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Plumptre, Lesley, Laura N. Anderson, Yang Chen, et al.. (2017). Longitudinal Analysis of Sleep Duration and Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Children. Childhood Obesity. 13(4). 291–299. 20 indexed citations
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DeGroot, Julie, Laura N. Anderson, Yang Chen, et al.. (2015). Mandatory labeling requirements and over-the-counter cough and cold medication use in early childhood. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 106(8). e477–e482. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Laura N., Michelle Cotterchio, Julia A. Knight, et al.. (2013). Genetic Variants in Vitamin D Pathway Genes and Risk of Pancreas Cancer; Results from a Population-Based Case-Control Study in Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66768–e66768. 40 indexed citations
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Boucher, Beatrice A., Michelle Cotterchio, Laura N. Anderson, et al.. (2012). Use of isoflavone supplements is associated with reduced postmenopausal breast cancer risk. International Journal of Cancer. 132(6). 1439–1450. 31 indexed citations

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