Lauren E O’Connor

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Lauren E O’Connor is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lauren E O’Connor has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Lauren E O’Connor's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (30 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (19 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (15 papers). Lauren E O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (30 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (19 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (15 papers). Lauren E O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Lauren E O’Connor's co-authors include W. W. Campbell, Jung Eun Kim, Kirsten Herrick, Maribeth Slebodnik, Laura P. Sands, Eurídice Martínez Steele, Dennis A. Savaiano, Onikia Brown, Lu Wang and Fang Fang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Lauren E O’Connor

50 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018

2021 242 citations Eurídice Martínez Steele, Lauren E O’Connor et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lauren E O’Connor United States	18	928	467	206	182	139	55	1.4k
Heli Tapanainen Finland	27	927 1.0×	553 1.2×	168 0.8×	417 2.3×	120 0.9×	77	2.2k
Michael J. Orlich United States	16	786 0.8×	554 1.2×	629 3.1×	139 0.8×	148 1.1×	25	1.5k
Patrick Mullie Belgium	22	965 1.0×	507 1.1×	472 2.3×	265 1.5×	90 0.6×	51	2.1k
Roman Pawlak United States	18	466 0.5×	297 0.6×	345 1.7×	282 1.5×	80 0.6×	55	1.4k
Manuela Neuenschwander Germany	16	714 0.8×	610 1.3×	158 0.8×	176 1.0×	158 1.1×	25	1.7k
Willem De Keyzer Belgium	21	1.2k 1.3×	560 1.2×	339 1.6×	383 2.1×	91 0.7×	39	1.9k
Terry Butler United States	13	578 0.6×	454 1.0×	405 2.0×	80 0.4×	85 0.6×	22	1.2k
Courtney R. Davis Australia	16	992 1.1×	721 1.5×	94 0.5×	227 1.2×	180 1.3×	37	1.6k
Magdalena Rosell Sweden	19	727 0.8×	748 1.6×	385 1.9×	622 3.4×	206 1.5×	32	1.9k
Breige McNulty Ireland	28	993 1.1×	416 0.9×	113 0.5×	507 2.8×	333 2.4×	147	2.0k

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O’Connor, Lauren E, Maureen K Spill, Arin A. Balalian, et al.. (2025). Assessment of arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances concentrations in human milk and infant formula in the United States: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 122(4). 1006–1026.

Abar, Leila, Sang‐Kyu Lee, Lisa Kahle, et al.. (2025). Identification and validation of poly-metabolite scores for diets high in ultra-processed food: An observational study and post-hoc randomized controlled crossover-feeding trial. PLoS Medicine. 22(5). e1004560–e1004560. 2 indexed citations

O’Connor, Lauren E, et al.. (2025). Seafood and Neurocognitive Development in Children: A Systematic Review. Advances in Nutrition. 16(4). 100391–100391. 2 indexed citations

O’Connor, Lauren E, Maureen K Spill, Rupal Trivedi, et al.. (2025). Mercury exposure and childhood outcomes: An overview of systematic reviews. Environmental Research. 274. 121196–121196. 1 indexed citations

O’Connor, Lauren E, et al.. (2025). Seafood During Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Neurocognitive Development: A Systematic Review. Advances in Nutrition. 16(5). 100414–100414.

Saha, Sanjoy, et al.. (2024). Relationship Between Seafood Intake During Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Neurocognitive Development: A Systematic Review. Current Developments in Nutrition. 8. 102277–102277. 4 indexed citations

Trumbo, Paula R., Jessica K. Campbell, Eric A. Decker, et al.. (2024). Toward a science-based classification of processed foods to support meaningful research and effective health policies. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1389601–1389601. 14 indexed citations

O’Connor, Lauren E, et al.. (2023). Chlorpyrifos fate in the Arctic: Importance of analyte structure in interactions with Arctic dissolved organic matter. Water Research. 242. 120154–120154. 7 indexed citations

O’Connor, Lauren E, Kevin D. Hall, Kirsten Herrick, et al.. (2023). Metabolomic Profiling of an Ultraprocessed Dietary Pattern in a Domiciled Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Trial. Journal of Nutrition. 153(8). 2181–2192. 18 indexed citations

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Shams‐White, Marissa, Lauren E O’Connor, Sydney O’Connor, & Kirsten Herrick. (2022). Development of the Sleep Module for the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour (ASA24) Dietary Assessment Tool: New Research Opportunities. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 122(11). 2017–2022. 5 indexed citations

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Wambogo, Edwina, Lauren E O’Connor, Marissa Shams‐White, Kirsten Herrick, & Jill Reedy. (2022). Top sources and trends in consumption of total energy and energy from solid fats and added sugars among youth aged 2–18 years: United States 2009–2018. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(6). 1779–1789. 4 indexed citations

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Steele, Eurídice Martínez, Lauren E O’Connor, Filippa Juul, et al.. (2022). Identifying and Estimating Ultraprocessed Food Intake in the US NHANES According to the Nova Classification System of Food Processing. Journal of Nutrition. 153(1). 225–241. 70 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, et al.. (2022). Plant- and Animal-Based Protein-Rich Foods and Cardiovascular Health. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 24(4). 197–213. 18 indexed citations

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Ileş, Irina A., Arielle S. Gillman, Lauren E O’Connor, Rebecca A. Ferrer, & William M. P. Klein. (2022). Understanding responses to different types of conflicting information about cancer prevention. Social Science & Medicine. 311. 115292–115292. 7 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Sridevi, Lauren E O’Connor, Yu Wang, et al.. (2021). Adopting a Mediterranean-style eating pattern with low, but not moderate, unprocessed, lean red meat intake reduces fasting serum trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) in adults who are overweight or obese. British Journal Of Nutrition. 128(9). 1738–1746. 17 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Lauren E, Jaime Gahche, Kirsten Herrick, et al.. (2021). Nonfood Prebiotic, Probiotic, and Synbiotic Use Has Increased in US Adults and Children From 1999 to 2018. Gastroenterology. 161(2). 476–486.e3. 37 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Lauren E, Edwina Wambogo, Kirsten Herrick, Ruth Parsons, & Jill Reedy. (2021). A Standardized Assessment of Processed Red Meat and Processed Poultry Intake in the US Population Aged ≥2 Years Using NHANES. Journal of Nutrition. 152(1). 190–199. 14 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Lauren E, et al.. (2020). Effects of Total Red Meat Intake on Glycemic Control and Inflammatory Biomarkers: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Advances in Nutrition. 12(1). 115–127. 35 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Lauren E, et al.. (2019). Dietary Meat Categories and Descriptions in Chronic Disease Research Are Substantively Different within and between Experimental and Observational Studies: A Systematic Review and Landscape Analysis. Advances in Nutrition. 11(1). 41–51. 26 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Lauren E, Douglas Paddon‐Jones, Amy Wright, & W. W. Campbell. (2018). A Mediterranean-style eating pattern with lean, unprocessed red meat has cardiometabolic benefits for adults who are overweight or obese in a randomized, crossover, controlled feeding trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 108(1). 33–40. 59 indexed citations

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