Leah M. Ferrucci

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Leah M. Ferrucci is a scholar working on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah M. Ferrucci has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Oncology, 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 24 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Leah M. Ferrucci's work include Cancer Risks and Factors (19 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (19 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (17 papers). Leah M. Ferrucci is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Risks and Factors (19 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (19 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (17 papers). Leah M. Ferrucci collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and India. Leah M. Ferrucci's co-authors include Jack M. Guralnik, David B. Hogan, S Hummel, Christina Wolfson, Howard Bergman, Sathya Karunananthan, Brenda Cartmel, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Michelle Shardell and Rashmi Sinha and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Leah M. Ferrucci

83 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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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.

Frailty: An Emerging Research and Clinical Paradigm--Issues and Controversies

2007 863 citations Leah M. Ferrucci, Jack M. Guralnik et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness

2014 410 citations Jack M. Guralnik, Leah M. Ferrucci et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leah M. Ferrucci United States	32	2.1k	1.4k	732	669	478	83	4.6k
Suzanne C. Ho Hong Kong	36	1.2k 0.5×	617 0.5×	907 1.2×	356 0.5×	340 0.7×	97	4.5k
Ben Schöttker Germany	45	1.4k 0.7×	946 0.7×	745 1.0×	558 0.8×	524 1.1×	232	6.9k
Ming Yang China	36	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	246 0.3×	230 0.3×	177 0.4×	156	4.0k
Katsuya Iijima Japan	45	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	386 0.5×	190 0.3×	207 0.4×	190	6.8k
Marianna Noale Italy	38	785 0.4×	556 0.4×	580 0.8×	181 0.3×	269 0.6×	158	3.9k
Carol Armour Australia	46	3.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	302 0.4×	184 0.3×	363 0.8×	225	6.6k
Mohsen Mazidi United Kingdom	43	1.9k 0.9×	492 0.4×	1.4k 1.9×	293 0.4×	285 0.6×	200	6.0k
Qiukui Hao China	33	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	309 0.4×	100 0.1×	286 0.6×	133	4.2k
Elisabeth Isenring Australia	40	4.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	682 0.9×	876 1.3×	70 0.1×	186	6.0k
Sandra Capra Australia	32	3.8k 1.8×	1.2k 0.9×	906 1.2×	742 1.1×	66 0.1×	129	5.9k

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Hull, Sarah C., Reed Mszar, Robert J. Ostfeld, et al.. (2025). Diet and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer. JACC CardioOncology. 7(6). 649–667. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Seohyuk, Mariya Rozenblit, Kim Blenman, et al.. (2025). Accelerated Aging in Cancer and Cancer Treatment: Current Status of Biomarkers. Cancer Medicine. 14(9). e70929–e70929. 2 indexed citations

Ferrucci, Leah M., Maura Harrigan, Courtney McGowan, et al.. (2024). Improving lifestyle behaviors during chemotherapy for breast cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis (LEANer) Trial. Cancer. 130(14). 2440–2452. 6 indexed citations

Irwin, Melinda L., et al.. (2024). United States Long-Term Trends in Adult BMI (1959–2018): Unraveling the Roots of the Obesity Epidemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(1). 73–73. 5 indexed citations

Cao, Anlan, Denise Esserman, Brenda Cartmel, Melinda L. Irwin, & Leah M. Ferrucci. (2024). Association between diet quality and ovarian cancer risk and survival. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 116(7). 1095–1104. 6 indexed citations

Pichardo, Margaret S., Leah M. Ferrucci, Yamilé Molina, Denise Esserman, & Melinda L. Irwin. (2023). Structural Racism, Lifestyle Behaviors, and Obesity-related Cancers among Black and Hispanic/Latino Adults in the United States: A Narrative Review. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(11). 1498–1507. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Anlan, Brenda Cartmel, Fangyong Li, et al.. (2023). Effect of Exercise on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Among Patients Treated for Ovarian Cancer. JAMA Network Open. 6(8). e2326463–e2326463. 16 indexed citations

Sanft, Tara, Maura Harrigan, Courtney McGowan, et al.. (2023). Randomized Trial of Exercise and Nutrition on Chemotherapy Completion and Pathologic Complete Response in Women With Breast Cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(34). 5285–5295. 46 indexed citations

Akingbesote, Ngozi D., Brenda Cartmel, Leah M. Ferrucci, et al.. (2023). A review of the impact of energy balance on triple-negative breast cancer. JNCI Monographs. 2023(61). 104–124. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Anlan, Leah M. Ferrucci, Bette J. Caan, & Melinda L. Irwin. (2022). Effect of Exercise on Sarcopenia among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review. Cancers. 14(3). 786–786. 23 indexed citations

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Cao, Anlan, Brenda Cartmel, Fangyong Li, et al.. (2022). Effect of exercise on body composition among women with ovarian cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 17(5). 1386–1396. 8 indexed citations

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Ferrucci, Leah M., et al.. (2017). Cross-sectional assessment of ultraviolet radiation–related behaviors among young people after a diagnosis of melanoma or basal cell carcinoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 79(1). 149–152. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanchang, Brenda Cartmel, Annette M. Molinaro, et al.. (2016). Body mass index, height and early-onset basal cell carcinoma in a case-control study. Cancer Epidemiology. 46. 66–72. 7 indexed citations

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Berlin, Nicholas L., Brenda Cartmel, David J. Leffell, et al.. (2015). Family history of skin cancer is associated with early-onset basal cell carcinoma independent of MC1R genotype. Cancer Epidemiology. 39(6). 1078–1083. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Y., Leah M. Ferrucci, Brenda Cartmel, et al.. (2014). Alcohol intake and early-onset basal cell carcinoma in a case-control study. British Journal of Dermatology. 171(6). 1451–1457. 10 indexed citations

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Cartmel, Brenda, Leah M. Ferrucci, A. Bale, et al.. (2013). Indoor Tanning and Tanning Dependence in Young People After a Diagnosis of Basal Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Dermatology. 149(9). 1110–1110. 20 indexed citations

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Ferrucci, Leah M., Brenda Cartmel, Annette M. Molinaro, et al.. (2011). Host Phenotype Characteristics and MC1R in Relation to Early-Onset Basal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 132(4). 1272–1279. 25 indexed citations

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Ferrucci, Leah M., Ruth McCorkle, Tenbroeck Smith, Kevin Stein, & Brenda Cartmel. (2009). Factors Related to the Use of Dietary Supplements by Cancer Survivors. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15(6). 673–680. 62 indexed citations

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Onder, Graziano, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Leah M. Ferrucci, et al.. (2005). Measures of Physical Performance and Risk for Progressive and Catastrophic Disability: Results From the Women's Health and Aging Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 60(1). 74–79. 296 indexed citations

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Leveille, Suzanne G., Jack M. Guralnik, Leah M. Ferrucci, & Jean Langlois. (1999). Aging Successfully until Death in Old Age: Opportunities for Increasing Active Life Expectancy. American Journal of Epidemiology. 149(7). 654–664. 230 indexed citations

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