Leila Abar

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Leila Abar is a scholar working on Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leila Abar has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Oncology, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Leila Abar's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (9 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (8 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (5 papers). Leila Abar is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (9 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (8 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (5 papers). Leila Abar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and United States. Leila Abar's co-authors include Doris S.M. Chan, Darren C. Greenwood, Ana Vieira, Snieguole Vingeliene, Christophe Stevens, T. Norat, Dagfinn Aune, Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt, Elli Polemiti and Teresa Norat and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Leila Abar

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Foods and beverages and colorectal cancer risk: a systema... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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  1. Foods and beverages and colorectal cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies, an update of the evidence of the WCRF-AICR Continuous Update Project
    2017 301 citations Ana Vieira, Leila Abar et al. Annals of Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leila Abar United Kingdom 13 533 430 252 233 156 21 1.3k
Torukiri I Ibiebele Australia 26 374 0.7× 581 1.4× 284 1.1× 284 1.2× 129 0.8× 55 1.7k
Yu Tang Gao China 16 564 1.1× 342 0.8× 155 0.6× 333 1.4× 345 2.2× 19 1.6k
Long Shu China 20 170 0.3× 445 1.0× 235 0.9× 215 0.9× 97 0.6× 56 1.1k
Anna Danielewicz Poland 9 275 0.5× 444 1.0× 325 1.3× 348 1.5× 133 0.9× 17 1.3k
D. Trichopoulos Greece 27 758 1.4× 697 1.6× 278 1.1× 233 1.0× 266 1.7× 41 2.2k
Maria V. Grau United States 21 446 0.8× 221 0.5× 192 0.8× 352 1.5× 157 1.0× 28 1.6k
A Favero Italy 23 730 1.4× 642 1.5× 212 0.8× 278 1.2× 253 1.6× 44 2.0k
Page E. Abrahamson United States 16 576 1.1× 124 0.3× 176 0.7× 213 0.9× 176 1.1× 25 1.0k
Leah B. Sansbury United States 17 432 0.8× 141 0.3× 129 0.5× 126 0.5× 190 1.2× 44 1.0k
Norma McFarlane‐Anderson Jamaica 22 148 0.3× 219 0.5× 195 0.8× 248 1.1× 82 0.5× 54 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leila Abar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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
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Hong, Hyokyoung G., Leila Abar, Neha Khandpur, et al.. (2025). Ultraprocessed food intake and risk of ovarian and endometrial cancer in the NIH-AARP cohort: a prospective cohort analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 122(2). 513–522. 1 indexed citations
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Loftfield, Erikka, Lisa Kahle, Kirsten Herrick, et al.. (2025). Performance of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Estimating Ultraprocessed Food Intake According to the Nova Classification System in the United States NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Journal of Nutrition. 155(7). 2376–2384. 2 indexed citations
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Stevens, Christophe, Antonio J. Vallejo‐Vaz, Joana Rita Chora, et al.. (2024). Improving the Detection of Potential Cases of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Could Machine Learning Be Part of the Solution?. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(12). e034434–e034434. 2 indexed citations
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Abar, Leila, Verena Zuber, Georg Otto, Ioanna Tzoulaki, & Abbas Dehghan. (2024). Unravelling genetic architecture of circulatory amino acid levels, and their effect on risk of complex disorders. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 6(2). lqae046–lqae046. 1 indexed citations
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Watts, Eleanor L., Steven C. Moore, Leila Abar, et al.. (2024). Physical activity, metabolites, and breast cancer associations. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117(2). 355–365. 1 indexed citations
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Abar, Leila, Jakub G. Sobiecki, Margarita Cariolou, et al.. (2019). Body size and obesity during adulthood, and risk of lympho-haematopoietic cancers: an update of the WCRF-AICR systematic review of published prospective studies. Annals of Oncology. 30(4). 528–541. 35 indexed citations
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Vieira, Ana, Leila Abar, Doris S.M. Chan, et al.. (2017). Foods and beverages and colorectal cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies, an update of the evidence of the WCRF-AICR Continuous Update Project. Annals of Oncology. 28(8). 1788–1802. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vingeliene, Snieguole, Doris S.M. Chan, Ana Vieira, et al.. (2017). An update of the WCRF/AICR systematic literature review and meta-analysis on dietary and anthropometric factors and esophageal cancer risk. Annals of Oncology. 28(10). 2409–2419. 43 indexed citations
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Schlesinger, Sabrina, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Leila Abar, et al.. (2017). Adult weight gain and colorectal adenomas—a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Oncology. 28(6). 1217–1229. 20 indexed citations
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Abar, Leila, Ana Vieira, Dagfinn Aune, et al.. (2017). Height and body fatness and colorectal cancer risk: an update of the WCRF–AICR systematic review of published prospective studies. European Journal of Nutrition. 57(5). 1701–1720. 77 indexed citations
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Schlesinger, Sabrina, Doris S.M. Chan, Snieguole Vingeliene, et al.. (2017). Carbohydrates, glycemic index, glycemic load, and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective studies. Nutrition Reviews. 75(6). 420–441. 59 indexed citations
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Vingeliene, Snieguole, Doris S.M. Chan, Dagfinn Aune, et al.. (2016). An update of the WCRF/AICR systematic literature review on esophageal and gastric cancers and citrus fruits intake. Cancer Causes & Control. 27(7). 837–851. 27 indexed citations
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Vieira, Ana, Leila Abar, Snieguole Vingeliene, et al.. (2015). Fruits, vegetables and lung cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Oncology. 27(1). 81–96. 204 indexed citations
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Darling, A. L., Leila Abar, & Teresa Norat. (2015). WCRF-AICR continuous update project: Systematic literature review of prospective studies on circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and kidney cancer risk. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 164. 85–89. 6 indexed citations
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Norat, Teresa, et al.. (2015). World Cancer Research Fund International Systematic Literature Review. 2 indexed citations
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Aune, Dagfinn, Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt, Doris S.M. Chan, et al.. (2015). Anthropometric factors and endometrial cancer risk: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective studies. Annals of Oncology. 26(8). 1635–1648. 177 indexed citations
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Aune, Dagfinn, Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt, Doris S.M. Chan, et al.. (2014). Anthropometric factors and ovarian cancer risk: A systematic review and nonlinear dose‐response meta‐analysis of prospective studies. International Journal of Cancer. 136(8). 1888–1898. 63 indexed citations
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Vieira, Ana, Snieguole Vingeliene, Doris S.M. Chan, et al.. (2014). Fruits, vegetables, and bladder cancer risk: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Cancer Medicine. 4(1). 136–146. 51 indexed citations

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