Liwang Gao

971 total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 619 citations indexed

About

Liwang Gao is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liwang Gao has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 619 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Liwang Gao's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (22 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (6 papers). Liwang Gao is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (22 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (6 papers). Liwang Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Qatar. Liwang Gao's co-authors include Youfa Wang, Hong Xue, Li Zhao, An Pan, Lu Ma, Yang Wu, Weidong Wang, Liang Wang, Wen Peng and Dorothy T. Chiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Nutrients and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Liwang Gao

31 papers receiving 609 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.

Health policy and public health implications of obesity in China

2021 319 citations Youfa Wang, Li Zhao et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liwang Gao China	10	278	145	81	70	68	32	619
Garrison Spencer United States	8	208 0.7×	164 1.1×	37 0.5×	64 0.9×	52 0.8×	14	596
Penny Gordon-Larsen United States	8	394 1.4×	191 1.3×	89 1.1×	66 0.9×	58 0.9×	8	807
Trishnee Bhurosy United States	12	231 0.8×	136 0.9×	55 0.7×	41 0.6×	87 1.3×	28	667
Yifei Ouyang China	16	381 1.4×	193 1.3×	58 0.7×	89 1.3×	141 2.1×	60	783
Yanqing Yi Canada	13	257 0.9×	217 1.5×	47 0.6×	68 1.0×	105 1.5×	51	711
Garrett Strizich United States	18	273 1.0×	299 2.1×	51 0.6×	99 1.4×	79 1.2×	36	745
Efthymios Kapantais Greece	12	290 1.0×	110 0.8×	83 1.0×	37 0.5×	113 1.7×	14	502
Atieh Mirzababaei Iran	16	278 1.0×	192 1.3×	36 0.4×	45 0.6×	118 1.7×	56	670
Ying-xiu Zhang China	15	359 1.3×	97 0.7×	152 1.9×	109 1.6×	108 1.6×	60	607
Nikoletta Vidra Netherlands	9	323 1.2×	132 0.9×	32 0.4×	35 0.5×	42 0.6×	15	543

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liwang Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liwang Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liwang Gao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Liwang Gao. Liwang Gao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Huang, Yi‐Wen, Chuanwei Ma, Hongbo Dong, et al.. (2024). Racial diversities in lifespan bone mass: findings from the China BCL Study and US NHANES. QJM. 118(3). 147–153.

Wang, Xi, Liwang Gao, Hong Cheng, et al.. (2024). The life‐course changes in muscle mass using dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry: The China BCL study and the US NHANES study. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 15(5). 1687–1695. 8 indexed citations

Gao, Liwang, Yi‐Wen Huang, Hong Cheng, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of hypertension and its associations with body composition across Chinese and American children and adolescents. World Journal of Pediatrics. 20(4). 392–403. 6 indexed citations

Gao, Liwang, Wen Peng, Hong Xue, et al.. (2023). Spatial–temporal trends in global childhood overweight and obesity from 1975 to 2030: a weight mean center and projection analysis of 191 countries. Globalization and Health. 19(1). 53–53. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Bing, et al.. (2023). Association of Macronutrients Intake with Body Composition and Sarcopenic Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Population-Based Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2018. Nutrients. 15(10). 2307–2307. 11 indexed citations

Fu, Liwan, Hong Cheng, Liwang Gao, Xiaoyuan Zhao, & Jie Mi. (2023). Genetically proxied vitamin B12 and homocysteine in relation to life course adiposity and body composition. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews. 17(11). 102883–102883. 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Haixia, Liwang Gao, Yang Wu, et al.. (2023). Association and potential mediators between socioeconomic status and childhood obesity in China: findings from a national cohort study. Global Health Journal. 7(3). 157–166. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Liwang, Hong Cheng, Yinkun Yan, et al.. (2022). The associations of muscle mass with glucose and lipid metabolism are influenced by body fat accumulation in children and adolescents. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 976998–976998. 8 indexed citations

Gao, Liwang, Jiang Zhu, Liang Wang, et al.. (2022). Interactions between Self-Perceived Weight Status and Lifestyle Behaviors and Their Associations with Childhood Obesity: Results from the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(16). 9921–9921. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Liwang, Hong Xue, Li Zhao, et al.. (2021). Eating-out behaviors, associated factors and associations with obesity in Chinese school children: findings from the childhood obesity study in China mega-cities. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(6). 3003–3012. 8 indexed citations

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Ma, Lu, Xiaozhong Wen, Liwang Gao, et al.. (2021). Parent–child resemblance in BMI and obesity status and its correlates in China. Public Health Nutrition. 24(16). 5400–5413. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Youfa, Li Zhao, Liwang Gao, An Pan, & Hong Xue. (2021). Health policy and public health implications of obesity in China. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 9(7). 446–461. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yang, Liang Wang, Jiang Zhu, Liwang Gao, & Youfa Wang. (2020). Growing fast food consumption and obesity in Asia: Challenges and implications. Social Science & Medicine. 269. 113601–113601. 27 indexed citations

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Gao, Liwang, et al.. (2020). Double Burden of Malnutrition and Nutrition Transition in Asia: A Case Study of 4 Selected Countries with Different Socioeconomic Development. Advances in Nutrition. 11(6). 1663–1670. 23 indexed citations

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Ma, Lu, et al.. (2020). Depressive symptoms prevalence, associated family factors, and gender differences: A national cohort study of middle school students in China. Journal of Affective Disorders. 274. 545–552. 32 indexed citations

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Ma, Lu, et al.. (2020). A 3-year Longitudinal Study of Pocket Money, Eating Behavior, Weight Status: The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 9139–9139. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Liwang, Lu Ma, Hong Xue, et al.. (2019). A 3-year longitudinal study of effects of parental perception of children's ideal body image on child weight change: The Childhood Obesity Study in China mega-cities. Preventive Medicine. 132. 105971–105971. 12 indexed citations

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Wu, Lijun, Liwang Gao, Xiaoyuan Zhao, et al.. (2018). Associations of the hypertension-related single nucleotide polymorphism rs11191548 with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and leptin in Chinese children. BMC Medical Genetics. 19(1). 9–9. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Lijun, Liwang Gao, Xiaoyuan Zhao, et al.. (2017). A new risk locus in CHCHD5 for hypertension and obesity in a Chinese child population: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 7(9). e016241–e016241. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Lijun, Liwang Gao, Xiaoyuan Zhao, et al.. (2017). Associations of Two Obesity-Related Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Adiponectin in Chinese Children. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2017. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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