Louise McCombie

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 752 citations indexed

About

Louise McCombie is a scholar working on Physiology, Pharmacy and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Louise McCombie has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 752 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Pharmacy and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Louise McCombie's work include Obesity and Health Practices (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (13 papers) and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (12 papers). Louise McCombie is often cited by papers focused on Obesity and Health Practices (14 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (13 papers) and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (12 papers). Louise McCombie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and France. Louise McCombie's co-authors include W. S. Leslie, Naomi Brosnahan, Michael E. J. Lean, Roy Taylor, Naveed Sattar, George Thom, Alison C. Barnes, H. M. Ross, Sviatlana Zhyzhneuskaya and Claudia‐Martina Messow and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, CHEST Journal and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Louise McCombie

31 papers receiving 730 citations

Hit Papers

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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. 5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study
    2024 63 citations Michael EJ Lean, W. S. Leslie et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →

Peers

Louise McCombie
Jacinda M. Nicklas United States
Don A. Williamson United States
Pilar Matía‐Martín Spain
Shiri Sherf‐Dagan Israel
Greg Dakin United States
Nichola Davis United States
Sue Cummings United States
Russell Harris United States
Geoff Hebbard Australia
M. McMahon Ireland
Jacinda M. Nicklas United States
Louise McCombie
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Countries citing papers authored by Louise McCombie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Louise McCombie

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louise McCombie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Louise McCombie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Louise McCombie 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 Louise McCombie. Louise McCombie is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCombie, Louise, et al.. (2024). A 1-Year Weight Management Program for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma With Obesity. CHEST Journal. 167(1). 42–53. 4 indexed citations
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Lean, Michael EJ, W. S. Leslie, Alison C. Barnes, et al.. (2024). 5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 12(4). 233–246. 63 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sattar, Naveed, Paul Welsh, W. S. Leslie, et al.. (2022). Dietary weight-management for type 2 diabetes remissions in South Asians: the South Asian diabetes remission randomised trial for proof-of-concept and feasibility (STANDby). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100111–100111. 34 indexed citations
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Cassidy, Sophie, Michael I. Trenell, Renae J. Stefanetti, et al.. (2022). Physical activity, inactivity and sleep during the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT). Diabetic Medicine. 40(3). e15010–e15010. 14 indexed citations
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Leslie, W. S., Leanne Harris, Claudia‐Martina Messow, et al.. (2021). Antihypertensive medication needs and blood pressure control with weight loss in the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT). Diabetologia. 64(9). 1927–1938. 23 indexed citations
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Brosnahan, Naomi, W. S. Leslie, Louise McCombie, et al.. (2021). Brief formula low‐energy‐diet for relapse management during weight loss maintenance in the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT). Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 34(3). 472–479. 9 indexed citations
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Thom, George, Alasdair McIntosh, Claudia‐Martina Messow, et al.. (2020). Weight loss‐induced increase in fasting ghrelin concentration is a predictor of weight regain: Evidence from the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT). Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 23(3). 711–719. 19 indexed citations
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Xin, Yiqiao, Andrew Davies, Louise McCombie, et al.. (2019). Type 2 diabetes remission: economic evaluation of the DiRECT/Counterweight‐Plus weight management programme within a primary care randomized controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine. 36(8). 1003–1012. 13 indexed citations
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Xin, Yiqiao, Andrew Davies, Louise McCombie, et al.. (2018). Within-trial cost and 1-year cost-effectiveness of the DiRECT/Counterweight-Plus weight-management programme to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 7(3). 169–172. 19 indexed citations
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McCombie, Louise, W. S. Leslie, Roy Taylor, et al.. (2017). Beating type 2 diabetes into remission. BMJ. 358. j4030–j4030. 49 indexed citations
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Leslie, W. S., Ian Ford, Naveed Sattar, et al.. (2016). The Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT): protocol for a cluster randomised trial. BMC Family Practice. 17(1). 20–20. 77 indexed citations
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Morrison, David, et al.. (2013). A community pharmacy weight management programme: an evaluation of effectiveness. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 282–282. 28 indexed citations
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Lean, Michael E. J., Naomi Brosnahan, Philip McLoone, et al.. (2013). Feasibility and indicative results from a 12-month low-energy liquid diet treatment and maintenance programme for severe obesity. British Journal of General Practice. 63(607). e115–e124. 63 indexed citations
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McCombie, Louise, MEJ Lean, & David Haslam. (2012). Effective UK weight management services for adults. Clinical Obesity. 2(3-4). 96–102. 12 indexed citations
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Leslie, W. S., C. R. Hankey, Louise McCombie, & Michael E. J. Lean. (2005). Weight management: a survey of current practice in secondary care NHS settings in 2004. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 11(5). 462–467. 3 indexed citations
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Broom, J., Jenny Brown, Rachel Laws, et al.. (2005). The impact of obesity on drug prescribing in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 55(519). 743–749. 53 indexed citations
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McCombie, Louise. (1999). Sip feed prescribing in primary care: an audit of current practice in Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow, UK. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 12(3). 201–212. 12 indexed citations
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McCombie, Louise, et al.. (1997). Nutritional support for patients with intellectual disability and nutrition/dysphagia disorders in community care. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 41(5). 430–436. 50 indexed citations

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