Mary Nicolaou

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mary Nicolaou is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Nicolaou has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 29 papers in General Health Professions and 28 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Mary Nicolaou's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (62 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (57 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (20 papers). Mary Nicolaou is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (62 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (57 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (20 papers). Mary Nicolaou collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Mary Nicolaou's co-authors include Karien Stronks, Marieke B. Snijder, Vera Nierkens, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed, Rob M. van Dam, Charles Agyemang, Karen Hosper, Henriëtte Dijkshoorn, Jacob C. Seidell and Michelle Holdsworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mary Nicolaou

123 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Depicting the composition of gut microbiota in a population with varied ethnic origins but shared geography

2018 435 citations Mélanie Deschasaux, Kristien E. Bouter et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary Nicolaou Netherlands	32	1.4k	778	701	475	424	129	3.2k
Margaret K. Hargreaves United States	34	1.0k 0.7×	486 0.6×	745 1.1×	280 0.6×	456 1.1×	97	3.7k
Sarah Armstrong United States	23	1.5k 1.0×	664 0.9×	694 1.0×	268 0.6×	503 1.2×	98	3.0k
Angeliki Papadaki United Kingdom	32	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	580 0.8×	167 0.4×	300 0.7×	103	3.4k
Ulla Toft Denmark	28	1.3k 0.9×	701 0.9×	493 0.7×	176 0.4×	170 0.4×	107	2.8k
Jennifer E. Layden United States	19	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	794 1.1×	231 0.5×	343 0.8×	51	4.9k
Tala H.I. Fakhouri United States	19	1.3k 0.9×	530 0.7×	446 0.6×	169 0.4×	211 0.5×	34	2.4k
Sophie Desroches Canada	31	1.8k 1.2×	659 0.8×	1.6k 2.2×	152 0.3×	280 0.7×	124	3.9k
Foong Ming Moy Malaysia	32	756 0.5×	632 0.8×	464 0.7×	193 0.4×	309 0.7×	140	2.8k
Frank A. Franklin United States	37	1.6k 1.1×	567 0.7×	524 0.7×	189 0.4×	319 0.8×	88	4.3k
Goutham Rao United States	27	1.6k 1.1×	822 1.1×	674 1.0×	172 0.4×	384 0.9×	87	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Nicolaou

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Huth, Karoline, et al.. (2024). Exploring the mechanisms underlying increased risk of depressive disorder in ethnic minority populations in Europe: A causal loop diagram. Social Science & Medicine. 351. 116977–116977. 1 indexed citations

Okekunle, Akinkunmi Paul, Mary Nicolaou, Manuela De Allegri, et al.. (2024). A multi-dimensional Sustainable Diet Index (SDI) for Ghanaian adults under transition: the RODAM Study. Nutrition Journal. 23(1). 117–117. 2 indexed citations

Motazedi, Ehsan, Henrike Galenkamp, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, et al.. (2023). Socioeconomic Inequalities in Type 2 Diabetes: Mediation Through Status Anxiety?. International Journal of Public Health. 68. 1606069–1606069. 3 indexed citations

Dijk, Anne‐Marieke van, Felix P. Chilunga, Erik Beune, et al.. (2021). Reduced Rank Regression-Derived Dietary Patterns Related to the Fatty Liver Index and Associations with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Ghanaian Populations under Transition: The RODAM Study. Nutrients. 13(11). 3679–3679. 6 indexed citations

Waterlander, Wilma, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Role of the Food Environment in Dietary Acculturation: A Study amongst Moroccan Immigrants in The Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(7). 3328–3328. 11 indexed citations

Visser, Marjolein, Liset E. M. Elstgeest, Laura H.H. Winkens, Ingeborg A. Brouwer, & Mary Nicolaou. (2020). Relative Validity of the HELIUS Food Frequency Questionnaire for Measuring Dietary Intake in Older Adult Participants of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Nutrients. 12(7). 1998–1998. 21 indexed citations

Boateng, Daniel, Cecilia Galbete, Mary Nicolaou, et al.. (2019). Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Predicted 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Ghanaian Populations: the Research on Obesity and Diabetes in African Migrants (RODAM) Study. Journal of Nutrition. 149(5). 755–769. 20 indexed citations

Osei-Kwasi, Hibbah, Daniel Boateng, Ina Danquah, et al.. (2019). Acculturation and Food Intake Among Ghanaian Migrants in Europe: Findings From the RODAM Study. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 52(2). 114–125. 15 indexed citations

Yau, Amy, Jean Adams, Martin White, & Mary Nicolaou. (2019). Differences in diet quality and socioeconomic patterning of diet quality across ethnic groups: cross-sectional data from the HELIUS Dietary Patterns study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 74(3). 387–396. 30 indexed citations

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Mackenbach, Joreintje D., S. Dijkstra, Joline W. J. Beulens, et al.. (2019). Socioeconomic and ethnic differences in the relation between dietary costs and dietary quality: the HELIUS study. Nutrition Journal. 18(1). 21–21. 21 indexed citations

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Mackenbach, Joreintje D., et al.. (2019). A Systematic Review on Socioeconomic Differences in the Association between the Food Environment and Dietary Behaviors. Nutrients. 11(9). 2215–2215. 89 indexed citations

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Gibson-Smith, Deborah, Mariska Bot, Marieke B. Snijder, et al.. (2018). The relation between obesity and depressed mood in a multi-ethnic population. The HELIUS study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 53(6). 629–638. 26 indexed citations

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Deschasaux, Mélanie, Kristien E. Bouter, Andrei Prodan, et al.. (2018). Depicting the composition of gut microbiota in a population with varied ethnic origins but shared geography. Nature Medicine. 24(10). 1526–1531. 435 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nicolaou, Mary, Liset E. M. Elstgeest, Anika Knüppel, et al.. (2017). A META-ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF A PRIORI DIETARY INDICES IN DEPRESSION AMONG 7 COHORTS; THE MOODFOOD PROJECT. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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Méjean, Caroline, Séverine Gojard, Pauline Ducrot, et al.. (2017). Social disparities in food preparation behaviours: a DEDIPAC study. Nutrition Journal. 16(1). 62–62. 84 indexed citations

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Osei-Kwasi, Hibbah, Mary Nicolaou, Katie Powell, et al.. (2016). Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing dietary behaviour in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 13(1). 85–85. 68 indexed citations

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Nederhof, Esther, Roel J. T. Mocking, Mary Nicolaou, et al.. (2016). The association between dietary mismatch and vulnerability to psychopathology. Bipolar Disorders. 18. 21–21. 1 indexed citations

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Castetbon, Katia, Christophe Enaux, Mary Nicolaou, et al.. (2016). Socioeconomic Indicators Are Independently Associated with Nutrient Intake in French Adults: A DEDIPAC Study. Nutrients. 8(3). 158–158. 51 indexed citations

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Dekker, Louise H., Jolanda M.A. Boer, Wim B. Busschers, et al.. (2013). Dietary Patterns within a Population Are More Reproducible Than Those of Individuals. Journal of Nutrition. 143(11). 1728–1735. 12 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, Mary, et al.. (2012). Influences on body weight of female Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands: A qualitative study. Health & Place. 18(4). 883–891. 26 indexed citations

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