Melissa A. Liebert

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Melissa A. Liebert is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa A. Liebert has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Melissa A. Liebert's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (6 papers). Melissa A. Liebert is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (6 papers). Melissa A. Liebert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Melissa A. Liebert's co-authors include J. Josh Snodgrass, Theresa E. Gildner, Lawrence S. Sugiyama, Felicia C. Madimenos, Paul Kowal, Samuel S. Urlacher, J. Josh Snodgrass, Somnath Chatterji, Tara J. Cepon‐Robins and Aaron D. Blackwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Melissa A. Liebert

36 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) reveal?

2015 333 citations Arokiasamy Perianayagam, Kshipra Jain et al. BMC Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa A. Liebert United States	21	293	286	286	276	248	39	1.5k
Karen Allen United States	18	267 0.9×	197 0.7×	162 0.6×	164 0.6×	155 0.6×	40	2.0k
D. Simeon Jamaica	29	381 1.3×	140 0.5×	568 2.0×	420 1.5×	102 0.4×	78	2.6k
Ezra Susser United States	26	850 2.9×	260 0.9×	323 1.1×	142 0.5×	57 0.2×	58	2.8k
Sylvia Kirchengast Austria	28	219 0.7×	111 0.4×	773 2.7×	118 0.4×	172 0.7×	163	2.7k
Anne Kaljonen Finland	25	401 1.4×	198 0.7×	491 1.7×	162 0.6×	64 0.3×	70	2.4k
Theresa E. Gildner United States	18	168 0.6×	48 0.2×	369 1.3×	176 0.6×	251 1.0×	53	1.2k
Carol Z. Garrison United States	34	604 2.1×	312 1.1×	590 2.1×	99 0.4×	276 1.1×	53	4.1k
Sheila Gahagan United States	31	525 1.8×	399 1.4×	1.0k 3.5×	323 1.2×	72 0.3×	151	3.0k
Claire Thompson Australia	23	391 1.3×	121 0.4×	145 0.5×	44 0.2×	164 0.7×	76	1.9k
Eunok Park South Korea	20	459 1.6×	87 0.3×	155 0.5×	87 0.3×	103 0.4×	108	1.3k

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Barrett, Tyler M., Melissa A. Liebert, Geeta N. Eick, et al.. (2025). Circulating Epstein–Barr Virus Antibody Levels as a Biomarker of Socioecological Adversity in Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(5). e70063–e70063.

Gildner, Theresa E., Melissa A. Liebert, Joshua M. Schrock, et al.. (2025). Salivary Testosterone, Age, and Adiposity Associations Among Shuar Males in Amazonian Ecuador Challenge Assumptions of “Normal” Testosterone Patterns. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(11). e70166–e70166.

Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Theresa E. Gildner, Samuel S. Urlacher, et al.. (2025). Soil‐Transmitted Helminths and the Intricacies of Immunoregulation: Evidence From Amazonian Ecuador for the Importance of Considering Species‐Specific Effects Within the Old Friends Hypothesis. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(6). e70076–e70076.

Bribiescas, Richard G., Amelia Sancilio, D. Amir, et al.. (2025). Testosterone, 8‐Oxo‐2′‐Deoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in Adult Shuar Males of Amazonian Ecuador: A Test for Evidence of Trade‐Offs Between Reproductive Effort and Oxidative Stress. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(4). e70042–e70042. 3 indexed citations

Liebert, Melissa A., Samuel S. Urlacher, Felicia C. Madimenos, et al.. (2024). Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(1). e24056–e24056. 7 indexed citations

Tallman, Paula S., Rebecca Seligman, Felicia C. Madimenos, et al.. (2024). Somatic Symptoms Are Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies Among Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon. American Journal of Human Biology. 37(1). e24191–e24191. 1 indexed citations

Liebert, Melissa A., Felicia C. Madimenos, Samuel S. Urlacher, et al.. (2021). Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology. 34(1). e23590–e23590. 5 indexed citations

Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Aaron D. Blackwell, Theresa E. Gildner, et al.. (2021). Pathogen disgust sensitivity protects against infection in a high pathogen environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(8). 47 indexed citations

Barrett, Tyler M., Melissa A. Liebert, Geeta N. Eick, et al.. (2021). Age‐related patterns of cytomegalovirus antibodies accompanying Epstein‐Barr virus co‐infection. American Journal of Human Biology. 34(11). e23713–e23713. 2 indexed citations

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Gildner, Theresa E., Tara J. Cepon‐Robins, Melissa A. Liebert, et al.. (2020). Market integration and soil-transmitted helminth infection among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236924–e0236924. 22 indexed citations

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Urlacher, Samuel S., J. Josh Snodgrass, Lara R. Dugas, et al.. (2020). Childhood Daily Energy Expenditure Does Not Decrease with Market Integration and Is Not Related to Adiposity in Amazonia. Journal of Nutrition. 151(3). 695–704. 32 indexed citations

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Cepon‐Robins, Tara J., Theresa E. Gildner, Joshua M. Schrock, et al.. (2019). Soil‐transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 170(1). 65–74. 17 indexed citations

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Urlacher, Samuel S., J. Josh Snodgrass, Lara R. Dugas, et al.. (2019). Constraint and trade-offs regulate energy expenditure during childhood. Science Advances. 5(12). eaax1065–eaax1065. 47 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Lawrence S., Melissa A. Liebert, Felicia C. Madimenos, et al.. (2016). From foraging to Facebook: Market integration and health among the Shuar of Southeastern Ecuador. 1 indexed citations

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Gildner, Theresa E., Tara J. Cepon‐Robins, Melissa A. Liebert, et al.. (2016). Regional variation in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections by age cohort and sex: effects of market integration among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 35(1). 28–28. 23 indexed citations

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Perianayagam, Arokiasamy, Kshipra Jain, Richard Biritwum, et al.. (2015). The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) reveal?. BMC Medicine. 13(1). 178–178. 333 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liebert, Melissa A., et al.. (2013). Implications of market integration for cardiovascular and metabolic health among an indigenous Amazonian Ecuadorian population. Annals of Human Biology. 40(3). 228–242. 67 indexed citations

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Madimenos, Felicia C., et al.. (2011). Normative calcaneal quantitative ultrasound data for the indigenous Shuar and non-Shuar Colonos of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Archives of Osteoporosis. 6(1-2). 39–49. 18 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Aaron D., Michael Gurven, Lawrence S. Sugiyama, et al.. (2011). Evidence for a Peak Shift in a Humoral Response to Helminths: Age Profiles of IgE in the Shuar of Ecuador, the Tsimane of Bolivia, and the U.S. NHANES. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 5(6). e1218–e1218. 68 indexed citations

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Madimenos, Felicia C., J. Josh Snodgrass, Aaron D. Blackwell, Melissa A. Liebert, & Lawrence S. Sugiyama. (2011). Physical activity in an indigenous Ecuadorian forager‐horticulturalist population as measured using accelerometry. American Journal of Human Biology. 23(4). 488–497. 34 indexed citations

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