Melissa Wake

23.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
382 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Melissa Wake is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Wake has authored 382 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 124 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 75 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Wake's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (122 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (54 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (48 papers). Melissa Wake is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (122 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (54 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (48 papers). Melissa Wake collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Melissa Wake's co-authors include Harriet Hiscock, Kylie D. Hesketh, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Sheena Reilly, Fiona Mensah, Jordana K. Bayer, Louise Canterford, Elizabeth Waters, Mimi L.K. Tang and Zeffie Poulakis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Wake

374 papers receiving 16.0k citations

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Prevalence of challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy using population-based sampling and predetermined challenge criteria in infants

2011 739 citations Jennifer J. Koplin, Lyle C. Gurrin et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Wake

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Generation Victoria (GenV): protocol for a longitudinal birth cohort of Victorian children and their parents 2025 ·BMC Public Health ·Elizabeth K. Hughes, (unknown), (unknown), Susan A Clifford, (unknown), Simon J. Hall, (unknown), Kathryn N. North, (unknown), Sharon Goldfeld, Richard Saffery, Melissa Wake	0
2	Identifying early language predictors: A replication of Gasparini et al. (2023) confirming applicability in a general population cohort 2024 ·International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders ·(unknown), (unknown), Jing Wang, Melissa Wake, Angela Morgan	0
3	Greenness modifies the association between ambient air pollution and cognitive function in Australian adolescents, but not in mid-life adults 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·Yichao Wang, (unknown), Luke D. Knibbs, Matthew Fuller‐Tyszkiewicz, Lærke Mygind, Jessica A. Kerr, Melissa Wake, Craig A. Olsson, Peter G. Enticott, Rachel L. Peters, Galina Daraganova, Suzanne Mavoa, Kate Lycett	11
4	Grit and working memory training outcomes for children with low working memory 2023 ·Acta Paediatrica ·Megan Spencer‐Smith, (unknown), Jon Quach, Leona Pascoe, Fiona Mensah, Melissa Wake, Gehan Roberts, Peter J. Anderson	1
5	Fat-Soluble Vitamers: Parent-Child Concordance and Population Epidemiology in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children 2022 ·Nutrients ·(unknown), Chris Pook, Beatrix Jones, (unknown), Richard Saffery, Melissa Wake, Eric B. Thorstensen, Justin M. O’Sullivan, (unknown)	0
6	Can adult polygenic scores improve prediction of body mass index in childhood? 2022 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Katherine Lange, Jessica A. Kerr, Toby Mansell, Justin M. O’Sullivan, David Burgner, Susan A Clifford, Tim Olds, Terence Dwyer, Melissa Wake, Richard Saffery	7
7	Diet quality trajectories and cardiovascular phenotypes/metabolic syndrome risk by 11–12 years 2021 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Jessica A. Kerr, Richard Liu, (unknown), Fiona Mensah, David Burgner, Kate Lycett, (unknown), Markus Juonala, Susan A Clifford, Tim Olds, Richard Saffery, Lisa Gold, Mengjiao Liu, Peter Azzopardi, Ben Edwards, Terence Dwyer, Melissa Wake	14
8	Plasma B Vitamers: Population Epidemiology and Parent-Child Concordance in Children and Adults 2021 ·Nutrients ·(unknown), Beatrix Jones, Clare Wall, Eric B. Thorstensen, Martin Kussmann, David Cameron‐Smith, Katherine Lange, Susan A Clifford, Richard Saffery, David Burgner, Melissa Wake, Justin M. O’Sullivan	9
9	Takeaway food, sugar-sweetened beverages and preclinical cardiometabolic phenotypes in children and adults 2020 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·(unknown), Anneke Grobler, Richard Liu, Mengjiao Liu, Melissa Wake, Tim Olds, Kate Lycett, Markus Juonala, Sarath Ranganathan, David Burgner, Jessica A. Kerr	7
10	Do body mass index and waist-to-height ratio over the preceding decade predict retinal microvasculature in 11–12 year olds and midlife adults? 2020 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Mengjiao Liu, Kate Lycett, Tien Yin Wong, Jessica A. Kerr, Mingguang He, Markus Juonala, Tim Olds, Terry Dwyer, David Burgner, Melissa Wake	5
11	Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) Is not Associated with Cardiometabolic Phenotypes and Inflammatory Markers in Children and Adults 2020 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·(unknown), Beatrix Jones, Katherine Lange, Susan A Clifford, Eric B. Thorstensen, Jessica A. Kerr, Melissa Wake, Richard Saffery, David Burgner, Justin M. O’Sullivan	27
12	Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Its Precursors: Population Epidemiology, Parent–Child Concordance, and Associations with Reported Dietary Intake in 11- to 12-Year-Old Children and Their Parents 2020 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·(unknown), Katherine Lange, Susan A Clifford, Beatrix Jones, Eric B. Thorstensen, Jessica A. Kerr, Melissa Wake, Richard Saffery, David Burgner, Justin M. O’Sullivan	21
13	Inflammation mediates the relationship between obesity and retinal vascular calibre in 11-12 year-olds children and mid-life adults 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Mengjiao Liu, Kate Lycett, Margarita Moreno‐Betancur, Tien Yin Wong, Mingguang He, Richard Saffery, Markus Juonala, Jessica A. Kerr, Melissa Wake, David Burgner	6
14	Metabolomics: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11–12 years and their parents 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Susan Ellul, Melissa Wake, Susan A Clifford, Katherine Lange, Peter Würtz, Markus Juonala, Terence Dwyer, John B. Carlin, David Burgner, Richard Saffery	47
15	Academic, behavioural and quality of life outcomes of slight to mild hearing loss in late childhood: a population-based study 2019 ·Archives of Disease in Childhood ·Jing Wang, Jon Quach, Valerie Sung, Peter Carew, Ben Edwards, Anneke Grobler, Lisa Gold, Melissa Wake	17
16	Early clinical markers of overweight/obesity onset and resolution by adolescence 2019 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Markus Juonala, (unknown), Melissa Wake, Anneke Grobler, Jessica A. Kerr, Costan G. Magnussen, Matthew A. Sabin, David Burgner, Kate Lycett	11
17	Health-related quality of life: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11–12 years and their parents 2019 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Lisa Gold, Anneke Grobler, Susan A Clifford, Melissa Wake	11
18	Associations between maternal responsive linguistic input and child language performance at age 4 in a community‐based sample of slow‐to‐talk toddlers 2018 ·Child Care Health and Development ·Penny Levickis, Sheena Reilly, Luigi Girolametto, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Melissa Wake	19
19	The Impact of Timing of Introduction of Solids on Infant Body Mass Index 2016 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Chenghua Sun, (unknown), Katrina J. Allen, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Jennifer J. Koplin, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, Adrian J. Lowe, Melanie C. Matheson, Mimi L.K. Tang, Lyle C. Gurrin, Melissa Wake, Matthew A. Sabin	40
20	Shoulder pain. -letter- 2007 ·Leoandra Onnie Rogers, Julian Gunn, Bibi Gerner, Melissa Wake	1

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