Michael EJ Lean

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Michael EJ Lean is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael EJ Lean has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Michael EJ Lean's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (4 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (3 papers). Michael EJ Lean is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (4 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (3 papers). Michael EJ Lean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Italy. Michael EJ Lean's co-authors include Arne Astrup, Aila Rissanen, Leo Niskanen, Jesper Madsen, Stephan Rössner, Luc Van Gaal, Mads Frederik Rasmussen, Alan Crozier, Christine A. Edwards and David N. Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael EJ Lean

22 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.

Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

2009 872 citations Arne Astrup, Stephan Rössner et al. The Lancet profile →
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 →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael EJ Lean United Kingdom	12	743	446	413	355	226	22	1.6k
Kerstin Kempf Germany	27	716 1.0×	420 0.9×	776 1.9×	310 0.9×	193 0.9×	69	2.1k
Veli-Pekka Valkonen Finland	19	1.1k 1.5×	424 1.0×	498 1.2×	447 1.3×	225 1.0×	22	2.9k
Hamed Kord‐Varkaneh Iran	34	609 0.8×	191 0.4×	828 2.0×	381 1.1×	208 0.9×	130	2.6k
Giuseppe Marazzi Italy	24	742 1.0×	270 0.6×	222 0.5×	318 0.9×	223 1.0×	79	2.2k
Cíntia Cercato Brazil	18	362 0.5×	274 0.6×	529 1.3×	156 0.4×	226 1.0×	54	1.3k
Nazli Namazi Iran	29	392 0.5×	151 0.3×	519 1.3×	316 0.9×	125 0.6×	117	2.2k
Heitor O. Santos Brazil	29	612 0.8×	115 0.3×	1.0k 2.5×	263 0.7×	169 0.7×	126	2.5k
Hajime Yamakage Japan	22	269 0.4×	103 0.2×	443 1.1×	404 1.1×	202 0.9×	95	1.6k
Esmat Aghadavod Iran	30	300 0.4×	123 0.3×	511 1.2×	793 2.2×	129 0.6×	73	2.6k
Pedro González‐Muniesa Spain	23	324 0.4×	127 0.3×	1.1k 2.5×	607 1.7×	223 1.0×	50	2.4k

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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 →

Pendleton, Neil, Terence W O’Neill, György Bártfai, et al.. (2022). Reproductive hormone levels, androgen receptor CAG repeat length and their longitudinal relationships with decline in cognitive subdomains in men: The European Male Ageing Study.. Physiology & Behavior. 252. 113825–113825. 3 indexed citations

Lean, Michael EJ. (2019). Principles of human nutrition. Medicine. 47(3). 140–144. 8 indexed citations

Lean, Michael EJ. (2019). Management of obesity and overweight. Medicine. 47(3). 175–183. 4 indexed citations

Han, Thang S., Michael EJ Lean, David Fluck, et al.. (2018). Impact of delay in early swallow screening on pneumonia, length of stay in hospital, disability and mortality in acute stroke patients. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 72(11). 1548–1554. 24 indexed citations

Prakash, Vineet, Mallika Sekhar, David Greenfield, et al.. (2017). Monitoring risk factors of cardiovascular disease in cancer survivors. Clinical Medicine. 17(4). 293–297. 9 indexed citations

Lean, Michael EJ & Emilie Combet. (2016). Barasi's Human Nutrition. 1 indexed citations

Vlassopoulos, Antonis, Michael EJ Lean, & Emilie Combet. (2013). Influence of smoking and diet on glycated haemoglobin and 'pre-diabetes’ categorisation: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 1013–1013. 30 indexed citations

Leslie, W. S., et al.. (2013). What, not just salad and veg? Consumer testing of the eatwell week. Public Health Nutrition. 17(7). 1640–1646. 3 indexed citations

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Combet, Emilie, et al.. (2013). Development of a nutritionally balanced pizza as a functional meal designed to meet published dietary guidelines. Public Health Nutrition. 17(11). 2577–2586. 28 indexed citations

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Haddad, Peter, W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker, Joseph Peuskens, et al.. (2013). SMARTS (Systematic Monitoring of Adverse events Related to TreatmentS): The development of a pragmatic patient-completed checklist to assess antipsychotic drug side effects. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. 4(1). 15–21. 34 indexed citations

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Lee, David M., Stephen R. Pye, Abdelouahid Tajar, et al.. (2012). Cohort Profile: The European Male Ageing Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 42(2). 391–401. 32 indexed citations

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Leslie, W. S., et al.. (2012). Designing the eatwell week: the application of eatwell plate advice to weekly food intake. Public Health Nutrition. 16(5). 795–802. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, David M., Abdelouahid Tajar, Terence W O’Neill, et al.. (2010). Lower vitamin D levels are associated with depression among community-dwelling European men. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 25(10). 1320–1328. 102 indexed citations

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Mullen, William, Gina Borges, Jennifer L. Donovan, et al.. (2009). Milk decreases urinary excretion but not plasma pharmacokinetics of cocoa flavan-3-ol metabolites in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89(6). 1784–1791. 92 indexed citations

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Astrup, Arne, Stephan Rössner, Luc Van Gaal, et al.. (2009). Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The Lancet. 374(9701). 1606–1616. 872 indexed citations breakdown →

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Campbell, S., et al.. (2001). Effect of alcohol withdrawal on liver transaminase levels and markers of liver fibrosis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 16(11). 1254–1259. 6 indexed citations

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Crozier, Alan, Jennifer M. Burns, Azlina Abdul Aziz, et al.. (2000). Antioxidant flavonols from fruits, vegetables and beverages: measurements and bioavailability. Biological Research. 33(2). 79–88. 131 indexed citations

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Anderson, Annie S., Tom Ha, Josephine Cooney, et al.. (1999). Evaluation of a bar-code system for nutrient analysis in dietary surveys. Public Health Nutrition. 2(4). 579–586. 1 indexed citations

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Cox, David N., Annie S. Anderson, Michael EJ Lean, & David J. Mela. (1998). UK consumer attitudes, beliefs and barriers to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. Public Health Nutrition. 1(1). 61–68. 92 indexed citations

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