Michael F. Leitzmann

50.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
345 papers, 23.6k citations indexed

About

Michael F. Leitzmann is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael F. Leitzmann has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 23.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 118 papers in Physiology and 98 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Michael F. Leitzmann's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (90 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (63 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (61 papers). Michael F. Leitzmann is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (90 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (63 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (61 papers). Michael F. Leitzmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Michael F. Leitzmann's co-authors include Arthur Schatzkin, Albert R. Hollenbeck, Daniela Schmid, Walter C. Willett, Edward L. Giovannucci, Traci Mouw, Victor Kipnis, Yikyung Park, Amy F. Subar and Kenneth Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Michael F. Leitzmann

333 papers receiving 22.7k 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.

Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old

2006 1.6k citations Albert R. Hollenbeck, Michael F. Leitzmann et al. profile →
Physical activity and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis

2015 612 citations Dagfinn Aune, Teresa Norat et al. profile →
Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers?

2017 534 citations Isabelle Romieu, Michael F. Leitzmann et al. profile →
Association between physical activity and mortality among breast cancer and colorectal cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2014 435 citations Daniela Schmid, Michael F. Leitzmann profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael F. Leitzmann	6.7k	6.3k	5.8k	3.5k	3.2k	345	23.6k
Arthur Schatzkin	10.4k 1.5×	6.6k 1.1×	9.0k 1.5×	3.7k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	359	30.0k
Bette J. Caan	5.8k 0.9×	6.5k 1.0×	10.1k 1.7×	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	425	24.1k
Shoichiro Tsugane	8.0k 1.2×	4.4k 0.7×	6.1k 1.1×	3.8k 1.1×	4.8k 1.5×	883	31.0k
Susanna C. Larsson	5.5k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	4.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	460	25.0k
Demetrius Albanes	6.0k 0.9×	4.4k 0.7×	5.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	462	25.2k
Lynne R. Wilkens	6.2k 0.9×	3.4k 0.5×	5.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	546	22.7k
Manami Inoue	4.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	4.7k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	3.9k 1.2×	570	20.2k
Nicholas Day	5.1k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	7.4k 1.3×	3.0k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	270	26.8k
Laurence N. Kolonel	6.9k 1.0×	3.4k 0.5×	8.4k 1.4×	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	435	28.6k
Yu‐Tang Gao	4.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.5×	5.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	444	21.1k

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Leitzmann, Michael F., et al.. (2025). Excess adiposity and cancer: evaluating a preclinical-clinical obesity framework for risk stratification. EClinicalMedicine. 83. 103247–103247. 3 indexed citations

Amadou, Amina, Hansjörg Baurecht, Béatrice Fervers, et al.. (2025). WHO guidelines on waist circumference and physical activity and their joint association with cancer risk. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 59(6). 360–366.

Linseisen, Jakob, Britta Renner, Kurt Gedrich, et al.. (2025). Data in Personalized Nutrition: Bridging Biomedical, Psycho-behavioral, and Food Environment Approaches for Population-wide Impact. Advances in Nutrition. 16(7). 100377–100377. 5 indexed citations

Wolf, Kathrin, Josef Cyrys, Alexandra Schneider, et al.. (2025). Long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and its association with cardiometabolic diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiometabolic biomarkers: A cross-sectional analysis of the German National cohort (NAKO). Environment International. 204. 109806–109806.

Baurecht, Hansjörg, Béatrice Fervers, Emma Fontvieille, et al.. (2024). Diurnal timing of physical activity and risk of colorectal cancer in the UK Biobank. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 399–399. 7 indexed citations

İnan‐Eroğlu, Elif, Matthew Ahmadi, Amanda Sainsbury, et al.. (2024). Joint associations of diet and physical activity with incident type 2 diabetes and hypertension: an analysis of 144 288 UK Biobank participants. American Journal of Epidemiology. 194(5). 1362–1370.

Recalde, Martina, Andrea Pistillo, Verónica Dávila‐Batista, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal body mass index and cancer risk: a cohort study of 2.6 million Catalan adults. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3816–3816. 40 indexed citations

Baumeister, Sebastian‐Edgar, et al.. (2021). Cannabis use does not impact on type 2 diabetes: A two‐sample Mendelian randomization study. Addiction Biology. 26(6). e13020–e13020. 8 indexed citations

Freuer, Dennis, Jakob Linseisen, Tracy A. O’Mara, et al.. (2021). Body Fat Distribution and Risk of Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study. Cancers. 13(20). 5053–5053. 17 indexed citations

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Baumeister, Sebastian‐Edgar, Michael F. Leitzmann, Martin Bahls, et al.. (2020). Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer. Cancer Research. 80(17). 3765–3769. 12 indexed citations

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Ricci, Cristian, Heinz Freisling, Michael F. Leitzmann, et al.. (2020). Diet and sedentary behaviour in relation to cancer survival. A report from the national health and nutrition examination survey linked to the U.S. mortality registry. Clinical Nutrition. 39(11). 3489–3496. 24 indexed citations

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Baumeister, Sebastian E., André Karch, Martin Bahls, et al.. (2020). Physical activity and risk of Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 95(13). e1897–e1905. 22 indexed citations

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Meisinger, Christa, Jakob Linseisen, Michael F. Leitzmann, Hansjörg Baurecht, & Sebastian E. Baumeister. (2020). Association of physical activity and sedentary behavior with type 2 diabetes and glycemic traits: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 8(2). e001896–e001896. 21 indexed citations

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Berger, Felix, et al.. (2019). Sedentary Behavior and Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Cancer Prevention Research. 12(10). 675–688. 17 indexed citations

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Streckmann, Fiona, Maryam Balke, Helmar C. Lehmann, et al.. (2018). The preventive effect of sensorimotor- and vibration exercises on the onset of Oxaliplatin- or vinca-alkaloid induced peripheral neuropathies - STOP. BMC Cancer. 18(1). 62–62. 28 indexed citations

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Aune, Dagfinn, Abhijit Sen, Michael F. Leitzmann, et al.. (2017). Tobacco smoking and the risk of diverticular disease – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of prospective studies. Colorectal Disease. 19(7). 621–633. 43 indexed citations

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Anderson, Annie S., Timothy J. Key, Teresa Norat, et al.. (2015). European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: Obesity, body fatness and cancer. Cancer Epidemiology. 39. S34–S45. 95 indexed citations

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Jochem, Carmen, Michael F. Leitzmann, Marlen Keimling, Daniela Schmid, & Gundula Behrens. (2014). Physical Activity in Relation to Risk of Hematologic Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(5). 833–846. 31 indexed citations

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Keimling, Marlen, Andrew G. Renehan, Gundula Behrens, et al.. (2013). Comparison of Associations of Body Mass Index, Abdominal Adiposity, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in a Large Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(8). 1383–1394. 46 indexed citations

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Luchner, Andreas, Gundula Behrens, Jan Stritzke, et al.. (2013). Long-Term Pattern of Brain Natriuretic Peptide and N-Terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Its Determinants in the General Population: Contribution of Age, Gender, and Cardiac and Extra-Cardiac Factors. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(8). 859–867. 63 indexed citations

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