Neal D. Barnard

12.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

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Neal D. Barnard is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neal D. Barnard has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Physiology, 73 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 46 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Neal D. Barnard's work include Diet and metabolism studies (72 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (57 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (46 papers). Neal D. Barnard is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (72 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (57 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (46 papers). Neal D. Barnard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Neal D. Barnard's co-authors include Susan Levin, Hana Kahleová, Gabrielle Turner‐McGrievy, Chad B. Sandusky, Yoko Yokoyama, Hope Ferdowsian, Susan E. Berkow, Jonathan Balcombe, Joshua Cohen and Amy Joy Lanou and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Neal D. Barnard

142 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Laboratory routines cause animal stress.

2004 537 citations Neal D. Barnard et al. profile →
The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diets on Gut Microbiota

2019 484 citations Aleksandra Tomova, Emilie Rembert et al. Frontiers in Nutrition profile →
Vegetarian Diets and Blood Pressure

2014 332 citations Neal D. Barnard et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neal D. Barnard United States	53	4.3k	3.6k	2.7k	1.0k	802	146	9.0k
Victor L. Fulgoni United States	58	2.4k 0.6×	5.8k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	611 0.6×	536 0.7×	319	10.7k
Shilpa N Bhupathiraju United States	40	2.6k 0.6×	4.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	814 0.8×	143 0.2×	111	7.8k
Christopher D. Gardner United States	55	4.2k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	882 0.3×	1.8k 1.8×	578 0.7×	183	11.6k
Francesco Sofi Italy	49	3.9k 0.9×	5.5k 1.5×	785 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	243 0.3×	219	13.2k
Inge Huybrechts France	60	3.1k 0.7×	8.0k 2.3×	831 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	260 0.3×	360	13.5k
Alexandra M. Johnstone United Kingdom	41	4.9k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	674 0.3×	4.0k 3.8×	708 0.9×	149	9.6k
W. W. Campbell United States	61	7.5k 1.7×	4.1k 1.1×	538 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	3.2k 4.0×	270	13.3k
Frank B. Hu United States	27	3.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	617 0.2×	634 0.6×	164 0.2×	43	7.9k
Loren Cordain United States	37	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	409 0.2×	763 0.7×	426 0.5×	76	6.3k
Inge Tetens Denmark	52	2.3k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	429 0.2×	529 0.5×	216 0.3×	237	8.1k

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Kahleová, Hana, et al.. (2025). Processed foods in the context of a vegan diet, and changes in body weight and severe hot flashes in postmenopausal women: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 32(9). 877–881.

Holubkov, Richard, et al.. (2024). Diet quality, body weight, and postmenopausal hot flashes: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. BMC Women s Health. 24(1). 620–620. 2 indexed citations

Reddy, Koushik, Kamil F. Faridi, Monica Aggarwal, et al.. (2024). Proposed Mechanisms and Associations of COVID-19 with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 20(1). 4–13. 1 indexed citations

Kahleová, Hana, et al.. (2023). Dietary advanced glycation end-products and postmenopausal hot flashes: A post-hoc analysis of a 12-week randomized clinical trial. Maturitas. 172. 32–38. 11 indexed citations

Kahleová, Hana, et al.. (2023). Does diet quality matter? A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(3). 270–273. 5 indexed citations

Kahleová, Hana & Neal D. Barnard. (2022). Can a plant-based diet help mitigate Covid-19?. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 76(7). 911–912. 15 indexed citations

Kahleová, Hana, et al.. (2021). Perspective: Plant-Based Eating Pattern for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Treatment: Efficacy, Mechanisms, and Practical Considerations. Advances in Nutrition. 12(6). 2045–2055. 43 indexed citations

Kahleová, Hana, et al.. (2020). Plant-Based Diets for Type 1 Diabetes. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism. 11(7). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Tomova, Aleksandra, et al.. (2019). The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diets on Gut Microbiota. Frontiers in Nutrition. 6. 47–47. 484 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barnard, Neal D., Hana Kahleová, & Susan Levin. (2019). The Use of Plant-Based Diets for Obesity Treatment. 1(1). 11 indexed citations

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Kahleová, Hana, et al.. (2019). Crohn’s Disease Remission with a Plant-Based Diet: A Case Report. Nutrients. 11(6). 1385–1385. 12 indexed citations

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Freeman, Andrew M., Pamela B. Morris, Neal D. Barnard, et al.. (2017). Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(9). 1172–1187. 103 indexed citations

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Barnard, Neal D., Ashley I. Bush, Antonia Ceccarelli, et al.. (2014). Dietary and lifestyle guidelines for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 35. S74–S78. 243 indexed citations

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Chandrasekera, P. Charukeshi, et al.. (2014). You are what you eat, or are you? The challenges of translating high-fat-fed rodents to human obesity and diabetes. Nutrition and Diabetes. 4(9). e135–e135. 98 indexed citations

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Mishra, Suruchi, et al.. (2013). A multicenter randomized controlled trial of a plant-based nutrition program to reduce body weight and cardiovascular risk in the corporate setting: the GEICO study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 67(7). 718–724. 145 indexed citations

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Barnard, Neal D.. (2010). Trends in food availability, 1909–2007. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91(5). 1530S–1536S. 32 indexed citations

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Barnard, Neal D., et al.. (2010). Students’ Willingness to Purchase Vegan Menu Items in the National School Lunch Program. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Barnard, Neal D., Joshua Cohen, David J.A. Jenkins, et al.. (2009). A low-fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74-wk clinical trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89(5). 1588S–1596S. 334 indexed citations

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Berkow, Susan E. & Neal D. Barnard. (2005). Blood Pressure Regulation and Vegetarian Diets. Nutrition Reviews. 63(1). 1–8. 86 indexed citations

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Barnard, Neal D., et al.. (2002). The Current Use of Estrogens for Growth-Suppressant Therapy in Adolescent Girls. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 15(1). 23–26. 40 indexed citations

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