Peter D. Gluckman

66.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
630 papers, 45.9k citations indexed

About

Peter D. Gluckman is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter D. Gluckman has authored 630 papers receiving a total of 45.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 328 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 119 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 115 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Peter D. Gluckman's work include Birth, Development, and Health (225 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (104 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (83 papers). Peter D. Gluckman is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (225 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (104 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (83 papers). Peter D. Gluckman collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Singapore and United Kingdom. Peter D. Gluckman's co-authors include Mark A. Hanson, Alistair J. Gunn, Keith M. Godfrey, Bernhard H. Breier, Cyrus Cooper, Kent L. Thornburg, Jane E. Harding, Alan S. Beedle, Tania R. Gunn and David J.P. Barker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peter D. Gluckman

618 papers receiving 44.4k citations

Hit Papers

Effect of In Utero and Ea... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2008 1993 2005 2004 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Effect of In Utero and Early-Life Conditions on Adult Health and Disease
    2008 2.7k citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson et al. profile →
  2. Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in adult life
    1993 2.1k citations Keith M. Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman et al. profile →
  3. Selective head cooling with mild systemic hypothermia after neonatal encephalopathy: multicentre randomised trial
    2005 1.6k citations Peter D. Gluckman, Alistair J. Gunn et al. profile →
  4. Living with the Past: Evolution, Development, and Patterns of Disease
    2004 1.4k citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson profile →
  5. Developmental plasticity and human health
    2004 1.2k citations Peter D. Gluckman, Keith M. Godfrey et al. profile →
  6. Fetal origins of hyperphagia, obesity, and hypertension and postnatal amplification by hypercaloric nutrition
    2000 773 citations Bernhard H. Breier, Peter D. Gluckman et al. profile →
  7. Early Developmental Conditioning of Later Health and Disease: Physiology or Pathophysiology?
    2014 757 citations Mark A. Hanson, Peter D. Gluckman profile →
  8. Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences
    2018 744 citations Mark A. Hanson, Peter D. Gluckman et al. profile →
  9. Early life events and their consequences for later disease: A life history and evolutionary perspective
    2006 672 citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson et al. profile →
  10. Developmental origins of non-communicable disease: Implications for research and public health
    2012 548 citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson et al. profile →
  11. Epigenetic Gene Promoter Methylation at Birth Is Associated With Child’s Later Adiposity
    2011 510 citations Keith M. Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman et al. profile →
  12. Dramatic neuronal rescue with prolonged selective head cooling after ischemia in fetal lambs.
    1997 494 citations Alistair J. Gunn, Harmen H. de Haan et al. profile →
  13. Epigenetic mechanisms that underpin metabolic and cardiovascular diseases
    2009 469 citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson et al. profile →
  14. Transgenerational effects of prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine on neonatal adiposity and health in later life
    2008 430 citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson et al. profile →
  15. The biology of developmental plasticity and the Predictive Adaptive Response hypothesis
    2014 359 citations Peter D. Gluckman, Mark A. Hanson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter D. Gluckman 25.5k 8.5k 7.6k 6.8k 6.0k 630 45.9k
Mark A. Hanson 21.5k 0.8× 9.6k 1.1× 6.6k 0.9× 5.5k 0.8× 5.6k 0.9× 560 35.7k
Debbie A. Lawlor 15.0k 0.6× 8.2k 1.0× 6.6k 0.9× 14.1k 2.1× 8.5k 1.4× 1.1k 65.4k
Johan G. Eriksson 16.4k 0.6× 8.1k 1.0× 5.9k 0.8× 10.9k 1.6× 11.1k 1.8× 839 46.7k
David J.P. Barker 26.4k 1.0× 12.7k 1.5× 4.0k 0.5× 8.3k 1.2× 5.6k 0.9× 241 37.8k
Clive Osmond 34.7k 1.4× 17.1k 2.0× 3.9k 0.5× 12.0k 1.8× 7.8k 1.3× 505 49.7k
Jonathan R. Seckl 12.8k 0.5× 3.7k 0.4× 6.9k 0.9× 3.5k 0.5× 6.5k 1.1× 448 43.6k
Tim Cole 19.3k 0.8× 3.5k 0.4× 4.1k 0.5× 29.6k 4.3× 15.5k 2.6× 668 72.8k
Keith M. Godfrey 16.3k 0.6× 10.0k 1.2× 3.4k 0.5× 9.0k 1.3× 4.7k 0.8× 654 30.9k
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe 13.3k 0.5× 7.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.3× 9.6k 1.4× 3.0k 0.5× 886 34.6k
James M. Roberts 15.4k 0.6× 20.2k 2.4× 9.1k 1.2× 5.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.4× 434 40.0k

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All Works

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Tan, Ai Peng, Marielle V. Fortier, Michael J. Meaney, et al.. (2025). Maternal Childhood Maltreatment, Development of Amygdala Volume, and Anxiety Symptoms in Offspring. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 65(3). 420–431.
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Poulton, Richie, Hayley Guiney, Jesse Kokaua, et al.. (2025). Cohort Profile: The New Zealand Best Start study (Kia Tīmata Pai). International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(4).
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Labus, Jennifer S., Jia Xu, Neerja Karnani, et al.. (2025). Childhood gut microbiome is linked to internalizing symptoms at school age via the functional connectome. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9359–9359.
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Buthmann, Jessica L., Tarik Benmarhnia, Jonathan Huang, et al.. (2025). Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter During Pregnancy Is Associated With Hippocampal Development in Offspring. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 5(4). 100490–100490.
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Pook, Chris, Brooke C. Wilson, Caroline Kelsey, et al.. (2025). Interconnected pathways link faecal microbiota plasma lipids and brain activity to childhood malnutrition related cognition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 473–473. 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Kwun Kei, Xing Qian, Siwei Liu, et al.. (2024). Rate of brain aging associates with future executive function in Asian children and older adults. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Kee, Michelle Z. L., Ai Peng Tan, Bobby K. Cheon, et al.. (2024). Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Risk for Childhood Depression: Role of Executive Functions. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 64(8). 946–958.
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Tham, Elaine K.H., Haiyan Xu, Xiuju Fu, et al.. (2023). Associations between sleep trajectories up to 54 months and cognitive school readiness in 4 year old preschool children. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1136448–1136448. 2 indexed citations
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Phua, Desiree Y., Helen Chen, Fabian Yap, et al.. (2023). Allostatic load in children: The cost of empathic concern. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(39). e2217769120–e2217769120. 4 indexed citations
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Cai, Shirong, Elaine K.H. Tham, Haiyan Xu, et al.. (2022). Trajectories of reported sleep duration associate with early childhood cognitive development. SLEEP. 46(2). 13 indexed citations
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Wong, Gerard, Jacquelyn M. Weir, Kevin Huynh, et al.. (2021). The placental lipidome of maternal antenatal depression predicts socio-emotional problems in the offspring. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 107–107. 12 indexed citations
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Huang, Jonathan, Navin Michael, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, et al.. (2021). Cardiometabolic Profile of Different Body Composition Phenotypes in Children. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(5). e2015–e2024. 10 indexed citations
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French, Jonathan, Michael J. Meaney, Peter D. Gluckman, et al.. (2020). Complex genetic dependencies among growth and neurological phenotypes in healthy children: Towards deciphering developmental mechanisms. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0242684–e0242684. 9 indexed citations
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Pang, Wei Wei, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Yiong Huak Chan, et al.. (2017). Direct vs. Expressed Breast Milk Feeding: Relation to Duration of Breastfeeding. Nutrients. 9(6). 547–547. 50 indexed citations
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Chen, Ling‐Wei, Izzuddin M. Aris, Jonathan Y. Bernard, et al.. (2016). Associations of Maternal Dietary Patterns during Pregnancy with Offspring Adiposity from Birth Until 54 Months of Age. Nutrients. 9(1). 2–2. 66 indexed citations
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Lokireddy, Sudarsanareddy, Vincent Mouly, Gillian Butler‐Browne, et al.. (2011). Myostatin promotes the wasting of human myoblast cultures through promoting ubiquitin-proteasome pathway-mediated loss of sarcomeric proteins. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 301(6). C1316–C1324. 89 indexed citations
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Kenyon, P. R., C. M. C. Jenkinson, H. T. Blair, Bernhard H. Breier, & Peter D. Gluckman. (2009). Late‐pregnancy nutrition differentially affects the birthweight of lambs born to ewes from divergently selected plasma IGF‐1 lines. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(1). 9–16. 4 indexed citations
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Kenyon, P. R., C. M. C. Jenkinson, H. T. Blair, et al.. (2009). Reproductive performance of progesterone synchronised IGF‐1 selection line ewes. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(3). 307–314. 2 indexed citations
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Godfrey, Keith M., Peter D. Gluckman, Karen A. Lillycrop, et al.. (2009). 6th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 1(S1). S1–S60. 6 indexed citations
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Haan, Harmen H. de, Alistair J. Gunn, & Peter D. Gluckman. (1997). Fetal heart rate changes do not reflect cardiovascular deterioration during brief repeated umbilical cord occlusions in near-term fetal lambs. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 176(1). 8–17. 39 indexed citations

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