R. Pierson

984 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 803 citations indexed

About

R. Pierson is a scholar working on Physiology, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Pierson has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 803 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Physiology, 1 paper in Surgery and 1 paper in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in R. Pierson's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (3 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (2 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (1 paper). R. Pierson is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (3 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (2 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (1 paper). R. Pierson collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. Pierson's co-authors include S. B. Heymsfield, J Wang, Santiago Burastero, J. Thornton, Mary E. Russell, R. Ma, R Fielding, Mary Russell-Aulet, GE Dallal and Michael R. Dufault and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Transplantation and European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

R. Pierson

3 papers receiving 772 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.

Asians have lower body mass index (BMI) but higher percent body fat than do whites: comparisons of anthropometric measurements

1994 695 citations J Wang, J. Thornton et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Pierson United States	3	388	288	160	107	86	4	803
Dale O. Okorodudu United States	3	390 1.0×	336 1.2×	93 0.6×	104 1.0×	171 2.0×	5	869
Ioannis A. Papagiannopoulos Greece	3	260 0.7×	239 0.8×	134 0.8×	130 1.2×	152 1.8×	3	960
Tina Landsvig Berentzen Denmark	17	404 1.0×	365 1.3×	302 1.9×	376 3.5×	168 2.0×	33	1.3k
Marc-Andre Cornier United States	4	331 0.9×	289 1.0×	183 1.1×	114 1.1×	275 3.2×	5	898
Yoel Korenfeld United States	9	302 0.8×	251 0.9×	117 0.7×	123 1.1×	287 3.3×	9	802
Young‐Gyun Seo South Korea	14	268 0.7×	207 0.7×	109 0.7×	127 1.2×	58 0.7×	46	624
Courtney Jennings South Africa	11	224 0.6×	144 0.5×	114 0.7×	117 1.1×	83 1.0×	19	600
Jane Yin Hong Kong	9	211 0.5×	176 0.6×	40 0.3×	108 1.0×	88 1.0×	11	633
Albane B.R. Maggio Switzerland	12	143 0.4×	218 0.8×	184 1.1×	114 1.1×	229 2.7×	31	763
Irena Aldhoon-Hainerová Czechia	10	196 0.5×	144 0.5×	125 0.8×	123 1.1×	151 1.8×	15	581

Countries citing papers authored by R. Pierson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Pierson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Pierson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Pierson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. Pierson. R. Pierson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Takemoto, Satoru, Víctor Alfonso Jiménez Díaz, Michael R. Dufault, et al.. (2025). Lung Xenotransplantation Outcomes Using Multi-Gene Edited Pigs: In Vivo Transplant and Ex Vivo Human Xenoperfusion. American Journal of Transplantation. 25(8). S63–S64.

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Dallal, GE, S. B. Heymsfield, J Wang, et al.. (1997). A multi-center comparison of dual energy X-ray absorptiometers: In vivo and in vitro soft tissue measurement. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 51(5). 312–317. 33 indexed citations

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Fielding, R, et al.. (1996). Analysis of body-composition techniques and models for detecting change in soft tissue with strength training. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 63(5). 678–686. 75 indexed citations

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Wang, J, J. Thornton, Mary E. Russell, et al.. (1994). Asians have lower body mass index (BMI) but higher percent body fat than do whites: comparisons of anthropometric measurements. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 60(1). 23–28. 695 indexed citations breakdown →

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