Rani Polak

938 total citations
36 papers, 676 citations indexed

About

Rani Polak is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacy and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rani Polak has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 676 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in Pharmacy and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rani Polak's work include Obesity and Health Practices (18 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 papers). Rani Polak is often cited by papers focused on Obesity and Health Practices (18 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 papers). Rani Polak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Czechia. Rani Polak's co-authors include Edward M. Phillips, Amy Campbell, Rachele Pojednic, Marie Dacey, Mary A. Kennedy, Julie K. Silver, Jennifer L. Trilk, David Pober, Martin J. Abrahamson and Kimberly A. Parks and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nutrients and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

In The Last Decade

Rani Polak

34 papers receiving 657 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rani Polak United States 14 318 203 176 169 85 36 676
Nurgül Fitzgerald United States 10 366 1.2× 75 0.4× 77 0.4× 268 1.6× 34 0.4× 29 638
Isabelle Giroux Canada 15 398 1.3× 78 0.4× 122 0.7× 111 0.7× 26 0.3× 71 915
Y. Bronner United States 8 343 1.1× 86 0.4× 64 0.4× 195 1.2× 32 0.4× 9 592
Nancy M. Lewis United States 14 189 0.6× 100 0.5× 111 0.6× 124 0.7× 167 2.0× 50 713
Ruth Palombo United States 15 447 1.4× 66 0.3× 193 1.1× 318 1.9× 23 0.3× 20 829
Charina Kullen Australia 6 412 1.3× 63 0.3× 116 0.7× 129 0.8× 24 0.3× 7 613
Constance J. Geiger United States 15 379 1.2× 62 0.3× 73 0.4× 103 0.6× 22 0.3× 29 767
Louise M Aston United Kingdom 10 503 1.6× 253 1.2× 378 2.1× 175 1.0× 13 0.2× 13 1.1k
Alison Booth Australia 12 292 0.9× 85 0.4× 132 0.8× 158 0.9× 16 0.2× 44 616
Margaret Raber United States 14 312 1.0× 58 0.3× 91 0.5× 247 1.5× 18 0.2× 47 567

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rani Polak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rani Polak

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All Works

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Polak, Rani, et al.. (2025). Defining Culinary Medicine: A Call for Consensus on Competencies to Improve Nutrition. Nutrients. 17(9). 1403–1403.
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Bar‐Zeev, Yael, et al.. (2020). A nationwide assessment of lifestyle medicine counseling: knowledge, attitudes, and confidence of Israeli senior family medicine residents. BMC Family Practice. 21(1). 186–186. 6 indexed citations
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Mottalib, Adham, Martin J. Abrahamson, David Pober, et al.. (2019). Effect of diabetes-specific nutrition formulas on satiety and hunger hormones in patients with type 2 diabetes. Nutrition and Diabetes. 9(1). 26–26. 9 indexed citations
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Stark, Aliza H., et al.. (2018). “Practice What You Teach” Public Health Nurses Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (PHeeL-PHiNe): Program Evaluation. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 41(3). 171–180. 8 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, et al.. (2018). Improving Adherence to Mediterranean-Style Diet With a Community Culinary Coaching Program. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 41(3). 181–193. 7 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, et al.. (2018). Preventing Type 2 Diabetes with Home Cooking: Current Evidence and Future Potential. Current Diabetes Reports. 18(10). 99–99. 17 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, et al.. (2018). Nutrition Education Services Described on National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Center Websites. Journal of Cancer Education. 34(5). 860–864. 2 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, et al.. (2017). Medical students as health coaches: Implementation of a student-initiated Lifestyle Medicine curriculum. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 6(1). 42–42. 16 indexed citations
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Bar‐Zeev, Yael, et al.. (2017). Lifestyle medicine course for family medicine residents: preliminary assessment of the impact on knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and personal health. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 93(1103). 549–554. 13 indexed citations
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Pojednic, Rachele, et al.. (2016). Practice patterns, counseling and promotion of physical activity by sports medicine physicians. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 20(2). 123–127. 24 indexed citations
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Bonnet, Jonathan P., et al.. (2016). Perspectives on a Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship Curriculum From Interested Medical Students. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 13(1). 106–110. 1 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, Marie Dacey, & Edward M. Phillips. (2016). Time for Food—Including Nutrition on Physiatrists' Tables. PM&R. 8(4). 388–390. 1 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, et al.. (2015). Public Health Nurses Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (PHeeL-PHiNe). Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 38(2). 164–177. 9 indexed citations
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Phillips, Edward M., et al.. (2015). Including lifestyle medicine in undergraduate medical curricula. Medical Education Online. 20(1). 26150–26150. 48 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, Gary A. Sforzo, Diana Dill, Edward M. Phillips, & Margaret Moore. (2015). Credentialed Chefs as Certified Wellness Coaches: Call for Action. Eating Behaviors. 19. 65–67. 7 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani, Marie Dacey, Hillary A. Keenan, & Edward M. Phillips. (2014). Bridging the gap - planning Lifestyle Medicine fellowship curricula: A cross sectional study. BMC Medical Education. 14(1). 1045–1045. 10 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani. (1952). Inferior placental villi.. PubMed. 52(3). 143–59. 2 indexed citations
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Polak, Rani. (1952). Fats in the pathologic placenta.. PubMed. 52(2). 81–92. 3 indexed citations

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