Stanley Heshka

16.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
122 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Stanley Heshka is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Stanley Heshka has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Physiology, 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Stanley Heshka's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (47 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (35 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (29 papers). Stanley Heshka is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (47 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (35 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (29 papers). Stanley Heshka collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. Stanley Heshka's co-authors include Steven B. Heymsfield, Dympna Gallagher, ZiMian Wang, Shankuan Zhu, Jeanine Albu, Wei Shen, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Latha Palaniappan, Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge and Mark Punyanitya and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Stanley Heshka

120 papers receiving 12.3k 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.

The Metabolic Syndrome

2003 1.7k citations Shankuan Zhu, Stanley Heshka et al. profile →
Total body skeletal muscle and adipose tissue volumes: estimation from a single abdominal cross-sectional image

2004 1.3k citations Wei Shen, Mark Punyanitya et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Discrepancy between Self-Reported and Actual Caloric Intake and Exercise in Obese Subjects

1992 974 citations Steven W. Lichtman, Stanley Heshka et al. profile →
Waist circumference and obesity-associated risk factors among whites in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: clinical action thresholds

2002 528 citations Stanley Heshka, Moonseong Heo et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stanley Heshka

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stanley Heshka. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stanley Heshka 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 Stanley Heshka. Stanley Heshka is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long‐term sustained effects of the Look AHEAD lifestyle intervention on body composition among adults with type 2 diabetes 2024 ·Obesity ·Maxine Ashby‐Thompson, Stanley Heshka, (unknown), Henry J. Pownall, Blandine Laferrère, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Steven B. Heymsfield, Thomas A. Wadden, Dympna Gallagher	4
2	Changes in regional body composition over 8 years in a randomized lifestyle trial: The look AHEAD study 2016 ·Obesity ·Henry J. Pownall, (unknown), George A. Bray, Robert I. Berkowitz, Cora E. Lewis, Edward J. Boyko, John M. Jakicic, Haiying Chen, Stanley Heshka, Edward W. Gregg, Karen Johnson	18
3	Independent associations of insulin resistance with high whole-body intermuscular and low leg subcutaneous adipose tissue distribution in obese HIV-infected women 2007 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Jeanine Albu, Sonjia Kenya, Qing He, (unknown), Evan S. Berk, Stanley Heshka, Donald P. Kotler, Ellen S. Engelson	31
4	Serum Magnesium and Type-2 Diabetes in African Americans and Hispanics: A New York Cohort 2006 ·Journal of the American College of Nutrition ·Earle C. Chambers, Stanley Heshka, Dympna Gallagher, Jack Wang, F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer, Richard N. Pierson	27
5	Serum Iron and Body Fat Distribution in a Multiethnic Cohort of Adults Living in New York City 2006 ·Journal of the American Dietetic Association ·Earle C. Chambers, Stanley Heshka, Dympna Gallagher, Jack Wang, F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer, Richard N. Pierson	41
6	Excessive Weight Gain in Cardiac Transplant Recipients 2005 ·The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·James Williams, Lise Lund, John J. LaManca, Chandra Kunavarapu, David Cohen, Stanley Heshka, Steven B. Heymsfield, Donna Mancini	45
7	A cellular-level approach to predicting resting energy expenditure across the adult years 2005 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Stanley Heshka, Steven B. Heymsfield, Wei Shen, Dympna Gallagher	41
8	Three-compartment model: critical evaluation based on neutron activation analysis 2004 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Analiza M. Silva, Wei Shen, ZiMian Wang, John F. Aloia, Miriam E. Nelson, Steven B. Heymsfield, Luís B. Sardinha, Stanley Heshka	15
9	Low physical activity levels of modern Homo sapiens among free-ranging mammals 2004 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Matthew R. Hayes, (unknown), Stanley Heshka, Zeke Wang, Angelo Pietrobelli, S. B. Heymsfield	46
10	Intermuscular adipose tissue-free skeletal muscle mass: estimation by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in adults 2004 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Jaehee Kim, Stanley Heshka, Dympna Gallagher, Donald P. Kotler, Laurel Mayer, Jeanine Albu, Wei Shen, Pamela U. Freda, Steven B. Heymsfield	171
11	Total body protein: a new cellular level mass and distribution prediction model 2003 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Wei Shen, Donald P. Kotler, Stanley Heshka, Lucian Wielopolski, John F. Aloia, Miriam E. Nelson, Richard N. Pierson, Steven B. Heymsfield	34
12	Volume Estimates by Imaging Methods: Model Comparisons with Visible Woman as the Reference 2003 ·Obesity Research ·Wei Shen, ZiMian Wang, Haiying Tang, Stanley Heshka, Mark Punyanitya, Shankuan Zhu, Jianbo Lei, Steven B. Heymsfield	60
13	Sexual dimorphism in the energy content of weight change 2002 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Angelo Pietrobelli, David B. Allison, Stanley Heshka, Moonseong Heo, ZM Wang, (unknown), Blandine Laferrère, Michael Rosenbaum, (unknown), FX Pi-Sunyer, S. B. Heymsfield	42
14	DXA: Potential for Creating a Metabolic Map of Organ‐Tissue Resting Energy Expenditure Components 2002 ·Obesity Research ·Matthew R. Hayes, (unknown), ZiMian Wang, Dympna Gallagher, Stanley Heshka, Ann M. Spungen, William A. Bauman, Steven B. Heymsfield	64
15	Alternative Treatments for Weight Loss: A Critical Review 2001 ·Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ·David B. Allison, Kevin R. Fontaine, Stanley Heshka, (unknown), Steven B. Heymsfield	92
16	Self-help weight loss versus a structured commercial program after 26 weeks: a randomized controlled study 2000 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·Stanley Heshka, Frank L. Greenway, James W. Anderson, Richard L. Atkinson, James O. Hill, Stephen D. Phinney, Karen Miller‐Kovach, F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer	56
17	Systematic organization of body-composition methodology: an overview with emphasis on component-based methods 1995 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZM Wang, Stanley Heshka, RN Pierson, S. B. Heymsfield	83
18	Weight loss and change in resting metabolic rate 1990 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Stanley Heshka, Mu Yang, (unknown), P. E. BURT, FX Pi-Sunyer	87
19	Chemical determination of human body density in vivo: relevance to hydrodensitometry 1989 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Steven B. Heymsfield, J Wang, J.J. Kehayias, Stanley Heshka, Steven W. Lichtman, Richard N. Pierson	60
20	Resting metabolic rate after weight loss in obese patients 1988 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Stanley Heshka	4

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