Walter C. Willett

402.1k citations
1.9k papers · 255.3k indexed · 88 hit papers · h-index 258
Topics
Nutritional Studies and Diet (853 papers)Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (364 papers)Diet and metabolism studies (265 papers)

In The Last Decade

Walter C. Willett

1.8k papers receiving 243.1k citations

Hit Papers

Nutritional Epidemiology19842026199820121998198519862001200610002.0k3.0k

Peers

Walter C. Willett
Comparison fields: 5 of 233
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 98.0k
  • Physiology 58.8k
  • Nutrition and Dietetics 47.7k
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 35.4k
  • Oncology 29.7k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter C. Willett

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All Works

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2 17
3 30
4 34
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6 28
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Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortalitybreakdown →
251
8 25
9 33
10 17
11 15
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Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Populationbreakdown →
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13 25
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15 193
16 34
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About Walter C. Willett

Walter C. Willett is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology, having authored 1.9k papers that have together received 255.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (853 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (364 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (265 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (98.0k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (47.7k citations) and Biochemistry (15.4k citations). Walter C. Willett has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Meir J. Stampfer, Graham A. Colditz, Frank B. Hu, JoAnn E. Manson, Eric B. Rimm, Bernard Rosner, Edward L. Giovannucci, Charles H. Hennekens, Frank E. Speizer and Donna Spiegelman. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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