Wolfgang Marx

22.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
175 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Marx is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Marx has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 38 papers in Physiology and 26 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Marx's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (28 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (26 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (26 papers). Wolfgang Marx is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (28 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (26 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (26 papers). Wolfgang Marx collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Wolfgang Marx's co-authors include Felice N. Jacka, Michael Berk, Adrienne O’Neil, Melissa M. Lane, Elisabeth Isenring, Joseph Firth, Amy Loughman, Skye Marshall, Marco Solmi and Jerome Sarris and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Marx

162 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Ultraprocessed food and chronic noncommunicable diseases:... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2020 2019 2022 2024 2023 100 200 300 400
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. Ultraprocessed food and chronic noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 43 observational studies
    2020 419 citations Melissa M. Lane, Adrienne O’Neil et al. profile →
  2. The Effects of Dietary Improvement on Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
    2019 366 citations Joseph Firth, Wolfgang Marx et al. profile →
  3. A systematic review of gut microbiota composition in observational studies of major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
    2022 321 citations Samantha L. Dawson, Fiona Collier et al. profile →
  4. Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
    2024 310 citations Melissa M. Lane, Elizabeth Gamage et al. profile →
  5. Major depressive disorder
    2023 301 citations Wolfgang Marx, Joseph Firth et al. profile →
  6. Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
    2022 150 citations Melissa M. Lane, Elizabeth Gamage et al. Nutrients profile →

Peers

Wolfgang Marx
Tasnime Akbaraly France
Éilis J. O’Reilly United States
Kuan‐Pin Su Taiwan
Catherine Itsiopoulos Australia
Deborah Gustafson United States
Antti Jula Finland
Awat Feizi Iran
Kurosh Djafarian Iran
Liegang Liu China
Vincenzo Solfrizzi Italy
Tasnime Akbaraly France
Wolfgang Marx
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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Marx

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Marx

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Megan, Wolfgang Marx, Felice N. Jacka, et al.. (2025). The association between dietary exposures and anxiety symptoms: A prospective analysis of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders. 389. 119651–119651. 3 indexed citations
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Lucas, Guillaume, Sylvain Iceta, Mohamed Boucékine, et al.. (2025). Dietary Patterns and Major Depression: Results from 15,262 Participants (International ALIMENTAL Study). Nutrients. 17(9). 1583–1583. 3 indexed citations
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Gogos, Andrea, Sarah Thomson, Martin O’Hely, et al.. (2024). Socioeconomic adversity, maternal nutrition, and the prenatal programming of offspring cognition and language at two years of age through maternal inflammation. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 122. 471–482. 4 indexed citations
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Fabiano, Nicholas, Melissa M. Lane, & Wolfgang Marx. (2024). Diet and depression. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 196(35). E1205–E1206. 1 indexed citations
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Crichton, Megan, Skye Marshall, Wolfgang Marx, et al.. (2023). Effect of Ginger Root Powder on Gastrointestinal Bacteria Composition, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Mental Health, Fatigue, and Quality of Life: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. Journal of Nutrition. 153(11). 3193–3206. 19 indexed citations
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Travica, Nikolaj, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Andrew Marriott, et al.. (2023). Peri-Operative Risk Factors Associated with Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD): An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(4). 1610–1610. 22 indexed citations
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Panizzutti, Bruna, David Skvarc, Chiara C. Bortolasci, et al.. (2023). Minocycline as Treatment for Psychiatric and Neurological Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5250–5250. 38 indexed citations
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Dissanayaka, Thusharika, Aron T. Hill, Melissa M. Lane, et al.. (2023). The effects of anodal tDCS on pain reduction in people with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurophysiologie Clinique. 53(6). 102921–102921. 12 indexed citations
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Kouvari, Matina, Nathan M. D’Cunha, Thomas Tsiampalis, et al.. (2023). Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity, Transition to Metabolically Unhealthy Status and Cognitive Function: Results from the Framingham Offspring Study. Nutrients. 15(5). 1289–1289. 9 indexed citations
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Bell, Imogen, et al.. (2022). The effect of psychological treatment on repetitive negative thinking in youth depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Psychological Medicine. 53(1). 6–16. 19 indexed citations
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Talebi, Sepide, Maryam Kazemi, Seyed Mojtaba Ghoreishy, et al.. (2022). Food insecurity is associated with the sleep quality and quantity in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health Nutrition. 26(4). 792–802. 20 indexed citations
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Kouvari, Matina, Nathan M. D’Cunha, Nikolaj Travica, et al.. (2022). Metabolic Syndrome, Cognitive Impairment and the Role of Diet: A Narrative Review. Nutrients. 14(2). 333–333. 39 indexed citations
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D’Cunha, Nathan M., Domenico Sergi, Melissa M. Lane, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Products on Neurocognitive and Mental Disorders. Nutrients. 14(12). 2421–2421. 46 indexed citations
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George, Elena S., Wolfgang Marx, Hannah L. Mayr, et al.. (2021). Extra virgin olive oil high in polyphenols improves antioxidant status in adults: a double-blind, randomized, controlled, cross-over study (OLIVAUS). European Journal of Nutrition. 61(2). 1073–1086. 24 indexed citations
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Moradi, Sajjad, Amir Hadi, Hamed Mohammadi, et al.. (2020). Dietary Inflammatory Index and the Risk of Frailty Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Research on Aging. 43(7-8). 323–331. 18 indexed citations
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Veronese, Nicola, Lin Yang, Laura Piccio, et al.. (2020). Adherence to a healthy lifestyle and multiple sclerosis: a case–control study from the UK Biobank. Nutritional Neuroscience. 25(6). 1231–1239. 10 indexed citations
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Marx, Wolfgang, Laisa Teleni, Alexandra McCarthy, et al.. (2013). Ginger (Zingiber officinale) and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting : a systematic literature review. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 11 indexed citations

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