Xiaoran Liu

5.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
115 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaoran Liu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoran Liu has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 25 papers in Physiology and 23 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Xiaoran Liu's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (39 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (22 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (14 papers). Xiaoran Liu is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (39 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (22 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (14 papers). Xiaoran Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Xiaoran Liu's co-authors include Klodian Dhana, Walter C. Willett, Yanping Li, Oscar H. Franco, Dong D. Wang, An Pan, Frank B. Hu, Meir J. Stampfer, Emanuele Di Angelantonio and Stephen Kaptoge and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoran Liu

105 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population

2018 559 citations Yanping Li, An Pan et al. Circulation profile →
Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study

2020 397 citations Yanping Li, Dong D. Wang et al. profile →
Trial of the MIND Diet for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Older Persons

2023 159 citations Lisa L. Barnes, Klodian Dhana et al. profile →
Association of the Mediterranean Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet With the Risk of Dementia

2023 78 citations Hui Chen, Klodian Dhana et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoran Liu China	28	951	730	472	386	289	115	3.2k
David Faeh Switzerland	32	1.4k 1.5×	1.6k 2.2×	303 0.6×	407 1.1×	227 0.8×	79	4.4k
Anne Peasey United Kingdom	33	753 0.8×	446 0.6×	355 0.8×	371 1.0×	114 0.4×	87	3.3k
Huijun Wang China	36	2.1k 2.2×	913 1.3×	1.1k 2.4×	346 0.9×	264 0.9×	328	5.5k
Julie A. Marshall United States	40	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	408 0.9×	510 1.3×	160 0.6×	92	4.8k
Lindsay M. Jaacks United States	31	1.5k 1.5×	687 0.9×	588 1.2×	420 1.1×	115 0.4×	137	4.2k
David Kerr United Kingdom	42	1.1k 1.1×	833 1.1×	169 0.4×	861 2.2×	225 0.8×	221	6.8k
Changzheng Yuan China	32	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.6×	360 0.8×	242 0.6×	234 0.8×	166	3.8k
Ruth Chan Hong Kong	35	1.2k 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	419 0.9×	219 0.6×	289 1.0×	108	4.7k
Taichi Shimazu Japan	48	2.1k 2.2×	1.0k 1.4×	858 1.8×	355 0.9×	271 0.9×	303	8.6k
Synnøve F. Knutsen United States	39	1.6k 1.7×	983 1.3×	638 1.4×	280 0.7×	116 0.4×	112	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoran Liu

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Liu, Xiaoran, Frank M. Sacks, Todd Beck, et al.. (2025). Apolipoprotein E ε4-dependent associations between carotenoids and cognitive decline: Findings from the MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative delay) randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 122(5). 1289–1297. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoran, et al.. (2025). Hearing loss, diet, and cognitive decline: interconnections for dementia prevention. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 12(3). 100052–100052.

Desai, Pankaja, Ted Kheng Siang Ng, Kristin R. Krueger, et al.. (2025). The Social Vulnerability Index and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in a Population-Based Sample of Older Adults. Neurology. 104(8). e213464–e213464. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Lixin, Yujiao Zheng, Lu Wang, et al.. (2025). Structural optimization of artificial reef based on hydrodynamic and shear stress analyses. Ocean Engineering. 340. 122396–122396. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoran, Todd Beck, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2024). Dietary fats and the APOE-e4 risk allele in relation to cognitive decline: a longitudinal investigation in a biracial population sample. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 28(5). 100211–100211. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoran, et al.. (2023). TBSS analysis of white matter fasciculus in chronic insomnia and the relationship with sleep quality and cognitive function. Sleep and Biological Rhythms. 21(4). 467–470.

Belanger, Matthew J., Lara Kovell, Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran, et al.. (2023). Effects of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet on Change in Cardiac Biomarkers Over Time: Results From the DASH‐Sodium Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(2). e026684–e026684. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoran, Todd Beck, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2023). Association of Whole Grain Consumption and Cognitive Decline. Neurology. 101(22). e2277–e2287. 8 indexed citations

Zhu, Songyan, Jian Xu, Hao Zhu, et al.. (2022). Investigating Impacts of Ambient Air Pollution on the Terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) From Remote Sensing. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Klodian Dhana, Lisa L. Barnes, et al.. (2022). A healthy plant-based diet was associated with slower cognitive decline in African American older adults: a biracial community-based cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(4). 875–886. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Scott Harding, & Todd C. Rideout. (2022). Saturated Fat and Cardiovascular Health: Phenotype and Dietary Factors Influencing Interindividual Responsiveness. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 24(5). 391–398. 4 indexed citations

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Fan, Hongwei, et al.. (2022). Toward High-Performance Map-Recovery of Air Pollution Using Machine Learning. ACS ES&T Engineering. 3(1). 73–85. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui, Jie Shen, Anna Zhu, et al.. (2022). Plant-based dietary patterns in relation to mortality among older adults in China. Nature Aging. 2(3). 224–230. 73 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Klodian Dhana, Jeremy D. Furtado, et al.. (2021). Higher circulating α-carotene was associated with better cognitive function: an evaluation among the MIND trial participants. Journal of Nutritional Science. 10. e64–e64. 25 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Marta Guasch‐Ferré, Deirdre K. Tobias, & Yanping Li. (2021). Association of Walnut Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality and Life Expectancy in U.S. Adults. Nutrients. 13(8). 2699–2699. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Di, Liang Sun, Xiaoran Liu, et al.. (2020). Replacing white rice bars with peanuts as snacks in the habitual diet improves metabolic syndrome risk among Chinese adults: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 113(1). 28–35. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Yanping Li, Marta Guasch‐Ferré, et al.. (2019). Changes in nut consumption influence long-term weight change in US men and women. BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. 2(2). 90–99. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Dennis J. Hanseman, Catherine M. Champagne, et al.. (2019). Predicting Weight Loss Using Psychological and Behavioral Factors: The POUNDS LOST Trial. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(4). 1274–1283. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yanping, An Pan, Dong D. Wang, et al.. (2018). Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population. Circulation. 138(4). 345–355. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiaoran. (2010). Clinical research of Gubenfangxiao decoction combined with point application on chronic asthmatic children in 100 cases. Zhonghua zhongyiyao zazhi. 9 indexed citations

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