Ancel Keys
Impact in
- Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
- Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Physiology top 0.1%
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
Papers in
- Physiology 42
- Diet and metabolism studies 25
- Co-authors
- Francisco Grande (38 shared papers)Joseph T. Anderson (41 shared papers)Josef Brožek (15 shared papers)Henry L. Taylor (28 shared papers)Flaminio Fidanza (18 shared papers)Henry Blackburn (23 shared papers)Noboru Kimura (6 shared papers)Martti J. Karvonen (6 shared papers)
- Journals
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (25 papers)Circulation (22 papers)The Lancet (17 papers)Journal of Nutrition (9 papers)Science (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesRussiaItaly
In The Last Decade
Ancel Keys
211 papers receiving 17.3k citations
Ancel Keys's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 199
- Nutrition and Dietetics 3.7k
- Physiology 5.7k
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4.4k
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2.5k
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2.6k
Countries citing papers authored by Ancel Keys
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ancel Keys
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ancel Keys, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DENSITOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION: REVISION OF SOME QUANTITATIVE ASSUMPTIONS* Hit paper breakdown → | 1963 | 1850 |
| 2 | Indices of relative weight and obesity Hit paper breakdown → | 1972 | 1538 |
| 3 | THE DIET AND 15-YEAR DEATH RATE IN THE SEVEN COUNTRIES STUDY Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 1300 |
| 4 | The Electrocardiogram in Population Studies Hit paper breakdown → | 1960 | 985 |
| 5 | Serum cholesterol response to changes in the diet Hit paper breakdown → | 1965 | 820 |
| 6 | Seven Countries Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 625 |
| 7 | Body Fat in Adult Man Hit paper breakdown → | 1953 | 625 |
| 8 | PREDICTION OF SERUM-CHOLESTEROL RESPONSES OF MAN TO CHANGES IN FATS IN THE DIET Hit paper breakdown → | 1957 | 573 |
| 9 | EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES RELATED TO CORONARY HEART DISEASE: CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AGED 40–59 IN SEVEN COUNTRIES* Hit paper breakdown → | 1966 | 466 |
| 10 | Serum cholesterol response to changes in the diet Hit paper breakdown → | 1965 | 396 |
| 11 | 1984 | 393 | |
| 12 | 1995 | 389 | |
| 13 | Serum cholesterol response to changes in the diet Hit paper breakdown → | 1965 | 361 |
| 14 | 1971 | 281 | |
| 15 | 1956 | 280 | |
| 16 | 1989 | 236 | |
| 17 | 2014 | 229 | |
| 18 | 1963 | 219 | |
| 19 | 1951 | 218 | |
| 20 | 1958 | 208 |
About Ancel Keys
Ancel Keys is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, having authored 219 papers that have together received 19.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Diet and metabolism studies (25 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (20 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (20 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (11 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers), Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (10 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nutrition and Dietetics (3.7k citations), Physiology (5.7k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (4.4k citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (2.5k citations) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (2.6k citations). Ancel Keys has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Francisco Grande, Joseph T. Anderson, Josef Brožek, Henry L. Taylor, Flaminio Fidanza, Henry Blackburn, Noboru Kimura, Martti J. Karvonen, S Punsar and Ernst Simonson. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Circulation, The Lancet, Journal of Nutrition and Science.
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