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7596
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Alan Lucas publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Lucas sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 354 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alan Lucas D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Lucas sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - James Spence Medal, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for foundinghe Child Nutrition Research Centrendnitiatinghe firstnterventionrialsoesthe programming effects of early nutrition on longerm healthndevelopment

Overview

Alan Lucas is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the medical and nursing fields, with a particular focus on nutrition, neonatology, and infant health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Nursing

Within these fields, their work concentrates on subfields such as:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

The predominant topics addressed in their research are:

  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies

Alan Lucas has a number of recent papers, including:

  • "Human milk feeding and cognitive outcome in preterm infants: the role of infection and NEC reduction" (2021) published in Pediatric Research
  • "Preterm Infants Fed Cow's Milk-Derived Fortifier Had Adverse Outcomes Despite a Base Diet of Only Mother's Own Milk" (2020) published in Breastfeeding Medicine
  • "Effect of nutritionally modified infant formula on academic performance: linkage of seven dormant randomised controlled trials to national education data" (2021) published in BMJ
  • "The Preterm Heart-Brain Axis in Young Adulthood: The Impact of Birth History and Modifiable Risk Factors" (2021) published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Postdischarge Nutrition in Preterm Infants" (2022) published in NeoReviews

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Steven A. Abrams
  • Mary Fewtrell
  • John Boscardin
  • J. Daniel Sherman
  • Winok Lapidaire

Publications by Alan Lucas often appear in venues such as:

  • Pediatric Research
  • Neonatology Today
  • Breastfeeding Medicine
  • BMJ
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Alan Lucas has been recognized with the James Spence Medal from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2006, awarded for contributions to child nutrition research, specifically founding the Child Nutrition Research Centre and initiating intervention trials on the programming effects of early nutrition on long-term health and development.

Best Publications

  • Breast milk and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis

    A. Lucas;T.J. Cole

  • Breast milk and subsequent intelligence quotient in children born preterm

    A. Lucas;R. Morley;T.J. Cole;G. Lister

  • An Exclusively Human Milk-Based Diet Is Associated with a Lower Rate of Necrotizing Enterocolitis than a Diet of Human Milk and Bovine Milk-Based Products

    Sandra Sullivan;Richard J. Schanler;Jae H. Kim;Aloka L. Patel

  • Early origins of cardiovascular disease: is there a unifying hypothesis?

    Atul Singhal;Alan Lucas

  • Fetal origins of adult disease—the hypothesis revisited

    A Lucas;M S Fewtrell;T J Cole

  • Randomised trial of early diet in preterm babies and later intelligence quotient

    A Lucas;R Morley;T J Cole

  • Programming by Early Nutrition: An Experimental Approach

    Alan Lucas

  • Early nutrition in preterm infants and later blood pressure: two cohorts after randomised trials.

    Atul Singhal;Tim J Cole;Alan Lucas

  • Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of moderate neonatal hypoglycaemia.

    A. Lucas;R. Morley;T. J. Cole

  • Low nutrient intake and early growth for later insulin resistance in adolescents born preterm.

    Atul Singhal;Mary Fewtrell;Tim J Cole;Alan Lucas

  • Early diet in preterm babies and developmental status at 18 months.

    A Lucas;R Morley;T J Cole;S M Gore

  • How much loss to follow-up is acceptable in long-term randomised trials and prospective studies?

    Mary S Fewtrell;Kathy Kennedy;Atul Singhal;Richard M Martin

  • Impact of breast milk on intelligence quotient, brain size, and white matter development.

    Elizabeth B Isaacs;Bruce R Fischl;Bruce R Fischl;Brian T Quinn;Brian T Quinn;Wui K Chong

  • Creamatocrit: simple clinical technique for estimating fat concentration and energy value of human milk.

    A Lucas;J A Gibbs;R L Lyster;J D Baum

  • Randomized Trial of Exclusive Human Milk versus Preterm Formula Diets in Extremely Premature Infants

    Elizabeth A. Cristofalo;Richard J. Schanler;Cynthia L. Blanco;Sandra Sullivan

  • Influence of leptin on arterial distensibility: a novel link between obesity and cardiovascular disease?

    Atul Singhal;I. Sadaf Farooqi;Tim J. Cole;Stephen O’Rahilly

  • Calculation difficulties in children of very low birthweight: a neural correlate.

    E. B. Isaacs;C. J. Edmonds;A. Lucas;D. G. Gadian

  • Energy Expenditure and Intake in Infants Born to Lean and Overweight Mothers

    Susan B. Roberts;Judith Savage;W.A. Coward;B. Chew

  • Preterm heart in adult life: cardiovascular magnetic resonance reveals distinct differences in left ventricular mass, geometry, and function.

    Adam J. Lewandowski;Daniel Augustine;Pablo Lamata;Esther F. Davis

  • Breastmilk feeding and lipoprotein profile in adolescents born preterm: follow-up of a prospective randomised study

    Atul Singhal;Tim J Cole;Mary Fewtrell;Alan Lucas

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Fewtrell
Mary Fewtrell University College London
Tim J. Cole
Tim J. Cole University College London
John E. Deanfield
John E. Deanfield University College London
Stefan Neubauer
Stefan Neubauer University of Oxford
Jonathan C. K. Wells
Jonathan C. K. Wells University College London
Steven A. Abrams
Steven A. Abrams The University of Texas at Austin
Jane E. Francis
Jane E. Francis Charles Darwin University
Bruce Fischl
Bruce Fischl Harvard University
William E. Connor
William E. Connor Oregon Health & Science University
Lynn T. Singer
Lynn T. Singer Case Western Reserve University

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