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Barbara J. Rolls 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 Barbara J. Rolls sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 361 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Barbara J. Rolls 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 Barbara J. Rolls sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Barbara J. Rolls is a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans fields related to medicine and psychology, with significant contributions to public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, food science, psychiatry, and mental health.

Their research addresses topics such as obesity, physical activity, and diet; eating disorders and behaviors; consumer attitudes and food labeling; sensory analysis and statistical methods; child nutrition and feeding issues; nutritional studies and diet; and obesity and health practices.

Barbara J. Rolls has published extensively, including notable recent papers such as:

  • Properties of Ultraprocessed Foods That Can Drive Excess Intake (2020, Nutrition Today)
  • Development and validation of the Reasons Individuals Stop Eating Questionnaire (RISE-Q): A novel tool to characterize satiation (2021, Appetite)
  • The Satiation Framework: Exploring processes that contribute to satiation (2021, Physiology & Behavior)
  • Construct validation of the Reasons Individuals Stop Eating Questionnaire (RISE-Q) and the development of the RISE-Q-15 (2021, Appetite)
  • Portion size can be used strategically to increase intake of vegetables and fruits in young children over multiple days: a cluster-randomized crossover trial (2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Their frequent co-authors include Kathleen Keller, Paige M. Cunningham, Liane S. Roe, Alaina L. Pearce, and Stephen J. Wilson.

Barbara J. Rolls has published in various venues, with a concentration in Appetite, Current Developments in Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition, Physiology & Behavior, and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In recognition of their work, Barbara J. Rolls was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Overweight, obesity, and health risk.

    C. J. Billington;L. H. Epstein;N. J. Goodwin;J. O. Hill

  • Portion size of food affects energy intake in normal-weight and overweight men and women

    Barbara J Rolls;Erin L Morris;Liane S Roe

  • Sensory specific satiety in man

    Barbara J. Rolls;Edmund T. Rolls;Edward A. Rowe;Kevin Sweeney

  • Reduced Thirst after Water Deprivation in Healthy Elderly Men

    Paddy A. Phillips;Paddy A. Phillips;Paddy A. Phillips;Barbara J. Rolls;John G. G. Ledingham;John G. G. Ledingham;John G. G. Ledingham;Mary L. Forsling;Mary L. Forsling;Mary L. Forsling

  • What Can Intervention Studies Tell Us about the Relationship between Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Weight Management

    Barbara J. Rolls;Julia A. Ello-Martin;M.S.P.H. Beth Carlton Tohill Ph.D.

  • Variety in a meal enhances food intake in man

    Barbara J. Rolls;E.A. Rowe;E.T. Rolls;Breda Kingston

  • The influence of food portion size and energy density on energy intake : implications for weight management

    Julia A Ello-Martin;Jenny H Ledikwe;Barbara J Rolls

  • Drinking induced by injection of angiotensin into the brain of the rat

    A. N. Epstein;J. T. Fitzsimons;Barbara J. Rolls

  • Increased portion size leads to increased energy intake in a restaurant meal.

    Nicole Diliberti;Peter L. Bordi;Martha T. Conklin;Liane S. Roe

  • Serving portion size influences 5-year-old but not 3-year-old children's food intakes

    Barbara J Rolls;Dianne Engell;Leann L Birch

  • Nonsurgical factors that influence the outcome of bariatric surgery: a review.

    L. K. G. Hsu;P. N. Benotti;P. N. Benotti;J. Dwyer;S. B. Roberts

  • NIH working group report: Innovative research to improve maintenance of weight loss

    Paul S. MacLean;Rena R. Wing;Terry Davidson;Leonard Epstein

  • Children's bite size and intake of an entrée are greater with large portions than with age-appropriate or self-selected portions.

    Jennifer Orlet Fisher;Barbara J Rolls;Leann L Birch

  • Dietary energy density is associated with energy intake and weight status in US adults

    Jenny H Ledikwe;Heidi M Blanck;Laura Kettel Khan;Mary K Serdula

  • Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity

    Krista Casazza;Kevin R. Fontaine;Arne Astrup;Leann L. Birch

  • Sensory-specific Satiety

    Barbara Jean Rolls

  • The relationship between dietary energy density and energy intake

    Barbara J. Rolls

  • Energy density of foods affects energy intake in normal-weight women.

    Elizabeth A. Bell;Victoria H. Castellanos;Christine L. Pelkman;Michelle L. Thorwart

  • Increasing the portion size of a packaged snack increases energy intake in men and women.

    Barbara J Rolls;Liane S Roe;Tanja V.E Kral;Jennifer S Meengs

  • Portion Sizes and the Obesity Epidemic

    Jenny H. Ledikwe;Julia A. Ello-Martin;Barbara J. Rolls

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion M. Hetherington
Marion M. Hetherington University of Leeds
Edmund T. Rolls
Edmund T. Rolls University of Warwick
Leann L. Birch
Leann L. Birch University of Georgia
Jennifer O. Fisher
Jennifer O. Fisher Temple University
Adam Drewnowski
Adam Drewnowski University of Washington
Timothy H. Moran
Timothy H. Moran Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James O. Hill
James O. Hill University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mary K. Serdula
Mary K. Serdula Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David B. Allison
David B. Allison Indiana University
Leonard H. Epstein
Leonard H. Epstein University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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