2026 C. N. Hales: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	98	8745	852	270	56223

C. N. Hales 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 C. N. Hales sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 270 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

C. N. Hales 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 C. N. Hales sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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

1995 - Baly Medal, Royal College of Physicians of London

Overview

C. N. Hales was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with a notable concentration in public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, pharmacology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and epidemiology.

Their work covered a diverse range of topics, including:

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
Birth, Development, and Health
Obesity and Health Practices
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes

Among the recent published papers associated with or closely connected to their field are:

"Trends in Obesity Prevalence by Race and Hispanic Origin-1999-2000 to 2017-2018" (2020), published in JAMA
"A method for calculating BMI z-scores and percentiles above the 95^th percentile of the CDC growth charts" (2020), published in Annals of Human Biology
"Dietary Supplement Use in Children and Adolescents Aged ≤19 Years - United States, 2017-2018" (2020), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
"Changes in adiposity among children and adolescents in the United States, 1999-2006 to 2011-2018" (2021), published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
"Prevalence of Obesity and CKD Among Adults in the United States, 2017-2020" (2022), published in Kidney Medicine

The frequent co-authors who contributed extensively alongside C. N. Hales included:

Cynthia L. Ogden
Crescent B. Martin
David S. Freedman
Bryan Stierman
Edwina Wambogo

The prominent venues that frequently published their or related work were:

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
PEDIATRICS
Current Developments in Nutrition
JAMA

C. N. Hales was awarded the Baly Medal by the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1995.

Best Publications

The glucose fatty-acid cycle. Its role in insulin sensitivity and the metabolic disturbances of diabetes mellitus.

P.J. Randle;P.B. Garland;C.N. Hales;E.A. Newsholme

6724
Citations
Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: the thrifty phenotype hypothesis

C. N. Hales;D. J. P. Barker

5020
Citations
The thrifty phenotype hypothesis.

C N Hales;D J Barker

3694
Citations
Fetal and infant growth and impaired glucose tolerance at age 64.

C. N. Hales;D. J. P. Barker;P. M. S. Clark;L. J. Cox

3450
Citations
Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia (syndrome X): relation to reduced fetal growth

D. J. P. Barker;C. N. Hales;C. H. D. Fall;C. Osmond

3286
Citations
Glucose tolerance in adults after prenatal exposure to famine.

A. C. J. Ravelli;J. H. P. Van Der Meulen;R. P. J. Michels;C. Osmond

1980
Citations
Thinness at birth and insulin resistance in adult life.

D. I. W. Phillips;D. J. P. Barker;C. N. Hales;S. Hirst

1003
Citations
Understanding Oral Glucose Tolerance: Comparison of Glucose or Insulin Measurements During the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test with Specific Measurements of Insulin Resistance and Insulin Secretion

D.I.W. Phillips;P.M. Clark;C.N. Hales;C. Osmond

886
Citations
Growth in utero and serum cholesterol concentrations in adult life.

D. J. P. Barker;C. N. Martyn;C. Osmond;C. N. Hales

854
Citations
Fetal growth and impaired glucose tolerance in men and women

K. Phipps;D. J. P. Barker;C. N. Hales;C. H. D. Fall

719
Citations
Fetal and infant growth and cardiovascular risk factors in women.

C H D Fall;C Osmond;D J P Barker;P M S Clark

649
Citations
Glucose intolerance and impairment of insulin secretion in relation to vitamin D deficiency in East London Asians

B. J. Boucher;N. Mannan;K. Noonan;C. N. Hales

537
Citations
Relation of infant feeding to adult serum cholesterol concentration and death from ischaemic heart disease.

C. H. Fall;D. J. Barker;C. Osmond;P. D. Winter

496
Citations
Organ-selective growth in the offspring of protein-restricted mothers.

M Desai;N J Crowther;A Lucas;C N Hales

476
Citations
EFFECTS OF LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIET AND DIABETES MELLITUS ON PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF GLUCOSE, NON-ESTERIFIED FATTY ACID, AND INSULIN DURING ORAL GLUCOSE-TOLERANCE TESTS

C.N. Hales;P.J. Randle

469
Citations
Early programming of glucose–insulin metabolism

Susan E Ozanne;C.Nicholas Hales

460
Citations
Fetal growth and glucose and insulin metabolism in four-year-old Indian children.

C.S. Yajnik;C.H.D. Fall;U. Vaidya;A.N. Pandit

452
Citations
Early growth determines longevity in male rats and may be related to telomere shortening in the kidney

B.J. Jennings;S.E. Ozanne;M.W. Dorling;C.N. Hales

403
Citations
The role of calcium and magnesium in insulin secretion from rabbit pancreas studied in vitro.

R. D. G. Milner;C. N. Hales

388
Citations
ROLE OF FETAL AND INFANT GROWTH IN PROGRAMMING METABOLISM IN LATER LIFE

M. Desai;C. N. Hales

387
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Ozanne University of Cambridge

Christopher D. Byrne University of Southampton

Clive Osmond University of Southampton

Michael L. J. Ashford University of Dundee

Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge

Nicholas E. Day University of Cambridge

Leena Mykkänen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

David J. P. Barker University of Southampton

Melanie J. Davies University of Leicester

Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University

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