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95
Citations
34951
World Ranking
10024
National Ranking
5161

Cheryl L. Rock 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 Cheryl L. Rock sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 324 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cheryl L. Rock 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 Cheryl L. Rock sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Cheryl L. Rock is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Cheryl L. Rock has published several recent papers, with notable works including:

  • "American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention" (2020), published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • "American Cancer Society nutrition and physical activity guideline for cancer survivors" (2022), published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • "Total Sitting Time and Sitting Pattern in Postmenopausal Women Differ by Hispanic Ethnicity and are Associated With Cardiometabolic Risk Biomarkers" (2020), published in Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Effect of a Novel Intervention Targeting Appetitive Traits on Body Mass Index Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity" (2022), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Effects of Pistachio Consumption in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention on Weight Change, Cardiometabolic Factors, and Dietary Intake" (2020), published in Nutrients

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:

  • Loki Natarajan
  • Dorothy D. Sears
  • Marta M. Jankowska
  • Sheri J. Hartman
  • John Bellettiere

Cheryl L. Rock has published most extensively in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors.

    Cheryl L. Rock;Colleen Doyle;Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt

  • American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Colleen Doyle;Marji McCullough;Cheryl L. Rock

  • Dose escalation of a curcuminoid formulation.

    Christopher D Lao;Mack T Ruffin;Daniel P. Normolle;Dennis D. Heath

  • Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial.

    John P. Pierce;Loki Natarajan;Bette J. Caan;Barbara A. Parker

  • Nutrition and Physical Activity During and After Cancer Treatment: An American Cancer Society Guide for Informed Choices

    Colleen Doyle;Lawrence H. Kushi;Tim Byers;Kerry S. Courneya

  • A Text Message-Based Intervention for Weight Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Kevin Patrick;Fred Raab;Marc A Adams;Lindsay Dillon

  • Curcumin Structure-Function, Bioavailability, and Efficacy in Models of Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's Disease

    Aynun N. Begum;Mychica R. Jones;Giselle P. Lim;Takashi Morihara

  • Nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease

    Ann M. Coulston;Cheryl L. Rock;Elaine R. Monsen

  • Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity

    John P. Pierce;Marcia L. Stefanick;Shirley W. Flatt;Loki Natarajan

  • American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention.

    Cheryl L. Rock;Cynthia Thomson;Ted Gansler;Susan M. Gapstur

  • Weight Loss With Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR Combination Therapy as an Adjunct to Behavior Modification: The COR-BMOD Trial

    Thomas A. Wadden;John P. Foreyt;Gary D. Foster;James O. Hill

  • “Nutrition and Survival after the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: A Review of the Evidence”

    Cheryl L. Rock;Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

  • Update on the biological characteristics of the antioxidant micronutrients: vitamin C, vitamin E, and the carotenoids.

    Cheryl L. Rock;Robert A. Jacob;Phyllis E. Bowen

  • Multivitamin-multimineral supplements: who uses them?

    Cheryl L Rock

  • Curcumin Content of Turmeric and Curry Powders

    Reema F Tayyem;Dennis D Heath;Wael K Al-Delaimy;Cheryl L Rock

  • Carotenoids: biology and treatment.

    Cheryl L. Rock

  • Dietary polyamine intake and risk of colorectal adenomatous polyps.

    Ashley J Vargas;Betsy C Wertheim;Eugene W Gerner;Cynthia A Thomson

  • Bioavailability of β-Carotene Is Lower in Raw than in Processed Carrots and Spinach in Women

    Cheryl L. Rock;Jennifer L. Lovalvo;Curt Emenhiser;Mack T. Ruffin

  • Main outcomes of the FRESH START trial: a sequentially tailored, diet and exercise mailed print intervention among breast and prostate cancer survivors.

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;Elizabeth C. Clipp;Isaac M. Lipkus;David Lobach

  • Factors Associated With Weight Gain in Women After Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

    Cheryl L. Rock;Shirley W. Flatt;Vicky Newman;Bette J. Caan

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Pierce
John P. Pierce University of California, San Diego
Cynthia A. Thomson
Cynthia A. Thomson University of Arizona
Loki Natarajan
Loki Natarajan University of California, San Diego
Bette J. Caan
Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente
Ruth E. Patterson
Ruth E. Patterson University of California, San Diego
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)
Ellen B. Gold
Ellen B. Gold University of California, Davis
Marian L. Neuhouser
Marian L. Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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