2026 Dimitrios Trichopoulos: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	177	669	418	973	138195
Medicine	180	368	231	967	144187

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Best Scientists

177

669

418

973

138195

Medicine

180

368

231

967

144187

Best Scientists

D-Index

177

Citations

138195

World Ranking

669

National Ranking

418

Medicine

D-Index

180

Citations

144187

World Ranking

368

National Ranking

231

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award

Overview

Dimitrios Trichopoulos was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research mainly focused on the fields of Medicine, with an emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Nutrition and Dietetics. Other areas of study included Molecular Biology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Ecology.

Their work covered several key topics, including:

Nutritional Studies and Diet
Sodium Intake and Health
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Child Nutrition and Water Access

Dimitrios Trichopoulos co-authored several papers, often collaborating with the following researchers:

Victoria Miller
Peilin Shi
Jianyi Zhang
Dariush Mozaffarian
Murat Baş

Their recent publications included the following papers:

"Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity" (2022, Nature Food)
"Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries" (2023, Nature Medicine)
"Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries" (2023, Nature Communications)
"Children's and adolescents' rising animal-source food intakes in 1990-2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity" (2023, Nature Food)
"Author Correction: Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity" (2023, Nature Food)

Their research was published frequently in these venues:

Nature Food
UNC Libraries
Nature Medicine
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

8465
Citations
Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

5734
Citations
Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Survival in a Greek Population

Antonia Trichopoulou;Tina Costacou;Christina Bamia;Dimitrios Trichopoulos

4953
Citations
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

3430
Citations
Mediterranean diet pyramid: a cultural model for healthy eating

Walter C. Willett;Frank Sacks;Antonia Trichopoulou;Greg Drescher

2928
Citations
General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

2703
Citations
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

2651
Citations
European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection

E. Riboli;K. J. Hunt;N. Slimani;P. Ferrari

2000
Citations
Epidemiology and etiology of Parkinson’s disease: a review of the evidence

Karin Wirdefeldt;Hans-Olov Adami;Hans-Olov Adami;Philip Cole;Dimitrios Trichopoulos

1589
Citations
Diet and overall survival in elderly people

Antonia Trichopoulou;Antigone Kouris-Blazos;Mark L Wahlqvist;Charalambos Gnardellis

1565
Citations
A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

1488
Citations
A century of trends in adult human height

James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

1428
Citations
Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

1235
Citations
Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

1080
Citations
Infections as a major preventable cause of human cancer

H. Kuper;H.-O. Adami;H.-O. Adami;D. Trichopoulos;D. Trichopoulos;D. Trichopoulos

1028
Citations
Textbook of cancer epidemiology

Hans-Olov Adami;David J. Hunter;Dimitrios Trichopoulos

982
Citations
Folate, Methionine, and Alcohol Intake and Risk of Colorectal Adenoma

Edward Giovannucci;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz;Eric B. Rimm

920
Citations
Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

891
Citations
Poor Oral Health and Coronary Heart Disease

K.J. Joshipura;E.B. Rimm;C.W. Douglass;D. Trichopoulos

809
Citations
Menopause and breast cancer risk.

Dimitrios Trichopoulos;Brian MacMahon;Philip Cole

795
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Elio Riboli Imperial College London

Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University

Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen

Kim Overvad Aarhus University

Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition

Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge

H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse

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