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JoAnn E. Manson 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 JoAnn E. Manson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 2,319 publications — 100th percentile

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JoAnn E. Manson 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 JoAnn E. Manson sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2011 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

JoAnn E. Manson is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and has an extensive record of publications in the field of medicine, with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, genetics, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The primary areas of study include nutritional studies and diet, diet and metabolism studies, menopause health impacts and treatments, vitamin D research studies, estrogen and related hormone effects, obesity, physical activity, diet, and birth, development, and health.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Manson are:

  • Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (2020, Circulation)
  • The 2022 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society (2022, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society)
  • Association Between Healthy Eating Patterns and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (2020, JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortality (2021, Circulation)
  • Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy With Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality During Long-term Follow-up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials (2020, JAMA)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Manson include:

  • Aladdin H. Shadyab
  • Nancy R. Cook
  • Julie E. Buring
  • I-Min Lee
  • Frank B. Hu

Manson's work appears frequently in several publication venues, such as:

  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Circulation
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

The scientist has received multiple awards and recognitions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2011
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association, 2011
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin 6, and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Aruna D. Pradhan;JoAnn E. Manson;Nader Rifai;Julie E. Buring

  • The 2011 Report on Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: What Clinicians Need to Know

    A. Catharine Ross;Jo Ann E. Manson;Steven A. Abrams;John F. Aloia;John F. Aloia

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Diet, lifestyle, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women

    Frank B. Hu;Joann E. Manson;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham Colditz

  • Body weight and mortality among women

    JoAnn E. Manson;Walter C. Willett;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz

  • Weight Gain as a Risk Factor for Clinical Diabetes Mellitus in Women

    Graham A. Colditz;Walter C. Willett;Andrea Rotnitzky;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Lack of effect of long-term supplementation with beta carotene on the incidence of malignant neoplasms and cardiovascular disease.

    C H Hennekens;J E Buring;J E Manson;M Stampfer

  • Postmenopausal estrogen therapy and cardiovascular disease. Ten-year follow-up from the nurses' health study.

    Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz;Walter C. Willett;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Annual Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States

    David B. Allison;Kevin R. Fontaine;Jo Ann E. Manson;June Stevens

  • Vitamin E consumption and the risk of coronary disease in women.

    Meir J. Stampfer;Charles H. Hennekens;JoAnn E. Manson;Graham A. Colditz

  • Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Shilpa N Bhupathiraju;David Wormser;Pei Gao;Pei Gao

  • Television Watching and Other Sedentary Behaviors in Relation to Risk of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women

    Frank B. Hu;Tricia Y. Li;Graham A. Colditz;Walter C. Willett

  • A randomized trial of low-dose aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women

    Paul M Ridker;Nancy R. Cook;I-Min Lee;David Gordon

  • Estrogen plus progestin and the risk of coronary heart disease

    JoAnn A E Manson;Judith Hsia;Karen C. Johnson;Jacques E. Rossouw

  • Dietary Fiber, Glycemic Load, and Risk of Non—insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Women

    Jorge Salmerón;JoAnn E. Manson;Meir J. Stampfer;Graham A. Colditz

  • Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women through diet and lifestyle.

    Meir J. Stampfer;Frank B. Hu;JoAnn E. Manson;Eric B. Rimm

  • Dietary fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in women

    Frank B. Hu;Meir J. Stampfer;Jo Ann E. Manson;Eric Rimm

  • Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women.

    Matthias B. Schulze;Jo Ann E. Manson;David S. Ludwig;Graham A. Colditz

  • The use of estrogens and progestins and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

    Graham A. Colditz;Susan E. Hankinson;David J. Hunter;Walter C. Willett

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Meir J. Stampfer
Meir J. Stampfer Harvard University
Nancy R. Cook
Nancy R. Cook Brigham and Women's Hospital
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Eric B. Rimm
Eric B. Rimm Harvard University
Kathryn M. Rexrode
Kathryn M. Rexrode Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University

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