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D-Index
42
Citations
7873
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5183
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1939

John A. Robbins publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Robbins sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 86 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John A. Robbins D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Robbins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

John A. Robbins is primarily affiliated with the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields within medicine, with a focus on bone health, nutrition, and aging.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine, with particular expertise in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Surgery, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work extensively covers topics such as bone health and osteoporosis research, nutrition and health in aging, hip and femur fractures, nutritional studies and diet, frailty in older adults, obesity, physical activity, diet, and menopause-related health impacts and treatments.

John A. Robbins has published research in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, Archives of Osteoporosis, JAMA Internal Medicine, The American Journal of Medicine, and Nature Aging.

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors throughout their research career. Frequent co-authors include Petra Bůžková, Howard A Fink, Joshua I. Barzilay, Jane A. Cauley, and Laura Carbone.

Some of the recent papers by John A. Robbins include:

  • Effect of dietary sources of calcium and protein on hip fractures and falls in older adults in residential care: cluster randomised controlled trial, 2021, BMJ
  • Risk of Subsequent Fractures in Postmenopausal Women After Nontraumatic vs Traumatic Fractures, 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Association of skeletal muscle mass, kidney disease and mortality in older men and women: the cardiovascular health study, 2020, Aging
  • Race and Ethnicity and Fracture Prediction Among Younger Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Study, 2023, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular disease risk in Hispanic women from the Women's Health Initiative, 2023, Nutrition Journal

Best Publications

  • DETERMINATION OF RECENT SEDIMENTATION RATES IN LAKE MICHIGAN USING PB – 210 AND CS – 137

    John A. Robbins;David N. Edgington

  • Isotopic record of lead pollution in lake sediments from the northeastern United States

    J.R. Graney;A.N. Halliday;G.J. Keeler;J.O. Nriagu

  • Accumulation and diagenesis of chlorinated hydrocarbons in lacustrine sediments

    Steven J. Eisenreich;Paul D. Capel;John A. Robbins;Richard Bourbonniere

  • Radioactivity in sediments of the Great Lakes: Post-depositional redistribution by deposit-feeding organisms

    John A. Robbins;John R. Krezoski;S. C. Mozley

  • Effect of deposit feeders on migration of137Cs in lake sediments

    John A. Robbins;Peter L. McCall;J. Berton Fisher;John R. Krezoski

  • Comparative 210Pb, 137Cs, and pollen geochronologies of sediments from Lakes Ontario and Erie

    John A. Robbins;David N. Edgington;A. L. W. Kemp

  • Records of lead deposition in Lake Michigan sediments since 1800.

    David N. Edgington;John A. Robbins

  • Early eutrophication in the lower great lakes

    Claire L. Schelske;Eugene F. Stoermer;Daniel J. Conley;John A. Robbins

  • Vertical mixing of lake sediments by tubificid oligochaetes

    J. B. Fisher;W. J. Lick;P. L. McCall;J. A. Robbins

  • Historical atmospheric mercury emissions and depositions in North America compared to mercury accumulations in sedimentary records

    Nicola Pirrone;Ivo Allegrini;Gerald J. Keeler;Jerome O. Nriagu

  • Sedimentation rates, residence times and radionuclide inventories in Lake Baikal from 137 Cs and 210 Pb in sediment cores

    David N. Edgington;J. Val Klump;John A. Robbins;Yuri S. Kusner

  • A new approach to historical reconstruction: Combining descriptive and experimental paleolimnology

    W. Charles Kerfoot;John A. Robbins;Lawrence J. Weider

  • Effects of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated early life stage toxicity on lake trout populations in Lake Ontario during the 20th century.

    Philip M. Cook;John A. Robbins;Douglas D. Endicott;Keith B. Lodge

  • A model for particle‐selective transport of tracers in sediments with conveyor belt deposit feeders

    John A. Robbins

  • Records of nutrient-enhanced coastal ocean productivity in sediments from the Louisiana continental shelf

    Brian J. Eadie;Brent A. McKee;Margaret B. Lansing;John A. Robbins

  • Response of atmospheric lead to decreased use of lead in gasoline.

    Steven J. Eisenreich;Nancy A. Metzer;Noel R. Urban;John A. Robbins

  • The Role of Particulate Matter in the Movement of Contaminants in the Great Lakes

    Brian J. Eadie;John A. Robbins

  • 137Cs and 210Pb transport and geochronologies in urbanized reservoirs with rapidly increasing sedimentation rates

    P.L. McCall;J.A. Robbins;G. Matisoff

  • The partitioning of 7beryllium in fresh water

    N Hawley;J.A Robbins;B.J Eadie

  • Sediment Record of Biogeochemical Responses to Anthropogenic Perturbations of Nutrient Cycles in Lake Ontario

    Claire L. Schelske;John A. Robbins;Wayne S. Gardner;Daniel J. Conley

  • Seasonal cycling of trace elements 137Cs, 7Be, and 239+240Pu in Lake Michigan

    John A. Robbins;Brian J. Eadie

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Eadie
Brian J. Eadie Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Philip A. Meyers
Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
W. Charles Kerfoot
W. Charles Kerfoot Michigan Technological University
David J. Schwab
David J. Schwab Michigan Technological University
Gerald J. Keeler
Gerald J. Keeler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gerald Matisoff
Gerald Matisoff Case Western Reserve University
Steven M. Colman
Steven M. Colman University of Minnesota
Thomas H. Johengen
Thomas H. Johengen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jerome O. Nriagu
Jerome O. Nriagu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter F. Landrum
Peter F. Landrum Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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