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42040
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6531
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630

John C. Mathers 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 John C. Mathers sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 678 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John C. Mathers 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 John C. Mathers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John C. Mathers is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics including Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Selenium in Biological Systems, and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Frequently publishing in venues such as Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, British Journal of Nutrition, Current Developments in Nutrition, BMC Medicine, and Nutrition Bulletin, Mathers has contributed extensively to the scientific community.

Recent papers from John C. Mathers include the following:

  • Cancer prevention with aspirin in hereditary colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome), 10-year follow-up and registry-based 20-year data in the CAPP2 study: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • The effectiveness and acceptability of Mediterranean diet and calorie restriction in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Clinical Nutrition
  • Associations of fat and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality: prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants, 2020, BMJ
  • Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 virus/COVID-19 disease, 2020, BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health
  • Does Personalized Nutrition Advice Improve Dietary Intake in Healthy Adults? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, 2020, Advances in Nutrition

John C. Mathers frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Carlos Celis-Morales, Oliver M. Shannon, Katherine M. Livingstone, Fiona C. Malcomson, and Frederick K. Ho.

Best Publications

  • Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial

    Michael Ej Lean;Wilma S Leslie;Alison C Barnes;Naomi Brosnahan

  • Reversal of type 2 diabetes: normalisation of beta cell function in association with decreased pancreas and liver triacylglycerol

    E L. Lim;K G Hollingsworth;Benjamin Aribisala;M J. Chen

  • Tracking of obesity-related behaviours from childhood to adulthood: A systematic review

    Angela M. Craigie;Amelia A. Lake;Sarah A. Kelly;Ashley J. Adamson

  • Long-term effect of aspirin on cancer risk in carriers of hereditary colorectal cancer: an analysis from the CAPP2 randomised controlled trial

    John Burn;Anne Marie Gerdes;Finlay MacRae;Jukka Pekka Mecklin

  • Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences.

    Tom P Fleming;Adam J Watkins;Miguel A Velazquez;John C Mathers

  • Durability of a primary care-led weight-management intervention for remission of type 2 diabetes: 2-year results of the DiRECT open-label, cluster-randomised trial

    Michael E J Lean;Wilma S Leslie;Alison C Barnes;Naomi Brosnahan

  • The Gastrointestinal Tract

    J Mathers;M Manas;Martinez, de, Victoria, E;A Gill

  • Biomarkers of the intake of dietary polyphenols: strengths, limitations and application in nutrition research

    Jeremy P. E. Spencer;Manal M. Abd El Mohsen;Anne Marie Minihane;John C. Mathers

  • Effects of the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mario Siervo;Jose Lara;Shakir Chowdhury;Ammar Ashor

  • Effects of exercise modalities on arterial stiffness and wave reflection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Ammar W. Ashor;Jose Lara;Mario Siervo;Carlos Celis-Morales

  • Inorganic Nitrate and Beetroot Juice Supplementation Reduces Blood Pressure in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Mario Siervo;Jose Lara;Ikponmwonsa Ogbonmwan;John C. Mathers

  • Personalised nutrition and health.

    Jose M Ordovas;Jose M Ordovas;Lynnette R Ferguson;E Shyong Tai;John C Mathers

  • Effect of personalized nutrition on health-related behaviour change: evidence from the Food4me European randomized controlled trial

    Carlos Celis-Morales;Katherine M. Livingstone;Cyril F. M. Marsaux;Anna L. Macready

  • Remission of Human Type 2 Diabetes Requires Decrease in Liver and Pancreas Fat Content but Is Dependent upon Capacity for β Cell Recovery.

    Roy Taylor;Ahmad Al-Mrabeh;Sviatlana Zhyzhneuskaya;Carl Peters

  • Effect of Aspirin or Resistant Starch on Colorectal Neoplasia in the Lynch Syndrome

    John Burn;D. Timothy Bishop;Jukka Pekka Mecklin;Finlay Macrae

  • Diet induced epigenetic changes and their implications for health

    Jill McKay;John C. Mathers

  • Induction of epigenetic alterations by dietary and other environmental factors.

    John C. Mathers;Gordon Strathdee;Caroline L. Relton;Caroline L. Relton

  • Longitudinal change in food habits between adolescence (11–12 years) and adulthood (32–33 years): the ASH30 Study

    Amelia A. Lake;John C. Mathers;Andrew J. Rugg-Gunn;Ashley J. Adamson

  • Assessing the survival of transgenic plant DNA in the human gastrointestinal tract

    Trudy Netherwood;Susana M Martín-Orúe;Anthony G O'Donnell;Sally Gockling

  • Inorganic Nitrate and Beetroot Juice Supplementation Reduces Blood Pressure in Adults: A Systematic Review and

    Mario Siervo;Jose Lara;Ikponmwonsa Ogbonmwan;John C. Mathers

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Gibney
Michael J. Gibney University College Dublin
Wim H. M. Saris
Wim H. M. Saris Maastricht University
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University
Christian A. Drevon
Christian A. Drevon University of Oslo
John Burn
John Burn Newcastle University
Carol Jagger
Carol Jagger Newcastle University
Hannelore Daniel
Hannelore Daniel Technical University of Munich
Ian T. Johnson
Ian T. Johnson Norwich Research Park
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood Newcastle University

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