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D-Index
94
Citations
97365
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10222
National Ranking
981

Juan A Rivera 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 Juan A Rivera sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 371 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Juan A Rivera 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 Juan A Rivera sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 94 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Juan A Rivera is affiliated with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Other subfields of study include General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Ecology.

Their work covers several main topics, which include:

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

Juan A Rivera has contributed extensively to academic literature, publishing numerous papers in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Salud Pública de México
  • UNC Libraries
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Public Health Nutrition

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Obesidad en México, prevalencia y tendencias en adultos. Ensanut 2018-19," 2020, Salud Pública de México
  • "Metodología de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2020 sobre Covid-19," 2021, Salud Pública de México
  • "Prevalencia de prediabetes y diabetes en México: Ensanut 2022," 2023, Salud Pública de México
  • "Obesity in Mexico: rapid epidemiological transition and food industry interference in health policies," 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Prevalence of diabetes and glycemic control in Mexico: national results from 2018 and 2020," 2021, Salud Pública de México

Collaborations have played a substantial role in their research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez
  • Símon Barquera
  • Carolina Batis
  • Teresa Shamah-Levy
  • Ana Basto-Abreu

Best Publications

  • Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

    Walter Willett;Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Brent Loken;Marco Springmann

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

    Robert E. Black;Lindsay H. Allen;Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Laura E. Caulfield

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • 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

  • Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Ashkan Afshin;Patrick John Sur;Kairsten A. Fay;Leslie Cornaby

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Effect of supplemental zinc on the growth and serum zinc concentrations of prepubertal children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Kenneth H Brown;Janet M Peerson;Juan Rivera;Lindsay H Allen

  • International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) technical document #1. Assessment of the risk of zinc deficiency in populations and options for its control.

    Kenneth H Brown;Juan A Rivera;Zulfiqar Bhutta

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

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

  • Childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Latin America: a systematic review

    Juan Ángel Rivera;Teresita González de Cossío;Lilia Susana Pedraza;Tania Cony Aburto

  • Epidemiological and nutritional transition in Mexico: rapid increase of non-communicable chronic diseases and obesity.

    Juan A Rivera;Simón Barquera;Fabricio Campirano;Ismael Campos

  • Impact of the Mexican Program for Education, Health, and Nutrition (Progresa) on Rates of Growth and Anemia in Infants and Young Children: A Randomized Effectiveness Study

    Juan A. Rivera;Daniela Sotres-Alvarez;Jean Pierre Habicht;Teresa Shamah

  • Early supplementary feeding and cognition : effects over two decades

    Ernesto Pollitt;Kathleen S. Gorman;Patrice L. Engle;Reynaldo Martorell

  • Dissonant health transition in the states of Mexico, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Héctor Gómez-Dantés;Nancy Fullman;Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa;Lucero Cahuana-Hurtado

Frequent Co-Authors

Reynaldo Martorell
Reynaldo Martorell Emory University
Simón Barquera
Simón Barquera Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
Barry M. Popkin
Barry M. Popkin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Aletta E. Schutte
Aletta E. Schutte University of New South Wales
Young-Ho Khang
Young-Ho Khang Seoul National University
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Mostafa Qorbani
Mostafa Qorbani Alborz University of Medical Sciences
Johanna M. Geleijnse
Johanna M. Geleijnse Wageningen University & Research

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