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Judith K. Ockene 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 Judith K. Ockene sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 411 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Judith K. Ockene 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 Judith K. Ockene sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 122 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Judith K. Ockene is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States and has a research focus primarily within health professions and medicine. Their work extensively covers topics related to obesity, nutrition, and health practices.

Their published research spans several key areas, including:

  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
  • Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling

Ockene's subfields of study include pharmacy, public health, environmental and occupational health, health information management, clinical psychology, and physiology.

Frequent publication venues for Ockene's work include:

  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • UNC Libraries
  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • British Journal of Cancer

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Judith K. Ockene are:

  • Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial, 2021, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Society of Behavioral Medicine Call to Action: Include obesity/overweight management education in health professional curricula and provide coverage for behavior-based treatments of obesity/overweight most commonly provided by psychologists, dieticians, counselors, and other health care professionals and include such providers on all multidisciplinary teams treating patients who have overweight or obesity, 2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Association between dietary inflammatory potential and mortality after cancer diagnosis in the Women's Health Initiative, 2022, British Journal of Cancer
  • Video-based communication assessment for weight management counseling training in medical residents: a mixed methods study, 2022, BMC Medical Education
  • U.S. medical students personal health behaviors, attitudes and perceived skills towards weight management counseling, 2022, Preventive Medicine Reports

Ockene collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Lori Pbert
  • Alan C. Geller
  • Jamie M Faro
  • Christine Frisard
  • Jyothi A. Pendharkar

Best Publications

  • Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: Principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Jacques E. Rossouw;Garnet L. Anderson;Ross L. Prentice;Andrea Z. LaCroix

  • 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

  • Estrogen plus progestin and the incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: a randomized controlled trial.

    Sally A. Shumaker;Claudine Legault;Stephen R. Rapp;Leon Thal

  • Effects of Smoking Intervention and the Use of an Inhaled Anticholinergic Bronchodilator on the Rate of Decline of FEV1: The Lung Health Study

    Nicholas R. Anthonisen;John E. Connett;James P. Kiley;Murray D Altose

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Screening for colorectal cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement

    Ned Calonge;Diana B. Petitti;Thomas G. DeWitt;Allen J. Dietrich

  • Screening for Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

    Ned Calonge;Diana B. Petitti;Thomas G. DeWitt;Allen J. Dietrich

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease : The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Linda Van Horn;Judith Hsia;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Screening for Breast Cancer

    Ned Calonge;Diana B. Petitti;Thomas G. DeWitt;Allen J. Dietrich

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Low-Fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson

  • Social Desirability Bias in Dietary Self-Report May Compromise the Validity of Dietary Intake Measures

    James R. Hebert;Lynn Clemow;Lori Pbert;Ira S. Ockene

  • Effects of Estrogen plus Progestin on Health-Related Quality of Life

    Jennifer Hays;Judith K. Ockene;Robert L. Brunner;Jane Morley Kotchen

  • Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification.

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Matthew A. Allison;Jacques E. Rossouw;J. Jeffrey Carr

  • Smoking and mortality--beyond established causes.

    Brian D. Carter;Christian C. Abnet;Diane Feskanich;Neal D. Freedman

  • Recreational physical activity and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: The Women's Health Initiative cohort study

    Anne McTiernan;Charles Kooperberg;Emily White;Sara Wilcox

  • Estrogen plus progestin and breast cancer incidence and mortality in postmenopausal women

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Garnet L. Anderson;Margery Gass;Dorothy S. Lane

  • Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents

    Joseph R. DiFranza;Nancy A. Rigotti;Ann D. McNeill;Judith K. Ockene

  • Aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

    Ned Calonge;Diana B. Petitti;Thomas G. DeWitt;Leon Gordis

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Ira S. Ockene
Ira S. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
James R. Hébert
James R. Hébert University of South Carolina
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Rowan T. Chlebowski
Rowan T. Chlebowski UCLA Medical Center
Lewis H. Kuller
Lewis H. Kuller University of Pittsburgh
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Karen L. Margolis
Karen L. Margolis HealthPartners

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