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Katherine M. Flegal

Katherine M. Flegal

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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
109
Citations
230029
World Ranking
908
National Ranking
555

Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
229343
World Ranking
5636
National Ranking
3033

Katherine M. Flegal 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 Katherine M. Flegal sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 236 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Katherine M. Flegal 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 Katherine M. Flegal sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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

Katherine M. Flegal is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions to subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacy, Physiology, General Health Professions, and Oncology.

Their work addresses multiple interconnected topics, including:

  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Katherine M. Flegal has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Obesity
  • Epidemiology
  • The AMA Journal of Ethic
  • The Lancet

Selected recent papers by Katherine M. Flegal include:

  • Use and Misuse of BMI Categories, 2023, The AMA Journal of Ethic
  • The obesity wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account, 2021, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
  • BMI and obesity trends in Chinese national survey data, 2021, The Lancet
  • Evaluation of a suggested novel method to adjust BMI calculated from self-reported weight and height for measurement error, 2021, Obesity
  • Fairness in scientific debate, 2021, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Barry I. Graubard
  • John P. A. Ioannidis
  • Gregory Haber
  • Joshua N. Sampson
  • Jacqueline D. Wright

Best Publications

  • Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey

    Tim J Cole;Mary C Bellizzi;Katherine M Flegal;William H Dietz

  • Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004

    Cynthia L. Ogden;Margaret D. Carroll;Lester R. Curtin;Margaret A. McDowell

  • Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012.

    Cynthia L. Ogden;Margaret D. Carroll;Brian K. Kit;Brian K. Kit;Katherine M. Flegal

  • 2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: methods and development.

    Robert J Kuczmarski;Cynthia L Ogden;Shumei S Guo;Laurence M Grummer-Strawn

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2008 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Wayne Rosamond;Katherine Flegal;Karen Furie;Alan Go

  • Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008.

    Katherine M. Flegal;Margaret D. Carroll;Cynthia L. Ogden;Lester R. Curtin

  • Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000

    Katherine M. Flegal;Margaret D. Carroll;Cynthia L. Ogden;Clifford L. Johnson

  • CDC growth charts; United States

    Robert J. Kuczmarski;Cynthia L. Ogden;Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn;Katherine M. Flegal

  • Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010

    Katherine M. Flegal;Margaret D. Carroll;Brian K. Kit;Cynthia L. Ogden

  • PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG US CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS, 1999-2002

    Allison A. Hedley;Cynthia L. Ogden;Clifford L. Johnson;Margaret D. Carroll

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert Adams;Mercedes Carnethon;Giovanni De Simone

  • PREVALENCE AND TRENDS IN OVERWEIGHT AMONG US CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, 1999-2000

    Cynthia L. Ogden;Katherine M. Flegal;Margaret D. Carroll;Clifford L. Johnson

  • Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults and Youth: United States, 2011-2014.

    Ogden Cl;Carroll;Fryar Cd;Flegal Km

  • Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in Body Mass Index Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2010

    Cynthia L. Ogden;Margaret D. Carroll;Brian K. Kit;Katherine M. Flegal

  • Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Katherine M. Flegal;Brian K. Kit;Heather Orpana;Barry I. Graubard

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2009 Update

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert Adams;Mercedes Carnethon

  • Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960–1994

    KM Flegal;Carroll;RJ Kuczmarski;CL Johnson

  • Prevalence of high body mass index in US children and adolescents, 2007-2008.

    Cynthia L. Ogden;Margaret D. Carroll;Lester R. Curtin;Molly M. Lamb

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2007 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Wayne Rosamond;Katherine Flegal;Gary Friday;Karen Furie

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2006 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Thomas Thom;Nancy Haase;Wayne Rosamond

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia L. Ogden
Cynthia L. Ogden Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barry I. Graubard
Barry I. Graubard National Institutes of Health
David F. Williamson
David F. Williamson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mitchell H. Gail
Mitchell H. Gail National Institutes of Health
Tim J. Cole
Tim J. Cole University College London
Karen L. Furie
Karen L. Furie Brown University
Alan S. Go
Alan S. Go Kaiser Permanente
Julia Steinberger
Julia Steinberger University of Minnesota
James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University

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