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65981
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Keith M. Godfrey 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 Keith M. Godfrey sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 985 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Keith M. Godfrey 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 Keith M. Godfrey sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 112 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Keith M. Godfrey is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work covers several important subfields including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research concentrates on topics such as Birth, Development, and Health, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Keith M. Godfrey has contributed to numerous publications over the years. Some of the recent notable papers include:

  • Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities, 2021, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Universal weekly testing as the UK COVID-19 lockdown exit strategy, 2020, The Lancet
  • A compromised developmental trajectory of the infant gut microbiome and metabolome in atopic eczema, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Maternal dysglycaemia, changes in the infant's epigenome modified with a diet and physical activity intervention in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of a randomised control trial, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • Trigonelline is an NAD+ precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia, 2024, Nature Metabolism

Frequent co-authors in their work include Yap Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Shiao-Yng Chan, and Johan G. Eriksson. This collaboration pattern suggests active engagement in multidisciplinary research efforts.

Frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research and include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Nutrients
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • PLoS ONE

Keith M. Godfrey also has contributions to academic book publications. Notable titles include "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease" published by Cambridge University Press in 2022, and "Advances in Research on Aging in Female Infertility and Pathologic Pregnancy," published by Frontiers Media in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities.

    Atanas G Atanasov;Sergey B Zotchev;Verena M Dirsch

  • Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in adult life

    D. J. P. Barker;P. D. Gluckman;K. M. Godfrey;J. E. Harding

  • Developmental plasticity and human health.

    Patrick Bateson;David Barker;Timothy Clutton-Brock;Debal Deb

  • Fetal nutrition and adult disease

    Keith M Godfrey;David Jp Barker

  • Ovarian cancer screening and mortality in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial.

    Ian J Jacobs;Ian J Jacobs;Ian J Jacobs;Usha Menon;Andy Ryan;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj

  • Fetal programming and adult health.

    Keith M Godfrey;David Jp Barker

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

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

  • Relation of birth weight and childhood respiratory infection to adult lung function and death from chronic obstructive airways disease.

    D. J. P. Barker;K. M. Godfrey;C. Fall;C. Osmond

  • Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and childhood bone mass at age 9 years: a longitudinal study

    M K Javaid;S R Crozier;N C Harvey;Catharine R Gale

  • Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring.

    Keith M Godfrey;Rebecca M Reynolds;Susan L Prescott;Moffat Nyirenda;Moffat Nyirenda

  • Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and child outcomes

    C R Gale;S M Robinson;N C Harvey;M K Javaid

  • Epigenetic Gene Promoter Methylation at Birth Is Associated With Child’s Later Adiposity

    Keith M. Godfrey;Allan M Sheppard;Peter D. Gluckman;Karen A. Lillycrop

  • Induction of altered epigenetic regulation of the hepatic glucocorticoid receptor in the offspring of rats fed a protein-restricted diet during pregnancy suggests that reduced DNA methyltransferase-1 expression is involved in impaired DNA methylation and changes in histone modifications

    Karen A. Lillycrop;Jo L. Slater-Jefferies;Mark A. Hanson;Keith M. Godfrey

  • Maternal nutrition in early and late pregnancy in relation to placental and fetal growth

    K. Godfrey;S. Robinson;D. J. P. Barker;C. Osmond

  • Sensitivity and specificity of multimodal and ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer, and stage distribution of detected cancers: Results of the prevalence screen of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)

    Usha Menon;Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj;Rachel Hallett;Andy Ryan

  • Epigenetic Mechanisms and the Mismatch Concept of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Keith M Godfrey;Karen A Lillycrop;Graham C Burdge;Peter D Gluckman

  • Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Lucilla Poston;Ruth Bell;Helen Croker;Angela C Flynn

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Developmental origins of metabolic disease: life course and intergenerational perspectives

    Keith M. Godfrey;Peter D. Gluckman;Mark A. Hanson

  • Cohort Profile: Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort study

    Shu-E Soh;Mya Thway Tint;Peter D Gluckman;Keith M Godfrey

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Hazel Inskip
Hazel Inskip University of Southampton
Peter D. Gluckman
Peter D. Gluckman University of Auckland
Sian M. Robinson
Sian M. Robinson Newcastle University
Nicholas C. Harvey
Nicholas C. Harvey University of Southampton
Mark A. Hanson
Mark A. Hanson University of Southampton
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
Michael J. Meaney
Michael J. Meaney McGill University
Michael S. Kramer
Michael S. Kramer McGill University
Karen A. Lillycrop
Karen A. Lillycrop University of Southampton

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