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86
Citations
23482
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14271
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471

Kerin O'Dea 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 Kerin O'Dea sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 408 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerin O'Dea 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 Kerin O'Dea sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kerin O'Dea is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their main research topics cover gestational diabetes research and management, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, obesity, physical activity and diet, diabetes, cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, breastfeeding practices and influences, birth, development and health, and bariatric surgery and outcomes.

Among frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Diabetologia
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
  • Public Health Research & Practice

Regular collaborators include Federica Barzi, Alex Brown, Jonathan E. Shaw, Louise Maple-Brown, and Christine Connors.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kerin O'Dea include:

  • Cord blood metabolic markers are strong mediators of the effect of maternal adiposity on fetal growth in pregnancies across the glucose tolerance spectrum: the PANDORA study (2020), published in Diabetologia
  • Type 2 diabetes after a pregnancy with gestational diabetes among first nations women in Australia: The PANDORA study (2021), published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Associations of gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes during pregnancy with breastfeeding at hospital discharge and up to 6 months: the PANDORA study (2020), published in Diabetologia
  • Improving systems of care during and after a pregnancy complicated by hyperglycaemia: A protocol for a complex health systems intervention (2020), published in BMC Health Services Research
  • Hyperglycemia in pregnancy and developmental outcomes in children at 18-60 months of age: the PANDORA Wave 1 study (2022), published in Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Best Publications

  • The Mediterranean diet improves hepatic steatosis and insulin sensitivity in individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Marno C. Ryan;Catherine Itsiopoulos;Catherine Itsiopoulos;Tania Thodis;Tania Thodis;Glenn Ward

  • A Mediterranean-style dietary intervention supplemented with fish oil improves diet quality and mental health in people with depression: A randomized controlled trial (HELFIMED)

    Natalie Parletta;Dorota M Zarnowiecki;Jihyun Cho;Amy Wilson

  • Marked Improvement in Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism in Diabetic Australian Aborigines After Temporary Reversion to Traditional Lifestyle

    Kerin O'dea

  • Glycemic Index and Dietary Fiber and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Allison M. Hodge;Dallas R. English;Kerin O’Dea;Graham G. Giles

  • Development of the Melbourne FFQ: a food frequency questionnaire for use in an Australian prospective study involving an ethnically diverse cohort.

    Paul Ireland;Damien Jolley;Graham Giles;Kerin O'Dea

  • Factors affecting the rate of hydrolysis of starch in food

    P Snow;K O'Dea

  • Physical factors influencing postprandial glucose and insulin responses to starch.

    Kerin. O'Dea;Paul J. Nestel;Lynne. Antonoff

  • Effect of resistant starch on fecal bulk and fermentation-dependent events in humans

    Jodi Phillips;Jane G. Muir;Anne Birkett;Zhong X. Lu

  • Plasma phospholipid and dietary fatty acids as predictors of type 2 diabetes: interpreting the role of linoleic acid

    Allison M Hodge;Dallas R English;Dallas R English;Kerin O'Dea;Andrew J Sinclair

  • Arabinoxylan fiber, a byproduct of wheat flour processing, reduces the postprandial glucose response in normoglycemic subjects

    Zhong X Lu;Karen Z Walker;Jane G Muir;Tom Mascara

  • Effectiveness of a community-directed ‘healthy lifestyle’ program in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

    Kevin G. Rowley;Mark Daniel;Karen Skinner;Michelle Skinner

  • The effect of coingestion of fat on the glucose, insulin, and gastric inhibitory polypeptide responses to carbohydrate and protein.

    G Collier;K O'Dea

  • Arabinoxylan fibre improves metabolic control in people with Type II diabetes

    Z X Lu;Karen Zell Walker;Jane Grey Muir;Kerin O'Dea

  • Glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in ponies and Standardbred horses

    L. B. Jeffcott;J. R. Field;J. G. McLEAN;Kerin O'dea

  • Westernisation, insulin resistance and diabetes in Australian aborigines.

    Kerin O'Dea

  • Measurement of resistant starch: factors affecting the amount of starch escaping digestion in vitro.

    Jane G. Muir;Kerin O'Dea

  • Substitution of saturated with monounsaturated fat in a 4-week diet affects body weight and composition of overweight and obese men.

    L S Piers;Karen Zell Walker;Rachel M Stoney;Mario Soares

  • Noradrenaline turnover during under- and over-eating in normal weight subjects.

    Kerin O'Dea;Murray Esler;Paul Leonard;J.R. Stockigt

  • The influence of the type of dietary fat on postprandial fat oxidation rates: monounsaturated (olive oil) vs saturated fat (cream).

    L S Piers;K Z Walker;R M Stoney;M J Soares

  • Is there evidence for an age-related reduction in metabolic rate?

    Leonard S. Piers;Mario J. Soares;Leanne M. McCormack;Kerin O’Dea

Frequent Co-Authors

Dallas R. English
Dallas R. English University of Melbourne
Andrew J. Sinclair
Andrew J. Sinclair Deakin University
Alan Cass
Alan Cass Charles Darwin University
Jonathan E. Shaw
Jonathan E. Shaw Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Mark Daniel
Mark Daniel University of Canberra
Paul Zimmet
Paul Zimmet Monash University
Alicia J. Jenkins
Alicia J. Jenkins University of Sydney
George Jerums
George Jerums University of Melbourne
Joan Cunningham
Joan Cunningham Charles Darwin University

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