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Lauren Lissner 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 Lauren Lissner sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 492 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lauren Lissner 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 Lauren Lissner 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: 110 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% 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
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Lauren Lissner is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their research spans several important subfields, including Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Physical Activity and Health

The scientist has published numerous papers in various journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Ultra-processed foods consumption and diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: Results from the I.Family study (2021) in Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Sarcopenic obesity and associations with mortality in older women and men - a prospective observational study (2020) in BMC Geriatrics
  • Polygenic risk for obesity and its interaction with lifestyle and sociodemographic factors in European children and adolescents (2021) in International Journal of Obesity
  • Comparison of the 2010 and 2019 diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) in two cohorts of Swedish older adults (2021) in BMC Geriatrics
  • Fitness, strength and severity of COVID-19: a prospective register study of 1 559 187 Swedish conscripts (2021) in BMJ Open

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Luís A. Moreno
  • Toomas Veidebaum
  • Dénes Molnár
  • Stefaan De Henauw
  • Wolfgang Ahrens

Their work has featured repeatedly in prominent journals, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

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

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Reduction in Incidence of Diabetes, Hypertension and Lipid Disturbances after Intentional Weight Loss Induced by Bariatric Surgery: the SOS Intervention Study

    C D Sjöström;L Lissner;H Wedel;L Sjöström

  • Variability of Body Weight and Health Outcomes in the Framingham Population

    Lauren Lissner;Patricia M. Odell;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Joseph Stokes

  • Dietary underreporting by obese individuals--is it specific or non-specific?

    Berit Lilienthal Heitmann;Lauren Lissner

  • Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: Data from nine countries

    Tim Olds;Carol Maher;Shi Zumin;Shi Zumin;Sandrine Péneau

  • 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

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Dietary fat and obesity: evidence from epidemiology.

    L Lissner;B L Heitmann

  • A 24-year follow-up of body mass index and cerebral atrophy

    Deborah Gustafson;Lauren Lissner;Calle Bengtsson;Cecilia Björkelund

  • Prevalence of overweight and obesity in European children below the age of 10

    W Ahrens;W Ahrens;I Pigeot;I Pigeot;H Pohlabeln;S De Henauw

  • The IDEFICS cohort: design, characteristics and participation in the baseline survey.

    W Ahrens;K Bammann;A Siani;K Buchecker

  • Breastfeeding reduces postpartum weight retention

    Jennifer L Baker;Michael Gamborg;Berit L Heitmann;Lauren Lissner

  • Height, age, and atopy are associated with fraction of exhaled nitric oxide in a large adult general population sample.

    Anna-Carin Olin;Annika Rosengren;Dag S. Thelle;Dag S. Thelle;Lauren Lissner

  • Body Weight Change, All-Cause Mortality, and Cause-specific Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial

    Steven N. Blair;Jessica Shaten;Kelly Brownell;Gary Collins

  • Testosterone concentrations in women and men with NIDDM.

    Björn Andersson;Per Märin;Lauren Lissner;Alex Vermeulen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dénes Molnár
Dénes Molnár University of Pecs
Calle Bengtsson
Calle Bengtsson University of Gothenburg
Luis A. Moreno
Luis A. Moreno University of Zaragoza
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Dag S. Thelle
Dag S. Thelle University of Oslo
Lucia A. Reisch
Lucia A. Reisch Copenhagen Business School
Berit L. Heitmann
Berit L. Heitmann Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Licia Iacoviello
Licia Iacoviello University of Insubria
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Ingmar Skoog
Ingmar Skoog University of Gothenburg

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