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Best Female Scientists

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117
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90767
World Ranking
624
National Ranking
380

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
88574
World Ranking
3658
National Ranking
2018

Linda Van Horn 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 Linda Van Horn sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 668 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Linda Van Horn 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 Linda Van Horn 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: 120 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

Linda Van Horn is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their work spans multiple interrelated topics including nutritional studies and diet, obesity, physical activity and diet, cardiovascular health and risk factors, diet and metabolism studies, birth, development, and health, consumer attitudes and food labeling, and metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies.

Linda Van Horn has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with notable frequent publication venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Circulation
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

They have collaborated with several frequent co-authors throughout their career, including Martha L. Daviglus, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Carmen R. Isasi, and Krista M. Perreira.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association," published in 2021 in Circulation
  • "Associations of Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat, Poultry, or Fish Intake With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality," published in 2020 in JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Evaluation of Dietary Patterns and All-Cause Mortality," published in 2021 in JAMA Network Open
  • "Associations of Late Adolescent or Young Adult Cardiovascular Health With Premature Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality," published in 2020 in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Cardiovascular Health Trajectories From Childhood Through Middle Age and Their Association With Subclinical Atherosclerosis," published in 2020 in JAMA Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;Diane Becker;Luther T. Clark;Richard S. Cooper

  • 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

  • Defining and Setting National Goals for Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Reduction The American Heart Association’s Strategic Impact Goal Through 2020 and Beyond

    Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Yuling Hong;Darwin Labarthe;Dariush Mozaffarian

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

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

  • Fast-food habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis

    Mark A Pereira;Alex I Kartashov;Cara B Ebbeling;Linda Van Horn

  • 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

  • Dairy consumption, obesity, and the insulin resistance syndrome in young adults: The CARDIA study

    Mark A. Pereira;David R. Jacobs;David R. Jacobs;Linda Van Horn;Martha L. Slattery

  • Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

    Frank M. Sacks;Alice H. Lichtenstein;Jason H.Y. Wu;Lawrence J. Appel

  • 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

  • Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Dietary Lifestyle Changes for Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction in Adults A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Nancy T. Artinian;Gerald F. Fletcher;Dariush Mozaffarian;Penny Kris-Etherton

  • 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

  • Accumulated evidence on fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.

    Ka He;Yiqing Song;Martha L. Daviglus;Kiang Liu

  • Dietary Fiber, Weight Gain, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Young Adults

    David S. Ludwig;Mark A. Pereira;Mark A. Pereira;Candyce H. Kroenke;Joan E. Hilner

  • Soy Protein, Isoflavones, and Cardiovascular Health An American Heart Association Science Advisory for Professionals From the Nutrition Committee

    Frank M. Sacks;Alice Lichtenstein;Linda Van Horn;William Harris

  • Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease

    Jarett D. Berry;Alan Dyer;Xuan Cai;Daniel B. Garside

  • Dietary recommendations for children and adolescents: a guide for practitioners.

    Samuel S. Gidding;Barbara A. Dennison;Leann L. Birch;Stephen R. Daniels

  • Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents A Guide for Practitioners: Consensus Statement From the American Heart Association

    Samuel S. Gidding;Barbara A. Dennison;Leann L. Birch;Stephen R. Daniels

  • Components of a cardioprotective diet: new insights.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Lawrence J. Appel;Linda Van Horn

  • National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;Diane Becker;Luther T. Clark;Richard S. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Martha L. Daviglus
Martha L. Daviglus University of Illinois at Chicago
Jeremiah Stamler
Jeremiah Stamler Northwestern University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Alan R. Dyer
Alan R. Dyer Northwestern University
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Northwestern University
Marian L. Neuhouser
Marian L. Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University

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