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Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
29091
World Ranking
9793
National Ranking
382

Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga 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 Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 369 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga 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 Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 96 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine, with a focus on physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

Their work covers multiple topics related to diet, metabolism, and health, including:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Obesity, physical activity, diet
  • Eating disorders and behaviors
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins
  • Health and lifestyle studies
  • Dietary effects on health

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Diabetes Care
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Some recent papers by Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga include:

  • The <scp>PREVIEW</scp> intervention study: Results from a 3-year randomized 2 x 2 factorial multinational trial investigating the role of protein, glycaemic index and physical activity for prevention of type 2 diabetes (2020), published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Compositional analysis of the associations between 24-h movement behaviours and cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese adults with pre-diabetes from the PREVIEW study: cross-sectional baseline analysis (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Solving the conundrum of intra-specific variation in metabolic rate: A multidisciplinary conceptual and methodological toolkit (2023), published in BioEssays
  • Dose-Dependent Associations of Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Fiber With 3-Year Weight Loss Maintenance and Glycemic Status in a High-Risk Population: A Secondary Analysis of the Diabetes Prevention Study PREVIEW (2021), published in Diabetes Care
  • Association of Psychobehavioral Variables With HOMA-IR and BMI Differs for Men and Women With Prediabetes in the PREVIEW Lifestyle Intervention (2021), published in Diabetes Care

The scientist collaborates extensively with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Anne Raben
  • Mikael Fogelholm
  • Tanja C. Adam
  • Jennie Brand-Miller
  • Elli Jalo

Best Publications

  • Protein, weight management, and satiety

    Douglas Paddon-Jones;Eric Westman;Richard D Mattes;Robert R Wolfe

  • Dietary Protein, Weight Loss, and Weight Maintenance

    M.S. Westerterp-Plantenga;A. Nieuwenhuizen;A. Nieuwenhuizen;D. Tomé;S. Soenen;S. Soenen

  • Undereating and underrecording of habitual food intake in obese men: selective underreporting of fat intake

    Annelies Hc Goris;Margriet S Westerterp-Plantenga;Klaas R Westerterp

  • Dietary protein – its role in satiety, energetics, weight loss and health

    Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga;Sofie G. Lemmens;Klaas R. Westerterp

  • Protein-induced satiety: effects and mechanisms of different proteins

    M. Veldhorst;A. Smeets;S. Soenen;A. Hochstenbach-Waelen

  • The role of protein in weight loss and maintenance

    Heather J Leidy;Peter M Clifton;Arne Astrup;Thomas P Wycherley

  • Satiety related to 24 h diet-induced thermogenesis during high protein/carbohydrate vs high fat diets measured in a respiration chamber

    M. S. Westerterp-Plantenga;V. Rolland;S. A. J. Wilson;K. R. Westerterp

  • The effects of green tea on weight loss and weight maintenance: a meta-analysis

    R Hursel;W Viechtbauer;M S Westerterp-Plantenga

  • Ghrelin and glucagon-like peptide 1 concentrations, 24-h satiety, and energy and substrate metabolism during a high-protein diet and measured in a respiration chamber

    Manuela P G M Lejeune;Klaas R Westerterp;Tanja C M Adam;Natalie D Luscombe-Marsh

  • Obesity and thermogenesis related to the consumption of caffeine, ephedrine, capsaicin, and green tea

    Kristel Diepvens;Klaas R. Westerterp;Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

  • Body Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance in Relation to Habitual Caffeine Intake and Green Tea Supplementation

    Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga;Manuela P.G.M. Lejeune;Eva M. R. Kovacs

  • Functional food science and behaviour and psychological functions

    F Bellisle;J E Blundell;L Dye;M Fantino

  • High protein intake sustains weight maintenance after body weight loss in humans.

    M.S. Westerterp-Plantenga;M.P.G.M. Lejeune;I.M.T. Nijs;A.M.J. van Ooijen

  • Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity.

    John R. Speakman;David A. Levitsky;David B. Allison;Molly S. Bray

  • Acute stress-related changes in eating in the absence of hunger

    Femke Rutters;Arie G Nieuwenhuizen;Sofie G T Lemmens;Jurriaan M Born

  • Dose-dependent satiating effect of whey relative to casein or soy

    Margriet A.B. Veldhorst;Arie G. Nieuwenhuizen;Ananda Hochstenbach-Waelen;Anneke J.A.H. van Vught

  • Effects of green tea on weight maintenance after body-weight loss.

    Eva M. R. Kovacs;Manuela P. G. M. Lejeune;Ilse Nijs;Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

  • Sensory and gastrointestinal satiety effects of capsaicin on food intake

    M S Westerterp-Plantenga;A Smeets;M P G Lejeune

  • Additional protein intake limits weight regain after weight loss in humans.

    Manuela P. G. M. Lejeune;Eva M. R. Kovacs;Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

  • Weekly subcutaneous pegylated recombinant native human leptin (PEG-OB) administration in obese men.

    Chris J. Hukshorn;Wim H. M. Saris;Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga;Adrienne R. Farid

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaas R. Westerterp
Klaas R. Westerterp Maastricht University
Wim H. M. Saris
Wim H. M. Saris Maastricht University
Edwin C. M. Mariman
Edwin C. M. Mariman Maastricht University
Jennie Brand-Miller
Jennie Brand-Miller University of Sydney
Ian A. Macdonald
Ian A. Macdonald National Institute for Health Research
Patrick Schrauwen
Patrick Schrauwen Maastricht University
Nicolaas E. P. Deutz
Nicolaas E. P. Deutz Texas A&M University
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen
Kirsi H. Pietiläinen University of Helsinki
Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University

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