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Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
32597
World Ranking
17835
National Ranking
245

Miquel Fiol 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 Miquel Fiol sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 292 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Miquel Fiol 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 Miquel Fiol sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Miquel Fiol is a researcher affiliated with the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Spain. Their work primarily centers on medicine, with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics.

Their research spans various topics, including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Fiol's recent papers include:

  • "Remnant Cholesterol, Not LDL Cholesterol, Is Associated With Incident Cardiovascular Disease" (2020) published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Choline Metabolism and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure in the PREDIMED Study" (2020) published in Clinical Chemistry
  • "Contribution of ultra-processed foods in visceral fat deposition and other adiposity indicators: Prospective analysis nested in the PREDIMED-Plus trial" (2021) published in Clinical Nutrition
  • "Dysfunctional High-Density Lipoproteins Are Associated With a Greater Incidence of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Population at High Cardiovascular Risk" (2020) published in Circulation
  • "An Energy-Reduced Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Composition" (2023) published in JAMA Network Open

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fiol include Ramón Estruch, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Emilio Ros, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, and Montserrat Fitó.

Publication venues where Fiol has contributed multiple papers include:

  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Nutrients
  • Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition)
  • Revista Española de Cardiología
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology

Their work contributes to the understanding of cardiovascular health, diet, metabolism, and related clinical outcomes, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach that integrates clinical chemistry, nutrition, and cardiovascular research.

Best Publications

  • Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet

    Ramón Estruch;Emilio Ros;Jordi Salas-Salvadó;Maria-Isabel Covas

  • Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts

    Miguel A Martínez-González;Emilio Ros;Ramón Estruch

  • A Short Screener Is Valid for Assessing Mediterranean Diet Adherence among Older Spanish Men and Women

    Helmut Schröder;Montserrat Fitó;Ramón Estruch;Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

  • A 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Assessment Tool and Obesity Indexes among High-Risk Subjects: The PREDIMED Trial

    Miguel Angel Martínez-González;Miguel Angel Martínez-González;Ana García-Arellano;Ana García-Arellano;Estefanía Toledo;Estefanía Toledo;Jordi Salas-Salvadó

  • Cohort Profile: Design and methods of the PREDIMED study

    Miguel Ángel Martínez-González;Dolores Corella;Jordi Salas-Salvadó;Emilio Ros

  • Effect of a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented With Nuts on Metabolic Syndrome Status One-Year Results of the PREDIMED Randomized Trial

    Jordi Salas-Salvado ´;Emilio Ros;Montserrat Fito;Ramon Estruch

  • Effect of a traditional Mediterranean diet on lipoprotein oxidation: a randomized controlled trial.

    Montserrat Fitó;Mònica Guxens;Dolores Corella;Guillermo Sáez

  • Olive oil intake and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the PREDIMED Study

    Marta Guasch-Ferré;Marta Guasch-Ferré;Frank B Hu;Miguel A Martínez-González;Miguel A Martínez-González;Montserrat Fitó

  • Inverse association between habitual polyphenol intake and incidence of cardiovascular events in the PREDIMED study

    A. Tresserra-Rimbau;E.B. Rimm;E.B. Rimm;A. Medina-Remón;M.A. Martínez-González

  • Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention Program With Energy-Restricted Mediterranean Diet and Exercise on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: One-Year Results of the PREDIMED-Plus Trial

    Jordi Salas-Salvadó;Jordi Salas-Salvadó;Andrés Díaz-López;Andrés Díaz-López;Miguel Ruiz-Canela;Miguel Ruiz-Canela;Josep Basora;Josep Basora

  • Components of the Mediterranean-type food pattern and serum inflammatory markers among patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

    J Salas-Salvadó;A Garcia-Arellano;R Estruch;F Marquez-Sandoval

  • Mediterranean diets and metabolic syndrome status in the PREDIMED randomized trial

    Nancy Babio;Estefanía Toledo;Ramón Estruch;Emilio Ros

  • Remnant Cholesterol, Not LDL Cholesterol, Is Associated With Incident Cardiovascular Disease

    Olga Castañer;Xavier Pintó;Isaac Subirana;Antonio J. Amor

  • Dietary fat intake and risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in a population at high risk of cardiovascular disease

    Marta Guasch-Ferré;Marta Guasch-Ferré;Nancy Babio;Nancy Babio;Miguel A Martínez-González;Miguel A Martínez-González;Dolores Corella;Dolores Corella

  • Effect of the Mediterranean diet on blood pressure in the PREDIMED trial: results from a randomized controlled trial

    Estefania Toledo;Estefania Toledo;Estefania Toledo;Frank B Hu;Frank B Hu;Ramon Estruch;Ramon Estruch;Pilar Buil-Cosiales;Pilar Buil-Cosiales

  • Dietary intake and major food sources of polyphenols in a Spanish population at high cardiovascular risk: The PREDIMED study

    Anna Tresserra-Rimbau;Anna Tresserra-Rimbau;A. Medina-Remón;A. Medina-Remón;J. Pérez-Jiménez;Miguel Ángel Martínez-González;Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

  • Retraction and Republication: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet. N Engl J Med 2013;368:1279-90.

    Ramón Estruch;Emilio Ros;Jordi Salas-Salvadó;Maria-Isabel Covas

  • Plasma Ceramides, Mediterranean Diet, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the PREDIMED Trial (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea).

    Dong D. Wang;Estefanía Toledo;Adela Hruby;Bernard A. Rosner

  • Dietary inflammatory index and anthropometric measures of obesity in a population sample at high cardiovascular risk from the PREDIMED (PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea) trial.

    M. Ruiz-Canela;I. Zazpe;N. Shivappa;J. R. Hébert

  • Effect of a Traditional Mediterranean Diet on Lipoprotein Oxidation

    Montserrat Fito;Mònica Guxens;Dolores Corella;Carmen Cabezas

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramón Estruch
Ramón Estruch University of Barcelona
Dolores Corella
Dolores Corella University of Valencia
Miguel A. Martínez-González
Miguel A. Martínez-González University of Navarra
Jordi Salas-Salvadó
Jordi Salas-Salvadó Rovira i Virgili University
Emilio Ros
Emilio Ros University of Barcelona
Lluis Serra-Majem
Lluis Serra-Majem Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Enrique Gómez-Gracia
Enrique Gómez-Gracia University of Malaga
Xavier Pintó
Xavier Pintó Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Mònica Bulló
Mònica Bulló Rovira i Virgili University
Montserrat Fitó
Montserrat Fitó Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

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Frank B. Hu

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Lluis Serra-Majem

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Nitin Shivappa

University of South Carolina

Publications: 128

Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós

Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós

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Publications: 116

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