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Robert A. Gibson 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 Robert A. Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 417 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert A. Gibson 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 Robert A. Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1955 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert A. Gibson is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and nursing, with specific subfields including nutrition and dietetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, biochemistry, and epidemiology.

Their work spans multiple key topics, such as fatty acid research and health, birth, development, and health, infant nutrition and health, neonatal respiratory health research, infant development and preterm care, breastfeeding practices and influences, and eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology.

Frequent co-authors in Gibson's publications include:

  • Maria Makrides
  • Karen Best
  • Lisa N Yelland
  • Jacqueline F. Gould
  • Andrew J McPhee

Their research has appeared mainly in the following publication venues:

  • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
  • Nutrients
  • BMJ Open
  • Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
  • JAMA Network Open

Recent papers include:

  • "Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy-baseline omega-3 status and early preterm birth: exploratory analysis of a randomised controlled trial" (2020), published in BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • "Effects of race and ethnicity on perinatal outcomes in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 2,198,655 pregnancies" (2022), published in The Lancet
  • "Associations of Maternal Milk Feeding With Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 7 Years of Age in Former Preterm Infants" (2022), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Neonatal Docosahexaenoic Acid in Preterm Infants and Intelligence at 5 Years" (2022), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Circulating fatty acids and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective analyses in China" (2021), published in European Journal of Endocrinology

Robert A. Gibson was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1955.

Best Publications

  • Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory mediator production

    Michael J James;Robert A Gibson;Leslie G Cleland

  • The effect on human tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 1 beta production of diets enriched in n-3 fatty acids from vegetable oil or fish oil.

    Gillian E Caughey;Evangeline Mantzioris;Robert A Gibson;Leslie G Cleland

  • Fatty acid composition of brain, retina, and erythrocytes in breast- and formula-fed infants.

    Maria Makrides;Mark A. Neumann;Roger W. Byard;Karen Simmer

  • Are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids essential nutrients in infancy?

    M Makrides;M Neumann;K Simmer;J Pater

  • Effect of DHA supplementation during pregnancy on maternal depression and neurodevelopment of young children: a randomized controlled trial.

    Maria Makrides;Robert A Gibson;Robert A Gibson;Andrew J McPhee;Lisa Yelland

  • Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed High-dose Docosahexaenoic Acid: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    M. Makrides;R.A. Gibson;A.J. McPhee;C.T. Collins

  • Infant Growth Before and After Term: Effects on Neurodevelopment in Preterm Infants

    Mandy B. Belfort;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Thomas Sullivan;Carmel T. Collins

  • Effects of fish-oil supplementation on myocardial fatty acids in humans

    Robert G. Metcalf;Michael J. James;Robert A. Gibson;James R. M. Edwards

  • The importance of early complementary feeding in the development of oral tolerance: Concerns and controversies

    Susan L. Prescott;Peter Smith;Mimi Tang;Debra J. Palmer

  • Dietary substitution with an alpha-linolenic acid-rich vegetable oil increases eicosapentaenoic acid concentrations in tissues.

    E Mantzioris;M J James;R A Gibson;L G Cleland

  • Biochemical effects of a diet containing foods enriched with n−3 fatty acids

    Evangeline Mantzioris;Leslie G Cleland;Robert A Gibson;Mark A Neumann

  • Effect of maternal docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on breast milk composition

    Makrides M;Neumann Ma;Gibson Ra

  • Fatty acid composition of human colostrum and mature breast milk.

    R A Gibson;G M Kneebone

  • 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

  • A reappraisal of the impact of dairy foods and milk fat on cardiovascular disease risk

    J. Bruce German;Robert A. Gibson;Ronald M. Krauss;Paul Nestel

  • Erythrocyte Docosahexaenoic Acid Correlates with the Visual Response of Healthy, Term Infants

    M Makrides;K Simmer;M Goggin;R A Gibson

  • Lipid Quality in Infant Nutrition: Current Knowledge and Future Opportunities.

    Bernadette Delplanque;Robert A. Gibson;Berthold Koletzko;Alexandre Lapillonne

  • Effect of increasing breast milk docosahexaenoic acid on plasma and erythrocyte phospholipid fatty acids and neural indices of exclusively breast fed infants

    Gibson Ra;Neumann Ma;Makrides M

  • Conversion of linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid to long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), with a focus on pregnancy, lactation and the first 2 years of life

    Robert A. Gibson;Bev Muhlhausler;Maria Makrides

  • Effect of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy on infants’ allergies in first year of life: randomised controlled trial

    Debbie Palmer;T. Sullivan;M.S. Gold;Susan Prescott

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Makrides
Maria Makrides University of Adelaide
Andrew J. Sinclair
Andrew J. Sinclair Deakin University
Peter G Davis
Peter G Davis University of Melbourne
Lex W. Doyle
Lex W. Doyle University of Melbourne
Robert J. Hughes
Robert J. Hughes University of Adelaide
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Dallas R. English
Dallas R. English University of Melbourne
Berthold Koletzko
Berthold Koletzko Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson Monash University
Prashanthan Sanders
Prashanthan Sanders University of Adelaide

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