2026 Susan B. Roberts: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	101	7963	7484	4141	3831	410	38535

Susan B. Roberts 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 Susan B. Roberts sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 410 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan B. Roberts 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 Susan B. Roberts sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Susan B. Roberts is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of medicine, with a focus on public health, physiology, nutrition, and clinical psychology. The body of work includes extensive studies on obesity, diet, physical activity, and nutritional health.

The main fields of study covered by their research include:

Medicine

Within this broad field, the subfields of study are:

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Physiology
Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
Clinical Psychology

Their primary research topics include:

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Diet and Metabolism Studies
Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Obesity and Health Practices
Dietary Effects on Health
Nutrition and Health in Aging

Frequent publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple papers are:

Current Developments in Nutrition
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
International Journal of Obesity
Nutrients
Obesity

Some of their notable recent papers include:

Healthy Aging-Nutrition Matters: Start Early and Screen Often, 2021, Advances in Nutrition
Daily Energy Expenditure Through the Human Life Course, 2021, Science
A Standard Calculation Methodology for Human Doubly Labeled Water Studies, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
Energy Compensation and Adiposity in Humans, 2021, Current Biology
Effects of Caloric Restriction on Human Physiological, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes: Highlights from CALERIE Phase 2, 2020, Nutrition Reviews

Collaborations have been established with several co-authors, including:

Sai Krupa Das
Catherine Hambly
Susan B. Racette
John R. Speakman
Rachel Silver

Best Publications

Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people

Maria A. Fiatarone;Evelyn F. O'Neill;Nancy Doyle Ryan;Karen M. Clements

3944
Citations
Dietary Fiber and Weight Regulation

Nancy C. Howarth;Edward Saltzman;Susan B. Roberts

1356
Citations
Training in flexible, intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes : dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) randomised controlled trial

Stephanie Amiel;Sue Beveridge;Clare Bradley;Carla Gianfrancesco

1138
Citations
High glycemic index foods, overeating, and obesity.

David S. Ludwig;Joseph A. Majzoub;Ahmad Al-Zahrani;Gerard E. Dallal

973
Citations
Peer, parent, and media influences on the development of weight concerns and frequent dieting among preadolescent and adolescent girls and boys.

Alison E. Field;Carlos A. Camargo;Carlos A. Camargo;C. Barr Taylor;Catherine S. Berkey;Catherine S. Berkey

916
Citations
P2X7 Mediates Superoxide Production in Primary Microglia and Is Up-regulated in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Lav K. Parvathenani;Svetlana Tertyshnikova;Corinne R. Greco;Susan B. Roberts

666
Citations
Nonsurgical factors that influence the outcome of bariatric surgery: a review.

L. K. G. Hsu;P. N. Benotti;P. N. Benotti;J. Dwyer;S. B. Roberts

652
Citations
Zinc and carbon co-limitation of marine phytoplankton

François M M Morel;J. R. Reinfelder;S. B. Roberts;C. P. Chamberlain

591
Citations
Dietary variety within food groups: association with energy intake and body fatness in men and women

Megan A McCrory;Paul J Fuss;Joy E McCallum;Manjiang Yao

576
Citations
Why are nutritionally stunted children at increased risk of obesity? Studies of metabolic rate and fat oxidation in shantytown children from São Paulo, Brazil

Daniel J Hoffman;Ana L Sawaya;Ieda Verreschi;Katherine L Tucker

546
Citations
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

Herman Pontzer;Yosuke Yamada;Hiroyuki Sagayama;Philip N. Ainslie

536
Citations
A 2-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of Human Caloric Restriction: Feasibility and Effects on Predictors of Health Span and Longevity

Eric Ravussin;Leanne M. Redman;James Rochon;Sai Krupa Das

525
Citations
Energy Expenditure and Intake in Infants Born to Lean and Overweight Mothers

Susan B. Roberts;Judith Savage;W.A. Coward;B. Chew

518
Citations
Control of Food Intake in Older Men

Susan B. Roberts;Paul Fuss;Melvin B. Heyman;William J. Evans

514
Citations
Overeating in America: Association between Restaurant Food Consumption and Body Fatness in Healthy Adult Men and Women Ages 19 to 80

Megan A. McCrory;Paul J. Fuss;Nicholas P. Hays;Angela G. Vinken

483
Citations
High–glycemic Index Foods, Hunger, and Obesity: Is There a Connection?

Susan B. Roberts

454
Citations
Eating behavior correlates of adult weight gain and obesity in healthy women aged 55–65 y

Nicholas P Hays;Gaston P Bathalon;Megan A McCrory;Ronenn Roubenoff

450
Citations
Nutrition and aging: changes in the regulation of energy metabolism with aging.

Susan B. Roberts;Irwin Rosenberg

413
Citations
High-protein Weight-loss Diets: Are They Safe and Do They Work? a Review of the Experimental and Epidemiologic Data

Julie Eisenstein;Susan B. Roberts;Gerard Dallal;Edward Saltzman

410
Citations
Long-term effects of 2 energy-restricted diets differing in glycemic load on dietary adherence, body composition, and metabolism in CALERIE: a 1-y randomized controlled trial.

Sai Krupa Das;Cheryl H Gilhooly;Julie K Golden;Anastassios G Pittas

391
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard E. Dallal Tufts University

Andrew S. Greenberg Tufts University

Leanne M. Redman Pennington Biomedical Research Center

William E. Kraus Duke University

Simin Nikbin Meydani Tufts University

Nicholas A. Meanwell Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany)

Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University

Luigi Fontana University of Sydney

Eric Ravussin Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Katherine L. Tucker University of Massachusetts Lowell

External Links

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