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Susan J. Fairweather-Tait

Susan J. Fairweather-Tait

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
24249
World Ranking
3887
National Ranking
287

Susan J. Fairweather-Tait publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan J. Fairweather-Tait sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 380 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Susan J. Fairweather-Tait D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan J. Fairweather-Tait sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Susan J. Fairweather-Tait is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine, with particular specialization in Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hematology, Physiology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The topics they have extensively worked on include:

  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Agricultural safety and regulations

Their publication record includes several recent papers with notable works such as:

  • "Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries," published in 2020 in Gut
  • "Green tea (Camellia sinensis) for the prevention of cancer," published in 2020 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Guidance on the preparation and submission of an application for authorisation of a novel food in the context of Regulation (EU) 2015/22831 (Revision 1)2," published in 2021 in the EFSA Journal
  • "Zinc and selenium supplementation in COVID-19 prevention and treatment: a systematic review of the experimental studies," published in 2022 in the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
  • "Lead exposure in an Italian population: Food content, dietary intake and risk assessment," published in 2020 in Food Research International

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include Marco Vinceti, Amy Jennings, Tommaso Filippini, Androniki Naska, and Dominique Turck.

The primary venues where their publications appear most often are:

  • EFSA Journal
  • The "biomedical & life sciences collection."
  • Nutrients
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Selenium in human health and disease.

    Susan J. Fairweather-Tait;Yongping Bao;Martin R. Broadley;Rachel Collings

  • Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)-Iron Review.

    Sean Lynch;Christine M Pfeiffer;Michael K Georgieff;Gary Brittenham

  • Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries

    Tarini Shankar Ghosh;Simone Rampelli;Ian B Jeffery;Aurelia Santoro

  • Evidence of decreasing mineral density in wheat grain over the last 160 years

    Ming-Sheng Fan;Fang-Jie Zhao;Susan J. Fairweather-Tait;Paul R. Poulton

  • Selenium bioavailability: current knowledge and future research requirements

    Susan J Fairweather-Tait;Rachel Collings;Rachel Hurst

  • Ageing of the human metaorganism: the microbial counterpart

    Elena Biagi;Marco Candela;Susan Fairweather-Tait;Claudio Franceschi

  • Green tea (Camellia sinensis) for the prevention of cancer

    Tommaso Filippini;Marcella Malavolti;Francesca Borrelli;Angelo A Izzo

  • Selenium biofortification of high-yielding winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by liquid or granular Se fertilisation

    Martin R. Broadley;John Alcock;James Alford;Paul Cartwright

  • The effects of oral iron supplementation on cognition in older children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Martin Falkingham;Asmaa Abdelhamid;Peter Curtis;Susan Fairweather-Tait

  • Establishing optimal selenium status: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Rachel Hurst;Charlotte N Armah;Jack R Dainty;Dave J Hart

  • Bioavailability of Minerals and Trace Elements

    Susan Fairweather-Tait;Richard F. Hurrell

  • Higher anthocyanin intake is associated with lower arterial stiffness and central blood pressure in women

    Amy Jennings;Ailsa A. Welch;Sue J. Fairweather-Tait;Colin Kay

  • Water-loss dehydration and aging ☆

    Lee Hooper;Diane Bunn;Florence O. Jimoh;Susan J. Fairweather-Tait

  • Oral ferrous sulfate supplements increase the free radical–generating capacity of feces from healthy volunteers

    E K Lund;S G Wharf;S J Fairweather-Tait;I T Johnson

  • Interlaboratory trial on the determination of the In Vitro iron dialysability from food

    Joop Luten;Helen Crews;Albert Flynn;Peter Van Dael

  • Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers: effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion.

    Ann Prentice;Landing Ma Jarjou;Tim J Cole;Dorothy M Stirling

  • Dietary mineral supplies in Africa

    Edward J M Joy;E Louise Ander;Scott D Young;Colin R Black

  • Impact of menstrual blood loss and diet on iron deficiency among women in the UK

    Linda J. Harvey;Charlotte N. Armah;Jack R. Dainty;Robert J. Foxall

  • Climate Change and Food Security: Health Impacts in Developed Countries

    Iain R. Lake;Lee Hooper;Asmaa Abdelhamid;Graham Bentham

  • Dietary reference values for vitamin K.

    Dominique Turck;Jean‐Louis Bresson;Barbara Burlingame;Tara Dean

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Turck
Dominique Turck University of Lille
Yolanda Sanz
Yolanda Sanz Spanish National Research Council
Henk van Loveren
Henk van Loveren Maastricht University
Rosangela Marchelli
Rosangela Marchelli University of Parma
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Karl-Heinz Engel
Karl-Heinz Engel Technical University of Munich
Lee Hooper
Lee Hooper University of East Anglia
Martin R. Broadley
Martin R. Broadley Rothamsted Research
Aedin Cassidy
Aedin Cassidy Queen's University Belfast

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