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D-Index
98
Citations
32238
World Ranking
8976
National Ranking
4620

Theresa A. Nicklas 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 Theresa A. Nicklas sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 443 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Theresa A. Nicklas 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 Theresa A. Nicklas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 98 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Theresa A. Nicklas is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research focuses on medicine, with particular attention to public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, experimental and cognitive psychology, and health toxicology and mutagenesis.

Their work covers a broad range of topics including obesity, physical activity, and diet; diet and metabolism studies; nutritional studies and diet; climate change and health impacts; child nutrition and water access; adipose tissue and metabolism; and evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

Recent publications by Theresa A. Nicklas include:

  • A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Energy compensation and adiposity in humans, 2021, Current Biology
  • Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors, 2022, Science
  • Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure, 2023, Nature Metabolism
  • Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life, 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

They frequently collaborate with other researchers including John R. Speakman, Liam Anderson, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, and Stefan Gerardus Camps. Each of these coauthors has contributed to 12 publications alongside Theresa A. Nicklas.

Theresa A. Nicklas has contributed multiple publications to notable journals such as Nature Food, AIMS Public Health, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Cell Reports Medicine, and Current Biology. Among these, Nature Food, AIMS Public Health, and Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior each have two publications, while Cell Reports Medicine and Current Biology each have one.

Best Publications

  • A review of family and social determinants of children's eating patterns and diet quality.

    Heather Patrick;Theresa A. Nicklas

  • Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity

    Nancy F. Krebs;John H. Himes;Dawn Jacobson;Theresa A. Nicklas

  • Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context.

    Sheryl O. Hughes;Thomas G. Power;Jennifer Orlet Fisher;Stephen Mueller

  • Are Current Health Behavioral Change Models Helpful in Guiding Prevention of Weight Gain Efforts

    Tom Baranowski;Karen W. Cullen;Theresa Nicklas;Deborah Thompson

  • Eating patterns, dietary quality and obesity.

    Theresa A. Nicklas;Tom Baranowski;Karen W. Cullen;Gerald Berenson

  • Eating Patterns and Obesity in Children The Bogalusa Heart Study

    Theresa A Nicklas;Su-Jau Yang;Tom Baranowski;Issa Zakeri

  • The Relationship of Breakfast Skipping and Type of Breakfast Consumption with Nutrient Intake and Weight Status in Children and Adolescents: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006

    Priya R. Deshmukh-Taskar;Theresa A. Nicklas;Carol E. O'Neil;Debra R. Keast

  • The benefits of authoritative feeding style: caregiver feeding styles and children's food consumption patterns.

    Heather Patrick;Theresa A. Nicklas;Sheryl O. Hughes;Miriam Morales

  • Family and child-care provider influences on preschool children's fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption.

    Theresa A. Nicklas;Tom Baranowski;Janice C. Baranowski;Karen Cullen

  • Tracking of overweight status from childhood to young adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study

    P Deshmukh-Taskar;T A Nicklas;M Morales;S J Yang

  • Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

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

  • Beverage Intake Among Preschool Children and Its Effect on Weight Status

    Teresia M O'Connor;Su-Jau Yang;Theresa A Nicklas

  • Breakfast consumption affects adequacy of total daily intake in children

    Theresa A Nicklas;Weihang Bao;Larry S Webber;Gerald S Berenson

  • The Fun, Food, and Fitness Project (FFFP): the Baylor GEMS pilot study.

    Tom Baranowski;Janice C Baranowski;Karen W Cullen;Deborah I Thompson

  • Validation of 24-hour recalls assisted by food records in third-grade children

    Leslie A Lytle;Milton Z Nichaman;Eva Obarzanek;Ellen Glovsky

  • Indulgent feeding style and children's weight status in preschool.

    Sheryl O. Hughes;Richard M. Shewchuk;Monica L. Baskin;Theresa A. Nicklas

  • Changes in food group consumption patterns from childhood to young adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study

    Debby Demory-Luce;Miriam Morales;Theresa Nicklas;Tom Baranowski

  • Calcium Intake Trends and Health Consequences from Childhood through Adulthood

    Theresa A. Nicklas

  • Children’s meal patterns have changed over a 21-year period: the Bogalusa heart study

    Theresa A. Nicklas;Miriam Morales;A. Linares;Su-Jau Yang

  • Food Sources of Energy and Nutrients among Adults in the US: NHANES 2003–2006

    Carol E. O'Neil;Debra R. Keast;Victor L. Fulgoni;Theresa A. Nicklas

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald S. Berenson
Gerald S. Berenson Tulane University
Tom Baranowski
Tom Baranowski Baylor College of Medicine
Sheryl O. Hughes
Sheryl O. Hughes Baylor College of Medicine
Larry S. Webber
Larry S. Webber Tulane University
Carolyn C. Johnson
Carolyn C. Johnson Tulane University
Jennifer O. Fisher
Jennifer O. Fisher Temple University
Leslie A. Lytle
Leslie A. Lytle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sathanur R. Srinivasan
Sathanur R. Srinivasan Tulane University
Johanna T. Dwyer
Johanna T. Dwyer Tufts University
Thomas G. Power
Thomas G. Power Washington State University

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