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Thomas M. Badger

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Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
20021
World Ranking
16802
National Ranking
8427

Thomas M. Badger publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 426 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Thomas M. Badger 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 Thomas M. Badger sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Thomas M. Badger is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and nursing, with particular emphasis on nutrition and dietetics as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics related to infant nutrition and health, child nutrition and feeding issues, breastfeeding practices and influences, functional brain connectivity studies, and the impacts of phytoestrogens, gut microbiota, and probiotics on health.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Neonatal diet alters fecal microbiota and metabolome profiles at different ages in infants fed breast milk or formula (2020), published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Developmental assessments during the first 5 years of life in infants fed breast milk, cow's milk formula, or soy formula (2020), published in Food Science & Nutrition
  • Early infant feeding effect on growth and body composition during the first 6 years and neurodevelopment at age 72 months (2020), published in Pediatric Research
  • Associations between mother's depressive symptoms during pregnancy and newborn's brain functional connectivity (2023), published in Cerebral Cortex
  • Cortical Morphometry is Associated with Neuropsychological Function in Healthy 8-Year-Old Children (2020), published in Journal of Neuroimaging

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thomas M. Badger include:

  • Aline Andres
  • Xiawei Ou
  • Jayne Bellando
  • Clark Sims
  • Xiaoxu Na

Their research is regularly published in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • Food Science & Nutrition
  • Pediatric Research
  • Cerebral Cortex

Thomas M. Badger's main fields of study are medicine and nursing, with subfields focusing on nutrition and dietetics, cognitive neuroscience, epidemiology, psychiatry and mental health, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Best Publications

  • Maternal obesity at conception programs obesity in the offspring

    Kartik Shankar;Amanda M Harrell;Xiaoli Liu;Janet M Gilchrist

  • On the Actions of the Growth Hormone-Releasing Hexapeptide, GHRP

    C.Y. Bowers;A.O. Sartor;G.A. Reynolds;T.M. Badger

  • Maternal obesity is associated with a lipotoxic placental environment.

    Jessica Saben;Forrest Lindsey;Ying Zhong;Keshari Thakali

  • Mice fed a lipogenic methionine-choline-deficient diet develop hypermetabolism coincident with hepatic suppression of SCD-1.

    Gizem Rizki;Lorenzo Arnaboldi;Bianca Gabrielli;Jim Yan

  • Pharmacokinetics of the glucuronide and sulfate conjugates of genistein and daidzein in men and women after consumption of a soy beverage.

    Susan R Shelnutt;Carolyn O Cimino;Patricia A Wiggins;Martin J J Ronis

  • Dietary exposure to soy or whey proteins alters colonic global gene expression profiles during rat colon tumorigenesis

    Rijin Xiao;Thomas M Badger;Frank A Simmen

  • Metabolic Phenotype of Isoflavones Differ among Female Rats, Pigs, Monkeys, and Women

    Liwei Gu;Suzanne E. House;Ronald L. Prior;Nianbai Fang

  • The açaí flavonoid velutin is a potent anti-inflammatory agent: blockade of LPS-mediated TNF-α and IL-6 production through inhibiting NF-κB activation and MAPK pathway

    Chenghui Xie;Jie Kang;Jie Kang;Zhimin Li;Alexander G. Schauss

  • Reproductive Toxicity and Growth Effects in Rats Exposed to Lead at Different Periods during Development

    Martin J.J. Ronis;Thomas M. Badger;Thomas M. Badger;Sarah J. Shema;Sarah J. Shema;Paula K. Roberson;Paula K. Roberson

  • Diets containing whey proteins or soy protein isolate protect against 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced mammary tumors in female rats.

    Reza Hakkak;Soheila Korourian;Susan R. Shelnutt;Shelly Lensing

  • Cytochrome P450 CYP 2E1 induction during chronic alcohol exposure occurs by a two-step mechanism associated with blood alcohol concentrations in rats.

    M. J. J. Ronis;Jian Huang;J. Crouch;C. Mercado

  • Lactation and Neonatal Nutrition: Defining and Refining the Critical Questions

    Margaret C. Neville;Steven M. Anderson;James L. McManaman;Thomas M. Badger

  • The Health Consequences of Early Soy Consumption

    Thomas M. Badger;Martin J. J. Ronis;Reza Hakkak;J. Craig Rowlands

  • Non-isoflavone phytochemicals in soy and their health effects.

    Jie Kang;Thomas M Badger;Martin J J Ronis;Xianli Wu

  • Dietary Soy Protein Isolate Attenuates Metabolic Syndrome in Rats via Effects on PPAR, LXR, and SREBP Signaling

    Martin J. Ronis;Ying Chen;Jamie Badeaux;Thomas M. Badger

  • Maternal obesity enhances white adipose tissue differentiation and alters genome-scale DNA methylation in male rat offspring.

    Sarah J. Borengasser;Ying Zhong;Ping Kang;Forrest Lindsey

  • Sex steroid hormone regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone subunit messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) levels in the rat.

    S D Gharib;M E Wierman;T M Badger;W W Chin

  • The effects of growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptides on GH secretion in perifused pituitary cells of adult male rats.

    Thomas M. Badger;William J. Millard;Georges F. McCORMICK;Cyril Y. Bowers

  • Not All Soy Products Are Created Equal: Caution Needed in Interpretation of Research Results

    John W. Erdman;Thomas M. Badger;Johanna W. Lampe;Kenneth D.R. Setchell

  • P2-123 Maternal obesity at conception programs obesity in the offspring

    K. Shankar;A. Harrell;J.M. Gilchrist;M.J.J. Ronis

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. J. Ronis
Martin J. J. Ronis Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
K. Shankar
K. Shankar Saveetha University
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg Karolinska Institute
Xianli Wu
Xianli Wu Agricultural Research Service
Rosalia C. M. Simmen
Rosalia C. M. Simmen University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Pippa Simpson
Pippa Simpson Medical College of Wisconsin
Emanuele Albano
Emanuele Albano University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Joseph B. Martin
Joseph B. Martin Harvard University
William F. Crowley
William F. Crowley Harvard University
Cyril Y. Bowers
Cyril Y. Bowers Tulane University

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