Read interviews, first-person essays, profiles, and other features about
people in a wide variety of fields, along with information on journals
& institutions in the topic of Obesity. All of the author comments
below are also listed in the site-wide
Author Commentaries listings
(available by month/year or alphabetically).
September 2010
Katherine Flegal; According to our Special
Topics analysis on Obesity, the work of Dr. Katherine
Flegal ranks at #3 by total cites, based on 44 papers cited
13, 474 times over the past decade. Four of these papers
appear on the top 20 list for the past decade. Her record
in
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters includes 54 papers, the majority of which
are classified in the field of Clinical Medicine, cited a
total of 16,327 times between January 1, 2000 and April 30,
2010.ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes
talks with Flegal about her highly cited work in
obesity. View
Article
August 2010
Angelo Tremblay; According to our Special
Topics analysis of obesity research over the past decade,
the work of Laval University's Dr. Angelo Tremblay ranks at
#4 by total papers, based on 171 papers cited 2,664 times.
His record in Essential Science
IndicatorsSM from Thomson
Reuters includes 290 papers, the majority of which are
classified under Clinical Medicine or Biology &
Biochemistry, cited a total of 3,898 times between January
1, 2000 and April 30, 2010. ScienceWatch.com
correspondent Gary Taubes talks with him about his
obesity-related research. View
Article
July 2010
Arne Astrup; Our Special
Topics analysis of quantum computers research over the past
decade shows that the work of Professor Guifre Vidal ranks
at #8 by total cites, with 27 papers cited 2,751 times. His
record inEssential Science IndicatorsSM
from Clarivate includes 47 papers cited a total of
3,888 times between January 1, 2000 and February 28, 2010
in the field of Physics. This month,
ScienceWatch.com talks with him about his highly
cited work. View
Article
June 2010
J. Alfredo Martinez; In our Special Topics
analysis on obesity research, the work of Dr. J. Alfredo
Martinez ranks at #2 by total papers, based on 197 papers
cited a total of 2,033 times. According to Essential
Science Indicators from Clarivate, Martinez's
papers can be found in the fields of Clinical Medicine,
Biology & Biochemistry, Agricultural Sciences, and
Social Sciences. This month, ScienceWatch.com
talks with him about his highly cited work in the field of
obesity research. View
Article
May 2010
Philippe Froguel; According to our
recent Special Topics analysis of obesity research over the
past decade, the work of Professor Philippe Froguel ranks
at #9, both by total citations and by total papers, based
on 129 papers cited a total of 8,808 times. He was also
among the top-cited researchers in both our 2002 and 2009
Special Topics on diabetes research. In this interview, he
talks with ScienceWatch.com about his highly cited
work as it relates to obesity. View
Article