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David S. Ludwig

Active 1985–2025

120
Papers
37,764
Citations
85
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Citations

Citations per year for David S. Ludwig1952: 1 citations1980: 2 citations1986: 2 citations1987: 4 citations1988: 12 citations1989: 16 citations1990: 22 citations1991: 16 citations1992: 15 citations1993: 8 citations1994: 9 citations1995: 3 citations1996: 10 citations1997: 27 citations1998: 35 citations1999: 58 citations2000: 66 citations2001: 86 citations2002: 153 citations2003: 218 citations2004: 257 citations2005: 348 citations2006: 381 citations2007: 501 citations2008: 400 citations2009: 434 citations2010: 375 citations2011: 399 citations2012: 370 citations2013: 378 citations2014: 320 citations2015: 304 citations2016: 227 citations2017: 291 citations2018: 263 citations2019: 813 citations2020: 907 citations2021: 800 citations2022: 555 citations2023: 393 citations2024: 537 citations2025: 279 citations2026: 13 citations1953–1979: no citations, so these years are not shown1981–1985: no citations, so these years are not shown

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World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,917 citing papers, 31.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 983 citing papers, 7.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 646 citing papers, 5.2% of this breakdownCanada: 567 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownChina: 540 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownGermany: 424 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownItaly: 403 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownSpain: 394 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 345 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownFrance: 305 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownBrazil: 266 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownDenmark: 232 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Medicine63%
  • Nursing7.3%
  • Neuroscience7.2%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.7%
  • Psychology4.1%
  • Health Professions3.2%
  • Other8.5%

Topics

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet10.6%
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet7.2%
  • Diet and metabolism studies7.1%
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease3.5%
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling2.9%
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity2.9%
  • Other65.8%

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  1. The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity

    Authors: David S. Ludwig, Cara B. Ebbeling - JAMA Internal Medicine 2018 cited by 430

  2. The Glycemic Index

    Authors: David S. Ludwig - JAMA 2002 cited by 1,756

  3. The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic

    Authors: David S. Ludwig, Louis J. Aronne, Arne Astrup, Rafael de Cabo, Lewis C. Cantley, Mark I. Friedman, Steven B. Heymsfield, James D. Johnson, Janet C. King, Ronald M. Krauss, Daniel E. Lieberman, Gary Taubes, Jeff S. Volek, Eric C. Westman, Walter C. Willett, William S. Yancy, Cara B. Ebbeling - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2021 cited by 285

  4. Dietary carbohydrates: role of quality and quantity in chronic disease

    Authors: David S. Ludwig, Frank B. Hu, Luc Tappy, Jennie Brand‐Miller - BMJ 2018 cited by 323

  5. Dietary fat: From foe to friend?

    Authors: David S. Ludwig, Walter C. Willett, Jeff S. Volek, Marian L. Neuhouser - Science 2018 cited by 263

  6. Milk and Health

    Authors: Walter C. Willett, David S. Ludwig - New England Journal of Medicine 2020 cited by 195

  7. Effects of a low carbohydrate diet on energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance: randomized trial

    Authors: Cara B. Ebbeling, Henry A. Feldman, Gloria L. Klein, Julia MW Wong, Lisa Bielak, Sarah K. Steltz, Patricia K Luoto, Robert R. Wolfe, William W. Wong, David S. Ludwig - BMJ 2018 cited by 275

  8. A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century

    Authors: S. Jay Olshansky, Douglas J. Passaro, Ronald C. Hershow, Jennifer E. Layden, Bruce A. Carnes, Jacob A. Brody, Leonard Hayflick, Robert N. Butler, David B. Allison, David S. Ludwig - New England Journal of Medicine 2005 cited by 2,528

  9. Mindfulness in Medicine

    Authors: David S. Ludwig - JAMA 2008 cited by 934

  10. Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on insulin-resistant dyslipoproteinemia—a randomized controlled feeding trial

    Authors: Cara B. Ebbeling, Amy Knapp, Ann Johnson, Julia MW Wong, Kimberly F. Greco, Clement Ma, Samia Mora, David S. Ludwig - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2021 cited by 103

  11. Competing paradigms of obesity pathogenesis: energy balance versus carbohydrate-insulin models

    Authors: David S. Ludwig, Caroline M. Apovian, Louis J. Aronne, Arne Astrup, Lewis C. Cantley, Cara B. Ebbeling, Steven B. Heymsfield, James D. Johnson, Janet C. King, Ronald M. Krauss, Gary Taubes, Jeff S. Volek, Eric C. Westman, Walter C. Willett, William S. Yancy, Mark I. Friedman - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2022 cited by 102

  12. Fast-food habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis

    Authors: Mark A. Pereira, Alex Kartashov, Cara B. Ebbeling, Linda Van Horn, Martha L. Slattery, David R. Jacobs, David S. Ludwig - The Lancet 2005 cited by 1,360

  13. Effects of Sugar‐Sweetened, Artificially Sweetened, and Unsweetened Beverages on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Body Composition, and Sweet Taste Preference: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Authors: Cara B. Ebbeling, Henry A. Feldman, Sarah K. Steltz, Nicolle Quinn, Lisa Robinson, David S. Ludwig - Journal of the American Heart Association 2020 cited by 88

  14. Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in American Adolescents

    Authors: Sarah D. de Ferranti, Kimberlee Gauvreau, David S. Ludwig, Ellis J. Neufeld, Jane W. Newburger, Nader Rifai - Circulation 2004 cited by 1,129

  15. Effect of low-fat diet interventions versus other diet interventions on long-term weight change in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Deirdre K. Tobias, Mu Chen, JoAnn E. Manson, David S. Ludwig, Walter C. Willett, Frank B. Hu - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2015 cited by 374

  16. Association between changes in carbohydrate intake and long term weight changes: prospective cohort study

    Authors: Yi Wan, Deirdre K. Tobias, Kristine K. Dennis, Marta Guasch‐Ferré, Qi Sun, Eric B. Rimm, Frank B. Hu, David S. Ludwig, Orrin Devinsky, Walter C. Willett - BMJ 2023 cited by 62

  17. Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, common sense cure

    Authors: Cara B. Ebbeling, Dorota B Pawlak, David S. Ludwig - The Lancet 2002 cited by 3,006

  18. On the pathogenesis of obesity: causal models and missing pieces of the puzzle

    Authors: Faidon Magkos, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, David Raubenheimer, Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, Ruth J. F. Loos, Anja Bosy‐Westphal, Christoffer Clemmensen, Mads F. Hjorth, David B. Allison, Gary Taubes, Éric Ravussin, Mark I. Friedman, Kevin D. Hall, David S. Ludwig, John R. Speakman, Arne Astrup - Nature Metabolism 2024 cited by 67

  19. A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies

    Authors: John R. Speakman, Yosuke Yamada, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Elena S. F. Berman, Philip N. Ainslie, Lene Frost Andersen, Liam Anderson, Lenore Arab, Issad Baddou, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E. Blaak, Stéphane Blanc, A. Bonomi, Carlijn V. C. Bouten, Pascal Bovet, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, Stefan Gerardus Camps, Graeme L. Close, Jamie A. Cooper, Seth A. Creasy, Sai Krupa Das, Richard Cooper, Lara R. Dugas, Cara B. Ebbeling, Ulf Ekelund, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W. Fudge, Annelies Goris, Michael Gurven, Catherine Hambly, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Marije B. Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek M. Joosen, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Kitty P. Kempen, Misaka Kimura, William E. Kraus, Robert F. Kushner, Estelle V. Lambert, William R. Leonard, Nader Lessan, David S. Ludwig, Corby K. Martin, Anine Christine Medin, Erwin P. Meijer, James C. Morehen, James P. Morton, Marian L. Neuhouser, Theresa A. Nicklas, Robert Ojiambo, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Yannis Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange‐Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L. Prentice, Roberto Rabinovich, Susan B. Racette, David A. Raichlen, Éric Ravussin, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Susan B. Roberts, Albertine J. Schuit, Anders Sjödin, Eric Stice, Samuel S. Urlacher, Giulio Valenti, Ludo M. Van Etten, Edgar van Mil, Jonathan C. K. Wells, George Wilson, Brian M. Wood, Jack A. Yanovski, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia J. Murphy‐Alford, Cornelia Loechl, Edward L. Melanson, Amy Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Dale A. Schoeller, Klaas R. Westerterp, William W. Wong - Cell Reports Medicine 2021 cited by 136

  20. Increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet in adults with normal but not high body weight: A meta-analysis

    Authors: Adrián Soto-Mota, Yuscely Flores-Jurado, Nicholas G. Norwitz, David L. Feldman, Mark A. Pereira, Goodarz Danaei, David S. Ludwig - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2024 cited by 37

  21. Effects of Dietary Composition on Energy Expenditure During Weight-Loss Maintenance

    Authors: Cara B. Ebbeling, JANIS F SWAIN, Henry A. Feldman, William W. Wong, David L. Hachey, Erica Garcia-Lago, David S. Ludwig - JAMA 2012 cited by 431

  22. The Ketogenic Diet: Evidence for Optimism but High-Quality Research Needed

    Authors: David S. Ludwig - Journal of Nutrition 2019 cited by 137

  23. Management of Type 1 Diabetes With a Very Low–Carbohydrate Diet

    Authors: Belinda Lennerz, Anna Beth Barton, Richard K Bernstein, R.D. Dikeman, Carrie Diulus, Sarah J. Hallberg, Erinn T. Rhodes, Cara B. Ebbeling, Eric C. Westman, William S. Yancy, David S. Ludwig - PEDIATRICS 2018 cited by 142

  24. Trapped fat: Obesity pathogenesis as an intrinsic disorder in metabolic fuel partitioning

    Authors: Mark I. Friedman, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Gary Taubes, Jens Lund, David S. Ludwig - Obesity Reviews 2024 cited by 35