7 December 2023
Nutrients | Highly Cited Papers in 2021–2022 in the Section “Micronutrients and Human Health”


As all of the articles published in our journal are of an open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2021 and 2022 listed below:

1. “Vitamin C—Sources, Physiological Role, Kinetics, Deficiency, Use, Toxicity, and Determination”
by Martin Doseděl, Eduard Jirkovský, Kateřina Macáková, Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Lenka Javorská, Jana Pourová, Laura Mercolini, Fernando Remião, Lucie Nováková, Přemysl Mladěnka et al.
Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 615; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020615
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/615

2. “Magnesium: Biochemistry, Nutrition, Detection, and Social Impact of Diseases Linked to Its Deficiency”
by Diana Fiorentini, Concettina Cappadone, Giovanna Farruggia and Cecilia Prata
Nutrients 2021, 13(4), 1136; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041136
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/4/1136

3. “Magnesium in Aging, Health and Diseases”
by Mario Barbagallo, Nicola Veronese and Ligia J. Dominguez
Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 463; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020463
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/2/463

4. “Vitamin A Update: Forms, Sources, Kinetics, Detection, Function, Deficiency, Therapeutic Use and Toxicity”
by Alejandro Carazo, Alejandro Carazo, Kateřina Matoušová, Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Michele Protti and Přemysl Mladěnka
Nutrients 2021, 13(5), 1703; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051703
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/5/1703

5. “Vitamin D and Cancer: An Historical Overview of the Epidemiology and Mechanisms”
by Alberto Muñoz and William B. Grant
Nutrients 2022, 14(7), 1448; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14071448
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/7/1448

6. “Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Their Roles in Age-Related Macular Degeneration—Neurodegenerative Disease”
by Małgorzata Mrowicka, Jerzy Mrowicki, Ewa Kucharska and Ireneusz Majsterek
Nutrients 2022, 14(4), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14040827
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/4/827

7. “Emerging Roles of Vitamin D-Induced Antimicrobial Peptides in Antiviral Innate Immunity”
by John H. White
Nutrients 2022, 14(2), 284; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020284
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/2/284

8. “Vitamin D and Its Target Genes”
by Carsten Carlberg
Nutrients 2022, 14(7), 1354; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14071354
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/7/1354

9. “Vitamin D in Osteosarcopenic Obesity”
by Luigi Di Filippo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Andrea Giustina, Patrizia Rovere-Querini and Caterina Conte
Nutrients 2022, 14(9), 1816; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091816
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/9/1816

10. “Overlapping Mechanisms of Action of Brain-Active Bacteria and Bacterial Metabolites in the Pathogenesis of Common Brain Diseases”
by Tanja Patricia Eicher and M. Hasan Mohajeri
Nutrients 2022, 14(13), 2661; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14132661
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/13/2661

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