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Announcements
14 May 2025
Nutrients | Highly Cited Papers in 2023–2024 in the Section “Nutritional Epidemiology”

As all of the articles published in our journal are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full texts. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2023–2024, which are listed below:
1. “The Effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Health and Gut Microbiota”
by Thomas M. Barber, Stefan Kabisch, Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer and Martin O. Weickert
Nutrients 2023, 15(3), 500; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030500
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/3/500
2. “Role of Vitamin D Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases”
by Éva Pál, Zoltán Ungvári, Zoltán Benyó and Szabolcs Várbíró
Nutrients 2023, 15(2), 334; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15020334
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/2/334
3. “Mediterranean Diet for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: An Updated Systematic Review”
by Ana Laffond, Cristina Rivera-Picón, Pedro Manuel Rodríguez-Muñoz, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Noelia Navas-Echazarreta and Juan Luis Sánchez-González
Nutrients 2023, 15(15), 3356; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15153356
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/15/3356
4. “Modern Diets and the Health of Our Planet: An Investigation into the Environmental Impacts of Food Choices”
by Kiera A. Dixon, Malia K. Michelsen and Catherine L. Carpenter
Nutrients 2023, 15(3), 692; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030692
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/3/692
5. “Effect of the Ketogenic Diet on the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of the Meta-Analyses and Clinical Trials”
by Damian Dyńka, Katarzyna Kowalcze, Filip Ambrozkiewicz and Agnieszka Paziewska
Nutrients 2023, 15(3), 500; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030500
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/3/500
6. “Is Extra Virgin Olive Oil the Critical Ingredient Driving the Health Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet? A Narrative Review”
by Mary M. Flynn, Audrey Tierney and Catherine Itsiopoulos
Nutrients 2023, 15(13), 2916; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15132916
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/13/2916
7. “Plant Sterols and Plant Stanols in Cholesterol Management and Cardiovascular Prevention”
by Fotios Barkas, Eirini Bathrellou, Tzortzis Nomikos, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Evangelos Liberopoulos and Meropi D. Kontogianni
Nutrients 2023, 15(13), 2845; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15132845
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/13/2845
8. “Healthy Lifestyle and Cancer Risk: Modifiable Risk Factors to Prevent Cancer”
by Pasquale Marino, Mariangela Mininni, Giovanni Deiana, Graziella Marino, Rosa Divella, Ilaria Bochicchio, Alda Giuliano, Stefania Lapadula, Alessandro Rocco Lettini and Francesca Sanseverino
Nutrients 2024, 16(6), 800; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16060800
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/6/800
9. “Vitamin D and Dyslipidemia: Is There Really a Link? A Narrative Review”
by Antonella Al Refaie, Leonardo Baldassini, Caterina Mondillo, Michela De Vita, Elisa Giglio, Roberto Tarquini, Stefano Gonnelli and Carla Caffarelli
Nutrients 2024, 16(8), 1144; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16081144
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/8/1144
10. “Current Trends on the Involvement of Zinc, Copper, and Selenium in the Process of Hepatocarcinogenesis”
by Takashi Himoto and Tsutomu Masaki
Nutrients 2024, 16(4), 472; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16040472
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/4/472