Evolution Medicine and Public Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Evolution Medicine and Public Health is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Low birthweight is associated with epigenetic age acceleration in the first 3 years of life154
Paul W. Turke, Review of Bringing Up Baby: An Evolutionary View of Pediatrics15
Hygiene may attenuate selection for antibiotic resistance by changing microbial community structure14
Life history traits and cancer prevalence in birds13
Survival of quick problem solver!12
Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probioticEscherichia coliNissle 191712
Maternal mental health and economic autonomy in lowland rural Nepal11
A multi-million-year natural experiment11
Selfish evolution of placental hormones11
A novel perspective suggesting high sustained energy expenditure may be net protective against cancer10
The evolution of the human healthcare system and implications for understanding our responses to COVID-1910
Low haemoglobin in arduous seasons is associated with reduced chance of ovulation among women living in the Bolivian altiplano10
Phylogenetic prioritization of HIV-1 transmission clusters with viral lineage-level diversification rates10
Evolution-informed therapy for kidney disease9
Using evolutionary principles to make clinical decisions: a case series of urinary tract infections9
First impressions of a new face are shaped by infection concerns9
Mother’s warmth from maternal genes: genomic imprinting of brown adipose tissue9
Double trouble: trypanosomatids with two hosts have lower infection prevalence than single host trypanosomatids8
Can vaccines control bacterial virulence and pathogenicity? Bordetella pertussis: the advantage of fitness over virulence8
Pathogen disgust is associated with interpersonal bias among healthcare professionals8
Elizabeth M. Miller, Thicker than water: A social and evolutionary study of iron deficiency in women8
Norman A. Johnson’s, Darwin’s Reach: 21st Century Applications of Evolutionary Biology7
Evolutionary and empirical perspectives on ‘demand’ breastfeeding7
Evolution of higher mesenchymal CD44 expression in the human lineage7
Cesarean section and breastfeeding outcomes in an Indigenous Qom community with high breastfeeding support7
No evidence that spice consumption is a cancer prevention mechanism in human populations7
The Elephant and the Spandrel6
RETRACTED AND REPLACED: Regulating community well-being through traditional mourning rituals: Insights from the Luhya People of Kenya6
The role of the behavioural immune system on covid-19 lockdown attitudes: The relationship with authoritarianism and collectivism6
Towards a new therapeutic approach based on selection for function in tumors: response to Dr. Mesut Tez6
Phenome-wide association study of population-differentiating genetic variants around gene ACSL16
Little evidence that posttraumatic stress is associated with diurnal hormone dysregulation in Turkana pastoralists6
Commentary—fat but fit…and cold? Potential evolutionary and environmental drivers of metabolically healthy obesity6
Strength is negatively associated with depression and accounts for some of the sex difference5
Early life adversity, reproductive history and breast cancer risk5
The evolution of antibiotic resistance in an incurable and ultimately fatal infection5
Implications of leg length for metabolic health and fitness5
A new perspective on tumor progression5
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