American Journal of Human Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of American Journal of Human Biology is 3. 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.)
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Decline in pubertal timing and its relationship with excess weight. A study of the secular trend in age at menarche in girls from La Plata district (Buenos Aires, 30
Inter‐individual variability in children's physical growth and body composition: Findings of longitudinal ELOS‐Pré study27
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The impact of thawing duration on leptin and adiponectin levels in frozen human milk samples23
Sex segregation in strength sports: Do equal‐sized muscles express the same levels of strength between sexes?23
Body composition of children with different gestation time22
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The impact of catastrophic events on the sex ratio at birth: A systematic review18
Do contrasting socio‐ecological conditions bring difference in premenstrual syndrome and its concomitants? A sedente‐migrant comparative study from Eastern India18
Advances in Understanding Adaptive Hemoglobin Concentration at High Altitude18
Associations of Facial Shape With Physical Strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish Male and Female Sample17
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High‐Altitude Adaptations in Cranial and Facial Morphology Among the Native Populations of Qinghai and Pamir and Tian Shan Mountains16
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Delicious: The evolution of flavor and how it made us human. RobDunn and MonicaSanchez. Princeton University Press, 2021, $14.76 (cloth), 279 pp15
Composite indexes of anthropometric failure in children under 5 years of age in Argentina: Comparative analysis among regions: 2019–202014
Movement behaviors in short versus adequate nocturnal sleepers: A compositional analysis of preschoolers14
Testosterone deficiency and the risk of anemia: A propensity score–matched analysis13
Comparison of total daily energy expenditure with dietary reference intakes values in a sample of urban, relatively active Brazilian adults: A doubly labeled water study13
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Severe cyclones and sex‐specific birth outcomes in Queensland, Australia: An interrupted time‐series analysis12
Helicobacter pylori in the Philippines: Social and Ecological Determinants of Seropositivity and Lack of Association With Systemic Inflammation12
Statistical analysis of the longitudinal fundamental movement skills data in the REACT project using the multilevel ordinal logistic model12
Somatotype altitudinal variation and its relationship with the nutritional status of children in the Jujuy province, Argentina12
“Precision Medicine” and the Failed Search for Binary Brain Sex Differences to Address Gender Behavioral Health Disparities12
Evolution of the Human Life Cycle, Revisited11
Health and Mortality in the 19th‐Century Rural United States: The Second Epidemiological Transition in Madison County, New York11
Community food environment and childhood obesity in a medium‐sized Brazilian city: An approach to school and neighborhood environments11
A Study of the Spatial Correlogram Patterns of Chinese Surnames11
Age at peak height velocity in Polish adolescents: Effect of socioeconomic factors11
Maternal and infant predictors of proinflammatory milk immune activity in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania11
Trajectory Analysis of the Four‐Year Changes in Body Composition and Bone Mineral Characteristics Among Highly Competitive Male University Long‐Distance Runners11
Recognizing normal reproductive biology: A comparative analysis of variability in menstrual cycle biomarkers in German and Bolivian women11
Intestinal microbiota composition and efficacy of iron supplementation in Peruvian children10
In memoriam: Roy J. Shephard, MD, PhD, DPE (1929–2023)10
Allostatic load, adverse childhood experiences, executive functions, and BMI status in adolescents and young adults10
Association between infectious exposures in infancy and epigenetic age acceleration in young adulthood in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines10
Myokine secretion during moderate‐intensity physical activity: Dose–response of interleukin 6 to walking duration10
Ramadan fasting in the third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum colostrum cortisol concentrations in Morocco10
Skeletal, dental, and sexual maturation as an indicator of pubertal growth spurt9
Association of changes in grip strength with second digit length adjusted for fourth digit length in young children9
Sleep duration and quality during the COVID‐19 pandemic and the association with physical activity and screen time among Brazilian college students9
Weather permitting: Increased seasonal efficiency of nonshivering thermogenesis through brown adipose tissue activation in the winter9
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Sexual stature difference fluctuations in pre‐ andpost‐BlackDeath London as an indicator of living standards9
Early decrease in ventilatory sensitivity at very high altitude?9
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Commentary: Revisiting Physiological and Theoretical Dimensions of Stable Isotope Variation in Human Tissues9
Exposome and low birthweight selection bias considerations in early life infections and epigenetic age relationships8
Pathologizing normal height or identifying chronic malnutrition: Public health concerns of calling stunting normal8
Infant eating behaviors and Milk feeding independently predict infant size8
DNA polymorphisms associated with lactase persistence, self‐perceived symptoms of lactose intolerance, milk and dairy consumption, and ancestry, in the Uruguayan population8
MULT: A new BMI reference to assess nutritional status of multi‐ethnic children and adolescents8
Fit‐Fat Index is better associated with heart rate variability compared to fitness and fatness alone as indicators of cardiometabolic human health8
Association betweenFTO(rs17817449) genetic variant, gamma‐glutamyl transferase, and hypertension in Slovak midlife women8
Reindeer herders from subarctic Finland exhibit high total energy expenditure and low energy intake during the autumn herd roundup8
Reliability of biological maturation analyses performed by equations predicting skeletal age and peak height velocity with hand and wrist X‐ray results8
Sexually dimorphic traits are associated with subsistence strategy in African faces from the Sahel/Savannah belt8
Overweight and obesity in adulthood, sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, and the early burden of noncommunicable diseases among Americans: NHANES 2007–20188
Size at birth and accelerometer‐measured physical activity or sedentary behavior in healthy term‐born adults7
Individual and school correlates of body mass index and cardiorespiratory fitness in primary school children from the REACT project: A multivariate multilevel analysis7
Perception of strength, attractiveness and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength: Evidence from a European sample7
Impact of modernization on urinary concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and selenium in rural residents of Northern Laos7
Reply to: ‘Early decrease in ventilatory sensitivity at very high altitude?’7
Anthropometric parameters to estimate body frame size in children and adolescents: A systematic review7
Male facial cues to physical strength in Europe: Medium‐strength preference and higher aggressiveness attribution to the weakest7
Mental health in academia: Hacks for cultivating and sustaining wellbeing7
Ad libitum dehydration is associated with poorer performance on a sustained attention task but not other measures of cognitive performance among middle‐to‐older aged community‐dwelling adults: A short7
Black South Africans Who Migrate Away From Their Rural Homes and Their Chances of Having Abdominal Obesity7
Economic impacts and nutritional outcomes of the 2017 floods in Bangladeshi Shodagor fishing families7
Association between adherence to 24‐h movement guidelines and sociodemographic factors among Malaysian preschoolers: Findings from SEANUTS II Malaysia7
What is health? Allostasis and the evolution of human design. PeterSterlingCambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 20207
Association Between Self‐Reported Lactose Intolerance, Additional Environmental Factors, and Bone Mineral Density in Young Adults7
In Search of Environmental Factors Associated With Global Differences in Birth Weight and BMI6
Exploring barriers to SARS‐CoV‐2 testing uptake in underserved black communities in Louisiana6
Consanguineous Marriages and Child Ever Born—The Moderating Role of Working Women6
Current officers and members of standing committees6
The predictive equations of resting metabolic rate for Tibetan adolescents aged 13–18 in Tibet, China6
Body size, form, composition, and a healthy lifestyle associates with health‐related quality of life among Portuguese children6
Hyperandrogenism associated with polycystic ovary syndrome may have a protective effect against fracture risk in female athletes: A pilot study6
Let's talk teaching: Progressive pedagogy in anthropology courses6
Ancient DNA analysis reveals temporal and geographical patterns of mitochondrial diversity in pre‐Hispanic populations from Central Argentina6
The impact of COVID‐19 on the number of births in Yucatan, Mexico6
Pearl Memorial Lecture. Humans at the extremes: Exploring human adaptation to ecological and social stressors6
Polygyny, Infant, and Child Mortality in Pakistan: Moderating Effect of Household Wealth Status6
Limitations of the Male/Female Binary for Studying the Influences of Sex‐ and Gender‐Related Factors on Health6
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on the Self‐Assessment of Mental and Physical Health of Adolescents (10–15 Years Old) From Kraków (Poland)6
Association among 25‐hydroxyvitamin D levels, hypertriglyceridemic‐waist phenotype, and cardiometabolic markers in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus from regions with high solar incidence6
Is height related to fertility? An evaluation of women from low‐ and middle‐income countries5
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on the Sex Ratio at Birth in Ireland5
Genetic structure and population connection of two Bouyei populations in northern Vietnam based on short tandem repeat analysis5
Are sun exposure time, dietary patterns, and vitamin D intake related to the socioeconomic status of Portuguese children?5
Calculation and Comparison of Step Guidelines for Preschooler Physical Activity While Indoors5
The Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder‐Associated DRD4 7R Allele Predicts Household Economic Status but Not Nutritional Status in Northern Kenyan Rendille Children5
Differences in wasting assessment through Middle‐Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) adjusted by sex, age and geographic origin for children aged 6–59 months: New reference based on anthropometr5
Sex‐based tuberculosis mortality in Newfoundland, 1900–1949: Implications for populations in transition5
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Population History and Anthropometric Variation of West Coast Irish Islands5
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Mapping spatial morbidity patterns for bronchiolitis related to socioeconomic estimators: A spatial epidemiology approach to identify health disparities in Puerto Madryn, Argentina5
Rethinking Gender/Sex Identity5
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Intimate partner violence, depression, and chronic low‐grade inflammation among middle‐aged women in Cebu, Philippines5
Seasonal variability in body mass index, waist circumference, and skinfolds in Norwegian children5
Validity of Adiposity Indices for Detecting High Body Fat Mass in Mexican Schoolchildren: Results From the NUTRENTO Project5
Associations of obesity, movement behaviors, and socioeconomic status with fundamental movement skills in children: Results from the REACT project5
Skeletal maturation in male elite youth athletes from the Middle East5
The impact of winter warming and more frequent icing events on reindeer herder occupational safety, health, and wellbeing5
No relationship found between dental fluctuating asymmetry, birthweight, and birth term in two modern North American samples5
Association of household fuel use with hypertension and blood pressure among adult women in rural Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study5
Human biology and the study of precarity: How the intersection of uncertainty and inequality is taking us to new extremes4
The Homo erectus Female Revisited4
The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review4
The Portuguese economic crisis is associated with socioeconomic and sex disparities on children's health‐related behaviors and obesity: A cross‐sectional study4
Prevalence of hypertension among the indigenous population in North‐East India: Is this a consequence of “nutritional transition”?4
Demystifying mentorship: Tips for successfully navigating the mentor–mentee journey4
Toddler hair cortisol levels are associated with maternal prenatal depression4
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Parental incarceration and child physical health outcomes from infancy to adulthood: A critical review and multilevel model of potential pathways4
The Secondary Sex Ratio and Male Mortality at Pre‐Reproductive Ages: A Test of Selection In Utero4
The now and future of human biology at the extremes: An introduction to the special issue4
Comparison of frame index reference percentiles in Argentine and European boys and girls4
Minimally invasive biomarkers in human population biology research, part 2: An introduction to the special issue4
The human biology of spaceflight4
Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States4
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy reduces postpartum fat mass in adolescents: A randomized trial4
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A Preliminary Investigation of Associations Between Traumatic Events Experienced During Pregnancy and Salivary Diurnal Cortisol Levels of Brazilian Adolescent Mothers and Infants4
Religious minority identity associates with stress and psychological health among Muslim and Hindu women in Bangladesh and London4
Changes in blood pressure, oxygen saturation, hemoglobin concentration, and heart rate among low‐altitude migrants living at high altitude (5380 m) for 360 days4
Breast size in lactating women and the content of macronutrients in human milk4
Effect of COVID‐19 pandemic on lifestyle and bone mineral density in young adults4
Chronic Stress and Severe Water Insecurity During the Historic 2022 Drought in Northern Kenya Were Associated With Inflammation Among Daasanach Seminomadic Pastoralists4
Influence of chest/head circumference ratio at birth on obstetric and neonatal outcomes: The Japan environment and children's study4
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Stationarity of the Special Relationship Between the Geographical Distribution of Body Size and Day Length in Japanese Adolescents: Spatial and Temporal Analysis Using a GTWR Model4
African American mothers' perceptions of infant body size are prospectively associated with infant growth and BMI4
Maternal–infant interaction quality is associated with child NR3C1 CpG site methylation at 7 years of age4
Maternal stress and hair cortisol among pregnant women following hurricane Florence4
Association Between Parity and Bone Mineral Density in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey4
Maternal age and adverse pregnancy outcomes among Meitei women of Manipur, Northeast India: A cross‐sectional study4
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Psychological resilience and cortisol levels in adults: A systematic review4
Dual Behavioral–Physiological Buffering of Mothers' Milk Facilitates Drought Adaptability of Pastoralists and Agropastoralists in Northern Kenya4
Expanding the Scope of Heart Rate Variability in Metabolic Health: A Commentary on Sex‐Specific Associations4
Fertility Behavior in the Context of Polygyny in Pakistan With the Moderating Effect of Household Wealth Status Evidences From Demographic and Health Survey 2017–184
Association between muscle strength and executive function in Tibetan adolescents at high altitude in China: Results from a cross‐sectional study at 16–18 years of age4
Effects of caste, birth season, and family income on digit ratios3
“Recent Research on the Human Biology of Pastoralists” by B. Campbell3
Interacting Water Insecurity and Food Insecurity: Recent Advances in Theory and Application3
Reference Values of Arm Span and Arm Span to Height Ratio of Japanese Population in Childhood and Adolescence: Comparison With Dutch and Turkish Population3
Origin of the Nuñoa, Perú High Altitude Field Research Site and How It Shaped Our Understanding of Functional Adaptation to High‐Altitude Stressors3
A longitudinal study of handgrip strength asymmetry3
Prenatal androgenization (2D:4D) predictions of tennis match‐play success in junior players: A search for physiological explanations3
Correlates of Moderate‐to‐Vigorous Physical Activity Among Prepubertal Girls: A Bioecological Approach3
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Environment driven changes in type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity in an isolated Mixe community in the Valley of Oaxaca, southern Mexico3
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Validity of anthropometric equation‐based estimators of fat mass in Samoan adults3
Preece–Baines 1 model validation for cross‐sectional data in male soccer players according to maturity status3
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Stunting is the natural condition of human height3
The relationship between altitude and BMI varies across low‐ and middle‐income countries3
Trends in the prevalence of obesity, overweight, and thinness among schoolchildren aged 7–14 years from southern Brazil (2002–2019)3
Effects of household composition on infant feeding and mother–infant health in northern Kenya3
Both early and late maternal age at childbirth is associated with increasing odds of central obesity in offspring3
Genetic polymorphism of fatty acid binding protein‐2 in hyperlipidemic Asian Indians in North India3
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Near‐infrared reactance spectroscopy‐derived visceral adipose tissue for the assessment of metabolic syndrome in a multi‐ethnic sample of young adults3
A comparison of FELS and Tanner‐Whitehouse II skeletal ages in male youth soccer players from the Middle East3
Birth weight and nutritional status in school‐age children from Boane city, Mozambique3
After Theranos: Using point‐of‐care testing to advance measures of health biomarkers in human biology research3
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Healthy home food environments of pregnant Black women are shaped by food outlet access and participation in nutrition assistance programs3
Celebrating Over 10 Years of Human Milk Research in the Human Biology Association3
Leukocyte telomere length predicts subsequent infectious morbidity among Colombian schoolchildren3
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Can the Urban Lifestyle Impact on Children BMI and Healthy Sleep?3
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Trend in physical growth among Chinese urban students: Results from five national successive cross‐sectional surveys within the past two decades3
Adverse Childhood Experiences in Obesity and Hypertension Among Young Adults in Delhi‐NCR, India3
Assessing Children's Growth and Motor Development after the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Insights from the REACT Project3
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Toolkit article: Approaches to measuring social inequities in health in human biology research3
Anthropometric measures do not explain the 2D:4D ratio sexual dimorphism in 7‐year‐old children3
A Demographic Study of Aste‐Béon (Ossau Valley, Bearn), a Small Community From French Western Pyrenees in the 19th Century3
Revisiting “Grandmothers and the Evolution of Human Longevity” 2003 AJHBhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.101563
The influence of somatic maturity on the relationship between the triglyceride/high‐density lipoprotein ratio and vascular health in children and adolescents with dyslipidemia3
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