Evolution Medicine and Public Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Evolution Medicine and Public Health is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Low birthweight is associated with epigenetic age acceleration in the first 3 years of life147
Paul W. Turke, Review of Bringing Up Baby: An Evolutionary View of Pediatrics14
Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probioticEscherichia coliNissle 191712
Life history traits and cancer prevalence in birds11
Hygiene may attenuate selection for antibiotic resistance by changing microbial community structure10
Survival of quick problem solver!10
Selfish evolution of placental hormones9
A multi-million-year natural experiment9
The evolution of the human healthcare system and implications for understanding our responses to COVID-198
Low haemoglobin in arduous seasons is associated with reduced chance of ovulation among women living in the Bolivian altiplano8
Phylogenetic prioritization of HIV-1 transmission clusters with viral lineage-level diversification rates8
Maternal mental health and economic autonomy in lowland rural Nepal8
First impressions of a new face are shaped by infection concerns7
A novel perspective suggesting high sustained energy expenditure may be net protective against cancer7
Mother’s warmth from maternal genes: genomic imprinting of brown adipose tissue6
Evolution-informed therapy for kidney disease6
Double trouble: trypanosomatids with two hosts have lower infection prevalence than single host trypanosomatids6
Can vaccines control bacterial virulence and pathogenicity? Bordetella pertussis: the advantage of fitness over virulence6
No evidence that spice consumption is a cancer prevention mechanism in human populations6
Using evolutionary principles to make clinical decisions: a case series of urinary tract infections6
Elizabeth M. Miller, Thicker than water: A social and evolutionary study of iron deficiency in women6
Pathogen disgust is associated with interpersonal bias among healthcare professionals6
Cesarean section and breastfeeding outcomes in an Indigenous Qom community with high breastfeeding support5
Regulating community well-being through traditional mourning rituals: Insights from the Luhya People of Kenya5
The role of the behavioural immune system on covid-19 lockdown attitudes: The relationship with authoritarianism and collectivism5
Evolution of higher mesenchymal CD44 expression in the human lineage5
Evolutionary and empirical perspectives on ‘demand’ breastfeeding5
Norman A. Johnson’s, Darwin’s Reach: 21st Century Applications of Evolutionary Biology5
Towards a new therapeutic approach based on selection for function in tumors: response to Dr. Mesut Tez4
Strength is negatively associated with depression and accounts for some of the sex difference4
A new perspective on tumor progression4
The Elephant and the Spandrel4
Little evidence that posttraumatic stress is associated with diurnal hormone dysregulation in Turkana pastoralists4
Implications of leg length for metabolic health and fitness4
Commentary—fat but fit…and cold? Potential evolutionary and environmental drivers of metabolically healthy obesity4
Phenome-wide association study of population-differentiating genetic variants around gene ACSL14
The evolution of antibiotic resistance in an incurable and ultimately fatal infection4
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