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By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence<\/p>\n

In December, Altmetric published a list of the most popular research papers of 2013 <http:\/\/www.altmetric.com\/top100<\/a>>. The Altmetric site<\/a> has developed a method to quantify popularity by using social media and traditional media to measure the \u201cbuzz\u201d about particular articles. Of the top 64 articles on the altmetric list, a surprisingly high 19% of them (12 articles) are on food, diet and nutrition (FDN). In comparison, by our count the number of citations in the top 64 for other popular topics are: Brain\/Neuro 9, Sleep 5, Heart\/Cardio 3, and Cancer 3.<\/p>\n

The popularity of FDN strikes us especially because we have recently written on this blog about the difficulty of searching FDN subjects in PubMed<\/a>. The Altmetric list provides a good opportunity to test our ideas on FDN subjects that are identified by Altmetric data as being especially \u00a0popular.<\/p>\n

Shown below are the 12 articles in the top 64 articles in the Altmetric ranking that are on FDN, with PubMed links and FDN-related MeSH terms that are used for each of the articles (the asterisk after some headings indicates that the subject is given major emphasis in the article). At the end of the list, we\u2019ll have a few brief comments on MeSH indexing problems.<\/p>\n

FDN-related articles on the<\/strong> Altmetric Top 100 Research Articles of 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

#2 (See comments on this article at bottom)
\nPrimary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet
\nNew England Journal of Medicine
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23432189<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nDiet, Fat-Restricted<\/em>
\n Diet, Mediterranean*<\/em>
\n Dietary Supplements<\/em>
\n Nuts*<\/em>
\n Plant Oils*<\/em><\/p>\n

#8
\nAssociation of Nut Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality
\nNew England Journal of Medicine
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24256379<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nDiet*<\/em>
\n Diet Surveys<\/em>
\n Nuts*<\/em><\/p>\n

#15 (See comments on this article at bottom)
\nImpact of insufficient sleep on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, and weight gain
\nProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23479616<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nEating\/physiology*<\/em>
\nWeight Gain\/physiology*<\/em><\/p>\n

#19
\nThe Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets Reads “Chicken Little”
\nThe American Journal of Medicine
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24035124<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nDietary Fats\/analysis<\/em>
\nDietary Proteins\/analysis<\/em>
\nFast Foods\/analysis*<\/em>
\nPoultry Products\/analysis*<\/em><\/p>\n

#23
\nMyths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity
\nNew England Journal of Medicine
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23363498<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nBreast Feeding<\/em>
\nDiet, Reducing<\/em>
\nObesity*\/physiopathology<\/em>
\nObesity*\/prevention & control<\/em>
\nObesity*\/therapy<\/em>
\nWeight Loss*<\/em><\/p>\n

#26
\nProspective Study of Breakfast Eating and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in a Cohort of Male US Health Professionals
\nCirculation
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23877060<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nBreakfast*<\/em>
\nFood Habits*<\/em><\/p>\n

#33
\nDNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products
\nBMC Medicine
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24120035<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nNot yet indexed<\/p>\n

#38
\nPersistence of Salmonella and E. coli on the surface of restaurant menus
\nJournal of Environmental Health
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23505769<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nFood Microbiology*<\/em>
\nFoodborne Diseases\/microbiology<\/em>
\nFoodborne Diseases\/prevention & control*<\/em><\/p>\n

#54
\nMeat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23497300<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nDiet\/adverse effects*<\/em>
\nFeeding Behavior*<\/em>
\nMeat*<\/em>
\nNutrition Surveys<\/em><\/p>\n

#58
\nThe Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence: An Econometric Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data
\nPLOS ONE OPEN ACCESS
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23460912<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nCarbohydrates\/analysis*<\/em>
\nObesity\/epidemiology<\/em><\/p>\n

#60
\nInverse relationship of food and alcohol intake to sleep measures in obesity
\nNutrition & Diabetes
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23357877<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nThis journal is not currently indexed in PubMed\/MEDLINE<\/p>\n

#64 (See comments on this article at bottom)
\nIntestinal microbiota metabolism of l-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis
\nNature Medicine
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23563705<\/a>
\nFDN-related MeSH terms:
\nMeat<\/em><\/p>\n

Our comments on the Altmetric list<\/strong><\/p>\n

The twelve FDN citations in the Altmetric rankings cluster around three subjects – Plant-based foods<\/strong>: #2, #8, # 33; Obesity & Weight Gain<\/strong>: #15, #23, #58, #60; and Meat<\/strong>: #19, #54, #64. In a brief examination of the list, we can see that there are MeSH problems in each of these areas, most notably in these citations, one in each of the three clusters:<\/p>\n