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Luis A. Moreno Aznar is a Full Professor at the University of Zaragoza, where he leads the GENUD research group and serves as its principal investigator at CIBEROBN. His research has advanced understanding of the determinants of obesity and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents, integrating dietary patterns, physical activity, sedentary behaviours, body composition, genetic factors and socioeconomic vulnerability. Through major European studies, including HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECCA, ENERGY, ToyBox, iFamily, Feel4Diabetes, DigiCare4You, GrowH!, Zero_Hiden_Hunger, eProbes and NUTRIMIND, his work has generated evidence on nutritional and lifestyle determinants and strengthened the evidence base for childhood prevention strategies.
His scientific profile combines sustained research output with substantial leadership in competitive research. The CVN records more than 1.000 indexed publications and over 100 book chapters. His articles are deposited in Zaguán, the University of Zaragoza’s institutional repository, and are available through open access. His bibliometric record includes an h-index of 110. He has held editorial responsibilities and received the 2016 Lilly Foundation Clinical Research Award. As principal investigator in numerous projects funded by the European Commission and the Spanish Carlos III Health Institute, he has demonstrated his ability to develop research agendas, coordinate international collaborations and build multidisciplinary research teams. His international roles include a visiting professorship at the University of São Paulo and membership of the Johns Hopkins Global Centre on Childhood Obesity. He is a former member of the ESPGHAN Committee of Nutrition and former President of the Spanish Nutrition Society. His supervision of 39 PhD thesi further supports his ability to mentor early-career researchers. He has been awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2019.
His work also addresses societal needs through community-based prevention and health-promotion programmes. Feel4Diabetes and DigiCare4You connect research with families, community services and digital approaches to preventing or managing metabolic disease. He also collaborates with agri-food companies on the nutritional composition of regional products. These activities demonstrate engagement with public-health priorities and non-academic partners, extending the value of research beyond scholarly publication.
A) Número total de citas: 56.715 B) Numero medio de citas/año (2020-2025): 6.115. C) Número total de publicaciones en el primer cuartil (Q1): 473. D) Número total de publicaciones en el primer decil (D1): 247. E) Índice H: 110. F) Publicaciones en revistas indexadas: 1003. G) Capítulos de libro: más de 100. H) Premios a la calidad en Producción Científica: Investigador altamente citado en el área “cross-field” (2018 y 2019) por Web of Science (WOS) de Clarivate. I) Períodos de actividad investigadora reconocida (sexenios de investigación): 6. J) Períodos de actividad de transferencia reconocida (sexenios de transferencia): 1 |
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