# Dietaryindex: a user-friendly and versatile R package for standardizing dietary pattern analysis in epidemiological and clinical studies

*PRI Rank #18 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Diet and metabolism studies Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #18 |
| 18m citations | 81 |
| Journal | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.021 |
| Corresponding authors | Jiada Zhan, Rebecca A. Hodge |
| Institution | Emory University, United States |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Diet and metabolism studies Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/diet-and-metabolism-studies/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.021](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.021)

## Topics

Dietary pattern analysis · R package · Dietary pattern analysis · epidemiological studies · clinical studies · standardizing dietary assessment · Dietary pattern analysis · nutritional epidemiology · Dietary pattern analysis · dietary data processing · food frequency questionnaire · Dietary pattern analysis · reproducible dietary research · diet-disease associations

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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Diet and metabolism studies Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/diet-and-metabolism-studies/2026. Accessed 2026-07-22.

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