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Metabolic Rate

Metabolic Rate is the rate of energy production by the human body, expressed in metabolic units (met), that serves as a fundamental determinant of thermal comfort by quantifying the internal heat generated during physical activity relative to a resting state.

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TOWARD A METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY

James H. Brown, James F. Gillooly, Andrew P. Allen et al. · Ecology · 2004 · 7.8K citations

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THE [<sup>14</sup>C]DEOXYGLUCOSE METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF LOCAL CEREBRAL GLUCOSE UTILIZATION: THEORY, PROCEDURE, AND NORMAL VALUES IN THE CONSCIOUS AND ANESTHETIZED ALBINO RAT<sup>1</sup>

Louis Sokoloff, Martin Reivich, Charles Kennedy et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 1977 · 6K citations

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New methods for calculating metabolic rate with special reference to protein metabolism

J. B. de V. Weir · The Journal of Physiology · 1949 · 5.6K citations · Full text

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Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities

Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Arthur S. Leon et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1993 · 4.1K citations

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Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate

James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West et al. · Science · 2001 · 3.8K citations

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    Éric Ravussin

    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United States

    47 publications · 8.8K citations

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  2. JR
    John R. Speakman

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    41 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. KR
    Klaas R. Westerterp

    Maastricht University, Netherlands

    35 publications · 3.8K citations

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    Rodger Kram

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    27 publications · 4.5K citations

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    Y. Schütz

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    22 publications · 2K citations

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  1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

    Bethesda, United States

    43 h-index

    310 publications

    49.4K citations

  2. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    41 h-index

    129 publications

    12.9K citations

  3. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    39 h-index

    190 publications

    24.6K citations

  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    37 h-index

    195 publications

    40K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    34 h-index

    161 publications

    19.4K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    199 publications

    9.8K citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    33 h-index

    137 publications

    15K citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    32 h-index

    106 publications

    9.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Physiology

    304 publications · 24.9K citations

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  2. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 165 publications · 17.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Biology

    202 publications · 15K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 288 publications · 16.2K citations

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