Alain C. Vandal

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Alain C. Vandal is a scholar working on Nephrology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain C. Vandal has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Nephrology, 17 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alain C. Vandal's work include Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid (11 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (7 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (7 papers). Alain C. Vandal is often cited by papers focused on Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid (11 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (7 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (7 papers). Alain C. Vandal collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Canada and United States. Alain C. Vandal's co-authors include Karl Friston, Keith J. Worsley, Alan C. Evans, Sean Marrett, P. Neelin, Nicola Dalbeth, Keith Rome, Sarah Stewart, Robert Gentleman and Paula Kersten and has published in prestigious journals such as NeuroImage, Scientific Reports and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Alain C. Vandal

92 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A unified statistical approach for determining significant signals in images of cerebral activation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alain C. Vandal New Zealand	22	1.8k	480	359	356	354	99	3.8k
Albert C. Yang Taiwan	43	2.1k 1.2×	500 1.0×	445 1.2×	820 2.3×	990 2.8×	224	6.5k
Yong‐Wook Shin South Korea	34	1.2k 0.7×	650 1.4×	762 2.1×	516 1.4×	433 1.2×	87	3.1k
Philip T. Reiss United States	29	2.1k 1.2×	937 2.0×	283 0.8×	446 1.3×	431 1.2×	80	4.3k
Karen Jones United States	26	1.5k 0.8×	241 0.5×	355 1.0×	395 1.1×	422 1.2×	70	5.1k
Jie Huang United States	36	1.2k 0.7×	332 0.7×	169 0.5×	257 0.7×	315 0.9×	171	4.7k
J. Eric Schmitt United States	41	1.7k 1.0×	980 2.0×	387 1.1×	543 1.5×	534 1.5×	119	5.1k
Michael A. Ferguson United States	37	1.2k 0.7×	545 1.1×	177 0.5×	236 0.7×	211 0.6×	127	5.4k
Pierre Krolak‐Salmon France	37	1.7k 0.9×	269 0.6×	355 1.0×	461 1.3×	1.7k 4.7×	190	4.7k
Christopher Clark Australia	37	2.6k 1.5×	611 1.3×	643 1.8×	614 1.7×	1.1k 3.2×	108	5.4k
Tian Ge United States	28	1.5k 0.9×	606 1.3×	272 0.8×	559 1.6×	388 1.1×	89	3.8k

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Vandal, Alain C., Tim Eglinton, Jonathan Koea, et al.. (2025). Sarcopenia, myosteatosis, and frailty parameters to predict adverse outcomes in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: prospective observational multicentre cohort study. BJS Open. 9(2). 2 indexed citations

Smith, Nicholas A., et al.. (2025). Laparoscopic Versus Open Approach for Emergency Repair of Groin Hernias: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. World Journal of Surgery. 49(10). 2733–2741.

Marshall, Mark R., et al.. (2024). Low dialysate sodium levels for chronic haemodialysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2024(11). CD011204–CD011204. 1 indexed citations

Barazanchi, Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Frailty using the Clinical Frailty Scale to predict short- and long-term adverse outcomes following emergency laparotomy: meta-analysis. BJS Open. 8(4). 5 indexed citations

Vandal, Alain C., Sameer Bhat, Tim Eglinton, et al.. (2024). Frailty and Long-Term Mortality Following Emergency Laparotomy: A Comparison Between the 11-Item and 5-Item Modified Frailty Indices. Journal of Surgical Research. 303. 40–49.

Krishnamurthi, Rita, Alain C. Vandal, Suzanne Barker‐Collo, et al.. (2024). Health and Wellness Coaching for 5-Year Projected Cardiovascular Health. Neurology Clinical Practice. 14(1). e200220–e200220.

Xia, Weisi, et al.. (2024). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Topical Analgesia Posthemorrhoidectomy (TAPH Trial). Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 67(9). 1158–1168. 5 indexed citations

Signal, Nada, et al.. (2023). Haptic Nudging Using a Wearable Device to Promote Upper Limb Activity during Stroke Rehabilitation: Exploring Diurnal Variation, Repetition, and Duration of Effect. Behavioral Sciences. 13(12). 995–995. 5 indexed citations

Clark, Alys R., Haribalan Kumar, Alain C. Vandal, et al.. (2023). Pulmonary vessel volume in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis compared with healthy controls aged > 50 years. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4422–4422. 5 indexed citations

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Koziol‐McLain, Jane, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of a Healthy Relationship Smartphone App With Indigenous Young People: Protocol for a Co-designed Stepped Wedge Randomized Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(12). e24792–e24792. 1 indexed citations

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Jayaram, Lata, Alain C. Vandal, Catherina L. Chang, et al.. (2021). Tiotropium treatment for bronchiectasis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. European Respiratory Journal. 59(6). 2102184–2102184. 20 indexed citations

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Dissanayake, Ajith, et al.. (2020). Does intensive glycaemic control promote healing in diabetic foot ulcers? – a feasibility study. BMJ Open. 10(1). e029009–e029009. 13 indexed citations

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Signal, Nada, et al.. (2020). Haptic Nudges Increase Affected Upper Limb Movement During Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Multiple-Period Randomized Crossover Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(7). e17036–e17036. 13 indexed citations

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Koziol‐McLain, Jane, Alain C. Vandal, Denise Wilson, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of a Web-Based Safety Decision Aid for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(12). e426–e426. 68 indexed citations

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Mahon, Susan, Rita Krishnamurthi, Alain C. Vandal, et al.. (2017). Primary prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease in the community (PREVENTS): Methodology of a health wellness coaching intervention to reduce stroke and cardiovascular disease risk, a randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Stroke. 13(2). 223–232. 10 indexed citations

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Koziol‐McLain, Jane, Maheswaran Rohan, Rose Sisk, et al.. (2016). Participant Recruitment and Engagement in Automated eHealth Trial Registration: Challenges and Opportunities for Recruiting Women Who Experience Violence. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(10). e281–e281. 11 indexed citations

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Stewart, Sarah, Grant Mawston, Nicola Dalbeth, et al.. (2015). Foot and ankle muscle strength in people with gout: A two-arm cross-sectional study. Clinical Biomechanics. 32. 207–211. 13 indexed citations

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Dunlop, Joanna, Alain C. Vandal, Janak de Zoysa, et al.. (2014). Rationale and design of the myocardial microinjury and cardiac remodeling extension study in the sodium lowering in dialysate trial (Mac-SoLID study). BMC Nephrology. 15(1). 120–120. 4 indexed citations

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Lewis, Gwyn N., Alain C. Vandal, & Peter J. McNair. (2012). A Method to Monitor Upper Limb Movement Direction Encoding in the Corticomotor Pathway. Journal of Motor Behavior. 44(4). 223–232. 3 indexed citations

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Vandal, Alain C., Marston Conder, & Robert Gentleman. (2009). Minimal Covers of Maximal Cliques for Interval Graphs.. Ars Combinatoria. 92. 1 indexed citations

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