Alan J. Sinclair

16.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
204 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Alan J. Sinclair is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan J. Sinclair has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 87 papers in Physiology and 80 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Alan J. Sinclair's work include Frailty in Older Adults (69 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (64 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (52 papers). Alan J. Sinclair is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (69 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (64 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (52 papers). Alan J. Sinclair collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Alan J. Sinclair's co-authors include Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas, Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz, Antony Bayer, Míkel Izquierdo, Eduardo Lusa Cadore, Alan Girling, John E. Morley, Roger Gadsby, Geert Jan Biessels and Trisha Dunning and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Alan J. Sinclair

196 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

  1. Effects of Different Exercise Interventions on Risk of Falls, Gait Ability, and Balance in Physically Frail Older Adults: A Systematic Review
    2013 648 citations Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas, Alan J. Sinclair et al. profile →
  2. Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity Drives the CD8 T Cell Repertoire Toward Greater Clonality in Healthy Elderly Individuals
    2002 570 citations Alan J. Sinclair et al. profile →
  3. Frailty: An Emerging Public Health Priority
    2016 501 citations Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas, Alan J. Sinclair et al. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association profile →
  4. Treatment of Diabetes in Older Adults: An Endocrine Society* Clinical Practice Guideline
    2019 329 citations Alan J. Sinclair et al. profile →
  5. Diabetes and global ageing among 65–99-year-old adults: Findings from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition
    2020 320 citations Alan J. Sinclair et al. profile →
  6. Type 2 diabetes and cognitive dysfunction—towards effective management of both comorbidities
    2020 299 citations Alan J. Sinclair et al. profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan J. Sinclair 3.5k 3.1k 2.4k 1.6k 967 204 9.3k
Rita R. Kalyani 3.0k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 977 0.6× 415 0.4× 162 8.2k
Masahiro Akishita 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 664 0.7× 337 11.6k
Enzo Manzato 4.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 905 0.9× 300 10.6k
Gaetano Crepaldi 2.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 789 0.8× 373 11.7k
Christopher J. Bulpitt 1.5k 0.4× 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 187 15.2k
Jerome L. Fleg 4.3k 1.3× 2.3k 0.7× 678 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 553 0.6× 323 25.5k
M. Pahor 5.0k 1.4× 527 0.2× 2.0k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 104 10.5k
Reijo S. Tilvis 1.9k 0.6× 755 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 2.0k 2.1× 253 11.2k
Katsuya Iijima 2.5k 0.7× 755 0.2× 1.8k 0.8× 776 0.5× 471 0.5× 190 6.8k
Niccolò Marchionni 933 0.3× 2.5k 0.8× 937 0.4× 974 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 392 10.7k

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All Works

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Sinclair, Alan J. & Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz. (2025). The Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors and GLP-1RA in Frail Older People with Diabetes: A Personalised Approach Is Required. Metabolites. 15(1). 49–49. 4 indexed citations
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Maltese, Giuseppe, Sybil A. McAuley, Steven Trawley, & Alan J. Sinclair. (2024). Ageing well with diabetes: the role of technology. Diabetologia. 67(10). 2085–2102. 5 indexed citations
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Abdelhafiz, Ahmed H., et al.. (2023). Metabolic Characteristics of Frail Older People with Diabetes Mellitus—A Systematic Search for Phenotypes. Metabolites. 13(6). 705–705. 6 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Alan J., Srikanth Bellary, Umesh Dashora, et al.. (2023). Enhancing diabetes care for the most vulnerable in the 21st century: Interim findings of the National Advisory Panel on Care Home Diabetes (NAPCHD). Diabetic Medicine. 40(8). e15088–e15088. 3 indexed citations
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Calvani, Riccardo, Anna Picca, Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas, et al.. (2023). Amino Acid Profiles in Older Adults with Frailty: Secondary Analysis from MetaboFrail and BIOSPHERE Studies. Metabolites. 13(4). 542–542. 11 indexed citations
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Strain, W. David, et al.. (2021). Diabetes and Frailty: An Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Therapy. 12(5). 1227–1247. 101 indexed citations
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Veronese, Nicola, Damiano Pizzol, Jacopo Demurtas, et al.. (2019). Association between sarcopenia and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. European Geriatric Medicine. 10(5). 685–696. 45 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Sánchez, Beatriz, Luz María Peña-Longobardo, & Alan J. Sinclair. (2019). Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Neuropad device as a screening tool for early diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The European Journal of Health Economics. 21(3). 335–349. 6 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Alan J., Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz, Angus Forbes, & Medha Munshi. (2018). Evidence‐based diabetes care for older people with Type 2 diabetes: a critical review. Diabetic Medicine. 36(4). 399–413. 62 indexed citations
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Yale, J.‐F., Vanita R. Aroda, B Charbonnel, et al.. (2018). Glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia risk with insulin glargine 300 U/mL versus glargine 100 U/mL: A patient-level meta-analysis examining older and younger adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes & Metabolism. 46(2). 110–118. 19 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Alan J.. (2018). A Comparative Review of Frailty Models and a description of the European-wide FRAILOMIC Initiative. Medical Research Archives. 6(6). 2 indexed citations
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Bunn, Frances, Claire Goodman, Peter Jones, et al.. (2017). Managing diabetes in people with dementia: a realist review. Health Technology Assessment. 21(75). 1–140. 12 indexed citations
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Bunn, Frances, Claire Goodman, Peter W. Jones, et al.. (2016). Additional file 1: of Managing diabetes in people with dementia: protocol for a realist review. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Bunn, Frances, Claire Goodman, Peter Jones, et al.. (2016). Managing diabetes in people with dementia: protocol for a realist review. Systematic Reviews. 5(1). 5–5. 20 indexed citations
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Formiga, Françesc, et al.. (2014). Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Functional and Cognitive Decline in Very Old People: The Octabaix Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 15(12). 924–928. 24 indexed citations
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Dunning, Trisha & Alan J. Sinclair. (2014). The IDF global guideline for managing older people with type 2 diabetes: Implications for nurses. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 18(4). 145–150. 24 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Alan J.. (2000). Diabetes in Old Age — Changing Concepts in the Secondary Care Arena. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 34(3). 240–244. 12 indexed citations

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