Alison M. Laffan

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alison M. Laffan is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison M. Laffan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alison M. Laffan's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (10 papers), Sleep and related disorders (7 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (6 papers). Alison M. Laffan is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (10 papers), Sleep and related disorders (7 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (6 papers). Alison M. Laffan collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Alison M. Laffan's co-authors include Kristine E. Ensrud, Katie L. Stone, Susan Redline, Kristine Yaffe, Sonia Ancoli‐Israel, Susheel P. Patil, Stéphanie Harrison, Adam P. Spira, Philip L. Smith and Vsevolod Y. Polotsky and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alison M. Laffan

22 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older Women

2011 821 citations Kristine Yaffe, Alison M. Laffan et al. JAMA profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison M. Laffan United States	16	1.5k	1.1k	932	920	394	23	2.8k
In‐Young Yoon South Korea	32	1.1k 0.8×	840 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	319 0.8×	139	3.1k
Maria Basta Greece	31	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	2.1k 2.3×	208 0.5×	108	3.6k
Carolyn D’Ambrosio United States	20	1.2k 0.8×	969 0.9×	682 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	636 1.6×	34	3.1k
B.A. Phillips United States	31	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	788 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	784 2.0×	99	3.3k
Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo de Bruin Brazil	32	687 0.5×	627 0.6×	684 0.7×	999 1.1×	698 1.8×	89	3.1k
Ferdinand Zizi United States	30	859 0.6×	741 0.7×	799 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	242 0.6×	84	2.8k
Matthew Marler United States	31	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	2.4k 2.6×	430 1.1×	55	4.3k
Alberto R. Ramos United States	29	893 0.6×	643 0.6×	874 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	222 0.6×	118	2.7k
Sarah N. Biggs Australia	28	984 0.7×	987 0.9×	613 0.7×	951 1.0×	450 1.1×	63	2.1k
Robin M. Lloyd United States	13	762 0.5×	531 0.5×	567 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	331 0.8×	34	2.6k

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Gordon, Janna R., et al.. (2024). Electronic Health Record Data Collection Practices to Advance Standardization and Interoperability of Patient Preferences for Interpretation Services: Qualitative Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e62670–e62670.

Laffan, Alison M., et al.. (2022). A Systematic Review of Operative Team Familiarity on Metrics of Efficiency, Patient Outcomes, Cost, and Team Satisfaction. Annals of Surgery. 276(6). e674–e681. 9 indexed citations

Guerino, Paul, et al.. (2019). Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries Accessing Transgender-Related Care in the Era of ICD-10. LGBT Health. 6(4). 166–173. 39 indexed citations

Guerino, Paul, et al.. (2017). Transgender Medicare Beneficiaries and Chronic Conditions: Exploring Fee-for-Service Claims Data. LGBT Health. 4(6). 404–411. 145 indexed citations

Laffan, Alison M., et al.. (2017). Health Indicators for Older Sexual Minorities: National Health Interview Survey, 2013–2014. LGBT Health. 4(6). 398–403. 10 indexed citations

Blackwell, Terri, Kristine Yaffe, Alison M. Laffan, et al.. (2015). Associations Between Sleep‐Disordered Breathing, Nocturnal Hypoxemia, and Subsequent Cognitive Decline in Older Community‐Dwelling Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63(3). 453–461. 107 indexed citations

Patil, Susheel P., Todd T. Brown, Lisa P. Jacobson, et al.. (2014). Sleep Disordered Breathing, Fatigue, and Sleepiness in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Men. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e99258–e99258. 30 indexed citations

Blackwell, Terri, Kristine Yaffe, Alison M. Laffan, et al.. (2014). Associations of Objectively and Subjectively Measured Sleep Quality with Subsequent Cognitive Decline in Older Community-Dwelling Men: The MrOS Sleep Study. SLEEP. 37(4). 655–663. 184 indexed citations

Yaffe, Kristine, Alison M. Laffan, Stéphanie Harrison, et al.. (2012). Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older Women. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 67(1). 34–36. 7 indexed citations

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Laffan, Alison M., Robin McKenzie, Dawn Conklin, et al.. (2012). Lactoferrin for the Prevention of Post-antibiotic Diarrhoea. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition. 29(6). 547–51. 31 indexed citations

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Yaffe, Kristine, Alison M. Laffan, Stéphanie Harrison, et al.. (2011). Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older Women. JAMA. 306(6). 613–9. 821 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blackwell, Terri, Kristine Yaffe, Sonia Ancoli‐Israel, et al.. (2011). Association of Sleep Characteristics and Cognition in Older Community-Dwelling Men: the MrOS Sleep Study. SLEEP. 34(10). 1347–1356. 195 indexed citations

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Brown, Todd T., Susheel P. Patil, Lisa P. Jacobson, et al.. (2010). Anthropometry in the prediction of sleep disordered breathing in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men. Antiviral Therapy. 15(4). 651–659. 21 indexed citations

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Scheuermaier, Karine, Alison M. Laffan, & Jeanne F. Duffy. (2010). Light Exposure Patterns in Healthy Older and Young Adults. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 25(2). 113–122. 102 indexed citations

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Brown, Todd T., Susheel P. Patil, Lisa P. Jacobson, et al.. (2010). Anthropometry in the prediction of sleep disordered breathing in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men. Antiviral Therapy. 15(6). 933–933. 1 indexed citations

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Caffo, Brian, Bruce Swihart, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, Alison M. Laffan, & Naresh M. Punjabi. (2009). An overview of observational sleep research with application to sleep stage transitioning. CHANCE. 22(1). 10–15. 3 indexed citations

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Polotsky, Vsevolod Y., Susheel P. Patil, Vladimir Savransky, et al.. (2008). Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Insulin Resistance, and Steatohepatitis in Severe Obesity. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(3). 228–234. 151 indexed citations

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Kirkness, Jason P., Alan R. Schwartz, Hartmut Schneider, et al.. (2008). Contribution of male sex, age, and obesity to mechanical instability of the upper airway during sleep. Journal of Applied Physiology. 104(6). 1618–1624. 175 indexed citations

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Schwartz, A. R., Susheel P. Patil, Alison M. Laffan, et al.. (2008). Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society. 5(2). 185–192. 472 indexed citations

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Laffan, Alison M., Michele Bellantoni, William B. Greenough, & Jonathan M. Zenilman. (2006). Burden of Clostridium Difficile ‐Associated Diarrhea in a Long‐Term Care Facility. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54(7). 1068–1073. 63 indexed citations

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