Amal A. Wanigatunga

2.1k total citations
98 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Amal A. Wanigatunga is a scholar working on Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Amal A. Wanigatunga has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Physiology, 24 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 16 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Amal A. Wanigatunga's work include Physical Activity and Health (46 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (15 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (14 papers). Amal A. Wanigatunga is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (46 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (15 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (14 papers). Amal A. Wanigatunga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Faroe Islands. Amal A. Wanigatunga's co-authors include Jennifer A. Schrack, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci, Vadim Zipunnikov, Kayoko Kato, Antonia M. Calafat, Larry L. Needham, Jacek Urbanek, Todd M. Manini and Adam P. Spira and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Amal A. Wanigatunga

91 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amal A. Wanigatunga United States 19 541 219 213 182 171 98 1.3k
Mingyue Hu China 20 152 0.3× 88 0.4× 76 0.4× 326 1.8× 55 0.3× 55 1.0k
Soshiro Ogata Japan 18 203 0.4× 92 0.4× 72 0.3× 145 0.8× 4 0.0× 105 1.3k
Jennifer Watt Canada 19 91 0.2× 141 0.6× 60 0.3× 291 1.6× 9 0.1× 74 1.2k
Katharine L. Cheung United States 13 42 0.1× 272 1.2× 49 0.2× 128 0.7× 15 0.1× 33 1.1k
A. Hofman Netherlands 17 195 0.4× 379 1.7× 102 0.5× 403 2.2× 7 0.0× 29 1.8k
Sarah A. Gaussoin United States 24 333 0.6× 199 0.9× 39 0.2× 294 1.6× 5 0.0× 53 1.3k
Scott A. Conger United States 17 547 1.0× 344 1.6× 53 0.2× 83 0.5× 39 1.2k
Kai Savonen Finland 24 607 1.1× 394 1.8× 30 0.1× 79 0.4× 3 0.0× 84 1.7k
Eric Rodríguez United States 17 69 0.1× 47 0.2× 180 0.8× 262 1.4× 6 0.0× 31 874
Tom White United Kingdom 13 1.1k 2.0× 735 3.4× 69 0.3× 89 0.5× 18 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wanigatunga, Amal A., Yiwen Dong, Andrew Leroux, et al.. (2025). Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity at any Dose Reduces All-Cause Dementia Risk Regardless of Frailty Status. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 26(3). 105456–105456. 4 indexed citations
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Marino, Francesca, Jennifer A. Deal, Alden L. Gross, et al.. (2025). Directionality between cognitive function and daily physical activity patterns. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 11(2). e70068–e70068. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Wendy, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Jill A. Rabinowitz, et al.. (2025). Association Between Circadian Rest-Activity Rhythms and Incident Dementia in Older Adults. Neurology. 106(2). e214513–e214513.
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Michos, Erin D., Edgar R. Miller, Amal A. Wanigatunga, et al.. (2024). Effects of vitamin D supplementation on cardiac biomarkers: Results from the STURDY trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20. 100871–100871.
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Fueki, Kenji, et al.. (2024). Social Relationships and Tooth Loss in Adults Aged 60 Years and Older: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 53(4). 337–346. 1 indexed citations
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Spira, Adam P., Fangyu Liu, Vadim Zipunnikov, et al.. (2024). Evaluating a novel 24-hour rest/activity rhythm marker of preclinical β-amyloid deposition. SLEEP. 47(5). 4 indexed citations
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Marino, Francesca, Jennifer A. Deal, Ryan J. Dougherty, et al.. (2024). Differences in Daily Physical Activity by Alzheimer’s Risk Markers Among Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(7). 3 indexed citations
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Marino, Francesca, Hau‐Tieng Wu, Mary R. Rooney, et al.. (2024). Associations of Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability from a Two-Week ECG Monitor with Cognitive Function and Dementia: The ARIC Neurocognitive Study. Sensors. 24(13). 4060–4060. 2 indexed citations
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Abusamaan, Mohammed S., Jeromie Ballreich, Adrian S. Dobs, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of artificial intelligence vs. human coaching in diabetes prevention: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 25(1). 325–325. 2 indexed citations
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Davoudi, Anis, Jacek Urbanek, Romil R Parikh, et al.. (2024). Validation of a Zio XT Patch Accelerometer for the Objective Assessment of Physical Activity in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Sensors. 24(3). 761–761. 4 indexed citations
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Urbanek, Jacek, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Matthew Allison, et al.. (2023). The Association Between Ankle–Brachial Index and Daily Patterns of Physical Activity: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(2). 3 indexed citations
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Appel, Lawrence J., Edgar R. Miller, Christine Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Timing of orthostatic hypotension and its relationship with falls in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(12). 3711–3720. 7 indexed citations
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Schrack, Jennifer A., Yurun Cai, Jacek Urbanek, et al.. (2023). The association of vitamin D supplementation and serum vitamin D levels with physical activity in older adults: Results from a randomized trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(7). 2208–2218. 1 indexed citations
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Juraschek, Stephen P., Lawrence J. Appel, Christine Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Comparison of supine and seated orthostatic hypotension assessments and their association with falls and orthostatic symptoms. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70(8). 2310–2319. 15 indexed citations
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Wanigatunga, Amal A., Amanda L. Blackford, Yurun Cai, et al.. (2021). The effects of vitamin D supplementation on types of falls. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69(10). 2851–2864. 9 indexed citations
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Chan, Thomas, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Antonio Terracciano, et al.. (2021). Traits and treadmills: Association between personality and perceived fatigability in well-functioning community-dwelling older adults.. Psychology and Aging. 36(6). 710–717. 6 indexed citations
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Davoudi, Anis, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Duane B. Corbett, et al.. (2018). Accuracy of Samsung Gear S Smartwatch for Activity Recognition: Validation Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 7(2). e11270–e11270. 20 indexed citations
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Davoudi, Anis, Parisa Rashidi, Amal A. Wanigatunga, et al.. (2018). A smartwatch-based framework for real-time and online assessment and mobility monitoring. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 89. 29–40. 84 indexed citations
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Mehta, Shikha, et al.. (2017). A bag-of-words approach for assessing activities of daily living using wrist accelerometer data. 678–685. 10 indexed citations

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