Avinash Chandran

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Avinash Chandran is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Avinash Chandran has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 50 papers in Epidemiology and 50 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Avinash Chandran's work include Sports injuries and prevention (62 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (49 papers) and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (46 papers). Avinash Chandran is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (62 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (49 papers) and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (46 papers). Avinash Chandran collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Serbia. Avinash Chandran's co-authors include Adrian J. Boltz, Christy L. Collins, Sarah N. Morris, Zachary Y. Kerr, Hannah J. Robison, Aliza K. Nedimyer, Loretta DiPietro, Johna K. Register‐Mihalik, Lauren A. Pierpoint and Scott L. Zuckerman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Avinash Chandran

100 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Clinical recovery from concussion–return to school and sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2023 79 citations Margot Putukian, Laura Purcell et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Avinash Chandran United States	18	614	607	350	253	199	111	1.2k
Keith J. Loud United States	21	805 1.3×	415 0.7×	380 1.1×	237 0.9×	180 0.9×	31	1.6k
Carly McKay United Kingdom	23	1.1k 1.8×	479 0.8×	525 1.5×	222 0.9×	399 2.0×	98	1.7k
Megan N. Houston United States	22	847 1.4×	512 0.8×	228 0.7×	232 0.9×	85 0.4×	65	1.4k
Kelsey Logan United States	16	331 0.5×	609 1.0×	352 1.0×	342 1.4×	100 0.5×	36	1.3k
Andrea Stracciolini United States	20	744 1.2×	336 0.6×	311 0.9×	184 0.7×	149 0.7×	97	1.5k
Catherine Quatman‐Yates United States	20	596 1.0×	435 0.7×	188 0.5×	238 0.9×	102 0.5×	70	1.4k
Jon Almquist United States	11	479 0.8×	795 1.3×	448 1.3×	401 1.6×	97 0.5×	19	1.1k
Julianne D. Schmidt United States	22	475 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	420 1.2×	509 2.0×	100 0.5×	109	1.5k
Edgar W. Shields United States	16	498 0.8×	534 0.9×	201 0.6×	218 0.9×	62 0.3×	23	1.2k
Alison R. Snyder Valier United States	23	828 1.3×	439 0.7×	243 0.7×	141 0.6×	181 0.9×	95	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Avinash Chandran

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Chandran, Avinash, et al.. (2025). Injury Incidence in Community-Based Walking Football: A Four-Month Cohort Study of 6000+ Hours of Play. Sports. 13(5). 150–150.

Hennis, P. J., Charlotte Cowie, Abraham Ajayi, et al.. (2025). The Football Association Injury and Illness Surveillance Study: The Incidence, Burden, and Severity of Injuries in English Women's Domestic Football—A 5‐Year Prospective Cohort Study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 35(7). e70094–e70094.

Carmody, Sean, et al.. (2025). Burnout in medical and performance professionals working in elite football in the United Kingdom: a pilot study. Science and Medicine in Football. 9(4). 422–431.

Chandran, Avinash, Adrian J. Boltz, Christy L. Collins, et al.. (2025). Knee and ACL injury rates in NCAA soccer players: an epidemiological study of 10 consecutive seasons. Science and Medicine in Football. 9(4). 412–421. 1 indexed citations

Chandran, Avinash, et al.. (2025). Concussion in high school sports: findings from injury surveillance. Pediatric Research. 98(5). 1718–1725.

Brett, Benjamin L., Neelum T. Aggarwal, Avinash Chandran, et al.. (2023). 5 LIfestyle for BRAin Health (LIBRA) Modifiable Factors Risk Score and Concussion History Associations with Cognition in Older Former National Football League Players.. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 29(s1). 305–306. 1 indexed citations

Boltz, Adrian J., et al.. (2023). Concussion Symptomatology by Symptom Resolution Time in US High School Athletes: Findings From the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network High School Surveillance Program (NATION-SP). Journal of Athletic Training. 59(7). 745–750. 2 indexed citations

Kerr, Zachary Y., Avinash Chandran, Samuel R. Walton, et al.. (2023). The Longitudinal Relationship Between Concussion History, Years of American Football Participation, and Alcohol Use Among Former National Football League Players: an NFL-LONG Study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 39(2). 221–226. 4 indexed citations

Montalvo, Alicia M., Jessica Wallace, Aliza K. Nedimyer, et al.. (2023). Does the Association Between Concussion Measures and Social Context Factors Differ in Black and White Parents?. Journal of Athletic Training. 59(4). 363–372.

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Kuenze, Christopher, Brian Pietrosimone, Katharine D. Currie, et al.. (2023). Joint Injury, Osteoarthritis, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Former National Football League Athletes: An NFL-LONG Study. Journal of Athletic Training. 58(6). 528–535. 5 indexed citations

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Putukian, Margot, Laura Purcell, Kathryn Schneider, et al.. (2023). Clinical recovery from concussion–return to school and sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(12). 798–809. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scarneo‐Miller, Samantha E., Zachary K. Winkelmann, William M. Adams, et al.. (2023). The Diffusion Of Innovation Theory Applied To Practicing Athletic Trainers. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 55(9S). 958–959.

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Boltz, Adrian J., Benjamin L. Brett, Traci R. Snedden, et al.. (2023). Intersection of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Concussion Recovery among NCAA Student-Athletes: A CARE Consortium Study. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 55(12). 2180–2193. 2 indexed citations

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Kerr, Zachary Y., Aliza K. Nedimyer, Melissa C. Kay, et al.. (2020). Factors associated with concussion-symptom knowledge and attitudes toward concussion care seeking in a national survey of parents of middle-school children in the US. Journal of sport and health science. 10(2). 113–121. 19 indexed citations

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Kerr, Zachary Y., Avinash Chandran, Aliza K. Nedimyer, et al.. (2020). Use of sport-related concussion information sources among parents of United States middle school children. Journal of sport and health science. 11(6). 716–724. 8 indexed citations

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Roby, Patricia R., et al.. (2020). Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Special Operations Forces Combat Soldiers. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 48(6). 1651–1660. 5 indexed citations

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Mihalik, Jason P., Avinash Chandran, Patricia R. Roby, et al.. (2020). Do Head Injury Biomechanics Predict Concussion Clinical Recovery in College American Football Players?. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 48(11). 2555–2565. 16 indexed citations

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Roby, Patricia R., et al.. (2020). Neurovascular Coupling in Special Operations Forces Combat Soldiers. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 49(2). 793–801. 7 indexed citations

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Chandran, Avinash, Aliza K. Nedimyer, Johna K. Register‐Mihalik, Loretta DiPietro, & Zachary Y. Kerr. (2019). Comment on: “Incidence, Severity, Aetiology and Prevention of Sports Injuries: A Review of Concepts”. Sports Medicine. 49(10). 1621–1623. 27 indexed citations

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Sylvetsky, Allison C., Avinash Chandran, Rebecca J. Brown, et al.. (2017). Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Declines in Response to an Oral Glucose Load and Is Correlated with Vitamin D and BMI but Not Diabetes Status in Children and Young Adults. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 87(5). 301–306. 6 indexed citations

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