Dawn E. Alley

10.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
61 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Dawn E. Alley is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawn E. Alley has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Physiology, 15 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Dawn E. Alley's work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (17 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers) and Body Composition Measurement Techniques (8 papers). Dawn E. Alley is often cited by papers focused on Nutrition and Health in Aging (17 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers) and Body Composition Measurement Techniques (8 papers). Dawn E. Alley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Dawn E. Alley's co-authors include Michelle Shardell, Jack M. Guralnik, Eileen M. Crimmins, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Stephanie A. Studenski, Luigi Ferrucci, Peggy M. Cawthon, Maria T. Vassileva, Rose Anne Kenny and Robert R. McLean and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Dawn E. Alley

61 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2016 2014 2017 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates
    2014 1.8k citations Stephanie A. Studenski, Katherine W. Peters et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
  2. Accountable Health Communities — Addressing Social Needs through Medicare and Medicaid
    2016 452 citations Dawn E. Alley, Darshak Sanghavi et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness
    2014 410 citations Dawn E. Alley, Michelle Shardell et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
  4. Standardized Screening for Health-Related Social Needs in Clinical Settings: The Accountable Health Communities Screening Tool
    2017 304 citations Dawn E. Alley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawn E. Alley United States 39 4.0k 1.5k 1.4k 1.0k 1.0k 61 8.0k
Kushang V. Patel United States 49 2.6k 0.7× 919 0.6× 958 0.7× 976 0.9× 998 1.0× 130 9.5k
Birong Dong China 41 3.0k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 891 0.6× 619 0.6× 658 0.6× 217 6.1k
Liang‐Kung Chen Taiwan 49 4.7k 1.2× 3.5k 2.4× 986 0.7× 512 0.5× 900 0.9× 444 10.9k
Marcel E. Salive United States 36 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 750 0.7× 75 8.9k
Luis Miguel Gutiérrez‐Robledo Mexico 36 4.2k 1.0× 4.7k 3.2× 1.5k 1.1× 845 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 157 9.0k
Helen C. Roberts United Kingdom 40 4.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.9× 1.0k 0.7× 212 0.2× 967 0.9× 168 8.4k
Susan Kirkland Canada 35 1.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 517 0.4× 557 0.5× 612 0.6× 149 4.8k
John A. Batsis United States 43 4.1k 1.0× 958 0.7× 789 0.6× 206 0.2× 1.8k 1.8× 223 7.8k
Pınar Soysal Türkiye 33 2.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.2× 598 0.4× 300 0.3× 597 0.6× 259 5.7k
Geeske Peeters Australia 31 1.5k 0.4× 663 0.5× 760 0.5× 649 0.6× 873 0.9× 121 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sanghavi, Darshak & Dawn E. Alley. (2024). Transforming Population Health — ARPA-H’s New Program Targeting Broken Incentives. New England Journal of Medicine. 390(4). 295–298. 4 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Jennifer, Sha Maresh, Christopher A. Powers, William H. Shrank, & Dawn E. Alley. (2019). How Much Does Medication Nonadherence Cost the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program?. Medical Care. 57(3). 218–224. 34 indexed citations
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Fichtenberg, Caroline, Dawn E. Alley, & Kamila B. Mistry. (2019). Improving Social Needs Intervention Research: Key Questions for Advancing the Field. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 57(6). S47–S54. 67 indexed citations
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Chang, Virginia W., Dawn E. Alley, & Jennifer B. Dowd. (2017). Trends in the Relationship Between Obesity and Disability, 1988–2012. American Journal of Epidemiology. 186(6). 688–695. 34 indexed citations
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Studenski, Stephanie A., Katherine W. Peters, Dawn E. Alley, et al.. (2014). The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 547–558. 1801 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lloyd, Jennifer, Dawn E. Alley, William Hawkes, et al.. (2014). Body mass index is positively associated with bone mineral density in US older adults. Archives of Osteoporosis. 9(1). 175–175. 132 indexed citations
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McLean, Robert R., Michelle Shardell, Dawn E. Alley, et al.. (2014). Criteria for Clinically Relevant Weakness and Low Lean Mass and Their Longitudinal Association With Incident Mobility Impairment and Mortality: The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Sarcopenia Project. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 576–583. 352 indexed citations
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Reider, Lisa, William Hawkes, J. Richard Hebel, et al.. (2012). The association between body mass index, weight loss and physical function in the year following a hip fracture. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 17(1). 91–95. 18 indexed citations
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Shardell, Michelle, Dawn E. Alley, Gregory E. Hicks, et al.. (2011). Low-serum carotenoid concentrations and carotenoid interactions predict mortality in US adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Nutrition Research. 31(3). 178–189. 97 indexed citations
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Hicks, Gregory E., Michelle Shardell, Dawn E. Alley, et al.. (2011). Absolute Strength and Loss of Strength as Predictors of Mobility Decline in Older Adults: The InCHIANTI Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 67A(1). 66–73. 175 indexed citations
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Alley, Dawn E., Gregory E. Hicks, Michelle Shardell, et al.. (2011). Meaningful Improvement in Gait Speed in Hip Fracture Recovery. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59(9). 1650–1657. 45 indexed citations
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Alley, Dawn E. & Victor Chang. (2009). Metabolic Syndrome and Weight Gain in Adulthood. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 65A(1). 111–117. 34 indexed citations
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Stenholm, Sari, Dawn E. Alley, Stefania Bandinelli, et al.. (2009). The effect of obesity combined with low muscle strength on decline in mobility in older persons: results from the InCHIANTI Study. International Journal of Obesity. 33(6). 635–644. 176 indexed citations
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Crimmins, Eileen M., Sarinnapha M. Vasunilashorn, Jung Ki Kim, & Dawn E. Alley. (2008). Chapter 5 Biomarkers Related To Aging In Human Populations. Advances in clinical chemistry. 46. 161–216. 116 indexed citations
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Alley, Dawn E., Luigi Ferrucci, Mario Barbagallo, Stephanie A. Studenski, & Tamara B. Harris. (2008). A Research Agenda: The Changing Relationship Between Body Weight and Health in Aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 63(11). 1257–1259. 39 indexed citations
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Dowd, Jennifer B., Allison E. Aiello, & Dawn E. Alley. (2008). Socioeconomic disparities in the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in the US population: NHANES III. Epidemiology and Infection. 137(1). 58–65. 154 indexed citations
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Alley, Dawn E. & Virginia W. Chang. (2007). The Changing Relationship of Obesity and Disability, 1988-2004. JAMA. 298(17). 2020–2020. 335 indexed citations
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Alley, Dawn E., Eileen M. Crimmins, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Jack M. Guralnik, & Luigi Ferrucci. (2007). Three‐Year Change in Inflammatory Markers in Elderly People and Mortality: The Invecchiare in Chianti Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 55(11). 1801–1807. 51 indexed citations
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Crimmins, Eileen M., Dawn E. Alley, S. L. Reynolds, et al.. (2005). Changes in Biological Markers of Health: Older Americans in the 1990s. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 60(11). 1409–1413. 30 indexed citations
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Alley, Dawn E., Teresa E. Seeman, Jung Ki Kim, et al.. (2005). Socioeconomic status and C-reactive protein levels in the US population: NHANES IV. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 20(5). 498–504. 158 indexed citations

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