Dympna Gallagher

37.7k total citations · 14 hit papers
228 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

Dympna Gallagher is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Dympna Gallagher has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Physiology, 59 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 30 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Dympna Gallagher's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (123 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (98 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (50 papers). Dympna Gallagher is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (123 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (98 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (50 papers). Dympna Gallagher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Dympna Gallagher's co-authors include Steven B. Heymsfield, Richard Baumgartner, Stanley Heshka, ZiMian Wang, Robert Ross, Philip J. Garry, Richard N. Pierson, Marjolein Visser, Jeanine Albu and Wei Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Dympna Gallagher

221 papers receiving 27.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Epidemiology of Sarcopenia among the Elderly in New Mexico

1998 3.1k citations Richard Baumgartner, Kathleen M. Koehler et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index

2000 1.5k citations Dympna Gallagher, Steven B. Heymsfield et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
Total body skeletal muscle and adipose tissue volumes: estimation from a single abdominal cross-sectional image

2004 1.3k citations Wei Shen, Dympna Gallagher et al. profile →
Prevention of a First Stroke by Transfusions in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia and Abnormal Results on Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography

1998 1.3k citations Dympna Gallagher et al. profile →
Cadaver validation of skeletal muscle measurement by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography

1998 1.2k citations Richard Baumgartner, S. B. Heymsfield et al. profile →
How Useful Is Body Mass Index for Comparison of Body Fatness across Age, Sex, and Ethnic Groups?

1996 1.2k citations Dympna Gallagher, Richard N. Pierson et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Appendicular skeletal muscle mass: effects of age, gender, and ethnicity

1997 755 citations Dympna Gallagher, Richard Baumgartner et al. profile →
Sarcopenic Obesity Predicts Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability in the Elderly

2004 717 citations Richard Baumgartner, Debra L. Waters et al. profile →
Body mass index as a measure of adiposity among children and adolescents: A validation study

1998 716 citations Angelo Pietrobelli, Myles S. Faith et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →
Effects of gender, body composition, and menopause on plasma concentrations of leptin.

1996 673 citations Michael Rosenbaum, Joy Hirsch et al. profile →
Predictors of skeletal muscle mass in elderly men and women

1999 637 citations Richard Baumgartner, Debra L. Waters et al. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development profile →
Total-body skeletal muscle mass: estimation by a new dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry method

2002 597 citations Jaehee Kim, Steven B. Heymsfield et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
Relationships between body roundness with body fat and visceral adipose tissue emerging from a new geometrical model

2013 541 citations Wei Shen, Dympna Gallagher et al. profile →
Assessment methods in human body composition

2008 505 citations Dympna Gallagher et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Physiology Of the WEight Reduced State (POWERS) study: overview and study design 2025 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Steven H. Belle, Dympna Gallagher, Susan B. Roberts, Maren R. Laughlin, Sai Krupa Das, (unknown), Wendy C. King, (unknown), Jack A. Yanovski, Roger A. Fielding, Laurel Mayer, Matthew R. Hayes, Michael Rosenbaum, Kelly C. Allison, Michael R. Lowe, Rudolph L. Leibel, John M. Jakicic, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Understanding Impact of Anti‐Obesity Medications on Skeletal Muscle Mass Change Is Confounded by Measurement Methods 2025 ·Obesity Reviews ·(unknown), Dympna Gallagher	0
3	Nutrition Assessment and Dietary Interventions in Heart Failure 2022 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Elissa Driggin, Laura Cohen, Dympna Gallagher, Wahida Karmally, Thomas M. Maddox, Scott L. Hummel, Salvatore Carbone, Mathew S. Maurer	63
4	Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and BMI Z-scores from 5 to 14 years 2022 ·Environmental Health ·Allison Kupsco, Andreas Sjödin, Whitney Cowell, Richard S. Jones, Sharon E. Oberfield, Shuang Wang, Lori Hoepner, Dympna Gallagher, Andrea Baccarelli, Jeff Goldsmith, Andrew Rundle, Julie B. Herbstman	3
5	Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Infant Fat Mass 2021 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Jasmine F. Plows, Paige K. Berger, Roshonda B. Jones, Elizabeth Campbell, (unknown), Tanya L. Alderete, (unknown), F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer, Dympna Gallagher, Michael I. Goran	5
6	Prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and childhood growth trajectories from age 5–14 years 2019 ·Environmental Research ·Andrew Rundle, Dympna Gallagher, Julie B. Herbstman, (unknown), Darrell Holmes, Abeer Hassoun, Sharon E. Oberfield, Rachel L. Miller, Howard Andrews, Elizabeth M. Widen, Lori Hoepner, Frederica P. Perera	31
7	Phase angle and its determinants in healthy subjects: influence of body composition 2016 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Marı́a Cristina González, Thiago Gonzalez Barbosa-Silva, Renata Moraes Bielemann, Dympna Gallagher, Steven B. Heymsfield	252
8	Body Composition (Sarcopenia) in Obese Patients 2011 ·Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ·Dympna Gallagher, Mark H. DeLegge	38
9	Improved Diabetic Control in Advanced Heart Failure Patients Treated with Left Ventricular Assist Devices 2010 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Nir Uriel, Yoshifumi Naka, P.C. Colombo, Maryjane Farr, Sang‐Woo Pak, (unknown), Jeanine Albu, Dympna Gallagher, Donna Mancini, Henry N. Ginsberg, Ulrich P. Jorde	55
10	Adipose tissue distribution after weight restoration and weight maintenance in women with anorexia nervosa 2009 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Laurel Mayer, Diane A. Klein, E. G. Black, Evelyn Attia, Wei Shen, Xiangling Mao, Dikoma C. Shungu, (unknown), Dympna Gallagher, Jack Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield, Joy Hirsch, Henry N. Ginsberg, B. Timothy Walsh	35
11	Serum Magnesium and Type-2 Diabetes in African Americans and Hispanics: A New York Cohort 2006 ·Journal of the American College of Nutrition ·Earle C. Chambers, Stanley Heshka, Dympna Gallagher, Jack Wang, F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer, Richard N. Pierson	27
12	Body fat redistribution after weight gain in women with anorexia nervosa 1–3 2005 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Laurel Mayer, B. Timothy Walsh, Richard N. Pierson, Steven B. Heymsfield, Dympna Gallagher, Jack Wang, Michael K. Parides, Rudolph L. Leibel, Michelle P. Warren, (unknown), Deborah R. Glasofer	95
13	Association between Sasang Constitutions and Body Composition in African-American, Asian, and Caucasian Race Groups 2003 ·Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine ·Mi‐Yeon Song, Dympna Gallagher, Jaehee Kim, (unknown)	3
14	Relative Overhydration of Fat‐free Mass in Postobese versus Never‐Obese Subjects 2000 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Patricia Leone, Dympna Gallagher, Jack Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield	23
15	Predictors of skeletal muscle mass in elderly men and women breakdown → 1999 ·Mechanisms of Ageing and Development ·Richard Baumgartner, Debra L. Waters, Dympna Gallagher, John E. Morley, Philip J. Garry	637
16	Epidemiology of Sarcopenia among the Elderly in New Mexico breakdown → 1998 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Richard Baumgartner, Kathleen M. Koehler, Dympna Gallagher, Lucía Romero, Steven B. Heymsfield, Robert Ross, Philip J. Garry, Robert D. Lindeman	3085
17	Body mass index as a measure of adiposity among children and adolescents: A validation study breakdown → 1998 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Angelo Pietrobelli, Myles S. Faith, David B. Allison, Dympna Gallagher, G Chiumello, Steven B. Heymsfield	716
18	Total-body skeletal muscle mass: evaluation of 24-h urinary creatinine excretion by computerized axial tomography 1996 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·(unknown), Dympna Gallagher, (unknown), DE Matthews, S. B. Heymsfield	119
19	Effects of obesity on QT, RR, and QTc intervals 1995 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Dympna Gallagher, Ali Nawras, (unknown), Jorge Marx Gómez, David B. Allison, Jonathan S. Steinberg, (unknown), Roy C. Blank, Steven B. Heymsfield	98
20	The calorie: myth, measurement, and reality 1995 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·S. B. Heymsfield, (unknown), (unknown), Dympna Gallagher, Carla Wolper, David B. Allison	42

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