Jean Woo

100.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
998 papers, 43.1k citations indexed

About

Jean Woo is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Woo has authored 998 papers receiving a total of 43.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 270 papers in Physiology, 182 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 134 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Jean Woo's work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (175 papers), Frailty in Older Adults (113 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (101 papers). Jean Woo is often cited by papers focused on Nutrition and Health in Aging (175 papers), Frailty in Older Adults (113 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (101 papers). Jean Woo collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Jean Woo's co-authors include Jason Leung, Timothy Kwok, Suzanne C. Ho, Ruth Chan, Ruby Yu, A. Sham, Ping‐Chung Leung, Diana Lee, John E. Morley and Elsie Hui and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Jean Woo

984 papers receiving 41.6k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of and interve... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2014 2019 2008 2020 2015 400 800 1.2k
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. Prevalence of and interventions for sarcopenia in ageing adults: a systematic review. Report of the International Sarcopenia Initiative (EWGSOP and IWGS)
    2014 1.5k citations Jean Woo et al. profile →
  2. Management of frailty: opportunities, challenges, and future directions
    2019 1.0k citations Jean Woo et al. profile →
  3. Sarcopenia: Its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives
    2008 759 citations Jean Woo et al. The journal of nutrition health & aging profile →
  4. Traumatic Brain Injury
    2020 568 citations Jean Woo et al. profile →
  5. An International Definition for “Nursing Home”
    2015 312 citations Jean Woo et al. profile →
  6. Malnutrition in older adults
    2023 228 citations Jean Woo et al. profile →
  7. Health outcomes of sarcopenia: a consensus report by the outcome working group of the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS)
    2025 21 citations Jean Woo et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jean Woo 12.9k 6.6k 6.3k 6.1k 4.6k 998 43.1k
Robert B. Wallace 11.7k 0.9× 7.2k 1.1× 6.1k 1.0× 6.0k 1.0× 5.3k 1.2× 729 57.2k
Marjolein Visser 28.6k 2.2× 7.3k 1.1× 6.8k 1.1× 8.4k 1.4× 2.1k 0.5× 661 56.1k
Stephen B. Kritchevsky 26.0k 2.0× 5.2k 0.8× 8.3k 1.3× 6.1k 1.0× 2.0k 0.4× 636 52.7k
Robert G. Cumming 5.2k 0.4× 4.5k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 3.7k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 502 32.1k
Gregory L. Burke 13.6k 1.1× 5.8k 0.9× 11.3k 1.8× 5.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.7× 347 57.6k
Matteo Cesari 20.3k 1.6× 3.6k 0.6× 14.8k 2.4× 3.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 555 39.4k
Brendon Stubbs 14.8k 1.1× 3.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 6.7k 1.1× 4.7k 1.0× 815 47.7k
Nicola Veronese 9.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.4× 4.3k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 704 29.8k
Andrea Z. LaCroix 6.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 2.4k 0.4× 4.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.6× 550 27.7k
Kristine E. Ensrud 11.4k 0.9× 4.5k 0.7× 5.3k 0.9× 3.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.4× 622 56.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jean Woo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean Woo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Ruby, et al.. (2024). Using cardiorespiratory fitness to operationalize vitality: a path analysis on the hierarchical structure of intrinsic capacity. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 28(8). 100300–100300. 2 indexed citations
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Cheung, Denise Shuk Ting, Mu‐Hsing Ho, Pui Hing Chau, et al.. (2024). Screening for Frailty Using the FRAIL Scale in Older Cancer Survivors: A Cross-sectional Comparison With the Fried Phenotype. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 40(2). 151617–151617. 5 indexed citations
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Woo, Jean, et al.. (2024). Implementing Aging in Place in Hong Kong: Meeting the Needs and Aspirations of Older Adults and Their Caregivers Living in Private Housing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(3). 348–348. 2 indexed citations
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Chung, Roger Yat‐Nork, Siu‐Ming Chan, Gary Ka-Ki Chung, et al.. (2023). Experience of South and Southeast Asian minority women in Hong Kong during COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. International Journal for Equity in Health. 22(1). 110–110. 1 indexed citations
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Ho, Janice, Eric T C Lai, Pui Hing Chau, Ka Chun Chong, & Jean Woo. (2023). The role of older adult-focused social vulnerability on the relationship between temperature and emergency department attendance in a subtropical Asian city. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 117. 105195–105195. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Ruby, Grace Leung, Chun Hung Cheng, et al.. (2023). Moving towards the ICOPE Approach: Evaluation of Community-Based Intervention Activities on Improving Intrinsic Capacity. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 27(11). 1028–1037. 5 indexed citations
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Chung, Gary Ka-Ki, Michael Marmot, Siu‐Ming Chan, et al.. (2023). Secular trends of life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy at age 65 and associated gender and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in Hong Kong: a serial cross-sectional study between 2007 and 2020. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 41. 100909–100909. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Peipei, Dexing Zhang, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Social Isolation on Sarcopenia: A Longitudinal Study among the Middle-Aged and Older Population in China. Gerontology. 69(6). 748–756. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weisen, Chaoqiang Jiang, Yali Jin, et al.. (2022). Low-Carbohydrate Diets and Mortality in Older Asian People: A 15-Year Follow-Up from a Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients. 14(7). 1406–1406. 10 indexed citations
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Chan, Siu‐Ming, Linda C. W. Lam, Se‐Fong Hung, et al.. (2022). Inequalities in Psychiatric Morbidity in Hong Kong and Strategies for Mitigation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(12). 7095–7095. 4 indexed citations
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Ling, Suk, Junyi Wu, Ruth Chan, et al.. (2021). Peripheral Blood T Cell Gene Expression Responses to Exercise and HMB in Sarcopenia. Nutrients. 13(7). 2313–2313. 14 indexed citations
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Leung, Wilson Kin Chung, Yijian Yang, Stanley Sai‐chuen Hui, & Jean Woo. (2021). Mind-Body Health Benefits of Traditional Chinese Qigong on Women: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2021. 1–16. 18 indexed citations
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Woo, Jean, et al.. (2020). Poster. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 9(S1). 46–179. 1 indexed citations
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Chau, Pui Hing, Paul Yip, Eric H. Y. Lau, et al.. (2020). Hot Weather and Suicide Deaths among Older Adults in Hong Kong, 1976–2014: A Retrospective Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(10). 3449–3449. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaobo, Josep Lupón, María Teresa Vidán, et al.. (2018). Impact of Frailty on Mortality and Hospitalization in Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 7(23). e008251–e008251. 179 indexed citations
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Suggs, L. Suzanne, Míkel Izquierdo, René Rizzoli, et al.. (2018). Be He@lthy - Be Mobile (A handbook on how to implement mAgeing). Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 4 indexed citations
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Wong, William Chi Wai, Eliza Lai‐Yi Wong, Han Li, et al.. (2012). Isoflavones in Treating Watchful Waiting Benign Prostate Hyperplasia: A Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 18(1). 54–60. 22 indexed citations
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Chung, Vincent CH, et al.. (2007). Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13(3). 361–368. 79 indexed citations
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Kwok, Timothy, et al.. (1999). Hospital Readmission among Older Medical Patients in Hong Kong. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 33(2). 153–156. 38 indexed citations

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