Kate A. Ward

12.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
264 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Kate A. Ward is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate A. Ward has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 65 papers in Physiology and 41 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kate A. Ward's work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (97 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (44 papers) and Body Composition Measurement Techniques (30 papers). Kate A. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Bone health and osteoporosis research (97 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (44 papers) and Body Composition Measurement Techniques (30 papers). Kate A. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Gambia. Kate A. Ward's co-authors include Judith E. Adams, Ann Prentice, J.E. Adams, Cyrus Cooper, Zulf Mughal, Elaine Dennison, Sonia Liff, Landing Jarjou, Nicola Crabtree and S. A. Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kate A. Ward

250 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Interpretation and Reporting in Children and Adolescents: The 2007 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions

2008 592 citations Ghada El‐Hajj Fuleihan, Kate A. Ward et al. profile →
Critical windows for nutritional interventions against stunting

2013 371 citations Andrew M. Prentice, Kate A. Ward et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
Nutrition in adolescent growth and development

2021 263 citations Shane A. Norris, Caroline Fall et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kate A. Ward United Kingdom	40	2.4k	1.5k	1.0k	933	862	264	6.7k
Tania Winzenberg Australia	44	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	875 0.9×	465 0.5×	242	7.4k
Peter Schwarz Denmark	42	1.4k 0.6×	923 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	626 0.7×	843 1.0×	241	5.7k
John Μ. Pettifor South Africa	49	1.6k 0.7×	812 0.5×	636 0.6×	1.8k 2.0×	835 1.0×	284	7.9k
Seppo Saarikoski Finland	56	1.8k 0.8×	566 0.4×	1.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	2.0k 2.4×	259	8.8k
Vin Tangpricha United States	63	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	2.3k 2.5×	1.1k 1.3×	281	15.8k
Steven Grinspoon United States	84	1.5k 0.6×	3.5k 2.3×	2.7k 2.6×	1.4k 1.5×	3.7k 4.3×	370	24.9k
Martin den Heijer Netherlands	64	496 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	2.5k 2.4×	1.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	371	16.2k
Virginia A. Stallings United States	59	747 0.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	3.0k 3.2×	1.4k 1.6×	278	12.2k
Sarah Crozier United Kingdom	43	751 0.3×	894 0.6×	420 0.4×	2.9k 3.1×	909 1.1×	160	7.4k
Andrea Kelly United States	38	443 0.2×	748 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	606 0.6×	358 0.4×	162	4.6k

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Burton, Anya, Joseph Chipanga, Samuel Hawley, et al.. (2025). Age- and sex-specific incidence rates and future projections for hip fractures in Zimbabwe. BMJ Global Health. 10(1). e017365–e017365. 2 indexed citations

Ward, Kate A., Amy MacDougall, Nuredin Mohammed, et al.. (2025). The association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone in adolescents living with HIV in southern Africa: a cross-sectional study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 133(7). 885–891.

Manyara, Anthony Muchai, et al.. (2025). Nutrition Outcomes and Interventions in Older People in Africa: A Systematic Umbrella and Scoping Review. Nutrition Reviews.

Westbury, Leo D., Ilse Bloom, Jean Zhang, et al.. (2024). General self-efficacy, not musculoskeletal health, was associated with social isolation and loneliness in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(1). 20–20. 2 indexed citations

Moon, Rebecca J, Elizabeth Curtis, Kate A. Ward, et al.. (2024). Pregnancy vitamin D supplementation and offspring bone mineral density in childhood follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(5). 1134–1142. 4 indexed citations

Westbury, Leo D., et al.. (2024). Diet quality from mid-life and body composition in older age: findings from a British birth cohort. British Journal Of Nutrition. 133(2). 262–268. 1 indexed citations

Manyara, Anthony Muchai, Anya Burton, Joseph Chipanga, et al.. (2024). Prevalence, factors and quality of life associated with frailty and pre‐frailty in middle‐aged and older adults living with HIV in Zimbabwe: A cross‐sectional study. HIV Medicine. 26(1). 153–165. 1 indexed citations

Shearer, Freya M., James M. McCaw, Gerard E. Ryan, et al.. (2024). Estimating the impact of test–trace–isolate–quarantine systems on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Australia. Epidemics. 47. 100764–100764. 3 indexed citations

Harvey, Nicholas C., Kate A. Ward, D. Agnusdei, et al.. (2024). Optimisation of vitamin D status in global populations. Osteoporosis International. 35(8). 1313–1322. 12 indexed citations

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Manyara, Anthony Muchai, et al.. (2024). Types, design, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition interventions in older people in Africa: A scoping review protocol. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0313036–e0313036. 2 indexed citations

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Ward, Kate A., Landing Jarjou, Camille Parsons, et al.. (2024). Vertebral fracture prevalence and risk factors for fracture in The Gambia, West Africa: the Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 40(1). 50–58.

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Kehoe, Sarah H, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Lisa J. Ware, et al.. (2021). Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition: data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) pilot survey in urban Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition. 24(7). 1629–1637. 25 indexed citations

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Candler, Toby, Noah J. Kessler, Chathura Gunasekara, et al.. (2021). DNA methylation at a nutritionally sensitive region of the PAX8 gene is associated with thyroid volume and function in Gambian children. Science Advances. 7(45). eabj1561–eabj1561. 10 indexed citations

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Hardy‐Johnson, Polly, Sarah H Kehoe, Landing Jarjou, et al.. (2020). Exploring influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural Gambia, West Africa: food insecurity, culture and the natural environment. Public Health Nutrition. 24(16). 5277–5287. 13 indexed citations

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Hamill, Matthew M., John Μ. Pettifor, Kate A. Ward, Shane A. Norris, & Ann Prentice. (2020). Bone Mineral Density, Body Composition, and Mineral Homeostasis Over 24 Months in Urban South African Women With HIV Exposed to Antiretroviral Therapy. JBMR Plus. 4(5). e10343–e10343. 11 indexed citations

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Barker, Mary, Polly Hardy‐Johnson, Susie Weller, et al.. (2020). How do we improve adolescent diet and physical activity in India and sub-Saharan Africa? Findings from the Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition (TALENT) consortium. Public Health Nutrition. 24(16). 5309–5317. 6 indexed citations

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Zengin, Ayse, Stephen R. Pye, Michael J. Cook, et al.. (2016). Ethnic differences in bone geometry between White, Black and South Asian men in the UK. Bone. 91. 180–185. 51 indexed citations

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Mughal, Zulf, Manu R. Sood, Kate A. Ward, & Judith E. Adams. (2006). Pathogenesis of bone disease in cystic fibrosis: the role of bone size and sarcopenia.. PubMed. 99 Suppl 46. 2–5. 3 indexed citations

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Ward, Kate A., et al.. (2004). Low Magnitude Mechanical Loading Is Osteogenic in Children With Disabling Conditions. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 19(3). 360–369. 333 indexed citations

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Ward, Kate A.. (1994). Retrofitting old turbomachinery with vibration monitors. Hydrocarbon processing. 73(1). 49–51. 1 indexed citations

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