Kenneth Lam

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 883 citations indexed

About

Kenneth Lam is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Demography and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Lam has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 883 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in General Health Professions, 7 papers in Demography and 4 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Lam's work include Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (7 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (4 papers). Kenneth Lam is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (7 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (4 papers). Kenneth Lam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Kenneth Lam's co-authors include Kenneth E. Covinsky, Ying Shi, Amy D. Lu, Ana Mariá López, Ramya Thota, Paula A. Rochon, Nathan M. Stall, Susan E. Bronskill, Andrea Gruneir and Lisa McCarthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, The Gerontologist and JAMA Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Lam

21 papers receiving 870 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.

Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 437 citations Kenneth Lam, Amy D. Lu et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Lam United States	11	402	350	209	116	85	22	883
Cristina C. Hendrix United States	16	314 0.8×	472 1.3×	142 0.7×	43 0.4×	61 0.7×	61	979
Margaret Gradison United States	14	250 0.6×	336 1.0×	155 0.7×	45 0.4×	45 0.5×	22	858
Elizabeth L. Ciemins United States	16	377 0.9×	287 0.8×	99 0.5×	137 1.2×	22 0.3×	55	872
Ai Oishi United Kingdom	9	340 0.8×	364 1.0×	78 0.4×	32 0.3×	45 0.5×	17	802
Michael B. Potter United States	22	365 0.9×	547 1.6×	584 2.8×	218 1.9×	111 1.3×	66	1.8k
Annamay Snyder United States	4	186 0.5×	816 2.3×	113 0.5×	99 0.9×	34 0.4×	7	1.2k
Vichithranie Madurasinghe United Kingdom	13	282 0.7×	225 0.6×	62 0.3×	31 0.3×	51 0.6×	28	1.3k
Miguel Ruíz-Ramos Spain	14	353 0.9×	288 0.8×	51 0.2×	82 0.7×	38 0.4×	28	759
Anne Tomolo United States	17	275 0.7×	443 1.3×	57 0.3×	136 1.2×	27 0.3×	30	1.1k
John Chuo United States	17	393 1.0×	300 0.9×	149 0.7×	39 0.3×	32 0.4×	59	1.0k

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Tsai, Jack, et al.. (2025). Developing an Intervention to Enhance Aging in Place for Older Veterans Living in Permanent Supportive Housing. The Gerontologist. 65(5).

Lam, Kenneth, James D. Harrison, W. James Deardorff, et al.. (2025). “Nobody Can Be Equipped for This”: Advice From New Residents of Long‐Term Care Facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73(5). 1506–1516. 1 indexed citations

Lam, Kenneth, et al.. (2024). Long‐term outcomes after rehabilitation in Medicare Advantage and fee‐for‐service beneficiaries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(6). 1697–1706. 1 indexed citations

Lam, Kenneth, Irena Cenzer, Cari Levy, et al.. (2023). The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry. JAMA Internal Medicine. 183(12). 1295–1295. 5 indexed citations

Simning, Adam, et al.. (2023). Older Adults Receiving Rehabilitation Services Are More Likely to Get Bathing and Toileting Equipment Installed. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 77(1). 1 indexed citations

Lam, Kenneth, Irena Cenzer, & Kenneth E. Covinsky. (2022). Return to community living and mortality after moving to a long‐term care facility: A nationally representative cohort study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(2). 569–576. 4 indexed citations

Lam, Kenneth, Ying Shi, John Boscardin, & Kenneth E. Covinsky. (2021). Unmet Need for Equipment to Help With Bathing and Toileting Among Older US Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine. 181(5). 662–662. 19 indexed citations

Savage, Rachel, Susan E. Bronskill, Andrea Gruneir, et al.. (2021). Perspectives on ageing: a qualitative study of the expectations, priorities, needs and values of older people from two Canadian provinces. Age and Ageing. 50(5). 1811–1819. 10 indexed citations

Lam, Kenneth, et al.. (2021). How an Interdisciplinary Care Team Reduces Prolonged Admissions Among Older Patients with Complex Needs. NEJM Catalyst. 2(9). 2 indexed citations

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López, Ana Mariá, Kenneth Lam, & Ramya Thota. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators to Telemedicine: Can You Hear Me Now?. American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book. 41(41). 25–36. 110 indexed citations

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Savage, Rachel, Susan E. Bronskill, Xuesong Wang, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of a Common Prescribing Cascade of Calcium Channel Blockers and Diuretics in Older Adults With Hypertension. JAMA Internal Medicine. 180(5). 643–643. 79 indexed citations

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Lam, Kenneth, Amy D. Lu, Ying Shi, & Kenneth E. Covinsky. (2020). Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Internal Medicine. 180(10). 1389–1389. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Lynn, Kenneth Lam, Nathan M. Stall, et al.. (2020). Health Forums and Twitter for Dementia Research: Opportunities and Considerations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68(12). 2881–2889. 11 indexed citations

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Lega, Iliana C., Susan E. Bronskill, Michael A. Campitelli, et al.. (2019). Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and risk of genital mycotic and urinary tract infection: A population‐based study of older women and men with diabetes. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 21(11). 2394–2404. 122 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lynn, Wei Wu, Rachel Savage, et al.. (2019). P4‐401: DEMENTIA 2.0: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF TWITTER AND HEALTH FORUM DATA. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 15(7S_Part_28). 1 indexed citations

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Lam, Kenneth, Rachel Savage, Nathan M. Stall, et al.. (2019). Does Physician Retirement Affect Patients? A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68(3). 641–649. 13 indexed citations

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Lam, Kenneth, Howard Abrams, John Matelski, & Karen Okrainec. (2018). Factors associated with attendance at primary care appointments after discharge from hospital: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 6(4). E587–E593. 16 indexed citations

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Lam, Kenneth, et al.. (2018). The Top Articles in Geriatrics 2016–2017*. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 21(3). 210–217. 2 indexed citations

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Himmel, Megan E., Kenneth Lam, & Michael Fralick. (2016). Hemodialysis in a Healthy Patient—A Case of an Erroneous Laboratory Result. JAMA Internal Medicine. 176(4). 431–431. 2 indexed citations

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Lund, Adam, et al.. (2002). Disaster Medicine Online: evaluation of an online, modular, interactive, asynchronous curriculum. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 4(6). 408–413. 12 indexed citations

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