Klodian Dhana

23.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
111 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Klodian Dhana is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Klodian Dhana has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 40 papers in Physiology and 26 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Klodian Dhana's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (46 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (26 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (21 papers). Klodian Dhana is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (46 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (26 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (21 papers). Klodian Dhana collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Klodian Dhana's co-authors include Oscar H. Franco, Xiaoran Liu, Maryam Kavousi, Josje D. Schoufour, Albert Hofman, M. Arfan Ikram, Chantal M. Koolhaas, Walter C. Willett, Kumar B. Rajan and Denis A. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Klodian Dhana

104 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population

2018 559 citations Yanping Li, An Pan et al. Circulation profile →
Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study

2020 397 citations Yanping Li, Dong D. Wang et al. profile →
Trial of the MIND Diet for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Older Persons

2023 159 citations Lisa L. Barnes, Klodian Dhana et al. profile →
Association of Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay and Mediterranean Diets With Alzheimer Disease Pathology

2023 96 citations Puja Agarwal, Neelum T. Aggarwal et al. Neurology profile →
Association of the Mediterranean Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet With the Risk of Dementia

2023 78 citations Hui Chen, Klodian Dhana et al. JAMA Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klodian Dhana United States	36	1.5k	1.3k	530	522	506	111	4.4k
Donald M. Lyall United Kingdom	39	974 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	327 0.6×	314 0.6×	738 1.5×	118	4.9k
Thomas J. Littlejohns United Kingdom	20	899 0.6×	978 0.7×	347 0.7×	385 0.7×	506 1.0×	55	4.6k
Olivia I. Okereke United States	45	1.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	645 1.2×	418 0.8×	780 1.5×	174	6.8k
Trudy Voortman Netherlands	42	2.1k 1.5×	1.8k 1.4×	271 0.5×	909 1.7×	325 0.6×	242	6.3k
Yu Guo China	36	943 0.6×	861 0.7×	610 1.2×	440 0.8×	685 1.4×	174	4.7k
Annette L. Fitzpatrick United States	42	988 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	300 0.6×	539 1.0×	984 1.9×	190	6.5k
Yao He China	33	704 0.5×	977 0.7×	286 0.5×	376 0.7×	552 1.1×	254	3.9k
Natasja M. van Schoor Netherlands	55	1.3k 0.9×	2.6k 2.0×	337 0.6×	867 1.7×	397 0.8×	239	10.6k
Candyce H. Kroenke United States	53	1.3k 0.9×	3.2k 2.5×	303 0.6×	791 1.5×	904 1.8×	152	9.2k
Hsing‐Yi Chang Taiwan	36	1.2k 0.8×	993 0.8×	143 0.3×	375 0.7×	520 1.0×	168	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Klodian Dhana

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Chen, Hui, Klodian Dhana, Puja Agarwal, et al.. (2025). Sweetened Beverages and Incident All-Cause Dementia Among Older Adults. JAMA Psychiatry. 82(8). 801–801. 1 indexed citations

Ng, Ted Kheng Siang, Todd Beck, Kyle Dennis, et al.. (2025). Social isolation, loneliness, and their joint effects on cognitive decline and incident Alzheimer's disease: Findings from the Chicago health and aging project. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 12(3). 100046–100046. 1 indexed citations

DeCarli, Charles, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular Health and Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease in Older Adults. JAMA Network Open. 8(3). e250527–e250527. 2 indexed citations

Desai, Pankaja, Ted Kheng Siang Ng, Kristin R. Krueger, et al.. (2025). The Social Vulnerability Index and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in a Population-Based Sample of Older Adults. Neurology. 104(8). e213464–e213464. 2 indexed citations

DeCarli, Charles, Klodian Dhana, Pankaja Desai, et al.. (2025). Impact of kidney function on biomarkers of neurodegeneration, white matter hyperintensities, and cognition in older adults. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(10). e70397–e70397.

Du, Mengxi, Lu Wang, Nerea Martín‐Calvo, et al.. (2024). Ultraprocessed food intake and body mass index change among youths: a prospective cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(4). 836–845. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoran, Todd Beck, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2024). Dietary fats and the APOE-e4 risk allele in relation to cognitive decline: a longitudinal investigation in a biracial population sample. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 28(5). 100211–100211. 4 indexed citations

Ng, Ted Kheng Siang, et al.. (2024). Prospective Associations of Interleukin‐6 and APOE 4 Allele with Cognitive Decline in Biracial Community‐dwelling Older Adults: the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP). Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S2). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Hui, Klodian Dhana, Yuhui Huang, et al.. (2023). Association of the Mediterranean Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet With the Risk of Dementia. JAMA Psychiatry. 80(6). 630–630. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiaoran, Carrie J. Finno, Todd Beck, et al.. (2023). Association of Vitamin E and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with and without the APOEɛ4 Allele: A Biracial Population-Based Community Study. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 96(3). 1129–1138. 2 indexed citations

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Halloway, Shannon, Denis A. Evans, Pankaja Desai, et al.. (2023). Serum total tau, neurofilament light, and glial fibrillary acidic protein are associated with mortality in a population study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(1). 149–159. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Todd Beck, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2023). Association of Whole Grain Consumption and Cognitive Decline. Neurology. 101(22). e2277–e2287. 8 indexed citations

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DeCarli, Charles, Kristin R. Krueger, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2023). White matter hyperintensity, neurofilament light chain, and cognitive decline. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S3). 1 indexed citations

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DeCarli, Charles, Neelum T. Aggarwal, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2023). Serum neurofilament light chain, brain infarcts, and the risk of stroke: a prospective population-based cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 38(4). 427–434. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Klodian Dhana, Lisa L. Barnes, et al.. (2022). A healthy plant-based diet was associated with slower cognitive decline in African American older adults: a biracial community-based cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(4). 875–886. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoran, Klodian Dhana, Jeremy D. Furtado, et al.. (2021). Higher circulating α-carotene was associated with better cognitive function: an evaluation among the MIND trial participants. Journal of Nutritional Science. 10. e64–e64. 25 indexed citations

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Han, Han, Yaying Cao, Chengwu Feng, et al.. (2021). Association of a Healthy Lifestyle With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study in UK Biobank. Diabetes Care. 45(2). 319–329. 161 indexed citations

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Li, Yanping, An Pan, Dong D. Wang, et al.. (2018). Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population. Circulation. 138(4). 345–355. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dhana, Klodian, Joost van Rosmalen, Dorte Vistisen, et al.. (2016). Trajectories of body mass index before the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: a latent class trajectory analysis. European Journal of Epidemiology. 31(6). 583–592. 39 indexed citations

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Dijk, Gabriella M. van, Verônica Colpani, Klodian Dhana, et al.. (2014). The association between vasomotor symptoms and metabolic health in peri- and postmenopausal women: A systematic review. Maturitas. 80(2). 140–147. 38 indexed citations

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