Ling Han

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Ling Han is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Han has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 31 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 29 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ling Han's work include Frailty in Older Adults (38 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (23 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (21 papers). Ling Han is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (38 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (23 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (21 papers). Ling Han collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Ling Han's co-authors include Heather Allore, Thomas M. Gill, Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Martín G. Cole, Jane McCusker, Nandini Dendukuri, Joseph V. Agostini, Mary E. Tinetti, Linda Leo‐Summers and Michał Abrahamowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Ling Han

122 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Transitions Between Frailty States Among Community-Living Older Persons

2006 831 citations Thomas M. Gill, Evelyne A. Gahbauer et al. profile →
Trajectories of Disability in the Last Year of Life

2010 632 citations Thomas M. Gill, Evelyne A. Gahbauer et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ling Han United States	35	2.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.0k	977	131	5.7k
Johanne Monette Canada	34	1.8k 0.8×	745 0.6×	829 0.7×	672 0.6×	957 1.0×	100	5.2k
Torgeir Bruun Wyller Norway	48	1.7k 0.8×	994 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	550 0.5×	494 0.5×	219	6.4k
Barbara C. Van Munster Netherlands	40	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	527 0.5×	647 0.7×	218	5.9k
Sirpa Hartikainen Finland	40	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	383 0.3×	626 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	227	5.9k
Shelly L. Gray United States	43	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	451 0.4×	725 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	149	7.0k
Vasi Naganathan Australia	44	3.2k 1.5×	2.4k 2.0×	387 0.3×	769 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	278	8.5k
Sudeep S. Gill Canada	44	1.4k 0.6×	610 0.5×	482 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	741 0.8×	155	6.6k
Jayna Holroyd‐Leduc Canada	40	847 0.4×	619 0.5×	470 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	591 0.6×	187	5.7k
Donna M. Fick United States	33	2.5k 1.2×	308 0.3×	2.1k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	132	6.2k
Linda Leo‐Summers United States	37	1.8k 0.8×	667 0.6×	3.8k 3.3×	1.4k 1.3×	454 0.5×	103	10.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Han

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Han

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Han

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ling Han. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ling Han based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ling Han. Ling Han is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dagnew, Alemnew F., Ling Han, Kogieleum Naidoo, et al.. (2025). Safety and immunogenicity of investigational tuberculosis vaccine M72/AS01E–4 in people living with HIV in South Africa: an observer-blinded, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial. The Lancet HIV. 12(8). e546–e555. 2 indexed citations

Gu, Yingchun, et al.. (2025). The effect of Tai Chi on plasma homocysteine in 1176 adults: a propensity score matching-based study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 25(1). 61–61.

Han, Ling, et al.. (2024). Does the household clean energy transition benefit the mental health of the elderly in rural China? Evidence from China health and retirement longitudinal study. Environment International. 195. 109186–109186. 4 indexed citations

Han, Ling, et al.. (2024). Impact of complementary health approaches on opioid prescriptions among veterans with musculoskeletal disorders – A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Pain. 26. 104695–104695.

Liu, Xiaoting, Chenxi Li, Xingqi Cao, et al.. (2024). Functional disability and receipt of informal care among Chinese adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Experimental Gerontology. 194. 112490–112490. 1 indexed citations

Gill, Thomas M., Ling Han, Terrence E. Murphy, et al.. (2023). Distressing symptoms after major surgery among community‐living older persons. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(8). 2430–2440. 2 indexed citations

Hwang, Ula, et al.. (2023). Dissemination and implementation of age‐friendly care and geriatric emergency department accreditation at Veterans Affairs hospitals. Academic Emergency Medicine. 30(4). 270–277. 12 indexed citations

Presley, Carolyn J., Ling Han, Pamela R. Soulos, et al.. (2022). Aggressive End-of-Life Care in the Veterans Health Administration versus Fee-for-Service Medicare among Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(6). 932–939. 2 indexed citations

Higgins, Diana M., Ling Han, Robert D. Kerns, et al.. (2022). Risk Factors Associated with Healthcare Utilization for Spine Pain. Pain Medicine. 23(8). 1423–1433.

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Luther, Stephen L., Ling Han, Steven K. Dobscha, et al.. (2021). Measuring pain care quality in the Veterans Health Administration primary care setting. Pain. 163(6). e715–e724. 7 indexed citations

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Gill, Thomas M., Ling Han, Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Linda Leo‐Summers, & Terrence E. Murphy. (2020). Risk Factors and Precipitants of Severe Disability Among Community-Living Older Persons. JAMA Network Open. 3(6). e206021–e206021. 26 indexed citations

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Gill, Thomas M., Terrence E. Murphy, Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Linda Leo‐Summers, & Ling Han. (2020). Factors Associated With Insidious and Noninsidious Disability. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(11). 2125–2129. 4 indexed citations

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Han, Ling, et al.. (2019). Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 698–698. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Zuyun, Ling Han, Qiushi Feng, et al.. (2019). Are China’s oldest-old living longer with less disability? A longitudinal modeling analysis of birth cohorts born 10 years apart. BMC Medicine. 17(1). 23–23. 35 indexed citations

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Han, Ling, Thomas M. Gill, Bobby L. Jones, & Heather Allore. (2015). Cognitive Aging Trajectories and Burdens of Disability, Hospitalization and Nursing Home Admission Among Community-living Older Persons. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 71(6). 766–771. 56 indexed citations

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Gu, Shuangshuang, Ling Han, Jin Li, Qi Ming Li, & Jian Qian. (2014). Safety of early nadroparin for prevention deep vein thrombosis in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. 22(12). 902–906. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Ling, Heather Allore, Terrence E. Murphy, et al.. (2013). Dynamics of functional aging based on latent-class trajectories of activities of daily living. Annals of Epidemiology. 23(2). 87–92. 49 indexed citations

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Gill, Thomas M., Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Haiqun Lin, Ling Han, & Heather Allore. (2013). Comparisons Between Older Men and Women in the Trajectory and Burden of Disability Over the Course of Nearly 14 Years. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 14(4). 280–286. 64 indexed citations

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Gill, Thomas M., Evelyne A. Gahbauer, Ling Han, & Heather Allore. (2010). Trajectories of Disability in the Last Year of Life. New England Journal of Medicine. 362(13). 1173–1180. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Inouye, Sharon K., Ying Zhang, Ling Han, et al.. (2006). Recoverable cognitive dysfunction at hospital admission in older persons during acute illness. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 21(12). 1276–1281. 66 indexed citations

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