Maria T. Vassileva

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Maria T. Vassileva is a scholar working on Physiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria T. Vassileva has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 5 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Maria T. Vassileva's work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (7 papers), Body Composition Measurement Techniques (6 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (5 papers). Maria T. Vassileva is often cited by papers focused on Nutrition and Health in Aging (7 papers), Body Composition Measurement Techniques (6 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (5 papers). Maria T. Vassileva collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Maria T. Vassileva's co-authors include Stephanie A. Studenski, Michelle Shardell, Maren S. Fragala, Jack M. Guralnik, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Peggy M. Cawthon, Rose Anne Kenny, Douglas P. Kiel, Robert R. McLean and Dawn E. Alley and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes Care, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Maria T. Vassileva

16 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates

2014 1.8k citations Stephanie A. Studenski, Katherine W. Peters et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness

2014 410 citations Dawn E. Alley, Michelle Shardell et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria T. Vassileva United States	14	3.0k	1.2k	408	368	357	16	3.6k
W.M.C. Chumlea United States	10	1.6k 0.5×	626 0.5×	316 0.8×	216 0.6×	300 0.8×	15	2.2k
Fran Tylavsky United States	21	1.6k 0.5×	350 0.3×	247 0.6×	232 0.6×	416 1.2×	35	2.6k
Vincenzo Malafarina Spain	16	1.2k 0.4×	598 0.5×	150 0.4×	544 1.5×	225 0.6×	28	2.0k
Maryam Pourhassan Germany	23	1.3k 0.4×	268 0.2×	140 0.3×	248 0.7×	301 0.8×	67	1.9k
Akbar Soltani Iran	22	903 0.3×	240 0.2×	158 0.4×	439 1.2×	313 0.9×	114	2.4k
María D. Ballesteros‐Pomar Spain	25	1.2k 0.4×	269 0.2×	117 0.3×	515 1.4×	192 0.5×	183	2.0k
Margaret‐Mary G. Wilson United States	12	1.3k 0.4×	377 0.3×	232 0.6×	159 0.4×	302 0.8×	20	1.9k
Reina Armamento‐Villareal United States	31	1.6k 0.5×	200 0.2×	106 0.3×	400 1.1×	414 1.2×	82	3.7k
Gladys Barrera Chile	21	784 0.3×	181 0.2×	143 0.4×	217 0.6×	146 0.4×	62	1.5k
Takashi Higashiguchi Japan	23	1.9k 0.6×	461 0.4×	136 0.3×	1.4k 3.9×	147 0.4×	92	3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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16 of 16 papers shown

Fragala, Maren S., Dawn E. Alley, Michelle Shardell, et al.. (2016). Comparison of Handgrip and Leg Extension Strength in Predicting Slow Gait Speed in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 64(1). 144–150. 106 indexed citations

Shankar, Sudha S., Adrian Vella, Ralph Raymond, et al.. (2016). Standardized Mixed-Meal Tolerance and Arginine Stimulation Tests Provide Reproducible and Complementary Measures of β-Cell Function: Results From the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium Investigative Series. Diabetes Care. 39(9). 1602–1613. 44 indexed citations

Studenski, Stephanie A., Katherine W. Peters, Dawn E. Alley, et al.. (2014). The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 547–558. 1801 indexed citations breakdown →

Fragala, Maren S., Thuy-Tien L. Dam, James O. Judge, et al.. (2014). Strength and Function Response to Clinical Interventions of Older Women Categorized by Weakness and Low Lean Mass Using Classifications From the Foundation for the National Institute of Health Sarcopenia Project. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 70(2). 202–209. 42 indexed citations

McLean, Robert R., Michelle Shardell, Dawn E. Alley, et al.. (2014). Criteria for Clinically Relevant Weakness and Low Lean Mass and Their Longitudinal Association With Incident Mobility Impairment and Mortality: The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Sarcopenia Project. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 576–583. 352 indexed citations

Cawthon, Peggy M., Katherine W. Peters, Michelle Shardell, et al.. (2014). Cutpoints for Low Appendicular Lean Mass That Identify Older Adults With Clinically Significant Weakness. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 567–575. 295 indexed citations

Alley, Dawn E., Michelle Shardell, Katherine W. Peters, et al.. (2014). Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 559–566. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

Robertson, R. Paul, Ralph Raymond, Douglas S. Lee, et al.. (2014). Arginine is preferred to glucagon for stimulation testing of β-cell function. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 307(8). E720–E727. 34 indexed citations

Dam, T.-T. L., Katherine W. Peters, Maren S. Fragala, et al.. (2014). An Evidence-Based Comparison of Operational Criteria for the Presence of Sarcopenia. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(5). 584–590. 285 indexed citations

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Sun, Jie, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Niranjan Balu, et al.. (2014). Carotid magnetic resonance imaging for monitoring atherosclerotic plaque progression: a multicenter reproducibility study. International journal of cardiac imaging. 31(1). 95–103. 47 indexed citations

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Hentges, Eric, et al.. (2013). Public-Private Partnerships: The Evolving Role of Industry Funding in Nutrition Research. Advances in Nutrition. 4(5). 570–572. 4 indexed citations

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Fryburg, David A. & Maria T. Vassileva. (2011). Atherosclerosis Drug Development in Jeopardy: The Need for Predictive Biomarkers of Treatment Response. Science Translational Medicine. 3(72). 72cm6–72cm6. 11 indexed citations

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Wagner, John A., Melvin Prince, Elizabeth C. Wright, et al.. (2010). The Biomarkers Consortium: Practice and Pitfalls of Open-Source Precompetitive Collaboration. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 87(5). 539–542. 32 indexed citations

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Wagner, John A., Elizabeth C. Wright, Marguerite Ennis, et al.. (2009). Utility of Adiponectin as a Biomarker Predictive of Glycemic Efficacy Is Demonstrated by Collaborative Pooling of Data From Clinical Trials Conducted by Multiple Sponsors. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 86(6). 619–625. 22 indexed citations

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Vassileva, Maria T., Keizo Torii, Akira Okamoto, et al.. (2007). A New Phylogenetic Cluster of Cereulide-Producing Bacillus cereus Strains. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(4). 1274–1277. 39 indexed citations

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Vassileva, Maria T., Keizo Torii, Akira Okamoto, et al.. (2006). Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacillus cereus Isolates from Severe Systemic Infections Using Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme. Microbiology and Immunology. 50(9). 743–749. 31 indexed citations

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