Mark Punyanitya

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Mark Punyanitya is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Punyanitya has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Physiology, 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mark Punyanitya's work include Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (9 papers), Body Composition Measurement Techniques (8 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers). Mark Punyanitya is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (9 papers), Body Composition Measurement Techniques (8 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers). Mark Punyanitya collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Sweden. Mark Punyanitya's co-authors include Wei Shen, Steven B. Heymsfield, Dympna Gallagher, Stanley Heshka, Jeanine Albu, ZiMian Wang, Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge, Thomas L. Kelly, Kevin E. Wilson and Julia H. Goedecke and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Mark Punyanitya

34 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Total body skeletal muscle and adipose tissue volumes: estimation from a single abdominal cross-sectional image

2004 1.3k citations Wei Shen, Mark Punyanitya et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Punyanitya United States	23	2.2k	730	543	532	517	35	3.8k
F. Leland Thaete United States	23	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.9×	762 1.4×	737 1.4×	43	5.2k
H.A.P. Pols Netherlands	20	484 0.2×	889 1.2×	339 0.6×	151 0.3×	407 0.8×	39	3.4k
Chiara Mussi Italy	34	597 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	386 0.7×	1.2k 2.2×	105 0.2×	110	4.3k
Diane Krueger United States	33	952 0.4×	694 1.0×	220 0.4×	89 0.2×	268 0.5×	130	4.1k
Elaine W Yu United States	30	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	279 0.5×	169 0.3×	702 1.4×	85	4.0k
E. M. C. Lau Hong Kong	29	813 0.4×	957 1.3×	220 0.4×	102 0.2×	119 0.2×	53	3.1k
Kevin E. Wilson United States	17	893 0.4×	371 0.5×	157 0.3×	272 0.5×	131 0.3×	23	2.0k
Yusuf Yeşil Türkiye	27	775 0.3×	255 0.3×	259 0.5×	141 0.3×	102 0.2×	64	2.0k
Faith D. Ottery United States	24	4.9k 2.2×	1.3k 1.7×	295 0.5×	142 0.3×	99 0.2×	75	6.6k
Steven M. Petak United States	29	671 0.3×	1.3k 1.7×	374 0.7×	300 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	51	5.1k

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Young, Peter W., David C. Ferris, Mariana Bucovsky, et al.. (2016). FRAILTY IN POSTMENOPAUSAL AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC HIV-INFECTED WOMEN. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 5(4). 1–5. 8 indexed citations

Shen, Wen‐Jun, Marie G. Gantz, Mark Punyanitya, et al.. (2012). MRI-measured pelvic bone marrow adipose tissue is inversely related to DXA-measured bone mineral in younger and older adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 66(9). 983–988. 97 indexed citations

Micklesfield, Lisa K., Julia H. Goedecke, Mark Punyanitya, Kevin E. Wilson, & Thomas L. Kelly. (2012). Dual‐Energy X‐Ray Performs as Well as Clinical Computed Tomography for the Measurement of Visceral Fat. Obesity. 20(5). 1109–1114. 284 indexed citations

Shen, Wei, et al.. (2012). A Single mri Slice Does Not Accurately Predict Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Changes During Weight Loss. Obesity. 20(12). 2458–2463. 69 indexed citations

Shen, Wei, Rebecca Scherzer, Madeleine Gantz, et al.. (2012). Relationship between MRI-Measured Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue and Hip and Spine Bone Mineral Density in African-American and Caucasian Participants: The CARDIA Study. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97(4). 1337–1346. 115 indexed citations

Scherzer, Rebecca, Wei Shen, Steven B. Heymsfield, et al.. (2010). Intermuscular Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Associations in HIV Infection. Obesity. 19(2). 283–291. 7 indexed citations

Shen, Wei, et al.. (2010). Between-slice intervals in quantification of adipose tissue and muscle in children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 6(2). 149–156. 13 indexed citations

Geer, Eliza B., Wei Shen, Dympna Gallagher, et al.. (2010). MRI assessment of lean and adipose tissue distribution in female patients with Cushing’s disease. Clinical Endocrinology. 73(4). 469–475. 58 indexed citations

Leibel, Natasha, Wei Shen, Xiangling Mao, et al.. (2009). Body Composition in Premature Adrenarche by Structural MRI, 'H MRS and DXA. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 22(4). 301–7. 3 indexed citations

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Sproule, Douglas M., Jacqueline Montes, Megan Montgomery, et al.. (2009). Increased fat mass and high incidence of overweight despite low body mass index in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 19(6). 391–396. 73 indexed citations

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Shen, Wei, Mark Punyanitya, Analiza M. Silva, et al.. (2009). Sexual dimorphism of adipose tissue distribution across the lifespan: a cross-sectional whole-body magnetic resonance imaging study. Nutrition & Metabolism. 6(1). 17–17. 110 indexed citations

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Scherzer, Rebecca, Wei Shen, Peter Bacchetti, et al.. (2008). Comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging–measured adipose tissue depots in HIV-infected and control subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88(4). 1088–1096. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhao, ZiMian Wang, Timothy G. Lohman, et al.. (2007). Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Is a Valid Tool for Assessing Skeletal Muscle Mass in Older Women ,. Journal of Nutrition. 137(12). 2775–2780. 148 indexed citations

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Shen, Wei, Mark Punyanitya, Jun Chen, et al.. (2006). Waist Circumference Correlates with Metabolic Syndrome Indicators Better Than Percentage Fat. Obesity. 14(4). 727–736. 215 indexed citations

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Shen, Wei, et al.. (2006). MRI-measured bone marrow adipose tissue is inversely related to DXA-measured bone mineral in Caucasian women. Osteoporosis International. 18(5). 641–647. 201 indexed citations

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Shen, Wei, Mark Punyanitya, ZiMian Wang, et al.. (2004). Visceral adipose tissue: relations between single-slice areas and total volume. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 80(2). 271–278. 277 indexed citations

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Shen, Wei, Mark Punyanitya, ZiMian Wang, et al.. (2004). Total body skeletal muscle and adipose tissue volumes: estimation from a single abdominal cross-sectional image. Journal of Applied Physiology. 97(6). 2333–2338. 1330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Wei, ZiMian Wang, Haiying Tang, et al.. (2003). Volume Estimates by Imaging Methods: Model Comparisons with Visible Woman as the Reference. Obesity Research. 11(2). 217–225. 60 indexed citations

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Shen, Wei, Xiangling Mao, Z. Wang, et al.. (2003). Measurement of intramyocellular lipid levels with 2-D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 1.5 T. Acta Diabetologica. 40(0). s51–s54. 9 indexed citations

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Nuñez, Carla Evelyn Coimbra, et al.. (2000). The Best Predictive Model for Estimating Fat‐free Mass. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 904(1). 333–334. 1 indexed citations

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