Megan Heffernan

1.5k total citations
29 papers, 570 citations indexed

About

Megan Heffernan is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Heffernan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 570 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Megan Heffernan's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (21 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (4 papers). Megan Heffernan is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (21 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (5 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (4 papers). Megan Heffernan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Norway. Megan Heffernan's co-authors include Henry Brodaty, Perminder S. Sachdev, Brian Draper, Nicole A. Kochan, Julian N. Trollor, Simone Reppermund, Melissa J. Slavin, David Yates, Rhona Beynon and Liesbeth Aerts and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Nutrients and British Journal Of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Megan Heffernan

26 papers receiving 559 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Megan Heffernan Australia 12 346 97 97 89 89 29 570
Kimberly Huber United States 9 397 1.1× 113 1.2× 51 0.5× 67 0.8× 129 1.4× 21 789
Matthew Niti Singapore 9 208 0.6× 135 1.4× 83 0.9× 136 1.5× 176 2.0× 9 779
Rosa Montesinos Peru 14 355 1.0× 71 0.7× 57 0.6× 58 0.7× 75 0.8× 75 575
Ciro Gaona Venezuela 6 317 0.9× 140 1.4× 46 0.5× 101 1.1× 94 1.1× 15 596
Robert A. Murden United States 8 337 1.0× 126 1.3× 88 0.9× 75 0.8× 82 0.9× 16 605
Mirjam Köhler Germany 10 277 0.8× 97 1.0× 61 0.6× 51 0.6× 101 1.1× 13 471
Joseph Breuer United States 8 313 0.9× 69 0.7× 66 0.7× 47 0.5× 124 1.4× 22 573
Derek Norton United States 16 298 0.9× 83 0.9× 28 0.3× 104 1.2× 169 1.9× 38 724
Sarah C. Marshall United States 7 419 1.2× 64 0.7× 62 0.6× 62 0.7× 111 1.2× 13 693
David Lira Peru 15 386 1.1× 91 0.9× 67 0.7× 61 0.7× 86 1.0× 47 601

Countries citing papers authored by Megan Heffernan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Megan Heffernan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan Heffernan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Megan Heffernan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Megan Heffernan 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 Megan Heffernan. Megan Heffernan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ku, Li‐Jung Elizabeth, Sophy Shih, Louisa Jorm, et al.. (2025). The cost-effectiveness of an online intervention to prevent dementia: Results from the Maintain Your Brain (MYB) randomised controlled trial. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 12(6). 100151–100151. 1 indexed citations
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Heffernan, Megan, et al.. (2024). Correlation Between Orofacial Pain and Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 17. 3287–3295. 1 indexed citations
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Brodaty, Henry, Michael Valenzuela, Maria A. Fiatarone Singh, et al.. (2023). Maintain Your Brain: outcomes of an online program to prevent cognitive decline with aging.. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S22). 1 indexed citations
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Heffernan, Megan, et al.. (2022). How Do We Define and Measure Health Equity? The State of Current Practice and Tools to Advance Health Equity. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 28(5). 570–577. 16 indexed citations
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Radd‐Vagenas, Sue, Yorgi Mavros, Victoria Flood, et al.. (2021). Nutrition Module design in Maintain Your Brain: an internet-based randomised controlled trial to prevent cognitive decline and dementia. British Journal Of Nutrition. 127(8). 1259–1268. 4 indexed citations
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Brodaty, Henry, Megan Heffernan, Kaarin J. Anstey, et al.. (2021). Maintain Your Brain trial: Early findings and lessons learned from adherence and compliance data. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 17(S10).
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Brodaty, Henry, Megan Heffernan, Gavin Andrews, et al.. (2020). Internet based multicomponent interventions to prevent cognitive decline: The Maintain Your Brain trial. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 16(S10). 1 indexed citations
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Heffernan, Megan, Anthony Maeder, Michael Valenzuela, et al.. (2020). Fully-Online, Interoperable Clinical Trial Management System for Multi-Interventional RCT: Maintain Your Brain Digital Platform. Studies in health technology and informatics. 268. 97–112. 3 indexed citations
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Walton, Courtney C., Amit Lampit, Harry Hallock, et al.. (2019). Design and Development of the Brain Training System for the Digital “Maintain Your Brain” Dementia Prevention Trial. JMIR Aging. 2(1). e13135–e13135. 12 indexed citations
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Radd‐Vagenas, Sue, Maria A. Fiatarone Singh, Neha Jain, et al.. (2018). Validity of the Mediterranean Diet and Culinary Index (MediCul) for Online Assessment of Adherence to the ‘Traditional’ Diet and Aspects of Cuisine in Older Adults. Nutrients. 10(12). 1913–1913. 14 indexed citations
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Brodaty, Henry, Liesbeth Aerts, Fleur Harrison, et al.. (2018). Antipsychotic Deprescription for Older Adults in Long-term Care: The HALT Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 19(7). 592–600.e7. 66 indexed citations
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Gresham, Meredith, et al.. (2018). The Going to Stay at Home program: combining dementia caregiver training and residential respite care. International Psychogeriatrics. 30(11). 1697–1706. 21 indexed citations
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Aerts, Liesbeth, Megan Heffernan, Nicole A. Kochan, et al.. (2017). Effects of MCI subtype and reversion on progression to dementia in a community sample. Neurology. 88(23). 2225–2232. 63 indexed citations
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Heffernan, Megan, Karen A. Mather, Jing Xu, et al.. (2016). Alcohol Consumption and Incident Dementia: Evidence from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 52(2). 529–538. 22 indexed citations
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Aerts, Liesbeth, John D. Crawford, Nicole A. Kochan, et al.. (2016). O4‐06‐05: MCI Diagnosis: Less is More. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 12(7S_Part_7). 1 indexed citations
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Brodaty, Henry, Megan Heffernan, Nicole A. Kochan, et al.. (2016). P1‐388: Incidence of MCI and Dementia Over Six Years in an Australian Population Sample. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 12(7S_Part_11).
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Gresham, Meredith, Ruby S. M. Tsang, Megan Heffernan, & Henry Brodaty. (2014). Study protocol of the Going to Stay at Home program: evaluation of a residential carer training program to reduce dementia carer distress and burden. SpringerPlus. 3(1). 330–330. 6 indexed citations
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Yates, David, Galina M. Hayes, Megan Heffernan, & Rhona Beynon. (2003). Incidence of cryptorchidism in dogs and cats. Veterinary Record. 152(16). 502–504. 62 indexed citations

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