Melissa García

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Melissa García is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa García has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 9 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Melissa García's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (5 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (5 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 papers). Melissa García is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (5 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (5 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 papers). Melissa García collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iceland and Netherlands. Melissa García's co-authors include Lenore J. Launer, Vilmundur Guðnason, Sigurður Sigurdsson, Tamara B. Harris, Mark A. van Buchem, Thor Aspelund, Ólafur Kjartansson, Marıá K. Jónsdóttir, Gary F. Mitchell and John D. Gotal and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Melissa García

33 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Arterial stiffness, pressure and flow pulsatility and brain structure and function: the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility – Reykjavik Study

2011 669 citations Gary F. Mitchell, Mark A. van Buchem et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa García United States	19	808	367	249	210	201	35	1.7k
Jianwen Cai United States	11	469 0.6×	190 0.5×	890 3.6×	120 0.6×	147 0.7×	34	1.8k
Martin A. Samuels United States	17	503 0.6×	135 0.4×	194 0.8×	335 1.6×	156 0.8×	55	1.9k
Ulf Schminke Germany	29	563 0.7×	716 2.0×	370 1.5×	518 2.5×	187 0.9×	89	2.1k
Prisca Eser Switzerland	30	669 0.8×	112 0.3×	138 0.6×	312 1.5×	477 2.4×	101	2.7k
Edoardo Vicenzini Italy	20	332 0.4×	451 1.2×	139 0.6×	311 1.5×	116 0.6×	67	1.3k
Julien V. Brugniaux France	25	618 0.8×	560 1.5×	126 0.5×	139 0.7×	397 2.0×	62	2.2k
Csilla Molnár Hungary	20	248 0.3×	183 0.5×	98 0.4×	185 0.9×	133 0.7×	67	1.4k
Jürgen Klingelhöfer Germany	25	634 0.8×	322 0.9×	285 1.1×	282 1.3×	169 0.8×	49	1.7k
F. Kessels Netherlands	27	541 0.7×	575 1.6×	256 1.0×	645 3.1×	259 1.3×	46	2.5k
J. Gordon Boyd Canada	22	241 0.3×	123 0.3×	195 0.8×	157 0.7×	273 1.4×	75	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa García

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa García

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa García

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

García, Melissa, et al.. (2021). PRIMARY RENAL LYMPHOMA IN TWO CATS: CASE REPORT. Archives of Veterinary Science. 26(4).

Dong, Jing, Jayant M. Pinto, Xu‐Guang Guo, et al.. (2017). The Prevalence of Anosmia and Associated Factors Among U.S. Black and White Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 72(8). 1080–1086. 59 indexed citations

Contrera, Kevin J., Joshua Betz, Jennifer A. Deal, et al.. (2016). Association of Hearing Impairment and Emotional Vitality in Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 71(3). 400–404. 43 indexed citations

Chang, Milan, Jón Snædal, Sigurbjörn Björnsson, et al.. (2015). The Association Between Midlife Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: Age Gene/Environment Susceptibility—Reykjavik Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 71(4). 502–507. 12 indexed citations

Aspelund, Thor, Sigurður Sigurdsson, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, et al.. (2015). Carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular health metrics in old subjects from the AGES-Reykjavik study. Atherosclerosis. 242(1). 65–70. 21 indexed citations

Tang, Wenbo, Katie C. Hootman, Patsy M. Brannon, et al.. (2015). Genetic and Environmental Factors Are Associated with Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations in Older African Americans. Journal of Nutrition. 145(4). 799–805. 26 indexed citations

Green, Philip, et al.. (2015). Relationship Between Accelerometer-Measured Activity and Self-Reported or Performance-Based Function in Older Adults with Severe Aortic Stenosis. Current Geriatrics Reports. 4(4). 377–384. 10 indexed citations

Vidal, Jean‐Sébastien, Melissa García, Thor Aspelund, et al.. (2014). The Alcohol Paradox: Light-to-Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Cognitive Function, and Brain Volume. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(12). 1528–1535. 23 indexed citations

Ix, Joachim H., Dena E. Rifkin, Michael G. Shlipak, et al.. (2014). Association of Serum Bicarbonate with Incident Functional Limitation in Older Adults. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 9(12). 2111–2116. 28 indexed citations

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Jong, Laura W. de, Lars Forsberg, Jean‐Sébastien Vidal, et al.. (2013). Different susceptibility of medial temporal lobe and basal ganglia atrophy rates to vascular risk factors. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(1). 72–78. 10 indexed citations

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Bonsdorff, Mikaela B. von, D. A. I. Groffen, Jean‐Sébastien Vidal, et al.. (2013). Coronary artery calcium and physical performance as determinants of mortality in older age: The AGES–Reykjavik Study. International Journal of Cardiology. 168(3). 2094–2099. 19 indexed citations

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Bonsdorff, Mikaela B. von, Majon Muller, Thor Aspelund, et al.. (2012). Persistence of the effect of birth size on dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes in old age: AGES-Reykjavik Study. AGE. 35(4). 1401–1409. 8 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Gary F., Mark A. van Buchem, Sigurður Sigurdsson, et al.. (2011). Arterial stiffness, pressure and flow pulsatility and brain structure and function: the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility – Reykjavik Study. Brain. 134(11). 3398–3407. 669 indexed citations breakdown →

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McAreavey, Dorothea, Jean‐Sébastien Vidal, Thor Aspelund, et al.. (2010). Correlation of Echocardiographic Findings With Cerebral Infarction in Elderly Adults. Stroke. 41(10). 2223–2228. 7 indexed citations

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Kim, Lauren J., Michael A. Nalls, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, et al.. (2010). Associations of Visceral and Liver Fat With the Metabolic Syndrome Across the Spectrum of Obesity: The AGES‐Reykjavik Study. Obesity. 19(6). 1265–1271. 57 indexed citations

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Kostek, Matthew C., Joseph M. Devaney, Heather Gordish‐Dressman, et al.. (2010). A polymorphism near IGF1 is associated with body composition and muscle function in women from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 110(2). 315–324. 28 indexed citations

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Qiu, Chengxuan, Mary Frances Cotch, Sigurður Sigurdsson, et al.. (2009). Microvascular lesions in the brain and retina: The age, gene/environment susceptibility–Reykjavik study. Annals of Neurology. 65(5). 569–576. 31 indexed citations

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Rosano, Caterina, Sigurður Sigurdsson, Kristín Siggeirsdóttir, et al.. (2008). Magnetization transfer imaging, white matter hyperintensities, brain atrophy and slower gait in older men and women. Neurobiology of Aging. 31(7). 1197–1204. 66 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Roland J., Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jennifer S. Brach, et al.. (2006). Dog Ownership, Walking Behavior, and Maintained Mobility in Late Life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54(9). 1419–1424. 132 indexed citations

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Haines, J. L., Lisa F. Barcellos, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, et al.. (2001). Linkage and association analysis of chromosome 19q13 in multiple sclerosis. Neurogenetics. 3(4). 195–201. 28 indexed citations

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