Melissa K. Andrew

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
174 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Melissa K. Andrew is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa K. Andrew has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 63 papers in General Health Professions and 52 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Melissa K. Andrew's work include Frailty in Older Adults (82 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (48 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (41 papers). Melissa K. Andrew is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (82 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (48 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (41 papers). Melissa K. Andrew collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Melissa K. Andrew's co-authors include Kenneth Rockwood, Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood, Olga Theou, Judith Godin, Arnold B. Mitnitski, Janice Keefe, Lindsay Wallace, Ruth E. Hubbard and Janet E. McElhaney and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa K. Andrew

160 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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.

A Comparison of Two Approaches to Measuring Frailty in Elderly People

2007 963 citations Kenneth Rockwood, Melissa K. Andrew et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review of the literature and international policies

2016 417 citations Melissa K. Andrew, Katherine S. McGilton et al. Age and Ageing profile →
Social vulnerability indices: a scoping review

2023 96 citations Jasmine Mah, Olga Theou et al. profile →
The relationship between frailty and social vulnerability: a systematic review

2024 44 citations Melissa K. Andrew et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa K. Andrew Canada	41	3.2k	2.1k	1.5k	1.5k	1.0k	174	6.0k
Emiel O. Hoogendijk Netherlands	38	4.4k 1.4×	3.5k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	800 0.8×	147	6.9k
Luis Miguel Gutiérrez‐Robledo Mexico	36	4.7k 1.5×	4.2k 2.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	845 0.8×	157	9.0k
Caroline Blaum United States	41	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	949 0.6×	422 0.4×	95	5.8k
Paul R. Katz United States	30	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	287 0.3×	177	5.6k
Gotaro Kojima United Kingdom	33	4.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	349 0.3×	62	5.5k
René J. F. Melis Netherlands	37	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	882 0.9×	158	6.1k
Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga Sweden	39	1.3k 0.4×	667 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	178	5.4k
Dawn E. Alley United States	39	1.5k 0.5×	4.0k 1.9×	365 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	61	8.0k
Bianca M. Buurman Netherlands	33	1.5k 0.5×	463 0.2×	577 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	226 0.2×	162	3.5k
Susan Kirkland Canada	35	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	527 0.3×	517 0.4×	557 0.5×	149	4.8k

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Mah, Jasmine, Melissa K. Andrew, Susan Stevens, et al.. (2025). Changes in frailty predict social vulnerability among home care clients living in the community followed for ten years. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 14(2). 100031–100031. 1 indexed citations

Johansen, Niklas Dyrby, Daniel Modin, Kira Hyldekær Janstrup, et al.. (2025). Relative Effectiveness of High-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination Against Hospitalizations and Deaths According to Frailty Score: A Post Hoc Analysis of the DANFLU-1 Randomized Trial. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 233(1). e89–e98.

Buchan, Sarah A., Samantha S. M. Drover, Melissa K. Andrew, et al.. (2025). Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalization Among Adults in Ontario, Canada, 2017–2019. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(5). e799–e810.

Weeks, Lori E., et al.. (2025). Caregivers’ Experiences of Nursing Home Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement. 44(2). 295–304.

Andrew, Melissa K., Ian Davis, Meaghan Sim, et al.. (2024). Preventing Respiratory Viral Illness Invisibly (PRiVII): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial evaluating far-UVC light devices in long-term care facilities to reduce infections. Trials. 25(1). 88–88. 2 indexed citations

Bacsu, Juanita-Dawne, Melissa K. Andrew, Allison Cammer, et al.. (2023). Using Twitter to Understand COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Ageism During the Pandemic. The Gerontologist. 64(2). 4 indexed citations

Middleton, Laura E., Chelsea Pelletier, Sherry L. Dupuis, et al.. (2023). The dementia-inclusive choices in exercise project: Using participatory action research to improve physical activity supports for persons with dementia. Dementia. 22(8). 1651–1676. 4 indexed citations

Mah, Jasmine & Melissa K. Andrew. (2022). Social vulnerability indices: A pragmatic tool for COVID-19 policy and beyond. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 14. 100333–100333. 13 indexed citations

Marshall, Emily Gard, Mylaine Breton, Michael Green, et al.. (2022). CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers. BMJ Open. 12(3). e049686–e049686. 3 indexed citations

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Wallace, Lindsay, Olga Theou, Judith Godin, et al.. (2021). 10‐year frailty trajectory is associated with Alzheimer’s dementia after considering neuropathological burden. Aging Medicine. 4(4). 250–256. 20 indexed citations

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Andrew, Melissa K., Kenneth E. Schmader, Kenneth Rockwood, Barry Clarke, & Janet E. McElhaney. (2021). Considering Frailty in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development: How Geriatricians Can Assist. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 16. 731–738. 11 indexed citations

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Kruse, Florien Margareth, et al.. (2021). Relationship between the Ownership Status of Nursing Homes and Their Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Literature Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 207–220. 11 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Zepeda, Mario Ulises, Judith Godin, Joshua Armstrong, et al.. (2020). Frailty among middle-aged and older Canadians: population norms for the frailty index using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Age and Ageing. 50(2). 447–456. 47 indexed citations

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Theou, Olga, Alexandra M van der Valk, Judith Godin, et al.. (2020). Exploring Clinically Meaningful Changes for the Frailty Index in a Longitudinal Cohort of Hospitalized Older Patients. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(10). 1928–1934. 41 indexed citations

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Godin, Judith, et al.. (2019). Frailty Prevalence in the COMPASS-ND Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 22(4). 205–212. 7 indexed citations

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Curran, Desmond, Melissa K. Andrew, Myron J. Levin, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of two frailty indices, with practical application in a vaccine clinical trial. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 15(12). 2960–2968. 8 indexed citations

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Wallace, Lindsay, Lisa McGarrigle, Kenneth Rockwood, Melissa K. Andrew, & Olga Theou. (2019). Validation of the Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale in a memory clinic setting. International Psychogeriatrics. 32(9). 1063–1072. 7 indexed citations

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Hubbard, Ruth E., Melissa K. Andrew, Nader Fallah, & Kenneth Rockwood. (2010). Comparison of the prognostic importance of diagnosed diabetes, co‐morbidity and frailty in older people. Diabetic Medicine. 27(5). 603–606. 111 indexed citations

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Andrew, Melissa K., Arnold B. Mitnitski, & Kenneth Rockwood. (2008). Social Vulnerability, Frailty and Mortality in Elderly People. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2232–e2232. 280 indexed citations

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Rockwood, Kenneth, Melissa K. Andrew, & Arnold Mitnitski. (2007). A Comparison of Two Approaches to Measuring Frailty in Elderly People. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 62(7). 738–743. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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