Renuka Visvanathan

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
248 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Renuka Visvanathan is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Renuka Visvanathan has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 102 papers in Physiology and 59 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Renuka Visvanathan's work include Frailty in Older Adults (105 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (85 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (47 papers). Renuka Visvanathan is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (105 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (85 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (47 papers). Renuka Visvanathan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United States. Renuka Visvanathan's co-authors include John E. Morley, Ian Chapman, Matteo Cesari, Alfonso J. Cruz‐Jentoft, Elsa Dent, Cornel Sieber, Daniel Teta, Elena Volpi, Jürgen Bauer and Gianni Biolo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Renuka Visvanathan

236 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Evidence-Based Recommendations for Optimal Dietary Protein Intake in Older People: A Position Paper From the PROT-AGE Study Group

2013 1.7k citations Matteo Cesari, Alfonso J. Cruz‐Jentoft et al. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association profile →
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in the Metabolically Healthy Obese Phenotype

2013 381 citations Sarah Appleton, Renuka Visvanathan et al. profile →
An International Definition for “Nursing Home”

2015 312 citations Angela M. Sanford, Martin Orrell et al. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renuka Visvanathan Australia	40	3.9k	2.3k	1.2k	1.1k	713	248	7.1k
Helen C. Roberts United Kingdom	40	4.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	967 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	168	8.4k
Matteo Tosato Italy	43	4.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	909 0.8×	457 0.4×	863 1.2×	126	7.0k
Giuseppe Sergi Italy	56	5.8k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	598 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	331	11.5k
Liang‐Kung Chen Taiwan	49	4.7k 1.2×	3.5k 1.5×	900 0.8×	986 0.9×	1.8k 2.6×	444	10.9k
Stefano Volpato Italy	65	5.1k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	772 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	282	13.1k
Michelle Shardell United States	51	4.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	999 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	216	11.4k
Marcello Maggio Italy	36	6.0k 1.5×	2.8k 1.2×	843 0.7×	399 0.3×	1.0k 1.5×	97	8.9k
Hélène Payette Canada	49	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	739 0.6×	658 0.9×	138	6.5k
Vasi Naganathan Australia	44	2.4k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	867 0.7×	769 0.7×	850 1.2×	278	8.5k
Paulo H. M. Chaves United States	51	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	581 0.5×	543 0.5×	882 1.2×	119	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renuka Visvanathan

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Ambagtsheer, Rachel C., John Beilby, Renuka Visvanathan, Mark Q Thompson, & Elsa Dent. (2024). Prognostic accuracy of eight frailty instruments for all-cause mortality in Australian primary care. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 128. 105625–105625. 4 indexed citations

Braunack‐Mayer, Annette, Jackie Street, Elsa Dent, et al.. (2024). Older people’s perspectives on frailty screening in primary care settings – a citizens’ jury study. BMC Primary Care. 25(1). 407–407. 1 indexed citations

Theou, Olga, et al.. (2024). The Healthy Ageing/Vulnerable Environment (HAVEN) Index: Measuring neighbourhood age‐friendliness. Geographical Research. 62(3). 440–456.

Thompson, Mark Q, et al.. (2024). Frailty in general medicine patients receiving geriatric medicine liaison services is predictive of adverse outcomes. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 44(1). e13374–e13374. 1 indexed citations

Toson, Barbara, Laura C. Edney, Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, et al.. (2024). Economic burden of frailty in older adults accessing community‐based aged care services in Australia. Geriatrics and gerontology international. 24(9). 939–947. 1 indexed citations

Milte, Rachel, Agathe Daria Jadczak, Renuka Visvanathan, & Julie Ratcliffe. (2023). Evidence for the external validity of the Consumer Choice Index Six Dimension (CCI-6D) for people living in residential aged care with dementia. Ageing and Society. 44(12). 2755–2776. 1 indexed citations

Dollard, Joanne, Jane Edwards, Lalit Yadav, et al.. (2023). Mobile X-ray services in nursing homes as an enabler to healthcare-in-place for residents: informal carers’ views. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 458–458. 5 indexed citations

Ghazali, Sazlina Shariff, et al.. (2022). The Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale—Malay version (PFFS-M): reliability and validity testing in Malaysian primary care. Family Practice. 40(2). 290–299. 4 indexed citations

Caughey, Gillian E., Catherine Lang, Sarah Bray, et al.. (2022). Quality and safety indicators for home care recipients in Australia: development and cross-sectional analyses. BMJ Open. 12(8). e063152–e063152. 8 indexed citations

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Thompson, Mark Q, Solomon Yu, Graeme Tucker, et al.. (2020). Frailty and sarcopenia in combination are more predictive of mortality than either condition alone. Maturitas. 144. 102–107. 29 indexed citations

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Thompson, Mark Q, Olga Theou, Graeme Tucker, Robert Adams, & Renuka Visvanathan. (2019). Recurrent Measurement of Frailty Is Important for Mortality Prediction: Findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67(11). 2311–2317. 39 indexed citations

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Yadav, Lalit, et al.. (2019). Cocreation of a digital patient health hub to enhance education and person-centred integrated care post hip fracture: a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open. 9(12). e033128–e033128. 7 indexed citations

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Visvanathan, Renuka. (2018). Implementing geriatric programmes of excellence in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 1 indexed citations

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Barrie, Helen, et al.. (2018). Older Adults' Perceptions of the Built Environment and Associations with Frailty: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 7(4). 268–271. 3 indexed citations

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Visvanathan, Renuka, et al.. (2017). A battery-less and wireless wearable sensor system for identifying bed and chair exits in a pilot trial in hospitalized older people. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0185670–e0185670. 29 indexed citations

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Sanford, Angela M., Martin Orrell, Debbie Tolson, et al.. (2015). An International Definition for “Nursing Home”. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 16(3). 181–184. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dent, Elsa, Ian Chapman, Cynthia Piantadosi, & Renuka Visvanathan. (2012). Frailty determinants and discharge outcomes in hospitalised older persons. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 31. 71–71. 1 indexed citations

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Adams, Robert, Cynthia Piantadosi, Sarah Appleton, et al.. (2012). Investigating obstructive sleep apnoea: will the health system have the capacity to cope? A population study. Australian Health Review. 36(4). 424–429. 23 indexed citations

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Visvanathan, Renuka. (2001). Is it truly dementia?. The Lancet. 357(9257). 684–684. 2 indexed citations

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Visvanathan, Renuka. (1990). Is enteric Staphylococcus a causative agent of skeletal muscle abscesses in children?. PubMed. 19(1). 11–4. 2 indexed citations

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