Rita R. Kalyani

14.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
162 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Rita R. Kalyani is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita R. Kalyani has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 54 papers in Physiology and 25 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rita R. Kalyani's work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (32 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (25 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (24 papers). Rita R. Kalyani is often cited by papers focused on Nutrition and Health in Aging (32 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (25 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (24 papers). Rita R. Kalyani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Rita R. Kalyani's co-authors include Luigi Ferrucci, Mark D. Corriere, Christopher D. Saudek, Ravi Varadhan, Qian‐Li Xue, Sherita Hill Golden, Jeremy Walston, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Brian Buta and Josephine M. Egan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Rita R. Kalyani

154 papers receiving 8.0k citations

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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.

Age-related and disease-related muscle loss: the effect of diabetes, obesity, and other diseases

2014 817 citations Rita R. Kalyani, Mark D. Corriere et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →
Frailty assessment instruments: Systematic characterization of the uses and contexts of highly-cited instruments

2015 578 citations Jeremy Walston, Job Godino et al. profile →
Frailty in Older Adults: A Nationally Representative Profile in the United States

2015 562 citations Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Rita R. Kalyani et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
2020 Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Novel Therapies for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

2020 292 citations Rita R. Kalyani, Joshua J. Neumiller et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Metabolically Healthy Obesity, Transition to Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Risk

2018 284 citations Morgana Mongraw‐Chaffin, Meredith C. Foster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita R. Kalyani United States	44	3.0k	2.6k	1.6k	1.0k	1.0k	162	8.2k
Enzo Manzato Italy	51	4.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.2×	300	10.6k
Anne Rentoumis Cappola United States	50	2.2k 0.7×	5.7k 2.2×	1.2k 0.7×	848 0.8×	845 0.8×	136	10.5k
Alan J. Sinclair United Kingdom	49	3.5k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.5×	601 0.6×	525 0.5×	204	9.3k
Masahiro Akishita Japan	61	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	3.3k 3.2×	337	11.6k
Gaetano Crepaldi Italy	58	2.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.9×	2.2k 2.1×	373	11.7k
Christopher Patterson United Kingdom	43	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	792 0.5×	941 0.9×	598 0.6×	158	7.5k
Lucy Lennon United Kingdom	49	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	699 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	2.1k 2.1×	163	9.2k
Masafumi Kuzuya Japan	57	2.3k 0.8×	800 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	387	10.2k
Simon P. Mooijaart Netherlands	41	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	743 0.5×	651 0.6×	937 0.9×	254	5.9k
Katsuya Iijima Japan	45	2.5k 0.8×	755 0.3×	1.8k 1.1×	585 0.6×	862 0.8×	190	6.8k

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Kalyani, Rita R., Joshua J. Neumiller, Nisa M. Maruthur, & Deborah J. Wexler. (2025). Diagnosis and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults. JAMA. 334(11). 984–984. 7 indexed citations

Knowler, William C., Sharon L. Edelstein, Peter H. Bennett, et al.. (2025). Long-term effects and effect heterogeneity of lifestyle and metformin interventions on type 2 diabetes incidence over 21 years in the US Diabetes Prevention Program randomised clinical trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 13(6). 469–481. 3 indexed citations

Bettencourt, Amie F., Denise K. Houston, Eleanor M. Simonsick, et al.. (2025). Association Between Changes in Body Composition and Physical Function After Intensive Behavioral Weight-loss Intervention: A Look AHEAD Trial Subgroup Analysis. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 80(7).

Michos, Erin D., Edgar R. Miller, Amal A. Wanigatunga, et al.. (2024). Effects of vitamin D supplementation on cardiac biomarkers: Results from the STURDY trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20. 100871–100871.

Kinny‐Köster, Benedict, Christi Walsh, Zhaoli Sun, et al.. (2024). Minimally invasive total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis: the robotic approach. Surgical Endoscopy. 38(7). 3948–3956. 1 indexed citations

Makrogiannis, Sokratis, et al.. (2023). Semantic segmentation of individual muscle groups in 3D thigh MRI. 134–134. 2 indexed citations

Juraschek, Stephen P., Lawrence J. Appel, Christine Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Comparison of supine and seated orthostatic hypotension assessments and their association with falls and orthostatic symptoms. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70(8). 2310–2319. 15 indexed citations

Joseph, Joshua J., Justin B. Echouffo‐Tcheugui, Songzhu Zhao, et al.. (2021). Association of Adiposity With Incident Diabetes Among Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(18). e020716–e020716. 7 indexed citations

Baksh, Sheriza, Jodi B Segal, Mara McAdams‐DeMarco, et al.. (2020). Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, without cardiovascular or renal disease. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0240141–e0240141. 6 indexed citations

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Appel, Lawrence J., Erin D. Michos, Christine Mitchell, et al.. (2020). The Effects of Four Doses of Vitamin D Supplements on Falls in Older Adults. Annals of Internal Medicine. 174(2). 145–156. 49 indexed citations

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Tan, Yubo, David Kline, Guy Brock, et al.. (2019). The Association of Life’s Simple 7 with Aldosterone among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Nutrients. 11(5). 955–955. 17 indexed citations

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Varadhan, Ravi, David W. Russ, Refaat E. Gabr, et al.. (2019). Relationship of Physical Frailty to Phosphocreatine Recovery in Muscle after Mild Exercise Stress in the Oldest-Old Women. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 8(4). 162–168. 14 indexed citations

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Michos, Erin D., Christine Mitchell, Edgar R. Miller, et al.. (2018). Rationale and design of the Study To Understand Fall Reduction and Vitamin D in You (STURDY): A randomized clinical trial of Vitamin D supplement doses for the prevention of falls in older adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 73. 111–122. 20 indexed citations

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Mongraw‐Chaffin, Morgana, Meredith C. Foster, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, et al.. (2018). Metabolically Healthy Obesity, Transition to Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Risk. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(17). 1857–1865. 284 indexed citations breakdown →

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John, George Kunnackal, Vikesh K. Singh, Robert A. Moran, et al.. (2017). Chronic Gastrointestinal Dysmotility and Pain Following Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 21(4). 622–627. 16 indexed citations

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Kalyani, Rita R., Mercedes R. Carnethon, Alain G. Bertoni, et al.. (2017). Diabetes, depressive symptoms, and functional disability in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 31(8). 1259–1265. 16 indexed citations

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Moran, Robert A., George Kunnackal John, Daniel Warren, et al.. (2017). Prevalence and predictors of pain and opioid analgesic use following total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation for pancreatitis. Pancreatology. 17(5). 732–737. 15 indexed citations

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SKOLNIK, NEIL, et al.. (2017). Reducing CV risk in diabetes: An ADA update.. PubMed. 66(5). 300–308. 5 indexed citations

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Godino, Job, Lawrence J. Appel, Alden L. Gross, et al.. (2016). Diabetes, hyperglycemia, and the burden of functional disability among older adults in a community‐based study. Journal of Diabetes. 9(1). 76–84. 24 indexed citations

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Corriere, Mark D., W. Yao, Qian‐Li Xue, et al.. (2014). The association of neighborhood characteristics with obesity and metabolic conditions in older women. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 18(9). 792–8. 20 indexed citations

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