Ritu Sadana

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ritu Sadana is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritu Sadana has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Health and 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ritu Sadana's work include Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers), Global Health Care Issues (11 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers). Ritu Sadana is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers), Global Health Care Issues (11 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers). Ritu Sadana collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Ritu Sadana's co-authors include Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, Somnath Chatterji, John Beard, Alana Officer, Jean‐Pierre Michel, Anne Margriet Pot, JoAnne E. Epping‐Jordan, Islène Araujo de Carvalho, Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock and Geeske Peeters and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ritu Sadana

49 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The World report on ageing and health: a policy framework for healthy ageing

2015 1.8k citations John Beard, Alana Officer et al. The Lancet profile →
Investigating the performance of exploratory graph analysis and traditional techniques to identify the number of latent factors: A simulation and tutorial.

2020 281 citations Ritu Sadana, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ritu Sadana Switzerland	25	1.4k	921	649	599	508	51	4.2k
Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock United Kingdom	26	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	495 0.8×	588 1.0×	526 1.0×	111	4.9k
Gabriele Doblhammer Germany	28	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	484 0.7×	642 1.1×	429 0.8×	115	5.3k
Antony Arthur United Kingdom	37	2.2k 1.6×	785 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	583 1.0×	707 1.4×	117	6.9k
L. Philip Schumm United States	40	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	524 0.8×	346 0.6×	675 1.3×	124	7.4k
Alana Officer Switzerland	17	783 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	423 0.7×	515 0.9×	444 0.9×	31	3.7k
Alex D. Federman United States	42	2.1k 1.5×	382 0.4×	651 1.0×	808 1.3×	562 1.1×	187	5.9k
Michaela Benzeval United Kingdom	42	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 2.2×	641 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	259 0.5×	124	6.1k
Mohsen Bazargan United States	41	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	919 1.4×	363 0.6×	378 0.7×	221	5.6k
Matthew Lee Smith United States	32	2.3k 1.7×	813 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	616 1.0×	263 0.5×	329	5.9k
César de Oliveira United Kingdom	43	890 0.6×	875 1.0×	843 1.3×	1.4k 2.3×	464 0.9×	223	5.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ritu Sadana

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Cesari, Matteo, Marco Canevelli, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enhancing the methodology of clinical trials in older people: A scoping review with global perspective. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 29(6). 100582–100582. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, Chandni Maria, Mohammad Nazmus Sakib, P. S. P. Ho, et al.. (2025). Validity of non‐traditional measures of obesity compared to total body fat across the life course: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 26(6). e13894–e13894. 2 indexed citations

Banati, Prerna, et al.. (2025). Adolescent experiences and exposures: a systematic review of life course outcomes. EClinicalMedicine. 88. 103453–103453.

Co, Melissa, Darío Moreno‐Agostino, Yu‐Tzu Wu, et al.. (2023). Non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older adults: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0284324–e0284324. 5 indexed citations

Arias-Casais, Natalia, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, Mônica Rodrigues Perracini, et al.. (2022). What long-term care interventions have been published between 2010 and 2020? Results of a WHO scoping review identifying long-term care interventions for older people around the world. BMJ Open. 12(1). e054492–e054492. 16 indexed citations

Cesari, Matteo, Yuka Sumi, Zee‐A Han, et al.. (2022). Implementing care for healthy ageing. BMJ Global Health. 7(2). e007778–e007778. 45 indexed citations

Moreno‐Agostino, Darío, Matthew Prina, Kia‐Chong Chua, et al.. (2021). Measuring functional ability in healthy ageing: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in the Philippine older population. BMJ Open. 11(10). e050827–e050827. 10 indexed citations

Perianayagam, Arokiasamy, Y. Selvamani, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, & Ritu Sadana. (2021). Socioeconomic differences in handgrip strength and its association with measures of intrinsic capacity among older adults in six middle-income countries. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 19494–19494. 29 indexed citations

Welch, Vivian, Tracey Howe, Sue M. Marcus, et al.. (2019). PROTOCOL: Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults: Evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 15(4). e1054–e1054. 7 indexed citations

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Marsman, Daniel S., Daniel W. Belsky, Darío Gregori, et al.. (2018). Healthy ageing: the natural consequences of good nutrition—a conference report. European Journal of Nutrition. 57(S2). 15–34. 52 indexed citations

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Sadana, Ritu, Erik Blas, Suman Budhwani, Theadora Swift Koller, & Guillermo Paraje. (2016). Healthy Ageing: Raising Awareness of Inequalities, Determinants, and What Could Be Done to Improve Health Equity. The Gerontologist. 56(Suppl 2). S178–S193. 103 indexed citations

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Beard, John, Alana Officer, Islène Araujo de Carvalho, et al.. (2015). The World report on ageing and health: a policy framework for healthy ageing. The Lancet. 387(10033). 2145–2154. 1803 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lavis, John N., G. Emmanuel Guindon, Duke E. Cameron, et al.. (2010). Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of researchers. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 182(9). E350–E361. 79 indexed citations

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Östlin, Piroska, Ted Schrecker, Ritu Sadana, et al.. (2010). Priorities for research on equity and health: Implications for global and national priority setting and the role of WHO to take the health equity research agenda forward. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 18 indexed citations

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Blas, Erik, Lucy Gilson, Michael P. Kelly, et al.. (2008). Addressing social determinants of health inequities: what can the state and civil society do?. The Lancet. 372(9650). 1684–1689. 112 indexed citations

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Sadana, Ritu, et al.. (2007). Problems and Progress in Public Health education/Problemes et Progres Dans L'education a la Sante publique/Problemas Y Progresos De la Formacion En Salud Publica. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(12). 963. 2 indexed citations

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Saxena, Shekhar, Guillermo Paraje, Pratap Sharan, Ghassan Karam, & Ritu Sadana. (2005). The 10/90 divide in mental health research: Trends over a 10-year period. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 188(1). 81–82. 178 indexed citations

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Mathers, Colin, Christopher J L Murray, Joshua A. Salomon, et al.. (2003). Healthy life expectancy: comparison of OECD countries in 2001. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 27(1). 5–11. 38 indexed citations

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Mathers, Colin, Christopher Murray, Alan D López, Ritu Sadana, & Joshua A. Salomon. (2002). Global Patterns of Healthy Life Expectancy for Older Women. Journal of Women & Aging. 14(1-2). 99–117. 17 indexed citations

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Chatterji, Somnath, et al.. (2002). The conceptual basis for measuring and reporting on health. 21 indexed citations

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