Sharon Wayne

3.6k citations

26 papers · 2.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 15

Impact in

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation top 0.2%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 1%
- Frailty in Older Adults

Papers in ⓘ

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15
- Innovations in Medical Education 7
- Medical Education and Admissions 5
- Nutritional Studies and Diet 4
General Health Professions 6

Co-authors: Richard Baumgartner (12 shared papers)Linda J. Romero (4 shared papers)Philip J. Garry (3 shared papers)Bruno Vellas (1 shared paper)John E. Morley (1 shared paper)Debra L. Waters (1 shared paper)Dympna Gallagher (1 shared paper)Ian Janssen (1 shared paper)
Journals: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (3 papers)Academic Medicine (3 papers)Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (3 papers)American Journal of Medical Quality (2 papers)Journal of Aging and Health (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States France South Africa

In The Last Decade

Sharon Wayne

26 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Sarcopenic Obesity Predicts Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability in the Elderly 2004 · 717 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Obesity Research
1997 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
1997 Age and Ageing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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1	Sarcopenic Obesity Predicts Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability in the Elderly Obesity Research ·Richard Baumgartner, Sharon Wayne, Debra L. Waters, Ian Janssen, Dympna Gallagher, John E. Morley Hit paper breakdown →	2004	717
2	One‐Leg Balance Is an Important Predictor of Injurious Falls in Older Persons Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·Bruno Vellas, Sharon Wayne, Linda J. Romero, Richard Baumgartner, Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Philip J. Garry Hit paper breakdown →	1997	683
3	Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers Age and Ageing ·Bruno Vellas, Sharon Wayne, Linda J. Romero, Richard Baumgartner, Philip J. Garry Hit paper breakdown →	1997	667
4	Vitamin D insufficiency in a multiethnic cohort of breast cancer survivors American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Marian L. Neuhouser, Bess Sorensen, Bruce W. Hollis, Anita Ambs, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Anne McTiernan, Leslie Bernstein, Sharon Wayne, Frank D. Gilliland, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Richard Baumgartner, Rachel Ballard‐Barbash	2008	105
5	The Association Between Intolerance of Ambiguity and Decline in Medical Studentsʼ Attitudes Toward the Underserved Academic Medicine ·Sharon Wayne, Deborah Dellmore, Lisa Serna, Roger N. Jerabek, Craig Timm, Summers Kalishman	2011	83
6	Cause or effect? The relationship between student perception of the medical school learning environment and academic performance on USMLE Step 1 Medical Teacher ·Sharon Wayne, Sally A. Fortner, Judith Kitzes, Craig Timm, Summers Kalishman	2013	80
7	Diet quality is directly associated with quality of life in breast cancer survivors Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ·Sharon Wayne, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Richard Baumgartner, Leslie Bernstein, Deborah J. Bowen, Rachel Ballard‐Barbash	2006	79
8	Changes in dietary intake after diagnosis of breast cancer Journal of the American Dietetic Association ·Sharon Wayne, Susan T. Lopez, Lisa M. Butler, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Richard Baumgartner, Rachel Ballard‐Barbash	2004	77
9	Impact of Subclinical Hypothyroidism on Serum Total Homocysteine Concentrations, the Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), and CHD Risk Factors in the New Mexico Elder Health Survey Thyroid ·Robert D. Lindeman, Linda J. Romero, David S. Schade, Sharon Wayne, Richard Baumgartner, Philip J. Garry	2003	77
10	Early Predictors of Physiciansʼ Practice in Medically Underserved Communities: A 12-Year Follow-up Study of University of New Mexico School of Medicine Graduates Academic Medicine ·Sharon Wayne, Summers Kalishman, Roger N. Jerabek, Craig Timm, Ellen Cosgrove	2010	33
11	Longitudinal Prescribing Patterns in a Nursing Home Population Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·Sharon Wayne, Robert L. Rhyne, Mark A. Stratton	1992	27
12	Student peer assessment in evidence-based medicine (EBM) searching skills training: an experiment Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ·Jonathan D. Eldredge, David G. Bear, Sharon Wayne, Paul P. Perea	2013	24
13	Prevalence of depressive symptoms in new Mexico Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elderly. PubMed ·Linda J. Romero, Irene E. Ortiz, M. Rosina Finley, Sharon Wayne, Robert D. Lindeman	2005	18
14	Dietary fiber is associated with serum sex hormones and insulin-related peptides in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ·Sharon Wayne, Marian L. Neuhouser, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Carol Koprowski, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Richard Baumgartner, Anne McTiernan, Leslie Bernstein, Rachel Ballard‐Barbash	2007	17
15	Impact of Psychosocial Factors on Health Outcomes in the Elderly Journal of Aging and Health ·Lee Willis, James S. Goodwin, Kyung-Ok Lee, Laura Mosqueda, Phillip J. Garry, Paul Liu, Richard T. Linn, Sharon Wayne	1997	16
16	Medical Students' Attitudes toward Underserved Populations: Changing Associations with Choice of Primary Care versus Non-Primary Care Residency Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved ·Sharon Wayne, Craig Timm, Lisa Serna, Brian Solan, Summers Kalishman	2010	13
17	A Resident-Led Institutional Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Process American Journal of Medical Quality ·Jeremy Stueven, David P. Sklar, Paul E. Kaloostian, Cathy Jaco, Summers Kalishman, Sharon Wayne, Andrew Doering, David Gonzales	2012	13
18	Association between Alcohol Intake and Serum Sex Hormones and Peptides Differs by Tamoxifen Use in Breast Cancer Survivors Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Sharon Wayne, Marian L. Neuhouser, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Carol Koprowski, Charles L. Wiggins, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Leslie Bernstein, Richard Baumgartner, Frank D. Gilliland, Anne McTiernan, Rachel Ballard‐Barbash	2008	11
19	Sampling Issues in Nursing Home Research Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·Sharon Wayne, Robert L. Rhyne, R. Houston Thompson, M. E. Davis	1991	10
20	Evaluating Medical Student Communication/Professionalism Skills from a Patient’s Perspective Frontiers in Neurology ·Larry E. Davis, Molly K. King, Sharon Wayne, Summers Kalishman	2012	6

About Sharon Wayne

Sharon Wayne is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Oncology, Family Practice and Physiology, having authored 26 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Innovations in Medical Education (7 papers), Medical Education and Admissions (5 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (4 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (4 papers), Body Composition Measurement Techniques (2 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (2 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (979 citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (319 citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (742 citations), Rehabilitation (264 citations) and Physiology (923 citations). Sharon Wayne has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Richard Baumgartner, Linda J. Romero, Philip J. Garry, Bruno Vellas, John E. Morley, Debra L. Waters, Dympna Gallagher, Ian Janssen, Laurence Z. Rubenstein and Bruno Vellas. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Academic Medicine, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, American Journal of Medical Quality and Journal of Aging and Health.

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