ZiMian Wang

13.7k citations

70 papers · 10.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Physiology top 0.1%
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Diet and metabolism studies
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 0.2%
- Frailty in Older Adults

Papers in

Physiology 65
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques 57
- Nutrition and Health in Aging 34
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses 18
- Diet and metabolism studies 16
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 15
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8

Co-authors: Steven B. Heymsfield Robert Ross Ian Janssen Dympna Gallagher Stanley Heshka Wei Shen Richard Baumgartner Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge
Journals: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (14 papers)American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism (11 papers)American Journal of Human Biology (7 papers)Journal of Applied Physiology (6 papers)Journal of Nutrition (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Canada

In The Last Decade

ZiMian Wang

70 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Total body skeletal muscle and adipose tissue volumes: estimation from a single abdominal cross-sectional image 2004 · 1.3k 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 Journal of Applied Physiology
2002 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2000 Journal of Applied Physiology
2000 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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All Works

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#	Work
1	New insights into scaling of fat‐free mass to height across children and adults American Journal of Human Biology ·ZiMian Wang, Junyi Zhang, Zhiliang Ying, Steven B. Heymsfield	2012	12
2	Estimation of percentage body fat by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry: evaluation byin vivohuman elemental composition Physics in Medicine and Biology ·ZiMian Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield, Zhao Chen, Shankuan Zhu, Richard N. Pierson	2010	48
3	Specific metabolic rates of major organs and tissues across adulthood: evaluation by mechanistic model of resting energy expenditure American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Zhiliang Ying, Anja Bosy‐Westphal, Junyi Zhang, Britta Schautz, Wiebke Later, Steven B. Heymsfield, Manfred J. Müller	2010	376
4	Comparison of Visceral Adipose Tissue Mass in Adult African Americans and Whites^** Obesity Research ·Daniël J. Hoffman, ZiMian Wang, Dympna Gallagher, Steven B. Heymsfield	2005	95
5	A cellular-level approach to predicting resting energy expenditure across the adult years American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Stanley Heshka, Steven B. Heymsfield, Wei Shen, Dympna Gallagher	2005	41
6	Three-compartment model: critical evaluation based on neutron activation analysis American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Analiza M. Silva, Wei Shen, ZiMian Wang, John F. Aloia, Miriam E. Nelson, Steven B. Heymsfield, Luís B. Sardinha, Stanley Heshka	2004	15
7	Body-composition differences between African American and white women: relation to resting energy requirements American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Alfredo Jones, Wei Shen, Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge, Dympna Gallagher, Stanley Heshka, ZiMian Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield	2004	49
8	Total body protein: a new cellular level mass and distribution prediction model American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Wei Shen, Donald P. Kotler, Stanley Heshka, Lucian Wielopolski, John F. Aloia, Miriam E. Nelson, Richard N. Pierson, Steven B. Heymsfield	2003	34
9	Volume Estimates by Imaging Methods: Model Comparisons with Visible Woman as the Reference Obesity Research ·Wei Shen, ZiMian Wang, Haiying Tang, Stanley Heshka, Mark Punyanitya, Shankuan Zhu, Jianbo Lei, Steven B. Heymsfield	2003	60
10	Multicomponent methods: evaluation of new and traditional soft tissue mineral models by in vivo neutron activation analysis,, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, F. Xavier Pi‐Sunyer, Donald P. Kotler, Lucian Wielopolski, R. T. Withers, Richard N. Pierson, Steven B. Heymsfield	2002	119
11	Total-body skeletal muscle mass: estimation by a new dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry method American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Jaehee Kim, ZiMian Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield, Richard Baumgartner, Dympna Gallagher Hit paper breakdown →	2002	597
12	DXA: Potential for Creating a Metabolic Map of Organ‐Tissue Resting Energy Expenditure Components Obesity Research ·Matthew R. Hayes, A. Ortiz-Gil, ZiMian Wang, Dympna Gallagher, Stanley Heshka, Ann M. Spungen, William A. Bauman, Steven B. Heymsfield	2002	64
13	Skeletal Muscle Mass and Aging: Regional and Whole-Body Measurement Methods Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology ·Robert C. Lee, ZiMian Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield	2001	63
14	Total-body skeletal muscle mass: development and cross-validation of anthropometric prediction models American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Robert C. Lee, ZiMian Wang, Moonseong Heo, Robert Ross, Ian Janssen, Steven B. Heymsfield Hit paper breakdown →	2000	653
15	History of the study of human body composition: A brief review American Journal of Human Biology ·ZiMian Wang, Zhongming Wang, Steven B. Heymsfield	1999	18
16	Bioimpedance Analysis: Potential for Measuring Lower Limb Skeletal Muscle Mass Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ·A Lang, Dympna Gallagher, G.Th. Visser, Richard Baumgartner, Robert Ross, ZiMian Wang, John C. Thornton, Steven B. Heymsfield	1999	36
17	Fraction of Carbon-Free Body Mass as Oxygen Is a Constant Body Composition Ratio in Men Journal of Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Paul Deurenberg, Wei Wang, Richard N. Pierson, Steven B. Heymsfield	1998	1
18	Urinary 3‐Methylhistidine Excretion: Association With Total Body Skeletal Muscle Mass by Computerized Axial Tomography Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ·ZiMian Wang, Paul Deurenberg, Dwight E. Matthews, Steven B. Heymsfield	1998	13
19	New electrode system for rapid whole-body and segmental bioimpedance assessment Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Aquiles Júnior da Cunha, دلشاد محمود, W.K. Wai, Neda von Rimon, ZiMian Wang, Jan W. Schrickel	1997	25
20	Body Composition and Aging: A Study by In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis Journal of Nutrition ·Steven B. Heymsfield, ZiMian Wang, Richard Baumgartner, F. Avraham Dilmanian, Ruimei Ma, Seiichi Yasumura	1993	29

About ZiMian Wang

ZiMian Wang is a scholar working on Physiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Cell Biology, Complementary and Manual Therapy and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, having authored 70 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (57 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (34 papers), Thermoregulation and physiological responses (18 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (16 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (15 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (6.8k citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (977 citations), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (1.2k citations), Cell Biology (1.0k citations) and Complementary and alternative medicine (400 citations). ZiMian Wang has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Steven B. Heymsfield, Robert Ross, Ian Janssen, Dympna Gallagher, Stanley Heshka, Wei Shen, Richard Baumgartner, Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge, Jeanine Albu and Mark Punyanitya. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, American Journal of Human Biology, Journal of Applied Physiology and Journal of Nutrition.

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