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60719
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7182
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702

Avan Aihie Sayer publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Avan Aihie Sayer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 436 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Avan Aihie Sayer D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Avan Aihie Sayer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Avan Aihie Sayer is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Physiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work covers significant topics such as Nutrition and Health in Aging, Frailty in Older Adults, Body Composition Measurement Techniques, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, and Muscle Physiology and Disorders.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Sarcopenia definition, diagnosis and treatment: consensus is growing (2022, Age and Ageing)
  • Sarcopenia (2024, Nature Reviews Disease Primers)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Miles D. Witham
  • Antoneta Granic
  • Richard Dodds
  • Siân Robinson
  • Christopher Hurst

Avan Aihie Sayer has published extensively in several key journals. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Age and Ageing
  • European Geriatric Medicine
  • Journal of Frailty Sarcopenia and Falls
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Geriatrics

Their research has contributed to advancing understanding in areas related to aging, muscle physiology, and frailty through a multidisciplinary approach grounded in clinical and epidemiological methods. Recent work includes a focus on the consensus around sarcopenia's definition and treatment, as well as aspects of nutrition and physical exercise in older populations.

Best Publications

  • Sarcopenia: Revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis

    Alfonso Jose Cruz-Jentoft;Gulistan Bahat;Jurgen Bauer;Yves Boirie

  • A review of the measurement of grip strength in clinical and epidemiological studies: towards a standardised approach

    Helen C. Roberts;Hayley J. Denison;Helen J. Martin;Harnish P. Patel

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Erratum: Sarcopenia: Revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis (Age and Ageing DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afy169)

    Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft;G. listan Bahat;J. rgen Bauer;Yves Boirie

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies.

    Richard M. Dodds;Holly E. Syddall;Rachel Cooper;Michaela Benzeval

  • Grip strength, body composition, and mortality

    Catharine R Gale;Christopher N Martyn;Cyrus Cooper;Avan Aihie Sayer

  • Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

    Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena;Claudia Langenberg;Toshiko Tanaka;Toshiko Tanaka

  • Is grip strength a useful single marker of frailty

    Holly Syddall;Cyrus Cooper;Finbarr Martin;Roger Briggs

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits: A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

    Z Dastani;Hivert M-F.;Hivert M-F.;N Timpson;Perry Jrb.;Perry Jrb.

  • Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • The developmental origins of sarcopenia.

    A A Sayer;H Syddall;H Martin;H Patel

  • Quality of life in sarcopenia and frailty.

    René Rizzoli;Jean-Yves Reginster;Jean-François Arnal;Ivan Bautmans

  • Type 2 diabetes, muscle strength, and impaired physical function: the tip of the iceberg?

    Avan Aihie Sayer;Elaine M. Dennison;Holly E. Syddall;Helen J. Gilbody

  • Prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older people in the UK using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) definition: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS)

    Harnish P. Patel;Holly Emma Syddall;Karen Jameson;Sian Robinson

  • Genome-Wide Association Identifies Nine Common Variants Associated With Fasting Proinsulin Levels and Provides New Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes

    R J Strawbridge;J Dupuis;I Prokopenko;A Barker

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Elaine M. Dennison
Elaine M. Dennison University of Southampton
Sian M. Robinson
Sian M. Robinson Newcastle University
Catharine R. Gale
Catharine R. Gale University of Southampton
Diana Kuh
Diana Kuh University College London
Rebecca Hardy
Rebecca Hardy University College London
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Yoav Ben-Shlomo University of Bristol
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh

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