2026 Kristine Yaffe: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	174	53	49	34	32	1199	125534
Best Scientists	174	742	678	456	407	1199	125534
Medicine	175	424	383	253	224	1190	138831

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2017 - Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association
2017 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Kristine Yaffe is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their primary field of study is medicine, with a significant focus on psychiatry and mental health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Sleep and related disorders
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Health disparities and outcomes
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Frequent co-authors with whom Kristine Yaffe has collaborated include:

Yue Leng
Sid E. O'Bryant
Katie L. Stone
Amber L. Bahorik
Lenore J. Launer

The scientist has published extensively in several venues. Key publication outlets are:

Alzheimer's & Dementia
Neurology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Circulation
SLEEP

Selected recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Kristine Yaffe include:

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association, 2022, Circulation
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2023 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association, 2023, Circulation
2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association, 2024, Circulation
2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association, 2025, Circulation
Sex Differences in Cognitive Decline Among US Adults, 2021, JAMA Network Open

Kristine Yaffe's work has been recognized by several awards, including membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2019, the Sedgwick Memorial Medal awarded by the American Public Health Association in 2017, and the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases from the American Academy of Neurology in 2017.

Best Publications

Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

Reisa A. Sperling;Paul S. Aisen;Laurel A. Beckett;David A. Bennett

6553
Citations
The projected effect of risk factor reduction on Alzheimer's disease prevalence

Deborah E Barnes;Deborah E Barnes;Kristine Yaffe

3160
Citations
Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: an analysis of population-based data

Sam Norton;Fiona E Matthews;Deborah E Barnes;Deborah E Barnes;Kristine Yaffe

2930
Citations
Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

2527
Citations
Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults

Frank R. Lin;Kristine Yaffe;Jin Xia;Qian Li Xue

1789
Citations
Midlife cardiovascular risk factors and risk of dementia in late life

Rachel Whitmer;S. Sidney;J. Selby;S. Claiborne Johnston

1516
Citations
Hypoglycemic Episodes and Risk of Dementia in Older Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Rachel A. Whitmer;Andrew J. Karter;Kristine Yaffe;Charles P. Quesenberry

1381
Citations
A prospective study of physical activity and cognitive decline in elderly women: women who walk.

Kristine Yaffe;Deborah Barnes;Michael Nevitt;Li-Yung Lui

1373
Citations
Sleep-disordered breathing, hypoxia, and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older women

Kristine Yaffe;Kristine Yaffe;Alison M. Laffan;Stephanie Litwack Harrison;Susan Redline

1294
Citations
The Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Risk of Cognitive Decline

Kristine Yaffe;Alka Kanaya;Karla Lindquist;Eleanor M. Simonsick

1280
Citations
Estrogen Therapy in Postmenopausal Women: Effects on Cognitive Function and Dementia

Kristine Yaffe;George Sawaya;Ivan Lieberburg;Deborah Grady

1268
Citations
Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia: a 27 year longitudinal population based study

Rachel A Whitmer;Erica P Gunderson;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Charles P Quesenberry

1259
Citations
Pharmacological treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia: a review of the evidence.

Kaycee M. Sink;Karen F. Holden;Kristine Yaffe

1244
Citations
Depression and risk of developing dementia

Amy L Byers;Kristine Yaffe;Kristine Yaffe

1216
Citations
Patient and Caregiver Characteristics and Nursing Home Placement in Patients With Dementia

Kristine Yaffe;Patrick Fox;Robert Newcomer;Laura Sands

1150
Citations
Functional Status of Elderly Adults before and after Initiation of Dialysis

Manjula Kurella Tamura;Kenneth E. Covinsky;Glenn M. Chertow;Kristine Yaffe

1104
Citations
A Cognitive Training Program Based on Principles of Brain Plasticity: Results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT) Study

Glenn E. Smith;Patricia Housen;Kristine Yaffe;Ronald Ruff

990
Citations
Magnetic resonance imaging of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

A. T. Du;N. Schuff;N. Schuff;D. Amend;M. P. Laakso

959
Citations
Central obesity and increased risk of dementia more than three decades later

Rachel Whitmer;D. R. Gustafson;E. Barrett-Connor;M. N. Haan

954
Citations
A longitudinal study of cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function in healthy older adults.

Deborah E. Barnes;Kristine Yaffe;William A. Satariano;Ira B. Tager

877
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health

Katie L. Stone University of California, San Francisco

Eleanor M. Simonsick National Institutes of Health

Caterina Rosano University of Pittsburgh

Suzanne Satterfield University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh

Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota

Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health

Kenneth E. Covinsky University of California, San Francisco

Joel H. Kramer University of California, San Francisco

External Links

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