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Best Female Scientists

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128
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91061
World Ranking
376
National Ranking
16

Medicine

D-Index
132
Citations
99960
World Ranking
2267
National Ranking
84

Marjolein Visser 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 Marjolein Visser sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 524 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Marjolein Visser 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 Marjolein Visser sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 132 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Marjolein Visser is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields including physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, neurology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their work covers a wide range of topics related to nutrition, aging, and muscle health, with notable focus areas including:

  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes

Marjolein Visser has contributed to research published in multiple venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nutrients
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • BMJ Open
  • Clinical Nutrition ESPEN

Their recent notable papers include:

  • The Conceptual Definition of Sarcopenia: Delphi Consensus from the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS), 2024, Age and Ageing
  • Self-Reported Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviour in Dutch Older Adults Living Independently, 2020, Nutrients
  • Defining terms commonly used in sarcopenia research: a glossary proposed by the Global Leadership in Sarcopenia (GLIS) Steering Committee, 2022, European Geriatric Medicine
  • International Guideline for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy-Associated Cancer Screening: an International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) initiative, 2023, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Prevalence of protein intake below recommended in community-dwelling older adults: a meta-analysis across cohorts from the PROMISS consortium, 2020, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Hanneke A. H. Wijnhoven
  • Ingeborg A. Brouwer
  • L. Schaap
  • Anneke J. van der Kooi
  • Dorothee Volkert

Best Publications

  • Sarcopenia: Revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis

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

  • Gait speed and survival in older adults.

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Kushang Patel;Caterina Rosano

  • The Loss of Skeletal Muscle Strength, Mass, and Quality in Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

    Bret H Goodpaster;Seok Won Park;Tamara B Harris;Steven B Kritchevsky

  • Elevated C-reactive protein levels in overweight and obese adults.

    Marjolein Visser;Lex M. Bouter;Geraldine M. McQuillan;Mark H. Wener

  • Gait speed at usual pace as a predictor of adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people an International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) Task Force

    Gabor Abellan Van Kan;Y. Rolland;S. Andrieu;J. Bauer

  • Strength, But Not Muscle Mass, Is Associated With Mortality in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study Cohort

    Anne B. Newman;Varant Kupelian;Marjolein Visser;Eleanor M. Simonsick

  • How Useful Is Body Mass Index for Comparison of Body Fatness across Age, Sex, and Ethnic Groups?

    Dympna Gallagher;Marjolein Visser;Dennis Sepúlveda;Richard N. Pierson

  • 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

  • Muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle fat infiltration as predictors of incident mobility limitations in well-functioning older persons

    M. Visser;B.H. Goodpaster;S.B. Kritchevsky;A.B. Newman

  • Longitudinal study of muscle strength, quality, and adipose tissue infiltration

    Matthew J Delmonico;Tamara B Harris;Marjolein Visser;Seok Won Park

  • Low Vitamin D and High Parathyroid Hormone Levels as Determinants of Loss of Muscle Strength and Muscle Mass (Sarcopenia): The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

    Marjolein Visser;Dorly J. H. Deeg;Paul Lips

  • Dietary protein intake is associated with lean mass change in older, community-dwelling adults: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study.

    Denise K Houston;Barbara J Nicklas;Jingzhong Ding;Tamara B Harris

  • Relationship of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha with muscle mass and muscle strength in elderly men and women: the Health ABC Study.

    Marjolein Visser;Marco Pahor;Dennis R. Taaffe;Bret H. Goodpaster

  • Prognostic value of usual gait speed in well-functioning older people--results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

    Matteo Cesari;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;Brenda W. H. J. Penninx;Barbara J. Nicklas

  • Sarcopenic obesity: definition, cause and consequences.

    Sari Stenholm;Tamara B Harris;Taina Rantanen;Marjolein Visser

  • Sarcopenia: Alternative Definitions and Associations with Lower Extremity Function

    Anne B. Newman;Varant Kupelian;Marjolein Visser;Eleanor Simonsick

  • Inflammatory markers and loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and strength.

    Laura A. Schaap;Saskia M.F. Pluijm;Dorly J.H. Deeg;Marjolein Visser;Marjolein Visser

  • Appendicular skeletal muscle mass: effects of age, gender, and ethnicity.

    Dympna Gallagher;Marjolein Visser;Ronald E. De Meersman;Dennis Sepúlveda

  • Leg Muscle Mass and Composition in Relation to Lower Extremity Performance in Men and Women Aged 70 to 79: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

    Marjolein Visser;Marjolein Visser;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;T. Bret H. Goodpaster;Anne B. Newman

  • Adiposity in relation to vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone levels : a population-based study in older men and women

    Marieke B. Snijder;Rob M. van Dam;Marjolein Visser;Dorly J. H. Deeg

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Dorly J. H. Deeg University of Amsterdam
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Stephen B. Kritchevsky Wake Forest University
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Eleanor M. Simonsick
Eleanor M. Simonsick National Institutes of Health
Frances A. Tylavsky
Frances A. Tylavsky University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jacob C. Seidell
Jacob C. Seidell Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Martijn Huisman
Martijn Huisman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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