Ahmed Tawakol

13.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
179 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Ahmed Tawakol is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed Tawakol has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 57 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 52 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Ahmed Tawakol's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (47 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (42 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (25 papers). Ahmed Tawakol is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (47 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (42 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (25 papers). Ahmed Tawakol collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Ahmed Tawakol's co-authors include Zahi A. Fayad, Udo Hoffmann, James H.F. Rudd, Thomas J. Brady, Mark A. Creager, Marie Gerhard, Amparo L. Figueroa, Torbjørn Omland, Sharath Subramanian and James T. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed Tawakol

161 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

In Vivo 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomograp... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2006 1997 2017 2011 2012 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. In Vivo 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Provides a Noninvasive Measure of Carotid Plaque Inflammation in Patients
    2006 673 citations Ahmed Tawakol, Henry Gewirtz et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  2. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia Is Associated With Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Humans
    1997 587 citations Ahmed Tawakol et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Relation between resting amygdalar activity and cardiovascular events: a longitudinal and cohort study
    2017 420 citations Ahmed Tawakol, Amorina Ishai et al. profile →
  4. Safety and efficacy of dalcetrapib on atherosclerotic disease using novel non-invasive multimodality imaging (dal-PLAQUE): a randomised clinical trial
    2011 377 citations Zahi A. Fayad, Venkatesh Mani et al. profile →
  5. Arterial Inflammation in Patients With HIV
    2012 352 citations Sharath Subramanian, Ahmed Tawakol et al. profile →
  6. Intensification of Statin Therapy Results in a Rapid Reduction in Atherosclerotic Inflammation
    2013 304 citations Ahmed Tawakol, Zahi A. Fayad et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ahmed Tawakol United States 46 3.4k 2.5k 2.3k 1.9k 1.3k 179 9.0k
Robyn L. McClelland United States 66 7.1k 2.1× 2.5k 1.0× 4.3k 1.8× 3.8k 2.0× 795 0.6× 289 16.0k
Richard W. Troughton New Zealand 50 7.4k 2.2× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 480 0.4× 269 10.2k
Paul Clopton United States 50 9.7k 2.9× 2.0k 0.8× 762 0.3× 2.0k 1.1× 687 0.5× 128 12.3k
Masakazu Yamagishi Japan 49 4.8k 1.4× 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 4.6k 2.4× 405 0.3× 428 11.8k
Torbjørn Omland Norway 57 13.6k 4.1× 3.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 3.0k 1.5× 892 0.7× 332 18.6k
Matthias Sitzer Germany 46 4.0k 1.2× 3.7k 1.5× 968 0.4× 846 0.4× 670 0.5× 136 9.0k
Sabino Iliceto Italy 67 12.0k 3.6× 2.4k 0.9× 3.8k 1.6× 3.7k 1.9× 495 0.4× 521 16.2k
Christiaan Vrints Belgium 47 5.7k 1.7× 3.5k 1.4× 793 0.3× 2.2k 1.2× 607 0.5× 238 10.1k
Ehrin J. Armstrong United States 46 2.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 475 0.2× 3.5k 1.8× 2.3k 1.7× 233 8.0k
Iain Squire United Kingdom 52 5.3k 1.6× 1.1k 0.4× 747 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 595 0.5× 190 8.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abohashem, Shady, Thomas Muenzel, Sadeer Al‐Kindi, et al.. (2025). Imaging Findings Associated With Socioenvironmental Exposures Inform Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 45(12). 2164–2178. 2 indexed citations
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Abohashem, Shady, Iqra Qamar, Simran Grewal, et al.. (2025). Depression and Anxiety Associate With Adverse Cardiovascular Events via Neural, Autonomic, and Inflammatory Pathways. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 19(1). e017706–e017706.
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Seligowski, Antonia V., Simran Grewal, Shady Abohashem, et al.. (2024). PTSD increases risk for major adverse cardiovascular events through neural and cardio-inflammatory pathways. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 117. 149–154. 8 indexed citations
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Abohashem, Shady, Simran Grewal, Erin C. Hanlon, et al.. (2024). Accelerated development of cardiovascular risk factors mediates risk for major adverse cardiovascular events in posttraumatic stress disorder. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 125. 148–157. 1 indexed citations
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Leent, Mandy M. T. van, Helena Chang, Shady Abohashem, et al.. (2024). Cortico-limbic interactions and carotid atherosclerotic burden during chronic stress exposure. European Heart Journal. 45(19). 1753–1764. 14 indexed citations
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Giles, Jon T., Daniel H. Solomon, Katherine P. Liao, et al.. (2024). Association of the multi-biomarker disease activity score with arterial 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in rheumatoid arthritis. Lara D. Veeken. 64(3). 1077–1083. 1 indexed citations
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Abohashem, Shady, et al.. (2024). Additive effect of high transportation noise exposure and socioeconomic deprivation on stress-associated neural activity, atherosclerotic inflammation, and cardiovascular disease events. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 35(1). 62–69. 5 indexed citations
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Tawakol, Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Stressing the Importance of Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 17(6). e017028–e017028.
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Kiely, David G., Richard N. Channick, Dayana Flores, et al.. (2024). Comparison of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, functional and haemodynamic variables in pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from REPAIR. ERJ Open Research. 10(1). 547–2023. 1 indexed citations
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Solomon, Daniel H., Olga Demler, Pamela M. Rist, et al.. (2024). Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From the TARGET Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(5). e032095–e032095. 1 indexed citations
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Kessinger, Chase W., Guanming Qi, Malek Hassan, et al.. (2021). Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging Predicts Vein Wall Scarring and Statin Benefit in Murine Venous Thrombosis. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 14(3). e011898–e011898. 5 indexed citations
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Abohashem, Shady, Michael T. Osborne, Tawseef Dar, et al.. (2020). A leucopoietic-arterial axis underlying the link between ambient air pollution and cardiovascular disease in humans. European Heart Journal. 42(7). 761–772. 50 indexed citations
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Naddaf, Nicki, Michael T. Osborne, Shady Abohashem, et al.. (2020). AIR POLLUTION AND TRANSPORTATION NOISE COMBINE TO INCREASE MACE RISK. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(11). 1646–1646. 1 indexed citations
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Hammad, Basma, Amorina Ishai, Ying Wang, et al.. (2017). Abstract 18768: Increased Stress-related Neural Tissue Activity Potentiates Inflammation and Impedes the Anti-inflammatory Impact of Statins. Circulation. 1 indexed citations
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Emami, Hamed, Richard A. P. Takx, Thomas Mayrhofer, et al.. (2017). Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease by Coronary CT Angiography Improves Risk Stratification and Allocation of Statin Therapy. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 10(9). 1031–1038. 25 indexed citations
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Abdelbaky, Amr, Erin M. Corsini, Amparo L. Figueroa, et al.. (2013). Focal Arterial Inflammation Precedes Subsequent Calcification in the Same Location. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 6(5). 747–754. 131 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Sharath, Hamed Emami, Esad Vucic, et al.. (2013). High-Dose Atorvastatin Reduces Periodontal Inflammation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(25). 2382–2391. 93 indexed citations
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Lee, Won Woo, Brett Marinelli, Anja M. van der Laan, et al.. (2012). PET/MRI of Inflammation in Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(2). 153–163. 255 indexed citations
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Tawakol, Ahmed & Henry Gewirtz. (2001). Does CABG improve left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, and does it matter?. PubMed. 42(1). 87–90. 7 indexed citations

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