Andreas Pittaras

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Andreas Pittaras is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Pittaras has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 29 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 13 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Pittaras's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (29 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (20 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (18 papers). Andreas Pittaras is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (29 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (20 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (18 papers). Andreas Pittaras collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Serbia. Andreas Pittaras's co-authors include Peter Kokkinos, Vasilios Papademetriou, Puneet Narayan, Charles Faselis, Jonathan Myers, Athanasios Manolis, Michael Doumas, Dragan Lović, John Kokkinos and Pamela Karasik and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Pittaras

55 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The Growing Epidemic of Diabetes Mellitus

2019 314 citations Dragan Lović, Andreas Pittaras et al. Current Vascular Pharmacology profile →
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality Risk Across the Spectra of Age, Race, and Sex

2022 127 citations Peter Kokkinos, Charles Faselis 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						Papers	Cites
Andreas Pittaras United States	21	1.3k	893	670	296	243	61	2.3k
Benjamin L. Willis United States	27	1.2k 0.9×	818 0.9×	873 1.3×	205 0.7×	416 1.7×	63	2.4k
Otto A. Sánchez United States	19	597 0.5×	499 0.6×	528 0.8×	331 1.1×	192 0.8×	46	2.0k
Guillaume Walther France	27	912 0.7×	330 0.4×	559 0.8×	203 0.7×	151 0.6×	74	1.8k
Matthias Wilhelm Switzerland	31	2.2k 1.7×	683 0.8×	316 0.5×	177 0.6×	184 0.8×	148	2.9k
Alban De Schutter United States	22	1.4k 1.1×	313 0.4×	716 1.1×	213 0.7×	354 1.5×	28	2.3k
Peter Vaitkevicius United States	16	1.6k 1.2×	280 0.3×	325 0.5×	230 0.8×	118 0.5×	26	2.1k
Johanna L. Johnson United States	15	483 0.4×	580 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	259 0.9×	459 1.9×	34	1.9k
Graeme Carrick‐Ranson United States	18	865 0.7×	424 0.5×	216 0.3×	136 0.5×	83 0.3×	35	1.3k
Nobutake Shimojo Japan	25	740 0.6×	301 0.3×	412 0.6×	83 0.3×	99 0.4×	133	1.8k
Tina E. Brinkley United States	22	511 0.4×	227 0.3×	743 1.1×	152 0.5×	118 0.5×	54	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Andreas Pittaras

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Andreas Pittaras's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Andreas Pittaras with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Andreas Pittaras more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Andreas Pittaras

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Andreas Pittaras. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Andreas Pittaras. The network helps show where Andreas Pittaras may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Pittaras

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andreas Pittaras. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andreas Pittaras based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andreas Pittaras. Andreas Pittaras is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Ali, Aamir, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, Andreas Pittaras, et al.. (2025). Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Colorectal Cancer Incidence in US Veterans: A Cohort Study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 101(1). 63–72.

Kokkinos, Peter, Charles Faselis, Andreas Pittaras, et al.. (2024). Stroke Incidence in Patients With Hypertension According to Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Hypertension. 81(8). 1747–1757. 1 indexed citations

Pittaras, Andreas, Peter Kokkinos, Charles Faselis, et al.. (2024). RESTING HEART RATE AND MORTALITY RISK IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH NO ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Journal of Hypertension. 42(Suppl 1). e50–e50.

Kokkinos, Peter, Charles Faselis, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, et al.. (2023). Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Survival in Patients With or Without Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 81(12). 1137–1147. 57 indexed citations

Kokkinos, Peter, Eric Nylén, Charles Faselis, et al.. (2023). Progression to Insulin Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes According to Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass Index, and Statin Therapy. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 99(2). 249–259. 2 indexed citations

Pittaras, Andreas, Charles Faselis, Apostolos Tsimploulis, et al.. (2023). ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MORTALITY RISK IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ACCORDING TO CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS. Journal of Hypertension. 41(Suppl 3). e91–e91.

Pittaras, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Physical Activity and Cardiac Morphologic Adaptations. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 24(5). 142–142. 5 indexed citations

Kokkinos, Peter, Charles Faselis, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, et al.. (2022). Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality Risk Across the Spectra of Age, Race, and Sex. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 80(6). 598–609. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

Pittaras, Andreas, Charles Faselis, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, et al.. (2022). EXERCISE CAPACITY AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RISK IN 459,592 HYPERTENSIVE US VETERANS: A COHORT STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79(9). 1986–1986. 1 indexed citations

10.

Kokkinos, Peter, Charles Faselis, Labros S. Sidossis, et al.. (2021). Exercise blood pressure, cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality risk. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 67. 11–17. 6 indexed citations

11.

Kallistratos, Manolis S., et al.. (2020). The effect of Mid-Day Sleep on blood pressure levels in patients with arterial hypertension. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 80. 86–90. 2 indexed citations

12.

Narayan, Puneet, Michael Doumas, Anubhav Kumar, et al.. (2017). Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Mortality in Black Male Veterans With Resistant Systemic Hypertension. The American Journal of Cardiology. 120(9). 1568–1571. 4 indexed citations

13.

Kalogeropoulos, Petros, et al.. (2015). Uric acid blood levels and relationship with the components of metabolic syndrome in hypertensive patients. Journal of Human Hypertension. 30(7). 414–417. 11 indexed citations

14.

Kokkinos, Peter, Charles Faselis, Jonathan Myers, et al.. (2014). Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Paradoxical BMI-Mortality Risk Association in Male Veterans. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 89(6). 754–762. 26 indexed citations

15.

Lović, Dragan, et al.. (2014). The Pathophysiological Basis of Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation for the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension. Current Vascular Pharmacology. 12(1). 16–22. 8 indexed citations

16.

Kokkinos, Peter, Charles Faselis, J. Myers, et al.. (2014). Statin Therapy, Fitness, and Mortality Risk in Middle-Aged Hypertensive Male Veterans. American Journal of Hypertension. 27(3). 422–430. 19 indexed citations

17.

Papademetriou, Vasilios, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Michaël Dumas, et al.. (2009). Protective Effects of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in High‐Risk African American Men With Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 11(11). 621–626. 2 indexed citations

18.

Kokkinos, Peter, Andreas Pittaras, Antonis S. Manolis, et al.. (2006). Exercise Capacity and 24-h Blood Pressure in Prehypertensive Men and Women. American Journal of Hypertension. 19(3). 251–258. 42 indexed citations

19.

Kokkinos, Peter, Andreas Pittaras, Athanasios Manolis, Puneet Narayan, & Vasilios Papademetriou. (2002). Exercise blood pressure threshold for left ventricular hypertrophy in normotensive and hypertensive middle-aged men. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 237–237. 2 indexed citations

20.

Sideris, Dimitris A., et al.. (1994). Effect of acute ventricular pressure changes on QRS duration. Journal of Electrocardiology. 27(3). 199–202. 3 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact