Derek Harrington

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Derek Harrington is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Harrington has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 15 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Derek Harrington's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (15 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (9 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (8 papers). Derek Harrington is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (15 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (9 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (8 papers). Derek Harrington collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Derek Harrington's co-authors include Andrew J.S. Coats, Tuan Peng Chua, Piotr Ponikowski, Philip A. Poole‐Wilson, Katharine Webb-Peploe, Stefan D. Anker, Wolfgang J. Kox, Andrew L. Clark, Stefan D. Anker and Susan Varney and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Derek Harrington

25 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Wasting as independent risk factor for mortality in chronic heart failure

1997 1.1k citations Stefan D. Anker, Piotr Ponikowski et al. The Lancet profile →
Hormonal Changes and Catabolic/Anabolic Imbalance in Chronic Heart Failure and Their Importance for Cardiac Cachexia

1997 641 citations Stefan D. Anker, Tuan Peng Chua et al. Circulation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Harrington United Kingdom	21	2.7k	1.1k	981	509	446	25	3.9k
Tuan Peng Chua United Kingdom	26	3.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	572 1.1×	766 1.7×	43	5.1k
Katharine Webb-Peploe United Kingdom	11	1.9k 0.7×	842 0.8×	719 0.7×	307 0.6×	353 0.8×	13	2.7k
Cristina Opasich Italy	34	4.2k 1.5×	659 0.6×	495 0.5×	396 0.8×	527 1.2×	112	5.4k
Oreste Febo Italy	29	2.9k 1.1×	535 0.5×	377 0.4×	351 0.7×	336 0.8×	72	3.8k
Andrew L. Clark United Kingdom	30	3.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	567 0.6×	378 0.7×	945 2.1×	80	4.4k
Stefan P. Mortensen Denmark	34	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	277 0.5×	223 0.5×	85	3.5k
Bertrand Mettauer France	33	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	785 0.8×	662 1.3×	492 1.1×	66	3.3k
Jan Pål Loennechen Norway	25	3.0k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	1.3k 1.3×	370 0.7×	280 0.6×	65	4.6k
Stephan Gielen Germany	13	1.6k 0.6×	966 0.9×	529 0.5×	253 0.5×	314 0.7×	17	2.5k
Christine A. Sinkey United States	23	1.9k 0.7×	489 0.4×	970 1.0×	298 0.6×	165 0.4×	46	3.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Baker, Polly, Todd Leckie, Derek Harrington, & Alan Richardson. (2019). Exercise-induced cardiac troponin elevation: An update on the evidence, mechanism and implications. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 22. 181–186. 49 indexed citations

Patel, Vishal, Arash Yavari, & Derek Harrington. (2009). A variant diagnosis for recurrent ST elevation. QJM. 103(10). 797–798. 1 indexed citations

Harrington, Derek, et al.. (2002). Measurement of urinary metabolites of vitamin K. Bone. 30(3). 1 indexed citations

Chowdhary, Saqib, Derek Harrington, Robert S. Bonser, John H. Coote, & John Townend. (2002). Chronotropic effects of nitric oxide in the denervated human heart. The Journal of Physiology. 541(2). 645–651. 26 indexed citations

Harrington, Derek. (2001). Preservation of exercise capacity and lack of peripheral changes in asymptomatic patients with severely impaired left ventricular function. European Heart Journal. 22(5). 392–399. 34 indexed citations

Webb-Peploe, Katharine, Tuan Peng Chua, Derek Harrington, et al.. (2000). Different response of patients with idiopathic and ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy to exercise training. International Journal of Cardiology. 74(2-3). 215–224. 29 indexed citations

Harrington, Derek, Tuan Peng Chua, & Andrew J.S. Coats. (2000). The effect of salbutamol on skeletal muscle in chronic heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology. 73(3). 257–265. 26 indexed citations

Harrington, Derek, et al.. (1997). Effects of Dihydrocodeine on Chemosensitivity and Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 29(1). 147–152. 111 indexed citations

Harrington, Derek, Stefan D. Anker, Tuan Peng Chua, et al.. (1997). Skeletal Muscle Function and Its Relation to Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 30(7). 1758–1764. 303 indexed citations

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Chua, Tuan Peng, Piotr Ponikowski, Derek Harrington, et al.. (1997). Clinical Correlates and Prognostic Significance of the Ventilatory Response to Exercise in Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 29(7). 1585–1590. 431 indexed citations

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Harrington, Derek & Andrew J.S. Coats. (1997). Skeletal muscle abnormalities and evidence for their role in symptom generation in chronic heart failure. European Heart Journal. 18(12). 1865–1872. 58 indexed citations

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Chua, Tuan Peng, Piotr Ponikowski, Katharine Webb-Peploe, et al.. (1997). Clinical characteristics of chronic heart failure patients with an augmented peripheral chemoreflex. European Heart Journal. 18(3). 480–486. 95 indexed citations

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Knight, Charles, Arvinder S Kurbaan, Hubert Seggewiß, et al.. (1997). Nonsurgical Septal Reduction for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 95(8). 2075–2081. 200 indexed citations

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Ponikowski, Piotr, Stefan D. Anker, Tuan Peng Chua, et al.. (1997). Depressed Heart Rate Variability as an Independent Predictor of Death in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. The American Journal of Cardiology. 79(12). 1645–1650. 389 indexed citations

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Anker, Stefan D., Tuan Peng Chua, Piotr Ponikowski, et al.. (1997). Hormonal Changes and Catabolic/Anabolic Imbalance in Chronic Heart Failure and Their Importance for Cardiac Cachexia. Circulation. 96(2). 526–534. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anker, Stefan D., Piotr Ponikowski, Susan Varney, et al.. (1997). Wasting as independent risk factor for mortality in chronic heart failure. The Lancet. 349(9058). 1050–1053. 1050 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harrington, Derek, et al.. (1997). Effect of reduced muscle bulk on the ventilatory response to exercise in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy. The American Journal of Cardiology. 80(1). 90–93. 15 indexed citations

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Ponikowski, Piotr, Tuan Peng Chua, Aham A. Amadi, et al.. (1996). Detection and significance of a discrete very low frequency rhythm in RR interval variability in chronic congestive heart failure. The American Journal of Cardiology. 77(15). 1320–1326. 48 indexed citations

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Chua, Tuan Peng, Stefan D. Anker, Derek Harrington, & Andrew J.S. Coats. (1995). Inspiratory muscle strength is a determinant of maximum oxygen consumption in chronic heart failure.. Heart. 74(4). 381–385. 65 indexed citations

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Estrada, Carlos A., Derek Harrington, & M. R. Glasberg. (1990). Eosinophilic myositis an expression of L-tryptophan toxicity?. PubMed. 17(11). 1554–6. 3 indexed citations

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