Edwin K. Silverman

68.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
484 papers, 27.3k citations indexed

About

Edwin K. Silverman is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin K. Silverman has authored 484 papers receiving a total of 27.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 354 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 187 papers in Physiology and 93 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Edwin K. Silverman's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (316 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (167 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (86 papers). Edwin K. Silverman is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (316 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (167 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (86 papers). Edwin K. Silverman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Edwin K. Silverman's co-authors include James D. Crapo, David A. Lomas, Scott T. Weiss, Barry J. Make, Craig P. Hersh, George R. Washko, Jørgen Vestbo, Bartolomé R. Celli, Dawn L. DeMeo and David A. Lynch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edwin K. Silverman

466 papers receiving 26.8k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) Study Design 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2010 2010 2011 2010 250 500 750
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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. Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) Study Design
    2010 832 citations David A. Lynch, Terri H. Beaty et al. COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease profile →
  2. Characterisation of COPD heterogeneity in the ECLIPSE cohort
    2010 822 citations Àlvar Agustí, Edwin K. Silverman et al. profile →
  3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: The Future of COPD
    2010 726 citations Àlvar Agustí, Gerard J. Criner et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Changes in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second over Time in COPD
    2011 680 citations Àlvar Agustí, Edwin K. Silverman et al. profile →
  5. An Official American Thoracic Society Public Policy Statement: Novel Risk Factors and the Global Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    2010 679 citations Edwin K. Silverman et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  6. Persistent Systemic Inflammation is Associated with Poor Clinical Outcomes in COPD: A Novel Phenotype
    2012 620 citations Àlvar Agustí, Edwin K. Silverman et al. profile →
  7. Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate End-points (ECLIPSE)
    2008 510 citations Edwin K. Silverman et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →
  8. A Genome-Wide Association Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Identification of Two Major Susceptibility Loci
    2009 480 citations Craig P. Hersh, Edwin K. Silverman et al. PLoS Genetics profile →
  9. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    2015 458 citations Edwin K. Silverman et al. profile →
  10. CT-Definable Subtypes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Statement of the Fleischner Society
    2015 411 citations David A. Lynch, Edwin K. Silverman et al. profile →
  11. Lung Volumes and Emphysema in Smokers with Interstitial Lung Abnormalities
    2011 384 citations George R. Washko, Gary M. Hunninghake et al. profile →
  12. Pulmonary Arterial Enlargement and Acute Exacerbations of COPD
    2012 320 citations George R. Washko, Terri H. Beaty et al. profile →
  13. Inflammatory Biomarkers Improve Clinical Prediction of Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    2012 313 citations Edwin K. Silverman, Àlvar Agustí et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edwin K. Silverman United States 85 19.2k 9.8k 3.8k 2.2k 2.0k 484 27.3k
Stephen I. Rennard United States 93 20.5k 1.1× 12.3k 1.3× 6.9k 1.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 594 35.7k
Don D. Sin Canada 80 24.9k 1.3× 12.4k 1.3× 3.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 513 0.3× 505 33.7k
Àlvar Agustí Spain 95 34.8k 1.8× 21.9k 2.2× 3.1k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 816 0.4× 517 46.6k
Claus Vogelmeier Germany 65 18.9k 1.0× 9.8k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 349 0.2× 515 26.2k
Masaharu Nishimura Japan 66 16.8k 0.9× 7.1k 0.7× 3.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 515 0.3× 644 26.4k
Guy Brusselle Belgium 79 12.5k 0.6× 12.1k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 392 0.2× 445 22.8k
Jeffrey M. Drazen United States 89 12.6k 0.7× 17.4k 1.8× 4.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 427 30.1k
David A. Schwartz United States 80 11.0k 0.6× 4.8k 0.5× 4.1k 1.1× 912 0.4× 845 0.4× 317 22.9k
Klaus F. Rabe Germany 91 25.9k 1.3× 18.2k 1.9× 4.6k 1.2× 2.3k 1.0× 355 0.2× 585 37.6k
Robert A. Stockley United Kingdom 59 16.0k 0.8× 6.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 412 0.2× 328 21.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Makris, Konstantinos C., Andrea Baccarelli, Edwin K. Silverman, & Robert O. Wright. (2025). How exposomic tools complement and enrich genomic research. Cell Genomics. 5(8). 100952–100952. 2 indexed citations
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Putman, Rachel K., Jonathan A. Rose, R. San José Estépar, et al.. (2025). Visual and Quantitative Interstitial Lung Abnormality Progression in COPDGene. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(10). 1794–1801.
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Gregory, Andrew, Zhonghui Xu, Katherine Pratte, et al.. (2022). Clustering-based COPD subtypes have distinct longitudinal outcomes and multi-omics biomarkers. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 9(1). e001182–e001182. 7 indexed citations
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Werder, Rhiannon B., Tao Liu, Kristine M. Abo, et al.. (2022). CRISPR interference interrogation of COPD GWAS genes reveals the functional significance of desmoplakin in iPSC-derived alveolar epithelial cells. Science Advances. 8(28). eabo6566–eabo6566. 15 indexed citations
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Hecker, Julian, Dmitry Prokopenko, Matthew Moll, et al.. (2022). A robust and adaptive framework for interaction testing in quantitative traits between multiple genetic loci and exposure variables. PLoS Genetics. 18(11). e1010464–e1010464. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Shiyang, Justin Lee, Chen Wang, et al.. (2021). Powerful gene-based testing by integrating long-range chromatin interactions and knockoff genotypes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(47). 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuhang, Michael R. Hoopmann, Peter J. Castaldi, et al.. (2021). Lung proteomic biomarkers associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 321(6). L1119–L1130. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Zifeng, Zhonghui Xu, Adel Boueiz, et al.. (2021). Improved prediction of smoking status via isoform-aware RNA-seq deep learning models. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(10). e1009433–e1009433. 5 indexed citations
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Moll, Matthew, Sharon M. Lutz, Auyon Ghosh, et al.. (2020). Relative contributions of family history and a polygenic risk score on COPD and related outcomes: COPDGene and ECLIPSE studies. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 7(1). e000755–e000755. 10 indexed citations
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Hahn, Georg, Sharon M. Lutz, Julian Hecker, et al.. (2020). locStra: Fast analysis of regional/global stratification in whole‐genome sequencing studies. Genetic Epidemiology. 45(1). 82–98. 4 indexed citations
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Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Jarrett D. Morrow, Alvin T. Kho, et al.. (2020). Co-methylation analysis in lung tissue identifies pathways for fetal origins of COPD. European Respiratory Journal. 56(4). 1902347–1902347. 21 indexed citations
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Ford, Julia A., Xinyi Liu, Su H. Chu, et al.. (2020). Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Subsequent Risk for Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 72(5). 704–713. 44 indexed citations
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Koo, Hyeon‐Kyoung, Jarrett D. Morrow, Priyadarshini Kachroo, et al.. (2020). Sex-specific associations with DNA methylation in lung tissue demonstrate smoking interactions. Epigenetics. 16(6). 692–703. 27 indexed citations
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Qiao, Dandi, Corwin Zigler, Michael H. Cho, et al.. (2020). Statistical considerations for the analysis of massively parallel reporter assays data. Genetic Epidemiology. 44(7). 785–794. 3 indexed citations
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Benincasa, Giuditta, Dawn L. DeMeo, Kimberly Glass, Edwin K. Silverman, & Claudio Napoli. (2020). Epigenetics and pulmonary diseases in the horizon of precision medicine: a review. European Respiratory Journal. 57(6). 2003406–2003406. 49 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Harald, Jan Baumbach, Joseph Loscalzo, et al.. (2018). Expert Panel Discusses the Importance of Systems Medicine. 1(1). 3–8. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Wonji, Dandi Qiao, Michael H. Cho, et al.. (2017). Selecting cases and controls for DNA sequencing studies using family histories of disease. Statistics in Medicine. 36(13). 2081–2099. 1 indexed citations
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Yamashiro, Tsuneo, Shin Matsuoka, Raúl San Jośe Estépar, et al.. (2011). Kurtosis and Skewness of Density Histograms on Inspiratory and Expiratory CT Scans in Smokers. COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 8(1). 13–20. 24 indexed citations
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Lazarus, Ross, Benjamin A. Raby, Christoph Lange, et al.. (2004). TOLL -like Receptor 10 Genetic Variation Is Associated with Asthma in Two Independent Samples. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 170(6). 594–600. 108 indexed citations

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