George E. Billman

12.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
148 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

George E. Billman is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, George E. Billman has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in George E. Billman's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (92 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (58 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers). George E. Billman is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (92 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (58 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers). George E. Billman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. George E. Billman's co-authors include Alexander Leaf, Peter J. Schwartz, Jing X. Kang, H. L. Stone, Yong‐Fu Xiao, Robert D. Foreman, Emilio Vanoli, Cynthia A. Carnes, Jeanette M. Bennett and Joachim P. Sturmberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

George E. Billman

142 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. The LF/HF ratio does not accurately measure cardiac sympatho-vagal balance
    2013 971 citations George E. Billman Frontiers in Physiology profile →
  2. Heart Rate Variability ? A Historical Perspective
    2011 531 citations George E. Billman Frontiers in Physiology profile →
  3. Autonomic mechanisms and sudden death. New insights from analysis of baroreceptor reflexes in conscious dogs with and without a myocardial infarction.
    1988 472 citations Peter J. Schwartz, George E. Billman et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Inflammation–Nature's Way to Efficiently Respond to All Types of Challenges: Implications for Understanding and Managing “the Epidemic” of Chronic Diseases
    2018 332 citations George E. Billman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George E. Billman United States 48 6.3k 1.6k 1.4k 1.1k 1.1k 148 9.4k
Klaus K. Witte United Kingdom 48 5.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 646 0.5× 775 0.7× 439 0.4× 316 9.3k
Geoffrey A. Head Australia 48 5.0k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 631 0.4× 365 0.3× 285 0.3× 331 8.9k
Jens Jordan Germany 63 6.9k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 684 0.5× 962 0.9× 437 0.4× 368 14.7k
Marie A. Caudill United States 43 2.2k 0.4× 2.2k 1.4× 955 0.7× 358 0.3× 938 0.9× 172 9.5k
François M. Abboud United States 68 10.0k 1.6× 2.4k 1.5× 589 0.4× 1.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 306 18.4k
Jacques de Champlain Canada 49 3.4k 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 380 0.3× 429 0.4× 240 0.2× 224 7.5k
Allyn L. Mark United States 76 11.4k 1.8× 1.4k 0.9× 2.3k 1.7× 2.8k 2.6× 1.1k 1.0× 191 20.2k
Nipon Chattipakorn Thailand 58 2.7k 0.4× 5.1k 3.2× 1.0k 0.7× 448 0.4× 305 0.3× 555 13.9k
Maria Cláudia Irigoyen Brazil 49 4.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 295 0.2× 1.6k 1.5× 276 0.3× 393 8.1k
Priscilla M. Clarkson United States 60 1.4k 0.2× 2.4k 1.5× 700 0.5× 1.9k 1.7× 1.4k 1.3× 227 14.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fazlollahi, Farbod, et al.. (2021). Contraction–relaxation coupling is unaltered by exercise training and infarction in isolated canine myocardium. The Journal of General Physiology. 153(7). 3 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Aviv A., et al.. (2020). Signatures of the autonomic nervous system and the heart’s pacemaker cells in canine electrocardiograms and their applications to humans. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 9971–9971. 34 indexed citations
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Behar, Joachim A., Aviv A. Rosenberg, Kevin R. Murphy, et al.. (2018). A Universal Scaling Relation for Defining Power Spectral Bands in Mammalian Heart Rate Variability Analysis. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 1001–1001. 18 indexed citations
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Ho, Hsiang‐Ting, Senthil Thambidorai, Björn C. Knollmann, et al.. (2017). Abstract 14925: Vagal Antagonism is Accentuated During Beta-adrenergic Stimulation in Long-term Aerobic Exercised Calsequestrin2 Knockout Mice, Which Restricts Heart Rate Acceleration and Paradoxically Increases Abnormal Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Leak in Ventricular Myocytes. Circulation. 1 indexed citations
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Curran, Jerry, Michael Makara, Sean C. Little, et al.. (2014). EHD3-Dependent Endosome Pathway Regulates Cardiac Membrane Excitability and Physiology. Circulation Research. 115(1). 68–78. 26 indexed citations
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Billman, George E.. (2013). Alexander Leaf, MD (1920–2012)—A tribute to a life in physiology and medicine. Frontiers in Physiology. 4. 6–6. 2 indexed citations
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Lou, Qing, Alexey V. Glukhov, Brian J. Hansen, et al.. (2012). Tachy-brady arrhythmias: The critical role of adenosine-induced sinoatrial conduction block in post-tachycardia pauses. Heart Rhythm. 10(1). 110–118. 26 indexed citations
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Holycross, Bethany J., et al.. (2011). Endurance Exercise Training Reduces Cardiac Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Expression in Animals Susceptible to Ventricular Fibrillation. Frontiers in Physiology. 2. 3–3. 10 indexed citations
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Belevych, Andriy E., Dmitry Terentyev, Serge Viatchenko‐Karpinski, et al.. (2009). Redox modification of ryanodine receptors underlies calcium alternans in a canine model of sudden cardiac death. Cardiovascular Research. 84(3). 387–395. 115 indexed citations
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Río, Carlos del, Patrick McConnell, Roger Dzwonczyk, et al.. (2007). Electrotonic remodeling following myocardial infarction in dogs susceptible and resistant to sudden cardiac death. Journal of Applied Physiology. 104(2). 386–393. 9 indexed citations
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Billman, George E.. (2006). Heart rate response to onset of exercise: evidence for enhanced cardiac sympathetic activity in animals susceptible to ventricular fibrillation. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 291(1). H429–H435. 20 indexed citations
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Leaf, Alexander, Yong‐Fu Xiao, Jing X. Kang, & George E. Billman. (2005). Membrane Effects of the n-3 Fish Oil Fatty Acids, which Prevent Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmias. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 206(2). 129–139. 62 indexed citations
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Río, Carlos del, Patrick McConnell, Bradley D. Clymer, et al.. (2005). Early time course of myocardial electrical impedance during acute coronary artery occlusion in pigs, dogs, and humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 99(4). 1576–1581. 15 indexed citations
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Leaf, Alexander, Jing Kang, Yong‐Fu Xiao, & George E. Billman. (1998). Dietary n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of cardiac arrhythmias.. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. 1(2). 225–228. 27 indexed citations
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Billman, George E.. (1994). Effect of α1-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists on Susceptibility to Malignant Arrhythmias. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 24(3). 394–400. 23 indexed citations
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Billman, George E., et al.. (1993). Effect of ryanodine on ventricular fibrillation induced by myocardial ischaemia. Cardiovascular Research. 27(12). 2152–2159. 12 indexed citations
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Billman, George E., et al.. (1990). Hemodynamic and arrhythmogenic effects of aversive stress during myocardial ischemia. Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System. 29(3). 193–202. 2 indexed citations
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Billman, George E., et al.. (1989). Selective vagal postganglionic innervation of the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes in the non-human primate. Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System. 26(1). 27–36. 47 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Peter J., George E. Billman, J. P. Gagnol, & H. L. Stone. (1984). Vagal reflexes elicited by acute myocardial ischemia during exercise in dogs with a healed myocardial infarction. Federation Proceedings. 43(3).
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Gagnol, J. P., Peter J. Schwartz, George E. Billman, & H. L. Stone. (1983). Hemodynamic response to exercise following oral administration of amiodarone. Federation Proceedings. 42(5).

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