Henry Blackburn

13.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
149 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Henry Blackburn is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry Blackburn has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 43 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Henry Blackburn's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (21 papers), Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention (20 papers) and ECG Monitoring and Analysis (16 papers). Henry Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (21 papers), Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention (20 papers) and ECG Monitoring and Analysis (16 papers). Henry Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Henry Blackburn's co-authors include Ancel Keys, David R. Jacobs, Russell V. Luepker, S Punsar, Ronald J. Prineas, Richard S. Crow, Ernst Simonson, Aaron R. Folsom, Henry L. Taylor and Pentti M. Rautaharju and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Henry Blackburn

146 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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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.

THE DIET AND 15-YEAR DEATH RATE IN THE SEVEN COUNTRIES STUDY

1986 1.3k citations Ancel Keys, Christ Aravanis et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →
The Electrocardiogram in Population Studies

1960 982 citations Henry Blackburn, Ancel Keys et al. Circulation profile →
The Minnesota code manual of electrocardiographic findings: Standards and procedures for measurement and classification

1982 653 citations Ronald J. Prineas, Richard S. Crow et al. profile →
Recent Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease — Mortality, Morbidity, Medical Care, and Risk Factors

1996 583 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Henry Blackburn et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henry Blackburn United States	51	4.1k	2.8k	1.6k	1.5k	1.3k	149	10.2k
C H Hennekens United States	29	4.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	57	9.5k
Hugh Tunstall‐Pedoe United Kingdom	47	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	916 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	116	9.0k
William B. Applegate United States	47	3.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	168	9.2k
Nancy Houston Miller United States	45	7.1k 1.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	130	13.5k
Darwin R. Labarthe United States	54	6.7k 1.6×	3.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	227	14.2k
Alessandro Menotti Italy	50	3.2k 0.8×	4.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	268	10.8k
Uri Goldbourt Israel	62	5.4k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	2.5k 2.0×	323	13.5k
Daniel McGee United States	50	2.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	908 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	107	7.8k
Kari Kuulasmaa Finland	57	5.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	173	12.8k
M R Law United Kingdom	31	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	41	9.3k

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Blackburn, Henry & David R. Jacobs. (2016). The University Group Diabetes Program 1961-1978: pioneering randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(5). 1354–1364. 7 indexed citations

Rautaharju, Pentti M., et al.. (2012). Isolated negative T waves as independent predictors of short-term and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in men free of manifest heart disease in the Seven Countries Study. Journal of Electrocardiology. 45(6). 717–722. 8 indexed citations

Blackburn, Henry. (2011). 20th-Century “Medical Marco Polos” in the Origins of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology. The American Journal of Cardiology. 109(5). 756–767. 10 indexed citations

Steffen, Lyn M., Donna K. Arnett, Henry Blackburn, et al.. (2006). Population Trends in Leisure-Time Physical Activity. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38(10). 1716–1723. 69 indexed citations

Bacquer, Dirk De, Guy De Backer, Marcel Kornitzer, & Henry Blackburn. (1999). Parental history of premature coronary heart disease mortality and signs of ischemia on the resting electrocardiogram. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33(6). 1491–1498. 23 indexed citations

Bacquer, Dirk De, et al.. (1998). Prognostic value of ischemic electrocardiographic findings for cardiovascular mortality in men and women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 32(3). 680–685. 66 indexed citations

Blackburn, Henry. (1998). Environmental tobacco smoke exposure was associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease. PubMed. 2(2). 43–44. 4 indexed citations

Ocké, Marga C., et al.. (1998). Adherence to the European code against cancer in relation to long‐term cancer mortality: Intercohort comparisons from the seven countries study. Nutrition and Cancer. 30(1). 14–20. 11 indexed citations

Crow, Richard S., Ronald J. Prineas, Peter J. Hannan, Greg Grandits, & Henry Blackburn. (1997). Prognostic Associations of Minnesota Code Serial Electrocardiographic Change Classification With Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. The American Journal of Cardiology. 80(2). 138–144. 47 indexed citations

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Menotti, Alessandro, Henry Blackburn, Fulvia Seccareccia, et al.. (1997). The Relation of Chronic Diseases to All-cause Mortality Risk - The Seven Countries Study. Annals of Medicine. 29(2). 135–141. 23 indexed citations

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Kromhout, Daan, Bennie Bloemberg, Edith J. M. Feskens, et al.. (1996). Alcohol, Fish, Fibre and Antioxidant Vitamins Intake do not Explain Population Differences in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology. 25(4). 753–759. 66 indexed citations

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Menotti, Alessandro, Fulvia Seccareccia, Henry Blackburn, & Ancel Keys. (1995). Coronary Mortality and its Prediction in Samples of US and Italian Railroad Employees in 25 Years within the Seven Countries Study of Cardiovascular Diseases. International Journal of Epidemiology. 24(3). 515–521. 15 indexed citations

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Ocké, Marga C., Daan Kromhout, Alessandro Menotti, et al.. (1995). Average intake of anti‐oxidant (PRO)vitamins and subsequent cancer mortality in the 16 cohorts of the seven countries study. International Journal of Cancer. 61(4). 480–484. 26 indexed citations

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Jacobs, David R., Henry Blackburn, Millicent Higgins, et al.. (1992). Report of the conference on low blood cholesterol. Circulation. 86(3). 22 indexed citations

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Blackburn, Henry. (1991). The Potential for Prevention of Atherosclerosis in Childhood. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 623(1). 2–8. 2 indexed citations

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Sprafka, J. Michael, G L Burke, Aaron R. Folsom, Russell V. Luepker, & Henry Blackburn. (1990). CONTINUED DECLINE IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS: RESULTS OF THE MINNESOTA HEART SURVEY, 1980–1982 AND 1985–1987. American Journal of Epidemiology. 132(3). 489–500. 75 indexed citations

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Blackburn, Henry. (1989). Population Strategies of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Scientific Base, Rationale and Public Health Implications. Annals of Medicine. 21(3). 157–162. 9 indexed citations

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Crow, Richard S., et al.. (1975). Ventricular premature beats in a population sample. Frequency and associations with coronary risk characteristics.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 52(6 Suppl). III211–5. 22 indexed citations

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Blackburn, Henry. (1969). Measurement in exercise electrocardiography : the Ernst Simonson Conference. 17 indexed citations

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Blackburn, Henry, Josef Brožek, & Henry L. Taylor. (1960). Common Circulatory Measurements in Smokers and Nonsmokers. Circulation. 22(6). 1112–1124. 34 indexed citations

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