Hongyan Ning

11.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
169 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Hongyan Ning is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongyan Ning has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 31 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Hongyan Ning's work include Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors (68 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (28 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (27 papers). Hongyan Ning is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors (68 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (28 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (27 papers). Hongyan Ning collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Hongyan Ning's co-authors include Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones, Norrina B. Allen, John T. Wilkins, Jarett D. Berry, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Linda Van Horn, Philip Greenland, Christina M. Shay, Alan R. Dyer and Sadiya S. Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hongyan Ning

157 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Association of Body Mass Index With Lifetime Risk... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2018 2012 2022 2020 2019 200 400 600
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. Association of Body Mass Index With Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Compression of Morbidity
    2018 635 citations Sadiya S. Khan, Hongyan Ning et al. profile →
  2. Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease
    2012 628 citations Jarett D. Berry, Hongyan Ning et al. profile →
  3. Status of Cardiovascular Health in US Adults and Children Using the American Heart Association’s New “Life’s Essential 8” Metrics: Prevalence Estimates From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2013 Through 2018
    2022 290 citations Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones, Hongyan Ning et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Associations of Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat, Poultry, or Fish Intake With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality
    2020 251 citations Linda Van Horn, Mercedes R. Carnethon et al. profile →
  5. Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality
    2019 226 citations Linda Van Horn, John T. Wilkins 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
Hongyan Ning United States 46 4.0k 1.7k 1.2k 1.1k 922 169 7.6k
Sanne A. E. Peters United Kingdom 54 3.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 1.4k 1.5× 187 9.7k
Norrina B. Allen United States 51 5.6k 1.4× 2.4k 1.4× 903 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 285 10.5k
Jing Chen United States 46 4.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 217 10.6k
Emily B. Levitan United States 48 3.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 999 1.1× 277 9.2k
Inger Njølstad Norway 52 3.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 214 9.8k
Jamal S. Rana United States 43 2.7k 0.7× 940 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 884 1.0× 231 7.0k
Hugh Tunstall‐Pedoe United Kingdom 47 3.9k 1.0× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 116 9.0k
Sadiya S. Khan United States 45 3.7k 0.9× 793 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 849 0.9× 339 7.9k
Maryam Kavousi Netherlands 47 3.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.8× 1.2k 1.3× 292 9.0k
Hiroshi Yatsuya Japan 49 1.8k 0.4× 1.9k 1.2× 907 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 312 8.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Freedman, Alexa A., et al.. (2026). Sex Differences in Age of Onset of Premature Cardiovascular Disease and Subtypes: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 15(3). e044922–e044922.
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Lloyd‐Jones, Donald M., Norrina B. Allen, James H. Stein, et al.. (2025). Future of Families: Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults Cohort Study: Rationale, Key Questions, Study Design, and Participant Characteristics. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(17). e042030–e042030. 1 indexed citations
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Zheutlin, Alexander R., Hongyan Ning, Allan D. Sniderman, et al.. (2025). Cumulative exposure to atherogenic lipoprotein particles in young adults and subsequent incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. European Heart Journal. 46(41). 4302–4312. 3 indexed citations
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Walker, James, et al.. (2025). Comparing the “Life's Essential 8” Scores of Older Adults Living With Cardiovascular Diseases: NHANES, 2013 to 2018. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(17). e039659–e039659.
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Goldman, Noreen, Norrina B. Allen, Boriana Pratt, et al.. (2025). Racial and ethnic variation in socioeconomic differentials in young adult cardiovascular health. American Journal of Epidemiology. 195(3). 800–806.
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Wilkins, John, Hongyan Ning, Norrina B. Allen, et al.. (2024). Prediction of Cumulative Exposure to Atherogenic Lipids During Early Adulthood. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(11). 961–973. 9 indexed citations
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Ning, Hongyan, et al.. (2024). Association of Cardiovascular Health in Young Adulthood With Long-Term Blood Pressure Trajectories. American Journal of Hypertension. 37(9). 667–673. 4 indexed citations
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Shah, Nilay S., Hongyan Ning, Lucia C. Petito, et al.. (2022). Associations of Clinical and Social Risk Factors With Racial Differences in Premature Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 146(3). 201–210. 44 indexed citations
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Makarem, Nour, Cecilia Castro‐Diehl, Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge, et al.. (2022). Redefining Cardiovascular Health to Include Sleep: Prospective Associations With Cardiovascular Disease in the MESA Sleep Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(21). e025252–e025252. 71 indexed citations
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Lloyd‐Jones, Donald M., Hongyan Ning, Darwin R. Labarthe, et al.. (2022). Status of Cardiovascular Health in US Adults and Children Using the American Heart Association’s New “Life’s Essential 8” Metrics: Prevalence Estimates From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2013 Through 2018. Circulation. 146(11). 822–835. 290 indexed citations breakdown →
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Reges, Orna, Hongyan Ning, John T. Wilkins, et al.. (2020). Association of Cumulative Systolic Blood Pressure With Long-Term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Healthy Longevity. Hypertension. 77(2). 347–356. 54 indexed citations
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Ilkhanoff, Leonard, Hongyan Ning, Elsayed Z. Soliman, et al.. (2017). Abstract 15168: Early Repolarization is Associated With More Favorable Cardiac Structure and Function Over 25 Years of Follow-Up in a Young, Biracial Cohort: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Circulation. 1 indexed citations
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Feinstein, Matthew J., Pardeep S. Jhund, Joseph Kang, et al.. (2015). Do Statins Reduce the risk of Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Heart Failure? A Pooled Individual-Level Reanalysis of CORONA and GISSI-HF. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(4). 434–441. 31 indexed citations
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Hernández, Rosalba, Kiarri N. Kershaw, Teresa E. Seeman, et al.. (2015). Abstract MP82: Associations of Positive Psychological Well-being on Changes in Allostatic Load: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation. 131. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Norrina B., et al.. (2013). Abstract 15499: Maintenance of Ideal Cardiovascular Health Over 20 Years and Its Impact on Health Related Quality of Life: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Circulation. 128. 5 indexed citations
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Ilkhanoff, Leonard, Kiang Liu, Hongyan Ning, et al.. (2012). Association of QRS Duration with Left Ventricular Structure and Function and Risk of Heart Failure in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). European Journal of Heart Failure. 14(11). 1285–1292. 42 indexed citations
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Ning, Hongyan, et al.. (2009). Abstract 1006: Impact of a Change to Global Cardiovascular Risk Estimation in Lipid-Lowering Guidelines: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001 to 2006. Circulation. 120. 1 indexed citations

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