James R. Sowers

57.3k total citations · 21 hit papers
689 papers, 42.7k citations indexed

About

James R. Sowers is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Sowers has authored 689 papers receiving a total of 42.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 331 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 322 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 159 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in James R. Sowers's work include Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (157 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (148 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (63 papers). James R. Sowers is often cited by papers focused on Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (157 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (148 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (63 papers). James R. Sowers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. James R. Sowers's co-authors include Guanghong Jia, Adam Whaley‐Connell, Edward D. Fröhlich, Murray Epstein, Samy I. McFarlane, Annayya R. Aroor, Vincent G. DeMarco, Michael A. Hill, Jun Ren and Yongzhong Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

James R. Sowers

681 papers receiving 41.2k citations

Hit Papers

Diabetes and Cardiovascul... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1999 2018 2004 2000 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
    1999 2.1k citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  2. Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
    2018 1.3k citations Guanghong Jia, Michael A. Hill et al. profile →
  3. Insulin and insulin resistance:
    2004 1.2k citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  4. Preserving renal function in adults with hypertension and diabetes: A consensus approach
    2000 1.1k citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  5. Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease
    2001 1.0k citations James R. Sowers et al. Hypertension profile →
  6. Metformin: An Update
    2002 854 citations Samy I. McFarlane, James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  7. Role of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Insulin Resistance
    2008 817 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  8. Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia in diabetic cardiomyopathy
    2015 704 citations Guanghong Jia, Vincent G. DeMarco et al. profile →
  9. Diabetic cardiomyopathy: a hyperglycaemia- and insulin-resistance-induced heart disease
    2017 625 citations Guanghong Jia, Adam Whaley‐Connell et al. profile →
  10. Insulin resistance, cardiovascular stiffening and cardiovascular disease
    2021 552 citations Michael A. Hill, Guanghong Jia et al. Metabolism profile →
  11. The Effect of Weight Reduction on Blood Pressure, Plasma Renin Activity, and Plasma Aldosterone Levels in Obese Patients
    1981 527 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  12. Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in cardiovascular diseases
    2021 473 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  13. Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Hypophosphatemia: A Case of Hypophosphatemia along the Rickets-Osteomalacia Spectrum
    2016 468 citations James R. Sowers et al. Cardiorenal Medicine profile →
  14. Obesity‐Related Hypertension: Pathogenesis, Cardiovascular Risk, and Treatment
    2012 392 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  15. Role of insulin resistance in endothelial dysfunction
    2013 388 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  16. The pathophysiology of hypertension in patients with obesity
    2014 374 citations Vincent G. DeMarco, Annayya R. Aroor et al. profile →
  17. Endothelial cell senescence in aging-related vascular dysfunction
    2018 311 citations Guanghong Jia, Annayya R. Aroor et al. profile →
  18. Targeting autophagy in obesity: from pathophysiology to management
    2018 273 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  19. Obesity cardiomyopathy: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications
    2021 237 citations James R. Sowers et al. profile →
  20. Hypertension in Diabetes: An Update of Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Disease
    2021 188 citations Guanghong Jia, James R. Sowers Hypertension profile →
  21. Diabetic Vasculopathy: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Insights
    2024 50 citations Michael A. Hill, Guanghong Jia 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
James R. Sowers United States 95 15.6k 14.8k 10.0k 8.7k 6.4k 689 42.7k
Hertzel C. Gerstein Canada 94 12.3k 0.8× 26.6k 1.8× 8.8k 0.9× 7.6k 0.9× 8.1k 1.3× 505 51.2k
Coen D.A. Stehouwer Netherlands 119 17.6k 1.1× 15.7k 1.1× 6.7k 0.7× 12.4k 1.4× 7.3k 1.1× 1.1k 57.4k
Ernesto L. Schiffrin Canada 101 18.9k 1.2× 10.4k 0.7× 9.2k 0.9× 11.1k 1.3× 5.5k 0.8× 567 39.0k
Markku Laakso Finland 117 13.0k 0.8× 23.4k 1.6× 16.3k 1.6× 13.5k 1.5× 11.7k 1.8× 673 58.2k
Steven M. Haffner United States 125 14.9k 1.0× 33.2k 2.2× 11.2k 1.1× 11.4k 1.3× 11.1k 1.7× 518 62.2k
Barbara V. Howard United States 96 11.9k 0.8× 15.6k 1.1× 5.7k 0.6× 10.0k 1.1× 7.1k 1.1× 559 45.1k
Rhian M. Touyz Canada 104 12.6k 0.8× 7.5k 0.5× 11.0k 1.1× 9.2k 1.1× 4.5k 0.7× 522 37.0k
Robert H. Eckel United States 82 14.7k 0.9× 22.0k 1.5× 8.7k 0.9× 16.8k 1.9× 8.2k 1.3× 242 65.3k
Mark E. Cooper Australia 109 12.7k 0.8× 17.9k 1.2× 11.6k 1.2× 5.4k 0.6× 5.9k 0.9× 514 48.8k
James B. Meigs United States 111 9.4k 0.6× 15.0k 1.0× 5.5k 0.5× 10.5k 1.2× 5.3k 0.8× 400 44.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jia, Guanghong, Michael A. Hill, & James R. Sowers. (2023). Vascular endothelial mineralocorticoid receptors and epithelial sodium channels in metabolic syndrome and related cardiovascular disease. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 71(3). 13 indexed citations
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Habibi, Javad, Huma Naz, Dongqing Chen, et al.. (2023). Endothelial MRs mediate Western diet-induced lipid disorders and skeletal muscle insulin resistance in females. Endocrinology. 164(7). 9 indexed citations
3.
Jia, Guanghong & James R. Sowers. (2021). Hypertension in Diabetes: An Update of Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Disease. Hypertension. 78(5). 1197–1205. 188 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whaley‐Connell, Adam & James R. Sowers. (2014). Basic science. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 8(8). 604–606. 32 indexed citations
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Linden, Melissa A., Justin A. Fletcher, E. Matthew Morris, et al.. (2014). Treating NAFLD in OLETF Rats with Vigorous-Intensity Interval Exercise Training. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 47(3). 556–567. 72 indexed citations
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Lastra, Guido & James R. Sowers. (2013). Obesity and cardiovascular disease: role of adipose tissue, inflammation, and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 15(2). 49–57. 43 indexed citations
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Aroor, Annayya R., Susan C. McKarns, Ravi Nistala, et al.. (2013). DPP-4 Inhibitors as Therapeutic Modulators of Immune Cell Function and Associated Cardiovascular and Renal Insulin Resistance in Obesity and Diabetes. Cardiorenal Medicine. 3(1). 48–56. 41 indexed citations
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Aroor, Annayya R., Vincent G. DeMarco, Guanghong Jia, et al.. (2013). The Role of Tissue Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in the Development of Endothelial Dysfunction and Arterial Stiffness. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 4. 161–161. 143 indexed citations
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Whaley‐Connell, Adam, Javad Habibi, Nathan Rehmer, et al.. (2013). Renin Inhibition and AT1R blockade improve metabolic signaling, oxidant stress and myocardial tissue remodeling. Metabolism. 62(6). 861–872. 17 indexed citations
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Pandey, Abhishek, et al.. (2012). Obesity, Diabetes, the Cardiorenal Syndrome, and Risk for Cancer. Cardiorenal Medicine. 2(2). 143–162. 37 indexed citations
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Hayden, Melvin R., et al.. (2012). Ultrastructure Study of Transgenic Ren2 Rat Aorta – Part 1: Endothelium and Intima. Cardiorenal Medicine. 2(1). 66–82. 13 indexed citations
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Gul, Rukhsana, Vincent G. DeMarco, James R. Sowers, Adam Whaley‐Connell, & Lakshmi Pulakat. (2012). Regulation of Overnutrition-Induced Cardiac Inflammatory Mechanisms by nebivolol. Cardiorenal Medicine. 2(3). 225–233. 14 indexed citations
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Whaley‐Connell, Adam, Javad Habibi, Melvin R. Hayden, et al.. (2011). Angiotensin II Activation of mTOR Results in Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis through Loss of N-Cadherin. American Journal of Nephrology. 34(2). 115–125. 44 indexed citations
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Lastra, Guido, Javad Habibi, Adam Whaley‐Connell, et al.. (2009). Direct Renin Inhibition Improves Systemic Insulin Resistance and Skeletal Muscle Glucose Transport in a Transgenic Rodent Model of Tissue Renin Overexpression. Endocrinology. 150(6). 2561–2568. 83 indexed citations
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Whaley‐Connell, Adam, Javad Habibi, Megan S. Johnson, et al.. (2009). Nebivolol Reduces Proteinuria and Renal NADPH Oxidase-Generated Reactive Oxygen Species in the Transgenic Ren2 Rat. American Journal of Nephrology. 30(4). 354–360. 47 indexed citations
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Nistala, Ravi, Adam Whaley‐Connell, & James R. Sowers. (2008). Redox Control of Renal Function and Hypertension. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 10(12). 2047–2089. 122 indexed citations
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Winer, Nathaniel & James R. Sowers. (2006). Diabetes and Arterial Stiffening. Advances in cardiology. 44. 245–251. 18 indexed citations
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Stump, Craig S. & James R. Sowers. (2006). Prevention of type 2 diabetes: Role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and antihypertensive therapy. 6(5). 231–239. 4 indexed citations
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Stern, Naftali, Elisabeth K. Beahm, Dennis McGinty, et al.. (1985). Dissociation of 24-hour catecholamine levels from blood pressure in older men.. Hypertension. 7(6_pt_1). 1023–1029. 29 indexed citations
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Frishman, William H., Walter M. Kirkendall, John Lunn, et al.. (1985). Diuretics versus calcium-channel blockers in systemic hypertension: A preliminary multicenter experience with hydrochlorothiazide and sustained-release diltiazem. The American Journal of Cardiology. 56(16). H92–H96. 8 indexed citations

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