James W. Wiggins

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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James W. Wiggins is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Wiggins has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in James W. Wiggins's work include Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (9 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (8 papers) and Coronary Artery Anomalies (6 papers). James W. Wiggins is often cited by papers focused on Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (9 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (8 papers) and Coronary Artery Anomalies (6 papers). James W. Wiggins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. James W. Wiggins's co-authors include Mary P. Glodé, Jane C. Burns, Jane W. Newburger, Alexa Beiser, Stanford T. Shulman, Kyung J. Chung, C. Elise Duffy, David R. Fulton, Fred S. Rosen and Wilbert H. Mason and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

James W. Wiggins

47 papers receiving 3.0k 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 Treatment of Kawasaki Syndrome with Intravenous Gamma Globulin

1986 1.0k citations Jane W. Newburger, Masato Takahashi et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
A Single Intravenous Infusion of Gamma Globulin as Compared with Four Infusions in the Treatment of Acute Kawasaki Syndrome

1991 884 citations Jane W. Newburger, Masato Takahashi et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James W. Wiggins United States	20	2.2k	2.0k	837	351	329	47	3.1k
Tetsuro Kamiya Japan	24	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	614 1.7×	227 0.7×	72	2.3k
Raquel V. Hicks United States	7	1.1k 0.5×	819 0.4×	308 0.4×	82 0.2×	163 0.5×	7	1.4k
John C. Baldwin United States	40	2.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 2.0×	655 1.9×	525 1.6×	103	4.1k
Edgar Jaeggi Canada	44	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.9k 3.5×	2.9k 8.4×	264 0.8×	184	5.9k
Kenneth S. Rholl United States	19	775 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	977 1.2×	808 2.3×	166 0.5×	31	2.7k
Ornella Milanesi Italy	28	970 0.4×	866 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	1.4k 3.9×	165 0.5×	148	2.2k
Hans‐Jørgen Smith Norway	31	1.5k 0.7×	409 0.2×	1.4k 1.7×	1.0k 2.9×	129 0.4×	69	3.2k
Jens J. Kaden Germany	26	568 0.3×	581 0.3×	1.6k 2.0×	664 1.9×	99 0.3×	68	2.3k
Adrian C. Borges Germany	32	553 0.2×	535 0.3×	1.9k 2.2×	403 1.1×	298 0.9×	108	2.7k
Gary S. Kopf United States	27	1.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	2.1k 2.6×	1.0k 2.9×	317 1.0×	85	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wiggins, James W., et al.. (2021). Spinal Cord Injury Causes Reduction of Galanin and Gastrin Releasing Peptide mRNA Expression in the Spinal Ejaculation Generator of Male Rats. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 670536–670536. 5 indexed citations

Wiggins, James W., et al.. (2018). Rare necrotic lesion in a pregnant woman. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 71(5). 472–472. 1 indexed citations

Ziegler, James W., D. Dunbar Ivy, James W. Wiggins, et al.. (1998). Effects of Dipyridamole and Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(5). 1388–1395. 67 indexed citations

Boris, Jeffrey R., et al.. (1998). The Use of Papaverine in Arterial Sheaths to Prevent Loss of Femoral Artery Pulse in Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization. Pediatric Cardiology. 19(5). 390–397. 2 indexed citations

Ivy, D. Dunbar, James W. Ziegler, John P. Kinsella, James W. Wiggins, & Steven H. Abman. (1998). Hemodynamic Effects of Dipyridamole and Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. CHEST Journal. 114(1). 17S–17S. 18 indexed citations

Jaggers, James, James W. Wiggins, & David A. Fullerton. (1995). Chronic Posttraumatic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting with Dysphagia. PubMed. 39(2). 391–392. 1 indexed citations

Ivy, D. Dunbar, et al.. (1994). Variant angina in an adolescent. Pediatric Cardiology. 15(1). 45–47. 12 indexed citations

Allen, S. W., Jonathan M. Whitfield, David R. Clarke, Eva Sujansky, & James W. Wiggins. (1993). Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in the newborn: A familial case. Pediatric Cardiology. 14(1). 58–61. 25 indexed citations

Allen, S. W., et al.. (1992). Maximal voluntary work and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients who have had Kawasaki syndrome. The Journal of Pediatrics. 121(2). 221–225. 13 indexed citations

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Wiggins, James W., et al.. (1992). Inducing tricuspid regurgitation as palliation. Pediatric Cardiology. 13(2). 110–111. 3 indexed citations

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Newburger, Jane W., Masato Takahashi, Alexa Beiser, et al.. (1991). A Single Intravenous Infusion of Gamma Globulin as Compared with Four Infusions in the Treatment of Acute Kawasaki Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. 324(23). 1633–1639. 884 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ogle, John W., et al.. (1991). Absence of interferon in sera of patients with Kawasaki syndrome. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 10(1). 25–29. 5 indexed citations

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Glodé, Mary P., et al.. (1989). Effect of intravenous immune globulin on the coagulopathy of Kawasaki syndrome. The Journal of Pediatrics. 115(3). 469–473. 13 indexed citations

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Manchester, David, Dolores H. Pretorius, M L Manco-Johnson, et al.. (1988). Accuracy of ultrasound diagnoses in pregnancies complicated by suspected fetal anomalies. Prenatal Diagnosis. 8(2). 109–117. 50 indexed citations

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Campbell, David N., et al.. (1987). Extended aortic root replacement with aortic allografts. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 93(3). 366–374. 31 indexed citations

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Abman, Steven H., Michael S. Schaffer, James W. Wiggins, et al.. (1987). Pulmonary vascular extraction of circulating norepinephrine in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatric Pulmonology. 3(6). 386–391. 14 indexed citations

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Schaffer, Michael S., David R. Clarke, David N. Campbell, et al.. (1987). The St. Jude medical cardiac valve in infants and children: Role of anticoagulant therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 9(1). 235–239. 59 indexed citations

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Burns, Jane C., James W. Wiggins, Warren H. Toews, et al.. (1986). Clinical spectrum of Kawasaki disease in infants younger than 6 months of age. The Journal of Pediatrics. 109(5). 759–763. 139 indexed citations

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Schaffer, Michael S., David N. Campbell, David R. Clarke, James W. Wiggins, & Robert R. Wolfe. (1986). Aortoventriculoplasty in children. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 92(3). 391–395. 10 indexed citations

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Pierce, J. Rush, et al.. (1979). ST depression suggesting subendo cardial ischemia inneonates with respiratory distress syndrome and patent ductus arteriosus. The Journal of Pediatrics. 95(4). 609–611. 30 indexed citations

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