John B. West

26.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
465 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

John B. West is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John B. West has authored 465 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 137 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 103 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John B. West's work include High Altitude and Hypoxia (103 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (91 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (70 papers). John B. West is often cited by papers focused on High Altitude and Hypoxia (103 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (91 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (70 papers). John B. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. John B. West's co-authors include C. T. Dollery, Odile Mathieu‐Costello, Peter D. Wagner, G V Marr, A Naimark, Zhenxing Fu, G. Kim Prisk, James S. Milledge, Herbert A. Saltzman and Ann R. Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John B. West

447 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Distribution of blood flow in isolated lung; relation to vascular and alveolar pressures

1964 729 citations John B. West et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Measurement of continuous distributions of ventilation-perfusion ratios: theory

1974 576 citations Peter D. Wagner, John B. West et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Absolute photoionization cross-section tables for helium, neon, argon, and krypton in the VUV spectral regions

1976 355 citations G V Marr, John B. West profile →
Continuous Distributions of Ventilation-Perfusion Ratios in Normal Subjects Breathing Air and 100% O2

1974 334 citations Peter D. Wagner, John B. West et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Ventilation-perfusion inequality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1977 324 citations Peter D. Wagner, John B. West et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Distribution of blood flow and ventilation-perfusion ratio in the lung, measured with radioactive CO₂

1960 319 citations John B. West et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Noninvasive Assessment of Impaired Gas Exchange with the Alveolar Gas Monitor Predicts Clinical Deterioration in COVID-19 Patients 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·W. Cameron McGuire, (unknown), Ann R. Elliott, Janelle M. Fine, John B. West, (unknown), G. Kim Prisk, Atul Malhotra	2
2	CD30-Directed CAR-T Cells Co-Expressing CCR4 in Relapsed/ Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma and CD30+ Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma 2022 ·Transplantation and Cellular Therapy ·Natalie S. Grover, Anastasia Ivanova, Dominic Moore, Catherine Cheng, (unknown), John B. West, (unknown), J. Kaitlin Morrison, Faith Brianne Buchanan, Edith V. Bowers, Christopher Dittus, Anne Beaven, Gianpietro Dotti, Jonathan S. Serody, Barbara Savoldo	2
3	High Altitude Limits of Living Things 2021 ·High Altitude Medicine & Biology ·John B. West	2
4	High Living: Lessons from Extreme Altitude1–2 2015 ·American Review of Respiratory Disease ·John B. West	0
5	Computerized, Noninvasive Tests of Lung Function 2015 ·American Review of Respiratory Disease ·(unknown), (unknown), Paul Hill, Peter D. Wagner, John B. West	0
6	The birth of clinical body plethysmography: it was a good week 2004 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·John B. West	5
7	Working at high altitude: medical problems, misconceptions and solutions 2004 ·Observatory ·John B. West, (unknown)	21
8	Microgravity Reduces Sleep-disordered Breathing in Humans 2001 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Ann R. Elliott, Steven A. Shea, Derk‐Jan Dijk, James K. Wyatt, (unknown), David F. Neri, Charles A. Czeisler, John B. West, G. Kim Prisk	48
9	Distribution of Pulmonary Blood Flow 1999 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John B. West	11
10	Yandell Henderson: April 23, 1873-February 18, 1944. 1998 ·PubMed ·John B. West	2
11	Alveolar Hypoxia Increases Gene Expression of Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Platelet-derived Growth Factor-B in Lung Parenchyma 1998 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John T. Berg, Ellen C. Breen, Zhenxing Fu, Odile Mathieu‐Costello, John B. West	88
12	Pulmonary Gas Exchange 1998 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·John B. West, Peter D. Wagner	26
13	Intense Exercise Impairs the Integrity of the Pulmonary Blood-Gas Barrier in Elite Athletes 1997 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Susan R. Hopkins, R. B. Schoene, William R. Henderson, Roger G. Spragg, Thomas R. Martin, John B. West	185
14	Stress failure of pulmonary capillaries in racehorses with exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage 1993 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·John B. West, Odile Mathieu‐Costello, J. H. Jones, Eric K. Birks, (unknown), John R. Pascoe, W. S. Tyler	246
15	Médecine de l'alpinisme 1984 ·Masson eBooks ·Jean‐Paul Richalet, Claude Cahen, John B. West	14
16	Vibrational-state dependence of partial cross sections and photoelectron angular distributions through autoionizing resonances: the n =3 Rydberg state converging to the B2Ʃ+ state of CO+ 1981 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. L. Ederer, A. C. Parr, B. E. Cole, Roger Stockbauer, J. L. Dehmer, John B. West, K. Codling	17
17	Symposium on the Teaching of Respiratory Physiology to Medical Students. 1981 ·John B. West	2
18	Pulmonary gas exchange 1977 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·John B. West	186
19	The absolute photoionization cross sections of helium, neon, argon and krypton in the extreme vacuum ultraviolet region of the spectrum 1976 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·John B. West, G V Marr	114
20	A BRONCHIAL FLOW METER 1960 ·The Lancet ·John B. West	1

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