John Granton

19.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
226 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

John Granton is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, John Granton has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 67 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 51 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in John Granton's work include Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (108 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (32 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (24 papers). John Granton is often cited by papers focused on Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (108 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (32 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (24 papers). John Granton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. John Granton's co-authors include Sindhu R. Johnson, Maureen O. Meade, Thomas E. Stewart, Duncan J. Stewart, Sangeeta Mehta, Cheryl L. Holmes, Nazzareno Galiè, Arthur S. Slutsky, Dean Fergusson and John C. Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Granton

210 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Vasopressin versus Norepinephrine Infusion in Patients with Septic Shock

2008 1.1k citations John Granton et al. profile →
Safety of Cell Therapy with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (SafeCell): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials

2012 858 citations John C. Marshall, John Granton et al. profile →
Bosentan Therapy in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome

2006 578 citations Nazzareno Galiè, Maurice Beghetti et al. Circulation profile →
Evaluation of a Ventilation Strategy to Prevent Barotrauma in Patients at High Risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1998 553 citations Thomas E. Stewart, Maureen O. Meade et al. profile →
High-Frequency Oscillation in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

2013 490 citations Niall D. Ferguson, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
Updated Treatment Algorithm of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

2013 489 citations Nazzareno Galiè, John Granton et al. profile →
Pharmacokinetic Alterations Associated with Critical Illness

2023 65 citations John Granton et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Granton	7.7k	3.1k	3.1k	2.6k	2.1k	226	12.8k
Paul C. Hébert	2.3k 0.3×	3.8k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	191	16.8k
Beverley J. Hunt	1.7k 0.2×	2.0k 0.6×	3.4k 1.1×	4.7k 1.8×	3.3k 1.5×	340	19.3k
Hugo Van Aken	2.3k 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	4.4k 1.4×	6.7k 2.6×	2.1k 1.0×	580	16.2k
Jeffrey L. Johnson	2.8k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	838 0.3×	4.3k 1.6×	3.4k 1.6×	266	13.3k
Jerrold H. Levy	2.2k 0.3×	3.0k 1.0×	6.8k 2.2×	6.2k 2.4×	2.2k 1.0×	472	23.6k
Carolyn S. Calfee	8.4k 1.1×	4.8k 1.5×	484 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	218	15.5k
Simon Stanworth	1.3k 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	949 0.3×	2.9k 1.1×	3.5k 1.6×	396	15.5k
Jonathan Afilalo	8.0k 1.0×	5.2k 1.6×	24.8k 8.0×	6.8k 2.6×	1.1k 0.5×	171	33.7k
Donat R. Spahn	1.3k 0.2×	961 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	4.4k 1.7×	3.7k 1.7×	241	15.4k
Giovanni Landoni	2.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	5.9k 1.9×	4.3k 1.6×	2.8k 1.3×	525	15.1k

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Man, H. S. Jeffrey, et al.. (2025). Endothelin-1 overexpression in pulmonary endarterectomy specimens of CTEPH patients is associated with pulmonary hypertension development. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 45(1). 116–124.

Beale, A., et al.. (2025). Pre- and postcapillary exercise contributions to pulmonary hypertension in adults > 45 yr. Journal of Applied Physiology. 139(2). 517–528.

Bentley, Robert F., Stephen P. Wright, Nadia Sharif, et al.. (2024). Exercise and pulsatile pulmonary vascular loading in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease. Pulmonary Circulation. 14(1). e12331–e12331. 1 indexed citations

Bentley, Robert F., et al.. (2023). Alterations of pulmonary vascular afterload in exercise‐induced pre‐ and post‐capillary pulmonary hypertension. Physiological Reports. 11(1). e15559–e15559. 1 indexed citations

Avriel, Avital, Anat Hershko Klement, Gal Tsaban, et al.. (2023). Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in a Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic: A Randomized Pilot Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(5). 1752–1752. 2 indexed citations

Mak, Susanna, et al.. (2022). The role of exercise right heart catheterization to guide pulmonary hypertension therapy in older adults. Pulmonary Circulation. 12(3). e12103–e12103. 3 indexed citations

Mah, Kenneth, David Christiansen, John Granton, et al.. (2021). Pulmonary referrals to specialist palliative medicine: a survey. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e1). e1127–e1133. 6 indexed citations

Hota, Susy, Tony Mazzulli, Leanne K. Casaubon, et al.. (2021). Hospital outbreak of the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) delta variant in partially and fully vaccinated patients and healthcare workers in Toronto, Canada. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(2). 328–331. 8 indexed citations

Bentley, Robert F., et al.. (2020). Normal and Abnormal Relationships of Pulmonary Artery to Wedge Pressure During Exercise. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(22). e016339–e016339. 17 indexed citations

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Hannon, Breffni, Nathan Taback, Camilla Zimmermann, John Granton, & Monika K. Krzyzanowska. (2019). Medical oncologists’ and palliative care physicians’ opinions towards thromboprophylaxis for inpatients with advanced cancer: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 12(e6). e826–e833. 3 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Camilla, et al.. (2019). Thromboprophylaxis for inpatients with advanced cancer in palliative care settings: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Palliative Medicine. 33(5). 486–499. 4 indexed citations

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Gonzaga, Carolina, Azadeh Yadollahi, John Granton, & Clodagh M. Ryan. (2019). Temporal shifts in fluid in pulmonary hypertension with and without sleep apnea. Journal of Sleep Research. 28(6). e12863–e12863. 6 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Niall D., Gordon Guyatt, Sangeeta Mehta, et al.. (2013). High-Frequency Oscillation in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Survey of Anesthesiology. 57(6). 273–274. 235 indexed citations

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Johnson, Sindhu R. & John Granton. (2011). Pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus. European Respiratory Review. 20(122). 277–286. 70 indexed citations

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Adhikari, Neill K. J., François Lamontagne, Sangeeta Mehta, et al.. (2011). High-frequency oscillation in adults: A utilization review*. Critical Care Medicine. 39(12). 2631–2644. 17 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Noori, John Granton, Murray Krahn, et al.. (2010). Feasibility of Internet-Based Health-Related Quality of Life Data Collection in a Large Patient Cohort. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 12(3). e35–e35. 19 indexed citations

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Aarts, Mary-Anne, et al.. (2007). Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy in Critical Illness: Results of a Surgical Infection Society Survey. Surgical Infections. 8(3). 329–336. 15 indexed citations

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Galiè, Nazzareno, Maurice Beghetti, Michael Α. Gatzoulis, et al.. (2006). Bosentan Therapy in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome. Circulation. 114(1). 48–54. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alberti, Corinne, Christian Brun‐Buisson, Sergey Goodman, et al.. (2003). Influence of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Sepsis on Outcome of Critically Ill Infected Patients. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 168(1). 77–84. 194 indexed citations

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Meade, M, John Granton, Andrea Matte-Martyn, et al.. (2001). A randomized trial of inhaled nitric oxide to prevent reperfusion injury following lung transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 20(2). 254–255. 15 indexed citations

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