John W. Weisel

21.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
305 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

John W. Weisel is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Hematology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Weisel has authored 305 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 203 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 142 papers in Hematology and 51 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John W. Weisel's work include Blood properties and coagulation (200 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (111 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (50 papers). John W. Weisel is often cited by papers focused on Blood properties and coagulation (200 papers), Platelet Disorders and Treatments (111 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (50 papers). John W. Weisel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. John W. Weisel's co-authors include Rustem I. Litvinov, Chandrasekaran Nagaswami, C. Nagaswami, Leonid Medved, Joel Bennett, Yuri Veklich, Jessamine Winer‐Jones, Oleg V. Gorkun, Paul A. Janmey and Robert A.S. Ariëns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John W. Weisel

297 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fibrinogen and Fibrin

2005 647 citations John W. Weisel profile →
Fibrin gels and their clinical and bioengineering applications

2008 527 citations John W. Weisel et al. profile →
Fibrin Formation, Structure and Properties

2017 524 citations John W. Weisel, Rustem I. Litvinov profile →
Mechanisms of fibrin polymerization and clinical implications

2013 372 citations John W. Weisel, Rustem I. Litvinov profile →
Red blood cells: the forgotten player in hemostasis and thrombosis

2019 315 citations John W. Weisel, Rustem I. Litvinov Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John W. Weisel United States	67	8.2k	5.5k	2.1k	1.9k	1.8k	305	16.5k
Denisa D. Wagner United States	90	3.1k 0.4×	6.8k 1.2×	7.4k 3.5×	2.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	202	28.0k
Douglas B. Cines United States	75	2.9k 0.4×	12.4k 2.3×	3.3k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	5.6k 3.0×	357	22.8k
Rustem I. Litvinov United States	47	3.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	783 0.4×	780 0.4×	176	7.3k
Scott L. Diamond United States	57	2.6k 0.3×	3.4k 0.6×	3.0k 1.4×	750 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	260	11.0k
Zaverio M. Ruggeri United States	87	4.2k 0.5×	16.0k 2.9×	3.3k 1.6×	569 0.3×	3.9k 2.1×	264	24.0k
John T. Fallon United States	89	4.6k 0.6×	2.9k 0.5×	3.8k 1.8×	1.3k 0.7×	8.5k 4.6×	421	25.4k
Gerard B. Nash United Kingdom	65	3.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	365	14.3k
Edward F. Plow United States	94	3.7k 0.5×	9.0k 1.6×	9.3k 4.4×	998 0.5×	3.6k 1.9×	340	27.8k
Philip G. de Groot Netherlands	76	2.7k 0.3×	12.6k 2.3×	2.8k 1.3×	833 0.4×	3.2k 1.7×	372	25.3k
Herbert J. Meiselman United States	54	5.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	5.0k 2.6×	888 0.5×	265	11.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John W. Weisel

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Peshkova, Alina D., Jia Nong, Zhicheng Wang, et al.. (2025). Biomechanical and Functional Features of the Carrier Erythrocytes Prolonging Circulation Time of Biotherapeutic Targeted to Glycophorin A. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 36(2). 263–275. 3 indexed citations

Litvinov, Rustem I., Kenneth A. Marx, John W. Weisel, et al.. (2025). Strength, deformability, damage and fracture toughness of fibrous material networks: Application to fibrin clots. Acta Biomaterialia. 201. 347–359.

Chernysh, Irina N., et al.. (2025). Back to the drawing board: Exploring the composition and physical properties of traumatic hemothorax. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 99(1). 120–127.

Weisel, John W., et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Analysis of the Role of Fibrinogen and Thrombin in Clot Formation and Structure for Plasma and Purified Fibrinogen. Biomolecules. 14(2). 230–230. 21 indexed citations

Litvinov, Rustem I., John W. Weisel, J.L. Bassani, et al.. (2024). Rupture mechanics of blood clots: Influence of fibrin network structure on the rupture resistance. Acta Biomaterialia. 190. 329–343. 6 indexed citations

Litvinov, Rustem I., et al.. (2024). Mechanics and microstructure of blood plasma clots in shear driven rupture. Soft Matter. 20(21). 4184–4196. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Oleg V., Alina D. Peshkova, Khoi Vo, et al.. (2023). Combined computational modeling and experimental study of the biomechanical mechanisms of platelet-driven contraction of fibrin clots. Communications Biology. 6(1). 869–869. 7 indexed citations

Lassila, Riitta & John W. Weisel. (2023). Role of red blood cells in clinically relevant bleeding tendencies and complications. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 21(11). 3024–3032. 17 indexed citations

Kim, Oleg V., et al.. (2022). Contribution of septins to human platelet structure and function. iScience. 25(7). 104654–104654. 6 indexed citations

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Galanakis, Dennis K., Anna D. Protopopova, Yingjie Yu, et al.. (2022). Novel characteristics of soluble fibrin: hypercoagulability and acceleration of blood sedimentation rate mediated by its generation of erythrocyte-linked fibers. Cell and Tissue Research. 387(3). 479–491. 4 indexed citations

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Weisel, John W. & Rustem I. Litvinov. (2021). Visualizing thrombosis to improve thrombus resolution. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 5(1). 38–50. 31 indexed citations

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Nagaswami, Chandrasekaran, et al.. (2020). Quantitative Morphology of Cerebral Thrombi Related to Intravital Contraction and Clinical Features of Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 51(12). 3640–3650. 51 indexed citations

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Rocco, Mattia, John W. Weisel, & Moniek P.M. de Maat. (2020). Professor Russell F. Doolittle (1931‐2019). Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 18(1). 264–266. 1 indexed citations

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Jansen, Karin A., Artem Zhmurov, Bart E. Vos, et al.. (2020). Molecular packing structure of fibrin fibers resolved by X-ray scattering and molecular modeling. Soft Matter. 16(35). 8272–8283. 17 indexed citations

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Kim, Oleg V., Xiaojun Liang, Rustem I. Litvinov, et al.. (2016). Foam-like compression behavior of fibrin networks. PMC. 2 indexed citations

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Whyte, Claire S., Irina N. Chernysh, Marco M. Domingues, et al.. (2016). Polyphosphate delays fibrin polymerisation and alters the mechanical properties of the fibrin network. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 116(11). 897–903. 18 indexed citations

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Brown, André EX, Rustem I. Litvinov, Dennis E. Discher, Prashant K. Purohit, & John W. Weisel. (2009). Multiscale Mechanics of Fibrin Polymer. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2 indexed citations

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Standeven, Kristina F., et al.. (2003). Functional Analysis of the Fibrinogen Aα Thr312Ala Polymorphism. Circulation. 107(18). 2326–2330. 99 indexed citations

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Čudić, Predrag, James K. Kranz, Douglas C. Behenna, et al.. (2002). Complexation of peptidoglycan intermediates by the lipoglycodepsipeptide antibiotic ramoplanin: Minimal structural requirements for intermolecular complexation and fibril formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(11). 7384–7389. 58 indexed citations

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Woodhead, John L., Chandrasekaran Nagaswami, Michio Matsuda, Carmen Luisa Arocha-Piñango, & John W. Weisel. (1996). The Ultrastructure of Fibrinogen Caracas II Molecules, Fibers, and Clots. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(9). 4946–4953. 64 indexed citations

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