Karol E. Watson

33.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
216 papers, 22.7k citations indexed

About

Karol E. Watson is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Karol E. Watson has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 22.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 51 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 49 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Karol E. Watson's work include Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (40 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (34 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (25 papers). Karol E. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (40 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (34 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (25 papers). Karol E. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Karol E. Watson's co-authors include C. Noel Bairey Merz, Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones, Peter W.F. Wilson, Robert H. Eckel, Anne C. Goldberg, Susan T. Shero, Jennifer G. Robinson, Neil J. Stone, J. Sanford Schwartz and David Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Karol E. Watson

206 papers receiving 22.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults

2013 5.5k citations Karol E. Watson et al. Circulation profile →
2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults

2013 2.9k citations Karol E. Watson et al. profile →
Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups

2008 2.1k citations Gregory L. Burke, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
Bone morphogenetic protein expression in human atherosclerotic lesions.

1993 832 citations Kristina I. Boström, Karol E. Watson et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women

2016 814 citations Laxmi S. Mehta, Harlan M. Krumholz et al. Circulation profile →
Coronary Calcium Score and Cardiovascular Risk

2018 564 citations Philip Greenland, Matthew J. Budoff et al. profile →
Cardiovascular Disease and Breast Cancer: Where These Entities Intersect: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

2018 542 citations Laxmi S. Mehta, Karol E. Watson et al. Circulation profile →
10-Year Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Using Coronary Artery Calcium and Traditional Risk Factors

2015 450 citations Robyn L. McClelland, Matthew J. Budoff et al. profile →
Association between air pollution and coronary artery calcification within six metropolitan areas in the USA (the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution): a longitudinal cohort study

2016 408 citations Joel D. Kaufman, R. Graham Barr et al. profile →
Percent Emphysema, Airflow Obstruction, and Impaired Left Ventricular Filling

2010 381 citations R. Graham Barr, David A. Bluemke et al. profile →
Ten-year association of coronary artery calcium with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

2018 380 citations Matthew J. Budoff, Gregory L. Burke et al. profile →
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians in the United States: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Treatments: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

2018 352 citations Laxmi S. Mehta, Karol E. Watson et al. Circulation profile →
Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020

2023 68 citations Chima D. Ndumele, Yuntian Liu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karol E. Watson United States	55	8.1k	8.0k	4.4k	3.9k	2.9k	216	22.7k
Salim S. Virani United States	61	8.3k 1.0×	11.0k 1.4×	4.8k 1.1×	2.2k 0.6×	3.1k 1.1×	734	25.2k
Barry R. Davis United States	56	9.4k 1.2×	13.3k 1.7×	5.9k 1.3×	2.0k 0.5×	3.0k 1.0×	256	25.7k
Vera Bittner United States	76	6.8k 0.8×	13.6k 1.7×	5.9k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	369	26.6k
Amit Khera United States	61	6.5k 0.8×	9.9k 1.2×	4.8k 1.1×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	210	22.3k
Michael J. Blaha United States	83	7.6k 0.9×	11.7k 1.5×	4.3k 1.0×	7.8k 2.0×	1.6k 0.6×	758	27.1k
Lemuel A. Moyé United States	53	8.8k 1.1×	12.0k 1.5×	4.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	140	22.9k
Colin Baigent United Kingdom	51	11.0k 1.4×	8.9k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	136	22.6k
Erin D. Michos United States	77	5.9k 0.7×	11.7k 1.5×	5.4k 1.2×	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	689	30.5k
Michael Pencina United States	75	9.4k 1.2×	12.9k 1.6×	7.2k 1.6×	4.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	330	36.2k
Susan T. Shero United States	9	7.3k 0.9×	6.0k 0.8×	3.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	3.3k 1.2×	13	15.3k

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Press, Marcella Calfon, et al.. (2025). Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Stress Reduction Among Patients With or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: Mixed Methods Pilot Study. JMIR Cardio. 9. e66557–e66557.

Agarwala, Anandita, Dave L. Dixon, Eugenia Gianos, et al.. (2024). Dyslipidemia management in women of reproductive potential: An Expert Clinical Consensus from the National Lipid Association. Journal of clinical lipidology. 18(5). e664–e684. 14 indexed citations

Wadhera, Rishi K., Karol E. Watson, & Mercedes R. Carnethon. (2023). Advancing Cardiovascular Health Equity in the United States: Now That We Know, Where Do We Go Next?. Circulation. 148(3). 197–198. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yuan, Yuntian Liu, Ania M. Jastreboff, et al.. (2023). Eligibility for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Therapy in the United States Based on SELECT Trial Criteria: Insights From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 17(1). e010640–e010640. 6 indexed citations

Chehab, Omar, Mahsima Shabani, Karol E. Watson, et al.. (2023). Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels and Myocardial Fibrosis in Men and Postmenopausal Women. JACC Advances. 2(3). 100320–100320. 10 indexed citations

Hoffman, Eric A., Norrina B. Allen, Alain G. Bertoni, et al.. (2022). Pulmonary Blood Volume Among Older Adults in the Community: The MESA Lung Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 15(8). e014380–e014380. 9 indexed citations

Austin, Thomas R., Paul N. Jensen, Ilya M. Nasrallah, et al.. (2022). Left Atrial Function and Arrhythmias in Relation to Small Vessel Disease on Brain MRI: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(20). e026460–e026460. 13 indexed citations

Post, Wendy S., Karol E. Watson, Spencer Hansen, et al.. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Differences in All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: The MESA Study. Circulation. 146(3). 229–239. 71 indexed citations

Irwin, Michael R., Lynn V. Doering, Mary‐Lynn Brecht, et al.. (2021). Mindfulness effects on lifestyle behavior and blood pressure: A randomized controlled trial. Health Science Reports. 4(2). e296–e296. 12 indexed citations

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Bond, Rachel M., Kecia Gaither, Samar A. Nasser, et al.. (2021). Working Agenda for Black Mothers. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 14(2). e007643–e007643. 38 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yanglu, Shaista Malik, Matthew J. Budoff, et al.. (2021). Identification and Predictors for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Equivalents Among Adults With Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 44(10). 2411–2418. 14 indexed citations

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Pezel, Théo, Bharath Ambale‐Venkatesh, Henrique Doria De Vasconcellos, et al.. (2021). Left Atrioventricular Coupling Index as a Prognostic Marker of Cardiovascular Events: The MESA Study. Hypertension. 78(3). 661–671. 59 indexed citations

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Ambale‐Venkatesh, Bharath, Mohammad R. Ostovaneh, Tarek Zghaib, et al.. (2019). Change in left atrial function predicts incident atrial fibrillation: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 20(9). 979–987. 44 indexed citations

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Caufield, J. Harry, David A. Liem, Karol E. Watson, et al.. (2018). A Metadata Extraction Approach for Clinical Case Reports to Enable Advanced Understanding of Biomedical Concepts. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

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Luchsinger, José A., Yong Ma, Costas A. Christophi, et al.. (2017). Metformin, Lifestyle Intervention, and Cognition in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Diabetes Care. 40(7). 958–965. 57 indexed citations

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Watson, Karol E., et al.. (2017). A Novel Mechanism Causing Hypertriglyceridemia. Journal watch. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Ebong, Imo, Karol E. Watson, David C. Goff, et al.. (2013). Abstract 10384: Age at Menopause and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 128.

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Ranjit, Nalini, Ana V. Diez–Roux, Brisa N. Sánchez, et al.. (2009). Association of Salivary Cortisol Circadian Pattern With Cynical Hostility: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Psychosomatic Medicine. 71(7). 748–755. 34 indexed citations

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Watson, Karol E.. (2008). What is the evidence in favor of low-dose statin therapy in 2008?. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 10(1). 33–38. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Karol E., et al.. (1994). TGF-beta 1 and 25-hydroxycholesterol stimulate osteoblast-like vascular cells to calcify.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 93(5). 2106–2113. 391 indexed citations

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