Karol M. Pencina

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Karol M. Pencina is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Karol M. Pencina has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Karol M. Pencina's work include Hormonal and reproductive studies (31 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (12 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (12 papers). Karol M. Pencina is often cited by papers focused on Hormonal and reproductive studies (31 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (12 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (12 papers). Karol M. Pencina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Karol M. Pencina's co-authors include Michael Pencina, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Philip A. Wolf, Joseph F. Polak, Shalender Bhasin, Philip Greenland, A. Cecile J.W. Janssens, Shehzad Basaria and Thomas G. Travison and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Karol M. Pencina

86 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Carotid-Wall Intima–Media Thickness and Cardiovascular Events

2011 608 citations Michael Pencina, Karol M. Pencina et al. profile →
Interpreting Incremental Value of Markers Added to Risk Prediction Models

2012 358 citations Michael Pencina, Ralph B. D’Agostino et al. profile →
Discordance among apoB, non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides: implications for cardiovascular prevention

2024 40 citations Allan D. Sniderman, Line Dufresne et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karol M. Pencina United States	27	1.1k	1.1k	500	463	442	87	3.2k
A. Elisabeth Hak Netherlands	24	1.6k 1.5×	672 0.6×	352 0.7×	745 1.6×	582 1.3×	42	4.1k
Caroline Kistorp Denmark	32	2.0k 1.9×	2.0k 1.9×	526 1.1×	637 1.4×	681 1.5×	148	4.5k
Lisa de las Fuentes United States	30	693 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	223 0.4×	340 0.7×	415 0.9×	111	3.8k
Carlo Vigorito Italy	41	910 0.8×	2.4k 2.3×	259 0.5×	381 0.8×	487 1.1×	161	5.0k
J. Kay Dunn United States	30	1.0k 1.0×	742 0.7×	593 1.2×	314 0.7×	862 2.0×	50	3.9k
Jørgen Jeppesen Denmark	34	1.2k 1.2×	3.1k 2.9×	631 1.3×	753 1.6×	852 1.9×	110	5.4k
Kei Kamide Japan	41	928 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	613 1.2×	523 1.1×	619 1.4×	239	5.7k
A. Evans France	35	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	311 0.6×	495 1.1×	970 2.2×	68	4.5k
Rachel H. Mackey United States	37	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	458 0.9×	665 1.4×	987 2.2×	109	4.8k
Koichi Kozaki Japan	34	543 0.5×	1000 0.9×	512 1.0×	423 0.9×	917 2.1×	129	3.7k

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Björnson, Elias, John T. Wilkins, Martin Bødtker Mortensen, et al.. (2025). ApoB, LDL-C, and non-HDL-C as markers of cardiovascular risk. Journal of clinical lipidology. 19(4). 844–859. 2 indexed citations

Gagliano‐Jucá, Thiago, Karol M. Pencina, Thomas G. Travison, et al.. (2025). Association of testosterone-induced increase in neutrophil and monocyte counts with thromboembolic events: The TRAVERSE trial. American Heart Journal. 288. 77–88. 2 indexed citations

Valderrábano, Rodrigo J., Karol M. Pencina, R. A. Dixon, et al.. (2024). Bone microarchitectural alterations associated with spinal cord injury: Relation to sex hormones, metabolic factors, and loading. Bone. 181. 117039–117039.

Pencina, Karol M., Thomas G. Travison, Glenn R. Cunningham, et al.. (2023). Effect of Testosterone Replacement Therapy on Sexual Function and Hypogonadal Symptoms in Men with Hypogonadism. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(2). 569–580. 36 indexed citations

Pencina, Karol M., Michael Pencina, Line Dufresne, et al.. (2022). An adverse lipoprotein phenotype—hypertriglyceridaemic hyperapolipoprotein B—and the long-term risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 3(5). e339–e346. 4 indexed citations

Pencina, Karol M., Arthur L. Burnett, Thomas W. Storer, et al.. (2021). A Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (OPK-88004) in Prostate Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Trial. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(8). 2171–2186. 21 indexed citations

Pencina, Michael, Karol M. Pencina, Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones, et al.. (2020). The Expected 30-Year Benefits of Early Versus Delayed Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by Lipid Lowering. Circulation. 142(9). 827–837. 45 indexed citations

Pencina, Karol M., George Thanassoulis, John T. Wilkins, et al.. (2019). Trajectories of Non–HDL Cholesterol Across Midlife. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 74(1). 70–79. 67 indexed citations

Pencina, Karol M., Zhuoying Li, & Monty Montano. (2019). Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Men Is Associated With Routine Blood-Based Biomarkers. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 74(Supplement_1). S32–S37. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Wen, Karol M. Pencina, Thiago Gagliano‐Jucá, et al.. (2018). Effects of an ActRIIB.Fc Ligand Trap on Cardiac Function in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Male Rhesus Macaques. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2(8). 817–831. 3 indexed citations

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Siddique, Ayesha, Timothy F. Murphy, Syed Naeem, et al.. (2018). Relationship of mildly increased albuminuria and coronary artery revascularization outcomes in patients with diabetes. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 93(4). E217–E224. 5 indexed citations

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Arver, Stefan, Karol M. Pencina, Anna Martling, et al.. (2017). Muscles of the trunk and pelvis are responsive to testosterone administration: data from testosterone dose–response study in young healthy men. Andrology. 6(1). 64–73. 11 indexed citations

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Bhasin, Shalender, Thomas G. Travison, Lisa M. O’Brien, et al.. (2017). Contributors to the substantial variation in on‐treatment testosterone levels in men receiving transdermal testosterone gels in randomized trials. Andrology. 6(1). 151–157. 12 indexed citations

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Onuma, Oyere K., Karol M. Pencina, Joseph M. Massaro, et al.. (2017). Relation of Risk Factors and Abdominal Aortic Calcium to Progression of Coronary Artery Calcium (from the Framingham Heart Study). The American Journal of Cardiology. 119(10). 1584–1589. 22 indexed citations

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Basaria, Shehzad, Ravi Jasuja, Grace Huang, et al.. (2016). Characteristics of Men Who Report Persistent Sexual Symptoms After Finasteride Use for Hair Loss. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 101(12). 4669–4680. 54 indexed citations

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Tuttle, Katherine R., Lance D. Dworkin, William L. Henrich, et al.. (2016). Effects of Stenting for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis on eGFR and Predictors of Clinical Events in the CORAL Trial. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 11(7). 1180–1188. 21 indexed citations

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Guo, Wen, Eric Bachman, Johannes Vogel, et al.. (2015). The Effects of Short-Term and Long-Term Testosterone Supplementation on Blood Viscosity and Erythrocyte Deformability in Healthy Adult Mice. Endocrinology. 156(5). 1623–1629. 20 indexed citations

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Huang, Grace, et al.. (2015). Functional Voice Testing Detects Early Changes in Vocal Pitch in Women During Testosterone Administration. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 100(6). 2254–2260. 18 indexed citations

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Guo, Wen, Andrew D. Miller, Karol M. Pencina, et al.. (2015). Joint dysfunction and functional decline in middle age myostatin null mice. Bone. 83. 141–148. 4 indexed citations

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Velagaleti, Raghava S., Michael J. Pencina, Ramachandran S. Vasan, et al.. (2010). Cross-Sectional Relations of Lipid Concentrations to Left Ventricular Structural Attributes. The American Journal of Cardiology. 105(9). 1297–1299. 5 indexed citations

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