Mark Richards

52.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
971 papers, 34.1k citations indexed

About

Mark Richards is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Richards has authored 971 papers receiving a total of 34.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 535 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 137 papers in Molecular Biology and 108 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mark Richards's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (325 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (131 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (82 papers). Mark Richards is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (325 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (131 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (82 papers). Mark Richards collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Singapore and United States. Mark Richards's co-authors include Timothy G. Yandle, Eric A. Espiner, M. Gary Nicholls, Richard W. Troughton, M. Gary Nicholls, Christopher Frampton, John G. Lainchbury, Christopher J. Charles, Chris Frampton and Hamid Ikram and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Mark Richards

920 papers receiving 32.9k citations

Hit Papers

Treatment of heart failure guided by plasma aminoterminal... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2000 2005 1998 2002 2019 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Treatment of heart failure guided by plasma aminoterminal brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP) concentrations
    2000 1.0k citations Richard W. Troughton, Christopher Frampton et al. profile →
  2. NT-proBNP testing for diagnosis and short-term prognosis in acute destabilized heart failure: an international pooled analysis of 1256 patients
    2005 821 citations James L. Januzzi, John G. Lainchbury et al. profile →
  3. Plasma N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Adrenomedullin
    1998 545 citations Mark Richards, M. Gary Nicholls et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Human feeders support prolonged undifferentiated growth of human inner cell masses and embryonic stem cells
    2002 532 citations Mark Richards, Woon‐Khiong Chan et al. profile →
  5. Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Practical Guidance on the Use of Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations
    2019 464 citations Antoni Bayés‐Genís, Mark Richards et al. profile →
  6. A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Pharmacological Treatment of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2021 209 citations Jasper Tromp, Wouter Ouwerkerk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Richards New Zealand 86 19.3k 6.4k 4.9k 4.6k 2.9k 971 34.1k
Roberto Ferrari Italy 77 19.9k 1.0× 5.6k 0.9× 5.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 2.7k 0.9× 769 31.3k
Gerd Hasenfuß Germany 86 23.4k 1.2× 9.8k 1.5× 4.9k 1.0× 2.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 607 32.5k
David A. Kass United States 122 37.8k 2.0× 12.3k 1.9× 6.5k 1.3× 4.3k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 483 51.3k
Alun D. Hughes United Kingdom 73 10.1k 0.5× 4.4k 0.7× 4.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 822 23.4k
Thomas J. Wang United States 97 21.0k 1.1× 8.0k 1.3× 4.8k 1.0× 3.2k 0.7× 4.3k 1.5× 451 43.2k
John P. Cooke United States 101 10.9k 0.6× 11.2k 1.8× 7.3k 1.5× 3.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 510 35.6k
Hiroaki Shimokawa Japan 103 18.0k 0.9× 10.6k 1.7× 7.1k 1.5× 5.3k 1.2× 3.1k 1.1× 841 40.2k
George A. Mensah United States 78 17.3k 0.9× 3.1k 0.5× 6.4k 1.3× 4.6k 1.0× 3.4k 1.2× 291 42.4k
Burton E. Sobel United States 97 17.3k 0.9× 5.5k 0.9× 6.4k 1.3× 3.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 647 33.5k
David E. Newby United Kingdom 100 14.4k 0.7× 2.8k 0.4× 7.2k 1.5× 7.0k 1.5× 1.7k 0.6× 797 38.0k

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All Works

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Ling, Lieng Hsi, Eugene S.J. Tan, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal associations of carotid artery stiffness with progression of cerebrovascular disease, incident dementia and cognitive decline in older adults. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 12(6). 100127–100127. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Lei, Marie‐Joe Dib, Ozgun Erten, et al.. (2025). Transferrin Saturation, Serum Iron, and Ferritin in Heart Failure: Prognostic Significance and Proteomic Associations. Circulation Heart Failure. 18(2). e011728–e011728. 4 indexed citations
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Teramoto, K., Wan Ting Tay, Jasper Tromp, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal NT‐proBNP: Associations With Echocardiographic Changes and Outcomes in Heart Failure. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(9). e032254–e032254. 6 indexed citations
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Scott, Nicola, Timothy C. R. Prickett, Christopher J. Charles, et al.. (2024). Haemodynamic, hormonal and renal actions of osteocrin in normal sheep. Experimental Physiology. 109(8). 1305–1316. 3 indexed citations
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Pilbrow, Anna P., Torsten Kleffmann, John W. Pickering, et al.. (2023). Comparison of SPEED, S-Trap, and In-Solution-Based Sample Preparation Methods for Mass Spectrometry in Kidney Tissue and Plasma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6290–6290. 5 indexed citations
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Palmer, Barry R., Chris Frampton, Anna P. Pilbrow, et al.. (2021). Vascular endothelial growth factor-A promoter polymorphisms, circulating VEGF-A and survival in acute coronary syndromes. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254206–e0254206. 6 indexed citations
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Jadamba, Baasansuren, et al.. (2020). Three optimization formulations for an inverse problem in saddle point problems with applications to elasticity imaging of locating tumor in incompressible medium. Journal of Nonlinear and Variational Analysis. 4. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Mark, et al.. (2018). Emergence/Subsidence Histories Along the Carnegie and Cocos Ridges and Their Bearing Upon Biological Speciation in the Galápagos. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(11). 4099–4129. 10 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Leonardo Pinto de, Sock Hwee Tan, Zhiqun Tang, et al.. (2018). Plasma Ceramides as Prognostic Biomarkers and Their Arterial and Myocardial Tissue Correlates in Acute Myocardial Infarction. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 3(2). 163–175. 69 indexed citations
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Richards, Mark. (2015). Software Architecture Patterns. 82 indexed citations
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Pilbrow, Anna P., Chris Frampton, Mark Richards, Richard W. Troughton, & Vicky A. Cameron. (2014). Abstract 18066: Elevated Levels of Circulating MicroRNA-223, MicroRNA-127 and MicroRNA-146a are Associated with Risk of Near Future Cardiovascular Events in Asymptomatic Individuals. Circulation. 130. 1 indexed citations
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Greenslade, Jaimi, Louise Cullen, William Parsonage, et al.. (2012). Examining the Signs and Symptoms Experienced by Individuals With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Prospective Observational Study. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 60(6). 777–785.e3. 31 indexed citations
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Mocatta, Tessa, David Smyth, Mark Richards, et al.. (2010). Factors Influencing Local and Systemic Levels of Plasma Myeloperoxidase in ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 106(3). 316–322. 19 indexed citations
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Ritzema, Jay, Iain Melton, Mark Richards, et al.. (2007). Direct Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients. Circulation. 116(25). 2952–2959. 101 indexed citations
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Jardine, David L., Christopher J. Charles, Chris Frampton, & Mark Richards. (2007). Cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction in a conscious sheep model. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 293(1). H433–H439. 31 indexed citations
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Richards, Mark, et al.. (2006). Introduction of Metoprolol Increases Plasma B-Type Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides in Mild, Stable Heart Failure. Circulation. 113(7). 977–985. 95 indexed citations
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Kimmenade, Roland R.J. van, Yigal M. Pinto, Antoni Bayés‐Genís, et al.. (2006). Usefulness of Intermediate Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Acute Heart Failure. The American Journal of Cardiology. 98(3). 386–390. 75 indexed citations
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Gerber, Ivor L., Ralph Stewart, John K. French, et al.. (2003). Associations between plasma natriuretic peptide levels, symptoms, and left ventricular function in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 92(6). 755–758. 47 indexed citations
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Hunt, Penny J., Eric A. Espiner, M. Gary Nicholls, Mark Richards, & Timothy G. Yandle. (1996). Differing biological effects of equimolar atrial and brain natriuretic peptide infusions in normal man.. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 81(11). 3871–3876. 70 indexed citations

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