Meyer Friedman

14.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
215 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Meyer Friedman is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Meyer Friedman has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Surgery, 44 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 27 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Meyer Friedman's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (29 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers) and Cardiac Health and Mental Health (14 papers). Meyer Friedman is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (29 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers) and Cardiac Health and Mental Health (14 papers). Meyer Friedman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Meyer Friedman's co-authors include Ray H. Rosenman, Sanford O. Byers, C. David Jenkins, Reuben Straus, Moses Wurm, Richard Brand, Robert I. Sholtz, Robert J. Kositchek, Lynda H. Powell and Shirley St. George and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Meyer Friedman

208 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

ASSOCIATION OF SPECIFIC OVERT BEHAVIOR PATTERN WITH BLOOD AND CARDIOVASCULAR FINDINGS

1959 1.0k citations Meyer Friedman profile →
Type A Behavior and Your Heart

1974 924 citations Meyer Friedman, Ray H. Rosenman profile →
A Predictive Study of Coronary Heart Disease

1964 391 citations Ray H. Rosenman, Meyer Friedman et al. profile →
Changes in the Serum Cholesterol and Blood Clotting Time in Men Subjected to Cyclic Variation of Occupational Stress

1958 349 citations Meyer Friedman, Ray H. Rosenman et al. profile →
Coronary heart disease in the Western Collaborative Group Study

1970 342 citations Ray H. Rosenman, Meyer Friedman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meyer Friedman United Kingdom	44	2.9k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	215	9.3k
Ray H. Rosenman United States	43	3.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	757 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	173	10.2k
Philip W. Lavori United States	66	1.9k 0.6×	4.0k 2.9×	1.5k 1.2×	968 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	223	18.2k
John E. Cornell United States	46	1.3k 0.5×	926 0.7×	986 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	752 0.7×	112	8.6k
Ben Freedman Australia	55	7.1k 2.4×	2.2k 1.6×	697 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	699 0.6×	307	12.9k
Paul G. McGovern United States	52	2.6k 0.9×	585 0.4×	2.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	156 0.1×	121	10.2k
Teresa A. Rummans United States	53	978 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	667 0.6×	510 0.5×	210	10.7k
John W. Farquhar United States	48	1.4k 0.5×	361 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	212 0.2×	117	9.5k
Jürgen Barth Germany	50	1.8k 0.6×	3.2k 2.3×	1.9k 1.5×	343 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	249	10.6k
Michael E. Hyland United Kingdom	41	834 0.3×	751 0.5×	882 0.7×	2.2k 1.9×	623 0.6×	192	7.7k
Jostein Holmen Norway	51	1.8k 0.6×	837 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	628 0.6×	405 0.4×	131	10.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Meyer Friedman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meyer Friedman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meyer Friedman

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20 of 20 papers shown

Friedman, Meyer, et al.. (1996). Effect of type A behavioral counseling on frequency of episodes of silent myocardial ischemia in coronary patients. American Heart Journal. 132(5). 933–937. 11 indexed citations

Price, Virginia A., et al.. (1995). Relation between insecurity and type A behavior. American Heart Journal. 129(3). 488–491. 6 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer & Ghassan Ghandour. (1993). Medical diagnosis of type A behavior. American Heart Journal. 126(3). 607–618. 8 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer. (1989). Type A behavior: Its diagnosis, cardiovascular relation and the effect of its modification on recurrence of coronary artery disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 64(6). C12–C19. 13 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer. (1988). Type A behavior: A frequently misdiagnosed and rarely treated medical disorder. American Heart Journal. 115(4). 930–936. 11 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer. (1971). The coronary thrombus: Its origin and fate. Human Pathology. 2(1). 81–128. 79 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer & Sanford O. Byers. (1965). INDUCTION OF THROMBI UPON PRE-EXISTING ARTERIAL PLAQUES.. PubMed. 46. 567–75. 12 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer & Sanford O. Byers. (1965). Immunity of the mature thrombo-atherosclerotic plaque to hypercholesteraemia.. PubMed. 46(5). 539–44. 3 indexed citations

Friedman, Meyer & Sanford O. Byers. (1964). INDUCTION OF ARTERIAL LIPOGENESIS BY RED CELLS.. PubMed Central. 45. 917–27. 6 indexed citations

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Friedman, Meyer. (1963). Pathogenesis of the spontaneous atherosclerotic plaque. A study on the cholesterol-fed rabbit.. 76. 318–329. 11 indexed citations

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Friedman, Meyer, Sanford O. Byers, & Shirley St. George. (1962). ORIGIN OF LIPID AND CHOLESTEROL IN EXPERIMENTAL THROMBOATHEROSCLEROSIS*. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 41(4). 828–841. 30 indexed citations

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Byers, Sanford O. & Meyer Friedman. (1958). Changes in Intestinal Absorption and Plasma Concentration of Various Lipids After Ileal Reimplantation of Bile Duct. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 192(2). 427–431. 6 indexed citations

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Friedman, Meyer & Sanford O. Byers. (1958). The Cause of Persisting Hypercholesteremia in Rabbit after Cessation of Cholesterol Feeding.. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 98(2). 281–283. 7 indexed citations

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Rosenman, Ray H., Sanford O. Byers, & Meyer Friedman. (1954). The Effect of Soybean Sterols on the Absorption of Cholesterol by the Rat. Circulation Research. 2(2). 160–163. 9 indexed citations

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Byers, Sanford O. & Meyer Friedman. (1954). Observations Concerning the Production and Excretion of Cholesterol in Mammals. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 179(1). 79–84. 21 indexed citations

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Friedman, Meyer & Sanford O. Byers. (1953). THE MECHANISM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA INDUCED BY TRITON WR-1339. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 97(1). 117–130. 72 indexed citations

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Byers, Sanford O., et al.. (1953). OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION AND EXCRETION OF CHOLESTEROL IN MAMMALS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 97(4). 511–524. 10 indexed citations

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Friedman, Meyer, et al.. (1953). OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION AND EXCRETION OF CHOLESTEROL IN MAMMALS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 98(2). 107–117. 29 indexed citations

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Byers, Sanford O. & Meyer Friedman. (1952). OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION AND EXCRETION OF CHOLESTEROL IN MAMMALS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 95(1). 19–24. 17 indexed citations

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Byers, Sanford O., Ray H. Rosenman, Meyer Friedman, & Max W. Biggs. (1952). RATE OF CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS IN HYPO- AND HYPERTHYROID RATS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 96(5). 513–516. 28 indexed citations

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