Nicholas Houstis

15.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Houstis is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Houstis has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 15 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Houstis's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (15 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (10 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (8 papers). Nicholas Houstis is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (15 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (10 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (8 papers). Nicholas Houstis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Nicholas Houstis's co-authors include Evan D. Rosen, Eric S. Lander, Gregory D. Lewis, Aaron S. Eisman, Paul P. Pappagianopoulos, Rajeev Malhotra, Anthony Rosenzweig, Nimesh Mody, Barbara B. Kahn and Timothy E. Graham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Houstis

28 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Reactive oxygen species have a causal role in multiple forms of insulin resistance

2006 2.1k citations Nicholas Houstis, Evan D. Rosen et al. Nature profile →
Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

2014 306 citations Rajeev Malhotra, Paul P. Pappagianopoulos et al. profile →

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Feng Gao China

Katashi Okoshi Brazil

Evasio Pasini Italy

Jane McEneny United Kingdom

Cláudia Penna Italy

Craig S. Stump United States

Luciano Cominacini Italy

Verena Stangl Germany

Marina Politi Okoshi Brazil

André Dejam United States

Feng Gao China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Houstis

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Lee, Sujin, Nicholas Houstis, Thomas F. Cunningham, et al.. (2025). Transferrin Saturation Is a Better Predictor Than Ferritin of Metabolic and Hemodynamic Exercise Responses in HFpEF. JACC Heart Failure. 13(8). 102478–102478. 1 indexed citations

Roh, Kangsan, Haobo Li, Rebecca Freeman, et al.. (2025). Exercise‐Induced Cardiac Lymphatic Remodeling Mitigates Inflammation in the Aging Heart. Aging Cell. 24(6). e70043–e70043. 4 indexed citations

Pallarès-López, Roger, Steven Song, Erik Reinertsen, et al.. (2025). Cardiac Output Estimation in the Intensive Care Unit. JACC Advances. 4(5). 101663–101663.

Nayor, Matthew, Patricia E. Miller, Venkatesh L. Murthy, et al.. (2023). Arterial Stiffness and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Impairment in the Community. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(21). e029619–e029619. 8 indexed citations

Chandrasekhar, Anand, Roger Pallarès-López, Nicholas Houstis, et al.. (2023). Tissue perfusion pressure enables continuous hemodynamic evaluation and risk prediction in the intensive care unit. Nature Medicine. 29(8). 1998–2006. 15 indexed citations

Shah, Ravi V., Patricia E. Miller, Laura A. Colangelo, et al.. (2022). Blood‐Based Fingerprint of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Young Adulthood. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(18). e026670–e026670. 4 indexed citations

Nayor, Matthew, Ariel Chernofsky, Nicole L. Spartano, et al.. (2021). Physical activity and fitness in the community: the Framingham Heart Study. European Heart Journal. 42(44). 4565–4575. 47 indexed citations

Rhee, James, Tina B. McKay, Nicholas Houstis, et al.. (2021). Serum Proteomics of Older Patients Undergoing Major Cardiac Surgery: Identification of Biomarkers Associated With Postoperative Delirium. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 13. 699763–699763. 17 indexed citations

Iwamoto, Yoshiko, Robert R. Kitchen, Colin Platt, et al.. (2021). Abstract 13218: CITED4 is Required for Exercise-Induced Cardiac Growth and Cardiomyogenesis in Mice. Circulation. 144(Suppl_1). 1 indexed citations

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Guseh, J. Sawalla, Timothy W. Churchill, Ashish Yeri, et al.. (2020). An expanded repertoire of intensity-dependent exercise-responsive plasma proteins tied to loci of human disease risk. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10831–10831. 20 indexed citations

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Ho, Jennifer E., Emily K. Zern, Emily Lau, et al.. (2020). Exercise Pulmonary Hypertension Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Dyspnea on Effort. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(1). 17–26. 91 indexed citations

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Nayor, Matthew, Nicholas Houstis, Mayooran Namasivayam, et al.. (2020). Impaired Exercise Tolerance in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Failure. 8(8). 605–617. 70 indexed citations

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Regué, Laura, Fei Ji, Daniel Flicker, et al.. (2019). IMP2 increases mouse skeletal muscle mass and voluntary activity by enhancing autocrine IGF2 production and optimizing muscle metabolism.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 3 indexed citations

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Roh, Jason D., Pablo Quintero, Ashish Yeri, et al.. (2018). TARGETING THE ACTIVIN TYPE II RECEPTOR PATHWAY FOR HEART FAILURE THERAPY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(11). A2663–A2663.

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Houstis, Nicholas, Aaron S. Eisman, Paul P. Pappagianopoulos, et al.. (2017). Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circulation. 137(2). 148–161. 172 indexed citations

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Roh, Jason D., Nicholas Houstis, & Anthony Rosenzweig. (2017). Why Don’t We Have Proven Treatments for HFpEF?. Circulation Research. 120(8). 1243–1245. 82 indexed citations

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Houstis, Nicholas, Aaron S. Eisman, Paul P. Pappagianopoulos, Peter D. Wagner, & Gregory D. Lewis. (2016). EXERCISE INTOLERANCE IN HFPEF: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE DIFFUSION CAPACITY AND THE CHALLENGE OF MULTIPLE OXYGEN TRANSPORT DEFECTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 1481–1481. 1 indexed citations

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Platt, Colin, Nicholas Houstis, & Anthony Rosenzweig. (2015). Using Exercise to Measure and Modify Cardiac Function. Cell Metabolism. 21(2). 227–236. 31 indexed citations

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Houstis, Nicholas & Gregory D. Lewis. (2014). Causes of Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Searching for Consensus. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 20(10). 762–778. 17 indexed citations

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Houstis, Nicholas, Evan D. Rosen, & Eric S. Lander. (2006). Reactive oxygen species have a causal role in multiple forms of insulin resistance. Nature. 440(7086). 944–948. 2052 indexed citations breakdown →

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