Richard B. Shekelle

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

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Richard B. Shekelle is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard B. Shekelle has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Richard B. Shekelle's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (14 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (7 papers). Richard B. Shekelle is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (14 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (7 papers). Richard B. Shekelle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and Australia. Richard B. Shekelle's co-authors include Jeremiah Stamler, Alan R. Dyer, Oglesby Paul, James A. Schoenberger, Mark H. Lepper, Adrian M. Ostfeld, M. Gale, David M. Berkson, Kiang Liu and William J. Raynor and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Richard B. Shekelle

83 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Fish Consumption and the 30-Year Risk of Fatal Myocardial Infarction

1997 667 citations Martha L. Daviglus, Jeremiah Stamler et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Diet, Serum Cholesterol, and Death from Coronary Heart Disease

1981 555 citations Richard B. Shekelle, Oglesby Paul et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
HEART RATE AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND MORTALITY: FINDINGS IN THREE CHICAGO EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES

1980 451 citations Alan R. Dyer, Victoria Persky et al. American Journal of Epidemiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard B. Shekelle United States	41	2.5k	1.6k	1.1k	984	849	83	7.2k
William B. Applegate United States	47	3.6k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	168	9.2k
Flávio Danni Fuchs Brazil	42	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	531 0.5×	882 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	247	7.3k
Shigeru Hisamichi Japan	47	3.2k 1.3×	970 0.6×	675 0.6×	607 0.6×	735 0.9×	159	7.5k
Nemat O. Borhani United States	39	4.1k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	642 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	940 1.1×	124	9.6k
Henry Blackburn United States	51	4.1k 1.6×	2.8k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	149	10.2k
Theodore A. Kotchen United States	46	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	2.5k 2.6×	1.8k 2.1×	204	9.4k
Evert G. Schouten Netherlands	52	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	709 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	140	9.5k
H Blackburn United States	26	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	528 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	695 0.8×	52	5.5k
Millicent Higgins United States	35	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	857 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	2.0k 2.4×	64	8.5k
Dag S. Thelle Norway	54	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.9×	2.0k 2.3×	197	10.0k

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Daviglus, Martha L., Jeremiah Stamler, Anthony J. Orencia, et al.. (1997). Fish Consumption and the 30-Year Risk of Fatal Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal of Medicine. 336(15). 1046–1053. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

Daviglus, Martha L., Alan R. Dyer, Victoria Persky, et al.. (1996). Dietary Beta-Carotene, Vitamin C, and Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results from the Western Electric Study. Epidemiology. 7(5). 472–477. 103 indexed citations

Pandey, Dilip K., Richard B. Shekelle, Beatrice J. Selwyn, Christy Tangney, & Jeremiah Stamler. (1995). Dietary Vitamin C and β-Carotene and Risk of Death in Middle-aged Men. American Journal of Epidemiology. 142(12). 1269–1278. 128 indexed citations

Alterman, Toni, Richard B. Shekelle, Sally W. Vernon, & Keith D. Burau. (1994). Decision Latitude, Psychologic Demand, Job Strain, and Coronary Heart Disease in the Western Electric Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 139(6). 620–627. 142 indexed citations

Dyer, Alan R., et al.. (1993). Subscapular and triceps skinfold thicknesses, body mass index and cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of middle-aged employed men. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 46(3). 289–302. 13 indexed citations

Stamler, Jeremiah, Alan R. Dyer, Richard B. Shekelle, James D. Neaton, & Rose Stamler. (1993). Relationship of Baseline Major Risk Factors to Coronary and All-Cause Mortality, and to Longevity: Findings from Long-Term Follow-Up of Chicago Cohorts. Cardiology. 82(2-3). 191–222. 216 indexed citations

Jacobs, David R., Henry Blackburn, Millicent Higgins, et al.. (1992). Report of the conference on low blood cholesterol. Circulation. 86(3). 22 indexed citations

Shekelle, Richard B., Christy Tangney, Arthur H. Rossof, & Jeremiah Stamler. (1992). Serum Cholesterol, Beta-Carotene, and Risk of Lung Cancer. Epidemiology. 3(4). 282–287. 11 indexed citations

Weiler, Philip G., Merwyn R. Greenlick, Glenn H. Hughes, et al.. (1991). Part 9: Behavioral characteristics. Hypertension. 17(3). 1 indexed citations

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Shekelle, Richard B., Arthur H. Rossof, & Jeremiah Stamler. (1991). Dietary Cholesterol and Incidence of Lung Cancer: The Western Electric Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 134(5). 480–484. 49 indexed citations

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Levine, William, Alan R. Dyer, Richard B. Shekelle, James A. Schoenberger, & Jeremiah Stamler. (1990). POST-LOAD PLASMA GLUCOSE AND CANCER MORTALITY IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN AND WOMEN. American Journal of Epidemiology. 131(2). 254–262. 88 indexed citations

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Hamm, Peggy, Richard B. Shekelle, & Jeremiah Stamler. (1989). LARGE FLUCTUATIONS IN BODY WEIGHT DURING YOUNG ADULTHOOD AND TWENTY-FWE-YEAR RISK OF CORONARY DEATH IN MEN. American Journal of Epidemiology. 129(2). 312–318. 202 indexed citations

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Liao, Youlian, Kiang Liu, Alan R. Dyer, et al.. (1988). Major and minor electrocardiographic abnormalities and risk of death from coronary heart disease, cardiovascular diseases and all causes in men and women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12(6). 1494–1500. 62 indexed citations

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Krueger, Dean E., Susan S. Ellenberg, Sherman Bloom, et al.. (1981). RISK FACTORS FOR FATAL HEART ATTACK IN YOUNG WOMEN. American Journal of Epidemiology. 113(4). 357–370. 18 indexed citations

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Dyer, Alan R., Jeremiah Stamler, O Paul, et al.. (1977). Alcohol consumption, cardiovascular risk factors, and mortality in two Chicago epidemiologic studies.. Circulation. 56(6). 1067–1074. 249 indexed citations

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Stamler, Jeremiah, James A. Schoenberger, Richard B. Shekelle, et al.. (1975). Multivariate analysis of the relationship of seven variables to blood pressure: Findings of the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry, 1967–1972. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 28(10). 527–548. 178 indexed citations

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Ostfeld, A M, Richard B. Shekelle, Harold L. Klawans, & Henry M. Tufo. (1974). Epidemiology of stroke in an elderly welfare population.. American Journal of Public Health. 64(5). 450–458. 56 indexed citations

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Ostfeld, A M, et al.. (1971). Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in an elderly poor urban population.. American Journal of Public Health. 61(1). 19–29. 12 indexed citations

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Shekelle, Richard B., et al.. (1967). Prospective and Retrospective Psychological Studies of Coronary Heart Disease. Psychosomatic Medicine. 29(3). 265–272. 67 indexed citations

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Ostfeld, A M, et al.. (1964). A prospective study of the relationship between personality and coronary heart disease. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 17(3). 265–276. 144 indexed citations

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