Richard C. Boucher

796 total papers · 66.2k total citations
479 papers, 46.1k citations indexed

About

Richard C. Boucher is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard C. Boucher has authored 479 papers receiving a total of 46.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 344 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 128 papers in Molecular Biology and 69 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Richard C. Boucher's work include Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (251 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (210 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (67 papers). Richard C. Boucher is often cited by papers focused on Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (251 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (210 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (67 papers). Richard C. Boucher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Richard C. Boucher's co-authors include Michael R. Knowles, M. Jackson Stutts, Eduardo R. Lazarowski, Barbara R. Grubb, James R. Yankaskas, Scott H. Randell, Robert Tarran, Anthony M. Paradiso, J. T. Gatzy and Brian Button and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Richard C. Boucher

466 papers receiving 45.0k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of reduced mucus ... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2002 1995 2002 2002 2002 250 500 750
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Effects of reduced mucus oxygen concentration in airway Pseudomonas infections of cystic fibrosis patients
    2002 917 citations Dieter Worlitzsch, Robert Tarran et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  2. CFTR as a cAMP-Dependent Regulator of Sodium Channels
    1995 894 citations M. Jackson Stutts, Cecilia M. Canessa et al. Science profile →
  3. Mucus clearance as a primary innate defense mechanism for mammalian airways
    2002 862 citations Michael R. Knowles, Richard C. Boucher Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  4. Mucus clearance as a primary innate defense mechanism for mammalian airways
    2002 798 citations Michael R. Knowles, Richard C. Boucher Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  5. Effects of reduced mucus oxygen concentration in airway Pseudomonas infections of cystic fibrosis patients
    2002 776 citations Dieter Worlitzsch, Robert Tarran et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  6. An Animal Model for Cystic Fibrosis Made by Gene Targeting
    1992 744 citations John N. Snouwaert, Anne M. Latour et al. Science profile →
  7. Increased airway epithelial Na+ absorption produces cystic fibrosis-like lung disease in mice
    2004 700 citations Marcus Mall, Barbara R. Grubb et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  8. Correction: Corrigendum: Non-invasive airway health assessment: Synchrotron imaging reveals effects of rehydrating treatments on mucociliary transit in-vivo
    2014 675 citations Martin Donnelley, Kaye S. Morgan et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  9. A Periciliary Brush Promotes the Lung Health by Separating the Mucus Layer from Airway Epithelia
    2012 613 citations Brian Button, Camille Ehré et al. Science profile →
  10. Submucosal glands are the predominant site of CFTR expression in the human bronchus
    1992 515 citations John F. Engelhardt, James R. Yankaskas et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  11. Mucus Clearance and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis with Hypertonic Saline
    2006 510 citations Scott H. Donaldson, William D. Bennett et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  12. New concepts of the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis lung disease
    2003 485 citations Richard C. Boucher European Respiratory Journal profile →
  13. Na+ transport in cystic fibrosis respiratory epithelia. Abnormal basal rate and response to adenylate cyclase activation.
    1986 464 citations Richard C. Boucher, M. Jackson Stutts et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  14. Increased Bioelectric Potential Difference across Respiratory Epithelia in Cystic Fibrosis
    1981 448 citations Michael R. Knowles, John T. Gatzy et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  15. Activation by Extracellular Nucleotides of Chloride Secretion in the Airway Epithelia of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
    1991 401 citations Michael R. Knowles, Lane L. Clarke et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  16. Abnormal Ion Permeation Through Cystic Fibrosis Respiratory Epithelium
    1983 374 citations Michael R. Knowles, M. Jackson Stutts et al. Science profile →
  17. Human Lung Stem Cell-Based Alveolospheres Provide Insights into SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Interferon Responses and Pneumocyte Dysfunction
    2020 246 citations Hiroaki Katsura, Vishwaraj Sontake et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  18. Defective Epithelial Chloride Transport in a Gene-Targeted Mouse Model of Cystic Fibrosis
    1992 244 citations Lane L. Clarke, Barbara R. Grubb et al. Science profile →
  19. Muco-Obstructive Lung Diseases
    2019 231 citations Richard C. Boucher New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  20. Human distal lung maps and lineage hierarchies reveal a bipotent progenitor
    2022 160 citations Preetish Kadur Lakshminarasimha Murthy, Vishwaraj Sontake et al. Nature profile →
  21. Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus
    2022 152 citations David B. Hill, Brian Button et al. Physiological Reviews profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Richard C. Boucher 26.7k 17.0k 5.8k 4.7k 4.0k 479 46.1k
Florian Läng 12.5k 0.5× 36.0k 2.1× 21.2k 3.6× 3.8k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 1.4k 68.2k
Franklin H. Epstein 6.8k 0.3× 13.0k 0.8× 8.8k 1.5× 522 0.1× 2.8k 0.7× 252 57.2k
Navdeep S. Chandel 4.8k 0.2× 33.5k 2.0× 7.3k 1.3× 728 0.2× 2.9k 0.7× 302 57.0k
Werner Seeger 28.8k 1.1× 11.6k 0.7× 7.1k 1.2× 255 0.1× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 51.2k
Peter A. Ward 7.0k 0.3× 13.8k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 900 0.2× 2.3k 0.6× 690 53.0k
Asrar B. Malik 5.9k 0.2× 17.2k 1.0× 6.5k 1.1× 670 0.1× 1.1k 0.3× 582 40.3k
Gregg L. Semenza 11.6k 0.4× 64.2k 3.8× 15.2k 2.6× 1.1k 0.2× 15.1k 3.8× 423 116.6k
Simon C. Watkins 4.9k 0.2× 28.3k 1.7× 7.8k 1.3× 809 0.2× 4.6k 1.1× 787 59.1k
Sergio Grinstein 3.0k 0.1× 28.8k 1.7× 7.3k 1.3× 3.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 578 52.9k
Peter Carmeliet 9.1k 0.3× 53.0k 3.1× 6.4k 1.1× 612 0.1× 5.4k 1.3× 730 99.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard C. Boucher

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Richard C. Boucher's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Richard C. Boucher with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Richard C. Boucher more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Richard C. Boucher

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard C. Boucher. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard C. Boucher. The network helps show where Richard C. Boucher may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard C. Boucher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard C. Boucher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard C. Boucher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard C. Boucher. Richard C. Boucher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Loading papers...

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gerhard Wagner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stephen C. Woods Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Daniel B. Mark Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cristina R. Antonescu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Zhifeng Ren Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Leaf Huang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alan S. Go Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paul K. Whelton
Rankless by CCL
2026