Richard D. Weisel

33.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
399 papers, 24.0k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Weisel is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Weisel has authored 399 papers receiving a total of 24.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Surgery, 165 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 93 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Weisel's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (102 papers), Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (93 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (57 papers). Richard D. Weisel is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (102 papers), Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (93 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (57 papers). Richard D. Weisel collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Richard D. Weisel's co-authors include Ren‐Ke Li, Donald A.G. Mickle, Subodh Verma, Paul W.M. Fedak, Terrence M. Yau, Chao‐Hung Wang, Joan Ivanov, Tirone E. David, Paul E. Szmitko and Vivek Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Weisel

394 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

2002 828 citations Subodh Verma, Shuhong Li et al. Circulation profile →
Guidelines for reporting morbidity and mortality after cardiac valvular operations

1996 791 citations Richard D. Weisel et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
Autologous Transplantation of Bone Marrow Cells Improves Damaged Heart Function

1999 785 citations Shinji Tomita, Ren‐Ke Li et al. Circulation profile →
New Markers of Inflammation and Endothelial Cell Activation

2003 562 citations Paul E. Szmitko, Richard D. Weisel et al. Circulation profile →
Resistin Promotes Endothelial Cell Activation

2003 546 citations Subodh Verma, Shuhong Li et al. Circulation profile →
Clinical and Pathophysiological Implications of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve

2002 545 citations Paul W.M. Fedak, Subodh Verma et al. Circulation profile →
Endothelin Antagonism and Interleukin-6 Inhibition Attenuate the Proatherogenic Effects of C-Reactive Protein

2002 516 citations Subodh Verma, Shuhong Li et al. Circulation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard D. Weisel Canada	81	11.0k	8.9k	5.2k	3.9k	3.6k	399	24.0k
Yoshiki Sawa Japan	63	9.5k 0.9×	4.3k 0.5×	5.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	955	18.9k
Joshua M. Hare United States	95	10.5k 1.0×	12.7k 1.4×	11.3k 2.2×	2.0k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	386	32.9k
Helmut Drexler Germany	79	6.5k 0.6×	15.2k 1.7×	6.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	176	29.8k
Keiichi Fukuda Japan	74	6.5k 0.6×	8.9k 1.0×	8.9k 1.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	772	23.3k
Pieter A. Doevendans Netherlands	81	6.4k 0.6×	13.6k 1.5×	9.7k 1.9×	1.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	652	27.4k
Toyoaki Murohara Japan	88	11.1k 1.0×	14.1k 1.6×	18.0k 3.5×	4.5k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k	45.3k
Junbo Ge China	70	6.1k 0.6×	7.7k 0.9×	5.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	843	19.2k
Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis United States	88	6.9k 0.6×	17.7k 2.0×	13.6k 2.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	178	30.9k
Jeffrey M. Isner United States	104	16.5k 1.5×	9.2k 1.0×	30.6k 5.9×	2.0k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	365	51.9k
Piero Anversa United States	94	15.9k 1.4×	15.2k 1.7×	20.4k 3.9×	1.7k 0.4×	5.4k 1.5×	331	40.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard D. Weisel

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Tobin, Stephanie W., Faisal J. Alibhai, Azadeh Yeganeh, et al.. (2021). Delineating the relationship between immune system aging and myogenesis in muscle repair. Aging Cell. 20(2). e13312–e13312. 25 indexed citations

Alibhai, Faisal J., Shuhong Li, Jun Wu, et al.. (2021). Aging impairs human bone marrow function and cardiac repair following myocardial infarction in a humanized chimeric mouse. Aging Cell. 20(11). e13494–e13494. 6 indexed citations

Song, Huifang, Sheng He, Shuhong Li, et al.. (2020). Knock‐out of MicroRNA 145 impairs cardiac fibroblast function and wound healing post‐myocardial infarction. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(16). 9409–9419. 13 indexed citations

Bakaeen, Faisal G., Lars G. Svensson, John D. Mitchell, et al.. (2017). The American Association for Thoracic Surgery/Society of Thoracic Surgeons position statement on developing clinical practice documents. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 153(4). 999–1005. 24 indexed citations

Sun, Zhuo, Jun Wu, Shuhong Li, et al.. (2014). Uterine-Derived Stem Cells Reconstitute the Bone Marrow of Irradiated Mice. Stem Cells and Development. 24(8). 938–947. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Zhuo, Yuemei Zhang, Keith R. Brunt, et al.. (2010). An adult uterine hemangioblast: evidence for extramedullary self-renewal and clonal bilineage potential. Blood. 116(16). 2932–2941. 15 indexed citations

Cimini, Massimo, Shafie Fazel, Zhuo Sun, et al.. (2007). c-Kit Dysfunction Impairs Myocardial Healing After Infarction. Circulation. 116(11_supplement). I77–82. 66 indexed citations

Fazel, Shafie, Liwen Chen, Charit Seneviratne, et al.. (2007). Abstract 861: Post Myocardial Infarction Implantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Engineered to Over-express Stem Cell Factor Improves Cardiac Function but Results in Tumorogenesis. Circulation. 116.

Fazel, Shafie, Massimo Cimini, Liwen Chen, et al.. (2006). Abstract 1478: Angiogenesis After a Myocardial Infarction is Regulated by Bone Marrow c-kit+ Cells. Circulation. 114. 1 indexed citations

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Fedak, Paul W.M., Paul E. Szmitko, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (2005). Cell transplantation preserves matrix homeostasis: A novel paracrine mechanism. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 130(5). 1430–1439. 46 indexed citations

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Yau, Terrence M., Shinji Tomita, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (2003). Beneficial effect of autologous cell transplantation on infarcted heart function: comparison between bone marrow stromal cells and heart cells. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 75(1). 169–177. 54 indexed citations

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Kim, Eung-Joong, Ren‐Ke Li, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (2001). Angiogenesis by endothelial cell transplantation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 122(5). 963–971. 62 indexed citations

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Hayashida, Nobuhiko, John S. Ikonomidis, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (1995). Adequate distribution of warm cardioplegic solution. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 110(3). 800–812. 23 indexed citations

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Ikonomidis, John S., Terrence M. Yau, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (1994). Optimal flow rates for retrograde warm cardioplegia.. PubMed. 107(2). 510–9. 33 indexed citations

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Teoh, Kevin, George T. Christakis, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (1987). Increased risk of urgent revascularization. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 93(2). 291–299. 53 indexed citations

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Teoh, Kevin, Stephen E. Fremes, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (1987). Cardiac release of prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 during coronary revascularization. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 93(1). 120–126. 42 indexed citations

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Christakis, George T., Stephen E. Fremes, Richard D. Weisel, et al.. (1985). Right ventricular dysfunction following cold potassium cardioplegia. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 90(2). 243–250. 53 indexed citations

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Weisel, Richard D., Robert J. Burns, Ronald J. Baird, et al.. (1983). Optimal postoperative volume loading. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 85(4). 552–563. 38 indexed citations

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Weisel, Richard D., Ronald J. Baird, Joan Ivanov, et al.. (1983). Comparison of alternative cardioplegic techniques. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 86(1). 97–107. 40 indexed citations

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Liebman, Paul R., et al.. (1978). Limitations of portable roentgenography of the chest in patients with acute respiratory failure.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 146(5). 705–8. 5 indexed citations

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