Robert A. Bruce

13.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
257 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Bruce is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Bruce has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 65 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 38 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Bruce's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (65 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (37 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (27 papers). Robert A. Bruce is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (65 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (37 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (27 papers). Robert A. Bruce collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert A. Bruce's co-authors include Fusako Kusumi, D Hosmer, Tom R. Hornsten, Kenneth F. Hossack, John R. Blackmon, J. R. Blackmon, Timothy A. DeRouen, L. B. Rowell, Michael M. Dehn and Leonard A. Cobb and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Bruce

240 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Maximal oxygen intake and nomographic assessment of functional aerobic impairment in cardiovascular disease

1973 1.7k citations Robert A. Bruce, Fusako Kusumi et al. American Heart Journal profile →
Exercise stress testing in evaluation of patients with ischemic heart disease

1969 562 citations Robert A. Bruce et al. profile →
EXERCISING TESTING IN ADULT NORMAL SUBJECTS AND CARDIAC PATIENTS

1963 456 citations Robert A. Bruce et al. profile →
An Evaluation of Internal-Mammary-Artery Ligation by a Double-Blind Technic

1959 336 citations Robert A. Bruce et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Bruce	4.9k	2.7k	1.9k	1.5k	1.5k	257	10.2k
Yutaka Imai	15.9k 3.2×	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	5.1k 3.5×	1.6k 1.1×	721	24.9k
Stefan Wagenpfeil	1.1k 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	698 0.4×	2.2k 1.5×	2.5k 1.7×	350	13.9k
Michael Sullivan	4.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	329 0.2×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	240	12.2k
David W. Hill	838 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	468 0.2×	385 0.3×	805 0.6×	226	5.6k
Daniel Hayoz	7.6k 1.5×	522 0.2×	989 0.5×	2.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.5×	213	12.6k
Juhani Airaksinen	11.0k 2.2×	767 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	3.1k 2.1×	1.0k 0.7×	474	14.6k
Karl Wegscheider	5.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.7×	2.3k 1.6×	416	18.7k
Chuwa Tei	9.9k 2.0×	589 0.2×	3.0k 1.5×	2.9k 2.0×	2.4k 1.6×	350	15.4k
Piercarlo Sarzi‐Puttini	1.0k 0.2×	284 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	502	17.0k
Nathaniel Reichek	23.5k 4.7×	1.7k 0.7×	8.7k 4.5×	4.6k 3.1×	1.3k 0.9×	220	28.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bruce, Robert A., J. Miragliotta, James C. Ginn, et al.. (2025). Physics‐Based Design of Efficient Metasurface Temperature‐Adaptive Radiative Coatings. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(5). 1 indexed citations

Bruce, Robert A., et al.. (2024). Complementary cognitive roles for D2-MSNs and D1-MSNs during interval timing. eLife. 13.

Smith‐Palmer, Alison, G. Hawkins, Lynda Browning, et al.. (2018). Outbreak ofEscherichia coliO157 Phage Type 32 linked to the consumption of venison products. Epidemiology and Infection. 146(15). 1922–1927. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Qing, Robert A. Bruce, Hong Li, et al.. (2004). Central Role of IL-6 Receptor Signal-Transducing Chain gp130 in Activation of L-Selectin Adhesion by Fever-Range Thermal Stress. Immunity. 20(1). 59–70. 86 indexed citations

Bruce, Robert A., et al.. (2001). RADIAL OPTIC NEUROTOMY FOR CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION. Retina. 21(5). 408–415. 204 indexed citations

Brighton, Carl T., Paul Shaman, Robert A. Bruce, et al.. (1995). Tibial Nonunion Treated With Direct Current, Capacitive Coupling, or Bone Graft. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 321(321). 223–234. 93 indexed citations

Ivey, Douglas G., D. Wang, Dongmin Yang, Robert A. Bruce, & G. Knight. (1994). Au/Ge/Ni ohmic contacts to n-Type InP. Journal of Electronic Materials. 23(5). 441–446. 23 indexed citations

Bruce, Robert A., et al.. (1993). Report and Summary of ATC-31—Evaluation of the Performance of Seismically Retrofitted Buildings. 337–342. 1 indexed citations

Bruce, Robert A. & Edward Ellis. (1993). The second Chalmers J. Lyons academy study of fractures of the edentulous mandible. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 51(8). 904–911. 71 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A. & Ian T. Jackson. (1991). Ameloblastic carcinoma. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 19(6). 267–271. 56 indexed citations

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Haskell, William L., Norman Brachfeld, Robert A. Bruce, et al.. (1989). Task force II: Determination of occupational working capacity in patients with ischemic heart disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 14(4). 1025–1034. 23 indexed citations

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Beck, Gerald J., Robert A. Bruce, & Raymond J. Fonseca. (1988). The effect of antenatal surgery on postnatal palatal growth in sheep. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 46(3). 217–223. 10 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A. & Dominic D. Dziewiatkowski. (1987). Differentiation of the organic matrix in bone repair. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 45(11). 939–944. 8 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A., Lloyd D. Fisher, & Kenneth F. Hossack. (1985). Validation of exercise-enhanced risk assessment of coronary heart disease events: Longitudinal changes in incidence in Seattle community practice. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 5(4). 875–881. 26 indexed citations

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Hossack, Kenneth F., et al.. (1984). Improvement in aerobic and hemodynamic responses to exercise following aorta-coronary bypass grafting. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 87(6). 901–907. 3 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A.. (1984). Normal Values for and the -HR Relationship ^1, ². American Review of Respiratory Disease. 129(2P2). S41–S43. 8 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A., Kenneth F. Hossack, Timothy A. DeRouen, & Verona Hofer. (1983). Enhanced risk assessment for primary coronary heart disease events by maximal exercise testing: 10 years' experience of Seattle heart watch. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2(3). 565–573. 112 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A., et al.. (1975). Exercise Testing and Training in Relation to Myocardial Infarction. Postgraduate Medicine. 57(5). 59–65. 9 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A., George O. Gey, Manuel Cooper, Lloyd D. Fisher, & Donald R. Peterson. (1974). Seattle heart watch: Initial clinical, circulatory and electrocardiographic responses to maximal exercise. The American Journal of Cardiology. 33(4). 459–469. 130 indexed citations

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Bruce, Robert A., et al.. (1962). Left ventricular parietal block produced by transventricular aortic commissurotomy. American Heart Journal. 63(1). 41–47. 25 indexed citations

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