Simon Thom

21.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
246 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Simon Thom is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Thom has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 60 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 47 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Simon Thom's work include Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (68 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (58 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (35 papers). Simon Thom is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (68 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (58 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (35 papers). Simon Thom collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Simon Thom's co-authors include Alun D. Hughes, Alice Stanton, Bryan Williams, Xiao Yun Xu, Morris J. Brown, David Collier, Peter Sever, Jamil Mayet, Kim H. Parker and Mark R. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Simon Thom

237 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

Differential Impact of Blood Pressure–Lowering Drugs on Central Aortic Pressure and Clinical Outcomes

2006 1.7k citations Bryan Williams, Peter Lacy et al. Circulation profile →
Guidelines for management of hypertension: report of the fourth working party of the British Hypertension Society, 2004—BHS IV

2004 872 citations Bryan Williams, P S Sever et al. profile →
British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary

2004 591 citations Bryan Williams, Neil R Poulter et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Thom United Kingdom	51	6.6k	2.5k	2.4k	1.8k	1.3k	246	11.2k
Lawton S. Cooper United States	51	6.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	3.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	106	12.6k
Alice Stanton Ireland	38	5.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	885 0.5×	760 0.6×	137	7.2k
Karen L. Furie United States	73	10.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	8.6k 4.7×	340 0.3×	311	26.1k
Giuseppe Ambrosio Italy	58	7.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	139 0.1×	410	14.1k
Hideki Ishii Japan	44	3.0k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	241 0.2×	444	8.2k
Sungha Park South Korea	49	4.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	658 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	181 0.1×	451	9.3k
Adnan I. Qureshi United States	80	4.6k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	9.9k 5.4×	252 0.2×	858	31.9k
Juhani Airaksinen Finland	62	11.0k 1.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	196 0.1×	474	14.6k
Emile R. Mohler United States	58	6.7k 1.0×	5.5k 2.2×	1.8k 0.7×	4.1k 2.2×	118 0.1×	237	16.1k
David O. Hodge United States	79	12.9k 2.0×	4.2k 1.7×	9.0k 3.7×	2.1k 1.1×	6.5k 4.9×	640	27.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Thom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Thom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Thom

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Wu, Tong, Amit Kaura, Somayeh Rostamian, et al.. (2025). Tissue Doppler echocardiography predicts long-term cardiovascular mortality: the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) legacy 20-year follow-up study. Open Heart. 12(1). e002795–e002795. 1 indexed citations

Thom, Simon, et al.. (2025). Going with the Flow: Sensorimotor Integration Along the Zebrafish GI Tract. Cells. 14(15). 1170–1170.

Ganesananthan, Sashiananthan, Christopher Rajkumar, Michael Foley, et al.. (2022). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention: a substudy of the ORBITA trial. European Heart Journal. 43(33). 3132–3145. 13 indexed citations

Gu, Boram, Yu Huang, Dylan Roi, et al.. (2019). Computational simulations of thrombolysis in acute stroke: Effect of clot size and location on recanalisation. Medical Engineering & Physics. 73(1). 9–17. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Yu, Yu Li, Boram Gu, et al.. (2019). An activated-platelet-sensitive nanocarrier enables targeted delivery of tissue plasminogen activator for effective thrombolytic therapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 300. 1–12. 75 indexed citations

Gu, Boram, Yu Huang, Colin Longstaff, et al.. (2019). Mathematical Modelling of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic stroke: Effects of Dose Regimens on Levels of Fibrinolytic Proteins and Clot Lysis Time. Pharmaceutics. 11(3). 111–111. 13 indexed citations

Gu, Boram, et al.. (2018). Computational Simulations of Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15810–15810. 24 indexed citations

Bennett, Alexander, Clara K Chow, Michael F. Chou, et al.. (2017). Efficacy and Safety of Quarter-Dose Blood Pressure–Lowering Agents. Hypertension. 70(1). 85–93. 41 indexed citations

Sluyter, John, Carlos A. Camargo, Alistair W. Stewart, et al.. (2017). Effect of monthly, high-dose, long-term vitamin D supplementation on central blood pressure parameters: A randomized controlled trial substudy. UCL Discovery (University College London). 62 indexed citations

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Sofat, Reecha, Juan P. Casas, Meena Kumari, et al.. (2010). Genetic variation in complement factor H and risk of coronary heart disease: Eight new studies and a meta-analysis of around 48,000 individuals. Atherosclerosis. 213(1). 184–190. 25 indexed citations

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Williams, Bryan, Peter Lacy, J. CRUICKSHANK, et al.. (2008). Impact of Statin Therapy on Central Aortic Pressures and Hemodynamics. Circulation. 119(1). 53–61. 64 indexed citations

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Tillin, Therese, John C. Chambers, Iqbal Malik, et al.. (2007). Measurement of pulse wave velocity: site matters. Journal of Hypertension. 25(2). 383–389. 67 indexed citations

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Leung, James, Andrew Wright, Nick Cheshire, et al.. (2006). Fluid structure interaction of patient specific abdominal aortic aneurysms: a comparison with solid stress models. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 5(1). 33–33. 140 indexed citations

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Zambanini, Andrew, et al.. (2001). Expansion waves in muscular arteries: A sign of healthy endothelium?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Hughes, Alun D., et al.. (2001). Regional diastolic dysfunction in coronary artery disease.. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Hughes, Alun D., et al.. (2000). Accuracy of three-dimensional ultrasound reconstruction in a clinical environment. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Xudong, et al.. (1997). Towards retinal vessel parameterisation. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Poulter, Neil R, Peter Sever, & Simon Thom. (1990). Antihypertensive and adverse biochemical effects of bendrofluazide. BMJ. 300(6737). 1465.2–1465. 7 indexed citations

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Hughes, Alun D., et al.. (1987). Effect of neuropeptide Y on isolated human blood vessels. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Calam, J, et al.. (1985). THE INFLUENCE OF INDOMETHACIN AND DL-PROPRANOLOL ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENIN RESPONSES TO VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE (VIP) IN MAN. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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