Stephen M. Factor

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. Factor is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. Factor has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 38 papers in Epidemiology and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. Factor's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (29 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (23 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (18 papers). Stephen M. Factor is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (29 papers), Trypanosoma species research and implications (23 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (18 papers). Stephen M. Factor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Russia. Stephen M. Factor's co-authors include Edmund H. Sonnenblick, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Jamshid Shirani, Richard N. Kitsis, Madhulika Chandra, Takashi Minase, Louis M. Weiss, Linda A. Jelicks, Wenfeng Miao and Michael P. Lisanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen M. Factor

133 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

A mechanistic role for cardiac myocyte apoptosis in heart failure

2003 604 citations Detlef Wencker, Madhulika Chandra et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen M. Factor United States	52	3.6k	2.4k	2.0k	1.2k	858	133	7.7k
H.R. Lijnen Belgium	52	944 0.3×	2.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	877 0.7×	216 0.3×	192	9.2k
Yujiro Asada Japan	45	1.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	892 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	163 0.2×	296	7.0k
Sheila Francis United Kingdom	46	857 0.2×	2.6k 1.1×	863 0.4×	930 0.8×	670 0.8×	144	6.5k
Dwight A. Towler United States	58	1.7k 0.5×	5.7k 2.4×	859 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	145 0.2×	105	10.9k
Yasuyuki Sasaguri Japan	53	765 0.2×	2.9k 1.2×	850 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	415 0.5×	238	8.0k
Uwe Kühl Germany	50	8.6k 2.4×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.8×	104 0.1×	171	11.6k
Masafumi Takahashi Japan	60	1.8k 0.5×	5.8k 2.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.9×	273 0.3×	255	11.0k
Toshimichi Yoshida Japan	52	1.5k 0.4×	3.2k 1.4×	511 0.3×	998 0.8×	132 0.2×	257	8.7k
Naphtali Savion Israel	43	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	270 0.1×	1.4k 1.2×	262 0.3×	186	6.6k
Satoshi Nishimura Japan	38	1.2k 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	989 0.8×	121 0.1×	131	6.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nagajyothi, Fnu, Regina Kuliawat, Christine M. Kusminski, et al.. (2013). Alterations in Glucose Homeostasis in a Murine Model of Chagas Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 182(3). 886–894. 28 indexed citations

Machado, Fabiana S., Walderez O. Dutra, Lísia Esper, et al.. (2012). Current understanding of immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi infection and pathogenesis of Chagas disease. Seminars in Immunopathology. 34(6). 753–770. 173 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Shankar, Fabiana S. Machado, Huang Huang, et al.. (2011). Aspirin Treatment of Mice Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and Implications for the Pathogenesis of Chagas Disease. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e16959–e16959. 50 indexed citations

Prado, Cibele M., Linda A. Jelicks, Louis M. Weiss, et al.. (2011). The Vasculature in Chagas Disease. Advances in Parasitology. 76. 83–99. 24 indexed citations

Kahn, Philip, Meera Ramanujam, Ramalingam Bethunaickan, et al.. (2008). Prevention of murine antiphospholipid syndrome by BAFF blockade. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 58(9). 2824–2834. 95 indexed citations

Wencker, Detlef, Madhulika Chandra, Khanh T. Nguyen, et al.. (2003). A mechanistic role for cardiac myocyte apoptosis in heart failure. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111(10). 1497–1504. 604 indexed citations breakdown →

Park, David, Scott E. Woodman, William Schubert, et al.. (2002). Caveolin-1/3 Double-Knockout Mice Are Viable, but Lack Both Muscle and Non-Muscle Caveolae, and Develop a Severe Cardiomyopathic Phenotype. American Journal Of Pathology. 160(6). 2207–2217. 170 indexed citations

Galvin, Jeffrey E., Mark E. Hemric, Stanley D. Kosanke, et al.. (2002). Induction of Myocarditis and Valvulitis in Lewis Rats by Different Epitopes of Cardiac Myosin and Its Implications in Rheumatic Carditis. American Journal Of Pathology. 160(1). 297–306. 76 indexed citations

Factor, Stephen M., et al.. (2000). Wound Healing: Captopril, an Angiogenesis Inhibitor, and Staphylococcus aureus Peptidoglycan. Journal of Surgical Research. 92(2). 177–185. 10 indexed citations

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Markowitz, Glen S., et al.. (1996). Autopsy Patterns of Disease Among Subgroups of an Inner-City Bronx AIDS Population. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology. 13(1). 48–54. 20 indexed citations

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Fein, Frederick S., et al.. (1991). Beneficial effects of diltiazem on the natural history of hypertensive diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 18(5). 1406–1417. 11 indexed citations

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Dahm, Manfred, et al.. (1990). Immunogenicity of glutaraldehyde-tanned bovine pericardium. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 99(6). 1082–1090. 105 indexed citations

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Morris, Stephen, Louis M. Weiss, Stephen M. Factor, et al.. (1989). Verapamil ameliorates clinical, pathologic and biochemical manifestations of experimental chagasic cardiomyopathy in mice. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 14(3). 782–789. 73 indexed citations

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Gabbay, Shlomo, et al.. (1988). Do heart valve bioprostheses degenerate for metabolic or mechanical reasons?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 95(2). 208–215. 60 indexed citations

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Sole, Michael J., et al.. (1988). Increased intracranial pressure elicils hypertension, increased sympathetic activity, electrocardiographic abnormalities and myocardial damage in rats. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12(3). 727–736. 74 indexed citations

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Factor, Stephen M., et al.. (1988). The effects of acutely increased ventricular cavity pressure on intrinsic myocardial connective tissue. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12(6). 1582–1589. 53 indexed citations

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Forman, Robert, et al.. (1985). Lateral border zone: Quantitation of lateral extension of subendocardial infarction in the dog. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 5(5). 1125–1131. 11 indexed citations

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Factor, Stephen M. & Sangho Cho. (1985). Smooth muscle contraction bands in the media of coronary arteries: A postmortem marker of antemortem coronary spasm?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 6(6). 1329–1337. 37 indexed citations

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Gabbay, Shlomo, Uberto Bortolotti, Fred Wasserman, et al.. (1984). Fatigue-induced failure of the Ionescu-Shiley pericardial xenograft in the mitral position. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 87(6). 836–844. 62 indexed citations

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Factor, Stephen M., et al.. (1974). Malacoplakia causing bilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Urology. 3(5). 628–631. 12 indexed citations

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