Susan Ward

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Susan Ward is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Ward has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 19 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Susan Ward's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (39 papers), Sports Performance and Training (17 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (11 papers). Susan Ward is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (39 papers), Sports Performance and Training (17 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (11 papers). Susan Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Susan Ward's co-authors include Brian J. Whipp, Harry B. Rossiter, N. Lamarra, Karlman Wasserman, John R. Griffiths, Franklyn A. Howe, Fadıl Özyener, J. A. Davis, Anthony Gerbino and John M. Kowalchuk and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physiology and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Susan Ward

42 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Parameters of ventilatory and gas exchange dynamics during exercise

1982 498 citations Brian J. Whipp, Susan Ward et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Recommendations on the use of exercise testing in clinical practice

2006 493 citations Paolo Palange, Susan Ward et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →
Effect of interbreath fluctuations on characterizing exercise gas exchange kinetics

1987 468 citations N. Lamarra, Brian J. Whipp et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Ward United Kingdom	25	3.1k	1.9k	1.8k	874	670	43	3.9k
J. A. Davis United States	22	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	649 0.7×	488 0.7×	32	3.9k
Jonathan H. Doust United Kingdom	32	2.9k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	193 0.2×	752 1.1×	55	4.0k
N. Lamarra United States	10	1.6k 0.5×	902 0.5×	972 0.6×	387 0.4×	306 0.5×	15	2.0k
Shunsaku Koga Japan	30	1.7k 0.5×	894 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	222 0.3×	615 0.9×	83	2.6k
Silvia Pogliaghi Italy	25	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	915 0.5×	176 0.2×	450 0.7×	92	2.3k
Susan A. Ward United Kingdom	18	1.1k 0.3×	745 0.4×	552 0.3×	616 0.7×	250 0.4×	41	1.9k
D. A. Cunningham Canada	29	933 0.3×	654 0.3×	662 0.4×	267 0.3×	303 0.5×	64	2.2k
B J Whipp United States	13	1.1k 0.4×	650 0.3×	679 0.4×	318 0.4×	209 0.3×	24	1.6k
Yoshiyuki Fukuba Japan	22	1.1k 0.4×	871 0.5×	635 0.4×	128 0.1×	301 0.4×	105	1.7k
Tomohiro Yasuda Japan	34	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	60 0.1×	436 0.7×	99	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Susan Ward

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Capelli, Carlo, et al.. (2025). Breath‐by‐breath measurement of alveolar gas exchange must preserve mass balance and conform to a physiological definition of a breath. Experimental Physiology. 110(6). 790–797.

Ward, Susan. (2021). Ventilation/carbon dioxide output relationships during exercise in health. European Respiratory Review. 30(160). 200160–200160. 16 indexed citations

Ward, Susan. (2018). Open-circuit respirometry: real-time, laboratory-based systems. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 118(5). 875–898. 23 indexed citations

Murgatroyd, Scott R., et al.. (2014). A ‘ramp-sprint’ protocol to characterise indices of aerobic function and exercise intensity domains in a single laboratory test. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 114(9). 1863–1874. 28 indexed citations

Valli, Gabriele, Annalisa Cogo, Claudio Passino, et al.. (2011). Exercise intolerance at high altitude (5050 m): Critical power and W′. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 177(3). 333–341. 18 indexed citations

Ward, Susan & Brian J. Whipp. (2009). Kinetics of the Ventilatory and Metabolic Responses to Moderate-Intensity Exercise in Humans following Prior Exercise-Induced Metabolic Acidaemia. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 669. 323–326. 10 indexed citations

Whipp, Brian J. & Susan Ward. (2009). Quantifying intervention-related improvements in exercise tolerance. European Respiratory Journal. 33(6). 1254–1260. 64 indexed citations

Ward, Susan. (2007). Muscle‐energetic and cardio‐pulmonary determinants of exercise tolerance in humans. Experimental Physiology. 92(2). 321–322. 6 indexed citations

Turner, Anthony, et al.. (2006). Oxygen Uptake and Muscle Desaturation Kinetics during Intermittent Cycling. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38(3). 492–503. 39 indexed citations

10.

Whipp, Brian J., Susan Ward, & Harry B. Rossiter. (2005). Pulmonary O2 Uptake during Exercise: Conflating Muscular and Cardiovascular Responses. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37(9). 1574–1585. 97 indexed citations

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Özyener, Fadıl, Harry B. Rossiter, Susan Ward, & Brian J. Whipp. (2003). Negative accumulated oxygen deficit during heavy and very heavy intensity cycle ergometry in humans. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 90(1-2). 185–190. 24 indexed citations

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Rossiter, Harry B., Susan Ward, Franklyn A. Howe, et al.. (2003). Effects of dichloroacetate on Vo₂and intramuscular³¹P metabolite kinetics during high-intensity exercise in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 95(3). 1105–1115. 69 indexed citations

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Rossiter, Harry B., Susan Ward, Franklyn A. Howe, et al.. (2002). Dynamics of intramuscular³¹P-MRS P_ipeak splitting and the slow components of PCr and O₂uptake during exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology. 93(6). 2059–2069. 113 indexed citations

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Rossiter, Harry B., Susan Ward, John M. Kowalchuk, et al.. (2001). Effects of prior exercise on oxygen uptake and phosphocreatine kinetics during high‐intensity knee‐extension exercise in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 537(1). 291–303. 167 indexed citations

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Özyener, Fadıl, Harry B. Rossiter, Susan Ward, & Brian J. Whipp. (2001). Influence of exercise intensity on the on‐ and off‐transient kinetics of pulmonary oxygen uptake in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 533(3). 891–902. 369 indexed citations

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Hara, Koji, et al.. (2000). Estimating the parameters of aerobic function during exercise using an exponentially increasing work rate protocol. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 38(4). 433–437. 5 indexed citations

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Rossiter, Harry B., Franklyn A. Howe, Susan Ward, et al.. (2000). Intersample fluctuations in phosphocreatine concentration determined by ³¹P‐magnetic resonance spectroscopy and parameter estimation of metabolic responses to exercise in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 528(2). 359–369. 50 indexed citations

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Rossiter, Harry B., Susan Ward, Victoria L. Doyle, et al.. (1999). Inferences from pulmonary O₂ uptake with respect to intramuscular [phosphocreatine] kinetics during moderate exercise in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 518(3). 921–932. 243 indexed citations

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Whipp, Brian J., N. Lamarra, & Susan Ward. (1995). Obligatory anaerobiosis resulting from oxygen uptake-to-blood flow ratio dispersion in skeletal muscle: a model. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 71(2-3). 147–152. 17 indexed citations

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Whipp, Brian J. & Susan Ward. (1992). Pulmonary Gas Exchange Dynamics and the Tolerance to Muscular Exercise: Effects of Fitness and Training.. The Annals of physiological anthropology. 11(3). 207–214. 25 indexed citations

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