Thomas J. Wang

95.8k total citations · 24 hit papers
451 papers, 43.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Wang is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Wang has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 43.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 62 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Wang's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (75 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (72 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (36 papers). Thomas J. Wang is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (75 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (72 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (36 papers). Thomas J. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Sweden. Thomas J. Wang's co-authors include Ramachandran S. Vasan, Daniel Levy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Martin G. Larson, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Eric Leip, Philip A. Wolf, Paul F. Jacques, Robert E. Gerszten and Susan Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Wang

438 papers receiving 42.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Metabolite profiles and the risk of developing diabetes
    2011 2.3k citations Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson et al. profile →
  2. Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
    2008 1.9k citations Thomas J. Wang, Michael J. Pencina et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Lifetime Risk for Development of Atrial Fibrillation
    2004 1.5k citations Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Temporal Relations of Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure and Their Joint Influence on Mortality
    2003 1.5k citations Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson et al. Circulation profile →
  5. Plasma Natriuretic Peptide Levels and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death
    2004 1.2k citations Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson et al. profile →
  6. Obesity and the Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
    2004 1.0k citations Thomas J. Wang profile →
  7. The Framingham Heart Study and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease: a historical perspective
    2013 979 citations Daniel Levy, Ramachandran S. Vasan et al. profile →
  8. Multiple Biomarkers for the Prediction of First Major Cardiovascular Events and Death
    2006 976 citations Thomas J. Wang, Philimon Gona et al. profile →
  9. Impact of Obesity on Plasma Natriuretic Peptide Levels
    2004 771 citations Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson et al. Circulation profile →
  10. Development of a risk score for atrial fibrillation (Framingham Heart Study): a community-based cohort study
    2009 754 citations Renate B. Schnabel, Lisa Sullivan et al. profile →
  11. Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community
    2007 719 citations Ravi Dhingra, Lisa Sullivan et al. Circulation profile →
  12. Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease
    2009 659 citations Orlando M. Gutiérrez, James L. Januzzi et al. Circulation profile →
  13. A Risk Score for Predicting Stroke or Death in Individuals With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in the Community
    2003 586 citations Thomas J. Wang, Joseph M. Massaro et al. profile →
  14. Low-Grade Albuminuria and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease Events in Nonhypertensive and Nondiabetic Individuals
    2005 558 citations James B. Meigs, Thomas J. Wang et al. Circulation profile →
  15. Atrial Fibrillation Begets Heart Failure and Vice Versa
    2016 550 citations Rajalakshmi Santhanakrishnan, Na Wang et al. Circulation profile →
  16. Parental Cardiovascular Disease as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-aged Adults
    2004 518 citations Ralph B. D’Agostino, Daniel Levy et al. profile →
  17. Relation of Disease Pathogenesis and Risk Factors to Heart Failure With Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2009 512 citations Douglas S. Lee, Philimon Gona et al. Circulation profile →
  18. Lipid profiling identifies a triacylglycerol signature of insulin resistance and improves diabetes prediction in humans
    2011 481 citations Susan Cheng, Martin G. Larson et al. profile →
  19. Role of Biomarkers for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2017 404 citations Sheryl L. Chow, Alan S. Maisel et al. Circulation profile →
  20. Prognostic Utility of Novel Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Stress
    2012 391 citations Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson et al. Circulation profile →
  21. Cardiac Arrest during Long-Distance Running Races
    2012 384 citations Thomas J. Wang et al. profile →
  22. Research Priorities for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
    2020 273 citations Thomas J. Wang et al. Circulation profile →
  23. Crosslingual Generalization through Multitask Finetuning
    2023 190 citations Niklas Muennighoff, Thomas J. Wang et al. profile →
  24. Predictive Accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score Compared With a Clinical Risk Score for Incident Coronary Heart Disease
    2020 186 citations Jonathan D. Mosley, Deepak K. Gupta et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas J. Wang 21.0k 8.0k 6.4k 5.0k 4.8k 451 43.2k
Christopher J. O’Donnell 16.7k 0.8× 6.3k 0.8× 5.4k 0.8× 5.7k 1.1× 6.9k 1.4× 332 37.7k
Bruce M. Psaty 20.6k 1.0× 4.1k 0.5× 5.2k 0.8× 6.4k 1.3× 6.6k 1.4× 642 46.3k
Christodoulos Stefanadis 21.2k 1.0× 4.8k 0.6× 7.6k 1.2× 5.4k 1.1× 7.7k 1.6× 1.3k 46.4k
L. Adrienne Cupples 8.7k 0.4× 7.9k 1.0× 8.3k 1.3× 4.7k 0.9× 6.6k 1.4× 539 43.4k
Caroline S. Fox 12.1k 0.6× 6.1k 0.8× 8.2k 1.3× 7.7k 1.5× 5.8k 1.2× 315 37.0k
Nancy R. Cook 14.3k 0.7× 4.7k 0.6× 6.6k 1.0× 8.3k 1.7× 8.8k 1.8× 440 51.2k
Carl J. Lavie 24.9k 1.2× 3.2k 0.4× 12.9k 2.0× 4.5k 0.9× 5.4k 1.1× 980 52.4k
Donna K. Arnett 14.7k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 4.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 5.5k 1.1× 495 35.2k
Carmine Zoccali 10.9k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 5.3k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 6.2k 1.3× 742 36.2k
Coen D.A. Stehouwer 17.6k 0.8× 6.7k 0.8× 12.4k 1.9× 9.9k 2.0× 7.3k 1.5× 1.1k 57.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Xu, Thomas J. Wang, Zhifeng Wu, Boyu Li, & Lei Yao. (2025). Mental health effects of urban landscape and environmental stress on the elderly, an empirical community-scale study. Urban forestry & urban greening. 113. 129009–129009. 1 indexed citations
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Deng, Kui, Deepak K. Gupta, Xiao‐Ou Shu, et al.. (2023). Metabolite Signature of Life’s Essential 8 and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Low-Income Black and White Americans. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 16(6). e004230–e004230. 5 indexed citations
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Scao, Teven Le, Thomas J. Wang, Daniel Hesslow, et al.. (2022). What Language Model to Train if You Have One Million GPU Hours?. 765–782. 18 indexed citations
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Wells, Quinn S., Minoo Bagheri, Aaron W. Aday, et al.. (2021). Polygenic Risk Score to Identify Subclinical Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Young Adults. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 14(5). e003341–e003341. 14 indexed citations
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Gore, M. Odette, Colby Ayers, Amit Khera, et al.. (2020). Combining Biomarkers and Imaging for Short‐Term Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Apparently Healthy Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(15). e015410–e015410. 19 indexed citations
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Chow, Sheryl L., Alan S. Maisel, Inder S. Anand, et al.. (2017). Role of Biomarkers for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 135(22). e1054–e1091. 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Santhanakrishnan, Rajalakshmi, Na Wang, Martin G. Larson, et al.. (2016). Atrial Fibrillation Begets Heart Failure and Vice Versa. Circulation. 133(5). 484–492. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ganda, Anjali, Martin Magnusson, Laurent Yvan‐Charvet, et al.. (2013). Mild Renal Dysfunction and Metabolites Tied to Low HDL Cholesterol Are Associated With Monocytosis and Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 127(9). 988–996. 52 indexed citations
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Schnabel, Renate B., Michiel Rienstra, Lisa Sullivan, et al.. (2013). Risk Assessment for Incident Heart Failure in Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(8). 843–849. 86 indexed citations
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McCormack, S. E., Ohad Shaham, M.A. McCarthy, et al.. (2012). Circulating branched‐chain amino acid concentrations are associated with obesity and future insulin resistance in children and adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 8(1). 52–61. 348 indexed citations
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Belting, Mattias, Peter Almgren, Jonas Manjer, et al.. (2012). Vasoactive Peptides with Angiogenesis-Regulating Activity Predict Cancer Risk in Males. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 21(3). 513–522. 13 indexed citations
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Shah, Ravi V., et al.. (2012). Measurement of multiple biomarkers in advanced stage heart failure patients treated with pulmonary artery catheter guided therapy. Critical Care. 16(4). R135–R135. 37 indexed citations
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Böger, Rainer H., Lisa Sullivan, Edzard Schwedhelm, et al.. (2009). Plasma Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease and Death in the Community. Circulation. 119(12). 1592–1600. 287 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez, Orlando M., James L. Januzzi, Tamara Isakova, et al.. (2009). Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease. Circulation. 119(19). 2545–2552. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Douglas S., Joseph M. Massaro, Thomas J. Wang, et al.. (2007). Antecedent Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and the Risk of Incident Heart Failure in Later Life. Hypertension. 50(5). 869–876. 76 indexed citations
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Dhingra, Ravi, Lisa Sullivan, Paul F. Jacques, et al.. (2007). Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community. Circulation. 116(5). 480–488. 719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Newton‐Cheh, Christopher, Chao‐Yu Guo, Philimon Gona, et al.. (2007). Clinical and Genetic Correlates of Aldosterone-to-Renin Ratio and Relations to Blood Pressure in a Community Sample. Hypertension. 49(4). 846–856. 163 indexed citations
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Kathiresan, Sekar, Philimon Gona, Martin G. Larson, et al.. (2006). Cross-Sectional Relations of Multiple Biomarkers From Distinct Biological Pathways to Brachial Artery Endothelial Function. Circulation. 113(7). 938–945. 71 indexed citations
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Sjödin, Andreas, Richard S. Jones, Chester R. Lapeza, et al.. (2003). Retrospective time trend study of brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in human serum from various regions of the United States, 1985-2002. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 6 indexed citations

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