W Halpern

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

W Halpern is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W Halpern has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W Halpern's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (3 papers). W Halpern is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (3 papers). W Halpern collaborates with scholars based in United States. W Halpern's co-authors include Michael J. Mulvany, George Osol, John G. McCarron, Belay Tesfamariam, David M. Warshaw, Joseph E. Brayden, Margaret K. McLaughlin, Michael A. Gimbrone, Wilson S. Colucci and R. Wayne Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation Research, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

W Halpern

25 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Contractile properties of small arterial resistance vesse... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Contractile properties of small arterial resistance vessels in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats.
    1977 1.9k citations Michael J. Mulvany, W Halpern Circulation Research profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W Halpern United States 20 1.7k 1.3k 930 411 394 25 3.3k
Donald D. Lund United States 33 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 820 0.9× 370 0.9× 382 1.0× 83 3.1k
P. M. Vanhoutte United States 30 2.4k 1.4× 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 571 1.4× 480 1.2× 86 4.0k
Kathryn G. Lamping United States 33 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 495 1.2× 433 1.1× 78 3.3k
Holger Nilsson Sweden 36 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.6k 1.7× 715 1.7× 378 1.0× 117 4.0k
P.A. Kemp United Kingdom 27 965 0.6× 828 0.6× 579 0.6× 481 1.2× 305 0.8× 79 2.2k
D Jothianandan United States 10 1.8k 1.1× 818 0.6× 904 1.0× 490 1.2× 246 0.6× 11 2.9k
Jesús Marı́n Spain 26 1.1k 0.7× 633 0.5× 549 0.6× 307 0.7× 254 0.6× 83 2.2k
PM Vanhoutte United States 31 2.8k 1.7× 2.0k 1.5× 801 0.9× 377 0.9× 603 1.5× 101 4.5k
Ram V. Sharma United States 29 849 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 338 0.8× 365 0.9× 55 3.0k
Jean‐Louis Bény Switzerland 36 1.4k 0.8× 702 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 508 1.2× 190 0.5× 84 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W Halpern

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Halpern, W & Mark R. Kelley. (1991). In vitro Methodology for Resistance Arteries. Journal of Vascular Research. 28(1-3). 245–251. 51 indexed citations
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McCarron, John G., John M. Quayle, W Halpern, & Mark T. Nelson. (1991). Cromakalim and pinacidil dilate small mesenteric arteries but not small cerebral arteries. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 261(2). H287–H291. 45 indexed citations
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McCarron, John G. & W Halpern. (1990). Potassium dilates rat cerebral arteries by two independent mechanisms. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 259(3). H902–H908. 140 indexed citations
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McCarron, John G. & W Halpern. (1990). Impaired potassium-induced dilation in hypertensive rat cerebral arteries does not reflect altered Na+,K(+)-ATPase dilation.. Circulation Research. 67(4). 1035–1039. 41 indexed citations
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Osol, George, et al.. (1989). Pre-existing level of tone is an important determinant of cerebral artery autoregulatory responsiveness.. PubMed. 7(4). S67–9. 11 indexed citations
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Osol, George & W Halpern. (1988). Spontaneous vasomotion in pressurized cerebral arteries from genetically hypertensive rats. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 254(1). H28–H33. 86 indexed citations
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Osol, George, et al.. (1988). Reactivity of isolated porcine coronary resistance arteries to cholinergic and adrenergic drugs and transmural pressure changes.. Circulation Research. 62(4). 741–748. 37 indexed citations
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Tesfamariam, Belay & W Halpern. (1987). Modulation of adrenergic responses in pressurized resistance arteries by flow. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 253(5). H1112–H1119. 22 indexed citations
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Osol, George, et al.. (1986). Synthetic atrial natriuretic factor does not dilate resistance-sized arteries.. Hypertension. 8(7). 606–610. 38 indexed citations
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Halpern, W & George Osol. (1986). Resistance vessels in hypertension.. PubMed. 219. 211–23. 15 indexed citations
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Halpern, W & George Osol. (1985). Influence of transmural pressure on myogenic responses of isolated cerebral arteries of the rat. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 13(3-4). 287–293. 41 indexed citations
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Osol, George & W Halpern. (1985). Myogenic properties of cerebral blood vessels from normotensive and hypertensive rats. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 249(5). H914–H921. 162 indexed citations
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Brayden, Joseph E., et al.. (1983). Biochemical and mechanical properties of resistance arteries from normotensive and hypertensive rats.. Hypertension. 5(1). 17–25. 83 indexed citations
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Warshaw, David M., et al.. (1980). Effects of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy on the Morphology and Mechanics of Resistance Arteries from Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Journal of Vascular Research. 17(5). 257–270. 26 indexed citations
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Warshaw, David M., Michael J. Mulvany, & W Halpern. (1979). Mechanical and morphological properties of arterial resistance vessels in young and old spontaneously hypertensive rats.. Circulation Research. 45(2). 250–259. 113 indexed citations
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Halpern, W, Michael J. Mulvany, & David M. Warshaw. (1978). Mechanical properties of smooth muscle cells in the walls of arterial resistance vessels.. The Journal of Physiology. 275(1). 85–101. 79 indexed citations
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Halpern, W & Michael J. Mulvany. (1977). Tension responses to small length changes of vascular smooth muscle cells [proceedings].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 265(1). 21P–23P. 25 indexed citations
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Moss, Richard L. & W Halpern. (1977). Elastic and viscous properties of resting frog skeletal muscle. Biophysical Journal. 17(3). 213–228. 42 indexed citations
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Halpern, W & R L Moss. (1976). Elastic modulus and stress relationships in stretched and shortened frog sartorii. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 230(1). 205–210. 16 indexed citations
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Halpern, W & Norman R. Alpert. (1971). A stochastic signal method for measuring dynamic mechanical properties of muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology. 31(6). 913–925. 16 indexed citations

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