Ward A. Riley

13.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
77 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

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Ward A. Riley is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward A. Riley has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 22 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ward A. Riley's work include Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (46 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (26 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (18 papers). Ward A. Riley is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (46 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (26 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (18 papers). Ward A. Riley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Ward A. Riley's co-authors include Gregory W. Evans, Gerardo Heiss, Gregory L. Burke, Ralph W. Barnes, Michiel L. Bots, Donna K. Arnett, Lloyd E. Chambless, George Howard, A. Richey Sharrett and Curt D. Furberg and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Ward A. Riley

75 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Arterial Wall Thickness Is Associated With Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-Aged Adults

1995 732 citations Gregory L. Burke, Gregory W. Evans et al. Stroke profile →
Effect of lovastatin on early carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events. Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Progression Study (ACAPS) Research Group.

1994 685 citations Curt D. Furberg, William B. Applegate et al. profile →
Carotid Intimal-Medial Thickness Is Related to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Measured From Childhood Through Middle Age

2001 682 citations Ward A. Riley et al. profile →
Carotid artery intimal-medial thickness distribution in general populations as evaluated by B-mode ultrasound. ARIC Investigators.

1993 581 citations Lloyd E. Chambless, Ward A. Riley et al. Stroke profile →
Effects of Ramipril and Vitamin E on Atherosclerosis

2001 534 citations Ward A. Riley et al. profile →
Effect of Rosuvastatin on Progression of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Low-Risk Individuals With Subclinical Atherosclerosis

2007 510 citations Joel S. Raichlen, Ward A. Riley et al. profile →
Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and Fasting Glucose and Insulin Concentrations Are Associated With Arterial Stiffness Indexes

1995 478 citations Ward A. Riley, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ward A. Riley United States	40	6.8k	3.0k	2.6k	2.4k	921	77	10.1k
Diederick E. Grobbee Netherlands	48	6.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	826 0.9×	113	10.0k
John R. Crouse United States	49	3.9k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	110	8.4k
Roland Asmar France	43	12.2k 1.8×	2.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	108	14.2k
Yolanda van der Graaf Netherlands	52	3.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	918 1.0×	244	9.1k
Robert A. Vogel United States	46	7.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	4.2k 1.6×	1.5k 0.6×	2.7k 3.0×	172	12.4k
Jacqueline C.M. Witteman Netherlands	49	5.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	108	11.9k
Stephen C. Textor United States	66	5.0k 0.7×	6.6k 2.2×	5.2k 2.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 2.0×	282	17.7k
John R. Crouse United States	31	2.9k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	549 0.6×	56	6.4k
Pierre‐Jean Touboul France	50	4.9k 0.7×	4.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	783 0.9×	111	9.2k
Carmel M. McEniery United Kingdom	54	9.0k 1.3×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	789 0.3×	735 0.8×	183	12.2k

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Strowd, Roy E., et al.. (2017). End of life care for glioblastoma patients at a large academic cancer center. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 134(1). 75–81. 26 indexed citations

Kastelein, John J.P., Sander I. van Leuven, Greg Evans, et al.. (2007). Effect of Torcetrapib on Carotid Atherosclerosis in Familial Hypercholesterolemia. New England Journal of Medicine. 356(16). 1620–1630. 475 indexed citations

Bots, Michiel L., Frank L.J. Visseren, Gregory W. Evans, et al.. (2007). Torcetrapib and carotid intima-media thickness in mixed dyslipidaemia (RADIANCE 2 study): a randomised, double-blind trial. The Lancet. 370(9582). 153–160. 345 indexed citations

Bots, Michiel L., Gregory W. Evans, Ward A. Riley, et al.. (2006). The effect of tibolone and continuous combined conjugated equine oestrogens plus medroxyprogesterone acetate on progression of carotid intima–media thickness: the Osteoporosis Prevention and Arterial effects of tiboLone (OPAL) study. European Heart Journal. 27(6). 746–755. 51 indexed citations

Riley, Ward A.. (2004). Cardiovascular risk assessment in individual patients from carotid intimal-medial thickness measurements. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 6(3). 225–231. 16 indexed citations

Crouse, John R., Diederick E. Grobbee, Daniel H. O’Leary, et al.. (2004). Measuring Effects on Intima Media Thickness: An Evaluation of Rosuvastatin in Subclinical Atherosclerosis—The Rationale and Methodology of the METEOR Study. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 18(3). 231–238. 65 indexed citations

Herrington, David M., Lei Fan, Ward A. Riley, et al.. (2001). Brachial Flow-Mediated Vasodilator Responses in Population-Based Research: Methods, Reproducibility and Effects of Age, Gender and Baseline Diameter. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation. 8(5). 319–328. 159 indexed citations

Harris, Charles W., et al.. (2000). Effects of mental stress on brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in healthy normal individuals. American Heart Journal. 139(3). 405–411. 79 indexed citations

Herrington, David M., et al.. (1999). Individual and combined effects of estrogen/progestin therapy and lovastatin on lipids and flow-mediated vasodilation in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33(7). 2030–2037. 82 indexed citations

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Arnett, Donna K., Lloyd E. Chambless, Ho Kim, Gregory W. Evans, & Ward A. Riley. (1999). Variability in ultrasonic measurements of arterial stiffness in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 25(2). 175–180. 41 indexed citations

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Riley, Ward A.. (1998). Appraising appraisal. BMJ. 317(7170). S2–7170. 4 indexed citations

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Byington, Robert P., Michael E. Miller, Ward A. Riley, et al.. (1997). Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Vascular Effects of Norvasc Trial (PREVENT). The American Journal of Cardiology. 80(8). 1087–1090. 44 indexed citations

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Riley, Ward A., Gregory W. Evans, A. Richey Sharrett, Gregory L. Burke, & Ralph W. Barnes. (1997). Variation of common carotid artery elasticity with intimal-medial thickness: The aric study. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 23(2). 157–164. 102 indexed citations

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Riley, Ward A., et al.. (1996). Assessment of temporal bias in longitudinal measurements of carotid intimal-medial thickness in the asymptomatic carotid artery progression study (ACAPS). Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 22(4). 405–411. 7 indexed citations

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Arnett, Donna K., et al.. (1996). Variability in B-mode ultrasound measurements in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 22(5). 545–554. 76 indexed citations

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Berglund, Göran, Ward A. Riley, Ralph W. Barnes, & Curt D. Furberg. (1994). Quality control in ultrasound studies on atherosclerosis. Journal of Internal Medicine. 236(5). 581–586. 23 indexed citations

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Arnett, Donna K., Gregory W. Evans, & Ward A. Riley. (1994). Arterial Stiffness: A New Cardiovascular Risk Factor?. American Journal of Epidemiology. 140(8). 669–682. 409 indexed citations

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Riley, Ward A., Ralph W. Barnes, William B. Applegate, et al.. (1992). Reproducibility of noninvasive ultrasonic measurement of carotid atherosclerosis. The Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Plaque Study.. Stroke. 23(8). 1062–1068. 172 indexed citations

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Riley, Ward A., Ralph W. Barnes, & Harry M. Schey. (1984). An approach to the noninvasive periodic assessment of arterial elasticity in the young. Preventive Medicine. 13(2). 169–184. 39 indexed citations

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Riley, Ward A. & W. R. Klein. (1967). Piezo-Optic Coefficients of Liquids. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 42(6). 1258–1261. 39 indexed citations

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