William L. Baker

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
231 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

William L. Baker is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Internal Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Baker has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 48 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Internal Medicine. Recurrent topics in William L. Baker's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (40 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (20 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (18 papers). William L. Baker is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (40 papers), Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (20 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (18 papers). William L. Baker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. William L. Baker's co-authors include Craig I Coleman, C Michael White, Jeffrey Kluger, Bruce D. Perry, D. Vigilante, Olivia J Phung, Diana M Sobieraj, William B. White, Ripple Talati and Nitesh Sood and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William L. Baker

218 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation, and “us... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1995 2014 250 500 750
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. Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation, and “use-dependent” development of the brain: How “states” become “traits”
    1995 830 citations William L. Baker et al. profile →
  2. Multiple Stable States and Models of Riparian Vegetation Succession on the Animas River, Colorado
    1995 577 citations William L. Baker et al. profile →
  3. Effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors on blood pressure: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2014 358 citations William L. Baker et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William L. Baker United States 43 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 823 623 231 8.0k
Timothy L. Lash United States 60 1.3k 0.7× 617 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 863 1.4× 348 15.0k
Wenyaw Chan United States 48 1.2k 0.6× 449 0.4× 512 0.5× 455 0.6× 697 1.1× 249 7.6k
Joachim E. Fischer Germany 56 1.7k 0.9× 368 0.3× 814 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 693 1.1× 226 10.0k
Fujian Song United Kingdom 62 1.1k 0.6× 770 0.7× 2.2k 2.0× 584 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 175 13.3k
Richard Charnigo United States 34 1.3k 0.7× 349 0.3× 649 0.6× 661 0.8× 329 0.5× 149 4.4k
Chung Mo Nam South Korea 46 2.0k 1.0× 978 0.8× 1.8k 1.6× 221 0.3× 721 1.2× 360 9.0k
Roderick MacDonald United States 55 731 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 440 0.5× 812 1.3× 181 9.2k
Nick Townsend United Kingdom 36 3.0k 1.6× 545 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 275 0.3× 868 1.4× 111 8.9k
Roger Holder United Kingdom 39 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 613 0.5× 195 0.2× 837 1.3× 96 6.6k
Θεοδώρα Ψαλτοπούλου Greece 45 607 0.3× 649 0.5× 947 0.8× 650 0.8× 1.4k 2.3× 209 8.3k

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All Works

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Chan, Alexandre, William L. Baker, Daniel Abazia, et al.. (2025). Impact of artificial intelligence on future clinical pharmacy research and scholarship. JACCP JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY. 8(4). 311–316. 2 indexed citations
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Baker, William L., George Leckie, & Cathryn Knight. (2025). Food banks in schools in England. British Educational Research Journal. 52(1). 685–699.
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Patel, Nirav, et al.. (2024). Heart Transplant Outcomes in Adults with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Contemporary Analysis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S230–S231.
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Wright, Kevin B., et al.. (2023). Bilateral Linear Porokeratosis Treated With Topical Lovastatin 2% Monotherapy. Cureus. 15(8). e43657–e43657. 1 indexed citations
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Buckley, Leo F., William L. Baker, Benjamín Van Tassell, et al.. (2022). Systolic Blood Pressure Time in Target Range and Major Adverse Kidney and Cardiovascular Events. Hypertension. 80(2). 305–313. 24 indexed citations
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Martinez, Brandon, William L. Baker, Nitesh Sood, et al.. (2018). Influence of Polypharmacy on the Effectiveness and Safety of Rivaroxaban Versus Warfarin in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 39(2). 196–203. 17 indexed citations
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Buckley, Leo F., Dave L. Dixon, George F. Wohlford, et al.. (2018). Effect of intensive blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus over 9 years of follow‐up: A subgroup analysis of high‐risk ACCORDION trial participants. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 20(6). 1499–1502. 29 indexed citations
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Lange, Nicholas W., William L. Baker, M. Shullo, et al.. (2018). Outcomes Associated With Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibitors in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Meta-analysis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 37(4). S90–S91. 1 indexed citations
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Chou, Roger, William L. Baker, Lionel L. Bañez, et al.. (2018). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center methods provide guidance on prioritization and selection of harms in systematic reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 98. 98–104. 33 indexed citations
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Vu, Ba Van, et al.. (2016). Intravenous Acetaminophen for Postoperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Living Laparoscopic Living-Donor Nephrectomy. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 51(1). 21–26. 7 indexed citations
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Majumder, Shounak, William L. Baker, & John Birk. (2013). Sa1536 A Meta-Analysis Comparing Transmural and Transpapillary Approaches of Endoscopic Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage: Is a Preferred Method Emerging?. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 77(5). AB242–AB242. 1 indexed citations
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Talati, Ripple, William L. Baker, Ajibade Ashaye, et al.. (2012). Efficacy and Safety of Innovator versus Generic Drugs in Patients with Epilepsy: A Systematic Review. Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 32(4). 314–322. 25 indexed citations
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Trikudanathan, Guru, et al.. (2011). Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and pancreatic cancer. A cumulative meta-analysis.. PubMed. 12(1). 26–31. 83 indexed citations
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Baker, William L., et al.. (2010). Pitavastatin: a New 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Advances in Therapy. 28(1). 13–27. 8 indexed citations
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Talati, Ripple, et al.. (2009). The Effects of Barley-Derived Soluble Fiber on Serum Lipids. The Annals of Family Medicine. 7(2). 157–163. 90 indexed citations
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Phung, Olivia J, et al.. (2009). Effect of green tea catechins with or without caffeine on anthropometric measures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91(1). 73–81. 148 indexed citations
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Baker, William L., et al.. (2008). Dopamine agonists in the treatment of early Parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 15(4). 287–294. 53 indexed citations
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Baker, William L.. (1989). Classification of the riparian vegetation of the montane and subalpine zones in western Colorado. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 49(2). 8. 10 indexed citations

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