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Blood Pressure
H-index 13

Blood Pressure

0803-7051

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iblo20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1896 77 114 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 118
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 58
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.551
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Blood Pressure?

The main points discussed in Blood Pressure deals with Internal medicine, Blood pressure, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Surgery. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Internal medicine and the similar topic of Diabetes mellitus. Topics in Blood pressure explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Ambulatory and Anesthesia.

Blood Pressure facilitates discussions in Muscle hypertrophy as part of the larger field of Cardiology, however, it also tackles fields such as In patient. The studies in Endocrinology featured incorporate elements of Hemodynamics and Urology. The study on Diastole featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Systole in particular.

The presentations discussing Angiotensin II offer insights in topics such as Candesartan and Losartan.

  • Internal medicine (70.70%)
  • Blood pressure (60.69%)
  • Cardiology (37.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (497 citations)
  • Prospective Randomized Open Blinded End-point (PROBE) Study. A novel design for intervention trials (425 citations)
  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (388 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Blood Pressure:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Internal medicine, Blood pressure, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Surgery. The Internal medicine research presented in the journal articles focuses mostly on Diabetes mellitus and, on occasion, topics in Disease. The most cited papers are mostly focused on Blood pressure, specifically Diastole.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Blood pressure
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Blood Pressure primarily tackles Blood pressure, Internal medicine, Cardiology, In patient and Ambulatory blood pressure. The research on Blood pressure featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Anesthesia, Diabetes mellitus, Emergency medicine, Intensive care medicine and Cohort. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Internal medicine as it also encompasses Endocrinology.

Blood Pressure facilitates discussions on Endocrinology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mutation, Liddle Syndrome, Epithelial sodium channel and Allele. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Cardiology, it also covered topics in Left ventricular hypertrophy, Cuff, Elevated blood, Masked Hypertension and Renal sympathetic denervation. The presented research on Ambulatory blood pressure deals specifically with Amlodipine but it also addresses topics in Olmesartan, Chlorthalidone, Lacidipine and Calcium channel blocker.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Potential protective effects of antihypertensive treatments during the Covid-19 pandemic: from inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system to beta-adrenergic receptor blockers. (8 citations)
  • Cardiovascular outcomes at recommended blood pressure targets in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to all middle-aged and elderly hypertensive study patients with high cardiovascular risk (4 citations)
  • Cardiovascular outcomes at recommended blood pressure targets in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Blood Pressure (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sverre E. Kjeldsen (177 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Hedner (147 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Krzysztof Narkiewicz (121 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Suzanne Oparil (70 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Lennart Hansson (59 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Blood Pressure (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Oslo (105 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Gdańsk Medical University (97 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Milan (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham (56 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.17% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.56% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 33.33% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Covid-19 associated reduction in hypertension-related diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in Excellence Centers of the European Society of Hypertension

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • Diverse pharmacological properties, trial results, comorbidity prescribing and neural pathophysiology suggest European hypertension guideline downgrading of beta-blockers is not justified

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Association between uric acid and pulse wave velocity in hypertensive patients and in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Paola Rebora;Anita Andreano;Nicola Triglione;Enrico Piccinelli

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • What is resistant arterial hypertension?

    (2023)
    22 Citations
  • Hypertension healthcare professional beliefs and behaviour regarding patient medication adherence: a survey conducted among European Society of Hypertension Centres of Excellence

    Michel Burnier;Aleksander Prejbisz;Thomas Weber;Michel Azizi

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Factors associated with increase in blood pressure and incident hypertension in early midlife: the Hordaland Health Study

    Ester Kringeland;Grethe S Tell;Grethe S Tell;Helga Midtbø;Teresa R Haugsgjerd

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Potential protective effects of antihypertensive treatments during the Covid-19 pandemic: from inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system to beta-adrenergic receptor blockers.

    Sverre E Kjeldsen;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Michel Burnier;Suzanne Oparil

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • The impact of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy on blood pressure and circulating nitric oxide levels: a double blind, randomized study in subjects with metabolic syndrome

    Chul Ho Kim;Courtney M. Wheatley-Guy;Glenn M. Stewart;Dongwook Yeo

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Association between myocardial work and functional capacity in patients with arterial hypertension: an echocardiographic study

    Marijana Tadic;Cesare Cuspidi;Biljana Pencic;Vladan Vukomanovic

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Single-pill combinations, hypertension control and clinical outcomes: potential, pitfalls and solutions

    (2022)
    16 Citations

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