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D-Index
141
Citations
253834
World Ranking
1577
National Ranking
921

Alan S. Go publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan S. Go sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 805 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alan S. Go D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan S. Go sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 141 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan S. Go is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and has made significant contributions to medical research, particularly within the field of Medicine. Their research spans various specialized subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

Their work encompasses a range of main topics such as Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Acute Kidney Injury Research, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Development and Validation of the American Heart Association's PREVENT Equations, 2023, Circulation
  • Remdesivir for Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Versus a Cohort Receiving Standard of Care, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Biomarkers of Inflammation and Repair in Kidney Disease Progression, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Post-Acute Kidney Injury Proteinuria and Subsequent Kidney Disease Progression, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alan S. Go include:

  • Jiang He
  • James P. Lash
  • Harold I. Feldman
  • Panduranga S. Rao
  • Andrew P. Ambrosy

The scientist frequently publishes their research in venues such as:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Best Publications

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Veronique Lee Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Véronique L. Roger;Alan S. Go;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Robert J. Adams

  • Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization

    A.S. Go;G.M. Chertow;D. Fan;C.E. McCulloch

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2013 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2013 Update A Report From the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation in adults: national implications for rhythm management and stroke prevention: the AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study.

    Alan S. Go;Elaine M. Hylek;Kathleen A. Phillips;YuChiao Chang

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2008 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Wayne Rosamond;Katherine Flegal;Karen Furie;Alan Go

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2014 Update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Alan S. Go;Dariush Mozaffarian;Véronique L. Roger;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert Adams;Mercedes Carnethon;Giovanni De Simone

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2010 Update

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert J. Adams;Todd M. Brown

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2009 Update

    Donald Lloyd-Jones;Robert Adams;Mercedes Carnethon

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2007 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Wayne Rosamond;Katherine Flegal;Gary Friday;Karen Furie

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy

    Christian Faul;Ansel P. Amaral;Behzad Oskouei;Ming Chang Hu

  • Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization

    AS Go;GM Chertow;D Fan

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-yuan Hsu
Chi-yuan Hsu University of California, San Francisco
Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Daniel E. Singer
Daniel E. Singer Harvard University
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University
Mark A. Hlatky
Mark A. Hlatky Stanford University
John W. Kusek
John W. Kusek National Institutes of Health
Raymond R. Townsend
Raymond R. Townsend University of Pennsylvania
Carlos Iribarren
Carlos Iribarren Kaiser Permanente
Mahboob Rahman
Mahboob Rahman Case Western Reserve University
Jonathan P. Piccini
Jonathan P. Piccini Duke University

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