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Alden H. Harken 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 Alden H. Harken sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 487 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Alden H. Harken 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 Alden H. Harken sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alden H. Harken is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Subfields of interest include Surgery, Gender Studies, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed to various topics within their field, notably:

  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Cardiac tumors and thrombi

Harken's recent publications indicate ongoing involvement in cardiovascular research and surgical discourse. Among these works are:

  • "Managing microvesicles or Virchow's vicissitude," 2020, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "Tips for authors of surgical manuscripts from senior reviewers," 2021, Surgery
  • "Commentary: What would Sir Francis Bacon think of us now?," 2020, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "Editors' introduction to: Toward a unified theory of occurrence and recurrence of hiatal hernia," 2020, Surgery
  • "Commentary: Potential preventive peroxisomal policing of postoperative atrial fibrillation," 2020, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harken include Hunter B. Moore, Mark A. Malangoni, Douglas B. Evans, Richard A. Prinz, and Richard A. Hodin.

The scientist's work is commonly published in several key venues, notably:

  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Surgery
  • JTCVS Open
  • JTCVS Techniques

Best Publications

  • Endocardial excision: a new surgical technique for the treatment of recurrent ventricular tachycardia.

    M E Josephson;A H Harken;L N Horowitz

  • Preconditioning of Isolated Rat Heart Is Mediated by Protein Kinase C

    Max B. Mitchell;Xianzhong Meng;Lihua Ao;James M. Brown

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta synergistically depress human myocardial function.

    Brian S. Cain;Daniel R. Meldrum;Charles A. Dinarello;Xianzhong Meng

  • Preconditioning against myocardial dysfunction after ischemia and reperfusion by an alpha 1-adrenergic mechanism.

    Anirban Banerjee;C. Locke-Winter;K. B. Rogers;M. B. Mitchell

  • Inhibition of caspase 1 reduces human myocardial ischemic dysfunction via inhibition of IL-18 and IL-1β

    Benjamin J. Pomerantz;Leonid L. Reznikov;Alden H. Harken;Charles A. Dinarello

  • Early kidney TNF-α expression mediates neutrophil infiltration and injury after renal ischemia-reperfusion

    Kirstan K. Donnahoo;Xianzhong Meng;Alfred Ayala;Mark P. Cain

  • REVIEW ARTICLE: THE ROLE OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR IN RENAL ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY

    Kirstan K. Donnahoo;Brian D. Shames;Brian D. Shames;Alden H. Harken;Alden H. Harken;Daniel R. Meldrum;Daniel R. Meldrum

  • Oral Sulfonylurea Hypoglycemic Agents Prevent Ischemic Preconditioning in Human Myocardium Two Paradoxes Revisited

    Joseph C. Cleveland;Daniel R. Meldrum;Brian S. Cain;Anirban Banerjee

  • Endotoxin pretreatment increases endogenous myocardial catalase activity and decreases ischemia-reperfusion injury of isolated rat hearts

    James M. Brown;Michael A. Grosso;Lance S. Terada;Glenn J. R. Whitman

  • The Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Efficacy, Complications, and Device Failures

    F E Marchlinski;B T Flores;A E Buxton;W C Hargrove rd

  • Xanthine oxidase-derived hydrogen peroxide contributes to ischemia reperfusion-induced edema in gerbil brains.

    A Patt;A H Harken;L K Burton;T C Rodell

  • Epicardial and endocardial activation during sustained ventricular tachycardia in man.

    L N Horowitz;M E Josephson;A H Harken

  • Surgical Endocardial Resection for the Treatment of Malignant Ventricular Tachycardia

    Alden H. Harken;Mark E. Josephson;Leonard N. Horowitz

  • Coronary-artery spasm immediately after myocardial revascularization: recognition and management.

    Buxton Ae;Goldberg S;Harken A;Hirshfield J

  • Mechanisms of neutrophil-mediated tissue injury

    Benjamin O. Anderson;James M. Brown;Alden H. Harken

  • EARLY RENAL ISCHEMIA, WITH OR WITHOUT REPERFUSION, ACTIVATES NFκB AND INCREASES TNF-α BIOACTIVITY IN THE KIDNEY

    Kirstan K. Donnahoo;Daniel R. Meldrum;Robert Shenkar;Chun-Shiang Chung

  • Interleukin 1 pretreatment decreases ischemia/reperfusion injury

    James M. Brown;Carl W. White;Lance S. Terada;Michael A. Grosso

  • Xanthine oxidase produces hydrogen peroxide which contributes to reperfusion injury of ischemic, isolated, perfused rat hearts.

    J M Brown;L S Terada;M A Grosso;G J Whitmann

  • Human SERCA2a levels correlate inversely with age in senescent human myocardium

    Brian S Cain;Daniel R Meldrum;Kyung S Joo;Ju-Feng Wang

  • Order out of chaos.

    Alden H. Harken

Frequent Co-Authors

Anirban Banerjee
Anirban Banerjee University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Daniel R. Meldrum
Daniel R. Meldrum University of Florida
Ernest E. Moore
Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver
John E. Repine
John E. Repine University of Colorado Denver
Lance S. Terada
Lance S. Terada The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mark E. Josephson
Mark E. Josephson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas N. Robinson
Thomas N. Robinson University of Colorado Denver
Alfred Ayala
Alfred Ayala Brown University
Michael G. Sarr
Michael G. Sarr Mayo Clinic

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