2026 Alvar Agusti: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	132	2264	2106	28	27	703	104329

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Alvar Agusti is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a substantial body of work primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research emphasis lies predominantly in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, supported by contributions also to Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

Their recent publications include:

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary, 2023, European Respiratory Journal
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary, 2023, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Towards the elimination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Lancet Commission, 2022, The Lancet
Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions, 2021, The Lancet
Do chronic respiratory diseases or their treatment affect the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection?, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alvar Agusti include:

Rosa Faner
Bartolomé R. Celli
Alberto Papi
Claus Vogelmeier
Oriol Sibila

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Archivos de Bronconeumología
European Respiratory Journal
ERJ Open Research
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Main topics of research covered by Alvar Agusti include:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Best Publications

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary.

Jørgen Vestbo;Suzanne S. Hurd;Alvar G. Agustí;Paul W. Jones

15544
Citations
Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper

B. R. Celli;W. MacNee;A. Agusti;Antonio R Anzueto

6610
Citations
Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2017 Report: GOLD Executive Summary

Claus F. Vogelmeier;Gerard J. Criner;Fernando J. Martinez;Antonio Anzueto

6112
Citations
Long-term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study

Jose M. Marin;Santiago J Carrizo;Eugenio Fernandez Vicente;Alvar G N Agusti

5708
Citations
Susceptibility to Exacerbation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

John R. Hurst;Jørgen Vestbo;Jørgen Vestbo;Antonio Anzueto;Nicholas Locantore

3465
Citations
Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: the GOLD science committee report 2019.

Dave Singh;Alvar Agusti;Antonio Anzueto;Peter J. Barnes

1950
Citations
Systemic effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A G N Agustí;A Noguera;J Sauleda;E Sala

1651
Citations
Characterisation of COPD heterogeneity in the ECLIPSE cohort

Àlvar Agustí;Peter Ma Calverley;Bartolome R Celli;Harvey O Coxson

1496
Citations
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD.

Mei Lan K. Han;Alvar Agusti;Peter M. Calverley;Bartolome R. Celli

1449
Citations
Mortality in COPD: Role of comorbidities.

D. D. Sin;N. R. Anthonisen;J. B. Soriano;A. G. Agusti

1406
Citations
Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Peter Lange;Bartolome Celli;Alvar Agustí;Gorm Boje Jensen

1388
Citations
Immunologic Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Manuel G. Cosio;Marina Saetta;Alvar Agusti

1140
Citations
Changes in forced expiratory volume in 1 second over time in copd

Jørgen Vestbo;Jørgen Vestbo;Lisa D. Edwards;Paul D. Scanlon;Julie C. Yates

1106
Citations
After asthma: redefining airways diseases

Ian D Pavord;Richard Beasley;Alvar Agusti;Gary P Anderson

1098
Citations
Treatable traits: toward precision medicine of chronic airway diseases.

Alvar Agusti;Elisabeth Bel;Mike Thomas;Claus Vogelmeier

1056
Citations
Systemic effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: what we know and what we don't know (but should).

Alvar Agustí

1025
Citations
Association Between Treated and Untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of Hypertension

José Marin;Alvar Agusti;Isabel Villar;Marta Forner

1019
Citations
Persistent systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD: a novel phenotype.

Alvar Agustí;Lisa D. Edwards;Stephen I. Rennard;William MacNee

973
Citations
The natural history of chronic airflow obstruction revisited: an analysis of the Framingham offspring cohort.

Robab Kohansal;Pablo Martinez-Camblor;Alvar Agustí;A. Sonia Buist

836
Citations
Treatment with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Is Not Effective in Patients with Sleep Apnea but No Daytime Sleepiness: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Ferran Barbé;Lola R. Mayoralas;Joaquin Duran;Juan F. Masa

680
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørgen Vestbo University of Manchester

Bartolome R. Celli Brigham and Women's Hospital

Emiel F.M. Wouters Maastricht University

William MacNee University of Edinburgh

Edwin K. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ruth Tal-Singer GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

David A. Lomas University College London

Josep Roca University of Barcelona

Borja G. Cosío Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Peter M.A. Calverley University of Liverpool

External Links

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