World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Best Female Scientists
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Best Female Scientists

D-Index
109
Citations
65791
World Ranking
912
National Ranking
556

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
69967
World Ranking
4840
National Ranking
2623

C. Noel Bairey Merz 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 C. Noel Bairey Merz sits on this spectrum.

101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 611 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 698 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

C. Noel Bairey Merz 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 C. Noel Bairey Merz sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2012 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

C. Noel Bairey Merz is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research concentrates primarily on cardiovascular medicine, with a substantial focus on cardiology and cardiovascular disease, as well as related interdisciplinary areas such as radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, and obstetrics and gynecology.

The scientist's body of work encompasses several major topics including cardiac imaging and diagnostics, acute myocardial infarction research, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, cardiovascular issues in pregnancy, coronary interventions and diagnostics, and birth, development, and health. These areas collectively represent the core of their research interests.

C. Noel Bairey Merz has published extensively, with frequent contributions to leading journals such as:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal
  • American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Among their recent publications are:

  • Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine (2020, The Lancet)
  • The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission: reducing the global burden by 2030 (2021, The Lancet)
  • Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Trajectories Over the Life Course (2020, JAMA Cardiology)
  • Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Determine Underlying Causes of Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries in Women (2020, Circulation)
  • Sex Differences in Blood Pressure Associations With Cardiovascular Outcomes (2021, Circulation)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Janet Wei
  • Carl J. Pepine
  • Chrisandra Shufelt
  • Eileen Handberg
  • Galen Cook-Wiens

C. Noel Bairey Merz has been recognized with the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2012 and is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines

    Scott M. Grundy;James I. Cleeman;C. Noel Bairey Merz;H. Bryan Brewer

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Neil J Stone;Jennifer G Robinson;Alice H. Lichtenstein;C Noel Bairey Merz

  • Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine.

    Franck Mauvais-Jarvis;Noel Bairey Merz;Peter J. Barnes;Roberta D. Brinton

  • ACC/AHA/NHLBI Clinical Advisory on the Use and Safety of Statins

    Richard C. Pasternak;Sidney C. Smith;C. Noel Bairey-Merz;Scott M. Grundy

  • Insights from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study: Part II: gender differences in presentation, diagnosis, and outcome with regard to gender-based pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and macrovascular and microvascular coronary disease.

    C. Noel Bairey Merz;Leslee J. Shaw;Steven E. Reis;Vera Bittner

  • Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Clinical Perspectives

    Mariana Garcia;Sharon Lee Mulvagh;C. Noel Bairey Merz;Julie E. Buring

  • Insights from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study: Part I: gender differences in traditional and novel risk factors, symptom evaluation, and gender-optimized diagnostic strategies.

    Leslee J. Shaw;C. Noel Bairey Merz;Carl J. Pepine;Steven E. Reis

  • Coronary microvascular reactivity to adenosine predicts adverse outcome in women evaluated for suspected ischemia results from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute WISE (Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation) study.

    Carl J. Pepine;R. David Anderson;Barry L. Sharaf;Steven E. Reis

  • Women and ischemic heart disease: evolving knowledge.

    Leslee J. Shaw;Raffaelle Bugiardini;C. Noel Bairey Merz

  • The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission: reducing the global burden by 2030.

    Birgit Vogel;Monica Acevedo;Yolande Appelman;C Noel Bairey Merz

  • Angina With “Normal” Coronary Arteries: A Changing Philosophy

    Raffaele Bugiardini;C. Noel Bairey Merz

  • Coronary microvascular dysfunction is highly prevalent in women with chest pain in the absence of coronary artery disease: Results from the NHLBI WISE study

    Steven E. Reis;Richard Holubkov;A.J.Conrad Smith;Sheryl F. Kelsey

  • Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA): Developing Evidence-Based Therapies and Research Agenda for the Next Decade.

    C. Noel Bairey Merz;Carl J. Pepine;Mary Norine Walsh;Jerome L. Fleg

  • International standardization of diagnostic criteria for microvascular angina.

    Peter Ong;Paolo G. Camici;John F. Beltrame;Filippo Crea

  • Serum Amyloid A as a Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Outcome in Women: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute–Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)

    B. Delia Johnson;Kevin E. Kip;Oscar C. Marroquin;Paul M Ridker

  • Impact of Ethnicity and Gender Differences on Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease Prevalence and In-Hospital Mortality in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry

    Leslee J. Shaw;Richard E. Shaw;C. Noel Bairey Merz;Ralph G. Brindis

  • Prognosis in Women With Myocardial Ischemia in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Disease Results From the National Institutes of Health–National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute–Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)

    B. Delia Johnson;Leslee J. Shaw;Steven D. Buchthal;C. Noel Bairey Merz

  • Relationship of physical fitness vs body mass Index with coronary artery disease and cardiovascular events in women

    Timothy R. Wessel;Christopher B. Arant;Marian B. Olson;B. Delia Johnson

  • Adverse cardiovascular outcomes in women with nonobstructive coronary artery disease: a report from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation study and the St James Women Take Heart Project.

    Martha Gulati;Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff;Candace McClure;B. Delia Johnson

  • ACC/AHA/NHLBI Clinical Advisory on the Use and Safety of Statins

    Richard C. Pasternak;Sidney C. Smith;C. Noel Bairey-Merz

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl J. Pepine
Carl J. Pepine University of Florida
George Sopko
George Sopko National Institutes of Health
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sheryl F. Kelsey
Sheryl F. Kelsey University of Pittsburgh
Daniel S. Berman
Daniel S. Berman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Vera Bittner
Vera Bittner University of Alabama at Birmingham
William J. Rogers
William J. Rogers University of Alabama at Birmingham
Thomas Rutledge
Thomas Rutledge University of California, San Diego
David S. Krantz
David S. Krantz Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Sarah L. Berga
Sarah L. Berga University at Buffalo, State University of New York

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring additional online degrees in healthcare can open new doors whether or not you plan to attend medical school in the USA. The evolving landscape of online education offers greater flexibility and accessibility for aspiring healthcare professionals.

For those interested in leadership roles, consider the top cahme accredited mha programs. These programs are ideal for students who wish to pursue management positions within hospitals and healthcare systems.

Registered nurses looking to advance their careers without spending extra time in clinical settings might benefit from an rn to bsn with no clinicals option. These programs allow working nurses to expand their qualifications online while maintaining their current employment.

If your goal is to reach the highest clinical nursing credentials quickly, it’s worth exploring the quickest dnp program. Those needing greater flexibility should also look at shortest dnp program tracks that minimize time to graduation.

Choosing the right pathway depends on your current credentials, career goals, and desired work-life balance. These related online degrees can help you take the next step in your healthcare journey from anywhere in the world.

Best Scientists Citing C. Noel Bairey Merz

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles