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Coen D.A. Stehouwer

Coen D.A. Stehouwer

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Medicine
Netherlands
2023

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Best Scientists

D-Index
164
Citations
105739
World Ranking
1087
National Ranking
31

Medicine

D-Index
167
Citations
113431
World Ranking
588
National Ranking
23

Coen D.A. Stehouwer 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 Coen D.A. Stehouwer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,369 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Coen D.A. Stehouwer 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 Coen D.A. Stehouwer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 167 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Coen D.A. Stehouwer is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with particular focus on cardiology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research output includes over 600 publications primarily concentrated in Medicine, with notable subfields of study such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has worked on diverse topics within the biomedical sciences, with research interests covering cardiovascular health and disease prevention, blood pressure and hypertension studies, nutritional studies and diet, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, advanced glycation end products research, diabetes-related cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, and retinal imaging and analysis.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Diabetologia
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Coen D.A. Stehouwer has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Miranda T. Schram
  • Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek
  • Casper G. Schalkwijk
  • Carla Kallen
  • Simone J. P. M. Eussen

Among recent publications are the following:

  • "Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression" (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • "Cerebral microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes: stroke, cognitive dysfunction, and depression" (2020), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk" (2020), published in Circulation
  • "Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour" (2021), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Sex differences in the risk of vascular disease associated with diabetes" (2020), published in Biology of Sex Differences

Best Publications

  • C-Reactive Protein in Healthy Subjects: Associations With Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Endothelial Dysfunction A Potential Role for Cytokines Originating From Adipose Tissue?

    John S. Yudkin;C. D. A. Stehouwer;J. J. Emeis;S. W. Coppack

  • Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke: A meta-analysis

    R. Clarke;R. Collins;S. Lewington;A. Donald

  • Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

    Urmo Võsa;Annique Claringbould;Annique Claringbould;Harm-Jan Westra;Marc Jan Bonder

  • Determinants of pulse wave velocity in healthy people and in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors: 'establishing normal and reference values'.

    Francesco U. S. Mattace-Raso;Albert Hofman;Germaine C. Verwoert;Jacqueline C. M. Witteman

  • Glucose tolerance and cardiovascular mortality - Comparison of fasting and 2-hour diagnostic criteria

    K. Borch-Johnsen;A. Neil;B. Balkau;S. Larsen

  • Depression and the risk for cardiovascular diseases: systematic review and meta analysis

    Koen Van der Kooy;Hein van Hout;Harm Marwijk;Haan Marten

  • C-Reactive Protein, Fibrinogen, and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

    Stephen Kaptoge;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Lisa Pennells;Angela M. Wood

  • Increased urinary albumin excretion, endothelial dysfunction, and chronic low-grade inflammation in type 2 diabetes: Progressive, interrelated, and independently associated with risk of death

    Coen D.A. Stehouwer;Mari-Anne Gall;Jos W.R. Twisk;Elisabeth Knudsen

  • Metabolic Syndrome and 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Hoorn Study

    Jacqueline M. Dekker;Cynthia Girman;Thomas Rhodes;Giel Nijpels

  • Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Cardiovascular Risk Prediction A Meta-analysis

    Hester M. den Ruijter;Sanne A.E. Peters;Todd J. Anderson;Annie R. Britton

  • Hyperglycaemia is associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the Hoorn population: the Hoorn Study

    F. de Vegt;J. M. Dekker;H. G. Ruhé;C. D. A. Stehouwer

  • Vascular complications in diabetes mellitus: the role of endothelial dysfunction.

    Casper G. Schalkwijk;Casper G. Schalkwijk;Coen D. A. Stehouwer;Coen D. A. Stehouwer

  • Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;David Wormser;Peter Willeit

  • Relation of impaired fasting and postload glucose with incident type 2 diabetes in a Dutch population: The Hoorn Study.

    F. de Vegt;J.M. Dekker;A. Jager;E. Hienkens

  • Mild renal insufficiency is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality: The Hoorn Study.

    Ronald M.A. Henry;Piet J. Kostense;Griët Bos;Jacqueline M. Dekker

  • Long term treatment with metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes and risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency: randomised placebo controlled trial

    Jolien de Jager;Adriaan Kooy;Philippe Lehert;Michiel G Wulffelé

  • Associations of C-Reactive Protein With Measures of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Healthy, Middle-Aged Women

    A. E. Hak;C. D. A. Stehouwer;M. L. Bots;K. H. Polderman

  • Arterial stiffness in diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: a pathway to cardiovascular disease

    C. D. A. Stehouwer;R. M. A. Henry;I. Ferreira

  • Cellular stress conditions are reflected in the protein and RNA content of endothelial cell-derived exosomes

    Olivier G. de Jong;Marianne C. Verhaar;Yong Chen;Pieter Vader

  • "Vasocrine" signalling from perivascular fat: a mechanism linking insulin resistance to vascular disease

    John S Yudkin;Etto Eringa;Coen D A Stehouwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Casper G. Schalkwijk
Casper G. Schalkwijk Maastricht University
Nicolaas C. Schaper
Nicolaas C. Schaper Maastricht University
Giel Nijpels
Giel Nijpels VU University Medical Center
Jacqueline M. Dekker
Jacqueline M. Dekker VU University Medical Center
Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek
Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek Maastricht University
Annemarie Koster
Annemarie Koster Maastricht University
Lex M. Bouter
Lex M. Bouter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert J. Heine
Robert J. Heine VU University Medical Center
Peter Rossing
Peter Rossing University of Copenhagen
Jos W. R. Twisk
Jos W. R. Twisk Amsterdam UMC

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