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D-Index
93
Citations
73600
World Ranking
10637
National Ranking
5470

David C. Goff 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 David C. Goff sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 289 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David C. Goff 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 David C. Goff sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 93 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David C. Goff is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, surgery, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their scholarly work includes studies on cardiovascular health and risk factors, birth, development, and health, obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as health disparities and outcomes. Other main topics addressed in their research are health, environment, cognitive aging, nutritional studies and diet, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline (2020), Practical Radiation Oncology
  • Bending the Curve in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality (2021), Circulation
  • Precision Health Analytics With Predictive Analytics and Implementation Research (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Education, Race/Ethnicity, and Causes of Premature Mortality Among Middle-Aged Adults in 4 US Urban Communities: Results From CARDIA, 1985-2017 (2020), American Journal of Public Health
  • Disparities in Congenital Heart Disease Mortality Based on Proximity to a Specialized Pediatric Cardiac Center (2020), Circulation

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
  • George A. Mensah
  • Catarina I. Kiefe
  • David R. Jacobs
  • Penny Gordon-Larsen

David C. Goff's work has been published in several venues, with a notable number of publications appearing in UNC Libraries, Journal of the American Heart Association, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Medical Research Archives.

Best Publications

  • Effects of intensive glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes

    Hertzel C Gerstein;Michael E Miller;Robert P Byington

  • Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic: The antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial (ALLHAT)

    Curt D. Furberg;Jackson T. Wright;Barry R Davis;Jeffrey A. Cutler

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    David C. Goff;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Glen Bennett;Sean Coady

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2006 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee

    Thomas Thom;Nancy Haase;Wayne Rosamond

  • Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Harvey D. White;Allan S. Jaffe

  • Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Professional Education Committee of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research

    David A. Calhoun;Daniel Jones;Stephen Textor;David C. Goff

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk

    David C. Goff;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Faha Glen Bennett;Sean Coady

  • Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Professional Education Committee of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research

    David A. Calhoun;Daniel Jones;Stephen Textor;David C. Goff

  • Effects of medical therapies on retinopathy progression in type 2 diabetes.

    Emily Y. Chew;Walter T. Ambrosius;Matthew D. Davis;Ronald P. Danis

  • Long-Term Effects of Intensive Glucose Lowering on Cardiovascular Outcomes

    Hertzel C. Gerstein;Michael E. Miller;Saul Genuth;Faramarz Ismail-Beigi

  • Case definitions for acute coronary heart disease in epidemiology and clinical research studies: a statement from the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; AHA Statistics Committee; World Heart Federation Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    Russell V. Luepker;Fred S. Apple;Robert H. Christenson;Richard S. Crow

  • Heart Failure Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality in the Elderly With Diabetes

    Alain G. Bertoni;W. Gregory Hundley;Mark W. Massing;Denise E. Bonds

  • Effect of a community intervention on patient delay and emergency medical service use in acute coronary heart disease: The Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment (REACT) Trial.

    Russell V. Luepker;James M. Raczynski;Stavroula K. Osganian;Robert J. Goldberg

  • LDL particle subclasses, LDL particle size, and carotid atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

    Samia Mora;Moyses Szklo;James D. Otvos;Philip Greenland

  • Value of Primordial and Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular Disease A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

    William S. Weintraub;Stephen R. Daniels;Lora E. Burke;Barry A. Franklin

  • Cardiovascular Health: The Importance of Measuring Patient-Reported Health Status A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    John S. Rumsfeld;Karen P. Alexander;David C. Goff;Michelle M. Graham

  • Epidemiologic Relationships Between A1C and All-Cause Mortality During a Median 3.4-Year Follow-up of Glycemic Treatment in the ACCORD Trial

    Matthew C. Riddle;Walter T. Ambrosius;David J. Brillon;John B. Buse

  • Electronic Cigarettes A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

    Aruni Bhatnagar;Laurie P. Whitsel;Kurt M. Ribisl;Chris Bullen

  • Ankle-Brachial Index and Subclinical Cardiac and Carotid Disease The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Mary Mc Grae McDermott;Kiang Liu;Michael H. Criqui;Karen Ruth

  • Deteriorating dietary habits among adults with hypertension: DASH dietary accordance, NHANES 1988-1994 and 1999-2004.

    Philip B. Mellen;Sue K. Gao;Mara Z. Vitolins;David C. Goff

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain G. Bertoni
Alain G. Bertoni Wake Forest University
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Northwestern University
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Kiang Liu
Kiang Liu Northwestern University
Darwin R. Labarthe
Darwin R. Labarthe Northwestern University
Elsayed Z. Soliman
Elsayed Z. Soliman Wake Forest University
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
J. Jeffrey Carr
J. Jeffrey Carr Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Frederick A. Masoudi
Frederick A. Masoudi University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham

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