2026 David G. Allen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	94	10568	9922	320	313	240	29192

Overview

David G. Allen is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include:

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
Ion channel regulation and function
Cardiovascular effects of exercise
Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Adipose tissue and metabolism
Diet and metabolism studies
Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Frequent co-authors of David G. Allen include:

Santiago Pineda
Vesna Nikolova-Krstevski
Christiana Leimena
Andrew Atkinson
Ann-Kristin Alteköester

Their recent papers demonstrate contributions to multiple areas, including cardiac ion channel function and cancer treatment. Notable publications are:

"Conserved Role of the Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel, K _Ca 1.1, in Sinus Node Function and Arrhythmia Risk," 2021, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
"The spatial distribution of glycogen and glycogen consumption in muscle cells," 2022, The Journal of General Physiology
"Conserved Role of the Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel, K_Ca1.1, in Sinus Node Function and Arrhythmia Risk," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Abstract No. 225 External Validation of the Ability of the mRENAL Nephrometry Score to Identify Patients at Risk for Major Adverse Events or Local Tumor Recurrence After Percutaneous Renal Cryoablation," 2024, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
"A circle RNA regulatory axis promotes lung squamous metastasis via CDR1-mediated regulation of golgi trafficking," 2024, UNC Libraries

Publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
The Journal of General Physiology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
UNC Libraries

Best Publications

Skeletal Muscle Fatigue: Cellular Mechanisms

D. G. Allen;G. D. Lamb;H. Westerblad

2854
Citations
Muscle Fatigue: Lactic Acid or Inorganic Phosphate the Major Cause?

Håkan Westerblad;David G. Allen;Jan Lännergren

837
Citations
The effects of muscle length on intracellular calcium transients in mammalian cardiac muscle.

D G Allen;S Kurihara

741
Citations
The cellular basis of the length-tension relation in cardiac muscle

D.G. Allen;J.C. Kentish

739
Citations
Myocardial contractile function during ischemia and hypoxia.

D G Allen;C H Orchard

652
Citations
Calcium transients in aequorin-injected frog cardiac muscle.

David G. Allen;David G. Allen;John R. Blinks

582
Citations
Skeletal muscle hypertrophy is mediated by a Ca2+-dependent calcineurin signalling pathway.

Christopher Semsarian;Ming-Jie Wu;Yue-Kun Ju;Tadeusz Marciniec

568
Citations
Cellular mechanisms of fatigue in skeletal muscle.

H. Westerblad;J. A. Lee;J. Lannergren;D. G. Allen

554
Citations
Effect of hydrogen peroxide and dithiothreitol on contractile function of single skeletal muscle fibres from the mouse.

Francisco H. Andrade;Francisco H. Andrade;Michael B. Reid;David G. Allen;Håkan Westerblad

516
Citations
Early events in stretch-induced muscle damage.

David L Morgan;D G Allen

498
Citations
MUSCLE CELL FUNCTION DURING PROLONGED ACTIVITY: CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF FATIGUE

DG Allen;J Lannergren;H Westerblad

475
Citations
Changes of myoplasmic calcium concentration during fatigue in single mouse muscle fibers.

H Westerblad;D G Allen

453
Citations
Role of phosphate and calcium stores in muscle fatigue.

D. G. Allen;H. Westerblad

405
Citations
Eccentric muscle damage: mechanisms of early reduction of force

D. G. Allen

393
Citations
Fibroblasts Can Be Genetically Modified to Produce Excitable Cells Capable of Electrical Coupling

Eddy Kizana;Samantha L. Ginn;David G. Allen;David L. Ross

381
Citations
Absence of Dystrophin Disrupts Skeletal Muscle Signaling: Roles of Ca2+, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Nitric Oxide in the Development of Muscular Dystrophy

David G. Allen;Nicholas P. Whitehead;Stanley C. Froehner

370
Citations
Muscle damage in mdx (dystrophic) mice: role of calcium and reactive oxygen species.

Nicholas P Whitehead;Ella W Yeung;David G Allen

361
Citations
Intracellular calcium concentration during low-frequency fatigue in isolated single fibers of mouse skeletal muscle

H. Westerblad;S. Duty;D. G. Allen

346
Citations
A nuclear magnetic resonance study of metabolism in the ferret heart during hypoxia and inhibition of glycolysis.

D G Allen;P G Morris;C H Orchard;J S Pirolo

334
Citations
Impaired calcium release during fatigue

David G. Allen;Graham D. Lamb;Hakan Westerblad

317
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Håkan Westerblad Karolinska Institute

David A. Eisner University of Manchester

Robert M. Graham Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

John Aldo Lee Université Catholique de Louvain

Mark B. Cannell University of Bristol

Richard P. Harvey Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

Ian E. Alexander University of Sydney

Christopher Semsarian University of Sydney

Godfrey L. Smith University of Glasgow

Peter C. M. Molenaar Pennsylvania State University

External Links

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