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David S. Siscovick 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 S. Siscovick sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,069 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David S. Siscovick 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 S. Siscovick sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 191 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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 Scientists Award

Overview

David S. Siscovick is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their primary research contributions span the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 187 and 74 publications respectively. Within these broad areas, their work delves into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their research encompasses several main topics, notably in Fatty Acid Research and Health, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling.

Frequent coauthors of David S. Siscovick include Rozenn N. Lemaître, Bruce M. Psaty, Dariush Mozaffarian, Amanda M. Fretts, and Luc Djoussé. Their collaborative work reflects consistent engagement with experts in related specialties.

The scientist has published extensively in leading journals and venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • Circulation
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by David S. Siscovick are:

  • Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Cardiopulmonary Impact of Particulate Air Pollution in High-Risk Populations, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Patterns in Geographic Access to Health Care Facilities Across Neighborhoods in the United States Based on Data From the National Establishment Time-Series Between 2000 and 2014, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Longitudinal Plasma Measures of Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Community-Based Older Adults, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • n-3 Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: An Individual Participant-Level Pooling Project of 20 Prospective Cohort Studies, 2021, Diabetes Care

Best Publications

  • Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease An Update to the Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Robert D. Brook;Sanjay Rajagopalan;C. Arden Pope;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

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

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

  • Clinical Factors Associated With Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

    B.Fendley Stewart;David Siscovick;Bonnie K. Lind;Julius M. Gardin

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women

    Kristin A. Miller;David S. Siscovick;Lianne Sheppard;Kristen Shepherd

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Walking compared with vigorous exercise for the prevention of cardiovascular events in women.

    Joann E. Manson;Philip Greenland;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Marcia L. Stefanick

  • Association of Aortic-Valve Sclerosis with Cardiovascular Mortality and Morbidity in the Elderly

    Catherine M. Otto;Bonnie K. Lind;Dalane W. Kitzman;Bernard J. Gersh

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Ankle-arm index as a marker of atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group.

    Anne B. Newman;David S. Siscovick;Teri A. Manolio;Joseph Polak

  • Cystatin C and the risk of death and cardiovascular events among elderly persons.

    Michael G. Shlipak;Mark J. Sarnak;Ronit Katz;Linda F. Fried

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Michael G. Shlipak
Michael G. Shlipak University of California, San Francisco
Joachim H. Ix
Joachim H. Ix University of California, San Diego
Dariush Mozaffarian
Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University
Rozenn N. Lemaitre
Rozenn N. Lemaitre University of Washington
Kenneth J. Mukamal
Kenneth J. Mukamal Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ian H. de Boer
Ian H. de Boer University of Washington
Ronit Katz
Ronit Katz University of Washington
Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Nona Sotoodehnia
Nona Sotoodehnia University of Washington

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