2026 Dick H. J. Thijssen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	78	18021	16940	673	649	401	23040

Overview

Dick H. J. Thijssen is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, complementary and alternative medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work addresses various topics within cardiovascular and exercise physiology, including physical activity and health, cardiac health and mental health, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, heart rate variability and autonomic control, as well as cardiac imaging and diagnostics.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Thijs M.H. Eijsvogels, Esmée A. Bakker, Maria T. E. Hopman, Gregory Y.H. Lip, and Benjamin J. R. Buckley. These collaborations have contributed to numerous publications.

They have published extensively in several venues, most notably in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, European Heart Journal, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Among their recent papers are:

"Regulation of cerebral blood flow in humans: physiology and clinical implications of autoregulation," 2021, Physiological Reviews
""Girls Aren't Meant to Exercise": Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls-The HERizon Project," 2021, Children
"Reference Intervals for Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation and the Relation With Cardiovascular Risk Factors," 2021, Hypertension
"Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium," 2023, European Heart Journal
"Validity and reliability of subjective methods to assess sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Best Publications

Assessment of flow-mediated dilation in humans: a methodological and physiological guideline

Dick H.J. Thijssen;Mark A. Black;Mark A. Black;Kyra E Pyke;Jaume Padilla

1643
Citations
Regulation of cerebral blood flow in humans: physiology and clinical implications of autoregulation.

Jurgen A. H. R. Claassen;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Ronney B. Panerai;Ronney B. Panerai;Frank M. Faraci

789
Citations
Expert consensus and evidence-based recommendations for the assessment of flow-mediated dilation in humans

Dick H J Thijssen;Dick H J Thijssen;Rosa Maria Bruno;Rosa Maria Bruno;Anke C C M van Mil;Anke C C M van Mil;Sophie M Holder

695
Citations
Flow-mediated dilation and cardiovascular event prediction: does nitric oxide matter?

Daniel J. Green;Helen Jones;Dick Thijssen;Dick Thijssen;N.T. Cable

606
Citations
VASCULAR ADAPTATION TO EXERCISE IN HUMANS: ROLE OF HEMODYNAMIC STIMULI

Daniel J. Green;Maria T. E. Hopman;Jaume Padilla;M. Harold Laughlin

585
Citations
Shear Stress Mediates Endothelial Adaptations to Exercise Training in Humans

Toni M. Tinken;Dick H.J. Thijssen;Nicola Hopkins;Ellen A. Dawson

540
Citations
Importance of Measuring the Time Course of Flow-Mediated Dilatation in Humans

Mark A. Black;N. Timothy Cable;Dick H.J. Thijssen;Daniel J. Green

437
Citations
Impact of inactivity and exercise on the vasculature in humans

Dick H. J. Thijssen;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Andrew J. Maiorana;Andrew J. Maiorana;Gerry O’Driscoll;Gerry O’Driscoll;Nigel T. Cable

385
Citations
Is Flow-Mediated Dilation Nitric Oxide Mediated? A Meta-Analysis

Daniel J. Green;Ellen A. Dawson;Hans M.M. Groenewoud;Helen Jones

378
Citations
Impact of shear rate modulation on vascular function in humans

Toni M. Tinken;Dick H.J. Thijssen;Nicola Hopkins;Mark A. Black

361
Citations
Retrograde flow and shear rate acutely impair endothelial function in humans.

Dick H.J. Thijssen;Ellen A. Dawson;Toni M. Tinken;N. Timothy Cable

334
Citations
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of exercise training versus hypocaloric diet: distinct effects on body weight and visceral adipose tissue.

R.J.H.M. Verheggen;M.F.H. Maessen;Daniel J. Green;Daniel J. Green;A.R.M.M. Hermus

332
Citations
Ischemic preconditioning improves maximal performance in humans

Patricia C. E. de Groot;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Manuel Sanchez;Reinier Ellenkamp

316
Citations
Time course of change in vasodilator function and capacity in response to exercise training in humans

Toni M. Tinken;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Mark A. Black;N. Timothy Cable

303
Citations
Exercise and vascular adaptation in asymptomatic humans

Daniel J. Green;Daniel J. Green;Angela Spence;John R. Halliwill;N. Timothy Cable

257
Citations
Flow-mediated dilatation in the superficial femoral artery is nitric oxide mediated in humans.

M. Kooijman;D.H.J. Thijssen;P.C.E. de Groot;M.W.P. Bleeker

246
Citations
Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Mediating Mechanisms.

Sophie Carter;Yvonne Hartman;Sophie Holder;Dick H Thijssen

239
Citations
Vascular adaptation in athletes: is there an ‘athlete's artery’?

Daniel J. Green;Daniel J. Green;Angela Spence;Nicola Rowley;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Dick H. J. Thijssen

238
Citations
Effect of ischemic preconditioning on lactate accumulation and running performance.

Tom G. Bailey;Helen Jones;Warren Gregson;Greg Atkinson;Greg Atkinson

225
Citations
Impact of age, sex, and exercise on brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation

Mark A. Black;N. Timothy Cable;Dick H. J. Thijssen;Daniel J. Green

225
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Green University of Western Australia

Keith George Liverpool John Moores University

Greg Atkinson Teesside University

Niels P. Riksen Radboud University

Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool

Lorenzo Ghiadoni University of Pisa

Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert Radboud University

Mihai G. Netea Radboud University

Sanjay Sharma St George's, University of London

Peter H. G. M. Willems Radboud University

External Links

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