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Edwin K. Silverman 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 Edwin K. Silverman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 940 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edwin K. Silverman 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 Edwin K. Silverman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 150 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Edwin K. Silverman is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, and Cancer Research.

Their research encompasses key topics such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Some of the recent papers associated with Edwin K. Silverman include:

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Association of clonal hematopoiesis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2021, Blood
  • Molecular networks in Network Medicine: Development and applications, 2020, WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine
  • Machine Learning and Prediction of All-Cause Mortality in COPD, 2020, CHEST Journal
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Edwin K. Silverman include:

  • Michael H. Cho
  • Craig P. Hersh
  • Dawn L. DeMeo
  • Peter J. Castaldi
  • Elizabeth A. Regan

The venues where Edwin K. Silverman most often publishes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • CHEST Journal
  • Respiratory Research
  • UNC Libraries

Among the recognitions received, Edwin K. Silverman is a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Characterisation of COPD heterogeneity in the ECLIPSE cohort

    Àlvar Agustí;Peter Ma Calverley;Bartolome R Celli;Harvey O Coxson

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPD.

    Mei Lan K. Han;Alvar Agusti;Peter M. Calverley;Bartolome R. Celli

  • Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) Study Design

    Elizabeth A. Regan;John E. Hokanson;James R. Murphy;Barry Make

  • An Official American Thoracic Society Public Policy Statement: Novel Risk Factors and the Global Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Mark D. Eisner;Nicholas Anthonisen;David Coultas;Nino Kuenzli

  • Changes in forced expiratory volume in 1 second over time in copd

    Jørgen Vestbo;Jørgen Vestbo;Lisa D. Edwards;Paul D. Scanlon;Julie C. Yates

  • Persistent systemic inflammation is associated with poor clinical outcomes in COPD: a novel phenotype.

    Alvar Agustí;Lisa D. Edwards;Stephen I. Rennard;William MacNee

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Peter J. Barnes;Peter G. J. Burney;Edwin K. Silverman;Bartolome R. Celli

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Identification of Two Major Susceptibility Loci

    Sreekumar G. Pillai;Dongliang Ge;Guohua Zhu;Xiangyang Kong

  • Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate End-points (ECLIPSE).

    J Vestbo;W Anderson;H O Coxson;C Crim

  • The Effect of Polymorphisms of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor on the Response to Regular Use of Albuterol in Asthma

    Elliot Israel;Jeffrey M. Drazen;Stephen B. Liggett;Homer A. Boushey

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • Patterns of Growth and Decline in Lung Function in Persistent Childhood Asthma

    M J McGeachie;K P Yates;X Zhou;F Guo

  • Lung Volumes and Emphysema in Smokers with Interstitial Lung Abnormalities

    George R. Washko;Gary M. Hunninghake;Isis E. Fernandez;Mizuki Nishino

  • The clinical features of the overlap between COPD and asthma

    Megan Hardin;Edwin K Silverman;R Graham Barr;Nadia N Hansel

  • CT-Definable Subtypes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Statement of the Fleischner Society.

    David A. Lynch;John H M Austin;John H M Austin;James C. Hogg;Philippe A. Grenier

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in the COPDGene Study: Associated Radiologic Phenotypes

    MeiLan K. Han;Ella A. Kazerooni;David A. Lynch;Lyrica X. Liu

  • Pulmonary arterial enlargement and acute exacerbations of COPD.

    J. Michael Wells;George R. Washko;Mei Lan K. Han;Naseer Abbas

  • Inflammatory biomarkers improve clinical prediction of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Bartolome R. Celli;Nicholas Locantore;Julie Yates;Ruth Tal-Singer

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Cho
Michael H. Cho Harvard University
James D. Crapo
James D. Crapo National Jewish Health
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Dawn L. DeMeo
Dawn L. DeMeo Brigham and Women's Hospital
George R. Washko
George R. Washko Brigham and Women's Hospital
John E. Hokanson
John E. Hokanson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Barry J. Make
Barry J. Make National Jewish Health
David A. Lomas
David A. Lomas University College London
Per Bakke
Per Bakke University of Bergen
Terri H. Beaty
Terri H. Beaty Johns Hopkins University

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