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91
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40740
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11577
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5940

Gerald J. Beck 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 Gerald J. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 208 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerald J. Beck 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 Gerald J. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Gerald J. Beck is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans pulmonary and respiratory medicine, genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, sociology and political science, and molecular biology.

The scientist has a publication record concentrated in several prominent venues, including:

  • Nature Genetics
  • CHEST Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Nature Communications
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Gerald J. Beck's main topics of research include pulmonary hypertension research and treatments, cardiovascular function and risk factors, genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, central venous catheters and hemodialysis, vascular procedures and complications, and congenital heart disease studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gerald J. Beck are:

  • Franz Rischard
  • Evelyn M. Horn
  • Jane A. Leopold
  • Robert P. Frantz
  • Erika B. Rosenzweig

Some of the recent papers published by Gerald J. Beck include:

  • Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Long-Term Outcomes of Medical Management vs Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes, 2024, JAMA
  • Clonal haematopoiesis and risk of chronic liver disease, 2023, Nature
  • A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response, 2021, Nature Genetics

Gerald J. Beck was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • The Effects of Dietary Protein Restriction and Blood-Pressure Control on the Progression of Chronic Renal Disease

    Saulo Klahr;Andrew S. Levey;Gerald J. Beck;Arlene W. Caggiula

  • Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis

    Garabed Eknoyan;Gerald J. Beck;Alfred K. Cheung;John T. Daugirdas

  • A randomized trial of aspirin to prevent colorectal adenomas

    John A. Baron;Bernard F. Cole;Robert S. Sandler;Robert W. Haile

  • In-center hemodialysis six times per week versus three times per week.

    Glenn M Chertow;Nathan W Levin;Gerald J Beck

  • Effect of ramipril vs amlodipine on renal outcomes in hypertensive nephrosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

    L. Y. Agodoa;L. Appel;G. L. Bakris;G. Beck

  • Folic acid for the prevention of colorectal adenomas: a randomized clinical trial.

    Bernard F. Cole;John A. Baron;Robert S. Sandler;Robert W. Haile

  • Stratification of morbidity and mortality outcome by preoperative risk factors in coronary artery bypass patients. A clinical severity score.

    Thomas L. Higgins;Fawzy G. Estafanous;Floyd D. Loop;Gerald J. Beck

  • Calcium Supplements for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas

    Baron Ja;Beach M;Beach M;Mandel Js;van Stolk Ru

  • A Clinical Trial of Antioxidant Vitamins to Prevent Colorectal Adenoma

    E. Robert Greenberg;John A. Baron;Tor D. Tosteson;Daniel H. Freeman

  • Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with mortality and end-stage renal disease. A collaborative meta-analysis of kidney disease population cohorts

    Brad C. Astor;Kunihiro Matsushita;Ron T. Gansevoort;Marije Van Der Velde

  • Predictors of the progression of renal disease in the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study

    Lawrence G. Hunsicker;Sharon Adler;Arlene Caggiula

  • Factors other than glomerular filtration rate affect serum cystatin C levels.

    Lesley A Stevens;Christopher H Schmid;Tom Greene;Liang Li

  • Effect of Clopidogrel on Early Failure of Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Laura M. Dember;Gerald J. Beck;Michael Allon;James A. Delmez

  • Comparative Performance of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Equations for Estimating GFR Levels Above 60 mL/min/1.73 m2

    Lesley A Stevens;Christopher H Schmid;Tom Greene;Yaping Lucy Zhang

  • The effect of a lower target blood pressure on the progression of kidney disease: long-term follow-up of the modification of diet in renal disease study.

    Mark J. Sarnak;Tom Greene;Xuelei Wang;Gerald J Beck

  • The NHLBI lymphangioleiomyomatosis registry: characteristics of 230 patients at enrollment.

    Jay H. Ryu;Joel Moss;Gerald J. Beck;Jar Chi Lee

  • Serum β-2 Microglobulin Levels Predict Mortality in Dialysis Patients: Results of the HEMO Study

    Alfred K Cheung;Michael V. Rocco;Guofen Yan;John K. Leypoldt

  • Development and Progression of Renal Disease in Pima Indians with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Robert G. Nelson;Peter H. Bennett;Gerald J. Beck;Ming Tan

  • The effects of frequent nocturnal home hemodialysis: the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Nocturnal Trial

    Michael V. Rocco;Robert S. Lockridge;Gerald J. Beck;Paul W. Eggers

  • Survival and FEV1 decline in individuals with severe deficiency of α1-antitrypsin

    C. E. Vreim;M. Wu;R. G. Crystal;A. S. Buist

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Greene
Tom Greene University of Utah
John W. Kusek
John W. Kusek National Institutes of Health
Andrew S. Levey
Andrew S. Levey Tufts Medical Center
Mark J. Sarnak
Mark J. Sarnak Tufts Medical Center
Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Michael V. Rocco
Michael V. Rocco Wake Forest University
Nathan W. Levin
Nathan W. Levin Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Glenn M. Chertow
Glenn M. Chertow Stanford University
Alfred K. Cheung
Alfred K. Cheung University of Utah
Jonathan Himmelfarb
Jonathan Himmelfarb University of Washington

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