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 Gerardo Heiss sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 801 publications — 87th percentile
87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerardo Heiss sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 158 D-Index — 96th percentile
96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Gerardo Heiss was affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research centered primarily in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and public health, environmental and occupational health.
The scientist's work spanned several interconnected topics, including cardiovascular health and risk factors, peripheral artery disease management, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, health disparities and outcomes, blood pressure and hypertension studies, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, as well as cardiovascular disease and adiposity.
Heiss's recent publications reflect these research interests and include:
His frequent co-authors were:
Heiss published extensively at several venues, with notable frequent publication records at UNC Libraries, Circulation, Atherosclerosis, American Journal of Epidemiology, and Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford
Lloyd E. Chambless;Gerardo Heiss;Aaron R. Folsom;Wayne D Rosamond
Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace
James D Beck;Raul Garcia;Gerardo Heiss;Pantel S. Vokonas
Daniel Levy;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Kenneth Rice;Germaine C. Verwoert
Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Linda Van Horn;Judith Hsia;JoAnn E. Manson
Ann Marie McNeill;Wayne D. Rosamond;Cynthia J. Girman;Cynthia J. Girman;Sherita Hill Golden
Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller;Susan Hendrix;Marian Limacher;Gerardo Heiss
Maria Inês Schmidt;Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce B Duncan;Bruce B Duncan;A Richey Sharrett;Gunnar Lindberg
A.R. Sharrett;C.M. Ballantyne;S.A. Coady;G. Heiss
Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf
Azmi A. Nabulsi;Aaron R. Folsom;Alice White;Wolfgang Patsch
Bruce B. Duncan;Bruce B. Duncan;Maria Inês Schmidt;Maria Inês Schmidt;James S. Pankow;Christie M. Ballantyne
Gregory L. Burke;Gregory W. Evans;Ward A. Riley;A. Richey Sharrett
Gerardo Heiss;A. Richey Sharrett;Ralph Barnes;L. E. Chambless
Juha Pekkanen;Shai Linn;Gerardo Heiss;Chirayath M. Suchindran
Wayne D. Rosamond;Lloyd E. Chambless;Aaron R. Folsom;Lawton S. Cooper
Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson
G Howard;A R Sharrett;G Heiss;G W Evans
Judith Hsia;Gerardo Heiss;Hong Ren;Matthew Allison
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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