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Guy De Backer

Guy De Backer

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
162833
World Ranking
7142
National Ranking
82

Guy De Backer 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 Guy De Backer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 465 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Guy De Backer 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 Guy De Backer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Guy De Backer is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their body of work spans multiple subfields including surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, economics and econometrics, as well as public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The research topics primarily addressed by Guy De Backer encompass lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, cardiac health and mental health, diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins, health systems with economic evaluations and quality of life assessments, blood pressure and hypertension studies, health promotion, cardiovascular prevention, and cardiovascular health and risk factors.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Guy De Backer are:

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice, 2021, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk, 2020, Russian Journal of Cardiology
  • Primary prevention efforts are poorly developed in people at high cardiovascular risk: A report from the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme EUROASPIRE V survey in 16 European countries, 2020, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Poor adherence to lifestyle recommendations in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the EUROASPIRE surveys, 2021, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Guy De Backer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Dirk De Bacquer
  • Kornelia Kotseva
  • David Wood
  • Lars Rydén
  • Catriona Jennings

Key publication venues for Guy De Backer's research include:

  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Kardiologia Polska
  • Acta cardiologica. Supplementum

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • 2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

    Giuseppe Mancia;Guy De Backer;Anna Dominiczak;Renata Cifkova

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension : The Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Guy De Backer;Anna F. Dominiczak;Renata Cifkova

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular riskThe Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)

    François Mach;Colin Baigent;Alberico L Catapano;Konstantinos C Koskinas

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

    A Halliday;C Baigent;F Mach;B Mihaylova;B Mihaylova

  • 2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias

    Alberico L. Catapano;Ian Graham;Guy De Backer;Olov Wiklund

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

    Frank L J Visseren;François Mach;Yvo M Smulders;David Carballo

  • European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by invited experts).

    Guy De Backer;Ettore Ambrosioni;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Carlos Brotons

  • European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice.

    Guy De Backer;Ettore Ambrosioni;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Carlos Brotons

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines

    Barry J. Maron;William J. McKenna;Gordon K. Danielson;Lukas J. Kappenberger

  • 2007 ESH-ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension: ESH-ESC Task Force on the Management of Arterial Hypertension.

    Giuseppe Mancia;Guy De Backer;Anna Dominiczak;Renata Cifkova

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) Developed in Collaboration With the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

    Valentin Fuster;Lars E Rydén;Richard W Asinger;David S Cannom

  • Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention.

    David Wood;Guy De Backer;Ole Faergeman;Ian Graham

  • 2013 Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC): ESH/ESC Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension.

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redán

  • European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012): the Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts).

    Joep Perk;Guy De Backer;Helmut Gohlke;Ian Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk De Bacquer
Dirk De Bacquer Ghent University
Els Clays
Els Clays Ghent University
Renata Cifkova
Renata Cifkova Charles University
David R. Wood
David R. Wood Monash University
Ian D. Graham
Ian D. Graham Ottawa Hospital
José R. Banegas
José R. Banegas Autonomous University of Madrid
Ulrich Keil
Ulrich Keil University of Münster
Jean Dallongeville
Jean Dallongeville Institut Pasteur
Lars Rydén
Lars Rydén Karolinska Institute
Inge Huybrechts
Inge Huybrechts International Agency For Research On Cancer

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