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J. William Gaynor 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 J. William Gaynor sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 588 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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J. William Gaynor 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 J. William Gaynor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 111 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

J. William Gaynor is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant specialization in epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of congenital heart disease, participating in numerous research projects and publications related to cardiac arrest and resuscitation, tracheal and airway disorders, congenital heart defects, mechanical circulatory support devices, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, and congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Circulation
  • Cardiology in the Young
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Regular collaborative partners in this scientific area include Daniel J. Licht, Jane W. Newburger, Constantine Mavroudis, Christopher E. Mascio, and Stephanie Fuller.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "National Variation in Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes," 2020, Circulation
  • "Socioeconomic Status and Long-term Outcomes in Single Ventricle Heart Disease," 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • "Nomenclature for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Unification of Clinical and Administrative Nomenclature - The 2021 International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC) and the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)," 2021, Cardiology in the Young
  • "Impact of Major Residual Lesions on Outcomes After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "De Novo Damaging Variants, Clinical Phenotypes, and Post-Operative Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease," 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

The research conducted by this scientist is distributed broadly with a substantial number of publications in the fields of congenital heart disease studies and related areas, encompassing a total of 384 published works in medicine and a distinct prominence of 109 papers in epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease: evaluation and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

    Bradley S. Marino;Paul H. Lipkin;Jane W. Newburger;Georgina Peacock

  • Comparison of Shunt Types in the Norwood Procedure for Single-Ventricle Lesions

    Richard G. Ohye;Lynn A. Sleeper;Lynn Mahony;Jane W. Newburger

  • De novo mutations in congenital heart disease with neurodevelopmental and other congenital anomalies.

    Jason Homsy;Samir Zaidi;Yufeng Shen;James S. Ware;James S. Ware;James S. Ware

  • Contribution of rare inherited and de novo variants in 2,871 congenital heart disease probands

    Sheng Chih Jin;Jason Homsy;Samir Zaidi;Qiongshi Lu

  • Brain maturation is delayed in infants with complex congenital heart defects

    Daniel J. Licht;David M. Shera;Robert R. Clancy;Gil Wernovsky

  • An MRI study of neurological injury before and after congenital heart surgery.

    William T. Mahle;Federica Tavani;Robert A. Zimmerman;Susan C. Nicolson

  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome : Current Considerations and Expectations

    Jeffrey A. Feinstein;D. Woodrow Benson;Anne M. Dubin;Meryl S. Cohen

  • Survival after reconstructive surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: A 15-year experience from a single institution.

    William T. Mahle;Thomas L. Spray;Gil Wernovsky;J. William Gaynor

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes after cardiac surgery in infancy.

    J. William Gaynor;Christian Stopp;David Wypij;Dean B. Andropoulos

  • Necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates with congenital heart disease: risk factors and outcomes.

    Doff B. McElhinney;Holly L. Hedrick;David M. Bush;Gilberto R. Pereira

  • Genome-wide copy number variation study associates metabotropic glutamate receptor gene networks with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Josephine Elia;Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Nagahide Takahashi

  • Inattention, hyperactivity, and school performance in a population of school-age children with complex congenital heart disease.

    Amanda J Shillingford;Marianne M Glanzman;Richard F Ittenbach;Robert R Clancy

  • Risk factors for mortality after the Norwood procedure.

    J. William Gaynor;William T. Mahle;Mitchell I. Cohen;Richard F. Ittenbach

  • Periventricular leukomalacia is common after neonatal cardiac surgery.

    Kristen K Galli;Robert A Zimmerman;Gail P Jarvik;Gil Wernovsky

  • Preoperative cerebral blood flow is diminished in neonates with severe congenital heart defects.

    Daniel J. Licht;Jiongjiong Wang;David W. Silvestre;Susan C. Nicolson

  • Early Developmental Outcome in Children with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Related Anomalies: The Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial

    Jane W. Newburger;Lynn A. Sleeper;David C. Bellinger;Caren S. Goldberg

  • The nomenclature, definition and classification of cardiac structures in the setting of heterotaxy.

    Jeffrey P. Jacobs;Robert H. Anderson;Paul M. Weinberg;Henry L. Walters

  • Patient characteristics are important determinants of neurodevelopmental outcome at one year of age after neonatal and infant cardiac surgery.

    J. William Gaynor;Gil Wernovsky;Gail P. Jarvik;Judy Bernbaum

  • Permanent Epicardial Pacing in Pediatric Patients Seventeen Years of Experience and 1200 Outpatient Visits

    Mitchell I. Cohen;David M. Bush;Victoria L. Vetter;Ronn E. Tanel

  • Predictors of outcome after the Fontan operation: is hypoplastic left heart syndrome still a risk factor?

    J.William Gaynor;Nancy D. Bridges;Mitchell I. Cohen;William T. Mahle

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Spray
Thomas L. Spray Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Jeffrey P. Jacobs University of Florida
Gil Wernovsky
Gil Wernovsky Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jack Rychik
Jack Rychik Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert R. Clancy
Robert R. Clancy New York University
Jane W. Newburger
Jane W. Newburger Boston Children's Hospital
Marshall L. Jacobs
Marshall L. Jacobs Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Elaine H. Zackai
Elaine H. Zackai Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Gail P. Jarvik
Gail P. Jarvik University of Washington
Jennifer S. Li
Jennifer S. Li Duke University

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