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James D. Otvos

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
26283
World Ranking
17920
National Ranking
8938

James D. Otvos publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 321 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James D. Otvos 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 James D. Otvos sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

James D. Otvos is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, surgery, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers several core topics, including:

  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

James D. Otvos has contributed to numerous papers, with some recent publications being:

  • A New Equation for Calculation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients With Normolipidemia and/or Hypertriglyceridemia (2020, JAMA Cardiology)
  • Associations Between High-Density Lipoprotein Particles and Ischemic Events by Vascular Domain, Sex, and Ethnicity (2020, Circulation)
  • Ketone Bodies Are Mildly Elevated in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Are Inversely Associated with Insulin Resistance as Measured by the Lipoprotein Insulin Resistance Index (2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • The extended lipid panel assay: a clinically-deployed high-throughput nuclear magnetic resonance method for the simultaneous measurement of lipids and Apolipoprotein B (2020, Lipids in Health and Disease)
  • Association of beta-hydroxybutyrate with development of heart failure: Sex differences in a Dutch population cohort (2020, European Journal of Clinical Investigation)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Circulation
  • Diabetes
  • Journal of Clinical Lipidology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Clinical Chemistry

Collaborations have been a notable aspect of James D. Otvos' research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Margery A. Connelly
  • Maureen Sampson
  • Irina Shalaurova
  • Alan T. Remaley
  • Anna Wolska

Best Publications

  • Effects of the Amount and Intensity of Exercise on Plasma Lipoproteins

    William E Kraus;Joseph A Houmard;Brian D Duscha;Kenneth J Knetzger

  • Lipoprotein particle analysis by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    Elias J. Jeyarajah;William C. Cromwell;James D. Otvos

  • Low-Density Lipoprotein and High-Density Lipoprotein Particle Subclasses Predict Coronary Events and Are Favorably Changed by Gemfibrozil Therapy in the Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial

    James D. Otvos;Dorothea Collins;David S. Freedman;Irina Shalaurova

  • HDL Measures, Particle Heterogeneity, Proposed Nomenclature, and Relation to Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Events

    Robert S. Rosenson;H. Bryan Brewer;M. John Chapman;Sergio Fazio

  • Use of human immunodeficiency virus-1 protease inhibitors is associated with atherogenic lipoprotein changes and endothelial dysfunction.

    James H. Stein;Melissa A. Klein;Jennifer L. Bellehumeur;Patrick E. McBride

  • LDL particle subclasses, LDL particle size, and carotid atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

    Samia Mora;Moyses Szklo;James D. Otvos;Philip Greenland

  • Association of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein–TaqIB Polymorphism With Variations in Lipoprotein Subclasses and Coronary Heart Disease Risk : The Framingham Study

    Jose M. Ordovas;L. Adrienne Cupples;Dolores Corella;James D. Otvos

  • Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Concentration and Size as Determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

    Gavin J. Blake;James D. Otvos;Nader Rifai;Paul M Ridker

  • Lipoprotein Particle Profiles by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Compared With Standard Lipids and Apolipoproteins in Predicting Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women

    Samia Mora;James D. Otvos;Nader Rifai;Robert S. Rosenson

  • Relation of Lipoprotein Subclasses as Measured by Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Coronary Artery Disease

    David S. Freedman;James D. Otvos;Elias J. Jeyarajah;Joseph J. Barboriak

  • LDL particle number and risk of future cardiovascular disease in the Framingham Offspring Study—Implications for LDL management

    William C. Cromwell;James D. Otvos;Michelle J. Keyes;Michael J. Pencina

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Lipoproteins and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study

    Lewis Kuller;Alice Arnold;Russell Tracy;James Otvos

  • Relations of lipoprotein subclass levels and low-density lipoprotein size to progression of coronary artery disease in the pravastatin limitation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries (PLAC-I) trial

    Robert S Rosenson;James D Otvos;David S Freedman

  • Reduction and binding of arsenate and dimethylarsinate by glutathione: a magnetic resonance study

    Marielle Delnomdedieu;Mufeed M. Basti;James D. Otvos;David J. Thomas

  • Clinical implications of discordance between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and particle number.

    James D. Otvos;Samia Mora;Irina Shalaurova;Philip Greenland

  • Increased Small Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Number A Prominent Feature of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Framingham Heart Study

    Sekar Kathiresan;James D. Otvos;Lisa M. Sullivan;Michelle J. Keyes

  • Sex and Age Differences in Lipoprotein Subclasses Measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: The Framingham Study

    David S. Freedman;James D. Otvos;Elias J. Jeyarajah;Irina Shalaurova

  • A New Equation for Calculation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients With Normolipidemia and/or Hypertriglyceridemia

    Maureen Sampson;Clarence Ling;Qian Sun;Roa Harb

  • GlycA: A Composite Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Biomarker of Systemic Inflammation

    James D. Otvos;Irina Shalaurova;Justyna Wolak-Dinsmore;Margery A. Connelly

  • Value of Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Number and Size as Predictors of Coronary Artery Disease in Apparently Healthy Men and Women: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study

    Karim El Harchaoui;Wim A. van der Steeg;Erik S.G. Stroes;Jan Albert Kuivenhoven

Frequent Co-Authors

Samia Mora
Samia Mora Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephan J. L. Bakker
Stephan J. L. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen
Erin D. Michos
Erin D. Michos Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ernst J. Schaefer
Ernst J. Schaefer Tufts University
Peter W.F. Wilson
Peter W.F. Wilson Emory University
Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Robert S. Rosenson
Robert S. Rosenson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital

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