2026 James N. Weiss: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	106	6607	6211	3504	3251	452	35698

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Overview

James N. Weiss is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine as well as Molecular Biology among subfields.

The main topics they investigate include:

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
Ion channel regulation and function
Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Frequently, they have published in venues such as:

Heart Rhythm
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biophysical Journal
Circulation Research

Their recent scientific publications include:

"The Sinus Node", 2020, JACC. Clinical electrophysiology
"Mechanisms of Arrhythmogenicity of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Associated Troponin T (TNNT2) Variant I79N", 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
"Suppression of ventricular arrhythmias by targeting late L-type Ca2+ current", 2021, The Journal of General Physiology
"R-on-T and the initiation of reentry revisited: Integrating old and new concepts", 2022, Heart Rhythm
"Cardiac Alternans: From Bedside to Bench and Back", 2023, Circulation Research

James N. Weiss collaborates regularly with several scientists. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Zhilin Qu
Michael B. Liu
Riccardo Olcese
Peng-Sheng Chen
Hrayr S. Karagueuzian

Best Publications

Controlling Cardiac Chaos

Alan Garfinkel;Mark L. Spano;William L. Ditto;James N. Weiss

1254
Citations
The Hill equation revisited: uses and misuses.

James N. Weiss

1128
Citations
Role of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition in Myocardial Disease

James N. Weiss;Paavo Korge;Henry M. Honda;Peipei Ping

745
Citations
Preventing ventricular fibrillation by flattening cardiac restitution

Alan Garfinkel;Young Hoon Kim;Olga Voroshilovsky;Zhilin Qu

657
Citations
Quinones and Aromatic Chemical Compounds in Particulate Matter Induce Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Implications for Ultrafine Particle Toxicity

Tian Xia;Paavo Korge;James N. Weiss;Ning Li

553
Citations
Mitochondria and ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Henry M. Honda;Paavo Korge;James N. Weiss

509
Citations
From Pulsus to Pulseless: The Saga of Cardiac Alternans

James N. Weiss;Alain Karma;Yohannes Shiferaw;Peng Sheng Chen

491
Citations
A Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential Model Replicating Cardiac Dynamics at Rapid Heart Rates

Aman Mahajan;Yohannes Shiferaw;Daisuke Sato;Ali Baher

488
Citations
Glycolysis preferentially inhibits ATP-sensitive K+ channels in isolated guinea pig cardiac myocytes

James N. Weiss;Scott T. Lamp

463
Citations
Mechanisms of Discordant Alternans and Induction of Reentry in Simulated Cardiac Tissue

Zhilin Qu;Alan Garfinkel;Peng-Sheng Chen;James N. Weiss

462
Citations
Early Afterdepolarizations and Cardiac Arrhythmias

James N. Weiss;Alan Garfinkel;Hrayr S. Karagueuzian;Peng Sheng Chen

426
Citations
Chaos and the transition to ventricular fibrillation: A new approach to antiarrhythmic drug evaluation

James N. Weiss;Alan Garfinkel;Hrayr S. Karagueuzian;Zhilin Qu

414
Citations
Cardiac electrical restitution properties and stability of reentrant spiral waves: a simulation study.

Zhilin Qu;James N. Weiss;Alan Garfinkel

407
Citations
The Dynamics of Cardiac Fibrillation

James N. Weiss;Zhilin Qu;Peng Sheng Chen;Shien Fong Lin

399
Citations
Intracellular Ca2+ Dynamics and the Stability of Ventricular Tachycardia

E. Chudin;J. Goldhaber;A. Garfinkel;J. Weiss

399
Citations
So Little Source, So Much Sink: Requirements for Afterdepolarizations to Propagate in Tissue

Yuanfang Xie;Daisuke Sato;Alan Garfinkel;Zhilin Qu

363
Citations
Identification of a peptide inhibitor of the cardiac sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchanger

Zhaoping Li;D. A. Nicoll;A. Collins;D. W. Hilgemann

332
Citations
Electrophysiology of Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia

James N. Weiss;Zhilin Qu;Kalyanam Shivkumar

317
Citations
Connexin-43 Hemichannels Opened by Metabolic Inhibition

Scott A. John;Richard Kondo;Sheng-Yong Wang;Joshua I. Goldhaber

312
Citations
Cardiac ATP-sensitive K+ channels. Evidence for preferential regulation by glycolysis.

J N Weiss;S T Lamp

304
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhilin Qu University of California, Los Angeles

Peng-Sheng Chen Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

William G. Stevenson Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Joshua I. Goldhaber Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Peipei Ping University of California, Los Angeles

Alain Karma Northeastern University

Yibin Wang University of California, Los Angeles

Michael C. Fishbein University of California, Los Angeles

Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles

Kenneth D. Philipson University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

Personal website of James N. Weiss

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