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Medicine

D-Index
110
Citations
84162
World Ranking
5409
National Ranking
530

James Shepherd 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 James Shepherd sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 400 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Shepherd 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 Shepherd sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James Shepherd is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on topics within general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, health, pathology and forensic medicine, and epidemiology. The diversity of their research topics reflects a multifaceted approach to health-related issues.

Shepherd's work covers several main topics, including homelessness and social issues, injury epidemiology and prevention, alcohol consumption and health effects, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, gun ownership and violence research, child abuse and trauma, and criminal justice and corrections analysis.

Selected recent publications by James Shepherd highlight different aspects of public health and medicine:

  • Association Between COVID-19 Lockdown Measures and Emergency Department Visits for Violence-Related Injuries in Cardiff, Wales, 2021, published in JAMA
  • Economic Viability of Industrial Hemp in the United States: A Review of State Pilot Programs, 2020, published in AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)
  • Offender trajectories, health and hospital admissions: relationships and risk factors in the longitudinal Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, 2020, published in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • Alcohol affordability: implications for alcohol price policies. A cross-sectional analysis in middle and older adults from UK Biobank, 2021, published in Journal of Public Health
  • The reintroduction of hemp in the USA: a content analysis of state and tribal hemp production plans, 2023, published in Journal of Cannabis Research

Frequent co-authors associated with Shepherd's research include:

  • Simon Moore
  • Tim Baker
  • Nicholas Taylor
  • Kate Kloot
  • Peter Miller

Shepherd's publications appear in a variety of venues, some with multiple contributions, including:

  • Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)
  • JAMA
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • Journal of Cannabis Research

Best Publications

  • Rosuvastatin to prevent vascular events in men and women with elevated C-reactive protein.

    Paul M Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Jacques Genest;Antonio M. Gotto

  • Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men and Women With Elevated C-Reactive Protein

    Paul M. Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco A. H. Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease.

    John C. LaRosa;Scott M Grundy;David D. Waters;Charles Shear

  • Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial

    James Shepherd;Gerard J Blauw;Michael B Murphy;Edward Lem Bollen

  • 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

  • Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

    Naveed Sattar;David Preiss;Heather M Murray;Paul Welsh

  • Metabolic Syndrome With and Without C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

    Naveed Sattar;Allan Gaw;Olga Scherbakova;Ian Ford

  • Reduction in C-reactive protein and LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular event rates after initiation of rosuvastatin: a prospective study of the JUPITER trial.

    Paul M Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco Ah Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • The prevention of progression of arterial disease and diabetes (POPADAD) trial: factorial randomised placebo controlled trial of aspirin and antioxidants in patients with diabetes and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease

    Jill Belch;Angus MacCuish;Iain Campbell;Stuart Cobbe

  • Pravastatin and the Development of Diabetes Mellitus Evidence for a Protective Treatment Effect in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

    Dilys J. Freeman;John Norrie;Naveed Sattar;R. Dermot G. Neely

  • Telomere length, risk of coronary heart disease, and statin treatment in the West of Scotland Primary Prevention Study: a nested case-control study

    Scott W Brouilette;Jasbir S Moore;Alex D McMahon;John R Thompson

  • A Randomized Trial of Rosuvastatin in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism

    Robert J. Glynn;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco A.H. Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • Role of plasma triglyceride in the regulation of plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) subfractions: relative contribution of small, dense LDL to coronary heart disease risk.

    Bruce A. Griffin;Dilys J. Freeman;Graeme W. Tait;Jim Thomson

  • Effect of lowering LDL cholesterol substantially below currently recommended levels in patients with coronary heart disease and diabetes: the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study.

    James Shepherd;Philip Barter;Rafael Carmena;Prakash Deedwania

  • Can metabolic syndrome usefully predict cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Outcome data from two prospective studies

    Naveed Sattar;Alex McConnachie;A Gerald Shaper;Gerard J Blauw

  • Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Disease Events in Subgroups Defined by Coronary Risk Factors The Prospective Pravastatin Pooling Project

    Frank M. Sacks;Andrew M. Tonkin;James Shepherd;Eugene Braunwald

  • Lipoprotein Heterogeneity and Apolipoprotein B Metabolism

    Chris J. Packard;James Shepherd

  • Reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with coronary heart disease and metabolic syndrome: analysis of the Treating to New Targets study.

    Prakash Deedwania;Philip Barter;Rafael Carmena;Jean Charles Fruchart

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

  • asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease and antioxidants in patients with diabetes and randomised placebo controlled trial of aspirin factorial disease and diabetes (POPADAD) trial: The prevention of progression of arterial

    Stuart Pringle;Ron MacWalter;John McKnight;Colin Semple

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris J. Packard
Chris J. Packard Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Ian Ford
Ian Ford University of Glasgow
Stuart M. Cobbe
Stuart M. Cobbe University of Glasgow
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Peter W. Macfarlane
Peter W. Macfarlane University of Glasgow
Frank M. Sacks
Frank M. Sacks Harvard University
Prakash Deedwania
Prakash Deedwania United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Rudi G. J. Westendorp
Rudi G. J. Westendorp University of Copenhagen
Nanette K. Wenger
Nanette K. Wenger Emory University
Marja-Riitta Taskinen
Marja-Riitta Taskinen University of Helsinki

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Marja-Riitta Taskinen

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Publications: 100

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Scott M. Grundy

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Publications: 90

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Dimitri P. Mikhailidis

University College London

Publications: 88

John J.P. Kastelein

John J.P. Kastelein

University of Amsterdam

Publications: 84

Christie M. Ballantyne

Christie M. Ballantyne

Baylor College of Medicine

Publications: 76

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Moses Elisaf

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Publications: 75

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Antonio M. Gotto

Cornell University

Publications: 68

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Henry N. Ginsberg

Columbia University

Publications: 66

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Johns Hopkins University

Publications: 65

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Ian Ford

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Publications: 61

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Ronald M. Krauss

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