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Jerome L. Fleg

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
110
Citations
55224
World Ranking
5471
National Ranking
2947

Jerome L. Fleg 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 Jerome L. Fleg sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 505 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jerome L. Fleg 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 Jerome L. Fleg sits on this spectrum.

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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

Jerome L. Fleg is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular specialization in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Additional subfields include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Nephrology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics relevant to cardiovascular health and disease. Key topics of their research include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health

Among recent publications associated with Jerome L. Fleg are the following papers:

  • Management of Coronary Disease in Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC): Mapping the Dynamic Responses to Exercise, 2020, Cell
  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Health and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Supervised Exercise Training for Chronic Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, 2023, Circulation
  • Natural History of Patients With Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease, 2021, Circulation

Jerome L. Fleg's most frequent coauthors include:

  • David J. Maron (28 joint publications)
  • Judith S. Hochman (28 joint publications)
  • Sripal Bangalore (21 joint publications)
  • Harmony R. Reynolds (16 joint publications)
  • Mandeep S. Sidhu (16 joint publications)

Their publications appear most frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (17 publications)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (10 publications)
  • Circulation (6 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (4 publications)
  • Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Exercise Standards for Testing and Training A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association

    Gerald F. Fletcher;Gary J. Balady;Ezra A. Amsterdam;Bernard Chaitman

  • Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Bertram Pitt;Marc A. Pfeffer;Susan F. Assmann;Robin Boineau

  • Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial.

    Christopher M. O'Connor;David J. Whellan;David J. Whellan;Kerry L. Lee;Steven J. Keteyian

  • Exercise Standards for Testing and Training A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Gerald F. Fletcher;Philip A. Ades;Paul Kligfield;Ross A. Arena

  • Effects of age and aerobic capacity on arterial stiffness in healthy adults.

    P. V. Vaitkevicius;J. L. Fleg;J. H. Engel;F. C. O'connor

  • Exercise and Heart Failure A Statement From the American Heart Association Committee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention

    Ileana L. Piña;Carl S. Apstein;Gary J. Balady;Romualdo Belardinelli

  • Age and gender comparisons of muscle strength in 654 women and men aged 20-93 yr.

    R. S. Lindle;E. J. Metter;N. A. Lynch;J. L. Fleg

  • Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Dietary Lifestyle Changes for Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction in Adults A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Nancy T. Artinian;Gerald F. Fletcher;Dariush Mozaffarian;Penny Kris-Etherton

  • Accelerated Longitudinal Decline of Aerobic Capacity in Healthy Older Adults

    Jerome L. Fleg;Christopher H. Morrell;Christopher H. Morrell;Angelo G. Bos;Larry J. Brant

  • Regional Variation in Patients and Outcomes in the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure With an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) Trial

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Brian Claggett;Susan F. Assmann;Robin Boineau

  • Coronary CT Angiography versus Standard Evaluation in Acute Chest Pain

    Udo Hoffmann;Quynh A. Truong;David A. Schoenfeld;Eric T. Chou

  • Exercise cardiac output is maintained with advancing age in healthy human subjects: cardiac dilatation and increased stroke volume compensate for a diminished heart rate.

    R J Rodeheffer;G Gerstenblith;L C Becker;J L Fleg

  • Muscle quality. I. Age-associated differences between arm and leg muscle groups

    N. A. Lynch;N. A. Lynch;E. J. Metter;R. S. Lindle;J. L. Fozard

  • Role of muscle loss in the age-associated reduction in VO2 max

    J. L. Fleg;E. G. Lakatta

  • Effects of Digoxin on Morbidity and Mortality in Diastolic Heart Failure The Ancillary Digitalis Investigation Group Trial

    Ali Ahmed;Michael W. Rich;Jerome L. Fleg;Michael R. Zile

  • Effects of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction on Mortality Risk in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Trial

    Rodica Pop-Busui;Gregory W. Evans;Hertzel C. Gerstein;Vivian Fonseca

  • Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA): Developing Evidence-Based Therapies and Research Agenda for the Next Decade.

    C. Noel Bairey Merz;Carl J. Pepine;Mary Norine Walsh;Jerome L. Fleg

  • Pulse wave velocity is an independent predictor of the longitudinal increase in systolic blood pressure and of incident hypertension in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.

    Samer S. Najjar;Angelo Scuteri;Veena Shetty;Jeanette G. Wright

  • ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus documents developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology, American Geriatrics Society, American Society for Preventive Cardiology, American Society of Hypertension, American Society of Nephrology, Association of Black Cardiologists, and European Society of Hypertension

    Wilbert S. Aronow;Jerome L. Fleg;Carl J. Pepine;Nancy T. Artinian

  • Exercise Standards for Testing and Training: A Scientific Statement From the American

    Jonathan Rhodes;Paul D. Thompson;Mark A. Williams;Lola A. Coke

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward G. Lakatta
Edward G. Lakatta National Institutes of Health
David J. Whellan
David J. Whellan Thomas Jefferson University
William E. Kraus
William E. Kraus Duke University
Christopher M. O'Connor
Christopher M. O'Connor Duke University
Dalane W. Kitzman
Dalane W. Kitzman Wake Forest University
Udo Hoffmann
Udo Hoffmann Harvard University
Ben F. Hurley
Ben F. Hurley University of Maryland, College Park
Lewis C. Becker
Lewis C. Becker Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James E. Udelson
James E. Udelson Tufts Medical Center
Gary Gerstenblith
Gary Gerstenblith Johns Hopkins University

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