2026 Joan Albert Barberà: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	87	13507	12710	189	186	402	33605

Overview

Joan Albert Barberà is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research activity primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a concentrated emphasis on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, among other related subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Heart Failure Treatment and Management
Vascular Anomalies and Treatments

Joan Albert Barberà has contributed publications to several notable academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Archivos de Bronconeumología (9 publications)
European Respiratory Journal (6 publications)
Scientific Reports (5 publications)
European Heart Journal (4 publications)
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (4 publications)

Key co-authors with whom they have frequently collaborated are:

Isabel Blanco
Olga Tura-Ceide
Víctor I. Peinado
Pilar Escribano Subías
Rodrigo Torres-Castro

Among recent published papers, the following represent significant contributions to the literature:

2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, 2022, European Heart Journal
Switching to riociguat versus maintenance therapy with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (REPLACE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology
Updated Perspectives on Pulmonary Hypertension in COPD, 2020, International Journal of COPD
Pulmonary hypertension associated with lung diseases, 2024, European Respiratory Journal

Best Publications

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

Marius M. Hoeper;Marc Humbert;Adam Torbicki;Jean-Luc Vachiery

1604
Citations
Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The Task Force on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology.

Nazzareno Galiè;Adam Torbicki;Robyn Barst;Philippe Dartevelle

1545
Citations
Initial Use of Ambrisentan plus Tadalafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Nazzareno Galiè;Joan A. Barberà;Adaani E. Frost;Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani

1194
Citations
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Results From an International Prospective Registry

Joanna Pepke-Zaba;Marion Delcroix;Irene Lang;Eckhard Mayer

1143
Citations
Inflammation, growth factors, and pulmonary vascular remodeling.

Paul M. Hassoun;Luc Mouthon;Joan A. Barberà;Saadia Eddahibi

826
Citations
Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart diseases.

Jean-Luc Vachiery;Yochai Adir;Joan Albert Barberà;Hunter C. Champion

743
Citations
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung diseases

Werner Seeger;Werner Seeger;Yochai Adir;Joan Albert Barberà;Hunter Champion

730
Citations
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

J A Barberà;V I Peinado;S Santos

728
Citations
Physiological changes in respiratory function associated with ageing.

R Rodriguez-Roisin;F Burgos;J Roca;J A Barberà

722
Citations
Characterization of pulmonary vascular remodelling in smokers and patients with mild COPD

S Santos;V I Peinado;J Ramírez;T Melgosa

639
Citations
Long-Term Outcome of Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Results From an International Prospective Registry.

Marion Delcroix;Irene Lang;Joanna Pepke-Zaba;Pavel Jansa

623
Citations
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung disease and hypoxia.

Steven D. Nathan;Joan A. Barbera;Sean P. Gaine;Sergio Harari

567
Citations
Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment of Non-Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pulmonary Hypertension

Marius M. Hoeper;Joan Albert Barberà;Richard N. Channick;Paul M. Hassoun

544
Citations
Inflammatory reaction in pulmonary muscular arteries of patients with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Victor Ivo Peinado;Joan Albert Barberá;Pietro Abate;Josep Ramírez

535
Citations
Endothelial dysfunction in pulmonary arteries of patients with mild COPD

Víctor I. Peinado;Joan A. Barberà;Josep Ramírez;Federico P. Gómez

500
Citations
Corrigendum to: ‘Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension’ [European Heart Journal (2009) 30, 2493–2537]. The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), endorsed by the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)

Nazzareno Galiè;Marius M. Hoeper;Marc Humbert;Adam Torbicki

495
Citations
Survival in pulmonary hypertension in Spain: insights from the Spanish registry.

Pilar Escribano-Subias;Isabel Blanco;Manuel López-Meseguer;Carmen Jimenez Lopez-Guarch

474
Citations
Identification and prospective validation of clinically relevant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) subtypes

Judith Garcia-Aymerich;Federico P Gómez;Marta Benet;Eva Farrero

417
Citations
Physiological responses to the 6-min walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Thierry Troosters;J Vilaro;R Rabinovich;A Casas

387
Citations
Pulmonary vascular involvement in COPD

Víctor I. Peinado;Sandra Pizarro;Joan Albert Barberà

369
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Roca University of Barcelona

Robert Rodriguez-Roisin University of Barcelona

Marius M. Hoeper Hannover Medical School

Alvar Agusti University of Barcelona

Gérald Simonneau University of Paris-Saclay

Peter D. Wagner University of California, San Diego

Josep M. Antó Pompeu Fabra University

Marc Humbert University of Paris-Saclay

Nazzareno Galiè University of Bologna

Lewis J. Rubin University of California, San Diego

External Links

Personal website of Joan Albert Barberà

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