2026 Joseph Loscalzo: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	165	1039	954	614	552	1065	109243
Medicine	168	564	514	328	294	1039	114064

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2004 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Joseph Loscalzo is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant involvement in medicine. Within these areas, they focus substantially on molecular biology, computational theory and mathematics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and genetics.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

Bioinformatics and genomic networks
Computational drug discovery methods
Metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies
Pulmonary hypertension research and treatments
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism
Gene regulatory network analysis

Joseph Loscalzo has contributed to multiple publication venues, appearing frequently in:

New England Journal of Medicine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Circulation
Nature Communications
Circulation Research

Best Publications

Network Medicine: A Network-Based Approach to Human Disease

Albert-László Barabási;Natali Gulbahce;Natali Gulbahce;Natali Gulbahce;Joseph Loscalzo

5439
Citations
Endothelial Cells in Physiology and in the Pathophysiology of Vascular Disorders

Douglas B. Cines;Eleanor S. Pollak;Clayton A. Buck;Joseph Loscalzo

3602
Citations
Biochemistry of nitric oxide and its redox-activated forms

Jonathan S. Stamler;David J. Singel;Joseph Loscalzo

3511
Citations
A redox-based mechanism for the neuroprotective and neurodestructive effects of nitric oxide and related nitroso-compounds

Stuart A. Lipton;Yun-Beom Choi;Yun-Beom Choi;Zhuo-Hua Pan;Zhuo-Hua Pan;Sizheng Z. Lei;Sizheng Z. Lei

3152
Citations
Homocysteine and atherothrombosis

George N. Welch;Joseph Loscalzo

3061
Citations
Pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Harrison W Farber;Joseph Loscalzo

1669
Citations
Uncovering disease-disease relationships through the incomplete interactome

Jörg Menche;Amitabh Sharma;Maksim Kitsak;Maksim Kitsak;Susan Dina Ghiassian;Susan Dina Ghiassian

1442
Citations
Impaired vasodilation of forearm resistance vessels in hypercholesterolemic humans.

Mark A. Creager;John P. Cooke;Michael E. Mendelsohn;Shelly J. Gallagher

1363
Citations
Glutathione Peroxidase-1 in Health and Disease: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities

Edith Lubos;Joseph Loscalzo;Diane E. Handy

1303
Citations
Adverse vascular effects of homocysteine are modulated by endothelium-derived relaxing factor and related oxides of nitrogen.

Jonathan S. Stamler;John A. Osborne;Omar Jaraki;Leroy E. Rabbani

1289
Citations
The biology of nitrogen oxides in the airways

B. Gaston;J. M. Drazen;J. Loscalzo;J. S. Stamler

1184
Citations
Vascular Calcification Pathobiological Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

Rebecca C. Johnson;Jane A. Leopold;Joseph Loscalzo

1174
Citations
The oxidant stress of hyperhomocyst(e)inemia.

J Loscalzo

1059
Citations
Epigenetic Modifications Basic Mechanisms and Role in Cardiovascular Disease

Diane E. Handy;Rita Castro;Joseph Loscalzo

969
Citations
Homocyst(e)ine decreases bioavailable nitric oxide by a mechanism involving glutathione peroxidase

Gilbert R. Upchurch;George N. Welch;Attila J. Fabian;Jane E. Freedman

913
Citations
Nitric oxide and its role in the cardiovascular system.

Joseph Loscalzo;George Welch

844
Citations
In vivo tracking of platelets: circulating degranulated platelets rapidly lose surface P-selectin but continue to circulate and function

A D Michelson;M R Barnard;H B Hechtman;H MacGregor

823
Citations
Genetic Misdiagnoses and the Potential for Health Disparities

Arjun K. Manrai;Birgit H. Funke;Heidi L. Rehm;Morten S. Olesen

817
Citations
Nitric Oxide Insufficiency, Platelet Activation, and Arterial Thrombosis

Joseph Loscalzo

792
Citations
Flow activates an endothelial potassium channel to release an endogenous nitrovasodilator.

John P. Cooke;Eugene Rossitch;Nancy A. Andon;Joseph Loscalzo

721
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan S. Stamler Case Western Reserve University

Diane E. Handy Brigham and Women's Hospital

Albert-László Barabási Northeastern University

Jane E. Freedman Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Joseph A. Vita Boston University

Bruce D. Levy Brigham and Women's Hospital

John F. Keaney Brigham and Women's Hospital

Edwin K. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital

Calum A. MacRae Brigham and Women's Hospital

Isaac S. Kohane Harvard University

External Links

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