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Kenneth J. Mukamal 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 Kenneth J. Mukamal sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 776 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kenneth J. Mukamal 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 Kenneth J. Mukamal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kenneth J. Mukamal is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans mainly the field of medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, epidemiology, and surgery.

Their work includes extensive studies in several main topics such as nutritional studies and diet, blood pressure and hypertension studies, diet and metabolism studies, heart rate variability and autonomic control, cardiovascular syncope and autonomic disorders, alcohol consumption and health effects, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Life expectancy associated with different ages at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in high-income countries: 23 million person-years of observation," 2023, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Cardiovascular Risk Factors Mediate the Long-Term Maternal Risk Associated With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Obesity and Risk for First Ischemic Stroke Depends on Metabolic Syndrome: The HUNT Study," 2021, Stroke
  • "Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment on Orthostatic Hypotension," 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • "Intake and Sources of Dietary Fiber, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease in Older US Adults," 2022, JAMA Network Open

Mukamal has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Stephen P. Juraschek, Luc Djoussé, Jorge R. Kizer, Petra Bůžková, and David S. Siscovick.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in leading publication venues such as Circulation, Hypertension, Journal of the American Heart Association, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and Current Developments in Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose, and risk of cause-specific death.

    Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai;Stephen Kaptoge;Alexander Thompson;Emanuele Di Angelantonio

  • Association of alcohol consumption with selected cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Paul E Ronksley;Susan E Brien;Barbara J Turner;Kenneth J Mukamal

  • Roles of Drinking Pattern and Type of Alcohol Consumed in Coronary Heart Disease in Men

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Katherine M. Conigrave;Murray A. Mittleman;Carlos A. Camargo

  • Effect of alcohol consumption on biological markers associated with risk of coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies

    Susan E Brien;Paul E Ronksley;Barbara J Turner;Kenneth J Mukamal

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Lewis H. Kuller;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;W. T. Longstreth

  • Association of weight status with mortality in adults with incident diabetes.

    Mercedes R. Carnethon;Peter John D De Chavez;Mary L. Biggs;Cora E. Lewis

  • High anthocyanin intake is associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction in young and middle-aged women

    Aedín Cassidy;Kenneth J. Mukamal;Lydia Liu;Mary Franz

  • Lifestyle risk factors and new-onset diabetes mellitus in older adults: the cardiovascular health study.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Aruna Kamineni;Mercedes Carnethon;Luc Djoussé

  • Associations between Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease in Men

    Michel M. Joosten;Jennifer K. Pai;Monica L. Bertoia;Eric B. Rimm

  • Changes in Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Weight Change in United States Men and Women Followed for Up to 24 Years: Analysis from Three Prospective Cohort Studies.

    Monica Bertoia;Kenneth J. Mukamal;Leah Cahill;Tao Hou

  • Fibroblast growth factor-23 and death, heart failure, and cardiovascular events in community-living individuals: CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study).

    Joachim H. Ix;Ronit Katz;Bryan R. Kestenbaum;Ian H. de Boer

  • Impact of Diabetes on Long-Term Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparability of risk with prior myocardial infarction

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Richard W. Nesto;Mylan C. Cohen;James E. Muller

  • Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Men and Women The Copenhagen City Heart Study

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Janne S. Tolstrup;Jens Friberg;Gorm Jensen

  • Use of administrative data to find substandard care: validation of the complications screening program.

    Saul Weingart;Lisa Iezzoni;Roger Davis;R. Palmer

  • Alcohol consumption and hemostatic factors: analysis of the Framingham Offspring cohort.

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Praveen P. Jadhav;Ralph B. D’Agostino;Joseph M. Massaro

  • Drinking frequency, mediating biomarkers, and risk of myocardial infarction in women and men

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Majken K. Jensen;Morten Grønbæk;Meir J. Stampfer

  • Alcohol in Moderation, Cardioprotection, and Neuroprotection : Epidemiological Considerations and Mechanistic Studies

    Michael A. Collins;Edward J. Neafsey;Kenneth J. Mukamal;Mary O. Gray

  • Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis

    David Wormser;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;Angela M. Wood

  • Migraine and risk of cardiovascular disease in women: prospective cohort study.

    Tobias Kurth;Tobias Kurth;Tobias Kurth;Anke C Winter;A Heather Eliassen;A Heather Eliassen;Rimma Dushkes

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric B. Rimm
Eric B. Rimm Harvard University
Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Joachim H. Ix
Joachim H. Ix University of California, San Diego
Murray A. Mittleman
Murray A. Mittleman Harvard University
David S. Siscovick
David S. Siscovick University of Washington
Russell P. Tracy
Russell P. Tracy University of Vermont
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Dariush Mozaffarian
Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Lewis H. Kuller
Lewis H. Kuller University of Pittsburgh

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