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Lorraine B. Ware 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 Lorraine B. Ware sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 526 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lorraine B. Ware 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 Lorraine B. Ware sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Lorraine B. Ware is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a substantial number of publications in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, critical care and intensive care medicine, immunology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers multiple important topics, including respiratory support and mechanisms, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, neonatal respiratory health research, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, hemoglobin structure and function, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, and transplantation methods and outcomes.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals profibrotic roles of distinct epithelial and mesenchymal lineages in pulmonary fibrosis (2020, Science Advances)
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome: causes, pathophysiology, and phenotypes (2022, The Lancet)
  • ESICM guidelines on acute respiratory distress syndrome: definition, phenotyping and respiratory support strategies (2023, Intensive Care Medicine)
  • An integrated cell atlas of the lung in health and disease (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (2023, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Julie A. Bastarache
  • Ciara M. Shaver
  • Michael A. Matthay
  • Carolyn S. Calfee
  • V. Eric Kerchberger

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the top publication venues being:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Physiology
  • Intensive Care Medicine

Lorraine B. Ware holds the distinction of being a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The acute respiratory distress syndrome

    Lorraine B. Ware;Michael A. Matthay

  • The acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Michael A. Matthay;Lorraine B. Ware;Guy A. Zimmerman

  • Subphenotypes in acute respiratory distress syndrome: latent class analysis of data from two randomised controlled trials.

    Carolyn S Calfee;Kevin Delucchi;Polly E Parsons;B Taylor Thompson

  • Alveolar Fluid Clearance Is Impaired in the Majority of Patients with Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Lorraine B. Ware;Michael A. Matthay

  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals profibrotic roles of distinct epithelial and mesenchymal lineages in pulmonary fibrosis

    Arun C. Habermann;Austin J. Gutierrez;Linh T. Bui;Stephanie L. Yahn

  • The outcome of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin-positive subclinical acute kidney injury: a multicenter pooled analysis of prospective studies.

    Michael Haase;Prasad Devarajan;Anja Haase-Fielitz;Rinaldo Bellomo

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Subphenotypes Respond Differently to Randomized Fluid Management Strategy.

    Katie R. Famous;Kevin Delucchi;Lorraine B. Ware;Kirsten N. Kangelaris

  • Comparison of the Spo2/Fio2 Ratio and the Pao2/Fio2 Ratio in Patients With Acute Lung Injury or ARDS

    Todd W. Rice;Arthur P. Wheeler;Gordon R. Bernard;Douglas L. Hayden

  • Clinical practice. Acute pulmonary edema.

    Lorraine B Ware;Michael A Matthay

  • Pathophysiology of acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Lorraine B. Ware

  • Clinical risk factors for primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation

    Joshua M. Diamond;James C. Lee;Steven M. Kawut;Rupal J. Shah

  • Inflammasome-regulated cytokines are critical mediators of acute lung injury.

    Tamás Dolinay;Young Sam Kim;Judie Howrylak;Gary M. Hunninghake

  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress in alveolar epithelial cells is prominent in IPF: association with altered surfactant protein processing and herpesvirus infection.

    William E. Lawson;Peter F. Crossno;Vasiliy V. Polosukhin;Juan Roldan

  • Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis

    Avery B. Nathens;J. Randall Curtis;Richard J. Beale;Deborah J. Cook

  • Receptor for advanced glycation end-products is a marker of type I cell injury in acute lung injury.

    Tokujiro Uchida;Madoka Shirasawa;Lorraine B. Ware;Katsuo Kojima

  • Keratinocyte and hepatocyte growth factors in the lung: roles in lung development, inflammation, and repair

    Lorraine B. Ware;Michael A. Matthay

  • Plasma receptor for advanced glycation end products and clinical outcomes in acute lung injury

    C S Calfee;L B Ware;M D Eisner;P E Parsons

  • Fas and fas ligand are up-regulated in pulmonary edema fluid and lung tissue of patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Kurt H. Albertine;Matthew F. Soulier;Zhengming Wang;Akitoshi Ishizaka

  • Pathogenesis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Laura A. Huppert;Michael A. Matthay;Lorraine B. Ware

  • Distinct Molecular Phenotypes of Direct vs Indirect ARDS in Single-Center and Multicenter Studies

    Carolyn S. Calfee;David R. Janz;Gordon R. Bernard;Addison K. May

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Matthay
Michael A. Matthay University of California, San Francisco
Jason D. Christie
Jason D. Christie University of Pennsylvania
Carolyn S. Calfee
Carolyn S. Calfee University of California, San Francisco
Steven M. Kawut
Steven M. Kawut University of Pennsylvania
Scott M. Palmer
Scott M. Palmer Duke University
Gordon R. Bernard
Gordon R. Bernard Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Timothy S. Blackwell
Timothy S. Blackwell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William Lawson
William Lawson Stony Brook University
B. Taylor Thompson
B. Taylor Thompson Harvard University
Kathleen D. Liu
Kathleen D. Liu University of California, San Francisco

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