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Michael A. Matthay 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 Michael A. Matthay sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,010 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Michael A. Matthay 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 Michael A. Matthay sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 193 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael A. Matthay is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

Their work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Michael A. Matthay has authored or co-authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • "Is a 'Cytokine Storm' Relevant to COVID-19?" (2020), published in JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Collagen-producing lung cell atlas identifies multiple subsets with distinct localization and relevance to fibrosis" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "A New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (2023), published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "A Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody for Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Clinical Status at 14 Days in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19" (2020), published in JAMA

The scientist frequently publishes in prominent venues, including:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • Critical Care
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their publications include:

  • Carolyn S. Calfee
  • Kathleen D. Liu
  • Carolyn M. Hendrickson
  • Pratik Sinha
  • Kirsten N. Kangelaris

Michael A. Matthay has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians. Their career continues to contribute to the understanding and treatment of respiratory and critical care conditions.

Best Publications

  • Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Roy G Brower;Michael A Matthay;Alan Morris

  • The acute respiratory distress syndrome

    Lorraine B. Ware;Michael A. Matthay

  • An Expanded Definition of the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    John F. Murray;Michael A. Matthay;John M. Luce;Michael R. Flick

  • Higher versus Lower Positive End-Expiratory Pressures in Patients with the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Roy G Brower;Paul N Lanken;Neil MacIntyre;Michael A Matthay

  • The integrin alpha v beta 6 binds and activates latent TGF beta 1: a mechanism for regulating pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis.

    John S Munger;Xiaozhu Huang;Hisaaki Kawakatsu;Mark J.D Griffiths

  • Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

    Paul M. Palevsky;Jane Hongyuan Zhang;Theresa Z. O'Connor;Glenn M. Chertow

  • The acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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

  • An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Features and Measurements of Experimental Acute Lung Injury in Animals

    Gustavo Matute-Bello;Gregory Downey;Bethany B. Moore;Steve D. Groshong

  • 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

  • The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Treatment

    Michael A. Matthay;Rachel L. Zemans

  • Intrapulmonary Delivery of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improves Survival and Attenuates Endotoxin-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice

    Naveen Gupta;Xiao Su;Boris Popov;Jae Woo Lee

  • Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk factor for death in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Thomas J Nuckton;James A Alonso;Richard H Kallet;Brian M Daniel

  • Sepsis: pathophysiology and clinical management

    Jeffrey E Gotts;Michael A Matthay

  • Allogeneic human mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of E. coli endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in the ex vivo perfused human lung.

    Jae W. Lee;Xiaohui Fang;Naveen Gupta;Vladimir Serikov

  • Acute traumatic coagulopathy: initiated by hypoperfusion: modulated through the protein C pathway?

    Karim Brohi;Mitchell J. Cohen;Michael T. Ganter;Michael A. Matthay

  • Lower tidal volume ventilation and plasma cytokine markers of inflammation in patients with acute lung injury.

    Polly E. Parsons;Mark D. Eisner;B Taylor Thompson;Michael A. Matthay

  • Lung epithelial fluid transport and the resolution of pulmonary edema.

    Michael A. Matthay;Hans G. Folkesson;Christine Clerici

  • Antibacterial Effect of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Is Mediated in Part from Secretion of the Antimicrobial Peptide LL‐37

    Anna Krasnodembskaya;Yuanlin Song;Xiaohui Fang;Naveen Gupta

  • Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome: four decades of inquiry into pathogenesis and rational management.

    Michael A. Matthay;Guy A. Zimmerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Carolyn S. Calfee
Carolyn S. Calfee University of California, San Francisco
Lorraine B. Ware
Lorraine B. Ware Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kathleen D. Liu
Kathleen D. Liu University of California, San Francisco
Daniel F. McAuley
Daniel F. McAuley Queen's University Belfast
B. Taylor Thompson
B. Taylor Thompson Harvard University
Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish
Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish Harvard University
Alan S. Verkman
Alan S. Verkman University of California, San Francisco
Paul J. Wolters
Paul J. Wolters University of California, San Francisco
Gordon R. Bernard
Gordon R. Bernard Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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