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82
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36391
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15879
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7989

Naresh M. Punjabi 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 Naresh M. Punjabi sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 309 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Naresh M. Punjabi 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 Naresh M. Punjabi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Naresh M. Punjabi is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a concentration in subfields such as Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

Naresh M. Punjabi has multiple recent publications, including:

  • "Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea," 2020, published in JAMA
  • "Metrics of sleep apnea severity: beyond the apnea-hypopnea index," 2021, published in SLEEP
  • "Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Stable Hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline," 2020, published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Variability and Misclassification of Sleep Apnea Severity Based on Multi-Night Testing," 2020, published in CHEST Journal
  • "Prone Positioning of Nonintubated Patients with COVID-19," 2020, published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • R. Nisha Aurora
  • Trishul Siddharthan
  • Darko Stefanovski
  • Irina Gaynanova
  • Sanjay R. Patel

Naresh M. Punjabi's work has been published extensively in leading venues such as:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (12 publications)
  • SLEEP (9 publications)
  • CHEST Journal (7 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (7 publications)
  • Circulation (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Epidemiology of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Naresh M. Punjabi

  • Prospective study of obstructive sleep apnea and incident coronary heart disease and heart failure: The sleep heart health study

    Daniel J. Gottlieb;Gayane Yenokyan;Anne B. Newman;George T. O'Connor

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and mortality: A prospective cohort study

    Naresh M. Punjabi;Brian S. Caffo;James L. Goodwin;Daniel J. Gottlieb

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea–Hypopnea and Incident Stroke: the Sleep Heart Health Study

    Susan Redline;Gayane Yenokyan;Daniel J. Gottlieb;Daniel J. Gottlieb;Eyal Shahar

  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Glucose Intolerance, and Insulin Resistance The Sleep Heart Health Study

    Naresh M. Punjabi;Eyal Shahar;Susan Redline;Daniel J. Gottlieb

  • Sleep-disordered Breathing and Insulin Resistance in Middle-aged and Overweight Men

    Naresh M. Punjabi;John D. Sorkin;John D. Sorkin;John D. Sorkin;Leslie I. Katzel;Leslie I. Katzel;Leslie I. Katzel;Andrew P. Goldberg;Andrew P. Goldberg;Andrew P. Goldberg

  • Association of sleep time with diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance.

    Daniel J. Gottlieb;Naresh M. Punjabi;Ann B. Newman;Helaine E. Resnick

  • Association of Usual Sleep Duration With Hypertension: The Sleep Heart Health Study

    Daniel J. Gottlieb;Susan Redline;F. Javier Nieto;Carol M. Baldwin

  • Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review

    Daniel J. Gottlieb;Daniel J. Gottlieb;Daniel J. Gottlieb;Naresh M. Punjabi

  • Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function

    Dana B. Hancock;Mark Eijgelsheim;Jemma B. Wilk;Sina A. Gharib

  • Control of Confounding and Reporting of Results in Causal Inference Studies. Guidance for Authors from Editors of Respiratory, Sleep, and Critical Care Journals

    David J. Lederer;Scott C. Bell;Richard D. Branson;James D. Chalmers

  • Effects of sleep fragmentation on glucose metabolism in normal subjects.

    Katherine A. Stamatakis;Naresh M. Punjabi

  • Diabetes and Sleep Disturbances: Findings from the Sleep Heart Health Study

    Helaine E. Resnick;Susan Redline;Eyal Shahar;Adele Gilpin

  • Treatment of Right Heart Thromboemboli

    Peter S. Rose;Naresh M. Punjabi;David B. Pearse

  • Sleep and sleep-disordered breathing in adults with predominantly mild obstructive airway disease.

    Mark H. Sanders;Anne B. Newman;Catherine L. Haggerty;Susan Redline

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: an outcome-based definition of hypopneas.

    Naresh M. Punjabi;Anne B. Newman;Terry B. Young;Helaine E. Resnick

  • Disorders of glucose metabolism in sleep apnea

    Naresh M. Punjabi;Vsevolod Y. Polotsky

  • Intermittent hypoxia increases insulin resistance in genetically obese mice.

    Vsevolod Y. Polotsky;Jianguo Li;Naresh M. Punjabi;Arnon E. Rubin

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and type 2 diabetes: A report from the International Diabetes Federation Taskforce on Epidemiology and Prevention

    Jonathan E. Shaw;Naresh M. Punjabi;John P. Wilding;K. George M.M. Alberti

  • Effects of acute intermittent hypoxia on glucose metabolism in awake healthy volunteers

    Mariam Louis;Naresh M. Punjabi

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel J. Gottlieb
Daniel J. Gottlieb Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stuart F. Quan
Stuart F. Quan Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sanjay R. Patel
Sanjay R. Patel University of Pittsburgh
Eyal Shahar
Eyal Shahar University of Arizona
Helaine E. Resnick
Helaine E. Resnick Georgetown University
Sina A. Gharib
Sina A. Gharib University of Washington
Larissa A. Shimoda
Larissa A. Shimoda Johns Hopkins University
Alan R. Schwartz
Alan R. Schwartz Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh

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