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D-Index
101
Citations
37335
World Ranking
7989
National Ranking
4153

Peter Herscovitch 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 Peter Herscovitch sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 292 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Herscovitch 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 Peter Herscovitch sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Herscovitch is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans various areas within medicine, with a particular focus on radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. They have contributed to several subfields, including surgery, neurology, physiology, and cancer research.

Herscovitch's work addresses multiple scientific topics, prominently including adrenal and paraganglionic tumors, medical imaging techniques and applications, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, hormonal regulation and hypertension, neuroendocrine tumor research advances, eating disorders and behaviors, and diet and metabolism studies.

Among their frequent co-authors are Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Frank I. Lin, Clara Chen, Esther Mena, and Liza Lindenberg, reflecting collaborative research partnerships.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Chronic mirabegron treatment increases human brown fat, HDL cholesterol, and insulin sensitivity," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "EANM practice guideline/SNMMI procedure standard for dopaminergic imaging in Parkinsonian syndromes 1.0," 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • "Guidelines for the content and format of PET brain data in publications and archives: A consensus paper," 2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • "Updated appropriate use criteria for amyloid and tau PET: A report from the Alzheimer's Association and Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Workgroup," 2025, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Evaluation of the potassium channel tracer [18F]3F4AP in rhesus macaques," 2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Regional cerebral blood flow throughout the sleep-wake cycle. An H2(15)O PET study

    A R Braun;T J Balkin;N J Wesenten;R E Carson

  • Appropriate use criteria for amyloid PET: a report of the Amyloid Imaging Task Force, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and the Alzheimer's Association.

    Keith A. Johnson;Satoshi Minoshima;Nicolaas I. Bohnen;Kevin J. Donohoe

  • Dissociation of object and spatial visual processing pathways in human extrastriate cortex

    James V. Haxby;Cheryl L. Grady;Barry Horwitz;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • Brain blood flow measured with intravenous H2(15)O. II. Implementation and validation.

    M. E. Raichle;W. R. W. Martin;P. Herscovitch;M. A. Mintun

  • Brain activity during transient sadness and happiness in healthy women.

    Mark S. George;Terence A. Ketter;Priti I. Parekh;Barry Horwitz

  • Brain Blood Flow Measured with Intravenous H215O. I. Theory and Error Analysis

    P. Herscovitch;J. Markham;M. E. Raichle

  • What is the correct value for the brain--blood partition coefficient for water?

    Peter Herscovitch;Marcus E. Raichle

  • Physiological activation of a cortical network during performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: A positron emission tomography study

    Karen Faith Berman;Jill L. Ostrem;Christopher Randolph;James Gold

  • Dissociated pattern of activity in visual cortices and their projections during human rapid eye movement sleep.

    Allen R. Braun;Thomas J. Balkin;Thomas J. Balkin;Nancy J. Wesensten;Nancy J. Wesensten;Fuad Gwadry;Fuad Gwadry

  • Opposite effects of high and low frequency rTMS on regional brain activity in depressed patients

    Andrew M Speer;Timothy A Kimbrell;Eric M Wassermann;Jennifer D. Repella

  • Brain oxygen utilization measured with O-15 radiotracers and positron emission tomography

    M. A. Mintun;M. E. Raichle;W. R. W. Martin;P. Herscovitch

  • Brain metabolism in teenagers with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Alan J. Zametkin;Laura L. Liebenauer;Glinda A. Fitzgerald;Anna C. King

  • Reduced Serotonin Type 1A Receptor Binding in Panic Disorder

    Alexander Neumeister;Earle Bain;Allison C. Nugent;Richard E. Carson

  • Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men

    Brooks P. Leitner;Shan Huang;Shan Huang;Robert J. Brychta;Courtney J. Duckworth

  • A focal brain abnormality in panic disorder, a severe form of anxiety

    Eric M. Reiman;Marcus E. Raichle;F. Kevin Butler;Peter Herscovitch

  • Understanding emotional prosody activates right hemisphere regions.

    Mark S. George;Priti I. Parekh;Ned Rosinsky;Terence A. Ketter

  • Comparison of bolus and infusion methods for receptor quantitation: application to [18F]cyclofoxy and positron emission tomography.

    Richard E. Carson;Michael A. Channing;Ronald G. Blasberg;Bonnie B. Dunn

  • The application of positron emission tomography to the study of panic disorder.

    E. M. Reiman;M. E. Raichle;E. Robins;F. K. Butler

  • Effects of mood and subtype on cerebral glucose metabolism in treatment-resistant bipolar disorder

    Terence A Ketter;Tim A Kimbrell;Mark S George;Robert T Dunn

  • Regional brain activity during transient self-induced anxiety and anger in healthy adults.

    Tim A Kimbrell;Mark S George;Priti I Parekh;Terence A Ketter

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Carson
Richard E. Carson Yale University
Marcus E. Raichle
Marcus E. Raichle Washington University in St. Louis
Wayne C. Drevets
Wayne C. Drevets Johnson & Johnson (United States)
William C. Eckelman
William C. Eckelman National Institutes of Health
Terence A. Ketter
Terence A. Ketter Stanford University
Mark S. George
Mark S. George Medical University of South Carolina
Robert M. Post
Robert M. Post George Washington University
Electron Kebebew
Electron Kebebew Stanford University
Karel Pacak
Karel Pacak National Institutes of Health
Brenda E. Benson
Brenda E. Benson National Institutes of Health

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