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Peter W.F. Wilson

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Best Scientists

D-Index
221
Citations
218206
World Ranking
130
National Ranking
92

Medicine

D-Index
225
Citations
222776
World Ranking
75
National Ranking
57

Peter W.F. Wilson 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 W.F. Wilson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 892 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter W.F. Wilson 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 W.F. Wilson sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 225 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 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

Peter W.F. Wilson is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have published extensively in genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, and molecular biology.

The scientist has worked on a variety of topics related to genetic associations and epidemiology, cardiovascular health and risk factors, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, cardiovascular function and risk factors, diabetes, cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, animal nutrition and physiology, and nutritional studies and diet.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases, 2020, Cell
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations, 2020, Cell
  • Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Association of Statin Use With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in US Veterans 75 Years and Older, 2020, JAMA

Frequent co-authors in their research include Kelly Cho, Yan V. Sun, J. Michael Gaziano, Philip S. Tsao, and Yuk-Lam Ho.

They often publish in venues such as Circulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of the American Heart Association, Diabetes Care, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

In addition to journal articles, Peter W.F. Wilson has contributed to book publications, including a work published by RAND Corporation eBooks titled "Turkey's Nationalist Course: Implications for the U.S.-Turkish Strategic Partnership and the U.S. Army" in 2020.

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Using Risk Factor Categories

    Peter W. F. Wilson;Ralph B. D’Agostino;Daniel Levy;Albert M. Belanger

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Neil J Stone;Jennifer G Robinson;Alice H. Lichtenstein;C Noel Bairey Merz

  • Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention.

    Mark J. Sarnak;Andrew S. Levey;Anton C. Schoolwerth;Josef Coresh

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    David C. Goff;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Glen Bennett;Sean Coady

  • Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

    Sudha Seshadri;Alexa Beiser;Jacob Selhub;Paul F Jacques

  • Forecasting the Future of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

    Paul A. Heidenreich;Justin G. Trogdon;Olga A. Khavjou;Javed Butler

  • Obesity and the Risk of Heart Failure

    Satish Kenchaiah;Jane C Evans;Daniel Levy;Peter W F Wilson

  • Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease and Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: The Framingham Study

    William P. Castelli;Robert J. Garrison;Peter W. F. Wilson;Robert D. Abbott

  • Cardiovascular disease risk profiles

    Keaven M. Anderson;Patricia M. Odell;Peter W.F. Wilson;William B. Kannel

  • Vitamin Status and Intake as Primary Determinants of Homocysteinemia in an Elderly Population

    Jacob Selhub;Paul F. Jacques;Peter W. F. Wilson;David Rush

  • An updated coronary risk profile. A statement for health professionals.

    K M Anderson;P W Wilson;P M Odell;W B Kannel

  • Validation of the Framingham coronary heart disease prediction scores: results of a multiple ethnic groups investigation.

    Ralph B. D'Agostino;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Scott M Grundy;Lisa M. Sullivan;Lisa M. Sullivan;Peter Wilson;Peter Wilson

  • Overweight and obesity as determinants of cardiovascular risk: the Framingham experience.

    Peter W. F. Wilson;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Lisa Sullivan;Helen Parise

  • Metabolic Syndrome as a Precursor of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Peter W.F. Wilson;Ralph B. D’Agostino;Helen Parise;Lisa Sullivan

  • International Prevalence, Recognition, and Treatment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis

    Deepak L. Bhatt;P. Gabriel Steg;E. Magnus Ohman;Alan T. Hirsch

  • The effects of specific medical conditions on the functional limitations of elders in the Framingham Study.

    A. A. Guccione;D. T. Felson;J. J. Anderson;J. M. Anthony

  • One-Year Cardiovascular Event Rates in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis

    Ph. Gabriel Steg;Deepak L. Bhatt;Peter W. F. Wilson;Ralph D’Agostino

  • Obesity and Systemic Oxidative Stress. Clinical Correlates of Oxidative Stress in The Framingham Study

    John F. Keaney;Martin G. Larson;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Peter W.F. Wilson

  • Association between Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations and Extracranial Carotid-Artery Stenosis

    Jacob Selhub;Paul F. Jacques;Andrew G. Bostom;Ralph B. D'Agostino

  • Low Serum Thyrotropin Concentrations as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Persons

    Clark T. Sawin;Andrew Geller;Philip A. Wolf;Albert J. Belanger

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University
William B. Kannel
William B. Kannel Boston University
Ernst J. Schaefer
Ernst J. Schaefer Tufts University
L. Adrienne Cupples
L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University
J. Michael Gaziano
J. Michael Gaziano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Ramachandran S. Vasan The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Philip S. Tsao
Philip S. Tsao Stanford University

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