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Ramachandran S. Vasan 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 Ramachandran S. Vasan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,278 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ramachandran S. Vasan 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 Ramachandran S. Vasan sits on this spectrum.

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100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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
  • 2021 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2014 - Population Research Prize, American Heart Association

Overview

Ramachandran S. Vasan is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. The scope of their research spans multiple fields within biomedical sciences, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work concentrates on several specialized subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, and Nephrology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, as well as Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • How to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the HFA-PEFF diagnostic algorithm: a consensus recommendation from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), 2020, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Joint associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis in more than 44 000 middle-aged and older individuals, 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale, 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors of Ramachandran S. Vasan include:

  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Vanessa Xanthakis
  • Stephen S. Rich
  • Martin G. Larson

Vasan's research has been published repeatedly in specific key venues such as:

  • Circulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

The scientist has received recognition within their field, notably including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2021 and the Population Research Prize from the same organization in 2014.

Best Publications

  • General Cardiovascular Risk Profile for Use in Primary Care The Framingham Heart Study

    Ralph B. D’Agostino;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Michael J. Pencina;Philip A. Wolf

  • Evaluating the added predictive ability of a new marker: From area under the ROC curve to reclassification and beyond

    Michael J Pencina;Ralph B D'Agostino;Ramachandran S Vasan

  • Obesity and the Risk of Heart Failure

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

  • Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

    Thomas J. Wang;Michael J. Pencina;Sarah L. Booth;Paul F. Jacques

  • Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue compartments: association with metabolic risk factors in the Framingham Heart Study.

    Caroline S. Fox;Joseph M. Massaro;Udo Hoffmann;Karla M. Pou

  • Metabolite profiles and the risk of developing diabetes

    Thomas J Wang;Martin G Larson;Martin G Larson;Ramachandran S Vasan;Ramachandran S Vasan;Susan Cheng;Susan Cheng;Susan Cheng

  • Impact of High-Normal Blood Pressure on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

    Ramachandran S. Vasan;Martin G. Larson;Eric P. Leip;Jane C. Evans

  • Long-term Trends in the Incidence of and Survival With Heart Failure

    Daniel Levy;Satish Kenchaiah;Martin G Larson;Emelia J Benjamin

  • The Progression From Hypertension to Congestive Heart Failure

    Daniel Levy;Martin G. Larson;Ramachandran S. Vasan;William B. Kannel

  • Lifetime risk for development of atrial fibrillation: the Framingham Heart Study.

    Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Thomas J. Wang;Thomas J. Wang;Eric P. Leip;Eric P. Leip;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson

  • Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Events The Framingham Heart Study

    Gary F. Mitchell;Shih-Jen Hwang;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Martin G. Larson

  • Temporal relations of atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure and their joint influence on mortality: the Framingham Heart Study.

    Thomas J. Wang;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson;Daniel Levy;Daniel Levy;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Ramachandran S. Vasan

  • Residual lifetime risk for developing hypertension in middle-aged women and men: The Framingham Heart Study.

    Ramachandran S. Vasan;Alexa Beiser;Sudha Seshadri;Sudha Seshadri;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Lifetime Risk for Developing Congestive Heart Failure The Framingham Heart Study

    Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson;Eric P. Leip;Alexa Beiser

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Plasma Natriuretic Peptide Levels and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death

    Thomas J. Wang;Martin G. Larson;Daniel Levy;Daniel Levy;Emelia J. Benjamin;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Changes in Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection With Advancing Age in Healthy Men and Women: The Framingham Heart Study

    Gary F. Mitchell;Helen Parise;Emelia J. Benjamin;Martin G. Larson

  • Aortic pulse wave velocity improves cardiovascular event prediction: an individual participant meta-analysis of prospective observational data from 17,635 subjects

    Yoav Ben-Shlomo;Melissa Spears;Chris Boustred;Margaret May

  • Congestive heart failure in subjects with normal versus reduced left ventricular ejection fraction: prevalence and mortality in a population-based cohort.

    Ramachandran S Vasan;ScD Martin G Larson;Emelia J Benjamin;Emelia J Benjamin;Jane C Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Emelia J. Benjamin
Emelia J. Benjamin Boston University
Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health
Thomas J. Wang
Thomas J. Wang Vanderbilt University
Caroline S. Fox
Caroline S. Fox MSD (United States)
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Susan Cheng
Susan Cheng Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Gary F. Mitchell
Gary F. Mitchell University of California, Davis

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