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Raymond R. Townsend

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
72550
World Ranking
4629
National Ranking
2513

Raymond R. Townsend 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 Raymond R. Townsend sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 820 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raymond R. Townsend 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 Raymond R. Townsend sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 114 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Raymond R. Townsend is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the field of Medicine with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, Surgery, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their body of work involves a significant emphasis on topics related to Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Sodium Intake and Health, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, and Renal and Vascular Pathologies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Hypertension Canada's 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children (2020), published in Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • Efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial (2020), published in The Lancet
  • Conversion of Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio or Urine Dipstick Protein to Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio for Use in Chronic Kidney Disease Screening and Prognosis (2020), published in Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Long-term efficacy and safety of renal denervation in the presence of antihypertensive drugs (SPYRAL HTN-ON MED): a randomised, sham-controlled trial (2022), published in The Lancet
  • Hypertension management in patients with cardiovascular comorbidities (2022), published in European Heart Journal

Raymond R. Townsend frequently publishes in journals such as Hypertension, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Journal of Hypertension, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Harold I. Feldman, Mahboob Rahman, James P. Lash, Jiang He, and Felix Mahfoud. These coauthors have consistently worked alongside Townsend, contributing to multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • 2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Report From the Panel Members Appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8)

    Paul A. James;Suzanne Oparil;Barry L. Carter;William C. Cushman

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the american society of hypertension and the international society of hypertension

    Michael A. Weber;Ernesto L. Schiffrin;William B. White;Samuel Mann

  • A Controlled Trial of Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension

    Deepak L. Bhatt;David E. Kandzari;John M. Flack;Barry T. Katzen

  • FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy

    Christian Faul;Ansel P. Amaral;Behzad Oskouei;Ming Chang Hu

  • Fibroblast growth factor 23 is elevated before parathyroid hormone and phosphate in chronic kidney disease.

    Tamara Isakova;Patricia Wahl;Gabriela S. Vargas;Orlando M. Gutiérrez

  • Recommendations for Improving and Standardizing Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Raymond R. Townsend;Ian B. Wilkinson;Ernesto L. Schiffrin;Alberto P. Avolio

  • Nampt/PBEF/visfatin regulates insulin secretion in β cells as a systemic NAD biosynthetic enzyme

    Javier R. Revollo;Antje Körner;Kathryn F. Mills;Akiko Satoh

  • Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Paul Muntner;Daichi Shimbo;Robert M. Carey;Jeanne B. Charleston

  • Dietary fructose reduces circulating insulin and leptin, attenuates postprandial suppression of ghrelin, and increases triglycerides in women.

    Karen L Teff;Sharon S Elliott;Matthias Tschöp;Timothy J Kieffer

  • Effect of renal denervation on blood pressure in the presence of antihypertensive drugs: 6-month efficacy and safety results from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED proof-of-concept randomised trial

    David E Kandzari;Michael Böhm;Felix Mahfoud;Felix Mahfoud;Raymond R Townsend

  • Catheter-based renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED): a randomised, sham-controlled, proof-of-concept trial

    Raymond R Townsend;Felix Mahfoud;Felix Mahfoud;David E Kandzari;Kazuomi Kario

  • The role of vascular biomarkers for primary and secondary prevention. A position paper from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripheral circulation: Endorsed by the Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology (ARTERY) Society.

    Charalambos Vlachopoulos;Panagiotis Xaplanteris;Victor Aboyans;Marianne Brodmann

  • High-fat meals reduce 24-h circulating leptin concentrations in women.

    Peter J Havel;Raymond Townsend;Leslie Chaump;Karen Teff

  • Beyond Medications and Diet: Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Robert D. Brook;Lawrence J. Appel;Melvyn Rubenfire;Gbenga Ogedegbe

  • Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

    Kara A. Nerenberg;Kelly B. Zarnke;Alexander A. Leung;Kaberi Dasgupta

  • Large-Artery Stiffness in Health and Disease: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

    Julio A. Chirinos;Julio A. Chirinos;Patrick Segers;Timothy Hughes;Raymond Townsend

  • The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study: Design and Methods

    Harold I. Feldman;Lawrence J. Appel;Glenn M. Chertow;Denise Cifelli

  • Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study: Baseline Characteristics and Associations with Kidney Function

    James P. Lash;Alan S. Go;Lawrence J. Appel;Jiang He

  • Predictors of blood pressure response in the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial.

    David E Kandzari;Deepak L Bhatt;Sandeep Kaur Brar;Chandan M Devireddy

  • Targeted Peptide Measurements in Biology and Medicine: Best Practices for Mass Spectrometry-based Assay Development Using a Fit-for-Purpose Approach

    Steven A. Carr;Susan E. Abbatiello;Bradley L. Ackermann;Christoph Borchers

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Mahboob Rahman
Mahboob Rahman Case Western Reserve University
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University
Alan S. Go
Alan S. Go Kaiser Permanente
Lawrence J. Appel
Lawrence J. Appel Johns Hopkins University
Julio A. Chirinos
Julio A. Chirinos University of Pennsylvania
John W. Kusek
John W. Kusek National Institutes of Health
Akinlolu O. Ojo
Akinlolu O. Ojo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chi-yuan Hsu
Chi-yuan Hsu University of California, San Francisco
Matthew R. Weir
Matthew R. Weir University of Maryland, Baltimore

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