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D-Index
110
Citations
41546
World Ranking
5593
National Ranking
3008

Ron Blankstein 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 Ron Blankstein sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 909 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ron Blankstein 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 Ron Blankstein sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ron Blankstein is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Ron Blankstein has contributed to multiple highly cited papers. Notable publications include:

  • 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines (2021, Circulation)
  • Diagnosis and Detection of Sarcoidosis. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain (2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines (2021, Circulation)
  • SCCT 2021 Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography: A Report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2020, Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ron Blankstein include:

  • Khurram Nasir
  • Marcelo F. Di Carli
  • Michael J. Blaha
  • Brittany Weber
  • Leslee J. Shaw

The scientist has published extensively in prominent journals such as:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
  • Circulation
  • American Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Best Publications

  • 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Martha Gulati;Phillip D Levy;Debabrata Mukherjee;Ezra Amsterdam

  • Improved Cardiac Risk Assessment With Noninvasive Measures of Coronary Flow Reserve

    Venkatesh L. Murthy;Masanao Naya;Courtney R. Foster;Jon Hainer

  • Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Absence of Coronary Artery Calcification

    Ammar Sarwar;Leslee J. Shaw;Michael D. Shapiro;Ron Blankstein

  • Diagnosis and Detection of Sarcoidosis An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Elliott D. Crouser;Lisa A. Maier;Kevin C. Wilson;Catherine A. Bonham

  • Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Enhances Prognostic Assessments of Patients With Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis

    Ron Blankstein;Michael Osborne;Masanao Naya;Alfonso Waller

  • Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction.

    Sameer Arora;George A. Stouffer;Anna M. Kucharska-Newton;Arman Qamar

  • Effects of Sex on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Outcomes

    Venkatesh L. Murthy;Masanao Naya;Viviany R. Taqueti;Courtney R. Foster

  • Association Between Coronary Vascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Mortality in Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus

    Venkatesh L. Murthy;Masanao Naya;Courtney R. Foster;Mariya Gaber

  • Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing Among Statin Candidates According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guidelines: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)

    Khurram Nasir;Marcio S. Bittencourt;Michael J. Blaha;Ron Blankstein

  • 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain

    Martha Gulati;Phillip D. Levy;Debabrata Mukherjee;Ezra Amsterdam

  • Adenosine-induced stress myocardial perfusion imaging using dual-source cardiac computed tomography.

    Ron Blankstein;Ron Blankstein;Leon D. Shturman;Ian S. Rogers;Jose A. Rocha-Filho

  • Coronary microvascular dysfunction and future risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

    Viviany R Taqueti;Scott D Solomon;Amil M Shah;Akshay S Desai

  • Global coronary flow reserve is associated with adverse cardiovascular events independently of luminal angiographic severity and modifies the effect of early revascularization.

    Viviany R. Taqueti;Rory Hachamovitch;Venkatesh L. Murthy;Masanao Naya

  • Role of Coronary Artery Calcium Score of Zero and Other Negative Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Michael J. Blaha;Miguel Cainzos-Achirica;Philip Greenland;John W. McEvoy

  • Prognostic Value of Nonobstructive and Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Detected by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Identify Cardiovascular Events

    Marcio Sommer Bittencourt;Edward Hulten;Brian Ghoshhajra;Daniel O’Leary

  • Visceral adiposity and the risk of metabolic syndrome across body mass index: the MESA Study.

    Ravi V. Shah;Venkatesh L. Murthy;Siddique A. Abbasi;Ron Blankstein

  • A systematic review: Burden and severity of subclinical cardiovascular disease among those with nonalcoholic fatty liver; Should we care?

    Ebenezer T. Oni;Arthur S. Agatston;Arthur S. Agatston;Michael J. Blaha;Jonathan Fialkow

  • Associations between C-reactive protein, coronary artery calcium, and cardiovascular events: implications for the JUPITER population from MESA, a population-based cohort study

    Michael J Blaha;Matthew J Budoff;Andrew P DeFilippis;Ron Blankstein

  • Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Risk Stratifying Patients With Suspected Myocarditis

    Christoph Gräni;Christian Eichhorn;Loïc Bière;Venkatesh L. Murthy

  • Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications

    David R. Okada;Ron Blankstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo F. Di Carli
Marcelo F. Di Carli Brigham and Women's Hospital
Khurram Nasir
Khurram Nasir Houston Methodist
Michael J. Blaha
Michael J. Blaha Johns Hopkins University
Sharmila Dorbala
Sharmila Dorbala Brigham and Women's Hospital
Raymond Y. Kwong
Raymond Y. Kwong Brigham and Women's Hospital
Roger S. Blumenthal
Roger S. Blumenthal Johns Hopkins University
Matthew J. Budoff
Matthew J. Budoff UCLA Medical Center
Udo Hoffmann
Udo Hoffmann Harvard University
Salim S. Virani
Salim S. Virani Baylor College of Medicine
Michael Jerosch-Herold
Michael Jerosch-Herold Brigham and Women's Hospital

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