2026 Russell S. Richardson: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	80	17241	16203	8640	7985	553	20693

Overview

Russell S. Richardson is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on the field of Medicine, with a significant volume of publications centered on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Richardson has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

The FASEB Journal (18 publications)
Journal of Applied Physiology (16 publications)
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (7 publications)
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (7 publications)
The Journal of Physiology (4 publications)

Recent papers demonstrate a focus on cardiovascular physiology and related health conditions. Some examples are:

"Imaging transcranial Doppler ultrasound to measure middle cerebral artery blood flow: the importance of measuring vessel diameter" published in 2020 in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
"The exercise pressor reflex and chemoreflex interaction: cardiovascular implications for the exercising human" published in 2020 in The Journal of Physiology
"Cardiovascular responses to rhythmic handgrip exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction" published in 2020 in Journal of Applied Physiology
"Sacubitril-valsartan improves conduit vessel function and functional capacity and reduces inflammation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction" published in 2020 in Journal of Applied Physiology
"Exercise training in COPD: muscle O₂transport plasticity" published in 2021 in European Respiratory Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richardson include:

Ryan M. Broxterman
Joel D. Trinity
Catherine L. Jarrett
Soung Hun Park
Jesse C. Craig

Best Publications

Ultrasound Assessment of Flow-Mediated Dilation

Ryan A. Harris;Steven K. Nishiyama;D. Walter Wray;D. Walter Wray;Russell S. Richardson;Russell S. Richardson

769
Citations
Myoglobin O2 desaturation during exercise. Evidence of limited O2 transport.

Russell S. Richardson;Elizabeth A. Noyszewski;Keith F. Kendrick;John S. Leigh

732
Citations
Muscle O2 uptake kinetics in humans: implications for metabolic control

B. Grassi;D. C. Poole;R. S. Richardson;D. R. Knight

683
Citations
Skeletal muscle phosphocreatine recovery in exercise-trained humans is dependent on O2 availability

Luke J. Haseler;Michael C. Hogan;Russell S. Richardson

425
Citations
Human muscle performance and PCr hydrolysis with varied inspired oxygen fractions: a 31P-MRS study.

Michael C. Hogan;Russell S. Richardson;Luke J. Haseler

321
Citations
High muscle blood flow in man: is maximal O2 extraction compromised?

R. S. Richardson;D. C. Poole;D. R. Knight;S. S. Kurdak

310
Citations
Lactate efflux from exercising human skeletal muscle: role of intracellular PO2.

Russell S. Richardson;Elizabeth A. Noyszewski;John S. Leigh;Peter D. Wagner

290
Citations
Human VEGF gene expression in skeletal muscle: effect of acute normoxic and hypoxic exercise.

R. S. Richardson;H. Wagner;S. R. D. Mudaliar;R. Henry

282
Citations
Exercising skeletal muscle blood flow in humans responds to reduction in arterial oxyhaemoglobin, but not to altered free oxygen

José González-Alonso;Russell S. Richardson;Bengt Saltin

250
Citations
Exercise adaptation attenuates VEGF gene expression in human skeletal muscle.

R. S. Richardson;H. Wagner;S. R. D. Mudaliar;E. Saucedo

244
Citations
Human skeletal muscle intracellular oxygenation: the impact of ambient oxygen availability.

Russell S. Richardson;Russell S. Richardson;Sandrine Duteil;Claire Wary;D. Walter Wray

233
Citations
Dynamic knee-extensor and cycle exercise: functional MRI of muscular activity.

R. S. Richardson;L. R. Frank;L. J. Haseler

223
Citations
Limited Maximal Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Partitioning the Contributors

Fabio Esposito;Odile Mathieu-Costello;Ralph Shabetai;Peter D. Wagner

222
Citations
Phosphocreatine hydrolysis during submaximal exercise: the effect of FIO2.

Luke J. Haseler;Russell S. Richardson;John S. Videen;Michael C. Hogan

219
Citations
Determinants of maximal exercise VO2 during single leg knee-extensor exercise in humans

R. S. Richardson;D. R. Knight;D. C. Poole;S. Sadi Kurdak

215
Citations
Vascular and metabolic response to isolated small muscle mass exercise: effect of age.

Lesley Lawrenson;Jennifer G. Poole;Jeannie Kim;Charles F. Brown

214
Citations
Effect of acute exercise on citrate synthase activity in untrained and trained human skeletal muscle

Bryan T. Leek;Sundar R. D. Mudaliar;Robert Henry;Odile Mathieu-Costello

211
Citations
Vascular and metabolic response to cycle exercise in sedentary humans: effect of age.

Jennifer G. Poole;Lesley Lawrenson;Jeannie Kim;Charles Brown

205
Citations
Cellular PO2 as a determinant of maximal mitochondrial O(2) consumption in trained human skeletal muscle.

R. S. Richardson;J. S. Leigh;P. D. Wagner;E. A. Noyszewski

203
Citations
Reduced Mechanical Efficiency in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease but Normal Peak VO2 with Small Muscle Mass Exercise

Russell S. Richardson;Bryan T. Leek;Timothy P. Gavin;Luke Jonathon Haseler

203
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Wagner University of California, San Diego

Josef Stehlik University of Utah

Ian S. Young Queen's University Belfast

Robert R. Henry University of California, San Diego

David C. Poole Kansas State University

John J. Ryan Virginia Commonwealth University

Carlo Reggiani University of Padua

Malcolm J. Jackson University of Liverpool

Richard M. Cawthon University of Utah

Bengt Saltin University of Copenhagen

External Links

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