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Stephen E. Epstein

Stephen E. Epstein

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
153
Citations
85975
World Ranking
1045
National Ranking
599

Stephen E. Epstein 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 Stephen E. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 662 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen E. Epstein 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 Stephen E. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 153 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Stephen E. Epstein is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans across multiple areas within medicine, with significant contributions to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main fields of study associated with Epstein's work include:

  • Medicine

Within this broader category, their subfields of expertise focus on:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Genetics
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Epstein's research covers a range of topics primarily related to cardiovascular and metabolic health. The main topics in their work are:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Vascular anomalies and interventions

Among their recent publications are:

  • Aging-Induced Collateral Dysfunction: Impaired Responsiveness of Collaterals and Susceptibility to Apoptosis via Dysfunctional eNOS signaling, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Effectiveness of face mask mandates in 4 suburban US communities during the SARS-CoV2 Omicron surge, 2022, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Epstein has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • William C. Roberts
  • Jinsong Wang
  • XinZhi Peng
  • Roberta M. Lassance-Soares
  • Amir Najafi

The venues where Epstein's work has been published most often include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Epstein is recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians, reflecting their standing within the medical research community.

Best Publications

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Abnormal endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in patients with essential hypertension.

    Julio A. Panza;Arshed A. Quyyumi;John E. Brush;Stephen E. Epstein

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Local delivery of marrow-derived stromal cells augments collateral perfusion through paracrine mechanisms.

    T. Kinnaird;E. Stabile;M.S. Burnett;M. Shou

  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Interrelations of clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, and therapy (1).

    B J Maron;R O Bonow;R O Cannon rd;M B Leon

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • Control of Heart Rate by the Autonomic Nervous System STUDIES IN MAN ON THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN BARORECEPTOR MECHANISMS AND EXERCISE

    Brian F. Robinson;Stephen E. Epstein;G. David Beiser;Eugene Braunwald

  • Sudden death in young athletes.

    B J Maron;W C Roberts;H A McAllister;D R Rosing

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • Real-time radionuclide cineangiography in the noninvasive evaluation of global and regional left ventricular function at rest and during exercise in patients with coronary-artery disease.

    J S Borer;S L Bacharach;M V Green;K M Kent

  • Comparative Left Ventricular Dimensions in Trained Athletes

    Joel Morganroth;Barry J. Maron;Walter L. Henry;Stephen E. Epstein

  • Intramural ("small vessel") coronary artery disease in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Barry J. Maron;James K. Wolfson;Stephen E. Epstein;William C. Roberts

  • Patterns and significance of distribution of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A wide angle, two dimensional echocardiographic study of 125 patients.

    Barry J. Maron;John S. Gottdiener;Stephen E. Epstein

  • "Microvascular angina" as a cause of chest pain with angiographically normal coronary arteries.

    Richard O. Cannon;Stephen E. Epstein

  • Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy: Echocardiographic Identification of the Pathognomonic Anatomic Abnormality of IHSS

    Walter L. Henry;Chester E. Clark;Stephen E. Epstein

  • Transendocardial delivery of autologous bone marrow enhances collateral perfusion and regional function in pigs with chronic experimental myocardial ischemia.

    Shmuel Fuchs;Richard Baffour;Yi Fu Zhou;Matie Shou

  • Circadian variation in vascular tone and its relation to α-sympathetic vasoconstrictor activity

    Julio A. Panza;Stephen E. Epstein;Arshed A. Quyyumi

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry J. Maron
Barry J. Maron University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Robert O. Bonow
Robert O. Bonow Northwestern University
Douglas R. Rosing
Douglas R. Rosing National Institutes of Health
Andrew G. Morrow
Andrew G. Morrow National Institutes of Health
Arshed A. Quyyumi
Arshed A. Quyyumi Emory University
Kenneth M. Kent
Kenneth M. Kent MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Richard O. Cannon
Richard O. Cannon National Institutes of Health
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School
Stephen L. Bacharach
Stephen L. Bacharach University of California, San Francisco
Toren Finkel
Toren Finkel University of Pittsburgh

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