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Stephen L. Archer

Stephen L. Archer

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
118
Citations
58383
World Ranking
4027
National Ranking
153

Stephen L. Archer 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 L. Archer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 475 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen L. Archer 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 L. Archer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 118 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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

  • 2016 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2011 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

Stephen L. Archer is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Other notable subfields include Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics of their work cover Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy, Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Among recent publications associated with Stephen L. Archer are:

  • "Mitochondrial iron-sulfur clusters: Structure, function, and an emerging role in vascular biology", 2021, Redox Biology
  • "Pulmonary hypertension", 2024, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Mitochondrial fission links ECM mechanotransduction to metabolic redox homeostasis and metastatic chemotherapy resistance", 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Macrophage-NLRP3 Activation Promotes Right Ventricle Failure in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension", 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Differentiating COVID-19 Pneumonia From Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema", 2020, Circulation

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Jeffrey Mewburn, Charles C.T. Hindmarch, Danchen Wu, Ruaa Al-Qazazi, and Ashley Martin. These collaborations have contributed to a significant body of scientific literature.

Stephen L. Archer has published extensively, particularly in the following venues:

  • Circulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • CJC Open

Their contributions to cardiovascular and respiratory medicine have been recognized through awards such as the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2016 and the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2011.

Best Publications

  • ACCF/AHA 2009 Expert Consensus Document on Pulmonary Hypertension: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents and the American Heart Association: Developed in Collaboration With the American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Inc., and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association

    Vallerie V. McLaughlin;Stephen L. Archer;David B. Badesch;Robyn J. Barst

  • Management of Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism, Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis, and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Michael R. Jaff;M. Sean McMurtry;Stephen L. Archer;Mary Cushman

  • Cellular and molecular pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Marc Humbert;Nicholas W. Morrell;Stephen L. Archer;Kurt R. Stenmark

  • A Mitochondria-K+ Channel Axis Is Suppressed in Cancer and Its Normalization Promotes Apoptosis and Inhibits Cancer Growth

    Sébastien Bonnet;Stephen L. Archer;Joan Allalunis-Turner;Alois Haromy

  • ACCF/AHA 2009 Expert Consensus Document on Pulmonary Hypertension

    Vallerie V. McLaughlin;Stephen L. Archer;David B. Badesch;Robyn J. Barst

  • Measurement of nitric oxide in biological models.

    Stephen Archer

  • Mitochondrial dynamics--mitochondrial fission and fusion in human diseases.

    Stephen L. Archer

  • Nitric oxide and cGMP cause vasorelaxation by activation of a charybdotoxin-sensitive K channel by cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

    Stephen L. Archer;James M.C. Huang;Václav Hampl;Daniel P. Nelson

  • Cellular and molecular basis of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Nicholas W. Morrell;Serge Adnot;Stephen L. Archer;Jocelyn Dupuis

  • Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society

    Steven H. Abman;Georg Hansmann;Stephen L. Archer;D. Dunbar Ivy

  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension: pathogenesis and clinical management.

    Thenappan Thenappan;Mark L Ormiston;John J Ryan;Stephen L Archer

  • An Abnormal Mitochondrial–Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α–Kv Channel Pathway Disrupts Oxygen Sensing and Triggers Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Fawn Hooded Rats Similarities to Human Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Sébastien Bonnet;Evangelos D. Michelakis;Christopher J. Porter;Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro

  • Oral Sildenafil Is an Effective and Specific Pulmonary Vasodilator in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Comparison With Inhaled Nitric Oxide

    Evangelos Michelakis;Wayne Tymchak;Dale Lien;Linda Webster

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Therapy Increases Survival, Promotes Lung Angiogenesis, and Prevents Alveolar Damage in Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury Evidence That Angiogenesis Participates in Alveolarization

    Bernard Thébaud;Faruqa Ladha;Evangelos D. Michelakis;Monika Sawicka

  • Oral Sildenafil Is an Effective and Specific Pulmonary Vasodilator in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Evangelos D. Michelakis;Wayne Tymchak;Dale Lien;Linda DaSilva

  • Relevant issues in the pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension

    Rubin M Tuder;Stephen L Archer;Peter Dorfmüller;Serpil C Erzurum

  • Basic Science of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Clinicians New Concepts and Experimental Therapies

    Stephen L. Archer;E. Kenneth Weir;Martin R. Wilkins

  • Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Is Highly Expressed in the Hypertrophied Human Right Ventricle, and Acute Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Improves Contractility

    Jayan Nagendran;Stephen L. Archer;Daniel Soliman;Vikram Gurtu

  • Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.

    Rohit Moudgil;Evangelos D. Michelakis;Stephen L. Archer

  • Inhibition of mitochondrial fission prevents cell cycle progression in lung cancer

    Jalees Rehman;Hannah J. Zhang;Peter T. Toth;Yanmin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Evangelos D. Michelakis
Evangelos D. Michelakis University of Alberta
John J. Ryan
John J. Ryan Virginia Commonwealth University
Jalees Rehman
Jalees Rehman University of Illinois at Chicago
Stuart Rich
Stuart Rich Northwestern University
Jason R.B. Dyck
Jason R.B. Dyck University of Alberta
Gary D. Lopaschuk
Gary D. Lopaschuk University of Alberta
Kurt R. Stenmark
Kurt R. Stenmark University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Marlene Rabinovitch
Marlene Rabinovitch Stanford University
Nicholas W. Morrell
Nicholas W. Morrell University of Cambridge
Sanjiv J. Shah
Sanjiv J. Shah Northwestern University

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