2026 Stephen L. Archer: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	118	4027	3772	153	146	475	58383

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

3608
Citations
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

2677
Citations
Cellular and molecular pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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

2006
Citations
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

1841
Citations
ACCF/AHA 2009 Expert Consensus Document on Pulmonary Hypertension

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

1453
Citations
Measurement of nitric oxide in biological models.

Stephen Archer

1281
Citations
Mitochondrial dynamics--mitochondrial fission and fusion in human diseases.

Stephen L. Archer

1062
Citations
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

1021
Citations
Cellular and molecular basis of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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

1007
Citations
Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society

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

988
Citations
Pulmonary arterial hypertension: pathogenesis and clinical management.

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

779
Citations
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

772
Citations
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

755
Citations
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

675
Citations
Oral Sildenafil Is an Effective and Specific Pulmonary Vasodilator in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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

674
Citations
Relevant issues in the pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension

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

630
Citations
Basic Science of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Clinicians New Concepts and Experimental Therapies

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

617
Citations
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

611
Citations
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.

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

582
Citations
Inhibition of mitochondrial fission prevents cell cycle progression in lung cancer

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

581
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Evangelos D. Michelakis University of Alberta

John J. Ryan Virginia Commonwealth University

Jalees Rehman University of Illinois at Chicago

Stuart Rich Northwestern University

Jason R.B. Dyck University of Alberta

Gary D. Lopaschuk University of Alberta

Kurt R. Stenmark University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Marlene Rabinovitch Stanford University

Nicholas W. Morrell University of Cambridge

Sanjiv J. Shah Northwestern University

External Links

Personal website of Stephen L. Archer

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