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Thomas A. Pearson

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
101
Citations
65152
World Ranking
7791
National Ranking
4061

Thomas A. Pearson 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 Thomas A. Pearson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 407 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas A. Pearson 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 Thomas A. Pearson sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas A. Pearson is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a substantial number of publications in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Additional subfields of study in their work include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pharmacology, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas including:

  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Thomas A. Pearson has contributed to several recent papers, reflecting their expertise in precision health and cardiology:

  • "Precision Health Analytics With Predictive Analytics and Implementation Research," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "The Science of Precision Prevention," 2023, JACC Advances
  • "Design and methodology challenges of environment-wide association studies: A systematic review," 2020, Environmental Research (authored by Yi Zheng)
  • "An external exposome-wide association study of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy," 2020, Environment International (authored by Hui Hu)
  • "Emergency department utilization among deaf and hard-of-hearing patients: A retrospective chart review," 2022, Disability and Health Journal (authored by Tyler G. James)

Their research publications are frequently found in prominent venues such as:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • UNC Libraries

Collaborations have been an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors including Osama Dasa, Yi Zheng, Hui Hu, Ruba Sajdeya, and Jinying Zhao, reflecting a network of scholarly interaction that supports interdisciplinary and multi-faceted investigations.

Best Publications

  • Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association

    Thomas A. Pearson;George A. Mensah;R. Wayne Alexander;Jeffrey L. Anderson

  • Clopidogrel and Aspirin versus Aspirin Alone for the Prevention of Atherothrombotic Events

    Deepak L. Bhatt;Keith A.A. Fox;Werner Hacke;Peter B. Berger

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update Endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    Sidney C. Smith Jr.;Jerilyn Allen;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow

  • AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update Consensus Panel Guide to Comprehensive Risk Reduction for Adult Patients Without Coronary or Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Diseases

    Thomas A. Pearson;Steven N. Blair;Stephen R. Daniels;Robert H. Eckel

  • Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Larry B. Goldstein;Cheryl D. Bushnell;Robert J. Adams;Lawrence J. Appel

  • The lipid treatment assessment project (L-TAP): a multicenter survey to evaluate the percentages of dyslipidemic patients receiving lipid-lowering therapy and achieving low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals.

    Thomas A. Pearson;Irene Laurora;Henry Chu;Stephanie Kafonek

  • How to interpret a genome-wide association study.

    Thomas A. Pearson;Teri A. Manolio

  • Trends and Disparities in Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Other Cardiovascular Diseases in the United States Findings of the National Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

    Richard Cooper;Jeffrey Cutler;Patrice Desvigne-Nickens;Stephen P. Fortmann

  • Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline as an educational tool for neurologists.

    Larry B. Goldstein;Cheryl D. Bushnell;Robert J. Adams;Lawrence J. Appel

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 Update A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow;Lawrence M. Brass

  • AHA/ACC Scientific Statement: AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow;Lawrence M. Brass

  • Patients with prior myocardial infarction, stroke, or symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in the CHARISMA trial

    Deepak L. Bhatt;Marcus D. Flather;Werner Hacke;Peter B. Berger

  • Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Guidance From Framingham: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the AHA Task Force on Risk Reduction

    Scott M. Grundy;Gary J. Balady;Michael H. Criqui;Gerald Fletcher

  • High-monounsaturated fatty acid diets lower both plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations.

    Penny M Kris-Etherton;Thomas A Pearson;Ying Wan;Rebecca L Hargrove

  • Use of aspirin to reduce risk of initial vascular events in patients at moderate risk of cardiovascular disease (ARRIVE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    J Michael Gaziano;J Michael Gaziano;J Michael Gaziano;Carlos Brotons;Rosa Coppolecchia;Claudio Cricelli

  • Search for invisible decays of Higgs bosons in the vector boson fusion and associated ZH production modes

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Apo B versus cholesterol in estimating cardiovascular risk and in guiding therapy: report of the thirty-person/ten-country panel.

    P J Barter;C M Ballantyne;R Carmena;M Castro Cabezas

  • Stroke following coronary artery bypass grafting: a ten-year study.

    Timothy J. Gardner;Peter J. Horneffer;Teri A. Manolio;Thomas A. Pearson

  • Prevalence and etiology of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (summary of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop.

    Teri A. Manolio;Kenneth L. Baughman;Richard Rodeheffer;Thomas A. Pearson

  • Dietary Guidelines for Healthy American Adults A Statement for Health Professionals From the Nutrition Committee, American Heart Association

    R. M. Krauss;R. J. Deckelbaum;N. Ernst;E. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Berglund
Lars Berglund Royal Institute of Technology
Penny M. Kris-Etherton
Penny M. Kris-Etherton Pennsylvania State University
Sidney C. Smith
Sidney C. Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scott M. Grundy
Scott M. Grundy The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ira S. Ockene
Ira S. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Philip Greenland
Philip Greenland Northwestern University
Diane M. Becker
Diane M. Becker Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Harlan M. Krumholz
Harlan M. Krumholz Yale University
Kathryn A. Taubert
Kathryn A. Taubert American Heart Association
Michael McKee
Michael McKee Appalachian State University

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