2026 Valentin Fuster: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	224	117	108	83	76	1925	286321
Medicine	227	70	62	53	47	1902	292725

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2020 - Prince Mahidol Award
2009 - Distinguished Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
2008 - Libin/AHFMR Prize in Cardiovascular Research
2003 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
2001 - James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association
2000 - Distinguished Service Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Valentin Fuster is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Fuster has published extensively in multiple reputable venues, with notable frequent publication outlets being:

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
European Heart Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
Basic Research in Cardiology

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on cardiovascular disease burden and COVID-19 related cardiovascular impacts, including:

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019 (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk (2022), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022 (2023), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Association of Treatment Dose Anticoagulation With In-Hospital Survival Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Their frequent coauthors include Borja Ibáñez, Javier Sánchez-González, Antonio Fernández-Ortíz, Rodrigo Fernández-Jiménez, and Leticia Fernández-Friera.

Over their career, Fuster has received several awards, such as:

Prince Mahidol Award (2020)
Distinguished Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC) (2009)
Libin/AHFMR Prize in Cardiovascular Research (2008)
Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association (2003)
James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association (2001)
Distinguished Service Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC) (2000)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2000)
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

10315
Citations
ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Executive summary and recommendations: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (committee on the management of patients with unstable angina)

Eugene Braunwald;Elliott M. Antman;John W. Beasley;Robert M. Califf

8806
Citations
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society

Valentin Fuster;Lars E. Rydén;David S. Cannom;Harry J. Crijns

8627
Citations
ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction).

Elliott M. Antman;Daniel T. Anbe;Paul Wayne Armstrong;Eric R. Bates

8482
Citations
The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes (1).

Valentin Fuster;Lina Badimon;Juan J. Badimon;James H. Chesebro

5945
Citations
A Definition of Advanced Types of Atherosclerotic Lesions and a Histological Classification of Atherosclerosis A Report From the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association

H. C. Stary;A. B. Chandler;R. E. Dinsmore;V. Fuster

5846
Citations
ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Lower Extremity, Renal, Mesenteric, and Abdominal Aortic)

Alan T. Hirsch;Ziv J. Haskal;Norman R. Hertzer;Curtis W. Bakal

5147
Citations
Coronary Plaque Disruption

Erling Falk;Prediman K. Shah;Valentin Fuster

5137
Citations
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

Philip J Landrigan;Richard Fuller;Nereus J R Acosta;Olusoji Adeyi

4740
Citations
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Guide to Warfarin Therapy

Jack Hirsh;Valentin Fuster;Jack Ansell;Jonathan L. Halperin

4529
Citations
ACC/AHA 2002 Guideline Update for Exercise Testing: Summary Article A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1997 Exercise Testing Guidelines)

Raymond J. Gibbons;Gary J. Balady;J. Timothy Bricker;Bernard R. Chaitman

4029
Citations
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

3124
Citations
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)

Sharon A Hunt;David W Baker;Marshall H Chin;Michael P Cinquegrani

2932
Citations
ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE Committee to Update the 1997 Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography).

Melvin D Cheitlin;William F Armstrong;Gerard P Aurigemma;George A Beller

2924
Citations
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with chronic stable angina--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina)

Raymond J. Gibbons;Jonathan Abrams;Kanu Chatterjee;Jennifer Daley

2718
Citations
ACC/AHA Guideline Update for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery—Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

Kim A. Eagle;Peter B. Berger;Hugh Calkins;Bernard R. Chaitman

2558
Citations
ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).

Sidney C. Smith;Ted E. Feldman;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

2485
Citations
ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease)

Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello;Kanu Chatterjee;Antonio C. de Leon

2328
Citations
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction—summary article

Eugene Braunwald;Elliott M Antman;John W Beasley;Robert M Califf

2318
Citations
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult—Summary Article

Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

593
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan J. Badimon Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Borja Ibanez Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research

Zahi A. Fayad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

James H. Chesebro University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Lina Badimon Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Jagat Narula Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jonathan L. Halperin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Roger J. Hajjar Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

John T. Fallon East Carolina University

Sidney C. Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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