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W.H. Wilson Tang

W.H. Wilson Tang

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
133
Citations
100514
World Ranking
2176
National Ranking
1230

W.H. Wilson Tang 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 W.H. Wilson Tang sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,078 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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W.H. Wilson Tang 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 W.H. Wilson Tang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 133 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

W.H. Wilson Tang is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and focuses primarily on the field of medicine. Their research spans several subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and physiology.

The scientist's scholarly work concentrates on topics such as heart failure treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, and cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Recent publications by W.H. Wilson Tang include:

  • A Cardiovascular Disease-Linked Gut Microbial Metabolite Acts via Adrenergic Receptors (2020, Cell)
  • Machine learning prediction in cardiovascular diseases: a meta-analysis (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • 2023 HRS/APHRS/LAHRS guideline on cardiac physiologic pacing for the avoidance and mitigation of heart failure (2023, Heart Rhythm)
  • Evaluation of kidney function throughout the heart failure trajectory - a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (2020, European Journal of Heart Failure)
  • Genome-wide analysis identifies novel susceptibility loci for myocardial infarction (2020, European Heart Journal)

W.H. Wilson Tang collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Deborah Kwon, Stanley L. Hazen, Jerry D. Estep, Brian P. Griffin, and Scott D. Flamm. These collaborators have contributed numerous publications alongside Tang, reflecting an established network of ongoing research partnerships.

The primary publication venues for Tang's work include:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Circulation
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • European Journal of Heart Failure

Best Publications

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • Gut flora metabolism of phosphatidylcholine promotes cardiovascular disease

    Zeneng Wang;Elizabeth Klipfell;Brian J. Bennett;Robert A. Koeth

  • Intestinal microbiota metabolism of L-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis

    Robert A Koeth;Zeneng Wang;Bruce S Levison;Jennifer A Buffa

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • Intestinal Microbial Metabolism of Phosphatidylcholine and Cardiovascular Risk

    W.H. Wilson Tang;Zeneng Wang;Bruce S. Levison;Robert A. Koeth

  • Altered fecal microbiota composition in patients with major depressive disorder

    Haiyin Jiang;Zongxin Ling;Yonghua Zhang;Hongjin Mao

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Gut Microbial Metabolite TMAO Enhances Platelet Hyperreactivity and Thrombosis Risk.

    Weifei Zhu;Jill C. Gregory;Elin Org;Jennifer A. Buffa

  • Importance of Venous Congestion for Worsening of Renal Function in Advanced Decompensated Heart Failure

    Wilfried Mullens;Zuheir Abrahams;Gary S. Francis;George Sokos

  • Gut Microbiota in Cardiovascular Health and Disease

    W.H. Wilson Tang;Takeshi Kitai;Stanley L. Hazen

  • National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: clinical characteristics and utilization of biochemical markers in acute coronary syndromes.

    David A. Morrow;Christopher P. Cannon;Robert L. Jesse;L. Kristin Newby

  • Gut Microbiota-Dependent Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) Pathway Contributes to Both Development of Renal Insufficiency and Mortality Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease

    W.H. Wilson Tang;Zeneng Wang;David J. Kennedy;Yuping Wu

  • Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Janani Rangaswami;Vivek Bhalla;John E A Blair;Tara I Chang

  • The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion - a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

    Wilfried Mullens;Kevin Damman;Veli Pekka Harjola;Alexandre Mebazaa

  • The contributory role of gut microbiota in cardiovascular disease

    W.H. Wilson Tang;Stanley L. Hazen

  • 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

  • Prognostic Value of Elevated Levels of Intestinal Microbe-Generated Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-oxide in Patients with Heart Failure: Refining the Gut Hypothesis

    W.H. Wilson Tang;Zeneng Wang;Yiying Fan;Bruce Levison

  • Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Estimation of Intracardiac Filling Pressure in Decompensated Patients With Advanced Systolic Heart Failure

    Wilfried Mullens;Allen G Borowski;Ronan J Curtin;James D Thomas

  • Prognostic value of choline and betaine depends on intestinal microbiota-generated metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide

    Zeneng Wang;W. H. Wilson Tang;Jennifer A. Buffa;Xiaoming Fu

  • Intestinal Microbial Metabolism of Phosphatidylcholine and Cardiovascular Risk

    W.H. Tang;Z. Wang;B.S. Levison

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley L. Hazen
Stanley L. Hazen Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Randall C. Starling
Randall C. Starling Cleveland Clinic
Gary S. Francis
Gary S. Francis University of Minnesota
Allan L. Klein
Allan L. Klein Cleveland Clinic
Adrian F. Hernandez
Adrian F. Hernandez Duke University
James D. Thomas
James D. Thomas Northwestern University
Javed Butler
Javed Butler University of Mississippi
G. Michael Felker
G. Michael Felker Duke University
Hooman Allayee
Hooman Allayee University of Southern California

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