The cardiologist Valentín Fuster currently combines functions as General Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and Director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Physician-in-Chief at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. The innumerable positions he has held include those of President of the American Heart Association, President of the World Heart Federation, member of the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences (where he chairs the committee for the prevention of the global epidemic in heart disease), member of the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and President of the Training Program of the American College of Cardiology. After qualifying in medicine at the University of Barcelona, Valentín Fuster continued his studies in the USA. He was professor in Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases at the Mayo Medical School, Minnesota and at the Medical School of Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, and from 1991 to 1994 was full professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. In 1994 he was named director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai, a post he has combined since 2012 with that of Physician-in-Chief of the Hospital. Dr. Fuster has been named Doctor Honoris Causa by thirty-three universities and has received three of the most important awards from US National Institutes of Health. He is an author on more than 900 scientific articles in international medical journals, and has published two leading books on clinical cardiology and research: The Heart and Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease. He has also been named Editor-in-chief of the prestigious journal Nature Reviews in Cardiology. His contributions to cardiovascular medicine have had an enormous impact on the treatment of patients with heart disease. His research into the origin of cardiovascular events, which have contributed to improved treatment of heart attack patients, was recognized in 1996 by the award of Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Among his many achievements, it is noteworthy that Dr. Fuster is the only cardiologist to have received the highest awards for research from the four leading international cardiology organizations: the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the Interamerican Society of Cardiology. In 2008, Dr. Fuster received the Kurt Polzer prize from the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2009 he received the prestigious international Arrigo Recordati prize for his contribution to advances in the area of cardiovascular imaging. In June 2011 he was awarded the Grand Prix Scientifique of the Institute de France, considered the most important award in cardiology, for his translational research into atherothrombotic disease. Other accolades include the Gold Heart Award, the Lewis A. Conner Memorial and the James B. Eric Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology, the Gold Medals of the American and European Cardiology Societies, and the highest award for Medicine from Erasmus University (Rotterdam). In 2012 Dr. Fuster was named by the American College of Cardiology as one of the Living Legends in Cardiovascular Medicine, and was awarded the Research Achievement Award, the highest award given by American Heart Association. In 2013 Dr. Fuster was awarded the Ron Haddock International Impact Award by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association in recognition of his global leadership, and was named Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the ACC’s flagship publication and the main American source of clinical information on cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Fuster, in addition to his dedication to research, is strongly committed to his responsibility to communicate t
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
2264
Total documents
5.19
Normalized Impact
680
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
28.14
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Dimensions One by One
Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic
attributes.
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Activity
997
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
980
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
982
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
809
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
861
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
956
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
0
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
149
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 2264 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 36.52 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 1935 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 1559 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 21 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 355 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 18 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 3 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 132 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 0 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 20 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | N/A | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 220638 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 5685 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 2.577 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 97.423 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 5886 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 97.45 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 5.188 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 4.015 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 209 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 435 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 1165 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.609 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.589 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 680 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 3.004 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 197 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 8.701 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 45 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 142 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 1105 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 48.81 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 235 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 10.38 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | 0 | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | 0 | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | 0 | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | 0 | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | 0 | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 16.78 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 5.79 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 1.3 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 637 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 28.14 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 0 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | 0 | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | 0 | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | 0 | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | 0 | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 0 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | 0 | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 1112 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 49.12 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 89 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 133 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 102 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 783 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 1152 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | 0 | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | 0 | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | 0 | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | 0 | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |