Alastair D. Burt

27.6k total citations · 11 hit papers
238 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Alastair D. Burt is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alastair D. Burt has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Epidemiology, 97 papers in Hepatology and 54 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alastair D. Burt's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (87 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (45 papers) and Liver Diseases and Immunity (31 papers). Alastair D. Burt is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (87 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (45 papers) and Liver Diseases and Immunity (31 papers). Alastair D. Burt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Alastair D. Burt's co-authors include Christopher P. Day, Stuart McPherson, Elsbeth Henderson, Quentin M. Anstee, Mark K. Bennett, Oliver James, Timothy Hardy, Dina Tiniakos, Chris Day and R N MacSween and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alastair D. Burt

232 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The NAFLD fibrosis score

2007 2.3k citations Sushma Saksena, Alastair D. Burt et al. Hepatology profile →
Serum markers detect the presence of liver fibrosis: A cohort study

2004 830 citations William Rosenberg, Michael Becka et al. profile →
Evidence of NAFLD progression from steatosis to fibrosing-steatohepatitis using paired biopsies: Implications for prognosis and clinical management

2014 799 citations Stuart McPherson, Timothy Hardy et al. profile →
The natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver: A follow-up study

1995 734 citations Alastair D. Burt, Christopher P. Day et al. Hepatology profile →
Cellular senescence drives age-dependent hepatic steatosis

2017 732 citations Dina Tiniakos, Alastair D. Burt et al. profile →
Simple non-invasive fibrosis scoring systems can reliably exclude advanced fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

2010 684 citations Stuart McPherson, Alastair D. Burt et al. profile →
Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis

2016 581 citations Stuart McPherson, Timothy Hardy et al. The American Journal of Gastroenterology profile →
Noninvasive markers of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Validating the European Liver Fibrosis Panel and exploring simple markers

2007 578 citations Alastair D. Burt, Christopher P. Day et al. Hepatology profile →
TM6SF2 rs58542926 influences hepatic fibrosis progression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

2014 454 citations Helen L. Reeves, Alastair D. Burt et al. profile →
Cancer-associated fibroblasts in gastrointestinal cancer

2019 427 citations Alastair D. Burt et al. profile →
Carriage of the PNPLA3 rs738409 C >G polymorphism confers an increased risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated hepatocellular carcinoma

2014 404 citations Julian Leathart, Alastair D. Burt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alastair D. Burt United Kingdom	60	12.2k	8.5k	3.8k	3.2k	2.7k	238	18.4k
Linda D. Ferrell United States	60	13.0k 1.1×	10.3k 1.2×	3.0k 0.8×	6.6k 2.1×	2.9k 1.1×	222	21.7k
Michael Torbenson United States	66	12.7k 1.0×	9.2k 1.1×	3.0k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	5.8k 2.1×	297	22.7k
Matthew M. Yeh United States	51	13.4k 1.1×	5.9k 0.7×	4.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.0×	3.5k 1.3×	129	17.2k
Fabio Marra Italy	72	10.4k 0.9×	8.1k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.4×	280	17.9k
Takeshi Okanoue Japan	60	8.7k 0.7×	6.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	3.9k 1.4×	390	15.5k
Frédéric Charlotte France	66	12.2k 1.0×	9.1k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	282	19.8k
Manal F. Abdelmalek United States	64	13.3k 1.1×	5.8k 0.7×	6.3k 1.6×	2.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.1×	207	16.9k
Oscar W. Cummings United States	62	11.3k 0.9×	4.7k 0.6×	4.0k 1.0×	5.8k 1.8×	3.0k 1.1×	200	19.6k
Philip N. Newsome United Kingdom	57	8.9k 0.7×	5.0k 0.6×	5.0k 1.3×	3.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	215	14.6k
Massimo Pinzani Italy	89	17.0k 1.4×	15.8k 1.9×	2.4k 0.6×	5.6k 1.8×	5.2k 1.9×	330	26.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Jun, Shirly Amar, Alastair D. Burt, et al.. (2025). Social discounting and anti-/pro-sociality: A meta-analysis and (short-form) replication. Personality and Individual Differences. 247. 113447–113447.

Clouston, Andrew D., Annette S.H. Gouw, Dina Tiniakos, et al.. (2024). Severe acute liver disease in adults: Contemporary role of histopathology. Histopathology. 85(4). 549–561. 5 indexed citations

McGenity, Clare, Rebecca Randell, Christopher Bellamy, et al.. (2023). Survey of liver pathologists to assess attitudes towards digital pathology and artificial intelligence. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 77(1). 27–33. 5 indexed citations

Darlay, Rebecca, Ruchi Shukla, Misti McCain, et al.. (2021). A PDCD1 Role in the Genetic Predisposition to NAFLD-HCC?. Cancers. 13(6). 1412–1412. 27 indexed citations

Pu, Leonardo Zorrón Cheng Tao, Masanao Nakamura, Takeshi Yamamura, et al.. (2020). Polyp Detection Rate as a Surrogate for Adenoma and Sessile Serrated Adenoma/Polyp Detection Rates. PubMed. 7(3). 74–82. 10 indexed citations

McPherson, Stuart, Timothy Hardy, Jean‐François Dufour, et al.. (2016). Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 112(5). 740–751. 581 indexed citations breakdown →

Cornell, Liam, Joanne M. Munck, Clara Alsinet, et al.. (2014). DNA-PK—A Candidate Driver of Hepatocarcinogenesis and Tissue Biomarker That Predicts Response to Treatment and Survival. Clinical Cancer Research. 21(4). 925–933. 69 indexed citations

Elsharkawy, Ahmed M., Ulrich Schwab, Brendan McCarron, et al.. (2013). Efavirenz induced acute liver failure requiring liver transplantation in a slow drug metaboliser. Journal of Clinical Virology. 58(1). 331–333. 13 indexed citations

Robinson, Stuart, Colin Wilson, Alastair D. Burt, Derek Manas, & Steven A. White. (2012). Chemotherapy-Associated Liver Injury in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 19(13). 4287–4299. 165 indexed citations

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Patanwala, Imran, Alastair D. Burt, Margaret F. Bassendine, & Mark Hudson. (2011). Khat Associated End Stage Chronic Liver Disease: A Case Report. Journal of Medical Cases. 2(3). 104–106. 6 indexed citations

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Day, Chris, et al.. (2002). Genetic evidence supporting the two-hit model of NASH pathogenesis. Hepatology. 4 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, William, Alastair D. Burt, Stefan G. Hübscher, et al.. (2001). Serum markers predict liver fibrosis. Hepatology. 4 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, William, et al.. (2000). Automated assays of serum markers of liver fibrosis predict histological hepatic fibrosis.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations

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Brind, A. M., Marc Serfaty, Andrew Lawrie, et al.. (1996). Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a drug dependency centre in North East England.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Burt, Alastair D. & R. N. M. MacSween. (1993). Bile duct proliferation—its true significance?. Histopathology. 23(6). 599–602. 42 indexed citations

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Kerr, DJ, Alastair D. Burt, & J. R. Anderson. (1987). Tumours of the diffuse endocrine system.. PubMed. 13(3). 189–95. 4 indexed citations

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Burt, Alastair D., et al.. (1986). Breast cancer in women with primary biliary cirrhosis. BMJ. 292(6516). 340.5–341. 3 indexed citations

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Burt, Alastair D., Peter Boyle, Gary J. Macfarlane, et al.. (1985). Breast cancer in women with primary biliary cirrhosis.. BMJ. 291(6509). 1597–1598. 54 indexed citations

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Burt, Alastair D., Dale Kerr, Ian L. Brown, & Peter Boyle. (1985). Lymphoid and epithelial markers in small cell anaplastic thyroid tumours.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 38(8). 893–896. 14 indexed citations

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Shiach, Caroline, Alastair D. Burt, C. Isles, & Susan Ball. (1984). Pyrexia of undetermined origin, diarrhoea, and primary cerebral lymphoma associated with acquired immunodeficiency.. BMJ. 288(6415). 449–450. 6 indexed citations

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