Alejandro Soza

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Soza is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Soza has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Hepatology, 46 papers in Epidemiology and 17 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Soza's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (38 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (34 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (20 papers). Alejandro Soza is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (38 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (34 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (20 papers). Alejandro Soza collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and Argentina. Alejandro Soza's co-authors include Marco Arrese, Arnoldo Riquelme, Jay H. Hoofnagle, Yoon Park, Marc G. Ghany, Theo Heller, Kittichai Promrat, Edward Doo, Jake T. Liang and David E. Kleiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Soza

62 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. A pilot study of pioglitazone treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis† ‡
    2004 587 citations Kittichai Promrat, Glen Lutchman et al. Hepatology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alejandro Soza 1.6k 968 594 464 289 66 2.2k
Yongning Xin 1.1k 0.7× 475 0.5× 381 0.6× 427 0.9× 332 1.1× 89 1.9k
Kristian Bjøro 1.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 429 0.7× 592 1.3× 290 1.0× 79 3.0k
Cristiane Alves Villela‐Nogueira 1.4k 0.9× 888 0.9× 455 0.8× 225 0.5× 184 0.6× 94 1.7k
Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan 2.6k 1.6× 1.8k 1.9× 571 1.0× 296 0.6× 109 0.4× 31 2.7k
David Sheridan 2.3k 1.4× 2.2k 2.3× 315 0.5× 251 0.5× 182 0.6× 36 2.9k
Jeong‐Ju Yoo 1.4k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 295 0.5× 337 0.7× 242 0.8× 172 2.0k
Rachel M. Brown 1.7k 1.0× 599 0.6× 1.2k 2.0× 721 1.6× 444 1.5× 76 2.9k
Anita Kohli 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 319 0.5× 180 0.4× 249 0.9× 77 2.2k
Laurentius A. Lesmana 2.3k 1.4× 2.0k 2.0× 309 0.5× 491 1.1× 126 0.4× 61 2.7k
Αlexandra Alexopoulou 1.1k 0.7× 928 1.0× 187 0.3× 276 0.6× 133 0.5× 110 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Soza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Soza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Soza

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Soza. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Soza based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Soza. Alejandro Soza is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Soza, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Hepatitis B crónica. 31(2). 79–84.
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Díaz, Luis Antonio, Francisco Fuster García, Alejandro Soza, et al.. (2020). Baveno VI and Expanded Baveno VI criteria successfully predicts the absence of high‐risk gastro‐oesophageal varices in a Chilean cohort. Liver International. 40(6). 1427–1434. 14 indexed citations
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Ridruejo, Ezequiel & Alejandro Soza. (2020). The liver in times of COVID-19: What hepatologists should know. Annals of Hepatology. 19(4). 353–358. 63 indexed citations
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López‐Lastra, Marcelo, et al.. (2017). Hepatitis C virus may have an entero-hepatic cycle which could be blocked with ezetimibe. Medical Hypotheses. 102. 51–55. 1 indexed citations
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Angulo, Jenniffer, et al.. (2017). Detection of high biliary and fecal viral loads in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Gastroenterología y Hepatología. 40(5). 339–347. 3 indexed citations
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Arab, Juan Pablo, Cristian Hernández-Rocha, José Ignacio Vargas, et al.. (2017). Fragmento sérico de citoqueratina-18 como marcador no invasivo de esteatohepatitis no alcohólica en población chilena. Gastroenterología y Hepatología. 40(6). 388–394. 10 indexed citations
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Arrese, Marco, Juan Pablo Arab, Arnoldo Riquelme, et al.. (2016). High prevalence of PNPLA3 rs738409 (I148M) polymorphism in Chilean latino population and its association to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease risk and histological disease severity. Universidad de Chile. 9 indexed citations
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Soza, Alejandro, David E. Kleiner, Xiongce Zhao, et al.. (2014). HIV Through the Looking Glass. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 68(2). 123–127. 3 indexed citations
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Rotman, Yaron, Brian B. Borg, Alejandro Soza, et al.. (2010). Low‐ and standard‐dose peginterferon alfa‐2a for chronic hepatitis C, genotype 2 or 3: efficacy, tolerability, viral kinetics and cytokine response. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 31(9). 1018–1027. 7 indexed citations
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Vivanco, María dM, J Hepp, Jorge Martínez, et al.. (2010). Liver Transplantation Results for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chile. Transplantation Proceedings. 42(1). 299–301. 8 indexed citations
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Vivanco, María dM, Nicolás Jarufe, Rodrigo Zapata, et al.. (2010). Bridge Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Before Liver Transplantation: The Experience of Two Chilean Centers. Transplantation Proceedings. 42(1). 296–298. 1 indexed citations
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Vera‐Otarola, Jorge, et al.. (2009). Hepatitis C virus quasispecies in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of treatment naïve chronically infected patients. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 16(9). 633–643. 19 indexed citations
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Promrat, Kittichai, Glen Lutchman, Gabriel I. Uwaifo, et al.. (2004). A pilot study of pioglitazone treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis† ‡. Hepatology. 39(1). 188–196. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Riquelme, Arnoldo, et al.. (2004). Histological Resolution of Steatohepatitis After Iron Depletion. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 49(6). 1012–1015. 21 indexed citations
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Soza, Alejandro, et al.. (2003). Resolution of Chronic Hepatitis B-Associated Autoimmune Neutropenia With Interferon-α Therapy. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 36(1). 141–143. 5 indexed citations
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Soza, Alejandro, James E. Everhart, Marc G. Ghany, et al.. (2002). Neutropenia during combination therapy of interferon alfa and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 36(5). 1273–1279. 147 indexed citations
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Oyarzún, E, et al.. (1994). [Complicated placental chorioangioma: infrequent cause of premature labor].. PubMed. 59(5). 390–2. 1 indexed citations

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