Amitabh Chak

20.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
347 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Amitabh Chak is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amitabh Chak has authored 347 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 263 papers in Surgery, 187 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 91 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Amitabh Chak's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (150 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (128 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (118 papers). Amitabh Chak is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (150 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (128 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (118 papers). Amitabh Chak collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Amitabh Chak's co-authors include Michael Sivak, Gregory S. Cooper, Richard C.K. Wong, Ananya Das, Marcia Irene Canto, Joseph Willis, Ashley L. Faulx, Douglas O. Faigel, Jeffrey M. Marks and Brenda J. Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Blood and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Amitabh Chak

330 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium summit on the management of patients with increased risk for familial pancreatic cancer

2012 525 citations Marcia Irene Canto, Ralph H. Hruban et al. Gut profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amitabh Chak United States	58	7.5k	5.8k	4.2k	2.2k	670	347	10.8k
Kenneth K. Wang United States	53	8.2k 1.1×	6.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	339	10.8k
Manoop S. Bhutani United States	48	5.1k 0.7×	4.2k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	481 0.7×	375	8.0k
Manabu Muto Japan	54	7.4k 1.0×	7.4k 1.3×	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 2.3×	362	11.9k
Jacques Devière Belgium	72	13.5k 1.8×	7.7k 1.3×	7.2k 1.7×	2.1k 1.0×	678 1.0×	452	17.2k
Michael L. Kochman United States	47	4.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.5×	3.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	299 0.4×	255	7.3k
B. Mark Smithers Australia	46	6.5k 0.9×	5.3k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	820 0.4×	1.6k 2.3×	247	10.9k
A. Norman United Kingdom	58	5.2k 0.7×	5.9k 1.0×	5.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	138	12.3k
Jeanin E. van Hooft Netherlands	57	8.3k 1.1×	6.0k 1.0×	5.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	231 0.3×	251	11.3k
Richard van Hillegersberg Netherlands	59	8.2k 1.1×	7.5k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	860 0.4×	678 1.0×	528	13.1k
Rodney J. Landreneau United States	74	7.6k 1.0×	11.3k 1.9×	2.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 2.8×	345	17.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amitabh Chak

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Lee, Peter, Shrinivas Bishu, Amitabh Chak, et al.. (2024). SMART Medical Review: Acute Pancreatitis Assessment and Management in the First 24 Hours. 1(2). e19–e48.

Blackford, Amanda L., Marcia Irene Canto, Mohamad Dbouk, et al.. (2024). Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance and Survival of High-Risk Individuals. JAMA Oncology. 10(8). 1087–1087. 39 indexed citations

Moinova, Helen, Suman Verma, John A. Dumot, et al.. (2024). Multicenter, Prospective Trial of Nonendoscopic Biomarker-Driven Detection of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 119(11). 2206–2214. 7 indexed citations

Chandar, Apoorva K., William M. Grady, Marcia Irene Canto, et al.. (2023). Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma With Prior Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Symptoms Are Similar to Those Without Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 119(5). 823–829. 2 indexed citations

Shah, Ravi S., Xuefeng Zhang, Abel Joseph, et al.. (2023). Accuracy of Endoscopic Biopsies for Determining Tumor Grade in Pre-resection Evaluation of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 25(4). 329–336.

Yu, Ming, Helen Moinova, Amber Willbanks, et al.. (2022). Novel DNA Methylation Biomarker Panel for Detection of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and High-Grade Dysplasia. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(17). 3761–3769. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Dennis, Peter V. Draganov, Salmaan Jawaid, et al.. (2021). Endoscopic submucosal dissection vs. endoscopic mucosal resection for early Barrett's neoplasia in the West: a retrospective study. Endoscopy. 54(5). 439–446. 25 indexed citations

Moinova, Helen, Thomas LaFramboise, James Lutterbaugh, et al.. (2018). Identifying DNA methylation biomarkers for non-endoscopic detection of Barrett’s esophagus. Science Translational Medicine. 10(424). 104 indexed citations

Yu, Ming, Sean K. Maden, Matthew D. Stachler, et al.. (2018). Subtypes of Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma based on genome-wide methylation analysis. Gut. 68(3). 389–399. 33 indexed citations

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Blum, Andrew E., Yan Guo, Lakshmeswari Ravi, et al.. (2016). RNA Sequencing Identifies Transcriptionally Viable Gene Fusions in Esophageal Adenocarcinomas. Cancer Research. 76(19). 5628–5633. 20 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiangqing, Robert C. Elston, Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan, et al.. (2016). Predicting Barrett's Esophagus in Families: An Esophagus Translational Research Network (BETRNet) Model Fitting Clinical Data to a Familial Paradigm. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(5). 727–735. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Ming, Andrew M. Kaz, Shelli M. Morris, et al.. (2015). Methylated B3GAT2 and ZNF793 Are Potential Detection Biomarkers for Barrett's Esophagus. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(12). 1890–1897. 11 indexed citations

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Moinova, Helen, Rom S. Leidner, Lakshmeswari Ravi, et al.. (2012). Aberrant Vimentin Methylation Is Characteristic of Upper Gastrointestinal Pathologies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 21(4). 594–600. 34 indexed citations

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Thompson, Cheryl L., Nathan A. Berger, Amitabh Chak, & Li Li. (2011). Racial Differences in Measures of Obesity and Risk of Colon Adenoma. Obesity. 20(3). 673–677. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiangqing, Robert C. Elston, Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan, et al.. (2010). A Segregation Analysis of Barrett's Esophagus and Associated Adenocarcinomas. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 19(3). 666–674. 33 indexed citations

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Das, Ananya, et al.. (2007). Ultrathin Esophagoscopy in Screening for Barrett's Esophagus at a Veterans Administration Hospital: Easy Access Does Not Lead to Referrals. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103(1). 92–97. 15 indexed citations

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Chak, Amitabh, et al.. (2007). Quality in endoscopy: it starts during fellowship. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 67(1). 120–122. 6 indexed citations

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Sorbi, Darius & Amitabh Chak. (2003). Unsedated EGD. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 58(1). 102–110. 17 indexed citations

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Faulx, Ashley L., Andrew Catanzaro, Stephen J. Zyzanski, et al.. (2002). Patient tolerance and acceptance of unsedated ultrathin esophagoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 55(6). 620–623. 46 indexed citations

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Cooper, Gregory S., et al.. (1999). Geographic and patient variation among Medicare beneficiaries in the use of follow‐up testing after surgery for nonmetastatic colorectal carcinoma. Cancer. 85(10). 2124–2131. 5 indexed citations

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