Areef Ishani

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Areef Ishani is a scholar working on Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Areef Ishani has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Nephrology, 25 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Areef Ishani's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (35 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (22 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (17 papers). Areef Ishani is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (35 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (22 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (17 papers). Areef Ishani collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Areef Ishani's co-authors include Allan J. Collins, Robert N. Foley, Timothy J Wilt, Kristine E. Ensrud, Roderick MacDonald, Paul W. Eggers, Jay L. Xue, Paul L. Kimmel, Charles A. Herzog and Jonathan Himmelfarb and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Areef Ishani

119 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Acute Kidney Injury Increases Risk of ESRD among Elderly

2008 873 citations Areef Ishani, Allan J. Collins et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Age and Association of Kidney Measures With Mortality and End-stage Renal Disease

2012 420 citations Areef Ishani et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Areef Ishani United States	41	3.4k	1.1k	997	967	706	125	6.7k
Pierre Delanaye Belgium	46	4.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	768 0.8×	727 0.8×	685 1.0×	289	7.7k
Marc Vervloet Netherlands	43	4.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	531 0.5×	962 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	189	6.7k
Maarten W. Taal United Kingdom	45	3.4k 1.0×	907 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	947 1.0×	307 0.4×	203	6.6k
Kazuhiko Tsuruya Japan	44	3.6k 1.1×	905 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	988 1.0×	981 1.4×	399	7.1k
Marc Froissart France	38	3.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	573 0.6×	370 0.5×	112	6.5k
Adrian Covic Romania	55	5.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	2.1k 2.2×	726 1.0×	314	9.4k
Frederick J. Kaskel United States	36	4.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	621 0.6×	966 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	138	8.2k
Domenico Santoro Italy	39	2.0k 0.6×	761 0.7×	539 0.5×	613 0.6×	574 0.8×	277	5.2k
Sophie Liabeuf France	33	2.6k 0.8×	540 0.5×	559 0.6×	631 0.7×	404 0.6×	143	4.6k
Cassianne Robinson‐Cohen United States	38	1.7k 0.5×	322 0.3×	666 0.7×	672 0.7×	881 1.2×	105	4.3k

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Ishani, Areef, Sudhanshu Vrati, Mohammad Khalid Parvez, et al.. (2025). Psoralidin acts as a dual protease inhibitor against PL ^pro and M ^pro of SARS ‐ CoV ‐2. FEBS Journal. 292(5). 1106–1123. 1 indexed citations

Pestka, Deborah L., et al.. (2024). Pharmacist-driven outreach initiative to increase prescribing of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in eligible VHA patients with chronic kidney disease: a study protocol. BMC Nephrology. 25(1). 14–14.

Hau, Cynthia, Patricia Woods, Srihari Raju, et al.. (2024). Strategies for secondary use of real-world clinical and administrative data for outcome ascertainment in pragmatic clinical trials. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 150. 104587–104587. 2 indexed citations

Ishani, Areef, Cynthia Hau, Srihari Raju, et al.. (2024). Chlorthalidone vs Hydrochlorothiazide and Kidney Outcomes in Patients With Hypertension. JAMA Network Open. 7(12). e2449576–e2449576. 1 indexed citations

Murphy, Daniel P., Julian Wolfson, Scott Reule, et al.. (2024). Kidney Outcomes with Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Initiation after AKI among Veterans with Diabetic Kidney Disease. Kidney360. 5(3). 335–343. 5 indexed citations

Murphy, Daniel P., Julian Wolfson, Scott Reule, et al.. (2023). Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Blockade after AKI with or without Recovery among US Veterans with Diabetic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 34(10). 1721–1732. 9 indexed citations

Leatherman, Sarah, Cynthia Hau, Peter Glassman, et al.. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on a large pragmatic clinical trial embedded in primary care. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 129. 107179–107179. 2 indexed citations

Chu, Chi D., Kristin M. Lenoir, Sandeep Soman, et al.. (2023). Concordance between clinical outcomes in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial and in the electronic health record. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 128. 107172–107172. 2 indexed citations

Nguyen, Jennifer, Kairav Vakil, Selçuk Adabağ, et al.. (2018). Hospital Readmission Rates Following AMI: Potential Interventions to Improve Efficiency. Southern Medical Journal. 111(2). 93–97. 5 indexed citations

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Grubbs, Vanessa, Eric Vittinghoff, George W. Taylor, et al.. (2015). The association of periodontal disease with kidney function decline: a longitudinal retrospective analysis of the MrOS dental study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(3). 466–472. 40 indexed citations

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Slinin, Yelena, Nancy Greer, Areef Ishani, et al.. (2015). Timing of Dialysis Initiation, Duration and Frequency of Hemodialysis Sessions, and Membrane Flux: A Systematic Review for a KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 66(5). 823–836. 51 indexed citations

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Ishani, Areef, David T. Gilbertson, Deborah Kim, Brian D. Bradbury, & Allan J. Collins. (2014). Predialysis Care and Dialysis Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients with a Functioning Fistula. American Journal of Nephrology. 39(3). 238–247. 11 indexed citations

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Slinin, Yelena, Haifeng Guo, Suying Li, et al.. (2013). Predictors of Provider-Patient Visit Frequency during Hemodialysis. American Journal of Nephrology. 38(2). 91–98. 2 indexed citations

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Slinin, Yelena, Misti L. Paudel, Brent C Taylor, et al.. (2012). Association Between Serum 25(OH) Vitamin D and the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Older Women. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 67(10). 1092–1098. 91 indexed citations

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Kaboli, Peter J., et al.. (2011). The Impact of Primary Care Dual-Management on Quality of Care. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 11–16. 3 indexed citations

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Slinin, Yelena, et al.. (2010). Abstract 9039: Dose Dependent Effect of Statins on the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery. Circulation. 122.

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Canales, Muna, L.-Y. Lui, Brent C Taylor, et al.. (2008). Renal function and sleep-disordered breathing in older men. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 23(12). 3908–3914. 30 indexed citations

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Foley, Robert N., Allan J. Collins, Areef Ishani, & Philip A. Kalra. (2008). Calcium-phosphate levels and cardiovascular disease in community-dwelling adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. American Heart Journal. 156(3). 556–563. 210 indexed citations

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Ishani, Areef, Terri Blackwell, Sophie A. Jamal, Steven R. Cummings, & Kristine E. Ensrud. (2008). The Effect of Raloxifene Treatment in Postmenopausal Women with CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(7). 1430–1438. 101 indexed citations

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Ishani, Areef & Leopoldo Raij. (1999). Hypertension, nitric oxide and end-organ damage. Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension. 8(2). 237–241. 3 indexed citations

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