Ashish Kumar

13.0k citations

306 papers · 5.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 37

Impact in

Hepatology top 0.1%
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Hepatitis C virus research
Epidemiology top 0.5%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Hepatology 105
- Liver Disease and Transplantation 66
- Hepatitis C virus research 29
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology 15
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis 14
Epidemiology 123
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment 96
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies 30

Co-authors: Shiv Kumar Sarin (41 shared papers)Praveen Sharma (81 shared papers)Barjesh Chander Sharma (24 shared papers)Anil Arora (71 shared papers)Naresh Bansal (55 shared papers)Vikas Singla (46 shared papers)Vishal Garg (5 shared papers)Hitendra Garg (5 shared papers)
Journals: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (7 papers)Hepatology International (5 papers)Endoscopy (5 papers)The American Journal of Gastroenterology (5 papers)Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (38 papers)
Partner nations: India United States Pakistan

In The Last Decade

Ashish Kumar

265 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Is diabetes mellitus associated with mortality and severity of COVID-19? A meta-analysis 2020 · 494 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews

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1	Is diabetes mellitus associated with mortality and severity of COVID-19? A meta-analysis Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews ·Ashish Kumar, Anil Arora, Praveen Sharma, Shrihari Anil Anikhindi, Naresh Bansal, Vikas Singla, Shivam Khare, Abhishyant Srivastava Hit paper breakdown →	2020	494
2	Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Acute Hepatitis E Virus Infection Annals of Internal Medicine ·Sharda Patra, Ashish Kumar, Shubha Trivedi, Manju Puri, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2007	317
3	Granulocyte Colony–Stimulating Factor Mobilizes CD34+ Cells and Improves Survival of Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Gastroenterology ·Vishal Garg, Hitendra Garg, Arshi Khan, Nirupama Trehanpati, Ashish Kumar, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Puja Sakhuja, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2011	270
4	An Open Label, Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial of NoradrenalineVersusTerlipressin in the Treatment of Type 1 Hepatorenal Syndrome and Predictors of Response The American Journal of Gastroenterology ·Praveen Sharma, Ashish Kumar, Brajesh C. Shrama, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2008	194
5	Consensus on extra‐hepatic portal vein obstruction Liver International ·Shiv Kumar Sarin, Jose D. Sollano, Yogesh Chawla, Deepak Amarapurkar, Saeed Hamid, Makoto Hashizume, Wasim Jafri, Ashish Kumar, Masatoshi Kudo, Laurentius A. Lesmana, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Gamal Shiha, H. Janaka de Silva, (unknown)	2006	189
6	Tenofovir Improves the Outcome in Patients with Spontaneous Reactivation of Hepatitis B Presenting as Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure §Δ Hepatology ·Hitendra Garg, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Manoj Kumar, Vishal Garg, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Ashish Kumar	2010	188
7	Spleen Stiffness in Patients With Cirrhosis in Predicting Esophageal Varices The American Journal of Gastroenterology ·Praveen Sharma, Vijendra Kirnake, Pankaj Tyagi, Naresh Bansal, Vikas Singla, Ashish Kumar, Anil Arora	2013	145
8	Clinical profile and predictors of mortality in patients of acute-on-chronic liver failure Digestive and Liver Disease ·Hitendra Garg, Ashish Kumar, Vishal Garg, Praveen Sharma, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2011	142
9	Primary prophylaxis of gastric variceal bleeding comparing cyanoacrylate injection and beta-blockers: A randomized controlled trial Journal of Hepatology ·Smruti Ranjan Mishra, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Ashish Kumar, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2010	135
10	Small‐intestinal bacterial overgrowth in cirrhosis is related to the severity of liver disease Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Chandana Pande, Ashish Kumar, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2009	113
11	Noncirrhotic portal fibrosis/idiopathic portal hypertension: APASL recommendations for diagnosis and treatment Hepatology International ·Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashish Kumar, Yogesh Chawla, Sanjay Saran Baijal, Radha Krishna Dhiman, Wasim Jafri, Laurentius A. Lesmana, Debendranath Guha Mazumder, Masao Omata, Huma Qureshi, Rizvi Moattar Raza, Peush ‎Sahni, Puja Sakhuja, Mohammad Salih, Amal Santra, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Praveen Sharma, Gamal Shiha, Jose D. Sollano, (unknown)	2007	111
12	Transcatheter Closure of Congenital Ventricular Septal Defects: Experience with Various Devices Journal of Interventional Cardiology ·Ramesh Arora, Vijay Trehan, Ashish Kumar, D. Kalra, Madhuri Nigam	2003	104
13	Endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection versus -blocker for secondary prophylaxis of gastric variceal bleed: a randomised controlled trial Gut ·Sasmita Mishra, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Ashish Kumar, S. K. Sarin	2010	103
14	Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement: time to learn! PubMed ·Ashish Kumar, Praveen Sharma, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2008	93
15	Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension Clinics in Liver Disease ·Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashish Kumar	2006	66
16	Hepatitis B vaccination with or without hepatitis B immunoglobulin at birth to babies born of HBsAg‐positive mothers prevents overt HBV transmission but may not prevent occult HBV infection in babies: a randomized controlled trial Journal of Viral Hepatitis ·Chandana Pande, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Sanjib Patra, Ashish Kumar, Siddhartha Kumar Mishra, Shikha Srivastava, Karma Tenzing Bhutia, Ekta Gupta, Chinmay K. Mukhopadhyay, A. K. Dutta, Sagar Trivedi	2013	66
17	Equal Efficacy of Endoscopic Variceal Ligation and Propranolol in Preventing Variceal Bleeding in Patients With Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension Gastroenterology ·Shiv Kumar Sarin, Nitin Gupta, Sanjeev Jha, Amit Agrawal, Smruti Ranjan Mishra, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Ashish Kumar	2010	64
18	Hepatitis B virus genotype A is more often associated with severe liver disease in northern India than is genotype D. PubMed ·Ashish Kumar, Sirish Kumar, R. P. Pandey, Sita Naik, Rakesh Aggarwal	2005	64
19	Effects of the adjunctive probiotic VSL#3 on portal haemodynamics in patients with cirrhosis and large varices: a randomized trial Liver International ·Nitin Gupta, Ashish Kumar, Praveen Sharma, Vishal Garg, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Shiv Kumar Sarin	2013	64
20	Hepatitis E and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology ·Ashish Kumar, Vivek A. Saraswat	2013	59

About Ashish Kumar

Ashish Kumar is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology, Periodontics, Gastroenterology and Oral Surgery, having authored 306 papers that have together received 5.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (96 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (66 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (30 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (29 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (27 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (15 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (15 papers) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hepatology (3.3k citations), Epidemiology (3.1k citations), Gastroenterology (225 citations), Infectious Diseases (747 citations) and Surgery (1.7k citations). Ashish Kumar has collaborated with scholars based in India, United States and Pakistan. Frequent co-authors include Shiv Kumar Sarin, Praveen Sharma, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Anil Arora, Naresh Bansal, Vikas Singla, Vishal Garg, Hitendra Garg, Shrihari Anil Anikhindi and Shivam Khare. Their work appears in journals such as Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Hepatology International, Endoscopy, The American Journal of Gastroenterology and Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology.

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