Asif Sharfuddin

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Asif Sharfuddin is a scholar working on Transplantation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Asif Sharfuddin has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Transplantation, 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Asif Sharfuddin's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (29 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (20 papers) and Renal and Vascular Pathologies (15 papers). Asif Sharfuddin is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (29 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (20 papers) and Renal and Vascular Pathologies (15 papers). Asif Sharfuddin collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Asif Sharfuddin's co-authors include Bruce A. Molitoris, Tim E. Taber, Muhammad S. Yaqub, Muhammad A. Mujtaba, Chandru P. Sundaram, Carrie L. Phillips, William C. Goggins, Jonathan A. Fridell, Ruben M. Sandoval and John A. Powelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, The Journal of Urology and Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Asif Sharfuddin

57 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Pathophysiology of ischemic acute kidney injury 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Pathophysiology of ischemic acute kidney injury
    2011 620 citations Asif Sharfuddin, Bruce A. Molitoris profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Asif Sharfuddin United States 16 467 332 281 273 255 65 1.3k
Luis Pallardó Spain 20 388 0.8× 379 1.1× 531 1.9× 263 1.0× 179 0.7× 73 1.4k
Urs Benck Germany 16 614 1.3× 349 1.1× 243 0.9× 216 0.8× 119 0.5× 42 1.4k
Monica Cortinovis Italy 17 312 0.7× 438 1.3× 307 1.1× 135 0.5× 253 1.0× 36 1.3k
Nils Heyne Germany 23 540 1.2× 408 1.2× 346 1.2× 231 0.8× 373 1.5× 87 1.7k
Dimitrios Goumenos Greece 20 643 1.4× 218 0.7× 107 0.4× 331 1.2× 271 1.1× 106 1.3k
Chantal Jouanneau France 20 537 1.1× 208 0.6× 133 0.5× 382 1.4× 286 1.1× 46 1.4k
Toshihide Naganuma Japan 21 468 1.0× 288 0.9× 297 1.1× 243 0.9× 69 0.3× 103 1.3k
J. Donohoe Ireland 19 607 1.3× 362 1.1× 242 0.9× 370 1.4× 296 1.2× 66 1.5k
Anna Paola Mitterhofer Italy 20 266 0.6× 340 1.0× 139 0.5× 268 1.0× 168 0.7× 75 1.5k
Amaryllis H. Van Craenenbroeck Belgium 22 424 0.9× 321 1.0× 218 0.8× 140 0.5× 315 1.2× 90 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Asif Sharfuddin

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All Works

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Sharfuddin, Asif, Jonathan A. Fridell, Anne M. Huml, et al.. (2025). Sociodemographic barriers to starting the kidney transplantation evaluation process and waitlisting in the Ohio River Valley. American Journal of Nephrology. 56(6). 1–17.
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Garg, Neetika, Carrie Thiessen, Peter P. Reese, et al.. (2023). Temporal trends in kidney paired donation in the United States: 2006-2021 UNOS/OPTN database analysis. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(1). 46–56. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christie P., Krista L. Lentine, Reginald Gohh, et al.. (2023). Genetic evaluation of living kidney donor candidates: A review and recommendations for best practices. American Journal of Transplantation. 23(5). 597–607. 29 indexed citations
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Lentine, Krista L., Mary Amanda Dew, Huiling Xiao, et al.. (2023). Factors enabling transplant program participation in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Living Donor Collective: A national survey. Clinical Transplantation. 37(4). e14908–e14908. 9 indexed citations
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El‐Sayegh, Suzanne, et al.. (2021). Bamlanivimab for COVID-19 in kidney transplant patients. American Journal of Transplantation. 21. 861–862. 1 indexed citations
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Farrow, Jason, et al.. (2021). Procedure: Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. Journal of Endourology. 35(2_suppl). S–75. 3 indexed citations
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Sharfuddin, Asif, Muhammad A. Mujtaba, Chandru P. Sundaram, et al.. (2021). Living Donor Gifted Lithiasis: Long-Term Outcomes in Recipients. Transplantation Proceedings. 53(3). 1091–1094. 3 indexed citations
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Collins, Kimberly S., Arjun Sinha, Asif Sharfuddin, et al.. (2020). Implementation of a Renal Precision Medicine Program: Clinician Attitudes and Acceptance. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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Yaqub, Muhammad S., et al.. (2019). Late pancreatic panniculitis in a simultaneous pancreas kidney transplant patient with failed allografts. American Journal of Transplantation. 19(10). 2934–2938. 1 indexed citations
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Grafals, Mónica & Asif Sharfuddin. (2019). Adrenocorticotropic Hormone in the Treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Following Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 51(6). 1831–1837. 12 indexed citations
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Sharfuddin, Asif. (2014). Renal relevant radiology: imaging in kidney transplantation. PMC. 2 indexed citations
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Mujtaba, Muhammad A., et al.. (2014). Conversion From Tacrolimus to Belatacept to Prevent the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Pancreas Transplantation: Case Report of Two Patients. American Journal of Transplantation. 14(11). 2657–2661. 19 indexed citations
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Kandula, Praveen, Jonathan A. Fridell, Tim E. Taber, et al.. (2012). Impact of Tacrolimus-Sirolimus Maintenance Immunosuppression on Proteinuria and Kidney Function in Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients. Transplantation. 94(9). 940–946. 19 indexed citations
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Sharfuddin, Asif. (2011). Imaging Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Recipients. Seminars in Nephrology. 31(3). 259–271. 13 indexed citations
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Mujtaba, Muhammad A., William C. Goggins, Andrew L. Lobashevsky, et al.. (2010). The strength of donor-specific antibody is a more reliable predictor of antibody-mediated rejection than flow cytometry crossmatch analysis in desensitized kidney recipients. Clinical Transplantation. 25(1). E96–E102. 20 indexed citations
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Mujtaba, Muhammad A., Tim E. Taber, William C. Goggins, et al.. (2010). Early Steroid Withdrawal in Repeat Kidney Transplantation. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 6(2). 404–411. 13 indexed citations
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Sharfuddin, Asif, Ruben M. Sandoval, David T. Berg, et al.. (2009). Soluble Thrombomodulin Protects Ischemic Kidneys. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20(3). 524–534. 105 indexed citations
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Sharfuddin, Asif, Ruben M. Sandoval, & Bruce A. Molitoris. (2008). Imaging Techniques in Acute Kidney Injury. Nephron Clinical Practice. 109(4). c198–c204. 9 indexed citations

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