Carl Atkinson

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Carl Atkinson is a scholar working on Surgery, Immunology and Transplantation. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl Atkinson has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Surgery, 45 papers in Immunology and 31 papers in Transplantation. Recurrent topics in Carl Atkinson's work include Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (35 papers), Complement system in diseases (27 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (24 papers). Carl Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (35 papers), Complement system in diseases (27 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (24 papers). Carl Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Carl Atkinson's co-authors include Stephen Tomlinson, Richard C. Trembath, Nicholas W. Morrell, Susan Stewart, Rajiv D. Machado, Jennifer R. Thomson, Paul D. Upton, Fei Qiao, Martin Goddard and Bärbel Rohrer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Carl Atkinson

133 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated With Reduced Pulmonary Vascular Expression of Type II Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor

2002 525 citations Carl Atkinson et al. profile →
Clinical and Molecular Genetic Features of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

2001 518 citations Carl Atkinson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carl Atkinson United States	38	1.6k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	531	141	4.9k
Mauro Abbate Italy	48	890 0.5×	881 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	2.3k 2.2×	721 1.4×	116	7.2k
Udo Helmchen Germany	37	942 0.6×	949 0.7×	565 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	492 0.9×	110	4.8k
Tammo Ostendorf Germany	44	651 0.4×	790 0.6×	645 0.6×	2.0k 1.9×	354 0.7×	98	5.1k
Michio Nagata Japan	38	707 0.4×	762 0.6×	885 0.8×	2.1k 2.0×	269 0.5×	201	5.7k
Jeffrey W. Pippin United States	52	764 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	700 0.6×	3.5k 3.3×	382 0.7×	130	7.8k
Sharon D. Ricardo Australia	40	806 0.5×	917 0.7×	931 0.9×	2.5k 2.4×	299 0.6×	109	5.5k
Chantal Mandet France	38	532 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	956 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	500 0.9×	96	4.5k
Lois J. Arend United States	37	746 0.5×	853 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	241 0.5×	103	4.6k
Laurent Daniel France	34	1.1k 0.7×	909 0.7×	645 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	86 0.2×	161	4.1k
Guoping Zheng Australia	33	677 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	714 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	118 0.2×	112	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Carl Atkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl Atkinson

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Biondo, Mark, et al.. (2025). CSL040 ameliorates primary graft dysfunction in pre-clinical models of lung transplantation. Immunobiology. 230(4). 152991–152991.

Sugiura, Yusuke, Kaijie Zhang, Yuanqing Yan, et al.. (2025). Exploring fibroblast activation protein as an early biomarker in chronic lung allograft dysfunction. European Respiratory Journal. 2501738–2501738.

D’Lugos, Andrew C., et al.. (2025). Complement pathway activation mediates pancreatic cancer–induced muscle wasting and pathological remodeling. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(12). 1 indexed citations

Pinelli, David F., M. Knight John, Austin Chang, et al.. (2025). Long Term Outcomes of Lung Transplantation in Sensitized Patients Following Eculizumab Use With the Desensitization Protocol. Transplant International. 38. 15040–15040.

Voza, Francesca, Carlos Theodore Huerta, Hongwei Shao, et al.. (2024). Fibroblasts in Diabetic Foot Ulcers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(4). 2172–2172. 26 indexed citations

Lin, Chengjie, Biao Lei, Shilian Chen, et al.. (2023). Complement inhibition alleviates donor brain death-induced liver injury and posttransplant cascade injury by regulating phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling. American Journal of Transplantation. 23(4). 484–497. 5 indexed citations

Atkinson, Carl, et al.. (2022). Nanotherapeutics in transplantation: How do we get to clinical implementation?. American Journal of Transplantation. 22(5). 1293–1298. 9 indexed citations

Michels, Kathryn, Yogesh Scindia, Sophie Vaulont, et al.. (2022). Aspergillus Utilizes Extracellular Heme as an Iron Source During Invasive Pneumonia, Driving Infection Severity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(10). 1811–1821. 14 indexed citations

Nguyen, Hung, Ali Alawieh, David Bastian, et al.. (2020). Targeting the Complement Alternative Pathway Permits Graft Versus Leukemia Activity while Preventing Graft Versus Host Disease. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(13). 3481–3490. 9 indexed citations

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Mulligan, Jennifer K., et al.. (2018). Impact of Mitochondrial Permeability on Endothelial Cell Immunogenicity in Transplantation. Transplantation. 102(6). 935–944. 10 indexed citations

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Mani, Santhosh K., Harinath Kasiganesan, Amanda C. LaRue, et al.. (2018). HDAC inhibition helps post-MI healing by modulating macrophage polarization. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 119. 51–63. 50 indexed citations

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Janech, Michael G., Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Carl Atkinson, et al.. (2017). Serum Proteins Associated with Emphysema Progression in Severe Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 4(3). 204–216. 7 indexed citations

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Mulligan, Jennifer K., et al.. (2017). Dietary vitamin D3 deficiency exacerbates sinonasal inflammation and alters local 25(OH)D3 metabolism. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0186374–e0186374. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenjun, et al.. (2014). Z α1-Antitrypsin Confers a Proinflammatory Phenotype That Contributes to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 189(8). 909–931. 43 indexed citations

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Sun, Shihui, Hanbin Wang, Guangyu Zhao, et al.. (2011). Complement Inhibition Alleviates Paraquat-Induced Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 45(4). 834–842. 37 indexed citations

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Ellett, Justin D., Carl Atkinson, Zachary Evans, et al.. (2010). Murine Kupffer Cells Are Protective in Total Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury with Bowel Congestion through IL-10. The Journal of Immunology. 184(10). 5849–5858. 64 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Carl, Juan Carlos Varela, & Stephen Tomlinson. (2009). Complement-Dependent Inflammation and Injury in a Murine Model of Brain Dead Donor Hearts. Circulation Research. 105(11). 1094–1101. 36 indexed citations

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Huang, Yuxiang, Fei Qiao, Carl Atkinson, V. Michael Holers, & Stephen Tomlinson. (2008). A Novel Targeted Inhibitor of the Alternative Pathway of Complement and Its Therapeutic Application in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. The Journal of Immunology. 181(11). 8068–8076. 113 indexed citations

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Song, Hongbin, Fei Qiao, Carl Atkinson, V. Michael Holers, & Stephen Tomlinson. (2007). A Complement C3 Inhibitor Specifically Targeted to Sites of Complement Activation Effectively Ameliorates Collagen-Induced Arthritis in DBA/1J Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 179(11). 7860–7867. 34 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Carl, Hong Zhu, Fei Qiao, et al.. (2006). Complement-Dependent P-Selectin Expression and Injury following Ischemic Stroke. The Journal of Immunology. 177(10). 7266–7274. 70 indexed citations

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