D. Adu

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

D. Adu is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Adu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 17 papers in Nephrology and 12 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in D. Adu's work include Vasculitis and related conditions (16 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (14 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (9 papers). D. Adu is often cited by papers focused on Vasculitis and related conditions (16 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (14 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (9 papers). D. Adu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and United States. D. Adu's co-authors include Caroline O.S. Savage, P A Bacon, P. Emery, Raashid Luqmani, Abeed A. Pall, B Janssen, Robert J. Moots, Nicholas T. Richards, Lorraine Harper and J. Michael and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Kidney International.

In The Last Decade

D. Adu

57 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) in systemic necrotizing vasculitis.

1994 851 citations Raashid Luqmani, P A Bacon et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Adu United Kingdom	26	1.8k	869	709	534	525	58	2.9k
Dwomoa Adu United Kingdom	30	1.4k 0.8×	662 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	515 1.0×	415 0.8×	73	3.2k
Jan‐Stephan Sanders Netherlands	34	1.2k 0.7×	430 0.5×	455 0.6×	875 1.6×	270 0.5×	168	4.2k
Stephen P. McAdoo United Kingdom	27	1.0k 0.6×	474 0.5×	711 1.0×	643 1.2×	192 0.4×	103	2.5k
Andrew Exley United Kingdom	23	1.2k 0.7×	596 0.7×	119 0.2×	634 1.2×	352 0.7×	46	2.3k
Alexandre Karras France	40	1.2k 0.7×	880 1.0×	2.0k 2.8×	1.3k 2.5×	245 0.5×	164	5.1k
Christopher G. Winearls United Kingdom	30	735 0.4×	225 0.3×	1.1k 1.6×	193 0.4×	239 0.5×	83	3.6k
Conrad L. Pirani United States	34	569 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.6k 2.2×	557 1.0×	112 0.2×	79	3.1k
Yoshifumi Ubara Japan	29	826 0.5×	616 0.7×	1.5k 2.1×	210 0.4×	293 0.6×	366	3.6k
E Imbasciati Italy	28	602 0.3×	543 0.6×	1.8k 2.6×	481 0.9×	75 0.1×	94	2.9k
Nesrin Beşbaş Türkiye	32	668 0.4×	519 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	1.2k 2.3×	154 0.3×	169	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Adu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ojo, Akinlolu, D. Adu, Kate Bramham, et al.. (2025). APOL1 kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney International. 108(5). 763–779. 2 indexed citations

Landray, Martin, Colin Baigent, Craig Leaper, et al.. (2006). The Second United Kingdom Heart and Renal Protection (UK-HARP-II) Study: A Randomized Controlled Study of the Biochemical Safety and Efficacy of Adding Ezetimibe to Simvastatin as Initial Therapy Among Patients With CKD. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 47(3). 385–395. 74 indexed citations

Pankhurst, Tanya & D. Adu. (2004). Antibodies in the prevention of renal allograft rejection. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 4(2). 243–252. 4 indexed citations

Adu, D., et al.. (2003). Interleukin-2 receptor monoclonal antibodies in renal transplantation: meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 326(7393). 789–789. 118 indexed citations

Cockwell, Paul, Christopher Brooks, D. Adu, & Caroline O.S. Savage. (1999). Interleukin-8: A pathogenetic role in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated glomerulonephritis. Kidney International. 55(3). 852–863. 118 indexed citations

Harper, Lorraine, et al.. (1998). Vasculitis Sistémica Primaria. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

Harper, Lorraine, et al.. (1997). Primary systemic vasculitis. The Lancet. 349(9051). 553–558. 152 indexed citations

Yeboah, Edward D., et al.. (1996). Hemodialysis in the Treatment of Acute Renal Failure in Tropical Africa: A 20-Year Review at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. Renal Failure. 18(3). 517–524. 11 indexed citations

Adu, D., Caroline O.S. Savage, C M Lockwood, et al.. (1994). ANCA POSITIVE AND ANCA NEGATIVE MICROSCOPIC POLYARTERITIS. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 5(3). 825–825. 4 indexed citations

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Luqmani, Raashid, Abeed A. Pall, D. Adu, et al.. (1993). CONTROLLED TRIAL OF PULSE VS CONTINUOUS CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (CY) AND PREDNISOLONE (P) IN THE TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 36. 1 indexed citations

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Gordon, Melita A., Raashid Luqmani, D. Adu, et al.. (1993). Necrotizing Vasculitis — Relapse Despite Cytotoxic Therapy. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 336. 477–481. 9 indexed citations

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Adu, D., Alexander J. Howie, P. Emery, et al.. (1993). GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Lara D. Veeken. 32(11). 1008–1011. 18 indexed citations

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Varagunam, Mira, et al.. (1993). Little Evidence for Anti-Endothelial-Cell Antibodies in Microscopic Polyarteritis and Wegener’s Granulomatosis. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 336(2). 419–422. 14 indexed citations

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Richards, Nicholas T., et al.. (1993). Increased prevalence of dialysis-dependent renal failure in ethnic minorities in the West Midlands. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 8(2). 146–148. 16 indexed citations

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Greaves, Ian, K F Kane, Nicholas T. Richards, et al.. (1992). Pigeons and peritonitis?. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 7(9). 967–969. 21 indexed citations

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Beaman, M., I. C. M. Maclennan, & D. Adu. (1989). T-Cell-Independent and T-Cell-Dependent Antibody Responses in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 4(3). 216–221. 31 indexed citations

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Brown, Phillip, et al.. (1985). Peritonitis due to Streptococcus viridans in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.. BMJ. 290(6473). 969.2–970. 20 indexed citations

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McMaster, P, et al.. (1984). Combined kidney and pancreas grafting--is it really safe and does it jeopardize the kidney?. PubMed. 16(3). 704–6. 4 indexed citations

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Brown, Christian, J S Cameron, D. Adu, et al.. (1983). High versus "low" dose corticosteroids in recipients of cadaveric kidneys: prospective controlled trial.. BMJ. 286(6371). 1097–1100. 18 indexed citations

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Adu, D., et al.. (1973). Renal transplantation in leprosy.. BMJ. 2(5861). 280–281. 11 indexed citations

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