Dhruv Parekh

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Dhruv Parekh is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Dhruv Parekh has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 23 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Dhruv Parekh's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (23 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (14 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers). Dhruv Parekh is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (23 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (14 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers). Dhruv Parekh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Dhruv Parekh's co-authors include David Thickett, Aaron Scott, Sebastian T. Lugg, Babu Naidu, Rachel Dancer, Jaimin Patel, Elizabeth Sapey, Davinder Dosanjh, Rahul Y. Mahida and Frances Grudzinska and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Gastroenterology and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dhruv Parekh

86 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Cigarette smoke exposure and alveolar macrophages: mechan... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. Cigarette smoke exposure and alveolar macrophages: mechanisms for lung disease
    2021 232 citations Sebastian T. Lugg, Aaron Scott et al. Thorax profile →

Peers

Dhruv Parekh
Kriang Tungsanga Thailand
Mark Dominik Alscher Germany
J. Constans France
Benjamín Van Tassell United States
Chia‐Hung Chen Taiwan
Kaijiang Yu China
John Ruzinski United States
Matthias Angstwurm Germany
Miguel Cendoroglo Brazil
Antoni Castro Spain
Kriang Tungsanga Thailand
Dhruv Parekh
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dhruv Parekh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dhruv Parekh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dhruv Parekh based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dhruv Parekh. Dhruv Parekh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vitiello, Giuseppe, Dhruv Parekh, Sophie Fletcher, et al.. (2025). Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of CHF10067 in Subjects With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Phase Ib Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(Supplement_1). A2927–A2927.
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Scott, Aaron, et al.. (2025). Metagenomics in the diagnosis of pneumonia: a systematic review. Infectious Diseases. 58(1). 1–25.
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Parekh, Dhruv, et al.. (2025). Metagenomics in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 113(3). 116995–116995. 1 indexed citations
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Chadda, Karan R., Sally Roberts, Sebastian T. Lugg, et al.. (2024). Vitamin D deficiency and duration of COVID-19 symptoms in UK healthcare workers. Frontiers in Medicine. 11. 1494129–1494129. 2 indexed citations
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Scott, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Metagenomics in the Diagnosis of Pneumonia: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e57334–e57334. 2 indexed citations
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Mahida, Rahul Y., Rachel Dancer, Marlies Ostermann, et al.. (2023). Raised FGF23 Correlates to Increased Mortality in Critical Illness, Independent of Vitamin D. Biology. 12(2). 309–309. 4 indexed citations
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Mahida, Rahul Y., Siân Lax, Christopher Bassford, et al.. (2023). Impaired alveolar macrophage 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 reductase activity contributes to increased pulmonary inflammation and mortality in sepsis-related ARDS. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1159831–1159831. 9 indexed citations
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Mahida, Rahul Y., Sebastian T. Lugg, Hui Li, et al.. (2022). CD14-positive extracellular vesicles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid as a new biomarker of acute respiratory distress syndrome. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 322(4). L617–L624. 13 indexed citations
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Lugg, Sebastian T., Sian Faustini, Craig Webster, et al.. (2022). Vitamin D status: a U-shaped relationship for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in UK healthcare workers. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 9(1). e001258–e001258. 1 indexed citations
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Dawson, Camilla, Paul Nankivell, J.P. Pracy, et al.. (2022). Functional Laryngeal Assessment in Patients with Tracheostomy Following COVID-19 a Prospective Cohort Study. Dysphagia. 38(2). 657–666. 2 indexed citations
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Belchamber, Kylie, Jon Hazeldine, Frances Grudzinska, et al.. (2022). Dysregulated Neutrophil Phenotype and Function in Hospitalised Non-ICU COVID-19 Pneumonia. Cells. 11(18). 2901–2901. 10 indexed citations
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Soltan, Marina, Justin Varney, Colin Melville, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 admission risk tools should include multiethnic age structures, multimorbidity and deprivation metrics for air pollution, household overcrowding, housing quality and adult skills. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8(1). e000951–e000951. 10 indexed citations
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Crowley, Louise, Dhruv Parekh, Anjali Crawshaw, et al.. (2021). Real-world retrospective observational study exploring the effectiveness and safety of antifibrotics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8(1). e000782–e000782. 26 indexed citations
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Veenith, Tonny, Benjamin A. Fisher, Daniel Slade, et al.. (2021). CATALYST trial protocol: a multicentre, open-label, phase II, multiarm trial for an early and accelerated evaluation of the potential treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults. BMJ Open. 11(11). e050202–e050202. 3 indexed citations
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Martucci, Gennaro, et al.. (2020). Metabolic and Endocrine Challenges. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 42(1). 78–97. 2 indexed citations
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Martucci, Gennaro, Dayre McNally, Dhruv Parekh, et al.. (2019). Trying to identify who may benefit most from future vitamin D intervention trials: a post hoc analysis from the VITDAL-ICU study excluding the early deaths. Critical Care. 23(1). 200–200. 45 indexed citations
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Sapey, Elizabeth, Jaimin Patel, Hannah Greenwood, et al.. (2019). Simvastatin Improves Neutrophil Function and Clinical Outcomes in Pneumonia. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(10). 1282–1293. 69 indexed citations
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Parekh, Dhruv, Rachel Dancer, Daniel Park, Gavin D. Perkins, & David Thickett. (2013). Salmeterol prevents pneumonia and reduces biomarkers of inflammation/epithelial damage but not acute lung injury following oesophagectomy-the results of BALTI-prevention trial. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). 1818–1818. 1 indexed citations
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Parekh, Dhruv. (2008). Extracellular ATP in asthma airway inflammation. Thorax. 63(2). 140–140. 1 indexed citations

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