EJ Balthazar

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

EJ Balthazar is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, EJ Balthazar has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in EJ Balthazar's work include Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (3 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (3 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (3 papers). EJ Balthazar is often cited by papers focused on Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (3 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (3 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (3 papers). EJ Balthazar collaborates with scholars based in United States. EJ Balthazar's co-authors include Alec J. Megibow, John H.C. Ranson, David Robinson, David P. Naidich, Donald H. Hulnick, Michael Macari, S Hilton, Richard S. Lefleur, B R Subramanyam and S C Horii and has published in prestigious journals such as Radiology, The American Journal of Gastroenterology and American Journal of Roentgenology.

In The Last Decade

EJ Balthazar

20 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Acute pancreatitis: value of CT in establishing prognosis. 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750 1000
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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. Acute pancreatitis: value of CT in establishing prognosis.
    1990 1.1k citations EJ Balthazar, David Robinson et al. Radiology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
EJ Balthazar United States 15 1.7k 874 440 408 301 21 2.0k
A Rohner Switzerland 23 1.5k 0.9× 571 0.7× 372 0.8× 581 1.4× 153 0.5× 96 1.9k
T Leese United Kingdom 20 1.4k 0.8× 634 0.7× 165 0.4× 790 1.9× 193 0.6× 35 1.7k
Alan H. Robbins United States 20 1.6k 0.9× 340 0.4× 363 0.8× 813 2.0× 281 0.9× 44 2.2k
E J Balthazar United States 28 3.3k 1.9× 1.2k 1.3× 1.3k 3.0× 658 1.6× 506 1.7× 43 3.9k
Morton A. Meyers United States 28 1.5k 0.9× 230 0.3× 306 0.7× 589 1.4× 155 0.5× 76 2.0k
W. Wiesner Switzerland 22 1.6k 0.9× 401 0.5× 352 0.8× 677 1.7× 129 0.4× 56 1.9k
S. Arthur Localio United States 19 862 0.5× 473 0.5× 138 0.3× 248 0.6× 142 0.5× 34 1.1k
J Róbert Switzerland 17 567 0.3× 210 0.2× 263 0.6× 282 0.7× 357 1.2× 41 1.2k
J Mouïel France 21 1.9k 1.1× 422 0.5× 414 0.9× 1.1k 2.6× 239 0.8× 96 2.5k
Thakur Deen Yadav India 20 1.2k 0.7× 600 0.7× 182 0.4× 453 1.1× 112 0.4× 138 1.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balthazar, EJ. (1998). Appendicitis: the impact of computed tomography imaging on negative appendectomy and perforation rates. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 93(5). 768–771. 12 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, David Robinson, Alec J. Megibow, & John H.C. Ranson. (1990). Acute pancreatitis: value of CT in establishing prognosis.. Radiology. 174(2). 331–336. 1124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Balthazar, EJ, David P. Naidich, Alec J. Megibow, & Richard S. Lefleur. (1987). CT evaluation of esophageal varices. American Journal of Roentgenology. 148(1). 131–135. 28 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1987). Cytomegalovirus esophagitis in AIDS: radiographic features in 16 patients. American Journal of Roentgenology. 149(5). 919–923. 52 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1986). CT of appendicitis. American Journal of Roentgenology. 147(4). 705–710. 77 indexed citations
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Hulnick, Donald H., et al.. (1985). Abdominal tuberculosis: CT evaluation.. Radiology. 157(1). 199–204. 187 indexed citations
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Subramanyam, BR, et al.. (1985). Abdominal lymphadenopathy in intravenous drug addicts: sonographic features and clinical significance. American Journal of Roentgenology. 144(5). 917–920. 6 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1985). Cytomegalovirus esophagitis and gastritis in AIDS. American Journal of Roentgenology. 144(6). 1201–1204. 50 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, Alec J. Megibow, David P. Naidich, & Richard S. Lefleur. (1984). Computed tomographic recognition of gastric varices. American Journal of Roentgenology. 142(6). 1121–1125. 27 indexed citations
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Subramanyam, BR, et al.. (1984). Sonography of the accessory spleen. American Journal of Roentgenology. 143(1). 47–49. 28 indexed citations
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Subramanyam, B R, et al.. (1983). Sonography of portosystemic venous collaterals in portal hypertension.. Radiology. 146(1). 161–166. 76 indexed citations
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Subramanyam, B R, M A Bosniak, S C Horii, Alec J. Megibow, & EJ Balthazar. (1983). Replacement lipomatosis of the kidney: diagnosis by computed tomography and sonography.. Radiology. 148(3). 791–792. 31 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1982). Gastric carcinoid tumors: radiographic features in eight cases. American Journal of Roentgenology. 139(6). 1123–1127. 8 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1980). Scirrhous carcinoma of the pyloric channel and distal antrum. American Journal of Roentgenology. 134(4). 669–673. 16 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1979). Primary and metastatic scirrrhous carcinoma of the rectum. American Journal of Roentgenology. 132(5). 711–715. 54 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ. (1979). Primary and metastatic scirrhous carcinoma of the rectum. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 132. 711–715. 41 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1977). Chronic calcific pancreatitis in association with celiac disease.. PubMed. 68(4). 358–61. 14 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1973). Calcifying mucin producing adenocarcinoma of stomach.. PubMed. 73(22). 2704–6. 2 indexed citations
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Balthazar, EJ, et al.. (1972). Radiographic signs of splenic atrophy in sickle-cell disease.. PubMed. 23(2). 133–5. 1 indexed citations

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