Eldon A. Shaffer

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
130 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

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Eldon A. Shaffer is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eldon A. Shaffer has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Surgery, 38 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 21 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Eldon A. Shaffer's work include Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (31 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (29 papers) and Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (19 papers). Eldon A. Shaffer is often cited by papers focused on Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (31 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (29 papers) and Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (19 papers). Eldon A. Shaffer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Hong Kong. Eldon A. Shaffer's co-authors include Laura M. Stinton, Rajveer Hundal, Robert P. Myers, I Pomeranz, Paul L. Beck, Joseph J.�Y. Sung, Martin Storr, J. W. Costerton, Brian Yan and J. R. Maltby and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Eldon A. Shaffer

129 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Epidemiology of Gallbladder Disease: Cholelithiasis and Cancer

2012 843 citations Eldon A. Shaffer et al. profile →
Gallbladder cancer: epidemiology and outcome

2014 759 citations Eldon A. Shaffer et al. profile →
Epidemiology of gallbladder stone disease

2006 559 citations Eldon A. Shaffer profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eldon A. Shaffer Canada	39	4.6k	3.4k	1.5k	760	736	130	7.1k
Ivan Cecconello Brazil	37	3.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	935 1.2×	527 0.7×	393	6.0k
Jaw‐Town Lin Taiwan	47	3.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.6×	193	6.9k
Michio Yamakido Japan	36	3.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	957 0.6×	742 1.0×	692 0.9×	173	8.1k
Alastair Windsor United Kingdom	38	4.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	421 0.6×	3.0k 4.0×	110	9.3k
N. Senninger Germany	44	3.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	355 0.5×	697 0.9×	291	6.4k
Mitchell S. Cappell United States	39	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	908 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	837 1.1×	251	5.1k
Shiu Kum Lam Hong Kong	40	4.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	599 0.4×	2.1k 2.8×	506 0.7×	126	6.4k
I. N. Marks South Africa	36	3.4k 0.7×	952 0.3×	837 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	884 1.2×	191	5.2k
Joachim Mössner Germany	49	4.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	2.7k 1.8×	721 0.9×	1.9k 2.6×	319	8.4k
Arnold G. Coran United States	47	4.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	283 0.2×	720 0.9×	554 0.8×	285	7.1k

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Raman, Maitreyi, et al.. (2008). Gastroenterology Fellowship Training: Approaches to Curriculum Assessment and Evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(6). 559–564. 3 indexed citations

Coffin, Carla S. & Eldon A. Shaffer. (2006). The Hot Air and Cold Facts of Dietary Fibre. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(4). 255–256. 8 indexed citations

Yan, Brian & Eldon A. Shaffer. (2006). Eosinophilic esophagitis: an overlooked entity in chronic dysphagia. Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 3(5). 285–289. 7 indexed citations

Shaffer, Eldon A.. (2005). Epidemiology and risk factors for gallstone disease: Has the paradigm changed in the 21st century?. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 7(2). 132–140. 358 indexed citations

Corazziari, Enrico, Eldon A. Shaffer, Walter J. Hogan, Stuart Sherman, & J. Toouli. (1999). Functional disorders of the biliary tract and pancreas. Gut. 45(suppl 2). II48–II54. 98 indexed citations

Scott, R. B., et al.. (1998). Altered migrating myoelectrical complex in an animal model of cholesterol gallstone disease: the effect of erythromycin. Gut. 43(6). 817–822. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Qing, et al.. (1996). Slow Intestinal Transit: A Motor Disorder Contributing to Cholesterol Gallstone Formation in the Ground Squirrel. Hepatology. 23(6). 1664–1672. 17 indexed citations

Dias, Valerian C., Eldon A. Shaffer, John L. Wallace, & Hannah Parsons. (1994). Bile salts determine leukotriene B4 synthesis in a human intestinal cell line (CaCo-2). Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 39(4). 802–808. 22 indexed citations

Sung, Joseph J.�Y., Eldon A. Shaffer, & J. W. Costerton. (1993). Antibacterial activity of bile salts against common biliary pathogens. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 38(11). 2104–2112. 82 indexed citations

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Freedman, Stephen B., John L. Wallace, & Eldon A. Shaffer. (1993). Characterization of leukotriene-induced contraction of the guinea-pig gallbladder in vitro. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 71(2). 145–150. 14 indexed citations

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Costerton, J. W., et al.. (1992). Defense system in the biliary tract against bacterial infection. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 37(5). 689–696. 163 indexed citations

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Sung, Joseph J.�Y., Eldon A. Shaffer, Merle S. Olson, et al.. (1991). Bacterial invasion of the biliary system by way of the portal-venous system. Hepatology. 14(2). 313–317. 51 indexed citations

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Sutherland, Lloyd R., et al.. (1991). Flumazenil, a Benzodiazepine Receptor Anatagonist, in the Reversal of Conscious Sedation following Gastroscopy. A Placebo Controlled, Dose Finding Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(6). 209–213. 2 indexed citations

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Sutherland, Francis, R. M. Preshaw, & Eldon A. Shaffer. (1990). The effect of cyclosporine A on bile secretion in dogs. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 68(1). 136–138. 3 indexed citations

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Minuk, Gerald Y., Ellen Burgess, N.B. Hershfield, et al.. (1988). Pilot study of cyclosporin A in patients with symptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 95(5). 1356–1363. 39 indexed citations

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Maltby, J. R., et al.. (1988). Gastric fluid volume pH, and emptying in elective inpatients Influences of narcoticatropine premedication oral fluid, and ranitidine. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 35(6). 562–566. 34 indexed citations

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Sylwestrowicz, T & Eldon A. Shaffer. (1988). Gallbladder Function During Gallstone Dissolution. Gastroenterology. 95(3). 740–748. 39 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Eldon A. & David Gall. (1984). POSTNATAL MATURATION OF HEPATIC BILE FORMATION IN THE RABBIT. Pediatric Research. 18. 211A–211A. 53 indexed citations

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Pomeranz, I, Joseph S. Davison, & Eldon A. Shaffer. (1983). In vitro effects of pancreatic polypeptide and motilin on contractility of human gallbladder. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 28(6). 539–544. 26 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Eldon A., et al.. (1979). Intestinal absorption of bile salts: Immature development in the neonate. The Journal of Pediatrics. 94(3). 472–476. 67 indexed citations

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