Eric I. Benchimol

31.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
258 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Eric I. Benchimol is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric I. Benchimol has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Genetics, 117 papers in Epidemiology and 81 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Eric I. Benchimol's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (137 papers), Microscopic Colitis (100 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (35 papers). Eric I. Benchimol is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (137 papers), Microscopic Colitis (100 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (35 papers). Eric I. Benchimol collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Eric I. Benchimol's co-authors include Gilaad G. Kaplan, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Astrid Guttmann, Sinéad Langan, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Irene Petersen, Liam Smeeth, Erik von Elm and David Moher and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Eric I. Benchimol

241 papers receiving 19.5k 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.

Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies

2017 4.3k citations Fox E. Underwood, Eric I. Benchimol et al. profile →
Increasing Incidence and Prevalence of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases With Time, Based on Systematic Review

2011 3.7k citations Eric I. Benchimol, Gilaad G. Kaplan et al. Gastroenterology profile →
The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) Statement

2015 3.4k citations Eric I. Benchimol, Liam Smeeth et al. profile →
Epidemiology of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review of international trends

2010 697 citations Eric I. Benchimol, Kyle J. Fortinsky et al. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases profile →
The Worldwide Incidence and Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the 21st Century: A Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies

2017 451 citations Fox E. Underwood, Eric I. Benchimol et al. Gastroenterology profile →
The reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely collected health data statement for pharmacoepidemiology (RECORD-PE)

2018 361 citations Sinéad Langan, Véra Ehrenstein et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eric I. Benchimol	9.7k	7.6k	5.4k	2.9k	2.3k	258	19.7k
David T. Rubin	11.1k 1.1×	8.5k 1.1×	5.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	727	18.1k
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan	11.6k 1.2×	10.6k 1.4×	5.8k 1.1×	4.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.0×	498	22.5k
Anne M. Griffiths	16.1k 1.7×	11.3k 1.5×	7.3k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.5×	363	23.0k
Siddharth Singh	6.9k 0.7×	11.1k 1.5×	6.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	412	20.9k
Richard N. Fedorak	15.4k 1.6×	11.8k 1.6×	6.7k 1.2×	4.3k 1.5×	5.4k 2.3×	393	27.2k
Subrata Ghosh	17.1k 1.8×	12.2k 1.6×	8.5k 1.6×	5.1k 1.7×	5.9k 2.6×	590	31.0k
Gilaad G. Kaplan	15.7k 1.6×	13.3k 1.8×	11.2k 2.1×	6.2k 2.1×	4.5k 2.0×	486	34.2k
Michael D. Kappelman	5.6k 0.6×	4.6k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	709 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	282	11.6k
Jonas F. Ludvigsson	6.2k 0.6×	13.4k 1.8×	10.4k 1.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	641	35.3k
Siew C. Ng	10.1k 1.0×	7.5k 1.0×	8.5k 1.6×	10.5k 3.6×	3.1k 1.3×	412	30.3k

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Murthy, Sanjay K., Faria Ahmed, Michael Pugliese, et al.. (2025). A Population‐Based Matched Cohort Study of Extra‐Digestive Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Individuals With and Without Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 63(6). 859–873.

Im, James, et al.. (2025). Unmet Healthcare Needs Among People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Canadian Cross-Sectional Population-Representative Study. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 70(6). 1996–2006. 1 indexed citations

Benchimol, Eric I., et al.. (2025). Incidence of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Canada: Time Trends and Analysis by Location, Maternal Age, and Sex. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 60(4). 162194–162194.

Kuenzig, M Ellen, Thomas D. Walters, David Mack, et al.. (2024). High Healthcare Costs in Childhood Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Development of a Prediction Model Using Linked Clinical and Health Administrative Data. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(4). 1018–1031. 2 indexed citations

Li, Wen‐Bin, Bettina E. Hansen, Aliya Gulamhusein, et al.. (2024). Primary sclerosing cholangitis–inflammatory bowel disease: Epidemiology, mortality, and impact of diagnostic sequence. JHEP Reports. 7(3). 101272–101272. 2 indexed citations

Ehrenstein, Véra, Maja Hellfritzsch, Johnny Kahlert, et al.. (2024). Validation of algorithms in studies based on routinely collected health data: general principles. American Journal of Epidemiology. 193(11). 1612–1624. 10 indexed citations

Lee, Jennifer J., Sasha Bernatsky, Eric I. Benchimol, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 vaccination safety and associated health care utilization among adults with inflammatory bowel disease – a population-based self-controlled case series analysis. BMC Gastroenterology. 24(1). 189–189. 1 indexed citations

Coward, Stephanie, Eric I. Benchimol, C N Bernstein, et al.. (2023). A169 THE DIRECT COSTS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN CANADA: A POPULATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL AND CURRENT COSTS. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 6(Supplement_1). 14–15.

Singh, H.B., Alain Bitton, Gilaad G. Kaplan, et al.. (2023). A183 VARIATION IN HEALTH SERVICES UTILIZATION AND RISK OF SURGERY ACROSS CHILDREN WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A MULTIPROVINCE COHORT STUDY. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 6(Supplement_1). 27–28.

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King, James A., Jeffrey A. Bakal, Bing Li, et al.. (2023). Variation in Testing for and Incidence of Celiac Autoimmunity in Canada: A Population-Based Study. Gastroenterology. 164(4). 567–578.e7. 7 indexed citations

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Khan, Rabia, M Ellen Kuenzig, & Eric I. Benchimol. (2023). Epidemiology of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 52(3). 483–496. 23 indexed citations

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Windsor, Joseph W., M Ellen Kuenzig, Sanjay K. Murthy, et al.. (2023). The 2023 Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada: Executive Summary. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 6(Supplement_2). S1–S8. 20 indexed citations

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Torrente, Franco, Susanna Meade, Eric I. Benchimol, et al.. (2022). Thromboprophylaxis Use in Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An International RAND Appropriateness Panel. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 16(10). 1609–1616. 7 indexed citations

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Widdifield, Jessica, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Lihi Eder, et al.. (2022). Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes among individuals with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases tested between March 1 and Nov 22, 2021, in Ontario, Canada: a population-based analysis. The Lancet Rheumatology. 4(6). e430–e440. 25 indexed citations

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Marcon, Margaret, Geoffrey C. Nguyen, Eric I. Benchimol, et al.. (2022). Impact of antegrade enema initiation on healthcare utilization in pediatric patients: A population‐based cohort study. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 35(3). e14495–e14495. 2 indexed citations

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Ricciuto, Amanda, Christopher A Lamb, Eric I. Benchimol, et al.. (2021). Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Activity is Associated with COVID-19 Severity Especially in Younger Patients. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 16(4). 591–600. 18 indexed citations

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Nakhla, Meranda, Marc Simard, Isabelle Larocque, et al.. (2019). <p>Identifying pediatric diabetes cases from health administrative data: a population-based validation study in Quebec, Canada</p>. Clinical Epidemiology. Volume 11. 833–843. 12 indexed citations

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Dol, Justine, Perri R. Tutelman, Christine T. Chambers, et al.. (2019). Health Researchers’ Use of Social Media: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(11). e13687–e13687. 58 indexed citations

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Benchimol, Eric I., Liam Smeeth, Astrid Guttmann, et al.. (2016). Das RECORD-Statement zum Berichten von Beobachtungsstudien, die routinemäßig gesammelte Gesundheitsdaten verwenden = The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) statement. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 1 indexed citations

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Fortinsky, Kyle J., et al.. (2011). Internet and electronic resources for inflammatory bowel disease: A primer for providers and patients. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 18(6). 1156–1163. 41 indexed citations

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