George B. McDonald

30.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
182 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

George B. McDonald is a scholar working on Hematology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, George B. McDonald has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Hematology, 42 papers in Surgery and 40 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in George B. McDonald's work include Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (97 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (25 papers) and Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (20 papers). George B. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (97 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (25 papers) and Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (20 papers). George B. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. George B. McDonald's co-authors include Howard M. Shulman, Rainer Storb, Keith M. Sullivan, Robert C. Hackman, George E. Sale, E. Donnall Thomas, Pankaj Sharma, Paul J. Martin, Gary E. Striker and Mang-So Tsoi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

George B. McDonald

178 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

Chronic graft-versus-host syndrome in man 1979 2026 1994 2010 1980 2010 1993 1984 1980 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Chronic graft-versus-host syndrome in man
    1980 1.9k citations Howard M. Shulman, George B. McDonald et al. profile →
  2. Reduced Mortality after Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation
    2010 1.0k citations Ted Gooley, Paul J. Martin et al. profile →
  3. Veno-occlusive Disease of the Liver and Multiorgan Failure after Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Cohort Study of 355 Patients
    1993 873 citations George B. McDonald et al. profile →
  4. Venocclusive Disease of the Liver after Bone Marrow Transplantation: Diagnosis, Incidence, and Predisposing Factors
    1984 615 citations George B. McDonald, Howard M. Shulman et al. profile →
  5. An analysis of hepatic venocclusive disease and centrilobular hepatic degeneration following bone marrow transplantation
    1980 215 citations Howard M. Shulman, George B. McDonald et al. Gastroenterology profile →
  6. Gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease in man
    1979 167 citations Howard M. Shulman, George B. McDonald et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George B. McDonald United States 62 8.3k 2.7k 2.6k 2.5k 2.1k 182 13.9k
Claudio Ponticelli Italy 65 1.6k 0.2× 767 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 464 16.4k
Francesco Paolo Schena Italy 64 1.2k 0.1× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 806 0.4× 279 14.1k
Christophe Legendre France 76 1.2k 0.1× 2.2k 0.8× 3.6k 1.4× 3.6k 1.5× 2.3k 1.1× 426 18.5k
Edgar L. Milford United States 47 1.2k 0.1× 880 0.3× 1.5k 0.6× 2.6k 1.0× 3.2k 1.5× 164 13.3k
Gary Levy Canada 67 934 0.1× 958 0.3× 4.1k 1.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 377 14.1k
Brad H. Rovin United States 67 1.3k 0.2× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 6.0k 2.4× 428 0.2× 342 19.2k
Glen S. Markowitz United States 63 1.2k 0.1× 1.2k 0.4× 840 0.3× 1.7k 0.7× 475 0.2× 195 13.5k
Nina Tolkoff-Rubin United States 49 1000 0.1× 971 0.4× 3.0k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 852 0.4× 142 9.9k
Lionel Rostaing France 72 945 0.1× 2.0k 0.7× 5.3k 2.0× 2.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 591 20.2k
Claude Chastang France 44 2.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 609 0.3× 154 9.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McDonald, George B., et al.. (2019). Cytomegalovirus hepatitis after bone marrow transplantation: An autopsy study with clinical, histologic and laboratory correlates. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 26(11). 1344–1350. 5 indexed citations
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Khimani, Farhad, George B. McDonald, Howard M. Shulman, et al.. (2018). Hepatic veno-occlusive disease following sirolimus-based immune suppression. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 54(1). 85–89. 7 indexed citations
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Torres, Harrys A. & George B. McDonald. (2016). How I treat hepatitis C virus infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. Blood. 128(11). 1449–1457. 22 indexed citations
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Martin, Paul J., George B. McDonald, Barry E. Storer, et al.. (2014). Prognostic factors and outcomes of severe gastrointestinal GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 49(7). 966–971. 105 indexed citations
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Loeb, Keith R., Howard M. Shulman, Sajida Hassan, et al.. (2014). Fibrosing Cholestatic Hepatitis C After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 39(2). 212–220. 12 indexed citations
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Hansen, John A., Samir Hanash, Laura Tabellini, et al.. (2013). A Novel Soluble Form of Tim-3 Associated with Severe Graft-versus-Host Disease. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 19(9). 1323–1330. 67 indexed citations
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Rezvani, Andrew R., Barry E. Storer, Rainer Storb, et al.. (2011). Decreased Serum Albumin as a Biomarker for Severe Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Reduced-Intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 17(11). 1594–1601. 52 indexed citations
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Lord, James D., Robert C. Hackman, Ted Gooley, et al.. (2010). Blood and Gastric FOXP3+ T Cells Are Not Decreased in Human Gastric Graft-versus-Host Disease. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 17(4). 486–496. 20 indexed citations
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Hockenbery, David M., Scott Cruickshank, Timothy C. Rodell, et al.. (2007). A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oral beclomethasone dipropionate as a prednisone-sparing therapy for gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 109(10). 4557–4563. 79 indexed citations
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McDonald, George B.. (2006). Advances in prevention and treatment of hepatic disorders following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology. 19(2). 341–352. 10 indexed citations
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McDonald, George B., Scott Cruickshank, Timothy C. Rodell, & David M. Hockenbery. (2006). Oral beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) for gastrointestinal GVHD: A corticosteroid-sparing treatment with improved survival at day +200. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 12(2). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Holmberg, Leona, Ted Gooley, K Kikuchi, et al.. (2004). Gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease after autologous stem cell transplant: incidence, outcome, and risk factors. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 10. 15–15. 1 indexed citations
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Strasser, Simone I., Howard M. Shulman, & George B. McDonald. (1999). CHOLESTASIS AFTER HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION. Clinics in Liver Disease. 3(3). 651–668. 15 indexed citations
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McDonald, George B., et al.. (1998). Course of Crohn's disease after allogeneic marrow transplantation. Gastroenterology. 114(3). 433–440. 161 indexed citations
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Tzung, Shie-Pon, Robert C. Hackman, David M. Hockenbery, et al.. (1998). Lymphocytic gastritis resembling graft-vs.-host disease following autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 4(1). 43–48. 13 indexed citations
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Kiem, Hans‐Peter, et al.. (1997). Prevalence of Hepatitis G Virus in Patients With Aplastic Anemia. Blood. 90(3). 1335–1336. 10 indexed citations
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Gallucci, Betty B., Robert B. Epstein, G E Sale, et al.. (1982). The fine structure of human rectal epithelium in acute graft-versus-host disease. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 6(4). 293–306. 52 indexed citations

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