Harrison Alter

10.4k citations

119 papers · 7.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Hepatology top 0.05%
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
Epidemiology top 0.2%
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Papers in ⓘ

Hepatology 37
- Hepatitis C virus research 33
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology 6
Emergency Medicine 27
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies 20

Co-authors: R H Purcell (3 shared papers)Robert H. Purcell (11 shared papers)Michael Houghton (3 shared papers)Lacy R. Overby (1 shared paper)Tatsuo Miyamura (1 shared paper)Ferruccio Bonino (1 shared paper)M J Alter (1 shared paper)Jules L. Dienstag (1 shared paper)
Journals: Annals of Emergency Medicine (10 papers)Academic Emergency Medicine (9 papers)Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (9 papers)Transfusion (5 papers)Journal of Emergency Medicine (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Canada

In The Last Decade

Harrison Alter

115 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Neutralizing antibody response during acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection 2004 · 332 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1989 Science

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1	An Assay for Circulating Antibodies to a Major Etiologic Virus of Human Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis Science ·George Kuo, Q L Choo, Harrison Alter, Gary Gitnick, Allan G. Redeker, R H Purcell, Tatsuo Miyamura, Jules L. Dienstag, M J Alter, Cladd E. Stevens, Gary E. Tegtmeier, Ferruccio Bonino, Massimo Colombo, W.-S. Lee, C. Kuo, Karin Berger, Jeffrey R. Shuster, Lacy R. Overby, Daniel W. Bradley, Michael Houghton Hit paper breakdown →	1989	2733
2	Neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C virus and the emergence of neutralization escape mutant viruses Journal of Virology ·Yohko K. Shimizu, Makoto Hijikata, Aikichi Iwamoto, Harrison Alter, Robert H. Purcell, Hiroshi Yoshikura	1994	356
3	Neutralizing antibody response during acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Carine Logvinoff, Marian Major, David Oldach, Scott Heyward, Andrew H. Talal, Peter Balfe, S M Feinstone, Harrison Alter, Charles M. Rice, Jane A. McKeating Hit paper breakdown →	2004	332
4	Equilibrium centrifugation studies of hepatitis C virus: evidence for circulating immune complexes Journal of Virology ·Makoto Hijikata, Yohko K. Shimizu, Hirotomo Kato, Aikichi Iwamoto, J W Shih, Harrison Alter, Robert H. Purcell, Hiroshi Yoshikura	1993	299
5	Heterosexual Co-transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Annals of Internal Medicine ·M. Elaine Eyster, Harrison Alter, LM Aledort, S. Quan, Angelos Hatzakis, J. J. Goedert	1991	240
6	Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinics in Baltimore--An Analysis of 309 Sex Partnerships The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·David L. Thomas, Jonathan M. Zenilman, Harrison Alter, J W Shih, Noya Galai, Anthony Carella, Thomas C. Quinn	1995	196
7	Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injecting Drug Users The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·David L. Thomas, J W Shih, Harrison Alter, David Vlahov, Sylvia Cohn, Donald R. Hoover, L C Cheung, Katie E. Nelson	1996	195
8	Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis in Chimpanzees and Marmosets The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·S M Feinstone, Harrison Alter, H. P. Dienes, Yohko K. Shimizu, Hans Pópper, D.K. Blackmore, D. Lewis Sly, William T. London, Robert H. Purcell	1981	177
9	Donor transaminase and recipient hepatitis. Impact on blood transfusion services JAMA ·Harrison Alter	1981	159
10	Early events in hepatitis C virus infection of chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yohko K. Shimizu, Amy J. Weiner, Jody Rosenblatt, D C Wong, Max Shapiro, T J Popkin, Michael Houghton, Harrison Alter, R H Purcell	1990	138
11	A Systematic Review of Medical Therapy to Facilitate Passage of Ureteral Calculi Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Amandeep Singh, Harrison Alter, Amy Littlepage	2007	132
12	Hepatitis C in asymptomatic blood donors Hepatology ·Harrison Alter, Cathy Conry‐Cantilena, Jacqueline C. Melpolder, D. Tan, Mark Van Raden, David Herion, Daryl Lau, Jay H. Hoofnagle	1997	114
13	Phenobarbital for Acute Alcohol Withdrawal: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study Journal of Emergency Medicine ·Jonathan Rosenson, Carter Clements, Barry Simon, Jules Vieaux, Sarah Graffman, Farnaz Vahidnia, Bitou Cisse, Joseph Lam, Harrison Alter	2012	104
14	Humoral immune response to the E2 protein of hepatitis G virus is associated with long-term recovery from infection and reveals a high frequency of hepatitis G virus exposure among healthy blood donors Hepatology ·Michael Tacke, S. Schmolke, Volker Schlueter, Sílvia Sauleda, Juan Ignacio Esteban, Eiji Tanaka, K Kiyosawa, Harrison Alter, Urban Schmitt, (unknown), Beatus Ofenloch-Haehnle, Alfred M. Engel	1997	103
15	Inactivation of hepatitis B virus and non-A, non-B hepatitis by chloroform Infection and Immunity ·S M Feinstone, Kathleen Mihalik, T Kamimura, Harrison Alter, William T. London, Robert H. Purcell	1983	103
16	Increasing Critical Care Admissions From U.S. Emergency Departments, 2001–2009* Critical Care Medicine ·Andrew A. Herring, Adit A. Ginde, Jahan Fahimi, Harrison Alter, Judith H. Maselli, Janice A. Espinola, Ashley F. Sullivan, Carlos A. Camargo	2013	101
17	Transmission of hepatitis B to chimpanzees by hepatitis B surface antigen-positive saliva and semen Infection and Immunity ·Harrison Alter, R H Purcell, John L. Gerin, W. T. London, Peter Kaplán, V. J. McAuliffe, J. Wagner, Paul V. Holland	1977	88
18	Further Studies on a "New" Human Isoprecipitin System (Australia Antigen) Blood ·Harrison Alter, Baruch S. Blumberg	1966	88
19	Evaluation of branched DNA signal amplification for the detection of hepatitis C virus RNA Journal of Viral Hepatitis ·Harrison Alter, Ray Sánchez-Pescador, M. S. Urdea, Judith C. Wilber, Robert Lagier, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, J W Shih, Paul Neuwald	1995	84
20	Computed Tomography Use Among Children Presenting to Emergency Departments With Abdominal Pain PEDIATRICS ·Jahan Fahimi, Andrew A. Herring, Aaron Harries, Ralph Gonzales, Harrison Alter	2012	77

About Harrison Alter

Harrison Alter is a scholar working on Hepatology, Emergency Medicine, Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions, having authored 119 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hepatitis C virus research (33 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (31 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (20 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (17 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (15 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (9 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (8 papers) and Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hepatology (5.5k citations), Epidemiology (5.2k citations), Virology (353 citations), Emergency Medicine (517 citations) and Infectious Diseases (809 citations). Harrison Alter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Frequent co-authors include R H Purcell, Robert H. Purcell, Michael Houghton, Lacy R. Overby, Tatsuo Miyamura, Ferruccio Bonino, M J Alter, Jules L. Dienstag, Massimo Colombo and Daniel W. Bradley. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Transfusion and Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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