Heather Patton

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
55 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Heather Patton is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Patton has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Epidemiology, 39 papers in Hepatology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Heather Patton's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (32 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (7 papers). Heather Patton is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (32 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (7 papers). Heather Patton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. Heather Patton's co-authors include Joel E. Lavine, Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, Jacqueline G. O’Leary, Claude B. Sirlin, Michael S. Middleton, Rohit Loomba, Stephen H. Caldwell, Charles S. Greenberg, Michael B. Fallon and Leroy R. Thacker and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Patton

50 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Survival in Infection-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Is Defined by Extrahepatic Organ Failures

2014 406 citations Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Jacqueline G. O’Leary et al. Hepatology profile →
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Coagulation in Cirrhosis

2019 263 citations Jacqueline G. O’Leary, Charles S. Greenberg et al. Gastroenterology profile →
AGA Clinical Practice Update on Screening and Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Expert Review

2020 233 citations Rohit Loomba, Joseph K. Lim et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Resmetirom therapy for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: October 2024 updates to AASLD Practice Guidance

2024 69 citations Vincent Chen, Timothy R. Morgan et al. Hepatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Patton United States	24	2.9k	2.3k	731	575	359	55	3.8k
Arie Regev United States	34	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	936 1.3×	295 0.5×	190 0.5×	95	4.7k
Patrick Hillon France	37	3.0k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	557 1.0×	285 0.8×	137	5.5k
Gary P. Jeffrey Australia	32	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	638 0.9×	278 0.5×	182 0.5×	138	4.5k
Tobias Goeser Germany	26	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	596 0.8×	456 0.8×	125 0.3×	141	4.1k
Thierry Poynard France	43	4.5k 1.6×	4.2k 1.8×	1.2k 1.7×	596 1.0×	126 0.4×	143	6.2k
Indra Neil Guha United Kingdom	34	3.8k 1.3×	2.9k 1.3×	851 1.2×	809 1.4×	165 0.5×	112	4.6k
Dong Hyun Sinn South Korea	41	3.3k 1.2×	3.5k 1.6×	1.5k 2.0×	517 0.9×	568 1.6×	272	5.9k
Alessio Aghemo Italy	43	5.7k 2.0×	5.8k 2.6×	635 0.9×	325 0.6×	231 0.6×	245	8.0k
Paul Gow Australia	31	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	945 1.3×	212 0.4×	130 0.4×	173	3.9k
Giada Sebastiani Canada	39	5.4k 1.9×	4.0k 1.8×	759 1.0×	1.0k 1.8×	199 0.6×	164	6.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Patton

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Patel, Arpan, Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Nicole Prause, et al.. (2025). Increasing Goals of Care Discussions Among Veterans With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Health Administration Quality Improvement Initiative. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Vincent, Timothy R. Morgan, Yaron Rotman, et al.. (2024). Resmetirom therapy for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: October 2024 updates to AASLD Practice Guidance. Hepatology. 81(1). 312–320. 69 indexed citations breakdown →

Yakovchenko, Vera, Michael F. Chang, Rubén Hernáez, et al.. (2024). Access to Evaluation for Liver Transplantation in the Veterans Health Administration. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 70(2). 552–565.

McCurdy, Heather, Heather Patton, Timothy R. Morgan, et al.. (2024). Organizational and Implementation Factors Associated with Cirrhosis Care in the Veterans Health Administration. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 69(6). 2008–2017. 1 indexed citations

Patel, Nilang, Jinze Liu, Jacqueline G. O’Leary, et al.. (2024). A Machine Learning Algorithm Avoids Unnecessary Paracentesis for Exclusion of SBP in Cirrhosis in Resource-limited Settings. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 22(12). 2442–2450.e8.

Henry, Zachary, Kalpesh Patel, Heather Patton, & Wael E. Saad. (2021). AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices: Expert Review. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(6). 1098–1107.e1. 65 indexed citations

Tandon, Puneeta, Anne M. Walling, Heather Patton, & Tamar H. Taddei. (2020). AGA Clinical Practice Update on Palliative Care Management in Cirrhosis: Expert Review. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(4). 646–656.e3. 35 indexed citations

Loomba, Rohit, Joseph K. Lim, Heather Patton, & Hashem B. El‐Serag. (2020). AGA Clinical Practice Update on Screening and Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Expert Review. Gastroenterology. 158(6). 1822–1830. 233 indexed citations breakdown →

Patton, Heather, Julie K. Heimbach, & Arthur J. McCullough. (2020). AGA Clinical Practice Update on Bariatric Surgery in Cirrhosis: Expert Review. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(3). 436–445. 50 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Jacqueline G., Charles S. Greenberg, Heather Patton, & Stephen H. Caldwell. (2019). AGA Clinical Practice Update: Coagulation in Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 157(1). 34–43.e1. 263 indexed citations breakdown →

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Patton, Heather, Anders Nyberg, Susan Caparosa, et al.. (2018). Tu1459 - Healthcare Resource Utilization, Demographics, and Comorbidities in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)/Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Progressive Stages in a Large, Integrated Healthcare Delivery System. Gastroenterology. 154(6). S–1223. 8 indexed citations

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Wong, Florence, Jacqueline G. O’Leary, K. Rajender Reddy, et al.. (2017). Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis: Baseline Serum Creatinine Predicts Patient Outcomes. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 112(7). 1103–1110. 67 indexed citations

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Reddy, K. Rajender, Jacqueline G. O’Leary, Patrick S. Kamath, et al.. (2015). High risk of delisting or death in liver transplant candidates following infections: Results from the North American consortium for the study of end‐stage liver disease. Liver Transplantation. 21(7). 881–888. 56 indexed citations

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Mendler, Michel, Robert G. Gish, Rohit Loomba, et al.. (2014). Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: A National Survey of Current Practices in the USA. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 59(12). 3073–3077. 24 indexed citations

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Patton, Heather & Tram T. Tran. (2014). Management of hepatitis B during pregnancy. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 11(7). 402–409. 52 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Jacqueline G., K. Rajender Reddy, Florence Wong, et al.. (2014). Long-term Use of Antibiotics and Proton Pump Inhibitors Predict Development of Infections in Patients With Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 13(4). 753–759.e2. 91 indexed citations

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Pockros, Paul J., Heather Patton, Myron J. Tong, et al.. (2007). Oral resiquimod in chronic HCV infection: Safety and efficacy in 2 placebo-controlled, double-blind phase IIa studies. Journal of Hepatology. 47(2). 174–182. 171 indexed citations

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Patton, Heather, et al.. (2006). Endogenous versus exogenous fatty acid availability affects lysosomal acidity and MHC class II expression. Journal of Lipid Research. 47(11). 2525–2537. 10 indexed citations

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Wilt, Susan G., Elizabeth A. Milward, Kunihiko Nagasato, et al.. (1995). In vitro evidence for a dual role of tumor necrosis factor‐α in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 encephalopathy. Annals of Neurology. 37(3). 381–394. 121 indexed citations

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Rohde, Jon E., et al.. (1993). Surgical Extraction of Guinea Worm: Disability Reduction and Contribution to Disease Control. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 48(1). 71–76. 12 indexed citations

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