Hiram C. Polk

13.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
364 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Hiram C. Polk is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiram C. Polk has authored 364 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Surgery, 63 papers in Epidemiology and 50 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Hiram C. Polk's work include Immune Response and Inflammation (47 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (34 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (26 papers). Hiram C. Polk is often cited by papers focused on Immune Response and Inflammation (47 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (34 papers) and Surgical site infection prevention (26 papers). Hiram C. Polk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Hiram C. Polk's co-authors include J. David Richardson, William G. Cheadle, Lewis Flint, Donald E. Fry, Matthias Turina, M J Hershman, Frank B. Miller, John S. Spratt, Henry M. Cryer and Michael Heinzelmann and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Hiram C. Polk

354 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Clarification of Risk Factors for Abdominal Operations in Patients with Hepatic Cirrhosis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiram C. Polk United States	52	4.7k	2.0k	2.0k	1.5k	1.3k	364	10.3k
William G. Cioffi United States	56	2.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	569 0.4×	241	9.2k
Philip S. Barie United States	56	3.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	2.2k 1.5×	720 0.6×	282	10.1k
Peter Nightingale United Kingdom	57	2.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	701 0.5×	439 0.3×	289	10.5k
John S. Sampalis Canada	46	3.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	806 0.4×	2.0k 1.4×	506 0.4×	218	8.8k
Carol Bodian United States	69	6.5k 1.4×	5.3k 2.7×	3.0k 1.5×	813 0.6×	2.0k 1.5×	248	16.2k
Philippe Aegerter France	52	1.5k 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	939 0.7×	222	8.4k
Mehmet Haberal Türkiye	47	4.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	492 0.3×	826 0.6×	1.1k	12.3k
Gregory J. Beilman United States	47	3.6k 0.8×	474 0.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	297	9.3k
Christopher J. Doig Canada	46	1.5k 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	452 0.4×	148	8.1k
William G. Cheadle United States	41	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	545 0.4×	505 0.4×	149	5.6k

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Galbraith, Norman, et al.. (2020). Interferon-gamma increases monocyte PD-L1 but does not diminish T-cell activation. Cellular Immunology. 357. 104197–104197. 7 indexed citations

Galbraith, Norman, Samuel Walker, Jane Carter, & Hiram C. Polk. (2016). Past, Present, and Future of Augmentation of Monocyte Function in the Surgical Patient. Surgical Infections. 17(5). 563–569. 15 indexed citations

Galbraith, Norman, Samuel Walker, Susan Galandiuk, Sarah M. Gardner, & Hiram C. Polk. (2016). The Significance and Challenges of Monocyte Impairment: For the Ill Patient and the Surgeon. Surgical Infections. 17(3). 303–312. 22 indexed citations

Billeter, Adrian T., et al.. (2013). Transient Receptor Potential Ion Channels. Annals of Surgery. 259(2). 229–235. 46 indexed citations

Billeter, Adrian T., et al.. (2012). Does Clinically Relevant Temperature Change miRNA and Cytokine Expression in Whole Blood?. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 32(10). 485–494. 4 indexed citations

Polk, Hiram C., David S. Vitale, & Motaz Qadan. (2009). The Very Busy Urban Surgeon: Another Face of the Evermore Obvious Shortage of General Surgeons. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 209(1). 144–147. 12 indexed citations

Turina, Matthias, et al.. (2006). Effects of Hyperglycemia, Hyperinsulinemia, and Hyperosmolarity on Neutrophil Apoptosis. Surgical Infections. 7(2). 111–121. 25 indexed citations

Polk, Hiram C.. (2004). A Hamblin Letton Lecture. The continuing need to attract surgery students to surgical specialty careers: a step forward but at what expense?. PubMed. 70(5). 379–83. 2 indexed citations

Morpurgo, Emilio, et al.. (2004). Clinical characteristics of familial adenomatous polyposis and management of duodenal adenomas. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 8(5). 559–564. 36 indexed citations

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Franklin, Glen A., et al.. (2002). Emergence of Resistant Microbes in Critical Care Units Is Transient, Despite an Unrestricted Formulary and Multiple Antibiotic Trials. Surgical Infections. 3(2). 135–144. 11 indexed citations

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Carrillo, Eddy H., Christopher Wohltmann, J. David Richardson, & Hiram C. Polk. (2001). Evolution in the treatment of complex blunt liver injuries. Current Problems in Surgery. 38(1). A3–60. 47 indexed citations

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Heinzelmann, Michael, Mark Mercer‐Jones, William G. Cheadle, & Hiram C. Polk. (1996). CD14 Expression in Injured Patients Correlates with Outcome. Annals of Surgery. 224(1). 91–96. 36 indexed citations

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Hamman, Baron L., et al.. (1991). Helicopter Transport of Trauma Victims. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 31(4). 490–494. 74 indexed citations

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Hershman, M J, et al.. (1988). Effect of Interferon-γ Treatment on the Course of a Burn Wound Infection. Journal of Interferon Research. 8(3). 367–373. 14 indexed citations

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Richardson, J. David, Hiram C. Polk, & Lewis Flint. (1987). Trauma, clinical care and pathophysiology. 15 indexed citations

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Polk, Hiram C., et al.. (1977). The ascitic leak: a case presentation. Management by paracentesis and saline--albumin reinfusion.. PubMed. 82(2). 241–3. 3 indexed citations

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Polk, Hiram C. & H. Harlan Stone. (1977). Hospital-acquired infections in surgery. 6 indexed citations

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Max, Martin & Hiram C. Polk. (1977). Routine preoperative upper gastrointestinal series (UGIS) in patients with biliary tract disease: a plea for more selectivity.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 82(3). 334–6. 3 indexed citations

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Polk, Hiram C.. (1976). United we stand, divided we…. Journal of Surgical Research. 20(3). 127–137. 2 indexed citations

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Polk, Hiram C. & H. Harlan Stone. (1971). Contemporary burn management. Little, Brown eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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