John A. Kellum

111.4k total citations · 26 hit papers
718 papers, 59.7k citations indexed

About

John A. Kellum is a scholar working on Nephrology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Kellum has authored 718 papers receiving a total of 59.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 485 papers in Nephrology, 240 papers in Epidemiology and 174 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in John A. Kellum's work include Acute Kidney Injury Research (379 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (230 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (130 papers). John A. Kellum is often cited by papers focused on Acute Kidney Injury Research (379 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (230 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (130 papers). John A. Kellum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. John A. Kellum's co-authors include Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, Ravindra L. Mehta, Paul M. Palevsky, Norbert Lameire, Hernando Gómez, Bruce A. Molitoris, Eric A. J. Hoste, Adeera Levin and Sudhir V. Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

John A. Kellum

701 papers receiving 58.3k citations

Hit Papers

Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to i... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2004 2012 2013 2019 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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. Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury
    2007 5.2k citations Ravindra L. Mehta, John A. Kellum et al. Critical Care profile →
  2. Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group
    2004 5.0k citations Rinaldo Bellomo, Claudio Ronco et al. Critical Care profile →
  3. Acute kidney injury
    2012 2.0k citations Rinaldo Bellomo, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  4. Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute kidney injury: a KDIGO summary (Part 1)
    2013 1.8k citations John A. Kellum et al. Critical Care profile →
  5. Acute kidney injury
    2019 1.2k citations Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo et al. profile →
  6. Intensity of Renal Support in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
    2008 1.1k citations Paul M. Palevsky, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  7. RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury are associated with hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a cohort analysis
    2006 1.1k citations Eric A. J. Hoste, Derek C. Angus et al. Critical Care profile →
  8. Acute kidney injury
    2021 991 citations John A. Kellum, Claudio Ronco et al. profile →
  9. Acute kidney injury from sepsis: current concepts, epidemiology, pathophysiology, prevention and treatment
    2019 922 citations Sadudee Peerapornratana, Carlos L. Manrique‐Caballero et al. profile →
  10. Global epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury
    2018 883 citations Eric A. J. Hoste, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  11. Acute kidney injury: an increasing global concern
    2013 723 citations John A. Kellum, Ravindra L. Mehta et al. profile →
  12. Septic Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients
    2007 641 citations Rinaldo Bellomo, Ashita Tolwani et al. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  13. Effect of Early vs Delayed Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury
    2016 641 citations Alexander Zarbock, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  14. Understanding the Inflammatory Cytokine Response in Pneumonia and Sepsis
    2007 620 citations John A. Kellum profile →
  15. A Unified Theory of Sepsis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
    2013 567 citations Hernando Gómez, Peter Pickkers et al. Shock profile →
  16. Acute kidney injury in sepsis
    2017 534 citations Rinaldo Bellomo, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  17. Mitochondria ROS and mitophagy in acute kidney injury
    2022 454 citations John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  18. The Endothelium in Sepsis
    2016 450 citations Hernando Gómez, John A. Kellum et al. Shock profile →
  19. Inflammation in AKI
    2015 444 citations Peter Pickkers, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  20. Major Complications, Mortality, and Resource Utilization After Open Abdominal Surgery
    2012 436 citations Stuart L. Goldstein, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  21. Classifying AKI by Urine Output versus Serum Creatinine Level
    2015 346 citations John A. Kellum, Florentina E. Sileanu et al. profile →
  22. Progression after AKI
    2015 341 citations Ravindra L. Mehta, John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  23. Recovery after Acute Kidney Injury
    2016 320 citations John A. Kellum, Florentina E. Sileanu et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  24. Paradigms of acute kidney injury in the intensive care setting
    2018 280 citations John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  25. Clinical Decision Support for In-Hospital AKI
    2017 269 citations John A. Kellum et al. profile →
  26. Ferroptotic mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of iron metabolism and lipid peroxidation in the kidney
    2023 195 citations John A. Kellum et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Kellum United States 112 36.8k 16.0k 13.6k 12.3k 8.5k 718 59.7k
Claudio Ronco Italy 96 40.1k 1.1× 12.2k 0.8× 14.7k 1.1× 9.7k 0.8× 7.7k 0.9× 1.4k 64.4k
Rinaldo Bellomo Australia 134 38.0k 1.0× 36.7k 2.3× 22.9k 1.7× 24.4k 2.0× 17.4k 2.0× 1.6k 99.8k
Glenn M. Chertow United States 121 42.7k 1.2× 6.5k 0.4× 12.2k 0.9× 3.4k 0.3× 3.7k 0.4× 814 69.5k
Mervyn Singer United Kingdom 79 4.0k 0.1× 22.9k 1.4× 10.2k 0.8× 10.1k 0.8× 4.8k 0.6× 462 45.6k
Chirag R. Parikh United States 85 16.9k 0.5× 4.4k 0.3× 6.5k 0.5× 3.6k 0.3× 3.2k 0.4× 511 29.1k
Mitchell M. Levy United States 65 3.9k 0.1× 27.7k 1.7× 8.6k 0.6× 11.6k 0.9× 6.1k 0.7× 205 46.8k
Gordon R. Bernard United States 94 3.9k 0.1× 22.1k 1.4× 8.4k 0.6× 24.0k 2.0× 7.5k 0.9× 293 59.3k
Ravindra L. Mehta United States 65 18.4k 0.5× 5.5k 0.3× 6.5k 0.5× 5.1k 0.4× 4.2k 0.5× 267 26.7k
Andrew S. Levey United States 130 65.8k 1.8× 15.4k 1.0× 17.8k 1.3× 1.4k 0.1× 2.8k 0.3× 514 125.4k
Tom Greene United States 100 39.1k 1.1× 8.8k 0.6× 12.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.1× 2.0k 0.2× 481 81.4k

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All Works

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Weiß, Raphael, Melanie Meersch, Carola Wempe, et al.. (2022). Effect of Glutamine Administration After Cardiac Surgery on Kidney Damage in Patients at High Risk for Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 137(5). 1029–1038. 11 indexed citations
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Ethgen, Olivier, Alexander Zarbock, Jay L. Koyner, et al.. (2022). Early versus delayed initiation of renal replacement therapy in cardiac-surgery associated acute kidney injury: an economic perspective. Journal of Critical Care. 69. 153977–153977. 4 indexed citations
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Manrique‐Caballero, Carlos L., John A. Kellum, Hernando Gómez, et al.. (2021). Innovations and Emerging Therapies to Combat Renal Cell Damage: NAD + As a Drug Target. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 35(17). 1449–1466. 9 indexed citations
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Peerapornratana, Sadudee, Claudio Ronco, Louis M. Guzzi, et al.. (2021). Limiting Acute Kidney Injury Progression In Sepsis: Study Protocol and Trial Simulation*. Critical Care Medicine. 49(10). 1706–1716. 11 indexed citations
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Carcillo, Joseph A., Robert A. Berg, David Wessel, et al.. (2019). A Multicenter Network Assessment of Three Inflammation Phenotypes in Pediatric Sepsis-Induced Multiple Organ Failure. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 20(12). 1137–1146. 44 indexed citations
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Higgins, Sarah J., Karen De Ceunynck, John A. Kellum, et al.. (2018). Tie2 protects the vasculature against thrombus formation in systemic inflammation. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(4). 1471–1484. 95 indexed citations
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Villa, Gianluca, Mauro Neri, Rinaldo Bellomo, et al.. (2016). Nomenclature for renal replacement therapy and blood purification techniques in critically ill patients: practical applications. Critical Care. 20(1). 283–283. 77 indexed citations
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Kellum, John A. & Alonso Gómez. (2016). ADQI XIV Preface. Shock. 45(3). 241–241.
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Gómez, Hernando & John A. Kellum. (2016). Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 22(6). 546–553. 241 indexed citations
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Kellum, John A., Florentina E. Sileanu, Azra Bihorac, Eric A. J. Hoste, & Lakhmir S. Chawla. (2016). Recovery after Acute Kidney Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 195(6). 784–791. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kellum, John A., Lakhmir S. Chawla, Christopher Keener, et al.. (2015). The Effects of Alternative Resuscitation Strategies on Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Septic Shock. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(3). 281–287. 185 indexed citations
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Nadim, Mitra K., John A. Kellum, Andrew Davenport, et al.. (2012). Hepatorenal syndrome: the 8th international consensus conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group. Critical Care. 16(1). R23–R23. 127 indexed citations
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Himmelfarb, Jonathan, Michael Joannidis, Bruce A. Molitoris, et al.. (2008). Evaluation and Initial Management of Acute Kidney Injury. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 3(4). 962–967. 89 indexed citations
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Yende, Sachin, Gina D’Angelo, John A. Kellum, et al.. (2008). Inflammatory Markers at Hospital Discharge Predict Subsequent Mortality after Pneumonia and Sepsis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(11). 1242–1247. 317 indexed citations
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Levin, Adeera, John A. Kellum, & Ravindra L. Mehta. (2008). Acute Kidney Injury. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 3(3). 862–863. 23 indexed citations
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Yende, Sachin, Derek C. Angus, Jingzhong Ding, et al.. (2007). 4G/5G Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Polymorphisms and Haplotypes Are Associated with Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 176(11). 1129–1137. 29 indexed citations
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Kellum, John A., Paul M. Palevsky, Ravindra L. Mehta, Rinaldo Bellomo, & Claudio Ronco. (2002). Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative: methodology. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 8(6). 500–501. 7 indexed citations
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Bellomo, Rinaldo, et al.. (2000). The Effect of Intensive Plasma Water Exchange by Hemofiltration on Hemodynamics and Soluble Mediators in Canine Endotoxemia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(5). 1429–1436. 86 indexed citations
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Bellomo, Rinaldo, et al.. (1999). Effects of Norepinephrine on the Renal Vasculature in Normal and Endotoxemic Dogs. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(4). 1186–1192. 110 indexed citations

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