John Birk

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

John Birk is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Birk has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in John Birk's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (8 papers), Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (7 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (7 papers). John Birk is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (8 papers), Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (7 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (7 papers). John Birk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Israel. John Birk's co-authors include Basile Njei, Thomas R. McCarty, Michael S. Fanselow, Alexander Perelman, Joseph C. Anderson, Shounak Majumder, Faripour Forouhar, Tarun Rustagi, Petr Protiva and Melinda Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

John Birk

47 papers receiving 988 citations

Hit Papers

Trends in esophageal cancer survival in United States adu... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Trends in esophageal cancer survival in United States adults from 1973 to 2009: A SEER database analysis
    2016 254 citations John Birk 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 Birk United States 14 542 386 281 148 99 47 1.0k
Farzad Alemi United States 9 341 0.6× 108 0.3× 359 1.3× 215 1.5× 30 0.3× 15 814
G Lombardi Italy 20 576 1.1× 397 1.0× 345 1.2× 141 1.0× 29 0.3× 57 1.3k
G. Willems Belgium 17 465 0.9× 167 0.4× 343 1.2× 162 1.1× 59 0.6× 46 1.0k
Juncheng Wang China 19 195 0.4× 167 0.4× 226 0.8× 287 1.9× 21 0.2× 80 980
Jacco J. de Haan Netherlands 16 144 0.3× 136 0.4× 155 0.6× 175 1.2× 75 0.8× 55 696
Juneyoung Lee United States 12 334 0.6× 243 0.6× 548 2.0× 403 2.7× 17 0.2× 25 1.2k
L Demling Germany 19 853 1.6× 722 1.9× 473 1.7× 115 0.8× 30 0.3× 90 1.4k
Øyvind Hauso Norway 15 297 0.5× 129 0.3× 554 2.0× 168 1.1× 96 1.0× 27 1.2k
James R. Upp United States 18 422 0.8× 270 0.7× 332 1.2× 326 2.2× 52 0.5× 35 1.3k
A P Savage United Kingdom 16 455 0.8× 123 0.3× 271 1.0× 227 1.5× 208 2.1× 27 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by John Birk

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Birk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Birk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Birk, John, et al.. (2024). A Review of IgG4-related Sclerosing Cholangitis (IgG4-SC). Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 58(10). 963–969. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Hong, John Birk, Anthony A. Provatas, et al.. (2024). Correlation between intestinal microbiota and urolithin metabolism in a human walnut dietary intervention. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 476–476. 3 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Masako, Yuichiro Hatano, Anthony A. Provatas, et al.. (2023). Role of walnut-derived urolithins in reducing colonic inflammation in a patient cohort elucidated by an integrated omics analysis. The Journal of Immunology. 210(Supplement_1). 66.04–66.04. 1 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2023). Differentiating Neonatal Dubin Johnson Syndrome from Biliary Atresia: Start Simply. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. 0(0). 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Ideta, Takayasu, Boyang Li, Christopher Flynn, et al.. (2021). The Epithelial–Stromal Microenvironment in Early Colonic Neoplasia. Molecular Cancer Research. 20(1). 56–61. 4 indexed citations
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Perelman, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Esophageal Cancer: An Updated Review. Southern Medical Journal. 114(3). 161–168. 51 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2019). Update in Surveillance Recommendations in Individuals With Conventional Adenomas. Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology. 17(2). 303–312. 3 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2018). Diverticular Disease: The Old, the New, and the Ever-Changing View. Southern Medical Journal. 111(3). 144–150. 2 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2018). A Review on the Management of Biliary Complications after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. 7(1). 1–11. 67 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2016). Gastric Diverticulum: An Unusual Endoscopic Finding. ACG Case Reports Journal. 3(1). 150–151. 3 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2015). An Update to Hepatobiliary Stents. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. 3(1). 67–77. 25 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2015). Is the anesthesiologist necessary in the endoscopy suite? A review of patients, payers and safety. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 9(7). 883–885. 13 indexed citations
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Birk, John, et al.. (2015). Wheat-related disorders reviewed: making a grain of sense. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 9(6). 851–864. 10 indexed citations
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Birk, John, Micheal Tadros, Koorosh Moezardalan, et al.. (2014). Second Harmonic Generation Imaging Distinguishes Both High-Grade Dysplasia and Cancer from Normal Colonic Mucosa. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 59(7). 1529–1534. 61 indexed citations
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Majumder, Shounak, William L. Baker, & John Birk. (2013). Sa1536 A Meta-Analysis Comparing Transmural and Transpapillary Approaches of Endoscopic Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage: Is a Preferred Method Emerging?. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 77(5). AB242–AB242. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Joseph C., Tarun Rustagi, Melinda Sanders, et al.. (2011). Risk Factors for Sessile Serrated Adenomas. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 45(8). 694–699. 88 indexed citations
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Anderson, Joseph C., et al.. (2007). Tapered colonoscope performs better than the pediatric colonoscope in female patients: a direct comparison through tandem colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 65(7). 1042–1047. 9 indexed citations
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Wassef, Wahid, Marcia Irene Canto, & John Birk. (2004). Toward more user-friendly electronic endoscopy information systems: role of accessories. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 14(4). 755–762. 5 indexed citations
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