John Kanellis

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
123 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

John Kanellis is a scholar working on Transplantation, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kanellis has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Transplantation, 43 papers in Surgery and 42 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Kanellis's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (44 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (38 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (28 papers). John Kanellis is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (44 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (38 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (28 papers). John Kanellis collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. John Kanellis's co-authors include Duk‐Hee Kang, Richard J. Johnson, Susumu Watanabe, Marilda Mazzali, Takahiko Nakagawa, Hui Y. Lan, Jaime Herrera-Acosta, Bernardo Rodríguez‐Iturbe, Daniel I. Feig and Lili Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Immunology, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Kanellis

113 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Is There a Pathogenetic Role for Uric Acid in Hypertension and Cardiovascular and Renal Disease?

2003 1.1k citations Richard J. Johnson, Duk‐Hee Kang et al. profile →
Hyperuricemia induces a primary renal arteriolopathy in rats by a blood pressure-independent mechanism

2002 649 citations John Kanellis, Duk‐Hee Kang et al. profile →
Uric Acid Stimulates Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Production in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Via Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Cyclooxygenase-2

2003 647 citations John Kanellis, Duk‐Hee Kang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Kanellis Australia	34	3.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.5k	1.1k	123	6.6k
Marilda Mazzali Brazil	29	4.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	91	7.1k
Pierre Cochat France	52	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	515 0.5×	297	7.8k
Yong‐Soo Kim South Korea	41	1.7k 0.4×	455 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	934 0.9×	289	5.9k
Giuseppe Grandaliano Italy	46	1.7k 0.4×	481 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	730 0.7×	222	6.9k
Mario Schiffer Germany	41	3.3k 0.9×	523 0.3×	2.3k 1.5×	812 0.5×	398 0.4×	246	7.0k
Armando Torres Spain	43	2.6k 0.7×	697 0.4×	700 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	394 0.4×	190	6.1k
Dieter Haffner Germany	44	3.2k 0.8×	931 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	789 0.5×	232 0.2×	247	6.5k
Gere Sunder‐Plassmann Austria	47	1.8k 0.5×	531 0.3×	907 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	322	8.9k
Francesco Scolari Italy	42	3.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	654 0.4×	293 0.3×	166	7.0k
Markus Exner Austria	53	1.3k 0.3×	518 0.3×	2.7k 1.7×	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	179	9.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Kanellis

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Mulley, William R., Kevan R. Polkinghorne, Greg H. Tesch, et al.. (2025). A randomized controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin vs standard of care for the treatment of chronic active antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant recipients. Kidney International. 108(3). 470–480. 1 indexed citations

Aleksova, Jasna, et al.. (2025). Anaemia and bone disease. Pathology. 58(2). 220–229.

Brewster, Jessica, Christopher Hogan, John Kanellis, et al.. (2025). Human leukocyte antigen sensitization from red cell transfusions: Rate and risk factors in renal and nonrenal patients requiring transfusion. American Journal of Transplantation. 26(2). 291–303.

Irish, Georgina, Matthew Kadatz, Neil Boudville, et al.. (2023). The living kidney donor profile index fails to discriminate allograft survival: implications for its use in kidney paired donation programs. American Journal of Transplantation. 23(2). 232–238. 1 indexed citations

Polkinghorne, Kevan R., et al.. (2021). Donor Predictors of Donor Pancreas Retrieval and Subsequent Solid Pancreas Transplantation in Australia and New Zealand from 2007 to 2016. Transplantation Proceedings. 53(7). 2358–2368.

Kerr, Peter G., et al.. (2020). Long-Term Graft and Patient Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation in End-Stage Kidney Disease Secondary to Hyperoxaluria. Transplantation Proceedings. 53(3). 839–847.

Boudville, Neil & John Kanellis. (2019). KHA‐CARI commentary on the KDIGO clinical practice guideline on the evaluation and care of living kidney donors. Nephrology. 25(1). 96–98. 3 indexed citations

Ying, Tracey, Germaine Wong, Wai H. Lim, et al.. (2018). Everolimus and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Registry-based 10-year Follow-up of 5 Randomized Trials. Transplantation. 103(8). 1705–1713. 3 indexed citations

Ying, Tracey, Germaine Wong, Wai H. Lim, et al.. (2018). De novo or early conversion to everolimus and long-term cancer outcomes in kidney transplant recipients: A trial-based linkage study. American Journal of Transplantation. 18(12). 2977–2986. 13 indexed citations

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Kanellis, John, et al.. (2018). Allocation of deceased donor kidneys: A review of international practices. Nephrology. 24(6). 591–598. 30 indexed citations

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Ralph, Angelique F., Phyllis Butow, Jonathan C. Craig, et al.. (2017). Transplant Professionals’ Attitudes and Approaches to the Living Kidney Donor-Recipient Relationship. Transplantation. 101. S94–S94. 1 indexed citations

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Mulley, William R., Louis Huang, Anthony Longano, et al.. (2017). Long‐term graft survival in patients with chronic antibody‐mediated rejection with persistent peritubular capillaritis treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and rituximab. Clinical Transplantation. 31(9). 9 indexed citations

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Chadban, Steven J., Helen Pilmore, Graeme R. Russ, et al.. (2016). Everolimus Plus Reduced-Exposure Cyclosporin versus Mycophenolic Acid Plus Cyclosporin: Seven-Year Follow-Up of Australia and New Zealand Kidney Transplant Recipients in the A2309 Study.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16. 305–305. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Xusheng Liu, Elaine M. Pascoe, et al.. (2016). Long-term outcomes of end-stage kidney disease for patients with lupus nephritis. Kidney International. 89(6). 1337–1345. 42 indexed citations

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Frank, Y., et al.. (2013). Macrophages Contribute to Cellular But Not Humoral Mechanisms of Acute Rejection in Rat Renal Allografts. Transplantation. 96(11). 949–957. 22 indexed citations

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Huang, Louis, John Kanellis, & William R. Mulley. (2011). Slow and steady. Reducing thrombotic events in renal transplant recipients treated with IVIg for antibody‐mediated rejection. Nephrology. 16(2). 239–242. 22 indexed citations

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Mulley, William R., Brian D. Tait, Alison Skene, et al.. (2009). A Single Low-Fixed Dose of Rituximab to Salvage Renal Transplants From Refractory Antibody-Mediated Rejection. Transplantation. 87(2). 286–289. 55 indexed citations

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Kanellis, John & Duk‐Hee Kang. (2005). Uric acid as a mediator of endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and vascular disease. Seminars in Nephrology. 25(1). 39–42. 338 indexed citations

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Kanellis, John, Gabriela García, Ping Li, et al.. (2004). Modulation of Inflammation by Slit Protein In Vivo in Experimental Crescentic Glomerulonephritis. American Journal Of Pathology. 165(1). 341–352. 47 indexed citations

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Levidiotis, Vicki, John Kanellis, Frank Ierino, & David A. Power. (2001). Increased expression of heparanase in puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis. Kidney International. 60(4). 1287–1296. 59 indexed citations

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