Joseph A. Vassalotti

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Joseph A. Vassalotti is a scholar working on Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph A. Vassalotti has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Nephrology, 32 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Joseph A. Vassalotti's work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (46 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (44 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (26 papers). Joseph A. Vassalotti is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (46 papers), Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (44 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (26 papers). Joseph A. Vassalotti collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Greece. Joseph A. Vassalotti's co-authors include Lesley A. Stevens, Andrew S. Levey, Suying Li, Peter A. McCullough, Shu‐Cheng Chen, Allan J. Collins, Jaime Uribarri, Josef Coresh, Kunihiro Matsushita and Adam Whaley‐Connell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Joseph A. Vassalotti

103 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis
    2012 976 citations Kunihiro Matsushita, Joseph A. Vassalotti et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph A. Vassalotti United States 33 2.2k 1.0k 957 835 581 109 4.4k
Maarten W. Taal United Kingdom 45 3.4k 1.5× 1.5k 1.5× 738 0.8× 907 1.1× 947 1.6× 203 6.6k
Claudio Rigatto Canada 42 2.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 625 0.7× 685 0.8× 954 1.6× 175 5.8k
Bénédicte Stengel France 44 3.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 643 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 547 0.9× 168 6.6k
Manfred Hecking Austria 33 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 915 1.0× 930 1.1× 1.3k 2.3× 109 6.0k
Manish M. Sood Canada 38 2.7k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 503 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 664 1.1× 290 6.5k
Paul Komenda Canada 36 2.4k 1.1× 832 0.8× 331 0.3× 617 0.7× 460 0.8× 173 4.3k
Tariq Shafi United States 36 1.8k 0.8× 708 0.7× 499 0.5× 491 0.6× 554 1.0× 150 3.7k
Paul E. Stevens United Kingdom 38 4.1k 1.9× 1.5k 1.4× 698 0.7× 923 1.1× 855 1.5× 85 7.1k
Anthony J. Bleyer United States 44 4.4k 2.0× 1.7k 1.7× 951 1.0× 1.7k 2.0× 1.2k 2.0× 149 8.0k
Rulan S. Parekh Canada 41 3.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 668 0.7× 868 1.0× 1.3k 2.2× 204 7.0k

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All Works

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Vassalotti, Joseph A., et al.. (2025). High Heat Exposure and Medical Utilization among the CKD Population. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20(6). 810–819.
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Vassalotti, Joseph A., Anna Francis, Augusto César Soares dos Santos, et al.. (2025). Are your kidneys ok? Detect early to protect kidney health. Nefrología (English Edition). 45(7). 501344–501344.
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Vassalotti, Joseph A., Anna Francis, Augusto César Soares dos Santos, et al.. (2025). Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health. American Journal of Hypertension. 38(8). 612–619.
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Vassalotti, Joseph A., et al.. (2021). Shortened or Skipped Hemodialysis Sessions Attributed to Uremic Pruritus: A National Kidney Foundation Patient Survey. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(10S). 278–278. 1 indexed citations
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Chan, Lili, Girish N. Nadkarni, James R. McCullough, et al.. (2021). Derivation and validation of a machine learning risk score using biomarker and electronic patient data to predict progression of diabetic kidney disease. Diabetologia. 64(7). 1504–1515. 92 indexed citations
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Stempniewicz, Nikita, Joseph A. Vassalotti, John K. Cuddeback, et al.. (2021). Chronic Kidney Disease Testing Among Primary Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Across 24 U.S. Health Care Organizations. Diabetes Care. 44(9). 2000–2009. 81 indexed citations
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Qiao, Yao, Jung‐Im Shin, Teresa K. Chen, et al.. (2020). Association of Albuminuria Levels With the Prescription of Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade. Hypertension. 76(6). 1762–1768. 18 indexed citations
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Sperati, C. John, Sandeep Soman, Varun Agrawal, et al.. (2019). Primary care physicians’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators to management of chronic kidney disease: A mixed methods study. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0221325–e0221325. 53 indexed citations
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Harding, Kimberly, Tesfaye B. Mersha, Phuong-Thu Pham, et al.. (2017). Health Disparities in Kidney Transplantation for African Americans. American Journal of Nephrology. 46(2). 165–175. 67 indexed citations
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Wyatt, Christina & Joseph A. Vassalotti. (2016). We still go for the jugular: implications of the 3SITES central venous catheter study for nephrology. Kidney International. 89(3). 522–524. 3 indexed citations
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Kalantar‐Zadeh, Kamyar, Linda W. Moore, Amanda R. Tortorici, et al.. (2016). Additional file 1: of North American experience with Low protein diet for Non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease. 1 indexed citations
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Caplivski, Daniel, et al.. (2015). Terminal hematuria. Kidney International. 88(1). 204–204. 2 indexed citations
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Jang, Soo Min, Jennifer Cerulli, Darren W. Grabe, et al.. (2014). NSAID-avoidance education in community pharmacies for patients at high risk for acute kidney injury, upstate New York, 2011.. PubMed. 11. E220–E220. 17 indexed citations
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Fox, Chester H., Bonnie M. Vest, Linda S. Kahn, et al.. (2013). Improving evidence-based primary care for chronic kidney disease: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial for translating evidence into practice (TRANSLATE CKD). Implementation Science. 8(1). 88–88. 25 indexed citations
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McCullough, Peter A., Joseph A. Vassalotti, Allan J. Collins, et al.. (2011). National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) Annual Data Report 2010: Executive Summary. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 57(3). S1–S3. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Min, Chester H. Fox, Joseph A. Vassalotti, & Michael Choi. (2011). Complications of Progression of CKD. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease. 18(6). 400–405. 34 indexed citations
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Shlipak, Michael G., George L. Bakris, Peter A. McCullough, et al.. (2007). Low birth weight is associated with chronic kidney disease only in men. Kidney International. 73(5). 637–642. 79 indexed citations
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Gelato, Marie C., et al.. (1992). Differential Tissue Regulation of the Insulin-Like Growth Factors in Rats Bearing the MStT/W15 Pituitary Tumor. Neuroendocrinology. 56(6). 765–774. 9 indexed citations

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