K. Sharan

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

K. Sharan is a scholar working on Nephrology, Rheumatology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Sharan has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nephrology, 18 papers in Rheumatology and 9 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in K. Sharan's work include Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid (21 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers) and Urticaria and Related Conditions (6 papers). K. Sharan is often cited by papers focused on Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid (21 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers) and Urticaria and Related Conditions (6 papers). K. Sharan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. K. Sharan's co-authors include Hyon K. Choi, Chio Yokose, Michael H. Pillinger, M. Chen-Xu, J. Antonio Aviña‐Zubieta, Yuqing Zhang, Na Lu, Na Lu, Mary A. De Vera and Natalie McCormick and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

K. Sharan

38 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Contemporary Prevalence of Gout and Hyperuricemia in the United States and Decadal Trends: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2016

2019 702 citations Chio Yokose, K. Sharan et al. Arthritis & Rheumatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Sharan United States	23	1.5k	752	653	567	473	40	2.5k
Kuang‐Hui Yu Taiwan	33	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	875 1.3×	647 1.1×	802 1.7×	122	3.5k
R. Brunkhorst Germany	31	1.0k 0.7×	266 0.4×	695 1.1×	267 0.5×	789 1.7×	108	3.5k
Laura Carbone United States	33	513 0.3×	553 0.7×	614 0.9×	569 1.0×	309 0.7×	106	3.6k
Yugo Shibagaki Japan	26	1.3k 0.9×	150 0.2×	604 0.9×	209 0.4×	290 0.6×	273	3.0k
Na Lu United States	26	409 0.3×	1.0k 1.4×	480 0.7×	187 0.3×	268 0.6×	85	2.2k
Manish D. Sinha United Kingdom	25	735 0.5×	192 0.3×	450 0.7×	159 0.3×	250 0.5×	156	2.9k
Tevfik Ecder Türkiye	30	1.3k 0.8×	100 0.1×	356 0.5×	328 0.6×	261 0.6×	110	3.2k
Kültiğin Türkmen Türkiye	26	688 0.5×	120 0.2×	515 0.8×	182 0.3×	389 0.8×	123	2.4k
Mark L. Lipman Canada	20	804 0.5×	159 0.2×	681 1.0×	107 0.2×	508 1.1×	58	3.3k
Cheng‐Hsu Chen Taiwan	23	592 0.4×	98 0.1×	474 0.7×	136 0.2×	384 0.8×	177	2.3k

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Sharan, K., Hyon K. Choi, Na Lu, et al.. (2025). Proinflammatory Dietary Pattern and the Risk of Female Gout: Sex‐Specific Findings From Three Prospective Cohort Studies. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 77(8). 1077–1086. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaowen, K. Sharan, Molin Wang, et al.. (2025). Empirical dietary index for lower urate concentrations and risk of gout: evidence from cohort studies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 122(3). 793–802.

Hu, Yang, et al.. (2023). Low-Carbohydrate Diet Macronutrient Quality and Weight Change. JAMA Network Open. 6(12). e2349552–e2349552. 8 indexed citations

Sharan, K., Steven L. Gortmaker, Frank B. Hu, et al.. (2023). A South Asian Mediterranean‐style diet is associated with favorable adiposity measures and lower diabetes risk: The MASALA cohort. Obesity. 31(6). 1697–1706. 7 indexed citations

Sharan, K., Yang Hu, Ming Ding, et al.. (2023). Abstract MP36: Long-Term Dietary Lignan Intake and Weight Change: Results From Three Prospective Cohort Studies. Circulation. 147(Suppl_1). 1 indexed citations

Yokose, Chio, Na Lu, Hui Xie, et al.. (2019). Heart disease and the risk of allopurinol-associated severe cutaneous adverse reactions: a general population–based cohort study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 191(39). E1070–E1077. 15 indexed citations

Jorge, April, Ronald B. Melles, Yuqing Zhang, et al.. (2018). Hydroxychloroquine prescription trends and predictors for excess dosing per recent ophthalmology guidelines. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 20(1). 133–133. 32 indexed citations

Howren, Alyssa, Susan Cox, Kam Shojania, et al.. (2018). How patients with gout become engaged in disease management: a constructivist grounded theory study. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 20(1). 110–110. 11 indexed citations

Jorge, April, Na Lu, Sarah Keller, et al.. (2018). The Effect of Statin Use on Mortality in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. The Journal of Rheumatology. 45(12). 1689–1695. 23 indexed citations

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Keller, Sarah, Na Lu, Kimberly G. Blumenthal, et al.. (2018). Racial/ethnic variation and risk factors for allopurinol-associated severe cutaneous adverse reactions: a cohort study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 77(8). 1187–1193. 40 indexed citations

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Fisher, Mark, K. Sharan, Na Lu, Yuqing Zhang, & Hyon K. Choi. (2017). The unclosing premature mortality gap in gout: a general population-based study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76(7). 1289–1294. 85 indexed citations

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Sharan, K., Teresa T. Fung, Na Lu, et al.. (2017). The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, Western diet, and risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 357. j1794–j1794. 167 indexed citations

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Sharan, K., J. Antonio Aviña‐Zubieta, Natalie McCormick, et al.. (2016). The rising prevalence and incidence of gout in British Columbia, Canada: Population-based trends from 2000 to 2012. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 46(4). 451–456. 91 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuqing, Na Lu, Christine Peloquin, et al.. (2016). Improved survival in rheumatoid arthritis: a general population-based cohort study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76(2). 408–413. 89 indexed citations

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Lu, Na, K. Sharan, Robert Terkeltaub, et al.. (2016). Racial disparities in the risk of Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis as urate-lowering drug adverse events in the United States. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 46(2). 253–258. 44 indexed citations

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Lu, Na, Maureen Dubreuil, Yuqing Zhang, et al.. (2015). Gout and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: a population-based, BMI-matched cohort study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(3). 547–551. 111 indexed citations

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Sharan, K., et al.. (2015). What are the effects of medication adherence interventions in rheumatic diseases: a systematic review. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(4). 667–673. 54 indexed citations

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Schoenfeld, Sara, Leo Lu, K. Sharan, et al.. (2015). Statin use and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: a general population-based cohort study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(7). 1315–1320. 48 indexed citations

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Sharan, K., et al.. (2015). The economic burden of gout: A systematic review. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 45(1). 75–80. 90 indexed citations

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Sharan, K., Jinoos Yazdany, Paul R. Fortin, & J. Antonio Aviña‐Zubieta. (2015). Approaches for estimating minimal clinically important differences in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 17(1). 143–143. 198 indexed citations

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