Keith McCullough

12.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Keith McCullough is a scholar working on Nephrology, Surgery and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith McCullough has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Nephrology, 32 papers in Surgery and 19 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Keith McCullough's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (43 papers), Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (19 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (16 papers). Keith McCullough is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (43 papers), Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis (19 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (16 papers). Keith McCullough collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Keith McCullough's co-authors include Eric W. Young, David A. Goodkin, Philip J. Held, Robert A. Wolfe, Friedrich K. Port, Bruce Robinson, Ronald L. Pisoni, Alan B. Leichtman, Susan Murray and Bradley J. Maroni and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Keith McCullough

100 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization: The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

2003 655 citations Keith McCullough, David A. Goodkin et al. Kidney International profile →
Development of the New Lung Allocation System in the United States

2006 524 citations Thomas M. Egan, Susan Murray et al. American Journal of Transplantation profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Keith McCullough	2.7k	1.9k	1.0k	765	720	107	5.4k
Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham	3.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	916 0.9×	944 1.2×	689 1.0×	88	6.7k
Laura Plantinga	3.0k 1.1×	867 0.5×	786 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	584 0.8×	179	6.4k
Charles Tomson	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	685 0.7×	899 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	232	7.3k
Ashwini R. Sehgal	2.8k 1.0×	820 0.4×	722 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	613 0.9×	164	6.6k
David T. Gilbertson	4.4k 1.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	939 1.2×	1.5k 2.1×	180	10.2k
Aminu K. Bello	2.7k 1.0×	758 0.4×	736 0.7×	931 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	124	5.7k
William M. McClellan	4.5k 1.6×	743 0.4×	791 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.7×	156	8.4k
Ann M. O’Hare	3.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	475 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	1.8k 2.6×	176	8.5k
Deidra C. Crews	2.5k 0.9×	545 0.3×	633 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	606 0.8×	222	6.4k
Roger W. Evans	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	759 0.8×	906 1.2×	291 0.4×	84	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith McCullough

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Hayat, Ashik, Melissa S Cheetham, Yeoungjee Cho, et al.. (2025). Incremental start and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis: International results from PDOPPS. Peritoneal Dialysis International. 46(2). 163–173.

Tennankore, Karthik, Keith McCullough, Brian Bieber, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and Outcomes of Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(12). 1622–1634. 3 indexed citations

Fotheringham, James, Ivonne Solis‐Trapala, Victoria Briggs, et al.. (2023). Catheter Event Rates in Medical Compared to Surgical Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion. Kidney International Reports. 8(12). 2635–2645. 3 indexed citations

Davies, Simon, Junhui Zhao, Keith McCullough, et al.. (2022). International Icodextrin Use and Association with Peritoneal Membrane Function, Fluid Removal, Patient and Technique Survival. Kidney360. 3(5). 872–882. 13 indexed citations

Lambie, Mark, Junhui Zhao, Keith McCullough, et al.. (2022). Variation in Peritoneal Dialysis Time on Therapy by Country. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(6). 861–871. 29 indexed citations

Eriguchi, Masahiro, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Marcelo Barreto Lopes, et al.. (2022). Routinely Measured Cardiac Troponin I and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as Predictors of Mortality in Haemodialysis Patients. ESC Heart Failure. 9(2). 1138–1151. 16 indexed citations

Zhao, Xinju, Liangying Gan, Fan Fan Hou, et al.. (2021). Thrombocytopenia Predicts Mortality in Chinese Hemodialysis Patients: An Analysis of the China DOPPS. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(10S). 285–286.

Zhao, Xinju, Liangying Gan, Fan Fan Hou, et al.. (2021). Blood flow rate: An independent risk factor of mortality in Chinese hemodialysis patients. Seminars in Dialysis. 35(3). 251–257. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Junhui, Keith McCullough, Douglas S. Fuller, et al.. (2021). Variation in Peritoneal Dialysis–Related Peritonitis Outcomes in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS). American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 79(1). 45–55.e1. 40 indexed citations

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Liabeuf, Sophie, Keith McCullough, Eric W. Young, et al.. (2019). International variation in the management of mineral bone disorder in patients with chronic kidney disease: Results from CKDopps. Bone. 129. 115058–115058. 9 indexed citations

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Robinson, Bruce, Jinyao Zhang, Hal Morgenstern, et al.. (2013). Worldwide, mortality risk is high soon after initiation of hemodialysis. Kidney International. 85(1). 158–165. 242 indexed citations

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Champion, R.H., et al.. (2010). Correlation of MAPT scores with clinical and radiographic assessment of patients awaiting THR/TKR. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 81(7-8). 543–546. 4 indexed citations

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McCullough, Keith, D.S. Keith, Kathryn Meyer, et al.. (2009). Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the United States, 1998–2007: Access for Patients with Diabetes and End-Stage Renal Disease. American Journal of Transplantation. 9(4). 894–906. 93 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Robert A., Keith McCullough, Douglas E. Schaubel, et al.. (2008). Calculating Life Years from Transplant (LYFT): Methods for Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Candidates. American Journal of Transplantation. 8(4). 997–1011. 156 indexed citations

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Egan, Thomas M., Susan Murray, Rami Bustami, et al.. (2006). Development of the New Lung Allocation System in the United States. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(5). 1212–1227. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pisoni, Ronald L., Keith McCullough, Robert M. Merion, et al.. (2005). Kidney transplantation and wait-listing rates from the international Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Kidney International. 68(1). 330–337. 79 indexed citations

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Saran, Rajiv, Bernard Canaud, Thomas A. Depner, et al.. (2004). Dose of dialysis: Key lessons from major observational studies and clinical trials. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 44(5 Suppl 2). 47–53. 30 indexed citations

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Hecking, E., J.L. Bragg-Gresham, Hugh C. Rayner, et al.. (2003). Haemodialysis prescription, adherence and nutritional indicators in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 19(1). 100–107. 127 indexed citations

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McCullough, Keith, Friedrich K. Port, David A. Goodkin, et al.. (2002). Mortality risk in hemodialysis patients and changes in nutritional indicators: DOPPS. Kidney International. 62(6). 2238–2245. 355 indexed citations

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Kimes, Alane S., et al.. (1989). Effects of acute and chronic acyclovir on canine renal function.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 249(2). 483–491. 2 indexed citations

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