Kumar Dharmarajan

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Kumar Dharmarajan is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Dharmarajan has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 26 papers in Emergency Medicine and 23 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Kumar Dharmarajan's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (42 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (19 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (15 papers). Kumar Dharmarajan is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (42 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (19 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (15 papers). Kumar Dharmarajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Kumar Dharmarajan's co-authors include Harlan M. Krumholz, William Poueymirou, Lorna Nuñez, Esther Latres, Sue C. Bodine, Trevor N. Stitt, David M. Valenzuela, David J. Glass, Brian Clarke and Erqian Na and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Dharmarajan

85 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

2001 2.8k citations Sue C. Bodine, Esther Latres et al. Science profile →
Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions After Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia

2013 806 citations Kumar Dharmarajan, Angela Hsieh et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kumar Dharmarajan United States	33	2.7k	2.5k	1.1k	949	808	87	6.8k
Yoshihiro Miyamoto Japan	50	5.1k 1.9×	2.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	189 0.2×	454	10.9k
Constantinos H. Davos Greece	38	3.7k 1.4×	925 0.4×	593 0.5×	546 0.6×	118 0.1×	94	5.7k
Simon P. Mooijaart Netherlands	41	937 0.4×	742 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	689 0.7×	558 0.7×	254	5.9k
Joaquim Gea Spain	49	790 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	439 0.5×	225 0.3×	267	7.9k
Jonathan N. Lund United Kingdom	45	701 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.1k 1.9×	366 0.4×	194 0.2×	215	7.1k
Christiaan Vrints Belgium	47	5.7k 2.1×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	135 0.2×	238	10.1k
Fadi J. Charchar Australia	34	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	977 0.9×	518 0.5×	205 0.3×	117	6.2k
Claudia S. Moy United States	45	1.7k 0.7×	552 0.2×	505 0.5×	2.4k 2.5×	370 0.5×	82	7.6k
Jens Baumert Germany	46	1.4k 0.5×	725 0.3×	943 0.9×	2.1k 2.2×	786 1.0×	204	7.1k
Stuart R. Chipkin United States	31	746 0.3×	647 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	336 0.4×	178 0.2×	86	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Kumar Dharmarajan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Dharmarajan

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Weerahandi, Himali, Haikun Bao, Jeph Herrin, et al.. (2019). Home Health Care After Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Following Heart Failure Hospitalization. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68(1). 96–102. 19 indexed citations

Weerahandi, Himali, Li Li, Haikun Bao, et al.. (2019). Risk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 20(4). 432–437. 7 indexed citations

Bilchick, Kenneth C., Yongfei Wang, Jeptha P. Curtis, et al.. (2019). Modeling defibrillation benefit for survival among cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator recipients. American Heart Journal. 222. 93–104. 3 indexed citations

Khera, Rohan, Kumar Dharmarajan, & Harlan M. Krumholz. (2018). Rising Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure in the United States. JACC Heart Failure. 6(7). 610–612. 10 indexed citations

Dreyer, Rachel P., Kumar Dharmarajan, Kevin F. Kennedy, et al.. (2017). Sex Differences in 1-Year All-Cause Rehospitalization in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 135(6). 521–531. 57 indexed citations

Okunrintemi, Victor, Erica S. Spatz, Paul Di Capua, et al.. (2017). Patient–Provider Communication and Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 10(4). 59 indexed citations

Bilchick, Kenneth C., Yongfei Wang, Alan Cheng, et al.. (2017). Seattle Heart Failure and Proportional Risk Models Predict Benefit From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(21). 2606–2618. 62 indexed citations

Lindenauer, Peter K., Kumar Dharmarajan, Qin Li, et al.. (2017). Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(8). 1009–1017. 67 indexed citations

Dharmarajan, Kumar & Michael W. Rich. (2017). Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prognosis of Heart Failure in Older Adults. Heart Failure Clinics. 13(3). 417–426. 172 indexed citations

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Dharmarajan, Kumar & Shannon M. Dunlay. (2016). Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Heart Failure. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 32(2). 277–289. 19 indexed citations

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Bikdeli, Behnood, Kelly M. Strait, Kumar Dharmarajan, et al.. (2015). Intravenous Fluids in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. JACC Heart Failure. 3(2). 127–133. 28 indexed citations

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Dodson, John A., Yun Wang, Karthik Murugiah, et al.. (2015). National Trends in Hospital Readmission Rates among Medicare Fee-for-Service Survivors of Mitral Valve Surgery, 1999–2010. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132470–e0132470. 14 indexed citations

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Al‐Damluji, Mohammed Salim, Kumar Dharmarajan, Weiwei Zhang, et al.. (2015). Readmissions After Carotid Artery Revascularization in the Medicare Population. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(14). 1398–1408. 20 indexed citations

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Murugiah, Karthik, Yun Wang, John A. Dodson, et al.. (2014). Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 99(2). 509–517. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Kumar Dharmarajan, Xi Li, et al.. (2014). Protocol for the China PEACE (Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events) retrospective study of coronary catheterisation and percutaneous coronary intervention. BMJ Open. 4(3). e004595–e004595. 13 indexed citations

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Ranasinghe, Isuru, Yongfei Wang, Kumar Dharmarajan, et al.. (2014). Readmissions after Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia among Young and Middle-Aged Adults: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study. PLoS Medicine. 11(9). e1001737–e1001737. 81 indexed citations

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Dharmarajan, Kumar, Frederick A. Masoudi, John A. Spertus, Shu‐Xia Li, & Harlan M. Krumholz. (2013). Contraindicated Initiation of β-Blocker Therapy in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. JAMA Internal Medicine. 173(16). 1547–1547. 5 indexed citations

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Dharmarajan, Kumar, Angela Hsieh, Zhenqiu Lin, et al.. (2013). Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions After Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia. JAMA. 309(4). 355–355. 806 indexed citations breakdown →

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Safavi, Kyan C., Kumar Dharmarajan, Nancy Kim, et al.. (2013). Variation Exists in Rates of Admission to Intensive Care Units for Heart Failure Patients Across Hospitals in the United States. Circulation. 127(8). 923–929. 82 indexed citations

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Bodine, Sue C., Esther Latres, Susanne Baumhueter, et al.. (2001). Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy. Science. 294(5547). 1704–1708. 2828 indexed citations breakdown →

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