Kunj K. Desai

903 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 729 citations indexed

About

Kunj K. Desai is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunj K. Desai has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 729 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Surgery, 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Kunj K. Desai's work include Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (4 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (3 papers) and Surgical Sutures and Adhesives (2 papers). Kunj K. Desai is often cited by papers focused on Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (4 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (3 papers) and Surgical Sutures and Adhesives (2 papers). Kunj K. Desai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Kunj K. Desai's co-authors include Mark S. Granick, Carlos Labat, Masayuki Kimura, Lily Daniali, Abraham Aviv, Athanase Bénétos, Ezra Susser, Jeremy D. Kark, Baburao Koneru and George Dikdan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Kunj K. Desai

12 papers receiving 720 citations

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Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults

2013 487 citations Lily Daniali, Athanase Bénétos et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kunj K. Desai United States	7	448	167	163	159	91	13	729
Pauline M. Snijder Netherlands	10	126 0.3×	110 0.7×	127 0.8×	9 0.1×	40 0.4×	13	694
M Ahrens Germany	7	151 0.3×	193 1.2×	355 2.2×	48 0.3×	22 0.2×	12	711
Simone Droog Netherlands	7	608 1.4×	78 0.5×	262 1.6×	176 1.1×	4 0.0×	10	885
Joaquim Pombo United Kingdom	14	189 0.4×	78 0.5×	88 0.5×	16 0.1×	16 0.2×	20	625
Danielle Fritze United States	12	63 0.1×	311 1.9×	300 1.8×	4 0.0×	61 0.7×	32	905
Ciril Kržišnik Slovenia	15	98 0.2×	90 0.5×	192 1.2×	32 0.2×	4 0.0×	38	681
Xiuqin Fan China	16	192 0.4×	58 0.3×	424 2.6×	11 0.1×	6 0.1×	37	678
Kelly J. Lamb United Kingdom	7	280 0.6×	39 0.2×	77 0.5×	90 0.6×	1 0.0×	9	427
Camilla H. Sandholt Denmark	19	218 0.5×	133 0.8×	310 1.9×	7 0.0×	6 0.1×	32	919
Maki Otsuka Japan	13	89 0.2×	73 0.4×	89 0.5×	9 0.1×	15 0.2×	57	775

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Desai, Kunj K., et al.. (2025). Risankizumab and Respiratory Symptoms: A Novel Case of Organizing Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(Supplement_1). A6043–A6043.

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Bagg, Mark, et al.. (2024). A Review of 1228 In-Office Hand Surgery Procedures With Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) at a Single Private Practice. Hand. 20(5). 785–789. 1 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Ramesh C., et al.. (2022). Arthroscopic TFCC Ulnar Bone Tunnel Foveal Repair in Adult Patients. Arthroscopy Techniques. 11(10). e1753–e1761. 2 indexed citations

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Desai, Kunj K., et al.. (2014). Management of hydrofluoric Acid burns.. PubMed. 14. ic42–ic42. 5 indexed citations

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Nocera, Nadia F, Kunj K. Desai, & Mark S. Granick. (2014). Cat bite cellulitis.. PubMed. 14. ic25–ic25. 3 indexed citations

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Daniali, Lily, Athanase Bénétos, Ezra Susser, et al.. (2013). Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults. Nature Communications. 4(1). 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Desai, Kunj K., Bart Holland, George Dikdan, et al.. (2013). Does Liver Ischemic Preconditioning in Brain Death Donors Induce Kidney Preconditioning? A Retrospective Analysis. Transplantation. 97(3). 337–343. 5 indexed citations

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Daniali, Lily, Athanase Bénétos, Ezra Susser, et al.. (2013). Correction: Corrigendum: Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults. Nature Communications. 4(1). 16 indexed citations

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Desai, Kunj K., et al.. (2012). Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 39(3). 311–324. 31 indexed citations

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Lamba, Sangeeta, et al.. (2011). Self‐reported non‐adherence to immune‐suppressant therapy in liver transplant recipients: demographic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal factors. Clinical Transplantation. 26(2). 328–335. 46 indexed citations

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Raza, Ali, George Dikdan, Kunj K. Desai, et al.. (2010). Global gene expression profiles of ischemic preconditioning in deceased donor liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation. 16(5). 588–599. 23 indexed citations

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Desai, Kunj K., et al.. (2008). Ischemic preconditioning of the liver: A few perspectives from the bench to bedside translation. Liver Transplantation. 14(11). 1569–1577. 35 indexed citations

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Koneru, Baburao, George Dikdan, Kunj K. Desai, et al.. (2007). The Ischemic Preconditioning Paradox in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation—Evidence from a Prospective Randomized Single Blind Clinical Trial. American Journal of Transplantation. 7(12). 2788–2796. 75 indexed citations

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