Mark Muthiah

10.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
184 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Mark Muthiah is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Muthiah has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Epidemiology, 79 papers in Hepatology and 44 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mark Muthiah's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (121 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (59 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (36 papers). Mark Muthiah is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (121 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (59 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (36 papers). Mark Muthiah collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and Japan. Mark Muthiah's co-authors include Cheng Han Ng, Arun J. Sanyal, Daniel Q. Huang, Wen Hui Lim, Darren Jun Hao Tan, Nicholas Chew, Eunice Xiang Xuan Tan, Kai En Chan, Mazen Noureddin and Yip Han Chin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Mark Muthiah

173 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global incidence and prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2022 351 citations Cheng Han Ng, Daniel Q. Huang et al. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology profile →
Efficacy of covid-19 vaccines in immunocompromised patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

2022 284 citations Mark Muthiah et al. profile →
Global Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Metabolic-associated Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of 10 739 607 Individuals

2022 184 citations Kai En Chan, Jingxuan Quek et al. profile →
An Observational Data Meta-analysis on the Differences in Prevalence and Risk Factors Between MAFLD vs NAFLD

2021 166 citations Grace En Hui Lim, Cheng Han Ng et al. profile →
Mortality Outcomes by Fibrosis Stage in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

2022 108 citations Cheng Han Ng, Wen Hui Lim et al. profile →
Patterns in Cancer Incidence Among People Younger Than 50 Years in the US, 2010 to 2019

2023 93 citations Benjamin Koh, Darren Jun Hao Tan et al. profile →
The Global Burden of Cirrhosis and Other Chronic Liver Diseases in 2021

2025 13 citations Darren Jun Hao Tan, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Muthiah Singapore	32	2.5k	1.2k	1.0k	636	536	184	4.1k
George Cholankeril United States	31	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.5×	874 0.8×	604 0.9×	373 0.7×	145	4.0k
Sanjaya K. Satapathy United States	31	2.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	674 0.6×	825 1.3×	378 0.7×	170	3.7k
Nimer Assy Israel	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	570 0.9×	337 0.6×	92	3.2k
Farhad Zamani Iran	30	1.6k 0.7×	646 0.5×	839 0.8×	527 0.8×	766 1.4×	178	3.5k
Ricki Bettencourt United States	36	4.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	622 1.0×	835 1.6×	77	5.0k
Marcin Krawczyk Germany	33	1.8k 0.7×	898 0.7×	603 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	474 0.9×	203	3.3k
Dae Won Jun South Korea	37	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 2.1×	1.0k 1.9×	290	5.3k
Marcello Persico Italy	41	4.3k 1.7×	3.3k 2.7×	987 0.9×	803 1.3×	716 1.3×	204	6.5k
Shahin Merat Iran	39	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	567 0.5×	1.6k 2.4×	533 1.0×	172	4.9k
Yong Kyun Cho South Korea	43	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.3k 2.1×	535 1.0×	167	5.3k

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Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, et al.. (2025). Liver cirrhosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology report. 13. goaf037–goaf037. 1 indexed citations

Tan, Jennifer, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Jake P. Mann, et al.. (2025). Meta‐Analysis: Effects of Steatotic Liver Disease‐Associated Genetic Risk Alleles on Longitudinal Outcomes. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 62(3). 244–276. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Nicole K. Y., Benjamin Koh, Robert Lim, et al.. (2025). Meta‐Analysis: Utilisation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 63(1). 8–16. 1 indexed citations

Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Luis Antonio Díaz, Mark Muthiah, et al.. (2025). Sex disparities in alcohol-associated liver disease and subtype differences in alcohol-attributable cancers in the United States. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology. 31(3). 1058–1070. 3 indexed citations

Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Pongpun Saokhieo, Mark Muthiah, et al.. (2025). Gastrointestinal cancer statistics in 2022 and projection to 2050: GLOBOCAN estimates across 185 countries. Cancer. 132(1). e70245–e70245.

Tan, Eunice X., Daniel Q. Huang, Z. H. Wan, et al.. (2024). Upper limit of normal ALT levels in health and metabolic diseases: Pooled analysis of 423,355 individuals with bootstrap modelling. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 59(8). 984–992. 4 indexed citations

Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Majd B. Aboona, Kwanjit Duangsonk, et al.. (2024). Incidence of liver cancer in young adults according to the Global Burden of Disease database 2019. Hepatology. 80(4). 828–843. 27 indexed citations

Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Kanokphong Suparan, Cheng Han Ng, et al.. (2024). Global and regional burden of alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol use disorder in the elderly. JHEP Reports. 6(4). 101020–101020. 20 indexed citations

Chong, Bryan, Jayanth Jayabaskaran, Rachel Goh, et al.. (2023). Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Computed Tomography and Echocardiography Are Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 16(5). e015159–e015159. 38 indexed citations

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Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Cheng Han Ng, Mark Muthiah, et al.. (2023). The silent burden of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in the elderly: A global burden of disease analysis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 58(10). 1062–1074. 17 indexed citations

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Quek, Jingxuan, Darren Jun Hao Tan, Kai En Chan, et al.. (2023). Quality Assessment of Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Digestive Diseases. 41(5). 757–766. 6 indexed citations

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Lim, Wen Hui, Caitlyn Tan, Jieling Xiao, et al.. (2023). De novo metabolic syndrome after liver transplantation: a meta-analysis on cumulative incidence, risk factors, and outcomes. Liver Transplantation. 29(4). 413–421. 7 indexed citations

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Kong, Gwyneth, Yip Han Chin, Kannan Shankar, et al.. (2023). A two‐decade population‐based study on the effect of hypertension in the general population with obesity in the United States. Obesity. 31(3). 832–840. 13 indexed citations

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Chin, Yip Han, Chaoxing Lin, Gwyneth Kong, et al.. (2022). Meta-analysis of the Placebo and Nocebo effects associated with Placebo treatment in randomized trials of lipid-lowering therapies. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 9(5). 511–519. 16 indexed citations

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Muthiah, Mark, Ekaterina Smirnova, Puneet Puri, et al.. (2022). Development of Alcohol‐Associated Hepatitis Is Associated With Specific Changes in Gut‐Modified Bile Acids. Hepatology Communications. 6(5). 1073–1089. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Wenhao, Cheng Han Ng, Jingxuan Quek, et al.. (2022). The growing prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), determined by fatty liver index, amongst young adults in the United States. A 20-year experience. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 2(4). 19–19. 5 indexed citations

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Xiao, Jieling, Jie Ning Yong, Cheng Han Ng, et al.. (2021). A Meta‐Analysis and Systematic Review on the Global Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Disease in Liver Transplantation Recipients. Liver Transplantation. 28(4). 689–699. 14 indexed citations

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Tan, Darren Jun Hao, et al.. (2021). A Meta-Analysis on the Rate of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Liver Transplant and Associations to Etiology, Alpha-Fetoprotein, Income and Ethnicity. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(2). 238–238. 28 indexed citations

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Ng, Cheng Han, Darren Jun Hao Tan, Jie Ning Yong, et al.. (2021). A Diagnostic Test Meta‐Analysis Evaluating Imaging‐Based and Blood Biomarker–Based Assessment Tools for Fibrosis After Liver Transplantation. Liver Transplantation. 28(4). 659–669. 9 indexed citations

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Smirnova, Ekaterina, Puneet Puri, Mark Muthiah, et al.. (2020). Fecal Microbiome Distinguishes Alcohol Consumption From Alcoholic Hepatitis But Does Not Discriminate Disease Severity. Hepatology. 72(1). 271–286. 100 indexed citations

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