Michael C. Sachs

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Michael C. Sachs is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C. Sachs has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Genetics, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael C. Sachs's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (37 papers), Microscopic Colitis (31 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (12 papers). Michael C. Sachs is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (37 papers), Microscopic Colitis (31 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (12 papers). Michael C. Sachs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Michael C. Sachs's co-authors include Ian H. de Boer, Bryan Kestenbaum, Ola Olén, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Johan Askling, Katherine R. Tuttle, Irl B. Hirsch, Maryam Afkarian and Jonas Halfvarson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Michael C. Sachs

100 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Kidney Disease and Increased Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

2013 905 citations Maryam Afkarian, Michael C. Sachs et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: a Scandinavian population-based cohort study

2020 321 citations Ola Olén, Rune Erichsen et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael C. Sachs United States	34	1.2k	1.0k	847	808	720	109	4.3k
Elizabeth W. Karlson United States	48	711 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.4×	1.5k 2.1×	110	8.8k
Lai‐Shan Tam Hong Kong	55	452 0.4×	839 0.8×	717 0.8×	874 1.1×	761 1.1×	290	10.2k
W.H. Linda Kao United States	37	592 0.5×	610 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	698 0.9×	247 0.3×	83	4.7k
Anna Köttgen Germany	39	1.3k 1.1×	984 0.9×	2.9k 3.5×	911 1.1×	744 1.0×	158	7.4k
Gunnar H. Heine Germany	43	506 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.9k 2.3×	1.1k 1.4×	387 0.5×	144	6.5k
Curie Ahn South Korea	40	1.1k 1.0×	731 0.7×	2.3k 2.8×	2.0k 2.5×	452 0.6×	418	7.8k
Manuel Muñoz‐Torres Spain	38	565 0.5×	564 0.5×	451 0.5×	794 1.0×	873 1.2×	229	5.2k
Demetrius Ellis United States	41	983 0.8×	801 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	303 0.4×	118	5.7k
Andreas Huber Switzerland	40	403 0.3×	923 0.9×	683 0.8×	866 1.1×	209 0.3×	187	5.2k
Gaurav Agarwal India	33	547 0.5×	403 0.4×	851 1.0×	1.9k 2.3×	564 0.8×	250	4.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sachs, Michael C., Margit Kriegbaum, Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard, et al.. (2025). Machine learning-based prediction of celiac antibody seropositivity by biochemical test parameters. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 23732–23732.

Gabriel, Erin E., Michael C. Sachs, Ingeborg Waernbaum, et al.. (2024). Propensity weighting plus adjustment in proportional hazards model is not doubly robust. Biometrics. 80(3). 1 indexed citations

Sachs, Michael C., Carl Eriksson, Yang Cao, et al.. (2024). Comparative Risk of Serious Infection With Vedolizumab vs Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results From Nationwide Swedish Registers. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 119(12). 2480–2492. 4 indexed citations

Gabriel, Erin E., Michael C. Sachs, Torben Martinussen, et al.. (2023). Inverse probability of treatment weighting with generalized linear outcome models for doubly robust estimation. Statistics in Medicine. 43(3). 534–547. 13 indexed citations

Li, Terry, Benjamin Click, Salam Bachour, et al.. (2023). Suboptimal Guideline Adherence and Biomarker Underutilization in Monitoring of Post-operative Crohn’s Disease. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 68(9). 3596–3604. 1 indexed citations

Joseph, Joshua J., Susan Langan, Joseph Lunyera, et al.. (2022). The association of serum vitamin D with incident diabetes in an African American population. Nutrition and Diabetes. 12(1). 43–43. 7 indexed citations

Axelrad, Jordan E., Ola Olén, Michael C. Sachs, et al.. (2020). Inflammatory bowel disease and risk of small bowel cancer: a binational population-based cohort study from Denmark and Sweden. Gut. 70(2). 297–308. 36 indexed citations

Sachs, Michael C., et al.. (2020). Drug survival of anti‐TNF agents compared with vedolizumab as a second‐line biological treatment in inflammatory bowel disease: results from nationwide Swedish registers. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 53(4). 471–483. 21 indexed citations

Malmborg, Petter, Michael C. Sachs, Johan Askling, et al.. (2020). Adult height in patients with childhood‐onset inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide population‐based cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 51(8). 789–800. 15 indexed citations

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Khalili, Hamed, Kristin E. Burke, Björn Roelstraete, et al.. (2020). Microscopic Colitis and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Nationwide Cohort Study. Gastroenterology. 158(6). 1574–1583.e2. 38 indexed citations

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Olén, Ola, Rune Erichsen, Michael C. Sachs, et al.. (2020). Colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: a Scandinavian population-based cohort study. The Lancet. 395(10218). 123–131. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ammerlaan, Wim, Michael C. Sachs, Ping Guan, et al.. (2018). Small Nucleolar RNA Score: An Assay to Detect Formalin-Overfixed Tissue. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 16(6). 467–476. 4 indexed citations

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Everhov, Åsa H., Jonas Halfvarson, Pär Myrelid, et al.. (2017). Incidence and Treatment of Patients Diagnosed With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at 60 Years or Older in Sweden. Gastroenterology. 154(3). 518–528.e15. 153 indexed citations

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Korn, Edward L., Michael C. Sachs, & Lisa M. McShane. (2015). Statistical controversies in clinical research: assessing pathologic complete response as a trial-level surrogate end point for early-stage breast cancer. Annals of Oncology. 27(1). 10–15. 32 indexed citations

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Mathew, Jehu, Michael C. Sachs, Ronit Katz, et al.. (2014). Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Incident Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 130(4). 298–307. 122 indexed citations

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Kestenbaum, Bryan, Michael C. Sachs, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, et al.. (2014). Fibroblast growth factor-23 and cardiovascular disease in the general population: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 11 indexed citations

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Afkarian, Maryam, Michael C. Sachs, Bryan Kestenbaum, et al.. (2013). Kidney Disease and Increased Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 24(2). 302–308. 905 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sachs, Michael C., John D. Brunzell, Patricia A. Cleary, et al.. (2013). Circulating Vitamin D Metabolites and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 36(8). 2423–2429. 29 indexed citations

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Newman, Anne B., Michael C. Sachs, Alice M. Arnold, et al.. (2009). Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 64A(12). 1251–1261. 70 indexed citations

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Sachs, Michael C.. (1980). Die religiöse Poesie der Juden in Spanien. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations

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