Michael J. Pienta

887 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 611 citations indexed

About

Michael J. Pienta is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Pienta has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 611 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Emergency Medicine and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Pienta's work include Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (9 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (9 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (8 papers). Michael J. Pienta is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (9 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (9 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (8 papers). Michael J. Pienta collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Brazil. Michael J. Pienta's co-authors include Kenneth J. Pienta, Jingcheng Wang, Russell S. Taichman, Yusuke Shiozawa, Aaron M. Havens, Paul H. Krebsbach, Elisabeth A. Pedersen, Junhui Song, Younghun Jung and Anjali Mishra and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Blood and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Pienta

16 papers receiving 608 citations

Hit Papers

Human prostate cancer metastases target the hematopoietic... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Human prostate cancer metastases target the hematopoietic stem cell niche to establish footholds in mouse bone marrow
    2011 534 citations Yusuke Shiozawa, Elisabeth A. Pedersen et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael J. Pienta United States 7 413 172 155 139 83 19 611
Alei Feng China 14 261 0.6× 147 0.9× 168 1.1× 83 0.6× 34 0.4× 27 686
Clemens Hinterleitner Germany 14 258 0.6× 63 0.4× 229 1.5× 74 0.5× 107 1.3× 42 627
Suk Young Park South Korea 15 232 0.6× 112 0.7× 120 0.8× 67 0.5× 32 0.4× 36 563
Takayuki Ninomiya Japan 8 272 0.7× 153 0.9× 165 1.1× 114 0.8× 27 0.3× 17 531
Inge Lodewijckx Belgium 5 425 1.0× 132 0.8× 273 1.8× 119 0.9× 33 0.4× 7 738
Miho Takami Japan 10 412 1.0× 77 0.4× 246 1.6× 66 0.5× 90 1.1× 18 600
Julie Madden United Kingdom 9 212 0.5× 49 0.3× 214 1.4× 82 0.6× 33 0.4× 14 502
Akimitsu Hiraki Japan 12 251 0.6× 62 0.4× 181 1.2× 118 0.8× 21 0.3× 21 528
Abdo Abou-Slaybi United States 3 181 0.4× 66 0.4× 174 1.1× 84 0.6× 138 1.7× 6 423
Abha Soni United States 10 290 0.7× 139 0.8× 134 0.9× 107 0.8× 18 0.2× 23 519

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Pienta

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Pienta, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Clinical Frailty Scale Assessment Before Cardiac Surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 121(3). 696–703.
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Pienta, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Pump exchange for major device related infection in patients receiving a durable left ventricular assist device. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 44(4). 686–689.
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Zhou, Shiwei, Guangyu Yang, Hechuan Hou, et al.. (2023). Infections following left ventricular assist device implantation and 1-year health-related quality of life. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 42(9). 1307–1315. 2 indexed citations
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Bauer, Tyler M., Michael J. Pienta, Xiaoting Wu, et al.. (2023). Interhospital variability in failure to rescue rates following aortic valve surgery. JTCVS Open. 16. 123–138.
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Barker, Anna, et al.. (2022). Hemidiaphragm Paralysis Caused by Phrenic Nerve Neurofibroma. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 20(1). 136–139. 1 indexed citations
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Pienta, Michael J., Xiaoting Wu, Thomas Cascino, et al.. (2022). Advancing Quality Metrics for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 113(5). 1544–1551. 7 indexed citations
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Pienta, Michael J., Supriya Shore, Tessa M.F. Watt, et al.. (2022). Patient factors associated with left ventricular assist device infections: A scoping review. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(4). 425–433. 8 indexed citations
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Pienta, Michael J., Chang He, Jonathan W. Haft, et al.. (2022). Contemporary Management of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation at Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 115(1). 88–95. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Guangyu, Min Zhang, Shiwei Zhou, et al.. (2022). Incompleteness of health-related quality of life assessments before left ventricular assist device implant: A novel quality metric. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(10). 1520–1528. 4 indexed citations
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Shore, Supriya, Michael J. Pienta, Tessa M.F. Watt, et al.. (2021). Non-patient factors associated with infections in LVAD recipients: A scoping review. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(1). 1–16. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shiwei, Guangyu Yang, Min Zhang, et al.. (2021). Mortality following durable left ventricular assist device implantation by timing and type of first infection. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 166(2). 570–579.e4. 7 indexed citations
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Pienta, Michael J., Vikram Sood, Andrew C. Chang, et al.. (2021). Smartphone‐based app for evaluating cardiothoracic residents: Feasibility and engagement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 36(12). 4684–4687. 2 indexed citations
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Pienta, Michael J., et al.. (2021). Late HeartMate 3 Thrombosis. ASAIO Journal. 68(5). e87–e89. 3 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Mark K., Brian Mitzman, Brian A. Derstine, et al.. (2019). A Morphomic Index Is an Independent Predictor of Survival After Lung Cancer Resection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 109(3). 873–878. 5 indexed citations
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Pienta, Michael J., Peng Zhang, Brian A. Derstine, et al.. (2017). Analytic Morphomics Predict Outcomes After Lung Transplantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 105(2). 399–405. 18 indexed citations
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Shiozawa, Yusuke, Samantha McGee, Michael J. Pienta, et al.. (2013). Erythropoietin supports the survival of prostate cancer, but not growth and bone metastasis. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 114(11). 2471–2478. 11 indexed citations
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Shiozawa, Yusuke, Elisabeth A. Pedersen, Aaron M. Havens, et al.. (2011). Human prostate cancer metastases target the hematopoietic stem cell niche to establish footholds in mouse bone marrow. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(4). 1298–1312. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shiozawa, Yusuke, Elisabeth A. Pedersen, Aaron M. Havens, et al.. (2008). Solid Tumors Target the HSC Niche to Establish Metastatic Footholds in the Marrow. Blood. 112(11). 552–552. 1 indexed citations
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Jung, Younghun, Yusuke Shiozawa, Zhuo Wang, et al.. (2008). Erythropoietin Stimulates Bone Formation In Vivo By Targeting Both HSCs and MSCs. Blood. 112(11). 321–321. 1 indexed citations

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