Najib M. Rahman

19.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
352 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Najib M. Rahman is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Najib M. Rahman has authored 352 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 298 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 126 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 67 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Najib M. Rahman's work include Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (264 papers), Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (119 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (107 papers). Najib M. Rahman is often cited by papers focused on Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (264 papers), Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (119 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (107 papers). Najib M. Rahman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Najib M. Rahman's co-authors include Nick Maskell, Fergus Gleeson, Robert J.O. Davies, Gary Lee, Ioannis Psallidas, Rob Hallifax, John Corcoran, Helen Davies, Rachelle Asciak and Eleanor Mishra and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Najib M. Rahman

310 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults: accredited by NICE

2013 572 citations Najib M. Rahman et al. Thorax profile →
Effect of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Chest Tube and Talc Pleurodesis for Relieving Dyspnea in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion

2012 402 citations Helen Davies, Eleanor Mishra et al. profile →
Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions. An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical Practice Guideline

2018 251 citations Gary Lee, Nick Maskell et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Najib M. Rahman United Kingdom	45	6.1k	2.3k	1.7k	489	385	352	7.5k
Danièle De Luca France	43	4.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	461 0.9×	851 2.2×	289	7.2k
Nick Maskell United Kingdom	48	7.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	578 1.2×	873 2.3×	260	10.0k
Anders Larsson Sweden	35	4.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	956 0.6×	153 0.3×	1.2k 3.2×	229	7.3k
Eric J. Stern United States	30	3.7k 0.6×	802 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	474 1.0×	1.0k 2.7×	136	5.7k
Francesco Mojoli Italy	24	1.5k 0.2×	1.7k 0.7×	748 0.4×	642 1.3×	345 0.9×	119	3.4k
Herbert Wiedemann United States	44	4.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	336 0.7×	2.0k 5.1×	170	8.6k
Charles‐Hugo Marquette France	50	6.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	710 1.5×	1.4k 3.7×	222	9.7k
Lonny Yarmus United States	38	3.6k 0.6×	478 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	354 0.7×	201 0.5×	204	4.8k
Henri G. Colt United States	42	3.6k 0.6×	475 0.2×	1.6k 1.0×	514 1.1×	195 0.5×	162	5.0k
Marco Confalonieri Italy	40	4.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	425 0.3×	111 0.2×	1.5k 3.9×	185	6.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rahman, Najib M., et al.. (2025). Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study. Respiratory Research. 26(1). 53–53.

Laursen, Christian B., Gabriele Via, Damien Basille, et al.. (2025). Thoracic Ultrasound – EFSUMB Training Recommendations – a Position Paper. Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound. 46(6). 560–567. 2 indexed citations

Golubić, Rajna, Andre Choo, Omer Baker, et al.. (2024). Glucocorticoid treatment and new‐onset hyperglycaemia and diabetes in people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Diabetic Medicine. 42(3). e15475–e15475.

Sundaralingam, Anand, et al.. (2023). Optimal diagnostic strategies for pleural diseases and identifying high-risk patients. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 17(1). 15–26. 2 indexed citations

Christensen, Thomas Decker, Morten Bendixen, Søren Helbo Skaarup, et al.. (2022). Intrapleural fibrinolysis and DNase versus video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the treatment of pleural empyema (FIVERVATS): protocol for a randomised, controlled trial – surgery as first-line treatment. BMJ Open. 12(3). e054236–e054236. 8 indexed citations

Bedawi, Eihab O., Parthipan Sivakumar, Katie Ferguson, et al.. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pleural infection incidence: a UK multicentre retrospective analysis. ERJ Open Research. 8(3). 206–2022. 2 indexed citations

Smith, David L., et al.. (2020). British Thoracic Society guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease. Thorax. 75(5). 370–404. 35 indexed citations

Grabczak, Elżbieta M., Grzegorz Styczyński, Piotr Korczyński, et al.. (2020). Pleural Pressure Pulse in Patients with Pleural Effusion: A New Phenomenon Registered during Thoracentesis with Pleural Manometry. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(8). 2396–2396. 1 indexed citations

Rahman, Najib M., et al.. (2019). Osler Centenary Papers: Management of pleural infection: Osler’s final illness and recent advances. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 95(1130). 656–659. 2 indexed citations

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Kanellakis, Nikolaos I., John Wrightson, Rob Hallifax, et al.. (2019). Biological effect of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and DNase intrapleural delivery in pleural infection patients. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 6(1). e000440–e000440. 5 indexed citations

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Luengo-Fernández, Ramón, Erika Penz, Melissa Dobson, et al.. (2019). Cost-effectiveness of intrapleural use of tissue plasminogen activator and DNase in pleural infection: evidence from the MIST2 randomised controlled trial. European Respiratory Journal. 54(2). 1801550–1801550. 13 indexed citations

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Fitzgerald, Deirdre, Grant Waterer, Catherine Read, et al.. (2019). Steroid therapy and outcome of parapneumonic pleural effusions (STOPPE): Study protocol for a multicenter, double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. Medicine. 98(43). e17397–e17397. 6 indexed citations

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Beckert, Lutz, Ben Brockway, Graham Simpson, et al.. (2019). Phase I trial of the single-chain urokinase intrapleural LTI-01 in complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyema. JCI Insight. 4(10). 15 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Giampietro, David McCracken, & Najib M. Rahman. (2018). Endobronchial coil penetration into the pleural space. Thorax. 73(9). 890–891. 1 indexed citations

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Woolhouse, Ian, Lesley Bishop, Liz Darlison, et al.. (2018). British Thoracic Society Guideline for the investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Thorax. 73(Suppl 1). i1–i30. 136 indexed citations

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Bibby, Anna, Patrick Dorn, Ioannis Psallidas, et al.. (2018). ERS/EACTS statement on the management of malignant pleural effusions. European Respiratory Journal. 52(1). 1800349–1800349. 171 indexed citations

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Arnold, David, Anna Morley, Paul White, et al.. (2015). The effect of chemotherapy on health-related quality of life in mesothelioma: results from the SWAMP trial. British Journal of Cancer. 112(7). 1183–1189. 21 indexed citations

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Talwar, Arunabh, Fergus Gleeson, Najib M. Rahman, et al.. (2015). Validation Of 4 Models To Estimate The Probability Of Malignancy In Patients With Sub-Centimeter Pulmonary Nodules. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 191. 1 indexed citations

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Davies, Helen, Silvia Bielsa, Nick Maskell, et al.. (2009). Clinical Impact and Reliability of Pleural Fluid Mesothelin in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusions. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(5). 437–444. 86 indexed citations

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Rahman, Najib M., Eleanor Mishra, Helen Davies, Robert J.O. Davies, & Gary Lee. (2008). Clinically Important Factors Influencing the Diagnostic Measurement of Pleural Fluid pH and Glucose. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(5). 483–490. 58 indexed citations

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