Nicholas Chien

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 678 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Chien is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Chien has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 678 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 4 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Chien's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (4 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (3 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (2 papers). Nicholas Chien is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (4 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (3 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (2 papers). Nicholas Chien collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Nicholas Chien's co-authors include Ramsey Cheung, Mindie H. Nguyen, Leslie Y. Kam, Yee Hui Yeo, Daniel Q. Huang, Yuankai Wu, Chuanli Liu, Hongli Yang, Biyao Zou and Sam Trinh and has published in prestigious journals such as Gut, JAMA Internal Medicine and Annals of Emergency Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Chien

11 papers receiving 665 citations

Hit Papers

Global prevalence, incidence, and outcomes of non-obese o... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Global prevalence, incidence, and outcomes of non-obese or lean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2020 586 citations Qing Ye, Biyao Zou et al. ˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Chien United States 6 591 283 232 144 96 11 678
Sam Trinh United States 7 629 1.1× 270 1.0× 279 1.2× 140 1.0× 89 0.9× 12 693
Leslie Y. Kam United States 7 688 1.2× 283 1.0× 336 1.4× 154 1.1× 94 1.0× 19 778
Z.M. Younossi United States 6 649 1.1× 297 1.0× 297 1.3× 142 1.0× 68 0.7× 10 743
Liz Sin Li Hong Kong 8 660 1.1× 413 1.5× 203 0.9× 115 0.8× 210 2.2× 9 763
Junzhao Ye China 15 481 0.8× 206 0.7× 169 0.7× 63 0.4× 136 1.4× 49 589
Xinrong Zhang China 14 432 0.7× 179 0.6× 248 1.1× 62 0.4× 84 0.9× 46 631
JANE HOLMES-WALKER Australia 3 835 1.4× 506 1.8× 217 0.9× 151 1.0× 128 1.3× 7 958
Mary Ann Huang United States 9 559 0.9× 266 0.9× 337 1.5× 83 0.6× 98 1.0× 12 729
Stefano Ramilli Italy 5 551 0.9× 305 1.1× 157 0.7× 117 0.8× 49 0.5× 5 608
Preya Patel Australia 15 458 0.8× 118 0.4× 351 1.5× 80 0.6× 34 0.4× 41 669

Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas Chien

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Nicholas Chien's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Nicholas Chien with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Nicholas Chien more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Chien

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nicholas Chien. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nicholas Chien. The network helps show where Nicholas Chien may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Chien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicholas Chien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicholas Chien based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nicholas Chien. Nicholas Chien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
1.
Gottlieb, Michael, et al.. (2025). Alcohol withdrawal syndrome presentations to emergency departments in the United States from 2015 to 2023. Academic Emergency Medicine. 32(7). 785–791. 2 indexed citations
2.
3.
Gottlieb, Michael, Nicholas Chien, & Brit Long. (2024). Managing Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 84(1). 29–39. 9 indexed citations
4.
Ogawa, Eiichi, Nicholas Chien, Leslie Y. Kam, et al.. (2022). Association of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy With Liver and Nonliver Complications and Long-term Mortality in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C. JAMA Internal Medicine. 183(2). 97–97. 47 indexed citations
5.
6.
Ye, Qing, Biyao Zou, Yee Hui Yeo, et al.. (2020). Global prevalence, incidence, and outcomes of non-obese or lean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology. 5(8). 739–752. 586 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Zou, Biyao, Yee Hui Yeo, Jie Li, et al.. (2019). Global Prevalence, Incidence and Outcome of Non-Obese or Lean NAFLD:  A Meta-Analysis of 134 Studies and 11,947,163 Persons. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
8.
Gottlieb, Michael, et al.. (2019). Current Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Pediatric Patients. Pediatric Emergency Care. 35(12). 874–878. 4 indexed citations
9.
Chien, Nicholas, et al.. (2018). What Signs Increase the Likelihood of Acute Aortic Dissection?. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 73(4). 400–402. 1 indexed citations
10.
Chien, Nicholas, et al.. (2015). Assessing the Impact of Accessible Video-based Training on Laceration Repair: A Comparison to the Traditional Workshop Method. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16(6). 856–858. 7 indexed citations
11.
Ko, W.-J., Nicholas Chien, Nai‐Kuan Chou, et al.. (2000). Infection in heart transplant recipients: seven years’ experience at the National Taiwan University Hospital. Transplantation Proceedings. 32(7). 2392–2395. 7 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sam Trinh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Leslie Y. Kam Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Z.M. Younossi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Liz Sin Li Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Junzhao Ye Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Xinrong Zhang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by JANE HOLMES-WALKER Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mary Ann Huang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stefano Ramilli Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Preya Patel
Rankless by CCL
2026