Nikhil Agarwal

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nikhil Agarwal is a scholar working on Surgery, Economics and Econometrics and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikhil Agarwal has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Surgery, 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Nikhil Agarwal's work include Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (7 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (7 papers) and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (6 papers). Nikhil Agarwal is often cited by papers focused on Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (7 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (7 papers) and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (6 papers). Nikhil Agarwal collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Nikhil Agarwal's co-authors include Brennan Spiegel, Wasim Khan, Kendrick To, Paulo Somaini, Marc Kaneshiro, Roger Bolus, Nicole Kurzbard, Stephen McDonnell, Kamyar Shahedi and Atila Abdulkadiroğlu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Nikhil Agarwal

60 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Long-term Risk of Acute Diverticulitis Among Patients With Incidental Diverticulosis Found During Colonoscopy

2013 284 citations Kamyar Shahedi, Garth Fuller et al. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikhil Agarwal United States	21	807	301	262	223	186	64	1.8k
Ginimol Mathew United Kingdom	14	1.4k 1.8×	99 0.3×	79 0.3×	196 0.9×	581 3.1×	22	3.0k
Thomas Franchi United Kingdom	13	1.2k 1.5×	77 0.3×	27 0.1×	96 0.4×	231 1.2×	28	2.3k
Richard W. Schwartz United States	27	913 1.1×	44 0.1×	91 0.3×	171 0.8×	110 0.6×	125	2.7k
Jason Smith United Kingdom	25	1.1k 1.4×	63 0.2×	51 0.2×	88 0.4×	740 4.0×	57	2.1k
Lorenzo Cobianchi Italy	23	615 0.8×	44 0.1×	34 0.1×	64 0.3×	248 1.3×	107	1.6k
Karen Wang United States	21	311 0.4×	125 0.4×	39 0.1×	85 0.4×	142 0.8×	89	1.3k
Beth Bjerregaard United States	26	414 0.5×	29 0.1×	77 0.3×	220 1.0×	336 1.8×	90	2.6k
Faisal Khosa Canada	37	943 1.2×	24 0.1×	121 0.5×	256 1.1×	306 1.6×	297	4.9k
Yu‐Hui Chang United States	26	654 0.8×	23 0.1×	159 0.6×	94 0.4×	275 1.5×	134	2.3k
Daniel Kim United States	26	561 0.7×	24 0.1×	59 0.2×	209 0.9×	152 0.8×	180	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2025). Adductor canal block in total knee arthroplasty: a scoping review of the literature. BJA Open. 14. 100381–100381. 1 indexed citations

Agarwal, Nikhil, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, & Nick D. Clement. (2025). Is the Rate of Early mobilization in Hip fracture patients using Alfentanil Better than standard opioid analgesia (REHAB)? A protocol for a prospective cohort study. Bone & Joint Open. 6(1). 53–61.

Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2025). Choices and Outcomes in Assignment Mechanisms: The Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys. Econometrica. 93(2). 395–438. 1 indexed citations

Moehring, Alex, Oishi Banerjee, Adam Jacobi, et al.. (2025). A Dataset for Understanding Radiologist-Artificial Intelligence Collaboration. Scientific Data. 12(1). 739–739.

Yu, Feiyang, Alex Moehring, Oishi Banerjee, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity and predictors of the effects of AI assistance on radiologists. Nature Medicine. 30(3). 837–849. 63 indexed citations

Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2021). Understanding cost-utility analysis studies in the trauma and orthopaedic surgery literature. EFORT Open Reviews. 6(5). 305–315. 5 indexed citations

Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2020). Tumour budding is a predictor of lymph node metastasis in colorectal carcinoma. 3(1). 299–301.

Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2020). Obesity does not adversely impact the outcome of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of 80,798 subjects. International Journal of Obesity. 45(4). 715–724. 16 indexed citations

Ranka, Sagar, Divyanshu Mohananey, Nikhil Agarwal, et al.. (2019). Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension-Management Strategies and Outcomes. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 34(9). 2513–2523. 16 indexed citations

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Rezapour, Mona & Nikhil Agarwal. (2017). You Are What You Eat: A Case of Nematode-Induced Eosinophilic Esophagitis. ACG Case Reports Journal. 4(1). e13–e13. 5 indexed citations

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Snape, William J., Mimi Lin, Nikhil Agarwal, & Richard E. Shaw. (2016). Evaluation of the pylorus with concurrent intraluminal pressure and Endo FLIP in patients with nausea and vomiting. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 28(5). 758–764. 82 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Nikhil. (2014). An Empirical Model of the Medical Match. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Shahedi, Kamyar, Garth Fuller, Roger Bolus, et al.. (2013). Long-term Risk of Acute Diverticulitis Among Patients With Incidental Diverticulosis Found During Colonoscopy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 11(12). 1609–1613. 284 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spiegel, Brennan, Dinesh Khanna, Roger Bolus, et al.. (2011). Understanding Gastrointestinal Distress: A Framework for Clinical Practice. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 106(3). 380–385. 32 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2011). Are immunosuppressive medications associated with decreased responses to routine immunizations? A systematic review. Vaccine. 30(8). 1413–1424. 79 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Brennan, Jennifer Talley, Paul Shekelle, et al.. (2011). Development and Validation of a Novel Patient Educational Booklet to Enhance Colonoscopy Preparation. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 106(5). 875–883. 131 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2010). Toxic exposure in America: Estimating fetal and infant health outcomes from 14 years of TRI reporting. Journal of Health Economics. 29(4). 557–574. 32 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Brennan, Roger Bolus, Nikhil Agarwal, et al.. (2010). Measuring symptoms in the irritable bowel syndrome: development of a framework for clinical trials. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 32(10). 1275–1291. 57 indexed citations

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Saleem, Mohammad, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chitti R. Moorthy, et al.. (2005). Intracoronary Brachytherapy for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis. Cardiology in Review. 13(3). 139–141. 8 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Nikhil, et al.. (2003). Ebanking for comprehensive EDemocracy: An Indian Discernment. The Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce. 8(1). 2 indexed citations

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