Ninh T. Nguyen

18.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
280 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Ninh T. Nguyen is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ninh T. Nguyen has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Surgery, 91 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 41 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Ninh T. Nguyen's work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (121 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (72 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (51 papers). Ninh T. Nguyen is often cited by papers focused on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (121 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (72 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (51 papers). Ninh T. Nguyen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and Canada. Ninh T. Nguyen's co-authors include Bruce M. Wolfe, J. Esteban Varela, Marcelo W. Hinojosa, Brian R. Smith, Samuel E. Wilson, Michael J. Stamos, Xuan‐Mai T. Nguyen, John S. Lane, C. Melinda Stevens and Matthew M. Hutter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ninh T. Nguyen

267 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

Laparoscopic Versus Open Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Study of Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Costs

2001 774 citations Ninh T. Nguyen, Bruce M. Wolfe et al. profile →
First Report from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network

2011 481 citations Matthew M. Hutter, Ninh T. Nguyen et al. profile →
Association of Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Metabolic Syndrome with Obesity: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004

2008 472 citations Ninh T. Nguyen, Marcelo W. Hinojosa et al. Journal of the American College of Surgeons profile →
Bariatric surgery for obesity and metabolic disorders: state of the art

2016 354 citations Ninh T. Nguyen, J. Esteban Varela profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ninh T. Nguyen United States	63	10.5k	3.5k	2.3k	1.5k	1.4k	280	12.9k
Raúl J. Rosenthal United States	51	8.1k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	695 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	334	9.4k
Alfons Pomp United States	53	9.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	3.5k 1.5×	875 0.6×	746 0.5×	178	11.8k
Stacy A. Brethauer United States	58	14.6k 1.4×	2.4k 0.7×	6.5k 2.8×	2.0k 1.4×	932 0.6×	263	17.4k
Daniel W. Birch Canada	42	5.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	564 0.4×	794 0.5×	213	6.7k
Shahzeer Karmali Canada	43	5.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	529 0.4×	868 0.6×	228	6.6k
Matthew M. Hutter United States	37	3.6k 0.3×	1.0k 0.3×	854 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	299 0.2×	104	5.7k
Bert van Ramshorst Netherlands	48	5.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	674 0.3×	462 0.3×	326 0.2×	148	6.8k
Aurora D. Pryor United States	34	3.3k 0.3×	984 0.3×	655 0.3×	550 0.4×	715 0.5×	225	4.2k
Jonathan F. Finks United States	26	3.5k 0.3×	902 0.3×	620 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	287 0.2×	87	4.7k
John S. Sampalis Canada	46	3.4k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	562 0.4×	95 0.1×	218	8.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nguyen, Ninh T., Kishore M. Gadde, & Ravinder K. Mittal. (2025). Flap Valve-Preserving Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (INNOVATE-VSG): Clinical Trial Study Protocol. Obesity Surgery. 35(3). 1063–1069. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Ninh T., et al.. (2025). Roles of autophagy and long non-coding RNAs in gastric cancer. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 31(11). 101124–101124. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Bradley, et al.. (2024). Nutritional Optimization of the Surgical Patient: A Narrative Review. Advances in Nutrition. 16(1). 100351–100351. 3 indexed citations

Yeates, Eric O., Areg Grigorian, Justine Chinn, et al.. (2022). Night Radiology Coverage for Trauma: Residents, Teleradiology, or Both?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 235(3). 500–509. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Brian R., et al.. (2021). The impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on gastrointestinal operative volume in the United States. Surgical Endoscopy. 36(3). 1943–1949. 19 indexed citations

Chinn, Justine, et al.. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Volume of Inpatient Hospitalization Through General Medicine and Medicine Subspecialty Services at US Medical Centers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 516–519. 4 indexed citations

Nguyen, Ninh T., et al.. (2021). Male gender is a predictor of higher mortality in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0254066–e0254066. 117 indexed citations

Nguyen, Ninh T., Justine Chinn, & Kenneth J. Chang. (2021). Collaboration between GI surgery & Gastroenterology improves understanding of the optimal antireflux valve—the omega flap valve. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(6). 3214–3220. 9 indexed citations

Gambhir, Sahil, et al.. (2020). Short- and long-term survival after laparoscopic versus open total gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma: a National database study. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(4). 1872–1878. 10 indexed citations

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Gambhir, Sahil, Shaun Daly, Dawn M. Elfenbein, et al.. (2020). The effect of transparency on the gender-based compensation gap in surgical disciplines within a large academic healthcare system. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(6). 2607–2612. 7 indexed citations

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Gambhir, Sahil, Shaun Daly, Brian Sheehan, et al.. (2019). Outcomes of laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair based on surgical specialty: thoracic versus general surgeons. Surgical Endoscopy. 34(4). 1621–1624. 1 indexed citations

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Gambhir, Sahil, Shaun Daly, Luke R. Putnam, et al.. (2019). Evolving changes of minimally invasive esophagectomy: a single-institution experience. Surgical Endoscopy. 34(6). 2503–2511. 2 indexed citations

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Grigorian, Areg, Alessio Pigazzi, Ninh T. Nguyen, et al.. (2018). Use of laparoscopic colectomy increasing in trauma: comparison of laparoscopic vs. open colectomy. Updates in Surgery. 71(1). 105–111. 1 indexed citations

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Whealon, Matthew D., Michael Phelan, Steven Mills, et al.. (2017). Lymph Node Positivity in Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma: Should Size Matter?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 225(1). 69–75. 15 indexed citations

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Suematsu, Yasunori, Yoshitsugu Obi, Akihiro Shimomura, et al.. (2017). Risk of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Among Pregnant Women. The American Journal of Cardiology. 120(3). 479–483. 1 indexed citations

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Ponce, Jaime, Ninh T. Nguyen, Matthew M. Hutter, Ranjan Sudan, & John M. Morton. (2015). American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimation of bariatric surgery procedures in the United States, 2011-2014. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 11(6). 1199–1200. 145 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Ninh T., Brian R. Smith, Kevin M. Reavis, et al.. (2012). Strategic Laparoscopic Surgery for Improved Cosmesis in General and Bariatric Surgery: Analysis of Initial 127 Cases. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 22(4). 355–361. 15 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Ninh T., et al.. (2009). Laparoscopic Transumbilical Gastrojejunostomy: An Advanced Anastomotic Procedure Performed Through a Single Site. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 19(2). 199–201. 5 indexed citations

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Varela, J. Esteban, Marcelo W. Hinojosa, & Ninh T. Nguyen. (2007). Perioperative outcomes of bariatric surgery in adolescents compared with adults at academic medical centers. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 3(5). 537–540. 35 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Ninh T., Samuel E. Wilson, & Bruce M. Wolfe. (2005). Rationale for laparoscopic gastric bypass. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 200(4). 621–629. 25 indexed citations

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