Obi Ekwenna

848 total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 562 citations indexed

About

Obi Ekwenna is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Obi Ekwenna has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 562 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Obi Ekwenna's work include Organ Donation and Transplantation (8 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (7 papers) and Renal and Vascular Pathologies (5 papers). Obi Ekwenna is often cited by papers focused on Organ Donation and Transplantation (8 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (7 papers) and Renal and Vascular Pathologies (5 papers). Obi Ekwenna collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Mexico. Obi Ekwenna's co-authors include Puneet Sindhwani, Ahmed El‐Zawahry, Mark S. Soloway, Diogo O. Escudero, Vinata B. Lokeshwar, Soum D. Lokeshwar, Ezekiel E. Young, Vladislav Gorbatiy, Raymond J. Leveillee and Scott M. Castle and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Obi Ekwenna

33 papers receiving 552 citations

Hit Papers

Global Trends in Incidence and Burden of Urolithiasis fro... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75
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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. Global Trends in Incidence and Burden of Urolithiasis from 1990 to 2019: An Analysis of Global Burden of Disease Study Data
    2022 97 citations Puneet Sindhwani, Obi Ekwenna et al. profile →

Peers

Obi Ekwenna
Avelino Fraga Portugal
David Szwajcer Canada
Cynthia Harris United States
Jeroen S. Kloover Netherlands
James Cavet United Kingdom
Hyewon Ryu South Korea
Sharon Avery Australia
Jeff H. Lipton Canada
Allison Gockley United States
Declan O’Rourke United Kingdom
Avelino Fraga Portugal
Obi Ekwenna
Citations per year, relative to Obi Ekwenna Obi Ekwenna (= 1×) peers Avelino Fraga

Countries citing papers authored by Obi Ekwenna

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Fields of papers citing papers by Obi Ekwenna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Obi Ekwenna

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Obi Ekwenna. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Obi Ekwenna 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 Obi Ekwenna. Obi Ekwenna is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Cuffy, Madison C., et al.. (2023). A Quality Analysis of Donor Nephrectomy-Related Information on YouTube; Education or Misinformation?. Transplantation Proceedings. 55(9). 2041–2045. 3 indexed citations
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Ekwenna, Obi, et al.. (2023). Quantifying mortality burden in patients with cancer due to COVID‐19 in the US: A national cross‐sectional analysis. Cancer Medicine. 12(16). 17413–17417. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Justin D., Dinkar Kaw, Deepak Malhotra, et al.. (2023). Electronic Patient Portal Use After Kidney Transplant: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Journal of Surgical Research. 284. 252–263. 4 indexed citations
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Ekwenna, Obi, et al.. (2021). Robotic stapler use: Is it safe?–FDA database analysis across multiple surgical specialties. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0253548–e0253548. 7 indexed citations
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Ekwenna, Obi, et al.. (2021). Risk factors for delayed graft function and their impact on graft outcomes in live donor kidney transplantation. International Urology and Nephrology. 53(3). 439–446. 15 indexed citations
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Ekwenna, Obi, et al.. (2020). Role of Synthetic Mesh Renorrhaphy and Neocapsule Reconstruction to Salvage Posttransplant Severely Damaged Renal Allografts. Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 19(1). 32–37.
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Ortíz, Jorge, et al.. (2018). Initial Experience with the Use of a Robotic Stapler for Robot-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy. Journal of Endourology. 32(11). 1054–1057. 2 indexed citations
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Wagenaar, Amy E., Jun Tashiro, Juan E. Sola, et al.. (2016). Pediatric liver transplantation: predictors of survival and resource utilization. Pediatric Surgery International. 32(5). 439–449. 5 indexed citations
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Rees, Michael A., Ty B. Dunn, Christian S. Kuhr, et al.. (2016). Kidney Exchange to Overcome Financial Barriers to Kidney Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 17(3). 782–790. 47 indexed citations
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Ciancio, Gaetano, et al.. (2013). Feasibility of renal transplantation after unroofing of a large renal cyst in an expanded criteria donor. Urology Annals. 5(3). 206–206. 1 indexed citations
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Joshi, Shivam, Rajinikanth Ayyathurai, Ahmed Eldefrawy, et al.. (2012). Rhabdomyolysis with acute kidney injury in deceased donors is not a contraindication for kidney donation. International Urology and Nephrology. 44(4). 1107–1111. 9 indexed citations
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Yates, Travis J., Soum D. Lokeshwar, Christopher Gomez, et al.. (2012). C‐X‐C chemokine receptor 7. Cancer. 119(1). 61–71. 30 indexed citations
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Gorin, Michael A., Ahmed Eldefrawy, Obi Ekwenna, & Mark S. Soloway. (2011). Active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer: knowledge, acceptance and practice among urologists. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 15(2). 177–181. 12 indexed citations
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Castle, Scott M., Vladislav Gorbatiy, Obi Ekwenna, Ezekiel E. Young, & Raymond J. Leveillee. (2011). Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy for renal angiomyolipoma (AML): an alternative to angio‐embolization and nephron‐sparing surgery. British Journal of Urology. 109(3). 384–387. 53 indexed citations
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Gorin, Michael A., Obi Ekwenna, Mark S. Soloway, & Gaetano Ciancio. (2011). Dramatic Reduction in Tumor Burden With Neoadjuvant Sunitinib Prior to Bilateral Nephron-sparing Surgery. Urology. 79(2). e11–e11. 9 indexed citations
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Kramer, Mario W., Diogo O. Escudero, Soum D. Lokeshwar, et al.. (2010). Association of hyaluronic acid family members (HAS1, HAS2, and HYAL‐1) with bladder cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Cancer. 117(6). 1197–1209. 106 indexed citations
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Ekwenna, Obi, et al.. (2009). Spontaneous Vaginal Drainage of a Pelvic Abscess. Pediatric Emergency Care. 25(12). 856–858. 2 indexed citations

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