Patricia E. Birk

3.3k citations

39 papers · 2.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Transplantation top 0.1%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
Nephrology top 1%
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies

Papers in

Transplantation 29
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments 28
Nephrology 9
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies 9

Co-authors: David N. Rush Peter Nickerson Martin Karpinski Ian W. Gibson Tom Blydt‐Hansen Julie Ho Aviva Goldberg Chris Wiebe
Journals: Pediatric Transplantation (8 papers)American Journal of Transplantation (8 papers)Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (4 papers)Pediatric Nephrology (3 papers)Transplantation (2 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States Austria

In The Last Decade

Patricia E. Birk

35 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories log scale

Rates and Determinants of Progression to Graft Failure in Kidney Allograft Recipients With De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody 2015 · 266 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 American Journal of Transplantation
2012 American Journal of Transplantation

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Patricia E. Birk

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Patricia E. Birk'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 Patricia E. Birk with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Patricia E. Birk more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Patricia E. Birk

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Patricia E. Birk. 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 Patricia E. Birk. The network helps show where Patricia E. Birk may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Patricia E. Birk, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with Patricia E. Birk Line = papers co-authored together Patricia E. Birk links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	HLA-DQ de novo donor-specific antibody development and its effect on renal allograft survival Human Immunology ·Emmett Tsz Yeung Wong, Robert Balshaw, Ian W. Gibson, Julie Ho, W. E. C., Martin Karpinski, Aaron Trachtenberg, Denise Pochinco, Aviva Goldberg, Patricia E. Birk, Maury Pinsk, David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson, Chris Wiebe	2024	0
2	Immune phenotyping in a pediatric multicenter transplant study: Suitability of a preformulated dry-antibody panel system Human Immunology ·Lavinia Ionescu, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Bethany J. Foster, Upton Allen, Patricia E. Birk, Lorraine Hamiwka, Véronique Phan, Saihong Sun, Sabine Ivison, Megan K. Levings, Lori J. West, Seema Mital, Simon Urschel	2024	0
3	Association of BKV viremia and nephropathy with adverse alloimmune outcomes in kidney transplant recipients Clinical Transplantation ·Youbei Qiao, Chris Wiebe, Robert Balshaw, Jared Bullard, Ian W. Gibson, Aaron Trachtenberg, James Shaw, Кашникова Любовь Николаевна, Martin Karpinski, Aviva Goldberg, Patricia E. Birk, Maury Pinsk, David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson, Julie Ho	2024	5
4	A rational approach to guide cost-effective de novo donor-specific antibody surveillance with tacrolimus immunosuppression American Journal of Transplantation ·Chris Wiebe, Robert Balshaw, Ian W. Gibson, Julie Ho, W. E. C., Martin Karpinski, Aaron Trachtenberg, Denise Pochinco, Aviva Goldberg, Patricia E. Birk, Maury Pinsk, David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson	2023	9
5	HLA-DR/DQ molecular mismatch: A prognostic biomarker for primary alloimmunity American Journal of Transplantation ·Chris Wiebe, Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis, Denise Pochinco, Ian W. Gibson, Julie Ho, Patricia E. Birk, Aviva Goldberg, Martin Karpinski, W. E. C., David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson	2018	137
6	Pediatric Outcomes in Transplant: PersOnaliSing Immunosuppression To ImproVe Efficacy (POSITIVE Study): The Collaboration and Design of a National Transplant Precision Medicine Program Transplantation Direct ·P. Royet, Upton Allen, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Patricia E. Birk, Saihong Sun, Lorraine Hamiwka, Véronique Phan, Tal Schechter, Donna A. Wall, Simon Urschel, Bethany J. Foster, Seema Mital	2018	5
7	Evaluation of C1q Status and Titer of De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies as Predictors of Allograft Survival American Journal of Transplantation ·Chris Wiebe, Alison J. Gareau, Denise Pochinco, Ian W. Gibson, Julie Ho, Patricia E. Birk, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Martin Karpinski, Aviva Goldberg, Leroy Storsley, David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson	2016	63
8	Rates and Determinants of Progression to Graft Failure in Kidney Allograft Recipients With De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody American Journal of Transplantation ·Chris Wiebe, Ian W. Gibson, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Denise Pochinco, Patricia E. Birk, Julie Ho, Martin Karpinski, Aviva Goldberg, Leroy Storsley, David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson Hit paper breakdown →	2015	266
9	Class II HLA Epitope Matching—A Strategy to Minimize De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody Development and Improve Outcomes American Journal of Transplantation ·Chris Wiebe, Denise Pochinco, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Julie Ho, Patricia E. Birk, Martin Karpinski, Aviva Goldberg, Leroy Storsley, Ian W. Gibson, David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson	2013	269
10	First global forum on education on organ donation and transplantation for schools Pediatric Transplantation ·Marcelo Cantarovich, Patricia E. Birk, Christine Pelloquin, Francis L. Delmonico, Glaucie Graysse Duarte de Abreu, Clotilde Druck Garcia, Martí Manyalich, William Wall, Helmut Arbogast, Diego Paolizzi, Odri Cicvarić, F Cantarovich	2012	7
11	Surveillance biopsies in children post-kidney transplant Pediatric Nephrology ·Patricia E. Birk	2011	31
12	Pretransplant serologic testing to identify the risk of polyoma BK viremia in pediatric kidney transplant recipients Pediatric Transplantation ·Rera Pertama Dani, Ian W. Gibson, Patricia E. Birk, Tom Blydt‐Hansen	2011	24
13	Enhanced resolution of interstitial fibrosis in pediatric renal allograft biopsies using image analysis of trichrome stain Pediatric Transplantation ·Patricia E. Birk, John S. Gill, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Ian W. Gibson	2010	1
14	Low incidence of adverse events in outpatient pediatric renal allograft biopsies Pediatric Transplantation ·Patricia E. Birk, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Allison Dart, Gong Jun-yon, R.A. Joshua, G. D. Taylor	2006	34
15	Surveillance biopsies are superior to functional studies for the diagnosis of acute and chronic renal allograft pathology in children Pediatric Transplantation ·Patricia E. Birk, Alexander Perevozchikov, Smt. Sumela Chatterjee, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Malcolm R. Ogborn, Mary Cheang, John G. Gartner, Ian W. Gibson	2004	54
16	Flow Cytometric Crossmatching in Primary Renal Transplant Recipients with a Negative Anti-Human Globulin Enhanced Cytotoxicity Crossmatch Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Martin Karpinski, David N. Rush, John Jeffery, Markus Exner, Heinz Regele, Ippei Uemura, Denise Pochinco, Patricia E. Birk, Peter Nickerson	2001	169
17	Aortic dissection in young patients with chronic hypertension American Journal of Kidney Diseases ·Beth A. Vogt, Patricia E. Birk, Douglas Sheil, Stephen H. Hite, Clifford E. Kashtan	1999	25
18	Effect of Increasing Baseline Immunosuppression on the Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Rejection Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Peter Nickerson, John Jeffery, James Gough, Paul C. Grimm, Rachel M. McKenna, Patricia E. Birk, David N. Rush	1999	73
19	Risk factors for chronic rejection in pediatric renal transplant recipients - a single-center experience Pediatric Nephrology ·Patricia E. Birk, Arthur J. Matas, Kristen J. Gillingham, S. Michael Mauer, John S. Najarian, Blanche M. Chavers	1997	32
20	Rapid nonradioactive in situ hybridization for interleukin-2 mRNA with riboprobes generated using the polymerase chain reaction Journal of Immunological Methods ·Patricia E. Birk, Paul C. Grimm	1994	14

About Patricia E. Birk

Patricia E. Birk is a scholar working on Transplantation, Nephrology, Immunology, Surgery and Epidemiology, having authored 39 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (28 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (11 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (9 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (8 papers), Complement system in diseases (6 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (4 papers), Polyomavirus and related diseases (4 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Transplantation (2.2k citations), Nephrology (588 citations), Surgery (1.3k citations), Immunology (482 citations) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (451 citations). Patricia E. Birk has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Austria. Frequent co-authors include David N. Rush, Peter Nickerson, Martin Karpinski, Ian W. Gibson, Tom Blydt‐Hansen, Julie Ho, Aviva Goldberg, Chris Wiebe, Leroy Storsley and Denise Pochinco. Their work appears in journals such as Pediatric Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation.

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