Peter J. Kahrilas

54.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
495 papers, 35.6k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Kahrilas is a scholar working on Surgery, Gastroenterology and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Kahrilas has authored 495 papers receiving a total of 35.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 409 papers in Surgery, 394 papers in Gastroenterology and 184 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Kahrilas's work include Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (388 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (234 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (220 papers). Peter J. Kahrilas is often cited by papers focused on Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (388 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (234 papers) and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (220 papers). Peter J. Kahrilas collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Peter J. Kahrilas's co-authors include John E. Pandolfino, Sabine Roman, John Dent, Jeri A. Logemann, Nimish Vakil, Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Albert J. Bredenoord, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Roger Jones and Mark Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Physical Review Letters and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Kahrilas

479 papers receiving 34.3k 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.

The Montreal Definition and Classification of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Global Evidence-Based Consensus

2006 2.8k citations Peter J. Kahrilas et al. The American Journal of Gastroenterology profile →
The Chicago Classification of esophageal motility disorders, v3.0

2014 1.4k citations Peter J. Kahrilas, Albert J. Bredenoord et al. Neurogastroenterology & Motility profile →
Modern diagnosis of GERD: the Lyon Consensus

2018 921 citations C. Prakash Gyawali, Peter J. Kahrilas et al. Gut profile →
Gastro-oesophageal reflux monitoring: review and consensus report on detection and definitions of acid, non-acid, and gas reflux

2004 630 citations Daniel Sifrim, D Castell et al. Gut profile →
Chicago classification criteria of esophageal motility disorders defined in high resolution esophageal pressure topography¹

2012 599 citations Albert J. Bredenoord, Mark Fox et al. Neurogastroenterology & Motility profile →
Achalasia: A New Clinically Relevant Classification by High-Resolution Manometry

2008 552 citations John E. Pandolfino, Peter J. Kahrilas et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Esophageal peristaltic dysfunction in peptic esophagitis

1986 522 citations Peter J. Kahrilas et al. Gastroenterology profile →
American Gastroenterological Association Medical Position Statement on the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

2008 458 citations Peter J. Kahrilas, Michael F. Vaezi et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Effect of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy vs Pneumatic Dilation on Symptom Severity and Treatment Outcomes Among Treatment-Naive Patients With Achalasia

2019 230 citations Peter J. Kahrilas, John E. Pandolfino et al. profile →
AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Personalized Approach to the Evaluation and Management of GERD: Expert Review

2022 160 citations Rena Yadlapati, C. Prakash Gyawali et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter J. Kahrilas United States	100	28.1k	27.0k	13.3k	6.7k	3.5k	495	35.6k
Joel E. Richter United States	85	19.7k 0.7×	19.3k 0.7×	4.6k 0.3×	5.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	390	25.1k
Reza Shaker United States	60	5.0k 0.2×	4.5k 0.2×	5.4k 0.4×	4.2k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	357	11.7k
Donald O. Castell United States	62	11.9k 0.4×	12.2k 0.5×	4.0k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	348	15.4k
Walter J. Hogan United States	66	10.5k 0.4×	7.4k 0.3×	3.7k 0.3×	4.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	210	14.1k
John Dent Australia	61	17.1k 0.6×	17.5k 0.6×	3.5k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	200	21.1k
John E. Pandolfino United States	75	20.0k 0.7×	19.6k 0.7×	7.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.3×	581 0.2×	497	22.5k
A. J. P. M. Smout Netherlands	63	11.6k 0.4×	12.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.2×	1.5k 0.2×	1.5k 0.4×	338	15.2k
Mark Fox Switzerland	52	7.4k 0.3×	8.0k 0.3×	2.5k 0.2×	781 0.1×	1.2k 0.3×	201	10.6k
A. R. Zinsmeister United States	39	4.1k 0.1×	4.7k 0.2×	392 0.0×	931 0.1×	1.3k 0.4×	80	9.0k
Jérôme R. Lechien Belgium	43	1.6k 0.1×	1.9k 0.1×	1.6k 0.1×	2.2k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	521	7.9k

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Gast, Richard, et al.. (2025). Direct and Retrograde Wave Propagation in Unidirectionally Coupled Wilson-Cowan Oscillators. Physical Review Letters. 134(5). 58401–58401. 2 indexed citations

Kahrilas, Peter J., et al.. (2024). Secondary peristalsis and esophagogastric junction distensibility in symptomatic post‐fundoplication patients. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 36(4). e14746–e14746. 1 indexed citations

Pandolfino, John E., et al.. (2024). Discriminating “impaired” from “disordered” contractile response on FLIP panometry by utilizing pressure measurement. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 36(7). e14818–e14818. 3 indexed citations

Kou, Wenjun, et al.. (2024). Four-Dimensional Impedance Manometry in Esophageal Motility Disorders. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 120(5). 1019–1026. 2 indexed citations

Pandolfino, John E., Peter J. Kahrilas, Jacob M. Schauer, et al.. (2023). Assessing mechanical function of peristalsis with functional lumen imaging probe panometry: Contraction power and displaced volume. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 35(12). e14692–e14692. 3 indexed citations

Araujo, Isis K., Ikuo Hirano, Nirmala Gonsalves, et al.. (2023). 1220 THE SEVERITY OF REDUCED ESOPHAGEAL DISTENSIBILITY PARALLELS EOSINOPHILIC DISEASE DURATION. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–249. 1 indexed citations

Carlson, Dustin A., Ikuo Hirano, Nirmala Gonsalves, et al.. (2023). A PhysioMechanical Model of Esophageal Function in Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Gastroenterology. 165(3). 552–563.e4. 27 indexed citations

Vespa, Edoardo, et al.. (2023). Presence of esophageal contractility after achalasia treatment is associated with improved esophageal emptying. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 36(3). e14732–e14732. 2 indexed citations

Yadlapati, Rena, C. Prakash Gyawali, Dustin A. Carlson, et al.. (2022). Optimal Wireless Reflux Monitoring Metrics to Predict Discontinuation of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 117(10). 1573–1582. 16 indexed citations

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Carlson, Dustin A., Wenjun Kou, Alexandra J. Baumann, et al.. (2020). Achalasia subtypes can be identified with functional luminal imaging probe (FLIP) panometry using a supervised machine learning process. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 33(3). e13932–e13932. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lin, Dustin A. Carlson, Kevin Dykstra, et al.. (2015). High‐resolution impedance manometry measurement of bolus flow time in achalasia and its correlation with dysphagia. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 27(9). 1232–1238. 42 indexed citations

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Matalon, Sadis, et al.. (2015). Histopathologic patterns among achalasia subtypes. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 28(1). 139–145. 91 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhiyue, et al.. (2014). Parameters for quantifying bolus retention with high‐resolution impedance manometry. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 26(7). 929–936. 32 indexed citations

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Kahrilas, Peter J., Albert J. Bredenoord, Mark Fox, et al.. (2014). The Chicago Classification of esophageal motility disorders, v3.0. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 27(2). 160–174. 1415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Teitelbaum, Ezra N., Nathaniel J. Soper, John E. Pandolfino, et al.. (2014). Esophagogastric junction distensibility measurements during Heller myotomy and POEM for achalasia predict postoperative symptomatic outcomes. Surgical Endoscopy. 29(3). 522–528. 118 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Kumar, John E. Pandolfino, Peter J. Kahrilas, et al.. (2012). Increased Risk for Persistent Intestinal Metaplasia in Patients With Barrett's Esophagus and Uncontrolled Reflux Exposure Before Radiofrequency Ablation. Gastroenterology. 143(3). 576–581. 75 indexed citations

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Xiao, Ying, Frédéric Nicodème, Peter J. Kahrilas, et al.. (2012). Optimizing the swallow protocol of clinical high‐resolution esophageal manometry studies. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 24(10). e489–96. 30 indexed citations

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Pandolfino, John E., Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Nilesh Lodhia, & Peter J. Kahrilas. (2008). Utilizing Intraluminal Pressure Gradients to Predict Esophageal Clearance: A Validation Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103(8). 1898–1905. 35 indexed citations

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Pandolfino, John E. & Peter J. Kahrilas. (2005). Comentario al artículo: AGA medical position statement: Clinical use of esophageal manometry. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 20(3). 33. 1 indexed citations

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Sifrim, Daniel, D Castell, J Dent, & Peter J. Kahrilas. (2004). Gastro-oesophageal reflux monitoring: review and consensus report on detection and definitions of acid, non-acid, and gas reflux. Gut. 53(7). 1024–1031. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

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