Phillip Fleshner

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
169 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Phillip Fleshner is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Phillip Fleshner has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Surgery, 88 papers in Genetics and 70 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Phillip Fleshner's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (86 papers), Microscopic Colitis (60 papers) and Diverticular Disease and Complications (42 papers). Phillip Fleshner is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (86 papers), Microscopic Colitis (60 papers) and Diverticular Disease and Complications (42 papers). Phillip Fleshner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Phillip Fleshner's co-authors include Stephan R. Targan, Konstantinos A. Papadakis, Dermot McGovern, Marla C. Dubinsky, Karen Zaghiyan, Eric A. Vasiliauskas, Kent D. Taylor, Jerome I. Rotter, Carol J. Landers and Gil Melmed and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Phillip Fleshner

162 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Disease-Specific Alterations in the Enteric Virome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2015 906 citations Phillip Fleshner, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck et al. profile →
Interactions Between Commensal Fungi and the C-Type Lectin Receptor Dectin-1 Influence Colitis

2012 827 citations Iliyan D. Iliev, Vincent Funari et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phillip Fleshner United States	38	2.5k	2.2k	2.1k	1.6k	970	169	6.4k
Miles Parkes United Kingdom	36	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	726 0.7×	128	5.5k
Ellen Scherl United States	34	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	922 1.0×	170	5.1k
Klaus Fellermann Germany	42	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	749 0.8×	103	6.9k
Epameinondas V. Tsianos Greece	34	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	3.0k 1.5×	590 0.4×	268 0.3×	179	6.3k
Tim Raine United Kingdom	29	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	776 0.5×	344 0.4×	97	4.9k
Ingrid Arijs Belgium	36	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.9×	75	7.0k
Yashwant R. Mahida United Kingdom	36	1.4k 0.6×	962 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	663 0.7×	91	4.6k
Peter Mannon United States	31	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	935 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	666 0.7×	71	6.2k
Miquel A. Gassull Spain	35	3.8k 1.5×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	681 0.7×	81	8.3k
Tadakazu Hisamatsu Japan	47	3.7k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	571 0.6×	294	8.3k

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Zuckerman, Jesse, Anthony de Buck van Overstraeten, Gil Melmed, et al.. (2025). Improvement in Functional Outcomes Following Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis: Results from the United States Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Study. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 68(11). 1315–1326.

Gu, Phillip, Yoo Jin Lee, Phillip Fleshner, et al.. (2024). Su1970 QUANTITATIVE HISTOLOGIC FEATURES IN ILEAL RESECTION MARGINS MINED BY AI AND PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS CAN PREDICT EARLY POSTOPERATIVE RECURRENCE (POR) IN CROHN'S DISEASE (CD). Gastroenterology. 166(5). S–886. 1 indexed citations

Assaf, Dan, et al.. (2024). Has the Use of Enhanced Recovery Protocols in Colorectal Surgery Increased Postoperative Bleeding Complications?. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 68(3). 366–372. 1 indexed citations

Truong, Adam, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of opioid‐free surgery for inflammatory bowel disease. Colorectal Disease. 25(5). 976–983. 2 indexed citations

Adams, E. D., Karen Zaghiyan, & Phillip Fleshner. (2023). End-to-end stapled technique for Kono-S anastomosis. Techniques in Coloproctology. 27(12). 1383–1386. 1 indexed citations

Adams, E. D., Jean F. Salem, Miguel Burch, Phillip Fleshner, & Karen Zaghiyan. (2023). Blinded Intraoperative Quantitative Indocyanine Green Metrics Associate With Intestinal Margin Acceptance in Colorectal Surgery. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 67(4). 549–557. 4 indexed citations

Truong, Adam, et al.. (2022). A Single-Center Comparative Study of Open Transabdominal and Laparoscopic Transanal Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis with Total Mesorectal Excision. Has the Bar Been Raised?. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 26(5). 1070–1076. 9 indexed citations

Park, Lisa, Karen Zaghiyan, & Phillip Fleshner. (2021). Transanal Ileal Pouch: Is It Better?. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 31(8). 898–904. 6 indexed citations

Truong, Adam, et al.. (2020). Clinical Factors Associated With Response to Fecal Diversion in Crohn’s Disease. The American Surgeon. 86(10). 1277–1280. 2 indexed citations

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Truong, Adam, et al.. (2020). Long-term healing after complex anal fistula repair in patients with Crohn’s disease. Techniques in Coloproctology. 24(8). 833–841. 13 indexed citations

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Truong, Adam, et al.. (2019). A Standardized Multimodal Analgesia Protocol Reduces Perioperative Opioid Use in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 24(10). 2286–2294. 31 indexed citations

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Potdar, Alka A., Dalin Li, Talin Haritunians, et al.. (2019). Ileal Gene Expression Data from Crohn’s Disease Small Bowel Resections Indicate Distinct Clinical Subgroups. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 13(8). 1055–1066. 14 indexed citations

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Truong, Adam, Karen Zaghiyan, & Phillip Fleshner. (2019). Anorectal Crohn's Disease. Surgical Clinics of North America. 99(6). 1151–1162. 8 indexed citations

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Gonsky, Rivkah, Phillip Fleshner, Richard L. Deem, et al.. (2017). Association of Ribonuclease T2 Gene Polymorphisms With Decreased Expression and Clinical Characteristics of Severity in Crohn’s Disease. Gastroenterology. 153(1). 219–232. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunlan, David Q. Shih, Elaine C. Lee, et al.. (2017). CSA13 inhibits colitis-associated intestinal fibrosis via a formyl peptide receptor like-1 mediated HMG-CoA reductase pathway. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16351–16351. 11 indexed citations

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Zaghiyan, Karen, Gil Melmed, Eric Vasiliauskas, et al.. (2016). Outcomes with Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha Therapy and Serology in Patients withDenovoCrohn’s Disease After Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 11(1). 77–83. 20 indexed citations

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Iliev, Iliyan D., Vincent Funari, Kent D. Taylor, et al.. (2012). Interactions Between Commensal Fungi and the C-Type Lectin Receptor Dectin-1 Influence Colitis. Science. 336(6086). 1314–1317. 827 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saruta, Masayuki, Qi Yu, Armine Avanesyan, et al.. (2007). Phenotype and Effector Function of CC Chemokine Receptor 9-Expressing Lymphocytes in Small Intestinal Crohn’s Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 178(5). 3293–3300. 81 indexed citations

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Yu, Qi, Masayuki Saruta, Armine Avanesyan, et al.. (2006). Expression and functional characterization of FOXP3+CD4+ regulatory T cells in ulcerative colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 13(2). 191–199. 154 indexed citations

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Fleshner, Phillip, David J. Schoetz, Patricia L. Roberts, et al.. (1995). Anal fissure in Crohn's disease. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 38(11). 1137–1143. 56 indexed citations

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