Prasad Devarajan

42.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
304 papers, 29.8k citations indexed

About

Prasad Devarajan is a scholar working on Nephrology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Prasad Devarajan has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 29.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 232 papers in Nephrology, 56 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 51 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Prasad Devarajan's work include Acute Kidney Injury Research (191 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (118 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (55 papers). Prasad Devarajan is often cited by papers focused on Acute Kidney Injury Research (191 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (118 papers) and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (55 papers). Prasad Devarajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Prasad Devarajan's co-authors include Qing Ma, Jonathan Barasch, Jaya Mishra, Michael Bennett, Mark Mitsnefes, Chirag R. Parikh, Kiyoshi Mori, Anja Haase‐Fielitz, Michael Haase and Catherine L. Dent and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Prasad Devarajan

300 papers receiving 29.1k citations

Hit Papers

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a bi... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2005 2003 2009 2006 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker for acute renal injury after cardiac surgery
    2005 1.8k citations Qing Ma, Prasad Devarajan et al. profile →
  2. Identification of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Novel Early Urinary Biomarker for Ischemic Renal Injury
    2003 1.4k citations Qing Ma, Prasad Devarajan et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  3. Accuracy of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) in Diagnosis and Prognosis in Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    2009 951 citations Michael Haase, Rinaldo Bellomo et al. American Journal of Kidney Diseases profile →
  4. Update on Mechanisms of Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury
    2006 793 citations Prasad Devarajan Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  5. Endocytic delivery of lipocalin-siderophore-iron complex rescues the kidney from ischemia-reperfusion injury
    2005 746 citations Prasad Devarajan et al. profile →
  6. Dual Action of Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin
    2007 619 citations Prasad Devarajan et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  7. Urine NGAL Predicts Severity of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery
    2008 590 citations Michael Bennett, Qing Ma et al. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  8. Postoperative Biomarkers Predict Acute Kidney Injury and Poor Outcomes after Adult Cardiac Surgery
    2011 557 citations Chirag R. Parikh, Steven G. Coca et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  9. Sensitivity and Specificity of a Single Emergency Department Measurement of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin for Diagnosing Acute Kidney Injury
    2008 506 citations Prasad Devarajan et al. profile →
  10. The Outcome of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin-Positive Subclinical Acute Kidney Injury
    2011 500 citations Michael Haase, Prasad Devarajan et al. profile →
  11. Chronic Inflammation in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: Role of Nrf2
    2021 196 citations Prasad Devarajan et al. Kidney International Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Prasad Devarajan United States 87 21.4k 6.3k 4.7k 4.7k 4.0k 304 29.8k
Jonathan Barasch United States 61 9.8k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 4.6k 1.2× 113 17.5k
Bruce A. Molitoris United States 56 9.1k 0.4× 1.8k 0.3× 1.9k 0.4× 2.9k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 180 16.3k
Lakhmir S. Chawla United States 51 8.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 2.7k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 176 12.8k
Sudhir V. Shah United States 60 6.6k 0.3× 1.3k 0.2× 1.9k 0.4× 2.3k 0.5× 3.5k 0.9× 189 15.5k
Alexander Zarbock Germany 70 4.7k 0.2× 1.8k 0.3× 2.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 3.9k 1.0× 288 17.7k
Charles L. Edelstein United States 64 6.9k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 1.8k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 3.6k 0.9× 173 13.6k
David G. Warnock United States 57 5.8k 0.3× 1.2k 0.2× 3.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 3.9k 1.0× 223 16.1k
Robert A. Star United States 71 6.6k 0.3× 1.2k 0.2× 1.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 6.3k 1.6× 182 18.7k
Kathleen D. Liu United States 54 4.8k 0.2× 2.2k 0.4× 2.8k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 211 12.6k
Hugo Van Aken Germany 61 2.5k 0.1× 2.9k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 6.7k 1.4× 1.1k 0.3× 580 16.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Prasad Devarajan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Junfang, Xueheng Zhao, Tomoyuki Mizuno, et al.. (2025). Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling Combined with Mass Spectrometry to Support Pharmacokinetically-Guided Precision Dosing of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Patients. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 10(4). 806–819.
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Ma, Qing, et al.. (2025). Prolonged unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion as a model for acute to chronic kidney injury in female mice. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 328(5). F684–F690. 2 indexed citations
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Adam, Mike, Andrew Potter, Qing Ma, et al.. (2024). Single-cell sequencing dissects the transcriptional identity of activated fibroblasts and identifies novel persistent distal tubular injury patterns in kidney fibrosis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 439–439. 11 indexed citations
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Vega, Molly Wong, Michelle C. Starr, Patrick D. Brophy, et al.. (2023). Advances in pediatric acute kidney injury pharmacology and nutrition: a report from the 26th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) consensus conference. Pediatric Nephrology. 39(3). 981–992. 1 indexed citations
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Starr, Michelle C., Erin F. Barreto, Jennifer R. Charlton, et al.. (2023). Advances in pediatric acute kidney injury pathobiology: a report from the 26th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) conference. Pediatric Nephrology. 39(3). 941–953. 5 indexed citations
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Wenderfer, Scott E., Kathleen E. Sullivan, Alfred H.J. Kim, et al.. (2023). Urine biomarker score captures response to induction therapy with lupus nephritis. Pediatric Nephrology. 38(8). 2679–2688. 7 indexed citations
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Wenderfer, Scott E., Kathleen E. Sullivan, Alfred H.J. Kim, et al.. (2022). 1115 RAIL biomarkers capture response to induction therapy in pediatric patients during induction therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A80–A81.
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Adam, Mike, Andrew Potter, Qing Ma, et al.. (2020). Single-Cell Profiling of AKI in a Murine Model Reveals Novel Transcriptional Signatures, Profibrotic Phenotype, and Epithelial-to-Stromal Crosstalk. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(12). 2793–2814. 122 indexed citations
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Brown, Jeremiah R., Chirag R. Parikh, Jason H. Greenberg, et al.. (2020). The association of acute kidney injury with hospital readmission and death after pediatric cardiac surgery. JTCVS Open. 4. 70–85. 5 indexed citations
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Yordanova, Mariya, Michael Pizzi, Qing Ma, et al.. (2020). Tubular Injury and Cell-Cycle Arrest Biomarkers To Predict Acute Kidney Injury in Noncritically Ill Children Receiving Aminoglycosides. Biomarkers in Medicine. 14(10). 879–894. 9 indexed citations
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Hsu, Chi‐yuan, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Steven G. Coca, et al.. (2020). Post–Acute Kidney Injury Proteinuria and Subsequent Kidney Disease Progression. JAMA Internal Medicine. 180(3). 402–402. 108 indexed citations
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Greenberg, Jason H., Michael Zappitelli, Heather Thiessen‐Philbrook, et al.. (2018). Biomarkers of AKI Progression after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 29(5). 1549–1556. 53 indexed citations
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Soto, Karina & Prasad Devarajan. (2016). Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers: from bench to clinical use. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 30. 166–169. 1 indexed citations
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Devarajan, Prasad. (2015). Genomic and Proteomic Characterization of Acute Kidney Injury. ˜The œNephron journals/Nephron journals. 131(2). 85–91. 17 indexed citations
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Koyner, Jay L., Vishal S. Vaidya, Michael Bennett, et al.. (2010). Urinary Biomarkers in the Clinical Prognosis and Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 5(12). 2154–2165. 265 indexed citations
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Haase, Michael, Anja Haase‐Fielitz, Rinaldo Bellomo, et al.. (2008). Sodium bicarbonate to prevent increases in serum creatinine after cardiac surgery: A pilot double-blind, randomized controlled trial*. Critical Care Medicine. 37(1). 39–47. 139 indexed citations
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Erkan, Elif, Prasad Devarajan, & George J. Schwartz. (2007). Mitochondria Are the Major Targets in Albumin-Induced Apoptosis in Proximal Tubule Cells. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18(4). 1199–1208. 76 indexed citations
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Devarajan, Prasad & Adrian Spitzer. (2002). Towards a biological characterization of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 39(3). 625–636. 18 indexed citations
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Schoenfeld, Alan R., Tchaiko Parris, Andrew Eisenberger, et al.. (2000). The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene protects cells from UV-mediated apoptosis. Oncogene. 19(51). 5851–5857. 55 indexed citations

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