R C Kester

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

R C Kester is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, R C Kester has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Surgery, 38 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in R C Kester's work include Peripheral Artery Disease Management (36 papers), Vascular Procedures and Complications (22 papers) and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (12 papers). R C Kester is often cited by papers focused on Peripheral Artery Disease Management (36 papers), Vascular Procedures and Complications (22 papers) and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (12 papers). R C Kester collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Netherlands. R C Kester's co-authors include M. B. Bennett, R. F. Ker, R. McN. Alexander, D. Scott, P. Kent, J.I. Spark, Ian Chetter, David Berridge, David Greenstein and Philip Turton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

R C Kester

109 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R C Kester United Kingdom	23	1.1k	642	581	475	414	117	2.3k
David H. Gershuni United States	28	1.9k 1.8×	300 0.5×	308 0.5×	855 1.8×	203 0.5×	67	2.6k
V.C. Roberts United Kingdom	27	746 0.7×	206 0.3×	581 1.0×	89 0.2×	309 0.7×	96	2.1k
Gert‐Jan Kleinrensink Netherlands	36	3.4k 3.2×	575 0.9×	313 0.5×	634 1.3×	370 0.9×	159	4.4k
Marco A. Cimmino Italy	36	955 0.9×	1.5k 2.3×	217 0.4×	553 1.2×	138 0.3×	173	5.1k
Johannes G. G. Dobbe Netherlands	27	1.2k 1.2×	650 1.0×	528 0.9×	178 0.4×	249 0.6×	115	2.9k
L. Kinzl Germany	44	4.5k 4.2×	431 0.7×	686 1.2×	862 1.8×	157 0.4×	299	6.3k
Chris White Australia	30	575 0.5×	175 0.3×	200 0.3×	678 1.4×	120 0.3×	125	3.0k
Eberhard Kuhlisch Germany	40	1.3k 1.2×	346 0.5×	422 0.7×	41 0.1×	559 1.4×	129	4.8k
R. Bruce Heppenstall United States	30	2.0k 1.8×	312 0.5×	218 0.4×	328 0.7×	93 0.2×	64	2.7k
Benjamin Kohl United States	24	983 0.9×	249 0.4×	396 0.7×	415 0.9×	291 0.7×	89	2.5k

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Coughlin, Patrick A., P. Kent, David Berridge, D. Scott, & R C Kester. (2006). The PADHOC Device is a Better Guide to the Actual Incapacity Suffered by Claudicants than the Gold Standard Constant Load Treadmill Test. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 32(6). 651–656. 3 indexed citations

Robertson, Ian, David Kessel, P. Kent, et al.. (2003). An audit of out of hours interventional vascular radiology. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 25(6). 573–577. 4 indexed citations

Spark, J.I., D. Scott, Ian Chetter, P J Guillou, & R C Kester. (1999). Does Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) Affect Neutrophil Activation and Adhesion Following Ischaemia-reperfusion?. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 17(2). 115–120. 6 indexed citations

Turton, Philip, P. Kent, & R C Kester. (1998). The Aetiology of Raynaud's Phenomenon. Cardiovascular Surgery. 6(5). 431–440. 1 indexed citations

Greenstein, David & R C Kester. (1998). The Role of Leukocytes in the Pathogenesis of Vibration-Induced White Finger. Angiology. 49(11). 915–922. 5 indexed citations

Spark, J.I., Ian Chetter, R C Kester, & D J A Scott. (1997). Allogeneic versus autologous blood during abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 14(6). 482–486. 39 indexed citations

Spark, J.I., et al.. (1996). Audit of vascular surgical workload: use of data for service development.. PubMed. 78(3 ( Pt 1)). 209–13. 4 indexed citations

Galvin, Kathleen, et al.. (1994). Comparison of Three Methods for Measuring Cigarette Smoking in Patients with Vascular Disease. Cardiovascular Surgery. 2(1). 48–51. 8 indexed citations

Ashley, S., et al.. (1994). Percutaneous laser recanalisation of femoropopliteal occlusions using continuous wave Nd-YAG laser and sapphire contact probe delivery system. European Journal of Vascular Surgery. 8(4). 494–501. 2 indexed citations

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Sivananthan, U. M., et al.. (1993). Iatrogenic Vascular Injury following Arterial Cannulation: The Importance of Early Surgery. Cardiovascular Surgery. 1(3). 251–253. 21 indexed citations

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Ashley, S. & R C Kester. (1993). Laser angioplasty. British journal of surgery. 80(5). 550–551. 5 indexed citations

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Ashley, S., et al.. (1990). Technical report: Aneurysm formation after dynamic catheter assisted balloon angioplasty. Clinical Radiology. 41(4). 283–285. 2 indexed citations

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Ramsden, C. H., et al.. (1989). Teicoplanin: Part 1. An evaluation of the concentrations seen in serum and the subcutaneous fat of the relatively ischaemic lower limb following a single intravenous bolus.. PubMed. 15(1). 21–3. 9 indexed citations

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Kester, R C, et al.. (1987). Microwave thermography for medical applications. IEE Proceedings A Physical Science, Measurement and Instrumentation, Management and Education, Reviews. 134(2). 171–174. 7 indexed citations

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Ramsden, C. H., et al.. (1981). Cefuroxime levels attained in tissues and wound exudates from severely ischaemic limbs. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 7(2). 163–169. 10 indexed citations

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Guillou, P J, Stephen H. Leveson, & R C Kester. (1980). The complications of arteriovenous grafts for vascular access. British journal of surgery. 67(7). 517–521. 21 indexed citations

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Ramsden, C. H., et al.. (1980). Tissue levels of cephradine in ischaemic limbs following a single intravenous injection. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 6(9). 585–588. 1 indexed citations

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Guillou, P J, et al.. (1980). Plasma phosphate and red cell 2,3‐diphosphoglycerate following abdominal surgery. Anaesthesia. 35(4). 339–344. 3 indexed citations

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Ramsden, C. H., et al.. (1978). A study on tissue concentrations of cephradine achieved in patiens with peripheral vascular disease. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 5(6). 427–432. 7 indexed citations

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Kester, R C. (1978). Early results with human umbilical cord vein allografts for haemodialysis. British journal of surgery. 65(9). 609–610. 3 indexed citations

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