Rachel Westbrook

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Rachel Westbrook is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Westbrook has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Hepatology, 28 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rachel Westbrook's work include Liver Disease and Transplantation (33 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (19 papers). Rachel Westbrook is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease and Transplantation (33 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (19 papers). Rachel Westbrook collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. Rachel Westbrook's co-authors include Geoffrey Dusheiko, Michael A. Heneghan, Andrew D. Yeoman, Catherine Williamson, Deepak Joshi, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Allison James, Alberto Quaglia, John G. O’Grady and Nigel Heaton and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Hepatology and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Westbrook

52 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Natural history of hepatitis C 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Natural history of hepatitis C
    2014 683 citations Rachel Westbrook, Geoffrey Dusheiko Journal of Hepatology profile →

Peers

Rachel Westbrook
Eytan Mor Israel
Deepak Joshi United Kingdom
Stephen Pollard United Kingdom
Vijayan Balan United States
L Belli Italy
Ajeet Singh Bhadoria India
M. Colledan Italy
Warren R. Maley United States
Amadeo Marcos United States
Steven Lobritto United States
Eytan Mor Israel
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Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Westbrook

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel Westbrook

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rachel Westbrook. 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 Rachel Westbrook. The network helps show where Rachel Westbrook may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Westbrook

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rachel Westbrook. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rachel Westbrook based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rachel Westbrook. Rachel Westbrook is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Cococcia, Sara, Jasmina Panovska‐Griffiths, Sudeep Tanwar, et al.. (2021). Uncovering unsuspected advanced liver fibrosis in patients referred to alcohol nurse specialists using the ELF test. BMC Gastroenterology. 21(1). 143–143. 5 indexed citations
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Halliday, Neil & Rachel Westbrook. (2017). Liver transplantation: need, indications, patient selection and pre-transplant care. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 78(5). 252–259. 20 indexed citations
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Halliday, Neil & Rachel Westbrook. (2017). Liver transplantation: post-transplant management. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 78(5). 278–285. 5 indexed citations
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Onali, Simona, Maria Kalafateli, Avik Majumdar, et al.. (2017). Non‐selective beta‐blockers are not associated with increased mortality in cirrhotic patients with ascites. Liver International. 37(9). 1334–1344. 29 indexed citations
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Dhar, Anjan, Md Abdullah Yusuf, Aileen Marshall, et al.. (2017). The Royal Free Hospital ‘hub-and-spoke network model’ delivers effective care and increased access to liver transplantation. Public Health. 154. 164–171. 13 indexed citations
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Kalafateli, Maria, Maria Burniston, Εvangelos Cholongitas, et al.. (2016). Development and validation of a mathematical equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate in cirrhosis: The royal free hospital cirrhosis glomerular filtration rate. Hepatology. 65(2). 582–591. 46 indexed citations
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Maurice, James, Edgar Brodkin, Annalan M D Navaratnam, et al.. (2016). Validation of the Baveno VI criteria to identify low risk cirrhotic patients not requiring endoscopic surveillance for varices. Journal of Hepatology. 65(5). 899–905. 130 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel, Geoffrey Dusheiko, & Catherine Williamson. (2015). Pregnancy and liver disease. Journal of Hepatology. 64(4). 933–945. 155 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel, et al.. (2012). Outcomes of pregnancy in women with autoimmune hepatitis. Journal of Autoimmunity. 38(2-3). J239–J244. 106 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel, Sarah Hughes, John O’Grady, et al.. (2011). PREGNANCY IN CHOLESTATIC LIVER DISEASE. Hepatology. 54. 1 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel, Andrew D. Yeoman, John G. O’Grady, et al.. (2011). Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts Outcome in Cirrhotic Patients During Pregnancy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 9(8). 694–699. 68 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel, Deepak Joshi, N Heaton, et al.. (2010). Outcomes of Severe Pregnancy-Related Liver Disease: Refining the Role of Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 10(11). 2520–2526. 67 indexed citations
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Patel, Raj, N C Lea, Rachel Westbrook, et al.. (2010). The prevalence of the activating JAK2 tyrosine kinase mutation in chronic porto‐splenomesenteric venous thrombosis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 31(12). 1330–1336. 21 indexed citations
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Joshi, Deepak, Allison James, Alberto Quaglia, Rachel Westbrook, & Michael A. Heneghan. (2010). Liver disease in pregnancy. The Lancet. 375(9714). 594–605. 236 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel, Andrew D. Yeoman, Kosh Agarwal, et al.. (2009). AN EVALUATION OF MORTALITY IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED IN EXCESS OF 5 AND 10 YEARS SINCE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION. Liver Transplantation. 15(7). 1 indexed citations
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Westbrook, Rachel & S Riley. (2008). Esophageal Lichen Planus: Case Report and Literature Review. Dysphagia. 23(3). 331–334. 24 indexed citations
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Sanders, David S., et al.. (2005). Case-Finding for Adult Celiac Disease in Patients with Reduced Bone Mineral Density. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 50(3). 587–592. 21 indexed citations

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