Rafael Bañares

21.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Rafael Bañares is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Bañares has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Hepatology, 151 papers in Epidemiology and 107 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rafael Bañares's work include Liver Disease and Transplantation (161 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (130 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (68 papers). Rafael Bañares is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease and Transplantation (161 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (130 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (68 papers). Rafael Bañares collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. Rafael Bañares's co-authors include Agustı́n Albillos, Juan Carlos García‐Pagán, Juan G. Abraldeṣ, Diego Rincón, Cristina Ripoll, G. Clemente, Jackie Bosch, Jaime Bosch, María‐Vega Catalina and Luis-Miguel Molinero and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Bañares

242 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

β blockers to prevent decompensation of cirrhosis in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension (PREDESCI): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial

2019 392 citations Càndid Villanueva, Agustı́n Albillos et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael Bañares Spain	50	6.9k	6.3k	3.9k	553	526	256	8.9k
Thomas D. Schiano United States	47	5.2k 0.8×	4.3k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	407 0.7×	418 0.8×	380	9.2k
Jaume Bosch Spain	54	8.1k 1.2×	6.9k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	330 0.6×	459 0.9×	156	9.9k
David Patch United Kingdom	61	10.8k 1.6×	9.1k 1.4×	5.5k 1.4×	638 1.2×	556 1.1×	210	13.0k
Aleksander Krag Denmark	46	6.0k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.6×	252 0.5×	496 0.9×	232	8.7k
Hugo E. Vargas United States	49	5.3k 0.8×	4.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	203 0.4×	339 0.6×	205	6.9k
Dominique Thabut France	50	6.2k 0.9×	6.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	250 0.5×	308 0.6×	207	8.5k
Xingshun Qi China	46	4.7k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	332 0.6×	234 0.4×	397	7.2k
Miquel Navasa Spain	59	11.7k 1.7×	10.2k 1.6×	5.4k 1.4×	213 0.4×	714 1.4×	237	14.5k
Flemming Bendtsen Denmark	53	6.5k 0.9×	8.0k 1.3×	4.1k 1.0×	569 1.0×	460 0.9×	340	12.1k
Wim Laleman Belgium	43	7.3k 1.1×	6.3k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	259 0.5×	1.1k 2.0×	198	9.9k

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Poca, María, Eva Román, Marta Puerto, et al.. (2025). Vitamin D Supplementation Is Associated with Inflammation Amelioration and Cognitive Improvement in Decompensated Patients with Cirrhosis. Nutrients. 17(2). 226–226. 2 indexed citations

Villanueva, Càndid, Joan Genescà, Juan Carlos García‐Pagán, et al.. (2024). Progressive systemic inflammation precedes decompensation in compensated cirrhosis. JHEP Reports. 7(2). 101231–101231. 4 indexed citations

Iruzubieta, Paula, Rebeca Mayo, Itziar Mincholé, et al.. (2024). One‐step non‐invasive diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatohepatitis and fibrosis in high‐risk population. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 12(7). 919–929. 8 indexed citations

Berenguer, Juan, José M. Bellón, Rafael Bañares, & Juan González‐García. (2024). Reply: Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors after HCV clearance with DAA in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis. Hepatology. 81(1). E6–E7.

Berenguer, Juan, Teresa Aldámiz‐Echevarría, Víctor Hontañón, et al.. (2024). Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors after HCV clearance with DAA in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis. Hepatology. 81(1). 238–253. 3 indexed citations

Ibáñez, Luis, et al.. (2023). Pregnancy outcomes in patients with portal cavernoma: A case series study. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 163(1). 277–281.

Múñoz‐Hernández, Rocío, Antonio Gil‐Gómez, R. Aller, et al.. (2023). Role of EpCAM+ CD133+ extracellular vesicles in steatosis to steatohepatitis transition in NAFLD. Liver International. 43(9). 1909–1919. 5 indexed citations

Carrión, Laura, et al.. (2023). Portal hypertension increases the risk of hepatic decompensation after 90Yttrium radioembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 16. 1108389971–1108389971.

Campos‐Varela, Isabel, Jordi Colmenero, Miguel Ángel Gómez‐Bravo, et al.. (2022). Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome after liver transplantation: A multicenter observational study. Liver Transplantation. 28(7). 1257–1261. 3 indexed citations

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Benedé‐Ubieto, Raquel, Ricardo Ulises Macías‐Rodríguez, Astrid Ruiz‐Margáin, et al.. (2021). Abnormal Liver Function Test in Patients Infected with Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A Retrospective Single-Center Study from Spain. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(5). 1039–1039. 15 indexed citations

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Villanueva, Càndid, Agustı́n Albillos, Joan Genescà, et al.. (2021). Bacterial infections adversely influence the risk of decompensation and survival in compensated cirrhosis. Journal of Hepatology. 75(3). 589–599. 39 indexed citations

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Moreau, Richard, Bin Gao, Mária Papp, Rafael Bañares, & Patrick S. Kamath. (2021). Acute-on-chronic liver failure: A distinct clinical syndrome. Journal of Hepatology. 75. S27–S35. 84 indexed citations

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Fortea, José Ignacio, Marta Puerto, Jorge Almagro, et al.. (2020). Sevoflurane versus ketamine+diazepam anesthesia for assessing systemic and hepatic hemodynamics in rats with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0233778–e0233778. 5 indexed citations

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Martín–Llahí, Marta, Agustı́n Albillos, Rafael Bañares, et al.. (2017). Vascular diseases of the liver. Clinical Guidelines from the Catalan Society of Digestology and the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver. Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition). 40(8). 538–580. 15 indexed citations

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Fortea, José Ignacio, Alexander Zipprich, Marta Puerto, et al.. (2017). Enoxaparin does not ameliorate liver fibrosis or portal hypertension in rats with advanced cirrhosis. Liver International. 38(1). 102–112. 17 indexed citations

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Ripoll, Cristina, María‐Vega Catalina, Raquel Yotti, et al.. (2008). Cardiac Dysfunction During Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 85(12). 1766–1772. 67 indexed citations

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Pascual, Manuel, et al.. (2003). Importance of tumoral markers in donors. Transplantation Proceedings. 35(5). 1647–1649. 7 indexed citations

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Bañares, Rafael, et al.. (2003). Cuadro convulsivo en paciente joven. Revista Clínica Española. 230(12). 601–603. 5 indexed citations

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Bañares, Rafael. (2002). Randomized comparison of long-term carvedilol and propranolol administration in the treatment of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. Hepatology. 36(6). 1367–1373. 152 indexed citations

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Rimola, Antoni, Joan Manuel Salmerón, G. Clemente, et al.. (1995). Two different dosages of cefotaxime in the treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis: Results of a prospective, randomized, multicenter study. Hepatology. 21(3). 674–679. 131 indexed citations

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