Rafael Paternostro

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Rafael Paternostro is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Paternostro has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Hepatology, 65 papers in Epidemiology and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rafael Paternostro's work include Liver Disease and Transplantation (69 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (65 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (21 papers). Rafael Paternostro is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease and Transplantation (69 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (65 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (21 papers). Rafael Paternostro collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Italy and Germany. Rafael Paternostro's co-authors include Michael Trauner, Thomas Reiberger, Mattias Mandorfer, Bernhard Scheiner, David Bauer, Philipp Schwabl, Benedikt Simbrunner, Arnulf Ferlitsch, Theresa Bucsics and Matthias Pinter and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Hepatology and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Paternostro

75 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Current treatment of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Current treatment of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease
    2022 178 citations Rafael Paternostro, Michael Trauner profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Paternostro Austria 24 1.3k 1.2k 422 211 169 80 1.8k
Benedikt Simbrunner Austria 24 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 401 1.0× 115 0.5× 117 0.7× 104 1.6k
John Lubel Australia 25 1.1k 0.8× 776 0.7× 315 0.7× 290 1.4× 122 0.7× 91 1.8k
Jessica Dyson United Kingdom 23 1.8k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 890 2.1× 308 1.5× 127 0.8× 67 2.6k
Javier Ampuero Spain 24 1.2k 0.9× 849 0.7× 397 0.9× 242 1.1× 138 0.8× 115 1.7k
Niels Kristian Aagaard Denmark 18 829 0.6× 829 0.7× 367 0.9× 91 0.4× 323 1.9× 59 1.3k
Francisco Barrera Chile 20 1.3k 1.0× 697 0.6× 351 0.8× 437 2.1× 230 1.4× 58 1.7k
Marcelo Kugelmas United States 18 1.8k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 587 1.4× 441 2.1× 151 0.9× 47 2.6k
Paolo Conca Italy 16 906 0.7× 407 0.3× 202 0.5× 352 1.7× 123 0.7× 37 1.2k
Yoji Ishizu Japan 22 772 0.6× 724 0.6× 255 0.6× 77 0.4× 203 1.2× 128 1.3k
Mário Reis Álvares‐da‐Silva Brazil 18 805 0.6× 724 0.6× 342 0.8× 126 0.6× 529 3.1× 128 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafael Paternostro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Paternostro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Paternostro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafael Paternostro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafael Paternostro 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 Rafael Paternostro. Rafael Paternostro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Scheiner, Bernhard, Alberto Zanetto, Lorenz Balcar, et al.. (2024). Von Willebrand factor for outcome prediction within different clinical stages of advanced chronic liver disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 59(11). 1376–1386. 3 indexed citations
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Balcar, Lorenz, Benedikt Simbrunner, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2023). Platelet adhesion assessed by PFA-100 is not linked to progression of ACLD. JHEP Reports. 6(1). 100934–100934. 2 indexed citations
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Hofer, Benedikt, Benedikt Simbrunner, Lukas Hartl, et al.. (2023). Hepatic recompensation according to Baveno VII criteria is linked to a significant survival benefit in decompensated alcohol‐related cirrhosis. Liver International. 43(10). 2220–2231. 36 indexed citations
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Balcar, Lorenz, Bernhard Scheiner, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2023). Impact of ammonia levels on outcome in clinically stable outpatients with advanced chronic liver disease. JHEP Reports. 5(4). 100682–100682. 13 indexed citations
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Semmler, Georg, Bernhard Scheiner, Lorenz Balcar, et al.. (2023). Disturbances in sodium and chloride homeostasis predict outcome in stable and critically ill patients with cirrhosis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 58(1). 71–79. 8 indexed citations
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Paternostro, Rafael, Mathias Jachs, Lukas Hartl, et al.. (2023). Diabetes impairs the hemodynamic response to non-selective betablockers in compensated cirrhosis and predisposes for hepatic decompensation. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie. 61(5). e194–e195.
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Scheiner, Bernhard, Lorenz Balcar, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2022). Factor VIII/protein C ratio independently predicts liver-related events but does not indicate a hypercoagulable state in ACLD. Journal of Hepatology. 76(5). 1090–1099. 24 indexed citations
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Balcar, Lorenz, Bernhard Scheiner, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2022). Alpha-1 antitrypsin Pi∗Z allele is an independent risk factor for liver transplantation and death in patients with advanced chronic liver disease. JHEP Reports. 4(11). 100562–100562. 14 indexed citations
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Hofer, Benedikt, Benedikt Simbrunner, David Bauer, et al.. (2022). Acute hemodynamic response to propranolol predicts bleeding and nonbleeding decompensation in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology Communications. 6(9). 2569–2580. 10 indexed citations
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Balcar, Lorenz, Georg Semmler, Katharina Pomej, et al.. (2021). Patterns of acute decompensation in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and course of acute‐on‐chronic liver failure. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 9(4). 427–437. 20 indexed citations
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Jachs, Mathias, Lukas Hartl, Benedikt Simbrunner, et al.. (2020). Amelioration of systemic inflammation in advanced chronic liver disease upon beta-blocker therapy translates into improved clinical outcomes. Gut. 70(9). 1758–1767. 58 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Bernhard, Albert Friedrich Stättermayer, Philipp Schwabl, et al.. (2019). Impact of HSD17B13 rs72613567 genotype on hepatic decompensation and mortality in patients with portal hypertension. Liver International. 40(2). 393–404. 17 indexed citations
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Semmler, Georg, Benedikt Simbrunner, Bernhard Scheiner, et al.. (2019). Impact of farnesoid X receptor single nucleotide polymorphisms on hepatic decompensation and mortality in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 34(12). 2164–2172. 10 indexed citations
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Semmler, Georg, Bernhard Scheiner, Philipp Schwabl, et al.. (2019). The impact of hepatic steatosis on portal hypertension. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0224506–e0224506. 11 indexed citations
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Paternostro, Rafael, Katharina Lampichler, Ulrika Asenbaum, et al.. (2019). The value of different CT‐based methods for diagnosing low muscle mass and predicting mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Liver International. 39(12). 2374–2385. 52 indexed citations
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Scheiner, Bernhard, Georg Semmler, Florian P. Maurer, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of and risk factors for anaemia in patients with advanced chronic liver disease. Liver International. 40(1). 194–204. 58 indexed citations
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Paternostro, Rafael, Birgit Heinisch, Thomas Reiberger, et al.. (2018). Erectile dysfunction in cirrhosis is impacted by liver dysfunction, portal hypertension, diabetes and arterial hypertension. Liver International. 38(8). 1427–1436. 27 indexed citations
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Mandorfer, Mattias, Bernhard Scheiner, Albert Friedrich Stättermayer, et al.. (2018). Impact of patatin‐like phospholipase domain containing 3 rs738409 G/G genotype on hepatic decompensation and mortality in patients with portal hypertension. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 48(4). 451–459. 24 indexed citations
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Schwarzer, Rémy, Danijel Kivaranovic, Rafael Paternostro, et al.. (2018). Carvedilol for reducing portal pressure in primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding: a dose‐response study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 47(8). 1162–1169. 35 indexed citations
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Schwarzer, Rémy, Danijel Kivaranovic, Mattias Mandorfer, et al.. (2017). Randomised clinical study: the effects of oral taurine 6g/day vs placebo on portal hypertension. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 47(1). 86–94. 36 indexed citations

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