Rahul Kumar

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Rahul Kumar is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Kumar has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Epidemiology, 30 papers in Hepatology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rahul Kumar's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (33 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (22 papers) and Liver Diseases and Immunity (7 papers). Rahul Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (33 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (22 papers) and Liver Diseases and Immunity (7 papers). Rahul Kumar collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and India. Rahul Kumar's co-authors include Jiaofeng Huang, Su Lin, Yinlian Wu, Qianwen Zhao, Yunlei Deng, Yueyong Zhu, Ming-Fang Wang, Ningfang Lian, Shiying Liu and Gongping Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hepatology and Annals of Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Kumar

55 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

The impact of COPD and smoking history on the severity of COVID‐19: A systemic review and meta‐analysis

2020 483 citations Qianwen Zhao, Rahul Kumar et al. profile →
Comparison of MAFLD and NAFLD diagnostic criteria in real world

2020 389 citations Su Lin, Jiaofeng Huang et al. Liver International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rahul Kumar Singapore	18	961	893	457	430	333	63	2.2k
Jiaofeng Huang China	19	922 1.0×	889 1.0×	297 0.6×	430 1.0×	319 1.0×	47	2.1k
Yinlian Wu China	15	714 0.7×	649 0.7×	261 0.6×	326 0.8×	248 0.7×	28	1.6k
Biyao Zou United States	16	1.3k 1.4×	298 0.3×	627 1.4×	156 0.4×	145 0.4×	27	2.0k
Maria Effenberger Austria	20	541 0.6×	507 0.6×	154 0.3×	196 0.5×	157 0.5×	46	1.7k
Naresh Bansal India	13	477 0.5×	455 0.5×	359 0.8×	216 0.5×	134 0.4×	71	1.1k
Eva Wolf Germany	24	803 0.8×	867 1.0×	452 1.0×	98 0.2×	302 0.9×	108	2.3k
Kristin Berry United States	31	2.2k 2.3×	542 0.6×	2.2k 4.8×	207 0.5×	609 1.8×	78	3.6k
Madhumita Premkumar India	25	952 1.0×	353 0.4×	963 2.1×	109 0.3×	104 0.3×	154	1.7k
Rebecca Scherzer United States	38	1.0k 1.1×	1.9k 2.1×	251 0.5×	52 0.1×	91 0.3×	177	4.9k
Vijay Gayam United States	16	301 0.3×	385 0.4×	124 0.3×	166 0.4×	191 0.6×	127	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rahul Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahul Kumar

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

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Biswas, Sagnik, Anuradha Sharma, Umang Arora, et al.. (2025). Endovascular Interventions for the Secondary Prophylaxis of Gastric Varices Prevent Rebleeding but May Not Improve Overall Survival: A Real-world Cohort From Two Centers. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 16(2). 103416–103416.

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Obesity. InterConf. 390–398. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Innovative mRNA Vaccine Approaches in Targeting Atherosclerosis: A New Era in Cardiovascular Therapy. Cureus. 16(11). e74141–e74141. 2 indexed citations

Bhatnagar, Anuj, et al.. (2024). Dermoscopy of Fixed Cutaneous Sporotrichosis With a Follow-Up Till Cure: A Case Report. Cureus. 16(3). e55960–e55960. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, Gautam Mehta, Mónica Mesquita, et al.. (2024). Non‐selective beta‐blocker is associated with reduced mortality in critically ill patients with cirrhosis: A real‐world study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 60(7). 907–920. 3 indexed citations

Choudhury, Ashok, Gupse Adalı, Apichat Kaewdech, Suprabhat Giri, & Rahul Kumar. (2024). Liver Transplantation in Chronic Liver Disease and Acute on Chronic Liver Failure- Indication, Timing and Practices. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 14(3). 101347–101347. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Kenneth W., Rajneesh Kumar, Feng Shen, et al.. (2023). The utility of non‐invasive tests to assess advanced fibrosis in Asian subjects with chronic hepatitis B and concomitant hepatic steatosis. Liver International. 43(5). 1008–1014. 5 indexed citations

Kazankov, Konstantin, et al.. (2022). A novel smartphone scleral‐image based tool for assessing jaundice in decompensated cirrhosis patients. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 38(2). 330–336. 5 indexed citations

Wong, Yu Jun, Jia Li, Chuan Liu, et al.. (2022). CHESS‐ALARM score to stratify decompensation risk in compensated advanced chronic liver disease patients: An international multicenter study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 37(6). 1043–1051. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaoning, George Boon‐Bee Goh, Jiaofeng Huang, et al.. (2022). Validation of Non-invasive Fibrosis Scores for Predicting Advanced Fibrosis in Metabolic-associated Fatty Liver Disease. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. 10(4). 589–594. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiaofeng, Ming-Fang Wang, Yinlian Wu, Rahul Kumar, & Su Lin. (2022). Serum high-sensitive C-reactive protein is a simple indicator for all-cause among individuals with MAFLD. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 1012887–1012887. 15 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul & Orlando De Jesús. (2021). Radiation Effects On The Fetus. StatPearls. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Yinlian, Rahul Kumar, Ming-Fang Wang, et al.. (2021). Validation of conventional non-invasive fibrosis scoring systems in patients with metabolic associated fatty liver disease. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 27(34). 5753–5763. 25 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiaofeng, Ming-Fang Wang, Medha Singh, et al.. (2021). MAFLD Criteria Guide the Subtyping of Patients with Fatty Liver Disease. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Volume 14. 491–501. 39 indexed citations

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Weng, Zhiyuan, Jiaofeng Huang, Medha Singh, et al.. (2021). Circadian Misalignment Rather Than Sleep Duration is Associated with MAFLD: A Population-Based Propensity Score-Matched Study. Nature and Science of Sleep. Volume 13. 103–111. 31 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2020). Colon Cancer Screening. StatPearls. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Annarein Kerbert, Mohammed Sheikh, et al.. (2020). Determinants of mortality in patients with cirrhosis and uncontrolled variceal bleeding. Journal of Hepatology. 74(1). 66–79. 40 indexed citations

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Huang, C. Y., Jessica Tan, Eng Kiong Teo, et al.. (2020). Modified AST to platelet ratio index improves APRI and better predicts advanced fibrosis and liver cirrhosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology. 45(4). 101528–101528. 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qianwen, et al.. (2020). Impact of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases on the severity of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aging. 12(22). 23409–23421. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qianwen, Rahul Kumar, Yinlian Wu, et al.. (2020). Lymphopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A systemic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 96. 131–135. 309 indexed citations

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