Rainer W.G. Gruessner

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
263 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Rainer W.G. Gruessner is a scholar working on Surgery, Transplantation and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer W.G. Gruessner has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Surgery, 158 papers in Transplantation and 60 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Rainer W.G. Gruessner's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (153 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (151 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (54 papers). Rainer W.G. Gruessner is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (153 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (151 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (54 papers). Rainer W.G. Gruessner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Rainer W.G. Gruessner's co-authors include Angelika C. Gruessner, David E.R. Sutherland, John S. Najarian, Raja Kandaswamy, David L. Dunn, Abhinav Humar, Arthur J. Matas, Kristen J. Gillingham, Christoph Troppmann and William D. Payne and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Rainer W.G. Gruessner

254 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION, ACUTE REJECTION, AND OUTCOME AFTER CADAVER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

1995 445 citations Rainer W.G. Gruessner, John S. Najarian et al. Transplantation profile →
Immunosuppression: Evolution in Practice and Trends, 1994–2004

2006 434 citations Rainer W.G. Gruessner et al. profile →
Survival Benefit of Solid-Organ Transplant in the United States

2015 343 citations Angelika C. Gruessner, Rainer W.G. Gruessner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer W.G. Gruessner United States	50	7.0k	5.5k	2.2k	1.1k	953	263	9.0k
Angelika C. Gruessner United States	45	6.2k 0.9×	4.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	637 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	209	7.4k
Abhinav Humar United States	50	5.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.9×	563 0.6×	254	8.2k
George W. Burke United States	48	3.2k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	907 0.4×	938 0.9×	762 0.8×	293	7.4k
Hans W. Sollinger United States	58	7.7k 1.1×	6.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.6×	680 0.7×	345	12.5k
John D. Pirsch United States	55	6.1k 0.9×	6.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	2.5k 2.3×	339 0.4×	152	10.4k
Niraj M. Desai United States	47	3.1k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	525 0.6×	129	6.4k
Gaetano Ciancio United States	44	3.2k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	999 0.4×	718 0.7×	411 0.4×	363	7.2k
William D. Payne United States	45	3.5k 0.5×	3.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	251 0.3×	234	6.9k
Mark A. Hardy United States	40	2.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	638 0.3×	629 0.6×	490 0.5×	259	6.1k
Suphamai Bunnapradist United States	51	2.8k 0.4×	3.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	141 0.1×	208	6.9k

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G. & Angelika C. Gruessner. (2024). PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION FROM LIVING DONORS. 2(1). 29–38.

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G. & Angelika C. Gruessner. (2024). The Centennial Allograft: Cumulative Kidney and Liver Function for More Than 100 Years. Transplantation Proceedings. 56(6). 1341–1346.

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G.. (2023). Pancreas Transplantation Alone for Brittle Diabetes Mellitus. 1–12. 1 indexed citations

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G.. (2023). The Need for Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Modern Health Care Systems and Hospitals. 2(2).

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G.. (2023). The modified democratic management model: an ideal leadership model for healthcare?. British Journal of Healthcare Management. 29(11). 302–307. 1 indexed citations

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G.. (2023). The Modified Democratic Management Model: Conferral of Optimal Leadership in Present-Day Health Care. 2(2).

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Huan, Chongmin, et al.. (2019). Loss of Reg proteins' protection of islet β cells in chronic pancreatitis: A potential mechanism for the pathogenesis of type 3c diabetes. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research. 5. 21–28. 2 indexed citations

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Gross, Daniel, Bardiya Zangbar, Abbasali Badami, et al.. (2019). Saving the split: the benefits of VATS thymectomy. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 11(4). 1428–1432. 8 indexed citations

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Stratta, Robert J., et al.. (2018). The Past, Present, and Future of Pancreas Transplantation for Diabetes Mellitus. 2(3). 6 indexed citations

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Stratta, Robert J., Jonathan A. Fridell, Angelika C. Gruessner, Jon S. Odorico, & Rainer W.G. Gruessner. (2016). Pancreas transplantation. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 21(4). 386–392. 49 indexed citations

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Gruessner, Angelika C. & Rainer W.G. Gruessner. (2016). Pancreas Transplantation of US and Non-US Cases from 2005 to 2014 as Reported to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the International Pancreas Transplant Registry (IPTR). The Review of Diabetic Studies. 13(1). 35–58. 132 indexed citations

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G. & Angelika C. Gruessner. (2013). Pancreas Transplant Alone. Diabetes Care. 36(8). 2440–2447. 47 indexed citations

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Watt, J. M., Albert Amini, Jarrod Mosier, et al.. (2012). Treatment of Severe Hemolytic Anemia Caused by Clostridium perfringens Sepsis in a Liver Transplant Recipient. Surgical Infections. 13(1). 60–62. 9 indexed citations

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Amini, Albert, Asad E. Patanwala, Felipe B. Maegawa, et al.. (2012). Effect of epidural analgesia on postoperative complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy. The American Journal of Surgery. 204(6). 1000–1006. 34 indexed citations

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Desai, Chirag S., Angelika C. Gruessner, Khalid Khan, et al.. (2011). Isolated intestinal transplants vs. liver‐intestinal transplants in adult patients in the United States: 22 yr of OPTN data. Clinical Transplantation. 26(4). 622–628. 15 indexed citations

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Gruessner, Rainer W.G., Brett K. Levay‐Young, Raouf E. Nakhleh, et al.. (2004). PORTAL DONOR-SPECIFIC BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL ALLOW STEROID AVOIDANCE AND TACROLIMUS DOSE REDUCTION WITH SUSTAINED LEVELS OF CHIMERISM IN A PIG MODEL OF INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION. Transplantation. 77(10). 1500–1506. 13 indexed citations

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Humar, Abhinav, José Jessurun, Harvey L. Sharp, & Rainer W.G. Gruessner. (1999). Hemolytic uremic syndrome in small-bowel transplant recipients: the first two case reports. Transplant International. 12(5). 387–390. 16 indexed citations

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Humar, Abhinav, José Jessurun, Harvey L. Sharp, & Rainer W.G. Gruessner. (1999). Hemolytic uremic syndrome in small-bowel transplant recipients: the first two case reports. Transplant International. 12(5). 387–390. 18 indexed citations

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Hartman, Robert P., et al.. (1998). Lymphomas in solid organ transplantation. Abdominal Imaging. 23(6). 553–557. 6 indexed citations

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Sutherland, David E.R., Paul F. Gores, Alan C. Farney, et al.. (1993). Evolution of kidney, pancreas, and islet transplantation for patients with diabetes at the University of Minnesota. The American Journal of Surgery. 166(5). 456–491. 87 indexed citations

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