Raj Shah

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 744 citations indexed

About

Raj Shah is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raj Shah has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 744 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Raj Shah's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (5 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (4 papers). Raj Shah is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (5 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (4 papers). Raj Shah collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Raj Shah's co-authors include Shahnaz Sultan, Perica Davitkov, Zachary L. Smith, Levi Teigen, Pervez Sultan, Osama Altayar, Yngve Falck–Ytter, Bassam Estfan, Robert O’Shea and Grace L. Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Cancer Research and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Raj Shah

34 papers receiving 719 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.

AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Pharmacological Interventions for Adults With Obesity

2022 142 citations Eduardo Grunvald, Raj Shah et al. Gastroenterology profile →
AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Systemic Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2022 131 citations Osama Altayar, Raj Shah et al. Gastroenterology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raj Shah United States	14	244	138	136	136	133	42	744
Özkan Güngör Türkiye	16	165 0.7×	231 1.7×	49 0.4×	121 0.9×	64 0.5×	107	991
Philip McShane United Kingdom	14	782 3.2×	263 1.9×	144 1.1×	34 0.3×	144 1.1×	18	1.1k
Elena Peruzzi Italy	14	41 0.2×	186 1.3×	31 0.2×	97 0.7×	115 0.9×	38	798
Richard F. Pollock United Kingdom	16	186 0.8×	342 2.5×	34 0.3×	62 0.5×	180 1.4×	112	971
Mahdi Sheikh Iran	18	250 1.0×	46 0.3×	21 0.2×	78 0.6×	202 1.5×	81	1.1k
André Vercueil United Kingdom	13	353 1.4×	56 0.4×	136 1.0×	78 0.6×	60 0.5×	26	990
Shahnaz Khan United States	14	125 0.5×	155 1.1×	25 0.2×	58 0.4×	105 0.8×	30	816
Erhan Tatar Türkiye	12	82 0.3×	211 1.5×	34 0.3×	28 0.2×	53 0.4×	88	548
Asgar Ali Kalla South Africa	16	163 0.7×	18 0.1×	89 0.7×	84 0.6×	78 0.6×	42	823
Zhenya Song China	15	144 0.6×	183 1.3×	11 0.1×	74 0.5×	172 1.3×	32	781

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raj Shah

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Jain, Ayushi, Yevgeniya Gokun, Phil A. Hart, et al.. (2025). Evolving trends in interventions and outcomes for acute biliary pancreatitis during pregnancy: A two-decade analysis. Pancreatology. 25(2). 200–207. 1 indexed citations

Jirapinyo, Pichamol, Raj Shah, David Papke, et al.. (2024). EUS-guided shear wave elastography for fibrosis screening in patients with obesity and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease: a pilot study (with video). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 101(2). 456–462.e1. 4 indexed citations

Jirapinyo, Pichamol, Raj Shah, Christopher C. Thompson, et al.. (2024). EUS-guided liver palpation as a screening tool for advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with suspected metabolic dysfunction—associated steatotic liver disease: a pilot study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 100(2). 317.e1–317.e9.

Wang, Thomas J., Pichamol Jirapinyo, Raj Shah, et al.. (2023). 7 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND LIVER PALPATION AS A SCREENING TOOL FOR ADVANCED FIBROSIS AND CIRRHOSIS. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–1. 1 indexed citations

Shah, Raj, et al.. (2023). High Burden of Obesity and Low Rates of Weight Loss Pharmacotherapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 10-Year Trend. Crohn s & Colitis 360. 5(2). otad007–otad007. 13 indexed citations

Grunvald, Eduardo, Raj Shah, Rubén Hernáez, et al.. (2022). AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Pharmacological Interventions for Adults With Obesity. Gastroenterology. 163(5). 1198–1225. 142 indexed citations breakdown →

Altayar, Osama, Raj Shah, Charissa Chang, Yngve Falck–Ytter, & Andrew J. Muir. (2022). AGA Technical Review on Systemic Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology. 162(3). 937–951. 4 indexed citations

Muniraj, Thiruvengadam, Lukejohn W. Day, Levi Teigen, et al.. (2021). AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity. Gastroenterology. 160(5). 1799–1808. 37 indexed citations

Shah, Raj, et al.. (2021). Obesity prevalence in celiac disease in the United States from 2014 to 2018. International Journal of Obesity. 46(2). 441–443. 10 indexed citations

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Shah, Raj, Zachary L. Smith, Perica Davitkov, et al.. (2021). Meet EBE: The Development of an Evidence-Based Endoscopy Simulator. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 20(5). e1180–e1187.

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Shah, Raj, Perica Davitkov, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Monica Saumoy, & M. Hassan Murad. (2021). AGA Technical Review on Intragastric Balloons in the Management of Obesity. Gastroenterology. 160(5). 1811–1830. 25 indexed citations

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Shah, Raj, et al.. (2021). S690 Role of Self-Expandable Metal Stents in Variceal Bleeding. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 116(1). S311–S311. 1 indexed citations

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Jirapinyo, Pichamol, Thomas R. McCarty, Russell D. Dolan, Raj Shah, & Christopher C. Thompson. (2021). Effect of Endoscopic Bariatric and Metabolic Therapies on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 20(3). 511–524.e1. 45 indexed citations

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Shah, Raj, et al.. (2020). Pharmacotherapy for Obesity—Trends Using a Population Level National Database. Obesity Surgery. 31(3). 1105–1112. 41 indexed citations

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Shah, Raj, et al.. (2020). 234 A Scoping Review of Current Social Emergency Medicine Research. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 76(4). S91–S91. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Zachary L., Raj Shah, B. Joseph Elmunzer, & Amitabh Chak. (2020). The Next EPISOD: Trends in Utilization of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy for Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction from 2010-2019. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 20(3). e600–e609. 9 indexed citations

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Shah, Raj, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of a gastroenterology fellow: looking for the silver lining. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 92(2). 394–398. 17 indexed citations

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Sharawi, Nadir, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of patient‐reported outcome measures of functional recovery following caesarean section: a systematic review using the consensus‐based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments (COSMIN) checklist. Anaesthesia. 74(11). 1439–1455. 44 indexed citations

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Hecht, Robert & Raj Shah. (2006). Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 45(35). 243–257. 13 indexed citations

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Lanzieri, Charles F., Barbara A. Bangert, R W Tarr, et al.. (1997). Neuroradiology case of the day. CNS cryptococcal infection.. American Journal of Roentgenology. 169(1). 295–295. 5 indexed citations

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