Rajender Agarwal

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Rajender Agarwal is a scholar working on Surgery, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajender Agarwal has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Rajender Agarwal's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (6 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). Rajender Agarwal is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (6 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). Rajender Agarwal collaborates with scholars based in United States. Rajender Agarwal's co-authors include Craig A. Umscheid, Gretchen Kuntz, Carolyn V. Gould, David A. Pegues, Matthew D. Mitchell, Kendal Williams, Patrick J. Brennan, Jalpa A. Doshi, Ashutosh Gupta and Nir Menachemi and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, Clinical Infectious Diseases and The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Rajender Agarwal

31 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009

2010 880 citations Carolyn V. Gould, Craig A. Umscheid et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology profile →
Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs

2011 831 citations Craig A. Umscheid, Matthew D. Mitchell et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology profile →
The Effects Of Medicaid Expansion Under The ACA: A Systematic Review

2018 227 citations Rajender Agarwal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajender Agarwal United States	23	1.2k	833	721	505	489	32	3.3k
Jennifer Meddings United States	27	1.4k 1.2×	396 0.5×	766 1.1×	217 0.4×	230 0.5×	86	2.6k
Ron Keren United States	49	2.4k 2.1×	1.2k 1.5×	643 0.9×	334 0.7×	467 1.0×	116	6.6k
Kathy N. Shaw United States	33	1.8k 1.6×	558 0.7×	439 0.6×	278 0.6×	303 0.6×	120	4.1k
Russell N. Olmsted United States	30	855 0.7×	296 0.4×	582 0.8×	99 0.2×	913 1.9×	62	2.5k
Samuel R. Kaufman United States	25	600 0.5×	268 0.3×	442 0.6×	338 0.7×	181 0.4×	103	2.2k
Christine P. Kowalski United States	22	658 0.6×	253 0.3×	794 1.1×	179 0.4×	326 0.7×	34	2.0k
Lona Mody United States	37	1.8k 1.5×	237 0.3×	1.2k 1.6×	151 0.3×	1.5k 3.1×	173	4.4k
Karen E. Fowler United States	28	680 0.6×	548 0.7×	488 0.7×	96 0.2×	240 0.5×	105	3.3k
A. Marshall McBean United States	30	1.2k 1.1×	329 0.4×	567 0.8×	493 1.0×	461 0.9×	70	4.3k
Adam L. Hersh United States	48	3.2k 2.8×	552 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	243 0.5×	1.8k 3.7×	256	8.2k

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Agarwal, Rajender, et al.. (2017). Newer glycopeptide antibiotics for treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections: systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24(4). 361–368. 52 indexed citations

Gupta, Ashutosh, et al.. (2014). Utility of confocal laser endomicroscopy in identifying high-grade dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in Barrett’s esophagus. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 26(4). 369–377. 32 indexed citations

Gupta, Shweta, et al.. (2013). Quick diagnosis units—an effective alternative to hospitalization for diagnostic workup: A systematic review. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 9(1). 54–59. 27 indexed citations

Chawla, Saurabh, Ariel Katz, Bashar M. Attar, et al.. (2012). Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio to predict the presence of esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 24(4). 1–1. 45 indexed citations

Garimella, Pranav S., Rajender Agarwal, & Ariel Katz. (2012). The utility of repeat enzyme immunoassay testing for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 58(3). 194–198. 11 indexed citations

Gómez, Javier, et al.. (2012). Safety of endoscopic procedures after acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review. Cardiology Journal. 19(5). 447–452. 11 indexed citations

Garimella, Pranav S., et al.. (2012). Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Treatment of Resistant Hypertension: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 15(1). 75–84. 24 indexed citations

Mitchell, Matthew D., et al.. (2012). Nonpharmacologic interventions for prevention of catheter-related thrombosis: A systematic review. Journal of Critical Care. 28(3). 316.e9–316.e16. 10 indexed citations

Agarwal, Rajender, James N. Kirkpatrick, Tareq Alyousef, et al.. (2012). Tissue Doppler imaging for diagnosis of coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovascular Ultrasound. 10(1). 47–47. 18 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Rajender, et al.. (2012). Magnetocardiography for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 17(4). 291–298. 17 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Rajender & David N. Schwartz. (2011). Procalcitonin to Guide Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53(4). 379–387. 81 indexed citations

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MacCannell, Taranisia, Craig A. Umscheid, Rajender Agarwal, et al.. (2011). Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32(10). 939–969. 122 indexed citations

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Umscheid, Craig A., Matthew D. Mitchell, Jalpa A. Doshi, et al.. (2011). Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32(2). 101–114. 831 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Ingi, Rajender Agarwal, Bruce Y. Lee, Neil O. Fishman, & Craig A. Umscheid. (2010). Systematic Review and Cost Analysis Comparing Use of chlorhexidine with Use of Iodine for Preoperative Skin Antisepsis to Prevent Surgical Site Infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 31(12). 1219–1229. 166 indexed citations

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Umscheid, Craig A., Rajender Agarwal, & Patrick J. Brennan. (2010). Updating the guideline development methodology of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). American Journal of Infection Control. 38(4). 264–273. 44 indexed citations

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Gould, Carolyn V., Craig A. Umscheid, Rajender Agarwal, Gretchen Kuntz, & David A. Pegues. (2010). Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 31(4). 319–326. 880 indexed citations breakdown →

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Agarwal, Rajender. (2009). Developing a self-administered CKD symptom assessment instrument. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 25(1). 160–166. 23 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Rajender, et al.. (2009). Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a systematic review. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 6(2). 213–220. 24 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Rajender, Steven M. Brunelli, K.G. Williams, et al.. (2008). Gadolinium-based contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 24(3). 856–863. 115 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Rajender, et al.. (1978). Congenital intramuscular intraspinal neuroblastoma.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 15(3). 259–60. 1 indexed citations

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