Richard A. Willson

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Willson is a scholar working on Hepatology, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Willson has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Hepatology, 8 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Willson's work include Hepatitis C virus research (10 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (5 papers). Richard A. Willson is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (10 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (5 papers). Richard A. Willson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Richard A. Willson's co-authors include David R. Gretch, Charles E. Alpers, William G. Couser, Hideaki Yamabe, Mark H. Wener, Richard J. Johnson, Lawrence Corey, Carlos E. Bacchi, Richard J. Johnson and Alan F. Hofmann and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Willson

25 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

1993 660 citations Richard J. Johnson, David R. Gretch et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard A. Willson United States	15	935	593	345	212	192	26	1.4k
J P Benhamou France	21	701 0.7×	491 0.8×	122 0.4×	65 0.3×	477 2.5×	61	1.4k
Rainer P. Woitas Germany	26	586 0.6×	434 0.7×	163 0.5×	685 3.2×	397 2.1×	78	1.9k
Etsuko Hashimoto Japan	21	1.8k 1.9×	1.6k 2.7×	206 0.6×	28 0.1×	422 2.2×	55	2.3k
Ezio Fornasiere Italy	17	825 0.9×	849 1.4×	114 0.3×	59 0.3×	206 1.1×	42	1.3k
Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt Brazil	21	2.1k 2.3×	1.9k 3.2×	486 1.4×	67 0.3×	762 4.0×	93	2.6k
R Y Calne United Kingdom	22	610 0.7×	387 0.7×	57 0.2×	66 0.3×	919 4.8×	60	1.6k
Edwin H. Eigenbrodt United States	19	294 0.3×	292 0.5×	67 0.2×	56 0.3×	193 1.0×	34	855
Hideo Shishido Japan	17	229 0.2×	217 0.4×	218 0.6×	125 0.6×	274 1.4×	61	932
Fu Keung Li China	13	208 0.2×	114 0.2×	583 1.7×	680 3.2×	251 1.3×	20	1.3k
Jean-Pierre Benhamou France	13	1.5k 1.6×	1.4k 2.3×	165 0.5×	20 0.1×	354 1.8×	18	1.8k

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Willson, Richard A.. (2004). Visual Side Effects of Pegylated Interferon During Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 38(8). 717–722. 28 indexed citations

Willson, Richard A.. (2002). Nephrotoxicity of Interferon Alfa–Ribavirin Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 35(1). 89–92. 22 indexed citations

Willson, Richard A.. (2001). The Benefit of Long-term Interferon Alfa Therapy for Symptomatic Mixed Cryoglobulinemia (Cutaneous Vasculitis/Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis) Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 33(2). 137–140. 8 indexed citations

Willson, Richard A.. (1997). Viral hepatitis : diagnosis, treatment, prevention. M. Dekker eBooks. 19 indexed citations

Gretch, David R., Stephen J. Polyak, Richard A. Willson, & Robert L. Carithers. (1996). Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Clinical and Virological Perspective. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 394. 207–224. 5 indexed citations

Brown, Michael C., et al.. (1996). Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis. Digestive Diseases. 14(6). 382–389. 45 indexed citations

Stehman‐Breen, Catherine, Richard A. Willson, Charles E. Alpers, David R. Gretch, & Richard J. Johnson. (1995). Hepatitis C virus-associated glomerulonephritis. Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension. 4(3). 287–294. 60 indexed citations

Johnson, Richard J., David R. Gretch, William G. Couser, et al.. (1994). Hepatitis C virus-associated glomerulonephritis. Effect of α-interferon therapy. Kidney International. 46(6). 1700–1704. 156 indexed citations

Johnson, Richard J., Richard A. Willson, Hideaki Yamabe, et al.. (1994). Renal manifestations of hepatitis C virus infection. Kidney International. 46(5). 1255–1263. 117 indexed citations

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Johnson, Richard J., David R. Gretch, Hideaki Yamabe, et al.. (1993). Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection. New England Journal of Medicine. 328(7). 465–470. 660 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willson, Richard A., et al.. (1992). Benign cartilaginous tumor (chondroma) of the liver. Gastroenterology. 103(2). 678–680. 6 indexed citations

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Murakami, Carol S., et al.. (1992). Ursodeoxycholic Acid Treatment of Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease of the Liver. Annals of Internal Medicine. 116(8). 624–629. 73 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A.. (1991). The Liver. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 11(3). 555–574. 2 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A., et al.. (1987). Unmeasurable serum alkaline phosphatase activity in wilson's disease associated with fulminant hepatic failure and hemolysis. Hepatology. 7(3). 613–615. 19 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A., H. H. Liem, Katsumi Miyai, & Ursula Müller‐Eberhard. (1985). Initial rate of sodium taurocholate uptake in isolated elutriated hepatocytes from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats. Biochemical Pharmacology. 34(24). 4257–4262. 4 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A.. (1981). Therapeutic quandary. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 26(4). 372–375. 9 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A.. (1975). Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure. Gastroenterology. 69(1). 244–248. 6 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A., Alan F. Hofmann, & Gustavo G. R. Kuster. (1974). Toward an Artificial Liver. Gastroenterology. 66(1). 95–107. 47 indexed citations

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Willson, Richard A., et al.. (1972). Toward an Artificial Liver: In Vitro Removal of Unbound and Protein-Bound Plasma Compounds Related to Hepatic Failure. Gastroenterology. 62(6). 1191–1199. 29 indexed citations

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Falsetti, Herman L. & Richard A. Willson. (1967). QRS Voltage Criteria for Posterior Unipolar Chest Leads in a Normal Population. Diseases of the Chest. 52(5). 695–698. 1 indexed citations

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