Ricky Vaja

414 total citations
24 papers, 254 citations indexed

About

Ricky Vaja is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ricky Vaja has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 254 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ricky Vaja's work include Surgical site infection prevention (8 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (7 papers) and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (4 papers). Ricky Vaja is often cited by papers focused on Surgical site infection prevention (8 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (7 papers) and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (4 papers). Ricky Vaja collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Ricky Vaja's co-authors include Nicholas S. Kirkby, Jane A. Mitchell, Blerina Ahmetaj‐Shala, Timothy D. Warner, Cesare Quarto, Marilena Crescente, Maria Elisa Lopes Pires, Chris Harvey, Piers E.F. Daubeney and Sian C. Chivers and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ricky Vaja

22 papers receiving 250 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ricky Vaja United Kingdom 10 86 79 63 50 42 24 254
Ahmed Hassaan Qavi United States 10 49 0.6× 47 0.6× 34 0.5× 36 0.7× 20 0.5× 34 349
Ashish Correa United States 11 76 0.9× 123 1.6× 40 0.6× 22 0.4× 45 1.1× 31 289
Thomas G. Vondracek United States 7 97 1.1× 106 1.3× 14 0.2× 47 0.9× 39 0.9× 10 296
Umamahesh C. Rangasetty United States 8 75 0.9× 92 1.2× 56 0.9× 28 0.6× 11 0.3× 34 191
Napatt Kanjanahattakij United States 13 61 0.7× 242 3.1× 51 0.8× 70 1.4× 21 0.5× 27 346
Zheng Wu China 10 98 1.1× 93 1.2× 28 0.4× 37 0.7× 25 0.6× 38 289
Alexandre Gaudet France 9 61 0.7× 17 0.2× 69 1.1× 87 1.7× 14 0.3× 22 282
Virginie Montiel Belgium 9 57 0.7× 58 0.7× 66 1.0× 13 0.3× 45 1.1× 18 267
I‐Chen Chen Taiwan 13 73 0.8× 54 0.7× 135 2.1× 55 1.1× 9 0.2× 43 346
Christian Reyher Germany 8 76 0.9× 77 1.0× 62 1.0× 14 0.3× 24 0.6× 25 241

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ricky Vaja

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ricky Vaja

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

All Works

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Tanner, Judith, Nigel Westwood, Melissa Rochon, et al.. (2025). Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews. BMJ Open. 15(1). e087320–e087320.
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Vaja, Ricky, Laura Portas, Blerina Ahmetaj‐Shala, et al.. (2024). Vascular and inflammatory biomarkers of cardiovascular events in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug users. European Heart Journal Open. 4(6). oeae088–oeae088. 1 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, Melissa Rochon, Sunil Bhudia, et al.. (2024). Sex differences in surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective observational study. Journal of Hospital Infection. 146. 52–58. 2 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, Luke Rogers, Sarah Dawson, et al.. (2024). Identifying potential predictors of the risk of surgical site infection following cardiac surgery: a scoping review. Journal of Hospital Infection. 157. 29–39. 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Luke, Ricky Vaja, David Bleetman, et al.. (2024). Interventions to prevent surgical site infection in adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2024(12). CD013332–CD013332. 1 indexed citations
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Patel, Akshay J., Edward Caruana, James Hodson, et al.. (2024). Role of vitamin D supplementation in modifying outcomes after surgery: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 14(1). e073431–e073431. 2 indexed citations
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Tanner, Judith, Melissa Rochon, Nigel Westwood, et al.. (2023). Barriers and facilitators for surgical site infection surveillance for adult cardiac surgery in a high-income setting: an in-depth exploration. Journal of Hospital Infection. 141. 112–118. 9 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, Maria Elisa Lopes Pires, Marilena Crescente, et al.. (2023). Renal Function Underpins the Cyclooxygenase-2: Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Axis in Mouse and Man. Kidney International Reports. 8(6). 1231–1238. 3 indexed citations
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Akowuah, Enoch, Ruth Benson, Edward Caruana, et al.. (2021). Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 162(2). e355–e372. 13 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Amer Harky, et al.. (2020). The COVID‐19 ibuprofen controversy: A systematic review of NSAIDs in adult acute lower respiratory tract infections. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 87(3). 776–784. 20 indexed citations
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Ahmetaj‐Shala, Blerina, Ricky Vaja, Santosh S. Atanur, et al.. (2020). Cardiorenal Tissues Express SARS-CoV-2 Entry Genes and Basigin (BSG/CD147) Increases With Age in Endothelial Cells. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 5(11). 1111–1123. 34 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Jane A., Nicholas S. Kirkby, Blerina Ahmetaj‐Shala, et al.. (2020). Cyclooxygenases and the cardiovascular system. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 217. 107624–107624. 58 indexed citations
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Rogers, Luke, Ricky Vaja, David Bleetman, et al.. (2019). Interventions to prevent surgical site infection in adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 4 indexed citations
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Chivers, Sian C., et al.. (2019). The Ozaki Procedure With CardioCel Patch for Children and Young Adults With Aortic Valve Disease: Preliminary Experience – a Word of Caution. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 10(6). 724–730. 33 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, Annabel Sharkey, Vijay Joshi, et al.. (2017). The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in neonates with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a 26-year experience from a tertiary centre†. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 52(3). 552–557. 13 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, et al.. (2017). Is a diagnostic video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy an acceptable first-line approach to the suspicious anterior mediastinal mass?. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. 13(4). 286–286. 1 indexed citations
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Vaja, Ricky, et al.. (2015). Five-year experience with mobile adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a tertiary referral center. Journal of Critical Care. 30(6). 1195–1198. 27 indexed citations
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Vohra, Hunaid A., et al.. (2015). Starting out in minimally invasive aortic valve replacement in the UK. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 22(1). 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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