Ronald G. Tompkins

45.3k citations

405 papers · 30.4k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 80

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Biomedical Engineering top 0.1%
Epidemiology top 0.1%
Surgery top 0.5%
Oncology top 0.5%

Co-authors: Mehmet Toner Martin L. Yarmush Daniel Irimia Laurence G. Rahme Robert L. Sheridan James Dunn Colleen M. Ryan Dino Di Carlo
Topics: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes (118 papers)Wound Healing and Treatments (74 papers)Liver physiology and pathology (41 papers)
Cited by: Rehabilitation Hepatology Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Journals: Nature Science New England Journal of Medicine
Partner nations: United States Canada Japan

In The Last Decade

Ronald G. Tompkins

404 papers receiving 29.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology

2007 2.9k citations Daniel Irimia, Ronald G. Tompkins et al. profile →
Continuous inertial focusing, ordering, and separation of particles in microchannels

2007 1.4k citations Daniel Irimia, Ronald G. Tompkins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Detection of Mutations in EGFR in Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells

2008 1.3k citations Daniel Irimia, Ronald G. Tompkins et al. profile →
A network-based analysis of systemic inflammation in humans

2005 1.1k citations Wenzhong Xiao, Michael Mindrinos et al. profile →
Common Virulence Factors for Bacterial Pathogenicity in Plants and Animals

1995 1.0k citations Laurence G. Rahme, Ronald G. Tompkins et al. profile →
Objective Estimates of the Probability of Death from Burn Injuries

1998 825 citations Colleen M. Ryan, Robert L. Sheridan et al. profile →
Circulating Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor in Septic Shock and Experimental Endotoxin Fever

1990 623 citations Ronald G. Tompkins et al. profile →
Hepatocyte function and extracellular matrix geometry: long‐term culture in a sandwich configuration

1989 605 citations Martin L. Yarmush, Ronald G. Tompkins et al. profile →
Long‐Term in Vitro Function of Adult Hepatocytes in a Collagen Sandwich Configuration

1991 587 citations Ronald G. Tompkins, Martin L. Yarmush et al. profile →
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Mechanisms of Immunomodulation and Homing

2010 552 citations Ronald G. Tompkins, Martin L. Yarmush et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Megakaryocytes contain extranuclear histones and may be a source of platelet-associated histones during sepsis 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Galit H. Frydman,Shannon N. Tessier,Keith H.K. Wong,Charles Vanderburg,James G. Fox,Mehmet Toner,Ronald G. Tompkins,Daniel Irimia	17
2	Denver and Marshall scores successfully predict susceptibility to multiple independent infections in trauma patients 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Amy Tsurumi,Thomas Peponis,(unknown),(unknown),Ronald G. Tompkins,Laurence G. Rahme	2
3	Associations between clinical characteristics and the development of multiple organ failure after severe burns in adult patients 2019 ·Burns ·(unknown),Amy Tsurumi,Yok‐Ai Que,(unknown),Hui Zheng,Ronald G. Tompkins,Colleen M. Ryan,Laurence G. Rahme	7
4	Genome-wide comparisons of gene expression in adult versus elderly burn patients 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Saeid Amini‐Nik,Ronald G. Tompkins,(unknown),Marc G. Jeschke	7
5	Development of clinical process measures for pediatric burn care: Understanding variation in practice patterns 2017 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Lewis E. Kazis,Robert L. Sheridan,Gabriel D. Shapiro,Austin F. Lee,Matthew H. Liang,Colleen M. Ryan,Jeffrey C. Schneider,Martha Lydon,Marina Soley‐Bori,(unknown),(unknown),Tina L. Palmieri,David N. Herndon,Walter Meyer,Petra Warner,Richard J. Kagan,Frederick J. Stoddard,(unknown),Ronald G. Tompkins	13
6	Inhibition of Hif1α prevents both trauma-induced and genetic heterotopic ossification 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shailesh Agarwal,Shawn Loder,Cameron Brownley,David Cholok,Laura Mangiavini,John Li,Christopher Breuler,Hsiao Hsin Sung,Shuli Li,Kavitha Ranganathan,Joshua M. Peterson,Ronald G. Tompkins,David N. Herndon,Wenzhong Xiao,Dolrudee Jumlongras,Bjørn R. Olsen,Thomas A. Davis,Yuji Mishina,Ernestina Schipani,Benjamin Lévi	172
7	Do standard burn mortality formulae work on a population of severely burned children and adults? 2015 ·Burns ·Amy Tsurumi,Yok‐Ai Que,Shuangchun Yan,Ronald G. Tompkins,Laurence G. Rahme,Colleen M. Ryan	27
8	Long-term posttraumatic stress symptoms vary inversely with early opiate dosing in children recovering from serious burns 2014 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Robert L. Sheridan,Frederick J. Stoddard,Lewis E. Kazis,(unknown),Nien‐Chen Li,Richard J. Kagan,Tina L. Palmieri,Walter J. Meyer,(unknown),(unknown),Grace Chan,Michelle I. Hinson,David N. Herndon,Ronald G. Tompkins	51
9	Methods for assessment of health outcomes in children with burn injury 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Lewis E. Kazis,Austin F. Lee,Michelle I. Hinson,Matthew H. Liang,Mary Rose,Tina L. Palmieri,Walter J. Meyer,Richard J. Kagan,(unknown),Ronald G. Tompkins	18
10	Adolescent survivors of burn injuries and their parents’ perceptions of recovery outcomes 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Walter J. Meyer,Austin F. Lee,Lewis E. Kazis,Nien-Chen Li,Robert L. Sheridan,David N. Herndon,Michelle I. Hinson,(unknown),Richard J. Kagan,Tina L. Palmieri,Ronald G. Tompkins	21
11	The effect of family characteristics on the recovery of burn injuries in children 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Robert L. Sheridan,Austin F. Lee,Lewis E. Kazis,Matthew H. Liang,Nien-Chen Li,Michelle I. Hinson,(unknown),Walter J. Meyer,(unknown),Tina L. Palmieri,Ronald G. Tompkins	23
12	The effects of facial burns on health outcomes in children aged 5 to 18 years 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Petra Warner,(unknown),Richard J. Kagan,David N. Herndon,Tina L. Palmieri,Lewis E. Kazis,Nien-Chen Li,Austin F. Lee,Walter J. Meyer,Ronald G. Tompkins	20
13	Test performance characteristics of a case-finding psychosocial questionnaire for children with burn injuries and their families 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Jane M. Murphy,Lewis E. Kazis,Nien-Chen Li,Austin F. Lee,Michelle I. Hinson,(unknown),Frederick J. Stoddard,Tina L. Palmieri,Walter J. Meyer,Matthew H. Liang,Ronald G. Tompkins	8
14	Impact of hand burns on health-related quality of life in children younger than 5 years 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Tina L. Palmieri,(unknown),Richard J. Kagan,(unknown),Walter J. Meyer,David N. Herndon,Michelle I. Hinson,Austin F. Lee,Nien‐Chen Li,Lewis E. Kazis,Ronald G. Tompkins	31
15	Association of Heat Production with ¹⁸F-FDG Accumulation in Murine Brown Adipose Tissue After Stress 2011 ·Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Edward A. Carter,Ali A. Bonab,(unknown),(unknown),Ronald G. Tompkins,Alan J. Fischman	18
16	Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs) reveals a role for 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline in cell-to-cell communication 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Éric Déziel,François Lépine,Sylvain Milot,Jianxin He,Michael Mindrinos,Ronald G. Tompkins,Laurence G. Rahme	495
17	A quorum sensing-associated virulence gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a LysR-like transcription regulator with a unique self-regulatory mechanism 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hui Cao,Gomathi Krishnan,Boyan C. Goumnerov,(unknown),Ronald G. Tompkins,Laurence G. Rahme	286
18	Effects of supraphysiological temperatures on the plasma membrane of isolated skeletal muscle cells 1993 ·(unknown),John C. Bischof,Raphael C. Lee,E.G. Cravalho,Ronald G. Tompkins,Martin L. Yarmush,Mehmet Toner	2
19	Technetium-99m-labeled chemotactic peptides: comparison with indium-111-labeled white blood cells for localizing acute bacterial infection in the rabbit. 1993 ·PubMed ·John W. Babich,Wendy Graham,(unknown),Stephen C. Dragotakes,Ronald G. Tompkins,Robert H. Rubin,Alan J. Fischman	56
20	Nucleation and growth of ice crystals inside cultured hepatocytes during freezing in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide 1993 ·Biophysical Journal ·Jens O.M. Karlsson,E.G. Cravalho,Inne H. Borel Rinkes,Ronald G. Tompkins,Martin L. Yarmush,Mehmet Toner	152

About Ronald G. Tompkins

Ronald G. Tompkins is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Hepatology and Epidemiology, having authored 405 papers that have together received 30.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Burn Injury Management and Outcomes (118 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (74 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (41 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Rehabilitation (3.2k citations), Hepatology (2.1k citations) and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (1.2k citations). Ronald G. Tompkins has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Mehmet Toner, Martin L. Yarmush, Daniel Irimia, Laurence G. Rahme, Robert L. Sheridan, James Dunn, Colleen M. Ryan, Dino Di Carlo, David N. Herndon and Frederick M. Ausubel. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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