Scott W. Biggins

10.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
127 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Scott W. Biggins is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott W. Biggins has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Hepatology, 75 papers in Epidemiology and 71 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Scott W. Biggins's work include Liver Disease and Transplantation (100 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (72 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (66 papers). Scott W. Biggins is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease and Transplantation (100 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (72 papers) and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (66 papers). Scott W. Biggins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Argentina. Scott W. Biggins's co-authors include Patrick S. Kamath, W. Ray Kim, Terry M. Therneau, Walter K. Kremers, Florence Wong, Russell H. Wiesner, Guadalupe García–Tsao, Norah A. Terrault, Joanne T. Benson and K. Rajender Reddy and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Scott W. Biggins

119 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Hyponatremia and Mortality among Patients on the Liver-Transplant Waiting List

2008 1.0k citations Scott W. Biggins, Patrick S. Kamath et al. profile →
Evidence-Based Incorporation of Serum Sodium Concentration Into MELD

2006 561 citations Scott W. Biggins, Norah A. Terrault et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis and Hepatorenal Syndrome: 2021 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

2021 410 citations Scott W. Biggins, Guadalupe García–Tsao et al. profile →
Survival in Infection-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Is Defined by Extrahepatic Organ Failures

2014 406 citations Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Jacqueline G. O’Leary et al. profile →
MELD 3.0: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Updated for the Modern Era

2021 288 citations Julie K. Heimbach, Patrick S. Kamath et al. Gastroenterology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott W. Biggins United States	38	5.4k	4.2k	3.2k	666	501	127	6.5k
Marco Senzolo Italy	48	6.6k 1.2×	5.2k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	411 0.6×	510 1.0×	245	8.3k
Claire Francoz France	38	5.7k 1.1×	4.4k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	480 0.7×	544 1.1×	119	7.1k
Alexander Gimson United Kingdom	45	4.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	3.3k 1.0×	577 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	100	6.5k
Rolland E. Dickson United States	30	6.0k 1.1×	5.0k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	578 0.9×	258 0.5×	43	7.2k
Elizabeth C. Verna United States	42	3.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	381 0.6×	230 0.5×	185	5.9k
Fuat H. Saner Germany	37	2.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	398 0.6×	290 0.6×	197	4.4k
Patrick G. Northup United States	38	3.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	576 0.9×	233 0.5×	122	5.2k
Florence Wong Canada	57	11.2k 2.1×	9.0k 2.1×	5.2k 1.6×	1.5k 2.3×	1.3k 2.5×	249	13.2k
John J. Poterucha United States	44	4.1k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	929 1.4×	315 0.6×	95	5.8k
Kymberly D. Watt United States	47	4.3k 0.8×	4.5k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	219 0.3×	170 0.3×	165	7.1k

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Kwong, Allison J., Erin M. Schnellinger, J. Foutz, et al.. (2024). Excess waitlist mortality among candidates for multivisceral liver-intestine transplant in acuity circle allocation. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(6). 1080–1086.

Kwong, Allison J., et al.. (2024). Longer Term Follow-up on Acuity Circle Allocation Strategies in Liver Transplantation. Current Transplantation Reports. 11(2). 77–83. 4 indexed citations

Al‐Khafaji, Ali, Scott W. Biggins, Swaytha Ganesh, et al.. (2024). Expedited liver transplantation as first‐line therapy for severe alcohol hepatitis: ELFSAH; deferring corticosteroids in the sickest subset of patients. Clinical Transplantation. 38(7). e15340–e15340.

Wong, Florence, K. Rajender Reddy, Puneeta Tandon, et al.. (2024). Sex Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes and Perception of Ascites Burden Among Outpatients With Decompensated Cirrhosis and Ascites. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 120(8). 1791–1799. 2 indexed citations

Mehta, Neil, Scott W. Biggins, Sumeet K. Asrani, et al.. (2024). Model of Urgency for Liver Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Practical Model to Prioritize Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma on the Liver Transplant Waitlist. Gastroenterology. 168(4). 784–794.e4. 1 indexed citations

Pichler, Raimund, et al.. (2023). Iatrogenic hypervitaminosis A: An underrecognized complication in the liver transplant recipient. 11. 100162–100162.

Yu, Lei, Scott W. Biggins, Chihiro Morishima, et al.. (2023). Copper deficiency is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with advanced liver disease. Hepatology Communications. 7(3). e0076–e0076. 11 indexed citations

Yu, Lei, Shirley Paski, Jennifer L. Dodge, et al.. (2023). Effect of dietary branched chain amino acids on liver related mortality: Results from a large cohort of North American patients with advanced HCV infection. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284739–e0284739. 4 indexed citations

Bambha, Kiran, Nicole J. Kim, Mark Sturdevant, et al.. (2023). Maximizing utility of nondirected living liver donor grafts using machine learning. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1194338–1194338. 3 indexed citations

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Sharma, Pratima, Min Zhang, John C. Magee, et al.. (2021). Renal Outcomes After Simultaneous Liver‐Kidney Transplantation: Results from the US Multicenter Simultaneous Liver‐Kidney Transplantation Consortium. Liver Transplantation. 27(8). 1144–1153. 11 indexed citations

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Cullaro, Giuseppe, Pratima Sharma, Lisa B. VanWagner, et al.. (2021). Temporal Trends and Evolving Outcomes After Simultaneous Liver‐Kidney Transplantation: Results from the US SLKT Consortium. Liver Transplantation. 27(11). 1613–1622. 7 indexed citations

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Bambha, Kiran, Alexandra Shingina, Jennifer L. Dodge, et al.. (2020). Solid organ donation after death in the United States: Data-driven messaging to encourage potential donors. American Journal of Transplantation. 20(6). 1642–1649. 2 indexed citations

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Bajaj, Jasmohan S., Jacqueline G. O’Leary, Puneeta Tandon, et al.. (2020). Insurance Status But Not Race and Ethnicity Are Associated With Outcomes in a Large Hospitalized Cohort of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 19(3). 565–572.e5. 9 indexed citations

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Bajaj, Jasmohan S., Guadalupe García–Tsao, Scott W. Biggins, et al.. (2020). Comparison of mortality risk in patients with cirrhosis and COVID-19 compared with patients with cirrhosis alone and COVID-19 alone: multicentre matched cohort. Gut. 70(3). 531–536. 150 indexed citations

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Yu, Lei, Iris Liou, Scott W. Biggins, et al.. (2019). Copper Deficiency in Liver Diseases: A Case Series and Pathophysiological Considerations. Hepatology Communications. 3(8). 1159–1165. 29 indexed citations

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Trivedi, Premal, Scott W. Biggins, Rowena Crow, Robert K. Ryu, & Paul J. Rochon. (2016). Reduced inpatient mortality with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation in cirrhotic patients admitted with hepatorenal syndrome. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 27(3). S192–S192. 1 indexed citations

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Volk, Michael L., Scott W. Biggins, Mary Ann Huang, et al.. (2011). Decision Making in Liver Transplant Selection Committees. Annals of Internal Medicine. 155(8). 503. 3 indexed citations

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Benson, Alexander B., James R. Burton, Gregory L. Austin, et al.. (2010). Differential effects of plasma and red blood cell transfusions on acute lung injury and infection risk following liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation. 17(2). 149–158. 97 indexed citations

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Biggins, Scott W., Kiran Bambha, Norah A. Terrault, et al.. (2009). Transplant tourism to China: the impact on domestic patient‐care decisions. Clinical Transplantation. 23(6). 831–838. 8 indexed citations

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Bambha, Kiran & Scott W. Biggins. (2008). Inequities of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease: an examination of current components and future additions. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 13(3). 227–233. 23 indexed citations

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