Shelby Sullivan

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Shelby Sullivan is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shelby Sullivan has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Surgery, 23 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Shelby Sullivan's work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (28 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (10 papers). Shelby Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (28 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (10 papers). Shelby Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. Shelby Sullivan's co-authors include Samuel Klein, Elisa Fabbrini, Steven A. Edmundowicz, Christopher C. Thompson, Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Nitin Kumar, Subhas Banerjee, Michael Larsen and Bruce W. Patterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Shelby Sullivan

73 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Biochemical, Metabolic, and Clinical Implications

2009 1.6k citations Shelby Sullivan, Samuel Klein et al. profile →
Fructose and sugar: A major mediator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

2018 668 citations Thomas Jensen, Manal F. Abdelmalek et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →
ASGE Bariatric Endoscopy Task Force systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the ASGE PIVI thresholds for adopting endoscopic bariatric therapies

2015 287 citations Nitin Kumar, Steven A. Edmundowicz et al. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy profile →

Peers

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Olatz Izaola Spain

Katherine P. Yates United States

Sayeed Ikramuddin United States

Francesco Angelico Italy

Kyu Yeon Hur South Korea

Marco Bertolotti Italy

Andreas Festa United States

Alfredo Halpern Brazil

Maria Del Ben Italy

Sangeeta R. Kashyap United States

Olatz Izaola Spain

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999 ×0.5

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1.4k ×0.7

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2.5k ×1.6

PHYSI

1.3k ×0.9

EDM

738 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Shelby Sullivan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shelby Sullivan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shelby Sullivan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wright, Drew, Vivek Kumbhari, Shelby Sullivan, et al.. (2025). Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty for the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obesity Surgery. 35(6). 2092–2100.

Shnell, Mati, Erez Scapa, Maria Valeria Matteo, et al.. (2024). Animal experiments of a new through-the-scope full-thickness endoscopic suturing device. Gut. 73(12). 1931–1933. 3 indexed citations

Sullivan, Shelby. (2024). The best of endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies in 2024. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 100(6). 994–996. 1 indexed citations

Wieland, Amanda, et al.. (2024). Changes in Transient Elastography with Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Real-World Retrospective Analysis. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 22(8). 608–618. 2 indexed citations

Sullivan, Shelby, et al.. (2024). Update on Endoscopic Treatments for Obesity. Current Obesity Reports. 13(2). 364–376. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Catherine, et al.. (2023). Optimizing the Integration of Genetic Testing in AML Care in Community Practice: Insights from a Quality Improvement Initiative. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 7277–7277.

Ailawadhi, Sikander, et al.. (2023). Advancing Collaboration across the Multiple Myeloma Treatment Journey from Oncology Clinic to CAR T-Cell Center: A Paired Center Transformative Quality Improvement Initiative. Blood. 142(Supplement 1). 5074–5074. 1 indexed citations

Helmkamp, Laura, Jason M. Samuels, Jonathan A. Schoen, et al.. (2023). Reflux and Barrett’s esophagus after sleeve gastrectomy: analysis of a statewide database. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 19(9). 1023–1029. 6 indexed citations

Schoen, Jonathan A., et al.. (2023). Factors Associated with Weight Loss After Endoscopic Transoral Outlet Reduction (TORe). Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 27(8). 1587–1593. 5 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Shelby, et al.. (2020). Aspiration Therapy. Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology. 23(1). 100659–100659. 9 indexed citations

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Moore, Rachel, Michael Seger, Shawn Garber, et al.. (2018). Clinical safety and effectiveness of a swallowable gas-filled intragastric balloon system for weight loss: consecutively treated patients in the initial year of U.S. commercialization. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 15(3). 417–423. 22 indexed citations

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Rex, Douglas K., Raj Bhandari, Taddese Desta, et al.. (2018). A phase III study evaluating the efficacy and safety of remimazolam (CNS 7056) compared with placebo and midazolam in patients undergoing colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 88(3). 427–437.e6. 196 indexed citations

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Jensen, Thomas, Manal F. Abdelmalek, Shelby Sullivan, et al.. (2018). Fructose and sugar: A major mediator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Hepatology. 68(5). 1063–1075. 668 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Nitin, Shelby Sullivan, & Christopher C. Thompson. (2017). The role of endoscopic therapy in obesity management: intragastric balloons and aspiration therapy. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 10. 311–316. 24 indexed citations

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Sáenz, José B. & Shelby Sullivan. (2015). An Unusual Foreign Body Ingestion: To Scope or Not to Scope. Gastroenterology. 149(1). e3–e4. 2 indexed citations

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Ponce, Jaime, George Woodman, James Swain, et al.. (2014). The REDUCE pivotal trial: a prospective, randomized controlled pivotal trial of a dual intragastric balloon for the treatment of obesity. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 11(4). 874–881. 166 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Shelby. (2012). Endoscopy in the Management of Obesity. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 23(1). 165–175. 1 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Shelby. (2010). Implications of diet on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology. 26(2). 160–164. 52 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Shelby, C. Robert Cloninger, Thomas R. Przybeck, & Samuel Klein. (2006). Personality characteristics in obesity and relationship with successful weight loss. International Journal of Obesity. 31(4). 669–674. 120 indexed citations

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Goldfarb, Charles A., George S. Bassett, Shelby Sullivan, & J. Eric Gordon. (2001). Retrosternal displacement after physeal fracture of the medial clavicle in children. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 83(8). 1168–1172. 28 indexed citations

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