Thomas Kaleekal

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kaleekal is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kaleekal has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kaleekal's work include Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (19 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (9 papers) and Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (7 papers). Thomas Kaleekal is often cited by papers focused on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (19 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (9 papers) and Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (7 papers). Thomas Kaleekal collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Thomas Kaleekal's co-authors include Amita Srivastava, Sharda Shah Peshin, Gagan Kumar, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, Sergey Tarima, Anand Mohan, Amit Taneja, Edgar Jiménez, Jeff Whittle and Nilay Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, CHEST Journal and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kaleekal

39 papers receiving 993 citations

Hit Papers

Nationwide Trends of Severe Sepsis in the 21st Century (2... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Nationwide Trends of Severe Sepsis in the 21st Century (2000–2007)
    2011 483 citations Gagan Kumar, Nilay Kumar et al. CHEST Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Kaleekal United States 15 387 226 208 153 128 44 1.0k
Atabak Najafi Iran 22 381 1.0× 95 0.4× 461 2.2× 248 1.6× 371 2.9× 156 1.8k
Jack J. M. Ligtenberg Netherlands 22 424 1.1× 445 2.0× 227 1.1× 97 0.6× 176 1.4× 68 1.7k
Hülya Sungurtekin Türkiye 16 208 0.5× 111 0.5× 456 2.2× 99 0.6× 143 1.1× 57 1.1k
Zerrin Defne Dündar Türkiye 16 209 0.5× 181 0.8× 217 1.0× 63 0.4× 110 0.9× 59 702
Kürşat Gündoğan Türkiye 17 233 0.6× 40 0.2× 176 0.8× 89 0.6× 166 1.3× 79 1.2k
Jorge A. Guzmán United States 20 549 1.4× 202 0.9× 338 1.6× 252 1.6× 282 2.2× 65 1.9k
Suman Wason United States 22 150 0.4× 290 1.3× 168 0.8× 30 0.2× 132 1.0× 47 1.1k
Taisuke Jo Japan 22 322 0.8× 112 0.5× 312 1.5× 123 0.8× 513 4.0× 197 2.0k
Mitchell C. Rashkin United States 15 212 0.5× 198 0.9× 114 0.5× 209 1.4× 449 3.5× 25 1.0k
John A. D’Elia United States 24 144 0.4× 122 0.5× 524 2.5× 220 1.4× 492 3.8× 110 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kaleekal

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All Works

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Scullin, Daniel C., et al.. (2024). Acute Graft versus Host Disease in a Lung Transplant Recipient. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S489–S490.
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Okumura, Kenji, Soma Jyothula, Thomas Kaleekal, & Abhay Dhand. (2023). 1-Year Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for Coronavirus Disease 2019–Associated End-Stage Lung Disease in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(12). 2140–2147. 5 indexed citations
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Nellore, Anoma, Keith Wille, Daniel C. Scullin, et al.. (2022). Bilateral Lung Transplantation With Donor Positive for COVID-19 Infection on Bronchoalveolar Lavage: A Case Report. Transplantation Proceedings. 55(3). 540–542. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sachin, et al.. (2022). Antiepileptic-drug tapering and seizure recurrence. Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 54(1). 24–32. 2 indexed citations
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Patel, Vipul, et al.. (2020). Primary lung carcinoma in cystic fibrosis: A case report and literature review. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 31. 101242–101242. 3 indexed citations
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Chandra, P. Prarthana, et al.. (2020). Adjuvant role of Ocimum sanctum hydroalcoholic extract with carbamazepine and phenytoin in experimental model of acute seizures. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 28(11). 1440–1450. 5 indexed citations
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Kaleekal, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Postoperative Horner Syndrome After Lung Transplantation. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 40(4). 504–506. 4 indexed citations
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Chan, Edward Y., Duc T. Nguyen, Thomas Kaleekal, et al.. (2019). The Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Risk Model: A Validated Tool for Pretransplant Risk Assessment. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 108(4). 1094–1100. 5 indexed citations
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Chan, Edward Y., Ahmad Goodarzi, Neeraj Sinha, et al.. (2018). Long-Term Survival in Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Scleroderma-Related Lung Disease. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 105(3). 893–900. 19 indexed citations
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Sinha, Neeraj, J. DeVos, Thomas Kaleekal, et al.. (2017). Early clearance vs persistence of de novo donor‐specific antibodies following lung transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. 31(8). 21 indexed citations
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Kumar, Ritesh, et al.. (2017). Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interaction of hydroalcoholic extract of Ocimum sanctum with valproate. Epilepsy & Behavior. 75. 203–209. 11 indexed citations
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Gulati, Sheffali, Puneet Jain, Shivaram Shastri, et al.. (2015). Prevalence of UGT1A6 polymorphisms in children with epilepsy on valproate monotherapy. Neurology India. 63(1). 35–35. 12 indexed citations
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Dwivedi, Rekha, Meenakshi Singh, Thomas Kaleekal, Yogendra Kumar Gupta, & Manjari Tripathi. (2015). Concentration of antiepileptic drugs in persons with epilepsy: a comparative study in serum and saliva. International Journal of Neuroscience. 126(11). 972–978. 18 indexed citations
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Kumar, Gagan, Nilay Kumar, Amit Taneja, et al.. (2011). Nationwide Trends of Severe Sepsis in the 21st Century (2000–2007). CHEST Journal. 140(5). 1223–1231. 483 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kaleekal, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Cavitating Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma: An Unusual Radiological Presentation. CHEST Journal. 138(4). 20A–20A. 2 indexed citations
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Kaleekal, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Multiple Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysms: A late complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. CHEST Journal. 126(4). 934S–934S. 2 indexed citations
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Gupta, SK, Thomas Kaleekal, & Sujata Joshi. (2000). Misuse of corticosteroids in some of the drugs dispensed as preparations from alternative systems of medicine in India. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 9(7). 599–602. 25 indexed citations

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