Thomas L. Nickolas

10.6k citations

107 papers · 6.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Nephrology top 0.1%
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 0.2%
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Bone and Joint Diseases

Papers in

Nephrology 56
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments 40
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes 12
- Acute Kidney Injury Research 10
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 52
- Bone health and osteoporosis research 45
- Bone and Joint Diseases 22

Co-authors: Elizabeth Shane Donald J. McMahon Jonathan Barasch Prasad Devarajan Emily M. Stein Mary B. Leonard Adi Cohen David W. Dempster
Journals: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (14 papers)The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (8 papers)Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (7 papers)Bone (7 papers)Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Thomas L. Nickolas

102 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference 2025 · 24 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Kidney International
2017 Nature
2008 Annals of Internal Medicine

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1	Uremia and parathyroid hormone have distinct effects on bone protein and gene expression Kidney International ·Virginia Darrow Oggins, Rosilene Motta Elias, Thomas L. Nickolas, J.T. Reilly, Paulo Augusto Feldbaum, Susie Jonassen, Selmer M. Feld, Luciene M. dos Reis, Margaret X. Booth, Venu Babu, 徳昭土屋	2026	0
2	The Use of Time-Lapse High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography for Noninvasive Bone Turnover and Bone Quality Assessment in CKD Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·井口万里, 平田華鈴, Isidro B. Salusky, Thomas L. Nickolas, Joachim H. Ix, Galateia J. Kazakia	2025	0
3	Corticosteroid, Parathyroid Hormone, and Body Composition Associations With Bone Density and Structure Following Kidney Transplantation American Journal of Kidney Diseases ·H. Messias, Jin Long, Thomas L. Nickolas, Shaun Bender, Simin Göral, Babette S. Zemel, Chamith S. Rajapakse, Thomas Dienemann, Mary B. Leonard	2025	0
4	Time-lapse HR-pQCT reliably assesses and monitors local bone turnover in patients with chronic kidney disease Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·井口万里, Linda M. Dunn‐Jensen, Olajumoke Olufunmilayo Joseph, N. N. Kurilov, 平田華鈴, Isra Saeed, Bo Fan, Jure Škegro, Isidro B. Salusky, Thomas L. Nickolas, Joachim H. Ix, Galateia J. Kazakia	2025	2
5	Long-term Pegvisomant Therapy of Acromegaly: Effects on Bone Density, Turnover and Microstructure Using HRpQCT Journal of the Endocrine Society ·M. Capitanio, Sanchita Agarwal, Elizabeth Shane, Marie Hudson, Eliza B. Geer, Serge Cremers, Elzbieta Dworakowski, Adi Cohen, Thomas L. Nickolas, Emily M. Stein, Pamela U. Freda	2024	2
6	The Role of Vitamin K in CKD-MBD Current Osteoporosis Reports ·Maria Fusaro, Elias Bou Lawz Ksayer, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Giovanni Tripepi, Mario Plebani, Martina Zaninotto, Thomas L. Nickolas, Markus Ketteler, Andrea Aghi, Cristina Politi, Gaetano La Manna, Maria Luisa Brandi, Serge Ferrari, Maurizio Gallieni, Yu Feng, Giuseppe Cianciolo	2022	6
7	Vitamin K and Kidney Transplantation Nutrients ·Maria Fusaro, Laura Cosmai, Pieter Evenepoel, Thomas L. Nickolas, Angela M. Cheung, Andrea Aghi, Giovanni Tripepi, Mario Plebani, Giorgio Iervasi, Roberto Vettor, Martina Zaninotto, Maura Ravera, Marina Foramitti, Sandro Giannini, Stefania Sella, Maurizio Gallieni	2020	7
8	A multi-imaging modality study of bone density, bone structure and the muscle - bone unit in end-stage renal disease Bone ·Mary B. Leonard, Félix W. Wehrli, H. Messias, Beata M. Kowalczyk, Jin Long, Thomas L. Nickolas, Jeremy F. Magland, Yuveinsiana Crismayella, Babette S. Zemel, Rita Herskovitz, Chamith S. Rajapakse	2019	13
9	Skeletal levels of bisphosphonate in the setting of chronic kidney disease are independent of remodeling rate and lower with fractionated dosing Bone ·Elizabeth A. Swallow, Mohammad W. Aref, Corinne E. Metzger, Nicoleta Raluca Para, 総史河野, Neal C. Chen, Max A. Hammond, Paul R. Territo, Thomas L. Nickolas, Sharon M. Moe, Matthew R. Allen	2019	8
10	Rethinking Bone Disease in Kidney Disease JBMR Plus ·K. T. Makarov, Thomas L. Nickolas	2018	38
11	The trabecular bone score: Relationships with trabecular and cortical microarchitecture measured by HR-pQCT and histomorphometry in patients with chronic kidney disease Bone ·В. Н. Тарасов, Inara Marques, Didier Hans, David W. Dempster, Hua Zhou, Parth M. Patel, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Vanda Jorgetti, Rosa Maria Affonso Moysés, Thomas L. Nickolas	2018	46
12	Management of Osteoporosis in CKD Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Pascale Khairallah, Thomas L. Nickolas	2018	81
13	Low Risk of Proximal Tubular Dysfunction Associated With Emtricitabine-Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men and Women The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Kenneth K. Mugwanya, Jared M. Baeten, Connie Celum, Deborah Donnell, Thomas L. Nickolas, Nelly Mugo, Andrea D. Branch, Jordan W. Tappero, James Kiarie, Allan Ronald, Michael T. Yin, Christina Wyatt	2016	33
14	Change in estimated glomerular filtration rate and fracture risk in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Trial Bone ·Tamara Isakova, Timothy E. Craven, Julia J. Scialla, Thomas L. Nickolas, Adrian M. Schnall, Joshua I. Barzilay, Ann V. Schwartz	2015	14
15	The Association between a Mediterranean-Style Diet and Kidney Function in the Northern Manhattan Study Cohort Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Minesh Khatri, Yeseon Park Moon, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Yian Gu, Hannah Gardener, Ken Cheung, Clinton B. Wright, Ralph L. Sacco, Thomas L. Nickolas, Mitchell S.V. Elkind	2014	96
16	Discriminants of Prevalent Fractures in Chronic Kidney Disease Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Thomas L. Nickolas, Serge Cremers, Amy Zhang, A. Sanz-Arque, Emily M. Stein, Adi Cohen, Alaa A. Shahin, Lucas E. Nikkel, Michael T. Yin, X. Sherry Liu, Stéphanie Boutroy, Ronald B. Staron, Mary B. Leonard, Donald J. McMahon, Elzbieta Dworakowski, Elizabeth Shane	2011	105
17	Dynamic and Structural Properties of the Skeleton in Hypoparathyroidism Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Mishaela R. Rubin, David W. Dempster, Hua Zhou, Elizabeth Shane, Thomas L. Nickolas, James Sliney, Shonni J. Silverberg, John P. Bilezikian	2008	148
18	Assessment of Kidney Function in Lung Transplant Candidates The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·Nadine Al‐Naamani, Omar H. Maarouf, Vivek N. Ahya, David J. Lederer, 基世四船山, Jessie S. Wilt, Alden Doyle, Ana Lucia Rosado Valenzuela, F. D’Ovidio, Joshua Sonett, Selim M. Arcasoy, Thomas L. Nickolas, Steven M. Kawut	2008	9
19	Mycophenolate Mofetil for the Treatment of Interstitial Nephritis Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Dean C. Preddie, Glen S. Markowitz, Jai Radhakrishnan, Thomas L. Nickolas, Vivette D. D’Agati, Joshua A. Schwimmer, August Generoso, Jeferson Cunha-Oliveira, Gerald B. Appel	2006	63
20	Race/Ethnicity, Poverty Status, and Renal Transplant Outcomes Transplantation ·S. P. Fuller, Olveen Carrasquillo, Thomas L. Nickolas, Jai Radhakrishnan, Steven Shea, R. Graham Barr	2005	70

About Thomas L. Nickolas

Thomas L. Nickolas is a scholar working on Nephrology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Transplantation, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Oncology, having authored 107 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (45 papers), Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (40 papers), Bone and Joint Diseases (22 papers), Bone health and treatments (20 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (12 papers), Acute Kidney Injury Research (10 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (9 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nephrology (3.3k citations), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (2.2k citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (408 citations), Transplantation (211 citations) and Oncology (1.1k citations). Thomas L. Nickolas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Elizabeth Shane, Donald J. McMahon, Jonathan Barasch, Prasad Devarajan, Emily M. Stein, Mary B. Leonard, Adi Cohen, David W. Dempster, Hua Zhou and X. Sherry Liu. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Bone and Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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