William Irish

11.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
190 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

William Irish is a scholar working on Surgery, Transplantation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Irish has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Surgery, 68 papers in Transplantation and 32 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William Irish's work include Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (68 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (55 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (18 papers). William Irish is often cited by papers focused on Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (68 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (55 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (18 papers). William Irish collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William Irish's co-authors include Daniel C. Brennan, John J. Fung, Thomas E. Starzl, Andrew M. Siedlecki, Mark A. Schnitzler, Kareem Abu‐Elmagd, Shunzaburo Iwatsuki, David H. Van Thiel, Shimon Kusne and Krista L. Lentine and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William Irish

179 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Delayed Graft Function in the Kidney Transplant

2011 572 citations William Irish, Daniel C. Brennan et al. profile →
An economic assessment of contemporary kidney transplant practice

2018 271 citations Mark A. Schnitzler, William Irish et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Irish United States	45	3.7k	3.0k	1.8k	1.8k	1.2k	190	8.0k
Abhinav Humar United States	50	5.3k 1.4×	3.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	254	8.2k
Sander Florman United States	42	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	209	6.0k
Jorgé Reyes United States	51	5.1k 1.4×	2.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	2.1k 1.2×	741 0.6×	243	9.2k
George Mazariegos United States	59	6.5k 1.7×	3.0k 1.0×	3.7k 2.0×	1.8k 1.0×	805 0.7×	324	10.8k
Jacques Pirenne Belgium	54	7.4k 2.0×	3.6k 1.2×	4.7k 2.6×	2.1k 1.2×	2.7k 2.2×	487	11.7k
Sue V. McDiarmid United States	47	5.0k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	4.3k 2.3×	2.0k 1.1×	780 0.6×	148	7.4k
Neville V. Jamieson United Kingdom	39	3.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	597 0.5×	160	5.8k
Thomas A. Gonwa United States	49	4.9k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	4.1k 2.2×	2.2k 1.2×	641 0.5×	173	8.1k
Byers W. Shaw United States	53	6.9k 1.8×	1.8k 0.6×	5.3k 2.9×	2.6k 1.5×	794 0.7×	205	10.8k
Rainer W.G. Gruessner United States	50	7.0k 1.9×	5.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.6×	710 0.4×	2.2k 1.8×	263	9.0k

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Irish, William, et al.. (2025). Development and validation of a county deprivation index for assessing socio-economic disparities in the United States: Implications for public health outcomes and mitigation strategies. Public Health. 240. 56–62. 1 indexed citations

Larkins, Michael C., et al.. (2024). Squamous cell carcinoma of the colon: evaluation of treatment modalities and survival. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 28(7). 1122–1125. 3 indexed citations

Hao, Scarlett, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Health Insurance on Racial Disparities in Patients With Isolated Colorectal Liver Metastases. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 131(5). 834–841.

Hao, Scarlett, C. Suzanne Lea, Yuanyuan Fu, et al.. (2024). Correlation of Patient-Reported Social Determinants of Health With Census Tract Measures of Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Patients With GI Cancers in Eastern North Carolina. JCO Oncology Practice. 20(9). 1280–1288. 2 indexed citations

Harvey, James, Samir Kapadia, David J. Cohen, et al.. (2024). Trends in Complications Among Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(17). e031461–e031461. 4 indexed citations

Fu, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2023). Impact of timing of urgent coronary artery bypass grafting following coronary angiography on acute kidney injury. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 168(2). 533–542.

Irish, William, et al.. (2022). Body mass index and risk of mortality in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(2). 1213–1221. 2 indexed citations

Irish, William, et al.. (2021). Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation in Trauma Patients Results in Similar Rates of Intra-Abdominal Complications. Surgical Infections. 23(2). 113–118. 6 indexed citations

Lauck, Sandra, Suzanne J. Baron, William Irish, et al.. (2021). Temporal Changes in Mortality After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Retrospective Analysis of US Medicare Patients (2012–2019). Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(20). e021748–e021748. 14 indexed citations

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Yood, Robert A., Faith D. Ottery, William Irish, & Marsha Wolfson. (2014). Effect of pegloticase on renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease: a post hoc subgroup analysis of 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trials. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 54–54. 25 indexed citations

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Irish, William, et al.. (2010). Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium Versus Mycophenolate Mofetil Maintenance Immunosuppression: Outcomes Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Database. Transplantation. 90(1). 23–30. 9 indexed citations

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Burroughs, Thomas E., Jason Swindle, Steven K. Takemoto, et al.. (2007). Diabetic Complications Associated With New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 83(8). 1027–1034. 102 indexed citations

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Mladsi, Deirdre, et al.. (2004). Pharmacy cost evaluation of risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine for the treatment of schizophrenia in acute care inpatient settings. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 20(12). 1883–1893. 8 indexed citations

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Irish, William, Beth Sherrill, Daniel C. Brennan, Jeffrey A. Lowell, & Mark A. Schnitzler. (2003). Three-year posttransplant graft survival in renal-transplant patients with graft function at 6 months receiving tacrolimus or cyclosporine microemulsion within a triple-drug regimen. Transplantation. 76(12). 1686–1690. 20 indexed citations

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Tkatch, L., et al.. (1998). Epidemiology of Legionella Pneumonia and Factors Associated with Legionella-Related Mortality at a Tertiary Care Center. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 27(6). 1479–1486. 68 indexed citations

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Irish, William, et al.. (1998). Role of Splenectomy in Human Liver Transplantation Under Modern-Day Immunosuppression. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 43(9). 1931–1937. 44 indexed citations

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Bueno, Javier, Michael Green, Samuel A. Kocoshis, et al.. (1997). Cytomegalovirus Infection After Intestinal Transplantation in Children. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 25(5). 1078–1083. 43 indexed citations

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McCauley, Jerry, et al.. (1997). Factors determining the rate of referral, transplantation, and survival on dialysis in women with ESRD. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 30(6). 739–748. 40 indexed citations

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McMichael, John, Ronald Lieberman, J McCauley, et al.. (1996). Computer-Guided Randomized Concentration-Controlled Trials of Tacrolimus in Autoimmunity: Multiple Sclerosis and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. 18(4). 435–437. 9 indexed citations

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Bronsther, Oscar, Rafael Máñez, Shimon Kusne, et al.. (1995). Posttransplant B, non-A non-B, and cytomegalovirus hepatitis increase the risk of developing chronic rejection after liver transplantation.. PubMed. 27(1). 1206–7. 9 indexed citations

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