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Adrian Covic publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adrian Covic sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 740 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Adrian Covic D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adrian Covic sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 101 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Adrian Covic is affiliated with Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a substantial focus on Nephrology, as well as related subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Covic's frequent co-authors reflect a collaborative network involving Alberto Ortíz, Gaye Hafez, Giovambattista Capasso, Jolanta Małyszko, and Ziad A. Massy, each associated with multiple joint publications, highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

Their publications are often featured in specific academic venues such as:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • International Urology and Nephrology
  • Clinical Kidney Journal
  • Medicina
  • Journal of Nephrology

Recent papers indicative of their areas of interest include:

  • COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and dialysis patients: results of the ERACODA collaboration, 2020, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Effect of Hemodiafiltration or Hemodialysis on Mortality in Kidney Failure, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • An update review of intradialytic hypotension: concept, risk factors, clinical implications and management, 2020, Clinical Kidney Journal
  • Chronic kidney disease and neurological disorders: are uraemic toxins the missing piece of the puzzle?, 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Cognitive disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease: specificities of clinical assessment, 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Overall, their scholarly output indicates a significant contribution to clinical research surrounding kidney disease, dialysis methods, and related cardiovascular and neurological complications, as well as recent work on COVID-19 impacts within kidney patient populations.

Best Publications

  • A European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) position statement on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute Kidney Injury: Part 1: definitions, conservative management and contrast-induced nephropathy

    Danilo Fliser;Maurice Laville;Adrian Covic

  • Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines on anaemia management in chronic kidney disease: a European Renal Best Practice position statement

    Francesco Locatelli;Peter Bárány;Adrian Covic;Angel De Francisco

  • Epidemiology, contributors to, and clinical trials of mortality risk in chronic kidney failure

    Alberto Ortiz;Adrian Covic;Danilo Fliser;Denis Fouque

  • Effect of treatment of hyperuricemia with allopurinol on blood pressure, creatinine clearence, and proteinuria in patients with normal renal functions.

    Mehmet Kanbay;Adem Ozkara;Yusuf Selcoki;Bunyamin Isik

  • COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and dialysis patients: results of the ERACODA collaboration.

    Luuk B Hilbrands;Raphaël Duivenvoorden;Priya Vart;Priya Vart;Casper F M Franssen

  • Fluid status in peritoneal dialysis patients: the European Body Composition Monitoring (EuroBCM) study cohort.

    Wim Van Biesen;John D. Williams;Adrian C. Covic;Stanley Fan

  • Recommendations for the prevention, mitigation and containment of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in haemodialysis centres.

    Carlo Basile;Christian Combe;Francesco Pizzarelli;Adrian Covic

  • Monocyte count/HDL cholesterol ratio and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease

    Mehmet Kanbay;Yalcin Solak;Hilmi Umut Unal;Yasemin Gulcan Kurt

  • Online haemodiafiltration: definition, dose quantification and safety revisited

    James E. Tattersall;Richard A. Ward;Bernard Canaud;Peter J. Blankestijn

  • Vascular calcification in long-term haemodialysis patients in a single unit: a retrospective analysis.

    D.J.A. Goldsmith;A. Covic;P.A. Sambrook;P. Ackrill

  • A Randomized Study of Allopurinol on Endothelial Function and Estimated Glomular Filtration Rate in Asymptomatic Hyperuricemic Subjects with Normal Renal Function

    Mehmet Kanbay;Bulent Huddam;Alper Azak;Yalcin Solak

  • Anaemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease: a position statement by the Anaemia Working Group of European Renal Best Practice (ERBP)

    Francesco Locatelli;Adrian Covic;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Andrzej Wiecek

  • Systematic review of the evidence underlying the association between mineral metabolism disturbances and risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease

    Adrian Covic;Prajesh Kothawala;Myriam Bernal;Sean Robbins

  • Bioimpedance-guided fluid management in maintenance hemodialysis: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

    Mihai Onofriescu;Simona Hogas;Luminita Voroneanu;Mugurel Apetrii

  • Recommendations for the use of tolvaptan in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a position statement on behalf of the ERA-EDTA Working Groups on Inherited Kidney Disorders and European Renal Best Practice

    Ron T Gansevoort;Mustafa Arici;Thomas Benzing;Henrik Birn

  • Vascular calcification: a stiff challenge for the nephrologist: does preventing bone disease cause arterial disease?

    David Goldsmith;David Goldsmith;Eberhard Ritz;Eberhard Ritz;Adrian Covic;Adrian Covic

  • Epidemiology of renal disease in Romania: a 10 year review of two regional renal biopsy databases

    Adrian Covic;Adalbert Schiller;Carmen Volovat;Gheorghe Gluhovschi

  • A phase III study of the efficacy and safety of a novel iron-based phosphate binder in dialysis patients

    Jürgen Floege;Adrian C. Covic;Markus Ketteler;Anjay Rastogi

  • Arterial stiffness in renal patients: an update.

    Adrian Covic;Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir;David J.A. Goldsmith

  • Coronary artery calcification and aortic pulse wave velocity in chronic kidney disease patients

    Ali A. Haydar;Adrian Covic;Helen Colhoun;Michael Rubens

Frequent Co-Authors

David Goldsmith
David Goldsmith St Thomas' Hospital
Alberto Ortiz
Alberto Ortiz Autonomous University of Madrid
Gérard M. London
Gérard M. London Grenoble Alpes University
Wim Van Biesen
Wim Van Biesen Ghent University Hospital
Francesco Locatelli
Francesco Locatelli University of Pavia
Bengt Lindholm
Bengt Lindholm Karolinska Institute
Ziad A. Massy
Ziad A. Massy Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Danilo Fliser
Danilo Fliser Saarland University
Richard J. Johnson
Richard J. Johnson University of Colorado Denver

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