2026 Andrew S. Levey: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	181	582	533	368	330	674	242849
Medicine	185	300	273	192	173	674	253568

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Andrew S. Levey is affiliated with Tufts Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant specialization in nephrology.

Their work covers several key subfields including:

Nephrology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Physiology
Surgery

The main topics explored in their research involve:

Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
Renal and Vascular Pathologies
Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequent publication venues for Andrew S. Levey include:

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Kidney International
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Kidney Medicine

Significant research papers authored or co-authored by Levey feature topics related to kidney function and disease. Notable papers include:

"Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020, The Lancet)
"Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference" (2020, Kidney International)
"The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference" (2020, Kidney International)
"Controversies in acute kidney injury: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference" (2020, Kidney International)
"Harmonizing acute and chronic kidney disease definition and classification: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference" (2021, Kidney International)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Levey include:

Lesley A. Inker
Morgan E. Grams
Josef Coresh
Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Michel Jadoul

Andrew S. Levey has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

Andrew S. Levey;Lesley A. Stevens;Christopher H. Schmid;Yaping (Lucy) Zhang

25113
Citations
A more accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: A new prediction equation

Andrew S. Levey;Juan P. Bosch;Julia Breyer Lewis;Tom Greene

18172
Citations
K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

10189
Citations
Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention.

Mark J. Sarnak;Andrew S. Levey;Anton C. Schoolwerth;Josef Coresh

6753
Citations
Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Boris Bikbov;Caroline A. Purcell;Andrew S. Levey;Mari Smith

6195
Citations
Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States

Josef Coresh;Elizabeth Selvin;Lesley A. Stevens;Jane Manzi

6126
Citations
Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate.

Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Tom Greene;Lesley A. Stevens

5541
Citations
Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis.

Kunihiro Matsushita;Marije van der Velde;Brad C. Astor;Mark Woodward

5114
Citations
Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

Andrew S. Levey;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Yusuke Tsukamoto;Adeera Levin

4843
Citations
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: EVALUATION, CLASSIFICATION, AND STRATIFICATION

Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Ethan Balk;Annamaria T. Kausz

4488
Citations
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third national health and nutrition examination survey

Josef Coresh;Brad C. Astor;Tom Greene;Garabed Eknoyan

4065
Citations
Kidney disease: Improving global outcomes (KDIGO) acute kidney injury work group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury

John A. Kellum;Norbert Lameire;Peter Aspelin;Rashad S. Barsoum

4021
Citations
Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C.

Lesley A. Inker;Christopher H. Schmid;Hocine Tighiouart;John H. Eckfeldt

3975
Citations
Assessing Kidney Function — Measured and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Lesley A. Stevens;Josef Coresh;Tom Greene;Andrew S. Levey

3690
Citations
The Effects of Dietary Protein Restriction and Blood-Pressure Control on the Progression of Chronic Renal Disease

Saulo Klahr;Andrew S. Levey;Gerald J. Beck;Arlene W. Caggiula

2954
Citations
A simplified equation to predict glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine

A S Levey;J P Bosch;J B Lewis;Shahriari Ali Reza

2728
Citations
Kidney disease: improving global outcomes (KDIGO) CKD work group. KDIGO 2012 clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease

A Levin;PE Stevens;RW Bilous;J Coresh

2718
Citations
The definition, classification, and prognosis of chronic kidney disease: a KDIGO Controversies Conference report

Andrew S. Levey;Paul E. de Jong;Josef Coresh;Meguid E.l. Nahas

2688
Citations
A Trial of Darbepoetin Alfa in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease

Marc A Pfeffer;Emmanuel A. Burdmann;Chao Yin Chen;Mark E. Cooper

2359
Citations
Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis

Garabed Eknoyan;Gerald J. Beck;Alfred K. Cheung;John T. Daugirdas

2313
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Coresh New York University

Lesley A. Inker Tufts Medical Center

Mark J. Sarnak Tufts Medical Center

Tom Greene University of Utah

Kai-Uwe Eckardt Charité - University Medicine Berlin

John W. Kusek National Institutes of Health

Gerald J. Beck Cleveland Clinic

Christopher H. Schmid Brown University

Morgan E. Grams Johns Hopkins University

Michael G. Shlipak University of California, San Francisco

External Links

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