2026 Arthur J. Matas: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	114	4657	4369	2530	2344	849	59401

Overview

Arthur J. Matas is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration in subfields such as Transplantation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
Organ Donation and Transplantation
Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
Renal and Vascular Pathologies
Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Arthur J. Matas include:

Ajay K. Israni (23 collaborations)
Erika S. Helgeson (17 collaborations)
Pamala A. Jacobson (16 collaborations)
Roslyn B. Mannon (15 collaborations)
William S. Oetting (15 collaborations)

They have published extensively in a number of venues, with the most common being:

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (12 publications)
Clinical Transplantation (11 publications)
American Journal of Transplantation (10 publications)
Transplantation (8 publications)
JAMA Surgery (7 publications)

Notable recent publications include:

Finding the Dose for Hydroxychloroquine Prophylaxis for COVID-19: The Desperate Search for Effectiveness, 2020, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Impact of remdesivir according to the pre-admission symptom duration in patients with COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Challenges in the management of the kidney allograft: from decline to failure: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, 2023, Kidney International
Belatacept for Simultaneous Calcineurin Inhibitor and Chronic Corticosteroid Immunosuppression Avoidance, 2021, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Race-free estimated glomerular filtration rate equation in kidney transplant recipients: development and validation study, 2023, BMJ

Best Publications

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

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

10189
Citations
Understanding the causes of kidney transplant failure: the dominant role of antibody-mediated rejection and nonadherence.

J. Sellarés;D. G. de Freitas;M. Mengel;J. Reeve

1626
Citations
Long-Term Consequences of Kidney Donation

Hassan N. Ibrahim;Robert Foley;LiPing Tan;Tyson Rogers

1204
Citations
20 years or more of follow-up of living kidney donors.

J.S. Najarian;L.E. McHugh;A.J. Matas;B.M. Chavers

824
Citations
Lessons learned from more than 1,000 pancreas transplants at a single institution.

David Sutherland;Rainer Gruessner;David Dunn;Arthur Matas

806
Citations
Transplantation of discordant xenografts: a review of progress.

Jeffrey L Platt;Gregory M Vercellotti;Agustin P Dalmasso;Agustin P Dalmasso;Arthur J Matas

681
Citations
OPTN/SRTR 2012 Annual Data Report: kidney.

A. J. Matas;J. M. Smith;M. A. Skeans;B. Thompson

655
Citations
Immunopathology of hyperacute xenograft rejection in a swine-to-primate model.

Jeffrey Platt;Richard Fischel;Arthur Matas;Sally Reif

650
Citations
Excerpts from the United States Renal Data System 2004 annual data report: atlas of end-stage renal disease in the United States.

Allan J Collins;Bert L Kasiske;Charles A Herzog;Blanche M Chavers

629
Citations
Delayed graft function, acute rejection, and outcome after cadaver renal transplantation: A multivariate analysis

Christoph Troppmann;K. J. Gillingham;E. Benedetti;P. S. Almond

620
Citations
Evidence for antibody-mediated injury as a major determinant of late kidney allograft failure.

Robert S. Gaston;J. Michael Cecka;Bert L. Kasiske;Ann M Fieberg

573
Citations
Cell-Free DNA and Active Rejection in Kidney Allografts

Roy D Bloom;Jonathan S Bromberg;Emilio D Poggio;Suphamai Bunnapradist

573
Citations
Preemptive Kidney Transplantation: The Advantage and the Advantaged

Bertram L. Kasiske;Jon J. Snyder;Arthur J. Matas;Mary D. Ellison

569
Citations
OPTN/SRTR 2013 Annual Data Report: kidney.

Arthur J Matas;J. M. Smith;M. A. Skeans;B. Thompson

525
Citations
Morbidity and Mortality After Living Kidney Donation, 1999 2001: Survey of United States Transplant Centers

Arthur J. Matas;Stephen T. Bartlett;Alan B. Leichtman;Francis L. Delmonico

505
Citations
Early versus late acute renal allograft rejection: impact on chronic rejection.

G. P. Basadonna;Arthur J Matas;Kristen J Gillingham;William D Payne

458
Citations
Long-term follow-up of living kidney donors: quality of life after donation.

Eric Johnson;J. Anderson;Cheryl Jacobs;Gina Suh

443
Citations
National conference to assess antibody-mediated rejection in solid organ transplantation.

Steven K. Takemoto;Adriana Zeevi;Sandy Feng;Robert B. Colvin

421
Citations
Prolongation of cardiac xenograft survival by depletion of complement

Joseph Leventhal;Agustin Dalmasso;John Cromwell;Jeffrey Platt

417
Citations
ASTS recommended practice guidelines for controlled donation after cardiac death organ procurement and transplantation.

D. J. Reich;D. C. Mulligan;P. L. Abt;T. L. Pruett

417
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Najarian University of Minnesota

David E.R. Sutherland University of Minnesota

Ajay K. Israni University of Minnesota

Bertram L. Kasiske Hennepin County Medical Center

Nancy L. Reinsmoen Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Jon J. Snyder University of Minnesota

Fernando G. Cosio Mayo Clinic

Joseph P. Grande Mayo Clinic

Philip F. Halloran University of Alberta

Agustin P. Dalmasso University of Minnesota

External Links

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