2026 Bruce R. Bacon: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	99	8439	7930	4363	4037	546	49981

Bruce R. Bacon 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 Bruce R. Bacon sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 546 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce R. Bacon 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 Bruce R. Bacon sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bruce R. Bacon is a researcher affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States. Their body of work focuses primarily on Medicine, with a significant specialization in Hepatology.

The scientist's research spans several key subfields, including:

Hepatology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Major topics covered in their publications include:

Hepatitis C virus research
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
Liver Disease and Transplantation
Liver Diseases and Immunity
Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Bruce R. Bacon has contributed to multiple research articles published in notable journals. Among their recent papers are:

Effectiveness of 8-Week Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for Treatment-Naïve, Compensated Cirrhotic Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection, 2020, Advances in Therapy
Durability of treatment response after 1 year of therapy with seladelpar in patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC): final results of an international phase 2 study, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
Pangenotypic therapies glecaprevir-pibrentasvir (G-P) and sofosbuvir-velpatasvir-voxilaprevir (S-V-V) after failure with interferon (IFN)-free direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment for hepatitis C, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
Real-world effectiveness of 8-week glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) for treatment naive, noncirrhotic patients with HCV infection in the TRIO network, 2020, GastroHep
Su1348: Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Seladelpar in Patients with Compensated Liver Cirrhosis Due to Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC); A Pooled Analysis of Phase 2 and Phase 3 Studies, 2022, Gastroenterology

These publications appeared primarily in the following journals:

Journal of Hepatology
Gastroenterology
Value in Health
Advances in Therapy
GastroHep

Bruce R. Bacon has worked collaboratively with several frequent coauthors, including:

Michael P. Curry
Steven L. Flamm
Nezam H. Afdhal
Naoky Tsai
Nicole Wick

Best Publications

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a proposal for grading and staging the histological lesions

Elizabeth M Brunt;Christine G Janney;Adrian M Di Bisceglie;Brent A Neuschwander-Tetri

5527
Citations
A novel MHC class I–like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis

J.N. Feder;A. Gnirke;W. Thomas;Z. Tsuchihashi

4596
Citations
Boceprevir for Previously Treated Chronic HCV Genotype 1 Infection

Bruce R. Bacon;Stuart C. Gordon;Eric Lawitz;Patrick Marcellin

2232
Citations
Peginterferon alfa-2b or alfa-2a with ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C infection.

John G. McHutchison;Eric J. Lawitz;Mitchell L. Shiffman;Andrew J. Muir

1792
Citations
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: An expanded clinical entity

Bruce R. Bacon;Mohammad J. Farahvash;Christine G. Janney;Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri

1774
Citations
Superparamagnetic iron oxide: Pharmacokinetics and toxicity

R. Weissleder;D. D. Stark;B. L. Engelstad;B. R. Bacon

1416
Citations
Improved nonalcoholic steatohepatitis after 48 weeks of treatment with the PPAR-γ ligand rosiglitazone

Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri;Elizabeth M. Brunt;Kent R. Wehmeier;Dana Oliver

1118
Citations
Diagnosis and management of hemochromatosis: 2011 practice guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Bruce R. Bacon;Paul C. Adams;Kris V. Kowdley;Lawrie W. Powell

845
Citations
HFE gene knockout produces mouse model of hereditary hemochromatosis

Xiao Yan Zhou;Shunji Tomatsu;Robert E. Fleming;Seppo Parkkila

615
Citations
Hepatic lipid peroxidation in vivo in rats with chronic iron overload.

B R Bacon;A S Tavill;G M Brittenham;C H Park

559
Citations
Measurements of iron status in patients with chronic hepatitis.

Adrian M. Di Bisceglie;Adrian M. Di Bisceglie;Constantine A. Axiotis;Constantine A. Axiotis;Jay H. Hoofnagle;Jay H. Hoofnagle;Bruce R. Bacon;Bruce R. Bacon

550
Citations
Hereditary hemochromatosis: Effects of C282Y and H63D mutations on association with β2-microglobulin, intracellular processing, and cell surface expression of the HFE protein in COS-7 cells

Abdul Waheed;Seppo Parkkila;Xiao Yan Zhou;Shunji Tomatsu

536
Citations
The pathology of hepatic iron overload: a free radical--mediated process?

Bruce R. Bacon;Robert S. Britton

528
Citations
NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS: AN EXPANDED CLINICAL ENTITY

B Bacon;M J Faravash;C G Janney

508
Citations
Clinical, virologic, histologic, and biochemical outcomes after successful HCV therapy: a 5-year follow-up of 150 patients.

Sarah L. George;Sarah L. George;Bruce R. Bacon;Elizabeth M. Brunt;Elizabeth M. Brunt;Kusal L. Mihindukulasuriya

485
Citations
Association of the transferrin receptor in human placenta with HFE, the protein defective in hereditary hemochromatosis

Seppo Parkkila;Abdul Waheed;Robert S. Britton;Bruce R. Bacon

409
Citations
Molecular medicine and hemochromatosis: at the crossroads

Bruce R. Bacon;Lawrie W. Powell;Paul C. Adams;Thomas F. Kresina

376
Citations
Complementary and alternative medicine in chronic liver disease

Leonard B. Seeff;Karen L. Lindsay;Bruce R. Bacon;Thomas F. Kresina

356
Citations
A Dose-Ranging Study of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Entecavir in Lamivudine-refractory Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Ting–Tsung Chang;Robert G. Gish;Stephanos J. Hadziyannis;Janusz Cianciara

351
Citations
Hepatic iron concentration as a predictor of response to interferon alfa therapy in chronic hepatitis C

John K. Olynyk;K.Rajender Reddy;Adrian M. di Bisceglie;Lennox J. Jeffers

349
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zobair M. Younossi Inova Health System

Elizabeth M. Brunt Washington University in St. Louis

Nezam H. Afdhal Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Eric Lawitz The University of Texas at Austin

Abdul Waheed Saint Louis University

William S. Sly Saint Louis University

Mark S. Sulkowski Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kris V. Kowdley Washington State University

Douglas T. Dieterich Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ira M. Jacobson New York University

External Links

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