2026 Gregory J. Jurkovich: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	123	3376	3150	1856	1709	429	50240

Overview

Gregory J. Jurkovich is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a specialized focus on Surgery and Emergency Medicine. They have published 63 works in the medical field, with significant efforts in subfields such as Surgery (22 publications), Emergency Medicine (21 publications), General Health Professions (9 publications), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (5 publications), and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (3 publications).

Jurkovich's research spans several main topics including Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (24 publications), Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (18 publications), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (12 publications), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (12 publications), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (6 publications), Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout (6 publications), and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (6 publications).

Their work has been featured most frequently in these publication venues:

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care (8 publications)
JAMA Network Open (3 publications)
Journal of Surgical Education (2 publications)
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (2 publications)
The American Journal of Surgery (2 publications)

Several notable papers with Gregory J. Jurkovich as an author include:

National guideline for the field triage of injured patients: Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2021, published in 2022 in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
Causes of early mortality in pediatric trauma patients, published in 2020 in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
Stepped Collaborative Care Targeting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Comorbidity for US Trauma Care Systems, published in 2021 in JAMA Surgery
Under-Triage and Over-Triage Using the Field Triage Guidelines for Injured Patients: A Systematic Review, published in 2022 in Prehospital Emergency Care

Jurkovich has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Eileen M. Bulger (6 co-authored works)
Craig D. Newgard (4 co-authored works)
Mark L. Gestring (4 co-authored works)
E. Brooke Lerner (4 co-authored works)
Mary E. Fallat (4 co-authored works)

Best Publications

A National Evaluation of the Effect of Trauma-Center Care on Mortality

Ellen J. MacKenzie;Frederick P. Rivara;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Avery B. Nathens

2884
Citations
Organ injury scaling: spleen and liver (1994 revision).

Ernest E. Moore;Thomas H. Cogbill;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Steven R. Shackford

2055
Citations
Organ injury scaling, II: Pancreas, duodenum, small bowel, colon, and rectum.

Moore Ee;Cogbill Th;Malangoni Ma;Jurkovich Gj

1451
Citations
Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence

Larry M. Gentilello;Frederick P. Rivara;Dennis M. Donovan;Gregory J. Jurkovich

986
Citations
Rib fractures in the elderly.

Eileen M. Bulger;Matthew A. Arneson;Charles N. Mock;Gregory J. Jurkovich

883
Citations
Guidelines for field triage of injured patients recommendations of the national expert panel on field triage.

Scott M. Sasser;Scott M. Sasser;Richard C. Hunt;Ernest E. Sullivent;Marlena M. Wald

791
Citations
Relationship Between Trauma Center Volume and Outcomes

Avery B. Nathens;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Ronald V. Maier;David C. Grossman

786
Citations
Randomized, Prospective Trial of Antioxidant Supplementation in Critically Ill Surgical Patients

Avery B. Nathens;Margaret J. Neff;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Patricia Klotz

706
Citations
Goal-directed Hemostatic Resuscitation of Trauma-induced Coagulopathy: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing a Viscoelastic Assay to Conventional Coagulation Assays.

Eduardo Gonzalez;Ernest E. Moore;Hunter B. Moore;Michael P. Chapman

668
Citations
Organ Injury Scaling

Ernest E. Moore;Thomas H. Cogbill;Mark A. Malangoni;Gregory J. Jurkovich

650
Citations
The effect of organized systems of trauma care on motor vehicle crash mortality.

Avery B. Nathens;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Peter Cummings;Frederick P. Rivara

642
Citations
Trauma mortality patterns in three nations at different economic levels: implications for global trauma system development

Charles N. Mock;Gregory J. Jurkovich;David nii-Amon-Kotei;Carlos Arreola-Risa

610
Citations
Patterns of Errors Contributing to Trauma Mortality: Lessons Learned From 2594 Deaths

Russell L. Gruen;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Lisa K. McIntyre;Hugh M. Foy

569
Citations
Effectiveness of state trauma systems in reducing injury-related mortality: a national evaluation.

Avery B. Nathens;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Frederick P. Rivara;Ronald V. Maier

552
Citations
Outcome after Hemorrhagic Shock in Trauma Patients

Susan R. Heckbert;Nicholas B. Vedder;Wilma Hoffman;Robert K. Winn

530
Citations
Management of severe head injury: institutional variations in care and effect on outcome.

Eileen M. Bulger;Avery B. Nathens;Frederick P. Rivara;Maria Moore

499
Citations
Operative repair or endovascular stent graft in blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study

Demetrios Demetriades;George C. Velmahos;Thomas M. Scalea;Gregory J. Jurkovich

475
Citations
Return to work following injury: the role of economic, social, and job-related factors.

Ellen J. MacKenzie;John A. Morris;Gregory J. Jurkovich;Yutaka Yasui

456
Citations
Severe hepatic trauma: a multi-center experience with 1,335 liver injuries.

Thomas H. Cogbill;Ernest E. Moore;Gregory J. Jurkovich;David V. Feliciano

420
Citations
Is hypothermia in the victim of major trauma protective or harmful? A randomized, prospective study.

Larry Gentilello;Gregory Jurkovich;Michelle Stark;S. Hassantash

413
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick P. Rivara University of Washington

Ronald V. Maier University of Washington

Ellen J. MacKenzie Johns Hopkins University

Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver

Joan Russo University of Washington

David B. Hoyt American College of Surgeons

Michael K. Copass University of Washington

John A. Morris Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Wayne Katon University of Washington

Karen J. Brasel Medical College of Wisconsin

External Links

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