2026 Peter Bacchetti: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	111	5385	5055	2904	2692	416	39705

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Peter Bacchetti is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant specialization in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Virology, Toxicology, and Emergency Medicine.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
HIV Research and Treatment
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
HIV-related health complications and treatments
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Peter Bacchetti has published extensively in various scientific venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

UNC Libraries
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Research Square (Research Square)
JCI Insight

Among their recent notable papers are:

"Differential decay of intact and defective proviral DNA in HIV-1-infected individuals on suppressive antiretroviral therapy," 2020, JCI Insight
"Multiply spliced HIV RNA is a predictive measure of virus production ex vivo and in vivo following reversal of HIV latency," 2021, EBioMedicine
"Effect of a Patient-Centered Decision Support Tool on Rates of Trial of Labor After Previous Cesarean Delivery," 2020, JAMA
"Assessing the Suitability of Next-Generation Viral Outgrowth Assays to Measure Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Latent Reservoir Size," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
"Replicate Aptima Assay for Quantifying Residual Plasma Viremia in Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy," 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Frequent collaborators in Peter Bacchetti's work include:

Monica Gandhi
Roy Gerona
Steven G. Deeks
David Aguilar
Andrew Reckers

Peter Bacchetti was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2004.

Best Publications

Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Expansion of the tumor size limits does not adversely impact survival

Francis Y. Yao;Linda Ferrell;Nathan M. Bass;Jessica J. Watson

2637
Citations
Age Affects Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease

Ann M. O'Hare;Andy I. Choi;Daniel Bertenthal;Peter Bacchetti

870
Citations
Cocaine use and HIV infection in intravenous drug users in San Francisco.

Richard E. Chaisson;Peter Bacchetti;Dennis Osmond;Barbara Brodie

829
Citations
Seropositivity for HIV and the development of AIDS or AIDS related condition: three year follow up of the San Francisco General Hospital cohort.

Andrew R. Moss;Peter Bacchetti;Dennis Osmond;Walter Krampf

782
Citations
Transfusion-related acute lung injury: Incidence and risk factors

Pearl Toy;Ognjen Gajic;Peter Bacchetti;Mark R. Looney

673
Citations
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of the proposed UCSF criteria with the Milan criteria and the Pittsburgh modified TNM criteria.

Francis Y. Yao;Linda Ferrell;Nathan M. Bass;Peter Bacchetti

529
Citations
Serum sodium predicts mortality in patients listed for liver transplantation.

Scott W. Biggins;Harry J. Rodriguez;Peter Bacchetti;Nathan M. Bass

522
Citations
Incubation period of AIDS in San Francisco.

Peter Bacchetti;Andrew R. Moss

518
Citations
Comparison of custom and prefabricated orthoses in the initial treatment of proximal plantar fasciitis.

Glenn Pfeffer;Peter Bacchetti;Johnathan Deland;Al Lewis

485
Citations
Decreased survival among sedentary patients undergoing dialysis: Results from the dialysis morbidity and mortality study wave 2

Ann M. O'Hare;Katherine Tawney;Peter Bacchetti;Kirsten L. Johansen

461
Citations
Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA: Risk-Factor Analysis

Alex H Kral;Ricky N Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Lauren Gee

442
Citations
CD4+ T Cells Expressing PD-1, TIGIT and LAG-3 Contribute to HIV Persistence during ART

Rémi Fromentin;Wendy Bakeman;Mariam B. Lawani;Gabriela Khoury;Gabriela Khoury

441
Citations
Reporting bias in drug trials submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: review of publication and presentation.

Kristin Rising;Peter Bacchetti;Lisa Bero

431
Citations
Vitamin D status is associated with relapse rate in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis.

Ellen M. Mowry;Lauren B. Krupp;Maria Milazzo;Dorothee Chabas

429
Citations
Detection of extracapsular extension of prostate carcinoma with endorectal and phased-array coil MR imaging: multivariate feature analysis.

K K Yu;H Hricak;R Alagappan;D M Chernoff

394
Citations
Preclinical atherosclerosis due to HIV infection: carotid intima-medial thickness measurements from the FRAM study.

Carl Grunfeld;Joseph A C Delaney;Christine Wanke;Judith S Currier

389
Citations
Association of journal quality indicators with methodological quality of clinical research articles.

Kirby P. Lee;Marieka Schotland;Peter Bacchetti;Lisa A. Bero

367
Citations
Fat distribution in men with HIV infection.

Peter Bacchetti;Barbara Gripshover;Carl Grunfeld;Steven Heymsfield

365
Citations
Sample size calculations in clinical research.

Peter Bacchetti;Jacqueline M. Leung

75
Citations
Sexual Transmission of HIV-1 Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, USA

Alex H. Kral;Ricky N. Bluthenthal;Jennifer Lorvick;Lauren Gee

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco

Steven G. Deeks University of California, San Francisco

Carl Grunfeld University of California, San Francisco

Frederick Hecht University of California, San Francisco

Michael G. Shlipak University of California, San Francisco

Ruth M. Greenblatt University of California, San Francisco

Sharon R. Lewin University of Melbourne

John P. Roberts University of California, San Francisco

Steven B. Heymsfield Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine

External Links

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