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D-Index
87
Citations
29185
World Ranking
13594
National Ranking
6907

Peter D.R. Higgins 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 Peter D.R. Higgins sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 518 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter D.R. Higgins 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 Peter D.R. Higgins sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter D.R. Higgins is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions in genetics, epidemiology, surgery, infectious diseases, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their scholarly work centers on topics such as inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, eosinophilic esophagitis, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, and insect and pesticide research.

Peter D.R. Higgins has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • Birds of the World
  • Gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers include:

  • Upadacitinib as induction and maintenance therapy for moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis: results from three phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, randomised trials (2022, The Lancet)
  • Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk (2020, Circulation)
  • Management of Crohn Disease (2021, JAMA)
  • Increased Intestinal Permeability Is Associated With Later Development of Crohn's Disease (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • Efficacy of Upadacitinib in a Randomized Trial of Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis (2020, Gastroenterology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Les Christidis
  • Hugh Ford
  • Jeffrey Berinstein
  • Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg
  • Shrinivas Bishu

Best Publications

  • Secukinumab, a human anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody, for moderate to severe Crohn's disease: unexpected results of a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial

    Wolfgang Hueber;Bruce E Sands;Steve Lewitzky;Marc Vandemeulebroecke

  • Epidemiology of Constipation in North America: A systematic review

    Peter D.R. Higgins;John F. Johanson

  • Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jenny N. Poynter;Stephen B. Gruber;Peter D.R. Higgins;Ronit Almog

  • Statins and cancer prevention

    Marie-France Demierre;Peter D. R. Higgins;Stephen B. Gruber;Ernest Hawk

  • Meta-analysis: surveillance with ultrasound for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.

    A. Singal;M. L. Volk;A. Waljee;R. Salgia

  • A randomized trial of rectal indomethacin to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis

    B. Joseph Elmunzer;James M. Scheiman;Glen A. Lehman;Amitabh Chak

  • A primer on effectiveness and efficacy trials.

    Amit G Singal;Peter D R Higgins;Akbar K Waljee

  • The London Position Statement of the World Congress of Gastroenterology on Biological Therapy for IBD With the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization: When to Start, When to Stop, Which Drug to Choose, and How to Predict Response

    Geert R. D'Haens;Remo Panaccione;Peter D.R. Higgins;Severine Vermeire

  • Comparison of imputation methods for missing laboratory data in medicine

    Akbar K. Waljee;Ashin Mukherjee;Amit G. Singal;Yiwei Zhang

  • European evidence-based consensus: Inflammatory bowel disease and malignancies

    Vito Annese;Laurent Beaugerie;Laurence Egan;Livia Biancone

  • The human gut microbiome: current knowledge, challenges, and future directions

    Maneesh Dave;Peter D. Higgins;Sumit Middha;Kevin P. Rioux

  • Threefold increased risk of infertility: a meta-analysis of infertility after ileal pouch anal anastomosis in ulcerative colitis

    Akbar Waljee;Jennifer Waljee;Arden Morris;Peter D.R. Higgins

  • A meta-analysis of rectal NSAIDs in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis

    Badih Joseph Elmunzer;Akbar K Waljee;Grace H Elta;Jason R Taylor

  • Tofacitinib for induction and maintenance therapy of Crohn's disease: results of two phase IIb randomised placebo-controlled trials

    Julian Panés;William J. Sandborn;Stefan Schreiber;Bruce E. Sands

  • Infliximab Reduces Endoscopic, but Not Clinical, Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease After Ileocolonic Resection

    Miguel Regueiro;Brian G. Feagan;Bin Zou;Jewel Johanns

  • Empiric quadruple vs. triple therapy for primary treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection: Systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and tolerability.

    Jay Luther;Peter D R Higgins;Phillip S Schoenfeld;Paul Moayyedi

  • Efficacy and Safety of MEDI2070, an Antibody Against Interleukin 23, in Patients With Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease: A Phase 2a Study

    Bruce E. Sands;Jingjing Chen;Brian G. Feagan;Mark Penney

  • Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and inflammatory bowel disease: A meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature†

    Jay Luther;Maneesh Dave;Peter D.R. Higgins;John Y. Kao

  • Systematic review: the epidemiology of ischaemic colitis.

    P. D. R. Higgins;K. J. Davis;L. Laine

  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Performance of MR Cholangiopancreatography

    Maneesh Dave;B. Joseph Elmunzer;Ben A. Dwamena;Peter D.R. Higgins

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Sands
Bruce E. Sands Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Brian G. Feagan
Brian G. Feagan University of Western Ontario
Vincent B. Young
Vincent B. Young University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William J. Sandborn
William J. Sandborn University of California, San Diego
Silvio Danese
Silvio Danese Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Remo Panaccione
Remo Panaccione University of Calgary
Jason R. Spence
Jason R. Spence University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Julián Panés
Julián Panés University of Barcelona
Geert R. D'Haens
Geert R. D'Haens University of Amsterdam

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