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Robert M. Merion 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 Robert M. Merion sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 364 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert M. Merion 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 Robert M. Merion sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 101 D-Index — 61st percentile

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

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Overview

Robert M. Merion is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Surgery, Hepatology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Rheumatology.

Their research concentrates on topics related to liver disease and transplantation, organ donation and transplantation, and transplantation techniques and outcomes. Additional areas of focus include pelvic floor disorders treatments, urinary bladder and prostate research, management of urinary tract infections, and pediatric hepatobiliary diseases and treatments.

Recent publications by Robert M. Merion include the following papers:

  • Serum bile acids as a prognostic biomarker in biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomy, 2022, Hepatology
  • Nonfasted Liver Stiffness Correlates with Liver Disease Parameters and Portal Hypertension in Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease, 2020, Hepatology Communications
  • Serum biomarkers correlated with liver stiffness assessed in a multicenter study of pediatric cholestatic liver disease, 2022, Hepatology
  • Satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms in living organ donors and non-donors: New insights from the National Living Donor Assistance Center, 2020, Clinical Transplantation
  • Comparing clinical bladder diaries and recalled patient reports for measuring lower urinary tract symptoms in the symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN), 2022, Neurourology and Urodynamics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Nathan P. Goodrich
  • Abigail R. Smith
  • Margaret Helmuth
  • Amit K. Mathur
  • Akinlolu Ojo

Robert M. Merion's publications have appeared in various venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Hepatology
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics
  • Clinical Transplantation
  • American Journal of Transplantation

Best Publications

  • Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and allocation of donor livers

    Russell Wiesner;Erick Edwards;Richard Freeman;Ann Harper

  • Chronic renal failure after transplantation of a nonrenal organ.

    Akinlolu O. Ojo;Philip J. Held;Friedrich K. Port;Robert A. Wolfe

  • Characteristics associated with liver graft failure: the concept of a donor risk index.

    S. Feng;N. P. Goodrich;J. L. Bragg-Gresham;D. M. Dykstra

  • A comprehensive risk quantification score for deceased donor kidneys: the kidney donor risk index.

    Panduranga S. Rao;Douglas E. Schaubel;Mary K. Guidinger;Kenneth A. Andreoni

  • The survival benefit of liver transplantation.

    Robert M. Merion;Douglas E. Schaubel;Dawn M. Dykstra;Richard B. Freeman

  • The new liver allocation system: Moving toward evidence‐based transplantation policy

    Richard B. Freeman;Russell H. Wiesner;Ann Harper;Sue V. McDiarmid

  • Donor characteristics associated with reduced graft survival: an approach to expanding the pool of kidney donors.

    Friedrich K. Port;Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham;Robert A. Metzger;Dawn M. Dykstra

  • Deceased-donor characteristics and the survival benefit of kidney transplantation.

    Robert M. Merion;Valarie B. Ashby;Robert A. Wolfe;Dale A. Distant

  • Expanded criteria donors for kidney transplantation.

    Robert A. Metzger;Francis L. Delmonico;Sandy Feng;Friedrich K. Port

  • Kidney Transplantation as Primary Therapy for End-Stage Renal Disease: A National Kidney Foundation/Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF/KDOQI™) Conference

    Michael Abecassis;Stephen T. Bartlett;Allan J. Collins;Connie L. Davis

  • Report of a National Conference on Donation after Cardiac Death

    J. L. Bernat;A. M. D'Alessandro;F. K. Port;Thomas P Bleck

  • CYP3A gene expression in human gut epithelium.

    Joseph C. Kolars;Kenneth S. Lown;Phyllissa Schmiedlin-Ren;Mita Ghosh

  • First-pass metabolism of cyclosporin by the gut.

    Joseph C. Kolars;P. B. Watkins;Robert M. Merion;W. M. Awni

  • Renal transplantation in elderly patients older than 70 years of age: results from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

    Panduranga S. Rao;Robert M. Merion;Valarie B. Ashby;Friedrich K. Port

  • Results of the first year of the new liver allocation plan.

    Richard B. Freeman;Russell H. Wiesner;Erick Edwards;Ann Harper

  • Cyclosporine: Five Years' Experience in Cadaveric Renal Transplantation

    Robert M. Merion;David J. G. White;Sathia Thiru;David B. Evans

  • Valganciclovir Results in Improved Oral Absorption of Ganciclovir in Liver Transplant Recipients

    Mark D. Pescovitz;John Rabkin;Robert M. Merion;Carlos V. Paya

  • Report of the Crystal City Meeting to Maximize the Use of Organs Recovered from the Cadaver Donor

    Bruce R. Rosengard;Sandy Feng;Edward J. Alfrey;Jonathan G. Zaroff

  • 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

  • Liver and intestine transplantation in the United States, 1997-2006.

    R. B. Freeman;Diane E Steffick;Mary K. Guidinger;D. G. Farmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Brenda W. Gillespie
Brenda W. Gillespie University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Friedrich K. Port
Friedrich K. Port University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert A. Wolfe
Robert A. Wolfe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
John P. Roberts
John P. Roberts University of California, San Francisco
Robert A. Fisher
Robert A. Fisher Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Akinlolu O. Ojo
Akinlolu O. Ojo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Abecassis
Michael Abecassis University of Arizona
Kim M. Olthoff
Kim M. Olthoff University of Pennsylvania
Francis L. Delmonico
Francis L. Delmonico Harvard University

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