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William G. Cioffi

William G. Cioffi

Brown University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
15300
World Ranking
19236
National Ranking
9581

William G. Cioffi 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 William G. Cioffi sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 336 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William G. Cioffi 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 William G. Cioffi sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William G. Cioffi is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on various subfields including infectious diseases, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, surgery, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, prominently including cardiac, anesthesia, and surgical outcomes; COVID-19 clinical research studies; COVID-19 diagnosis using artificial intelligence; SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research; cardiac arrest and resuscitation; frailty in older adults; and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Selected recent papers by William G. Cioffi showcase a range of clinical and research interests:

  • Inhalation injury is associated with long-term employment outcomes in the burn population: Findings from a cross-sectional examination of the Burn Model System National Database, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Deep RNA sequencing of intensive care unit patients with COVID-19, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Predicting Anastomotic Leak After Elective Colectomy: Utility of a Modified Frailty Index, 2021, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
  • Improving the value of palliative surgery by optimizing patient selection, 2020, The American Journal of Surgery
  • Predicting Anastomotic Leak After Elective Colectomy: Utility of a Modified Frailty Index., 2022, PubMed

Frequently publishing in venues related to biomedical and clinical surgery research, their work appears in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The American Journal of Surgery, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, and Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.

William G. Cioffi has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Thomas J. Miner, Alger M. Fredericks, Maya Cohen, William G. Fairbrother, and Gerard J. Nau, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Halo-Vest Immobilization Increases Early Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly Odontoid Fractures

    Robert Z. Tashjian;Sarah Majercik;Walter L. Biffl;Mark A. Palumbo

  • Testosterone Receptor Blockade After Hemorrhage in Males: Restoration of the Depressed Immune Functions and Improved Survival Following Subsequent Sepsis

    Martin K. Angele;Matthias W. Wichmann;Matthias W. Wichmann;Alfred Ayala;William G. Cioffi

  • Halo vest immobilization in the elderly: a death sentence?

    Sarah Majercik;Robert Z Tashjian;Walter L Biffl;David T Harrington

  • Female sex hormones regulate macrophage function after trauma-hemorrhage and prevent increased death rate from subsequent sepsis

    Markus W. Knöferl;Martin K. Angele;Michael D. Diodato;Martin G. Schwacha

  • Transfer times to definitive care facilities are too long: a consequence of an immature trauma system.

    David T. Harrington;Michael Connolly;Walter L. Biffl;Sarah D. Majercik

  • Failure to normalize lymphopenia following trauma is associated with increased mortality, independent of the leukocytosis pattern

    Daithi S Heffernan;Sean F Monaghan;Rajan K Thakkar;Jason T Machan

  • Sex steroids regulate pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine release by macrophages after trauma-hemorrhage

    Martin K. Angele;Markus W. Knöferl;Martin G. Schwacha;Alfred Ayala

  • Fas-induced Pulmonary Apoptosis and Inflammation during Indirect Acute Lung Injury

    Mario Perl;Chun-Shiang Chung;Ulrike Perl;Joanne Lomas-Neira

  • Shock-induced neutrophil mediated priming for acute lung injury in mice: divergent effects of TLR-4 and TLR-4/FasL deficiency.

    Alfred Ayala;Chun-Shiang Chung;Joanne L. Lomas;Grace Y. Song

  • Silencing of Fas, but Not Caspase-8, in Lung Epithelial Cells Ameliorates Pulmonary Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Neutrophil Influx after Hemorrhagic Shock and Sepsis

    Mario Perl;Chun-Shiang Chung;Joanne Lomas-Neira;Tina-Marie Rachel

  • Prophylactic use of high-frequency percussive ventilation in patients with inhalation injury.

    William G. Cioffi;Lorinq W. Rue;Theresa A. Graves;William F. Mcmanus

  • Are general surgery residents ready to practice? A survey of the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors and Young Fellows Association.

    Lena M. Napolitano;Mark Savarise;Juan C. Paramo;Laurel C. Soot

  • Flutamide: a novel agent for restoring the depressed cell-mediated immunity following soft-tissue trauma and hemorrhagic shock

    Matthias W. Wichmann;Martin K. Angele;Martin K. Angele;Alfred Ayala;Alfred Ayala;William G. Cioffi;William G. Cioffi

  • Sixteen-slice computed tomographic angiography is a reliable noninvasive screening test for clinically significant blunt cerebrovascular injuries.

    Walter L Biffl;Thomas Egglin;Bernard Benedetto;Frantz Gibbs

  • Estradiol administration after trauma-hemorrhage improves cardiovascular and hepatocellular functions in male animals

    Yasuaki Mizushima;Ping Wang;Doraid Jarrar;William G. Cioffi

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Lowers Protein Oxidation in Patients with Thermal Injury,

    William G. Cioffi;Dennis C. Gore;Loring W. Rue;Gretchen Carrougher

  • Testosterone and/or low estradiol: normally required but harmful immunologically for males after trauma-hemorrhage.

    Martin K. Angele;Alfred Ayala;Barbara A. Monfils;William G. Cioffi

  • Improved Survival of Burned Patients With Inhalation Injury

    Loring W. Rue;William G. Cioffi;Arthur D. Mason;William F. McManus

  • Plasma cytokines after thermal injury and their relationship to infection.

    Adriana C. Drost;David G. Burleson;William G. Cioffi;Arthur D. Mason

  • Testosterone: the culprit for producing splenocyte immune depression after trauma hemorrhage

    Martin K. Angele;Alfred Ayala;William G. Cioffi;Kirby I. Bland

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Ayala
Alfred Ayala Brown University
Irshad H. Chaudry
Irshad H. Chaudry University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kirby I. Bland
Kirby I. Bland University of Alabama at Birmingham
Basil A. Pruitt
Basil A. Pruitt The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ping Wang
Ping Wang Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Chun-Shiang Chung
Chun-Shiang Chung Brown University
Walter L. Biffl
Walter L. Biffl University of California, Irvine
Jonathan S. Reichner
Jonathan S. Reichner Brown University
Martin G. Schwacha
Martin G. Schwacha The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Jorge E. Albina
Jorge E. Albina Brown University

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