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William M. McClellan

William M. McClellan

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
26303
World Ranking
15571
National Ranking
7847

William M. McClellan 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 M. McClellan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 305 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William M. McClellan 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 M. McClellan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

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

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

Overview

William M. McClellan was a researcher affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their scholarly work spanned multiple fields including Medicine and Neuroscience with a focus on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research primarily concentrated on topics such as:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

William M. McClellan contributed to the literature with publications in journals including:

  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

One of their known papers was titled "Leptin, adiponectin, body mass index, and incident cognitive impairment", published in 2025 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

The researcher collaborated with various co-authors such as:

  • Evan L. Thacker
  • Reena Karki
  • Rachel Gabor
  • Natalie J. Blades
  • Russell P. Sawyer

Best Publications

  • Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis.

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Marije van der Velde;Brad C. Astor;Mark Woodward

  • Age Affects Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease

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

  • Anemia and Renal Insufficiency Are Independent Risk Factors for Death among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Admitted to Community Hospitals: A Population-Based Study

    William M McClellan;W Dana Flanders;Robert D Langston;Claudine Jurkovitz

  • Detection of chronic kidney disease with creatinine, cystatin C, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio and association with progression to end-stage renal disease and mortality.

    Carmen A. Peralta;Michael G. Shlipak;Suzanne Judd;Mary Cushman

  • Long-term risk of mortality and end-stage renal disease among the elderly after small increases in serum creatinine level during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction

    Britt B. Newsome;David G. Warnock;William M. McClellan;Charles A. Herzog

  • Chronic kidney disease, anemia, and incident stroke in a middle-aged, community-based population: the ARIC Study.

    Jerome L. Abramson;Claudine T. Jurkovitz;Viola Vaccarino;William S. Weintraub

  • Acute Kidney Injury Recovery Pattern and Subsequent Risk of CKD: An Analysis of Veterans Health Administration Data.

    Michael Heung;Diane E. Steffick;Kara Zivin;Kara Zivin;Brenda W. Gillespie

  • Association of Chronic Kidney Disease with Atrial Fibrillation Among Adults in the United States: Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

    Usman Baber;Virginia J. Howard;Jonathan L. Halperin;Elsayed Z. Soliman

  • Chronic kidney disease: a public health problem that needs a public health action plan.

    Anton C Schoolwerth;Michael M Engelgau;Thomas H Hostetter;Kathy H Rufo

  • Life’s Simple 7 and Risk of Incident Stroke The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study

    Ambar Kulshreshtha;Viola Vaccarino;Suzanne Judd;Virginia J. Howard

  • Association of High Serum Creatinine and Anemia Increases the Risk of Coronary Events: Results from the Prospective Community-Based Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

    Claudine T. Jurkovitz;Jerome L. Abramson;L. Viola Vaccarino;William S. Weintraub

  • Comprehensive Public Health Strategies for Preventing the Development, Progression, and Complications of CKD: Report of an Expert Panel Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Andrew S. Levey;Anton C. Schoolwerth;Nilka Ríos Burrows;Desmond E. Williams

  • Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Participants in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Cohort Study

    William McClellan;David G. Warnock;Leslie McClure;Ruth C. Campbell

  • Influence of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status on kidney disease

    Rachel Elizabeth Patzer;William McClellan

  • Correlation of renal histopathology with sonographic findings

    Sammy Moghazi;Edria Jones;Jill Schroepple;Kraisith Arya

  • Racial Differences in the Incidence of Hypertensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Are Not Entirely Explained by Differences in the Prevalence of Hypertension

    William McClellan;Elbert Tuttle;Ann Issa

  • Association of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Microalbuminuria among Nondiabetic Native Americans.The Inter-Tribal Heart Project

    Christine M. Hoehner;Kurt J. Greenlund;Stephen Rith-Najarian;Michele L. Casper

  • Neighborhood Poverty and Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Waitlisting

    Rachel E. Patzer;Sandra Amaral;Haimanot Wasse;Nataliya Volkova

  • Risk Factors for Proteinuria in a Large, Multiracial, Southeast Asian Population

    Sylvia Paz B. Ramirez;William McClellan;Friedrich K. Port;Stephen I-Hong Hsu

  • The prevalence of anemia in patients with chronic kidney

    William McClellan;Stephen L. Aronoff;W. Kline Bolton;Sally Hood

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Warnock
David G. Warnock University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul Muntner
Paul Muntner University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael V. Rocco
Michael V. Rocco Wake Forest University
Mary Cushman
Mary Cushman University of Vermont
Barry I. Freedman
Barry I. Freedman Wake Forest University
W. Dana Flanders
W. Dana Flanders Emory University
George Howard
George Howard University of Alabama at Birmingham
Monika M. Safford
Monika M. Safford Cornell University
Michael G. Shlipak
Michael G. Shlipak University of California, San Francisco
Viola Vaccarino
Viola Vaccarino Emory University

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