Rawashdeh B, Al-abdallat H, Arpali E, Thomas B, Dunn TB, Cooper M. Machine learning in solid organ transplantation: Charting the evolving landscape. World J Transplant 2025; 15(1): 99642 [DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i1.99642]
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Badi Rawashdeh, Doctor, Transplant Surgeon, Division of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States. brawashdeh@mcw.edu
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World J Transplant. Mar 18, 2025; 15(1): 99642 Published online Mar 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i1.99642
Table 1 Top countries based on the number of publications and citations
Country
Publications (n = 427)
Citations
Percentage from total citations (n = 3979) (%)
Total link strength
United States
209
2288
57.5
137
Canada
59
828
20.81
89
China
43
336
8.44
7
Spain
34
516
12.97
46
England
27
737
18.52
38
France
25
538
13.52
49
Germany
25
649
16.31
37
Italy
20
202
5.08
31
Belgium
16
436
10.96
37
South Korea
15
163
4.1
3
Australia
13
538
13.52
33
Austria
13
607
15.26
47
Thailand
12
21
0.53
12
Brazil
11
50
1.26
7
Netherlands
10
322
8.09
29
India
9
77
1.94
9
Switzerland
9
130
3.27
12
Sweden
8
16
0.4
17
Portugal
6
4
0.1
4
Saudi Arabia
6
42
1.06
8
Table 2 Top contributed institutions
Institution
Country
Number of publications
Percentage (%)
Total citations
University of Toronto
Canada
39
9.13
301
University of California System
United States
34
7.96
263
Mayo Clinic
United States
23
5.39
457
Johns Hopkins University
United States
19
4.45
458
UDICE French Research Universities
France
18
4.22
472
University of Texas System
United States
18
4.22
638
Harvard University
United States
17
3.98
359
Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education
United States
15
3.51
396
University of Alberta
Canada
14
3.28
585
University of Pittsburgh
United States
14
3.28
395
Assistance Publique Hopitaux Paris
France
13
3.04
458
Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
France
13
3.04
465
Paris Cité University
France
13
3.04
293
Stanford University
United States
12
2.81
17
Thammasat University
Thailand
12
2.81
23
University of Pennsylvania
United States
12
2.81
79
Medical University of Vienna
Austria
11
2.58
576
University of Mississippi
United States
11
2.58
15
Columbia University
United States
10
2.34
48
Duke University
United States
10
2.34
122
Table 3 Top journals based on the number of publications, n (%)
Journal
Publications (n = 427)
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
47 (11)
American Journal of Transplantation
33 (7.7)
Transplantation
17 (3.9)
Transplant International
12 (2.8)
PLOS One
11 (2.6)
Scientific Reports
11 (2.6)
Hepatology
10 (2.3)
Journal of Clinical Medicine
9 (2.1)
Frontiers in Immunology
7 (1.6)
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
7 (1.6)
Liver Transplantation
7 (1.6)
Table 4 Top contributed authors
Author
Publications
Percentage (%)
Wisit Cheungpasitporn
13
3.04
Charat Thongprayoon
13
3.04
Napat Leeaphorn
12
2.81
Matthew Cooper
11
2.58
Lauren Erdman
11
2.58
Caroline C Jadlowiec
11
2.58
Pattharawin Pattharanitima
11
2.58
Michael A Mao
10
2.34
Shennen A Mao
10
2.34
Gonzalo Sapisochin
10
2.34
Pradeep Vaitla
10
2.34
Wisit Kaewput
9
2.11
Anna Goldenberg
8
1.87
Philip F Halloran
8
1.87
César Hervas-Martinez
8
1.87
Lawrence Lau
8
1.87
Alexandre Loupy
8
1.87
Maarten Naesens
8
1.87
Mamatha Bhat
7
1.64
Javier Briceno
7
1.64
Shaf Keshavjee
7
1.64
Tommy Ivanics
6
1.41
Pajaree Krisanapan
6
1.41
Carmen Lefaucheur
6
1.41
Pitchaphon Nissaisorakarn
6
1.41
Table 5 Top ten cited articles in the field of machine learning in solid organ transplantation
Title
First author
Journal
Publication year
Total citations
Decision tree and random forest models for outcome prediction in antibody incompatible kidney transplantation
Torgyn Shaikhina
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
2019
162
Machine learning algorithms outperform conventional regression models in predicting development of hepatocellular carcinoma
Amit Singal
American Journal of Gastroenterology
2013
152
Prediction of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation: Machine learning approaches vs. logistic regression model
Hyung-Chul Lee
Journal of Clinical Medicine
2018
96
Assessing rejection-related disease in kidney transplant biopsies based on archetypal analysis of molecular phenotypes
Jeff Reeve
JCI Insight
2017
90
Application of machine-learning models to predict tacrolimus stable dose in renal transplant recipients
Jie Tang
Scientific Reports
2017
83
Predicting the graft survival for heart-lung transplantation patients: An integrated data mining methodology
Asil Oztekin
International Journal of Medical Informatics
2009
79
Machine-learning algorithms predict graft failure after liver transplantation
Lawrence Lau
Transplantation
2017
76
Applying machine learning in liver disease and transplantation: A comprehensive review
Ashley Spann
Hepatology
2020
66
Predicting graft survival among kidney transplant recipients: A Bayesian decision support model
Kazim Topuz
Decision Support Systems
2018
64
Transcriptional trajectories of human kidney injury progression
Pietro Cippa
JCI Insight
2018
58
Citation: Rawashdeh B, Al-abdallat H, Arpali E, Thomas B, Dunn TB, Cooper M. Machine learning in solid organ transplantation: Charting the evolving landscape. World J Transplant 2025; 15(1): 99642