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Brian A. McFerron

Medicine · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2012Rising activity
Pancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchDiabetes and associated disordersChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Publications

53

Citations

659

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
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Brian A. McFerron studies pancreatitis in children, focusing on acute recurrent and chronic forms of the disease. His work examines how the illness progresses over time, its risk factors (such as genetic variants, medications, and high blood fats), and ways to treat it, including medications, pain-management programs, and procedures. Much of this research comes from large multicenter study networks that pool data across many hospitals.

Pediatric pancreatitis progression and outcomesGenetic and metabolic risk factors (CFTR variants, triglycerides, diabetes)Treatments and procedures (CFTR modulators, enzyme therapy, ERCP)Pain management interventions for childrenImaging and diagnostic tools in pancreatitis

Publication activity has been variable across the decade with a notable peak in 2025, averaging around 4-5 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 4,597 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 659cohort median 614
h-index: 15cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 4.6cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~30 · 0% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 15 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 7 publications182019: 10 publications10192020: 4 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 10 publications10252026: 1 publication26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 12 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 4 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Gastroenterology×15
  • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition×11
  • Pancreas×3
  • Pancreatology×3
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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