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Arnold E. Kuk

Arnold E. Kuk

The University of Texas at Austin

ORCID: 0000-0001-6998-3808

MedicineEnvironmental Science

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 3%percentile

1.7Author DataRank

Indexed papers

5in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 5 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Top data-sharing exemplar

The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Prospective estimation of the age of initiation of cigarettes among young adults (18–24 years old): Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) waves 1–4 (2013–2017)

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0251246

Top 37%

0.529DataRank

Top 37%10 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Meagan A. Bluestein, Elena Penedo, Roi San N’hpang, Baojiang Chen +4 more

Papers

Driven by 11 papers — median percentile 58. Top paper: “Age of e-cigarette initiation in USA young adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2017)”.

Age of e-cigarette initiation in USA young adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2017)

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0261243

N/A

0.941DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Meagan A. Bluestein, Arnold E. Kuk, Baojiang Chen, Adriana Pérez

Prospective estimation of the age of initiation of cigarettes among young adults (18–24 years old): Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) waves 1–4 (2013–2017)

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0251246

Top 37%

0.529DataRank

Top 37%10 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Meagan A. Bluestein, Elena Penedo, Roi San N’hpang, Baojiang Chen +4 more

Associations Among Circle-Based Kidney Allocation, Center Waiting Time, and Likelihood of Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation

American Journal of Kidney Diseases(2024)10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.07.014

N/A

0.471DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Layla Parast, S. Ali Husain, Kristen L. King, Miko Yu +3 more

Age of initiation of hookah use among young adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2013–2017

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0258422

Top 42%

0.451DataRank

Top 42%9 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Meagan A. Bluestein, Baojiang Chen, Kymberle L. Sterling, Melissa B. Harrell +1 more

Age of initiation of cigarillos, filtered cigars and/or traditional cigars among youth: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2013–2017

PLoS ONE(2020)10.1371/journal.pone.0243372

N/A

0.449DataRank · unranked

19 citations

Kymberle Landrum Sterling, Meagan A. Bluestein, Arnold E. Kuk, Melissa B. Harrell, Cheryl L. Perry +2 more

Prospective estimation of the age of initiation of hookah use among youth: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study waves 1–4 (2013–2017)

Addictive Behaviors(2021)10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106838

Top 42%

0.442DataRank

Top 42%11 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Meagan A. Bluestein, Melissa B. Harrell, Cheryl L. Perry, Baojiang Chen +1 more

Longitudinal Transition Patterns of Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults Never Tobacco Product Users: Findings From the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2014-2019

Tobacco Use Insights(2023)10.1177/1179173x231161314

Top 53%

0.320DataRank

Top 53%3 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Melissa B. Harrell, Baojiang Chen, Emily T. Hébert, Adriana Pérez +1 more

Age of Onset of Susceptibility to Different Tobacco Products Among Non-Susceptible US Young Adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 2-4 (2014-2017)

Tobacco Use Insights(2021)10.1177/1179173x211065643

N/A

0.312DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Meagan A. Bluestein, Arnold E. Kuk, Baojiang Chen, Kymberle L. Sterling, Melissa B. Harrell +1 more

Variation Across Organ Procurement Organizations in Deceased‐Donor Kidney Offer Notification Practices

Clinical Transplantation(2024)10.1111/ctr.70024

N/A

0.269DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Arnold E. Kuk, Layla Parast, S. Ali Husain, Vanessa M. Welten, Miko Yu +3 more

Age of initiation of cigarillo use among young adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2013–2017

PLoS ONE(2022)10.1371/journal.pone.0264168

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Kymberle L. Sterling, Meagan A. Bluestein, Elena Penedo, Arnold E. Kuk, Melissa B. Harrell +3 more

Internalizing and externalizing problems on the age of e-cigarette initiation in youth: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH), 2013–2017

Preventive Medicine(2022)10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107111

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Meagan A. Bluestein, Arnold E. Kuk, Baojiang Chen, Melissa B. Harrell, Adriana Pérez