Adam C. Schaffer

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 959 citations indexed

About

Adam C. Schaffer is a scholar working on Pharmacy, General Health Professions and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam C. Schaffer has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 959 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pharmacy, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Adam C. Schaffer's work include Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (15 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (8 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers). Adam C. Schaffer is often cited by papers focused on Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (15 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (8 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers). Adam C. Schaffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Italy. Adam C. Schaffer's co-authors include Jean C. Lee, C. Winnie Yu‐Moe, Edwin A. Locke, Ken G. Smith, Dong-Ok Chah, Miriam Erez, Dana Siegal, Allen Kachalia, Zheyu Wang and Yuxin Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Management and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Adam C. Schaffer

22 papers receiving 905 citations

Hit Papers

Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA
    2023 76 citations David E. Newman‐Toker, Najlla Nassery et al. BMJ Quality & Safety profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adam C. Schaffer United States 11 252 209 194 182 176 23 959
Megha Shah United States 18 36 0.1× 285 1.4× 48 0.2× 497 2.7× 19 0.1× 62 1.5k
David White United Kingdom 18 203 0.8× 122 0.6× 34 0.2× 188 1.0× 25 0.1× 43 1.4k
Sara Kim United States 19 220 0.9× 168 0.8× 15 0.1× 139 0.8× 56 0.3× 68 1.3k
Valdes Roberto Bóllela Brazil 20 435 1.7× 109 0.5× 14 0.1× 214 1.2× 333 1.9× 136 1.7k
Megan McLaughlin United States 21 497 2.0× 209 1.0× 37 0.2× 147 0.8× 8 0.0× 83 1.4k
Ross D. Silverman United States 18 136 0.5× 34 0.2× 51 0.3× 321 1.8× 12 0.1× 64 1.2k
N. K. Arora India 13 158 0.6× 22 0.1× 15 0.1× 202 1.1× 87 0.5× 42 920
Simone Gibson Australia 16 172 0.7× 14 0.1× 93 0.5× 352 1.9× 16 0.1× 60 1.4k
Yasmin Khaliq Canada 13 315 1.3× 98 0.5× 16 0.1× 291 1.6× 8 0.0× 15 1.6k
Jack Resneck United States 20 154 0.6× 43 0.2× 34 0.2× 280 1.5× 17 0.1× 38 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adam C. Schaffer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam C. Schaffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schaffer, Adam C., et al.. (2024). Assessment of Claimant, Clinical, and Financial Characteristics of Teleradiology Medical Malpractice Cases. Radiology. 311(1). e232806–e232806. 1 indexed citations
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Folcarelli, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Examining Nursing Medical Malpractice Cases Related to Medications. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 54(11). 631–637.
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Schaffer, Adam C., et al.. (2023). An analysis of medical malpractice claims against medical oncologists from a national database: Implications for safer practice. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 43(3). 18–28. 1 indexed citations
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Newman‐Toker, David E., Najlla Nassery, Adam C. Schaffer, et al.. (2023). Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA. BMJ Quality & Safety. 33(2). 109–120. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sindhu, Kunal K., et al.. (2022). Honoring the public trust: curbing the bane of physician sexual misconduct. Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 9(1). lsac007–lsac007. 3 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C., et al.. (2021). Association of Simulation Training With Rates of Medical Malpractice Claims Among Obstetrician–Gynecologists. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 138(2). 246–252. 16 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C., et al.. (2021). Rates and Characteristics of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Hospitalists. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 16(7). 390–396. 8 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C., et al.. (2021). Association of Simulation Training With Rates of Medical Malpractice Claims Among Obstetrician-Gynecologists. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 76(12). 741–742. 1 indexed citations
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Newman‐Toker, David E., Adam C. Schaffer, C. Winnie Yu‐Moe, et al.. (2019). Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: The “Big Three” – vascular events, infections, and cancers. Diagnosis. 6(3). 227–240. 104 indexed citations
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Glover, McKinley, Derek S. Wilkinson, Harnam Singh, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of Paid Malpractice Claims Among Resident Physicians From 2001 to 2015 in the United States. Academic Medicine. 95(2). 255–262. 10 indexed citations
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Topaz, Maxim, Adam C. Schaffer, Kenneth Lai, et al.. (2018). Medical Malpractice Trends: Errors in Automated Speech Recognition. Journal of Medical Systems. 42(8). 153–153. 6 indexed citations
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Dalal, Anuj K., Adam C. Schaffer, Esteban Gershanik, et al.. (2018). The Impact of Automated Notification on Follow-up of Actionable Tests Pending at Discharge: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 33(7). 1043–1051. 9 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C., et al.. (2015). A Population-Based Care Improvement Initiative for Patients at Risk for Delirium, Alcohol Withdrawal, and Suicide Harm. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 41(7). 291–AP3. 3 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C., Yonatan H. Grad, & John J. Ross. (2010). Bitter Pills. New England Journal of Medicine. 363(16). e26–e26. 1 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C. & Jean C. Lee. (2009). Staphylococcal Vaccines and Immunotherapies. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 23(1). 153–171. 76 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C. & Jean C. Lee. (2008). Vaccination and passive immunisation against Staphylococcus aureus. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 32. S71–S78. 107 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Adam C., Robert Solinga, Jordan L. Cocchiaro, et al.. (2006). Immunization with Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor B, a Major Determinant in Nasal Carriage, Reduces Nasal Colonization in a Murine Model. Infection and Immunity. 74(4). 2145–2153. 132 indexed citations
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Locke, Edwin A., Ken G. Smith, Miriam Erez, Dong-Ok Chah, & Adam C. Schaffer. (1994). The Effects of Intra-individual Goal Conflict on Performance. Journal of Management. 20(1). 67–91. 137 indexed citations

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