Alan J. Forster

355 total papers · 19.6k total citations
279 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Alan J. Forster is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan J. Forster has authored 279 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Emergency Medicine, 61 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 61 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Alan J. Forster's work include Emergency and Acute Care Studies (61 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (54 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (34 papers). Alan J. Forster is often cited by papers focused on Emergency and Acute Care Studies (61 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (54 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (34 papers). Alan J. Forster collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Alan J. Forster's co-authors include Carl van Walraven, Alison Jennings, Peter C. Austin, Ian G. Stiell, Josh F. Peterson, Tejal K. Gandhi, Harvey J. Murff, Hude Quan, David W. Bates and Natalie Oake and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alan J. Forster

272 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Into a Point System for Hospital Death Using Administrative Data

2009 1.6k citations Carl van Walraven, Peter C. Austin et al. Medical Care profile →
The Incidence and Severity of Adverse Events Affecting Patients after Discharge from the Hospital

2003 1.4k citations Alan J. Forster, Harvey J. Murff et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community

2010 692 citations Carl van Walraven, Irfan A. Dhalla et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal profile →
Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital.

2004 606 citations Alan J. Forster, Heather D. Clark et al. PubMed profile →
Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review

2011 534 citations Carl van Walraven, Carol Bennett et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal profile →
The association between continuity of care and outcomes: a systematic and critical review

2010 450 citations Carl van Walraven, Natalie Oake et al. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alan J. Forster	3.7k	3.6k	3.1k	2.4k	2.3k	279	14.1k
Carl van Walraven	5.5k 1.5×	3.2k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	265	16.4k
Sunil Kripalani	3.0k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	6.9k 2.2×	3.7k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	253	15.6k
David J. Magid	7.6k 2.1×	3.8k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	238	17.8k
Jeffrey L. Schnipper	2.0k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	3.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	227	10.1k
Anne Elixhauser	2.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	708 0.3×	3.1k 1.4×	218	15.7k
Henry T. Stelfox	1.3k 0.3×	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	392	13.0k
Mark V. Williams	4.8k 1.3×	4.1k 1.2×	14.3k 4.6×	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	245	26.4k
Jerry H. Gurwitz	6.4k 1.7×	1.3k 0.4×	3.6k 1.1×	6.1k 2.5×	2.2k 0.9×	424	23.7k
Gary E. Rosenthal	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	3.1k 1.0×	958 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	180	9.2k
Bernard Burnand	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	3.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	4.7k 2.1×	302	20.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan J. Forster

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