Andrew L. Avins

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Andrew L. Avins is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew L. Avins has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Pharmacology, 25 papers in Surgery and 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Andrew L. Avins's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (22 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (18 papers). Andrew L. Avins is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (22 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (18 papers). Andrew L. Avins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and Israel. Andrew L. Avins's co-authors include Warren S. Browner, Mary A. Whooley, Jeanne Miranda, Stephen Bent, Richard A. Deyo, Amy Padula, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Bryan A. Comstock, John Neuhaus and Alice Pressman and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Andrew L. Avins

143 papers receiving 6.9k 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 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.

Case-finding instruments for depression

1997 1.4k citations Andrew L. Avins, Warren S. Browner et al. Journal of General Internal Medicine profile →
Update on AUA Guideline on the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

2011 822 citations Andrew L. Avins et al. profile →
Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations

2014 688 citations Bryan A. Comstock, Richard A. Deyo et al. American Journal of Neuroradiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew L. Avins United States	40	1.6k	1.0k	1.0k	937	934	148	7.2k
Marika J Suttorp United States	37	1.4k 0.9×	915 0.9×	969 1.0×	793 0.8×	324 0.3×	85	9.2k
Alka M. Kanaya United States	61	319 0.2×	2.7k 2.6×	324 0.3×	1.4k 1.5×	436 0.5×	305	13.2k
Sonia Thomas United States	28	1.1k 0.7×	739 0.7×	172 0.2×	727 0.8×	388 0.4×	93	4.5k
E Lærum Norway	27	1.9k 1.2×	712 0.7×	87 0.1×	837 0.9×	863 0.9×	107	4.2k
Mark Mullee United Kingdom	51	237 0.1×	888 0.9×	195 0.2×	1.0k 1.1×	322 0.3×	150	7.9k
Cuno S.P.M. Uiterwaal Netherlands	62	480 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	198 0.2×	421 0.4×	427 0.5×	263	11.5k
Christian Mallen United Kingdom	48	1.5k 1.0×	720 0.7×	64 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	850 0.9×	423	8.8k
Calle Bengtsson Sweden	61	525 0.3×	2.6k 2.5×	103 0.1×	1.0k 1.1×	609 0.7×	264	11.7k
Karmela Krleža-Jerić Canada	12	636 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	60 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	281 0.3×	18	8.4k
Gösta Tibblin Sweden	51	619 0.4×	2.0k 1.9×	152 0.1×	1.4k 1.5×	379 0.4×	183	13.6k

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DeBar, Lynn, Robert Wellman, Andrew L. Avins, et al.. (2025). Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults. JAMA Network Open. 8(9). e2531348–e2531348. 1 indexed citations

Avins, Andrew L., Andrea J. Cook, Carolyn M. Eng, et al.. (2025). Baseline sample characteristics for the BackInAction pragmatic trial of acupuncture for chronic low back pain in older adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 155. 107981–107981. 2 indexed citations

Altschuler, Andrea, et al.. (2023). The implementation checklist: A pragmatic instrument for accelerating research‐to‐implementation cycles. Learning Health Systems. 7(3). e10359–e10359. 4 indexed citations

Gidding, Samuel S., et al.. (2021). Closing the gap: Identification and management of familial hypercholesterolemia in an integrated healthcare delivery system. Journal of clinical lipidology. 15(2). 347–357. 18 indexed citations

Presti, Joseph C., et al.. (2021). Prospective validation of the Kaiser Permanente prostate cancer risk calculator in a contemporary, racially diverse, referral population. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 39(11). 783.e11–783.e19. 4 indexed citations

Flint, Alexander C., Andrew L. Avins, Abigail Eaton, et al.. (2020). Risk of Distal Embolization From tPA (Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator) Administration Prior to Endovascular Stroke Treatment. Stroke. 51(9). 2697–2704. 20 indexed citations

Presti, Joseph C., et al.. (2020). Changing Provider PSA Screening Behavior Using Best Practice Advisories: Interventional Study in a Multispecialty Group Practice. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 35(S2). 796–801. 4 indexed citations

Kubo, Ai, Elaine Kurtovich, Sara Aghaee, et al.. (2020). Pilot pragmatic randomized trial of mHealth mindfulness‐based intervention for advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers. Psycho-Oncology. 33(2). e5557–e5557. 36 indexed citations

Perez, Francisco A., Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Quyen T. Nguyen, et al.. (2019). Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Severity by CT or MRI Does Not Predict Response to Epidural Corticosteroid versus Lidocaine Injections. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 40(5). 908–915. 5 indexed citations

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Kubo, Ai, Elaine Kurtovich, Sara Aghaee, et al.. (2019). A Randomized Controlled Trial of mHealth Mindfulness Intervention for Cancer Patients and Informal Cancer Caregivers: A Feasibility Study Within an Integrated Health Care Delivery System. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 18. 1871069066–1871069066. 124 indexed citations

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Nguyen‐Huynh, Mai N., Jeffrey Klingman, Andrew L. Avins, et al.. (2017). Novel Telestroke Program Improves Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke Across 21 Hospitals of an Integrated Healthcare System. Stroke. 49(1). 133–139. 63 indexed citations

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Jorgenson, Eric, Nadja Makki, Ling Shen, et al.. (2015). A genome-wide association study identifies four novel susceptibility loci underlying inguinal hernia. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10130–10130. 54 indexed citations

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Deyo, Richard A., Matthew Bryan, Bryan A. Comstock, et al.. (2015). Trajectories of Symptoms and Function in Older Adults With Low Back Disorders. Spine. 40(17). 1352–1362. 63 indexed citations

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Avins, Andrew L., Daniel C. Cherkin, Karen J. Sherman, Harley Goldberg, & Alice Pressman. (2012). Should we reconsider the routine use of placebo controls in clinical research?. Trials. 13(1). 44–44. 26 indexed citations

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Sherman, Karen J., Daniel C. Cherkin, Laura Ichikawa, et al.. (2009). Characteristics of patients with chronic back pain who benefit from acupuncture. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 10(1). 114–114. 40 indexed citations

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Avins, Andrew L., et al.. (2006). Abstract 4163: Higher Dose Exposure of Lovastatin is Not Associated with Adverse Hepatic Outcomes in Patients with Existing Liver Disease. Circulation. 114(suppl_18). 1 indexed citations

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Bent, Stephen, Amy Padula, & Andrew L. Avins. (2006). Brief Communication: Better Ways To Question Patients about Adverse Medical Events. Annals of Internal Medicine. 9 indexed citations

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Avins, Andrew L., et al.. (2000). Treatment of uninvestigated dyspepsia with cisapride for patients with negative Helicobacter pylori serologies. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 95(9). 2212–2217. 5 indexed citations

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Hudes, Esther S., et al.. (1998). Effect of evaluator and resident gender on the American board of internal medicine evaluation scores. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 13(10). 670–674. 39 indexed citations

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Avins, Andrew L., William J. Woods, Bernard Lo, & Stephen B. Hulley. (1993). A novel use of the link-file system for longitudinal studies of HIV infection. AIDS. 7(1). 109–114. 12 indexed citations

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