Ben Van Calster

34.9k citations

279 papers · 16.1k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Health Informatics top 0.05%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Reproductive Medicine top 0.05%
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment

Papers in

Health Informatics 13
Obstetrics and Gynecology 72
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments 57

Co-authors: Ewout W. Steyerberg D. Timmerman Andrew J. Vickers Laure Wynants T. Bourne Sabine Van Huffel Maarten van Smeden Gary S. Collins
Journals: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (41 papers)Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (15 papers)Human Reproduction (15 papers)BMJ (9 papers)BMJ Open (9 papers)
Partner nations: Belgium United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Ben Van Calster

264 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Evaluation of clinical prediction models (part 1): from development to external validation 2024 · 183 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 BMJ
2024 BMJ
2023 BMC Medicine
2022 The Lancet Digital Health
2022 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
2021 BMJ Open
2021 New England Journal of Medicine
2021 New England Journal of Medicine
2019 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2019 BMC Medicine
2019 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
2018 European Urology
2016 BMJ
2016 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2014 BMJ

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ben Van Calster, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Challenges and Recommendations for Electronic Health Records Data Extraction and Preparation for Dynamic Prediction Modeling in Hospitalized Patients: Practical Guide and Tutorial Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Elena Albu, Shan Gao, Ebru Özdoğan, Frank Rademakers, Eric G. Lee, Taya Collyer, Tina Hernandez‐Boussard, Laure Wynants, Ben Van Calster	2025	0
2	OC15.02: Development, validation and comparison of models predicting outcomes in pregnancies of unknown location using regression and machine learning models Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·C. Mancinelli, Alison Ledger, S. Bobdiwala, 颯中野, E. Kirk, 이병일, Sharmistha Guha, علی نوذری, Debby Gould, D. Timmerman, Ben Van Calster, T. Bourne	2024	0
3	Understanding random resampling techniques for class imbalance correction and their consequences on calibration and discrimination of clinical risk prediction models Journal of Biomedical Informatics ·Marco Piccininni, かつら白鳥, Ben Van Calster, Jessica L. Rohmann, Stefan Konigorski, Maarten van Smeden	2024	9
4	A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models: A simulation study Statistics in Medicine ·蓮太郎難波, Ben Van Calster, D. Timmerman, Anne‐Laure Boulesteix, Maarten van Smeden	2024	9
5	There is no such thing as a validated prediction model BMC Medicine ·Ben Van Calster, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Laure Wynants, Maarten van Smeden Hit paper breakdown →	2023	117
6	The Risk of Endometrial Malignancy and Other Endometrial Pathology in Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: An Ultrasound-Based Model Development Study by the IETA Group Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation ·Laure Wynants, Jan Y. Verbakel, L. Valentin, B. De Cock, M. Pascual, F. Leone, P. Sladkevicius, Ruben Heremans, Juan Luis Alcázar, A. Votino, Robert Fruscio, E. Epstein, T. Bourne, Ben Van Calster, D. Timmerman, T. Van den Bosch	2022	7
7	External Validations of Cardiovascular Clinical Prediction Models: A Large-Scale Review of the Literature Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ·Benjamin S. Wessler, Jason Nelson, Lunlong Li, G. Miralles, Gaurav Gulati, 藤本典幸, Ben Van Calster, David van Klaveren, Esmée Venema, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Jessica K. Paulus, David M. Kent	2021	39
8	Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia New England Journal of Medicine ·Jan Deprest, K. H. Nicolaides, Alexandra Benachi, E. Gratacós, Greg Ryan, Nicola Persico, Haruhiko Sago, Anthony Johnson, Mirosław Wielgoś, Christoph Berg, Ben Van Calster, Francesca Maria Russo Hit paper breakdown →	2021	205
9	Assessment of protein biomarkers for preoperative differential diagnosis between benign and malignant ovarian tumors Gynecologic Oncology ·C. Landolfo, Erik Achten, Jolien Ceusters, Thaïs Baert, Wouter Froyman, Ruben Heremans, Adriaan Vanderstichele, Juan Manuel Montero Echeverri, Anaïs Van Hoylandt, Sandra Claes, Shaokang Zong, Anne‐Sophie Van Rompuy, Dominique Schols, Jaak Billen, Ben Van Calster, T. Bourne, Toon Van Gorp, Ignace Vergote, D. Timmerman, An Coosemans	2020	9
10	Differences in post‐traumatic stress, anxiety and depression following miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy between women and their partners: multicenter prospective cohort study Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·J. Farren, Maria Jalmbrant, D. Kuhn, N. Mitchell‐Jones, S. Bobdiwala, M. Al‐Memar, О. В. Матюхин, Ben Van Calster, Laure Wynants, D. Timmerman, T. Bourne	2020	35
11	Developing risk models for multicenter data using standard logistic regression produced suboptimal predictions: A simulation study Biometrical Journal ·D. Kuhn, Ben Van Calster, D. Timmerman, Laure Wynants	2020	12
12	Effectiveness of a mobile preconception lifestyle programme in couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF): the protocol for the PreLiFe randomised controlled trial (PreLiFe-RCT) BMJ Open ·宇治男高浜, Eline Dancet, Sharon Lie Fong, Karen Peeraer, Diane De Neubourg, F J Forest, Arne van de Vijver, Jan Seghers, Katleen Van der Gucht, Ben Van Calster, Carl Spiessens, Christophe Matthys	2019	16
13	Random‐effects meta‐analysis of the clinical utility of tests and prediction models Statistics in Medicine ·Laure Wynants, Richard D Riley, D. Timmerman, Ben Van Calster	2018	29
14	Clinical Utility of Risk Models to Refer Patients with Adnexal Masses to Specialized Oncology Care: Multicenter External Validation Using Decision Curve Analysis Clinical Cancer Research ·Laure Wynants, D. Timmerman, Jan Y. Verbakel, A. C. Testa, L. Savelli, D. Fischerová, D. Franchi, Caroline Van Holsbeke, E. Epstein, Wouter Froyman, S. Guerriero, A. Rossi, Robert Fruscio, F. Leone, T. Bourne, L. Valentin, Ben Van Calster	2017	37
15	P19.03: A multicentre trial on the performance and complications of a two‐step triage protocol based on initial serum progesterone and serial serum hCG to manage pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·S. Bobdiwala, J. Farren, N. Mitchell‐Jones, M. Al‐Memar, 颯中野, 衛栃木, Ryoichiro Mitsuda, Morteza Sanei Taheri, 이병일, Sharmistha Guha, علی نوذری, Cecilia Bottomley, S. Ahmed, Steven Granger, S. Sur, C. Stalder, D. Timmerman, Ben Van Calster, T. Bourne	2016	1
16	Key steps and common pitfalls in developing and validating risk models BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·Laure Wynants, Gary S. Collins, Ben Van Calster	2016	68
17	Calibration of Risk Prediction Models Medical Decision Making ·Ben Van Calster, Andrew J. Vickers	2014	253
18	External Validation of Diagnostic Models to Estimate the Risk of Malignancy in Adnexal Masses Clinical Cancer Research ·Caroline Van Holsbeke, Ben Van Calster, T. Bourne, S. Ajossa, A. C. Testa, S. Guerriero, Robert Fruscio, Andrea Alberto Lissoni, Artur Czekierdowski, L. Savelli, Sabine Van Huffel, L. Valentin, D. Timmerman	2011	57
19	A Novel Approach to Predict the Likelihood of Specific Ovarian Tumor Pathology Based on Serum CA-125: A Multicenter Observational Study Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Ben Van Calster, L. Valentin, Caroline Van Holsbeke, Jing Zhang, D. Jurkovic, Andrea Alberto Lissoni, A. C. Testa, Artur Czekierdowski, D. Fischerová, Ekaterini Domali, Gregg Van de Putte, Ignace Vergote, Sabine Van Huffel, T. Bourne, D. Timmerman	2011	30
20	Relationship Between Age and Axillary Lymph Node Involvement in Women With Breast Cancer Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Hans Wildiers, Ben Van Calster, Lonneke V. van de Poll‐Franse, Wouter Hendrickx, Jo Røislien, Ann Smeets, Robert Paridaens, Karen Deraedt, Karin Leunen, Caroline Weltens, Sabine Van Huffel, Marie-Rose Christiaens, Patrick Neven	2009	58

About Ben Van Calster

Ben Van Calster is a scholar working on Health Informatics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, Statistics and Probability and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, having authored 279 papers that have together received 16.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment (66 papers), Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments (57 papers), Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management (35 papers), Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (27 papers), Endometriosis Research and Treatment (24 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (23 papers), Machine Learning in Healthcare (22 papers) and Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health Informatics (838 citations), Reproductive Medicine (3.7k citations), Obstetrics and Gynecology (3.3k citations), Health Information Management (730 citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (576 citations). Ben Van Calster has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Ewout W. Steyerberg, D. Timmerman, Andrew J. Vickers, Laure Wynants, T. Bourne, Sabine Van Huffel, Maarten van Smeden, Gary S. Collins, Jan Y. Verbakel and Evangelia Christodoulou. Their work appears in journals such as Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Human Reproduction, BMJ and BMJ Open.

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