Bill Barger

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Bill Barger is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Barger has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Emergency Medicine, 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Bill Barger's work include Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (8 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (5 papers). Bill Barger is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (8 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (5 papers). Bill Barger collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Russia. Bill Barger's co-authors include Janet Bray, Karen Smith, Peter Cameron, Ian T. Meredith, Stephen Bernard, Dion Stub, Andrew J. Taylor, Michael Stephenson, Ziad Nehme and David M. Kaye and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Stroke and Addiction.

In The Last Decade

Bill Barger

20 papers receiving 979 citations

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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.

Air Versus Oxygen in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

2015 318 citations Dion Stub, Karen Smith et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bill Barger Australia	14	497	354	250	177	176	20	1.0k
Franklin D Pratt United States	11	718 1.4×	293 0.8×	126 0.5×	283 1.6×	110 0.6×	24	1.3k
A. Lechleuthner Germany	11	281 0.6×	217 0.6×	40 0.2×	138 0.8×	48 0.3×	49	600
Lynette A. Scherer United States	14	354 0.7×	221 0.6×	174 0.7×	178 1.0×	69 0.4×	21	1.3k
Jessalyn K. Holodinsky Canada	16	163 0.3×	658 1.9×	61 0.2×	355 2.0×	131 0.7×	59	1.2k
Ian Patrick Australia	10	487 1.0×	263 0.7×	40 0.2×	80 0.5×	136 0.8×	13	791
Shirley M. Frederiksen United States	13	174 0.4×	223 0.6×	138 0.6×	39 0.2×	59 0.3×	22	683
Jon W. Schrock United States	14	98 0.2×	165 0.5×	212 0.8×	95 0.5×	81 0.5×	37	625
Michael S. O’Mara United States	17	322 0.6×	364 1.0×	38 0.2×	158 0.9×	171 1.0×	38	839
May Kim‐Tenser United States	14	115 0.2×	379 1.1×	79 0.3×	177 1.0×	56 0.3×	44	726
Saša Rajšić Austria	10	94 0.2×	228 0.6×	156 0.6×	91 0.5×	29 0.2×	45	657

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Barger

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Costello, B., Dion Stub, James Hare, et al.. (2018). Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Myocardial Scarring With Biomarker Release Following S-T Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Heart Lung and Circulation. 28(3). 397–405. 6 indexed citations

Case, Rosalind, Susie Cartledge, Karen Smith, et al.. (2018). Identifying barriers to the provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in high-risk regions: A qualitative review of emergency calls. Resuscitation. 129. 43–47. 74 indexed citations

Bray, Janet, Rosalind Case, Susie Cartledge, et al.. (2017). Barriers to bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a dispatcher CPR system: a qualitative review of emergency calls. Resuscitation. 118. e90–e90. 2 indexed citations

Nehme, Ziad, Dion Stub, Stephen Bernard, et al.. (2016). Effect of supplemental oxygen exposure on myocardial injury in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Heart. 102(6). 444–451. 23 indexed citations

Stub, Dion, Karen Smith, Stephen Bernard, et al.. (2015). Air Versus Oxygen in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 131(24). 2143–2150. 318 indexed citations breakdown →

Bray, Janet, Lahn Straney, Bill Barger, & Judith Finn. (2015). Effect of Public Awareness Campaigns on Calls to Ambulance Across Australia. Stroke. 46(5). 1377–1380. 27 indexed citations

Bray, Janet, et al.. (2014). Are suspected stroke patients identified by paramedics transported to appropriate stroke centres in Victoria, Australia?. Internal Medicine Journal. 44(5). 515–518. 5 indexed citations

Bray, Janet, Ian Mosley, Michael Bailey, Bill Barger, & Chris Bladin. (2011). Stroke Public Awareness Campaigns Have Increased Ambulance Dispatches for Stroke in Melbourne, Australia. Stroke. 42(8). 2154–2157. 65 indexed citations

Chan, Esther W., Simone E Taylor, Jennifer Marriott, & Bill Barger. (2010). An intervention to encourage ambulance paramedics to bring patients' own medications to the ED: Impact on medications brought in and prescribing errors. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 22(2). 151–158. 17 indexed citations

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Cox, Shelley, Alex Currell, Linton Harriss, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of the Victorian state adult pre-hospital trauma triage criteria. Injury. 43(5). 573–581. 25 indexed citations

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Bray, Janet, et al.. (2010). Paramedic Diagnosis of Stroke. Stroke. 41(7). 1363–1366. 54 indexed citations

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Cox, Shelley, Karen Smith, Alex Currell, et al.. (2010). Differentiation of confirmed major trauma patients and potential major trauma patients using pre-hospital trauma triage criteria. Injury. 42(9). 889–895. 32 indexed citations

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Kerr, Debra, Anne‐Maree Kelly, Paul Dietze, Damien Jolley, & Bill Barger. (2009). Randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and safety of intranasal and intramuscular naloxone for the treatment of suspected heroin overdose. Addiction. 104(12). 2067–2074. 123 indexed citations

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Malaiapan, Yuvaraj, I. C. Jarvie, Bill Barger, et al.. (2009). Prehospital 12-Lead ECG to Triage ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Emergency Department Activation of the Infarct Team Significantly Improves Door-to-Balloon Times. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 2(6). 528–534. 71 indexed citations

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Hutchison, A., Yuvaraj Malaiapan, Bill Barger, et al.. (2009). Field 12 lead ECG and ED activation of the infarct team in STEMI improves door to balloon times: An update of the MonashHEART acute myocardial infarction (Mon-AMI) 12 lead project. Heart Lung and Circulation. 18. S200–S200. 1 indexed citations

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Chan, Esther W., Simone E Taylor, Jennifer Marriott, & Bill Barger. (2009). Bringing patients’ own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital. The Medical Journal of Australia. 191(7). 374–377. 15 indexed citations

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Chan, Esther W., Simone E Taylor, Jennifer Marriott, & Bill Barger. (2008). Exploration of Attitudes and Barriers to Bringing Patient's Own Medications to the Emergency Department: A Survey of Paramedics. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 6. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

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Barger, Bill, I. C. Jarvie, George Braitberg, et al.. (2008). Field 12 Lead ECG to Triage STEMI Significantly Improves Door to Balloon Times: The Metropolitan Ambulance Service and MonashHEART Acute Myocardial Infarction 12 Lead Pilot (MonAMI-MAS) Project. Heart Lung and Circulation. 17. S187–S187. 1 indexed citations

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Bray, Janet, et al.. (2005). An Interventional Study to Improve Paramedic Diagnosis of Stroke. Prehospital Emergency Care. 9(3). 297–302. 59 indexed citations

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Bray, Janet, et al.. (2005). Paramedic Identification of Stroke: Community Validation of the Melbourne Ambulance Stroke Screen. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 20(1). 28–33. 109 indexed citations

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