Brent Hagel

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Brent Hagel is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent Hagel has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 83 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 57 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Brent Hagel's work include Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (99 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (83 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (56 papers). Brent Hagel is often cited by papers focused on Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (99 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (83 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (56 papers). Brent Hagel collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Brent Hagel's co-authors include Carolyn A. Emery, Willem Meeuwisse, Claude Goulet, I B Pless, Brian H. Rowe, Robert W. Platt, Mohammad Karkhaneh, Amanda M. Black, Paul E. Ronksley and Ted Pfister and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Brent Hagel

167 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2023 70 citations Paul Eliason, Jean‐Michel Galarneau et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brent Hagel Canada	35	2.0k	1.7k	1.1k	1.0k	752	180	4.0k
Alberto Nettel‐Aguirre Canada	35	1.2k 0.6×	920 0.5×	978 0.9×	481 0.5×	123 0.2×	186	4.3k
Kelly Russell Canada	33	385 0.2×	830 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	646 0.6×	165 0.2×	102	3.1k
Huiyun Xiang United States	35	218 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	558 0.5×	251 0.2×	475 0.6×	122	3.6k
Alison Macpherson Canada	38	743 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	892 0.8×	272 0.3×	998 1.3×	185	4.3k
Zachary Y. Kerr United States	51	4.9k 2.4×	2.5k 1.5×	4.3k 4.1×	380 0.4×	109 0.1×	265	9.0k
Frederick P. Rivara United States	46	148 0.1×	2.9k 1.7×	841 0.8×	546 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	186	5.8k
Ulf Björnstig Sweden	30	313 0.2×	823 0.5×	446 0.4×	466 0.5×	681 0.9×	138	2.7k
Joan Ozanne‐Smith Australia	31	233 0.1×	1.5k 0.9×	240 0.2×	176 0.2×	900 1.2×	139	3.0k
George W. Ryan United States	22	447 0.2×	626 0.4×	232 0.2×	132 0.1×	323 0.4×	38	2.5k
Richard A. Schieber United States	23	127 0.1×	958 0.6×	236 0.2×	210 0.2×	591 0.8×	56	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brent Hagel

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20 of 20 papers shown

Richmond, Sarah A., Ian Pike, Pamela Fuselli, et al.. (2025). Adopting a Safe Systems Approach to Road Safety: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementa- tion Research to Examine Injury Prevention and Transportation Professionals’ Perceptions of Vision Zero in Five Canadian Municipalities. The Open Transportation Journal. 19(1).

Batomen, Brice, Andrew Howard, Brent Hagel, et al.. (2025). Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 225. 108308–108308.

Caird, Jeff K., et al.. (2024). A scoping review of E-scooter safety: Delightful urban slalom or injury epidemic?. Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 101. 33–58. 21 indexed citations

Emery, Carolyn A., et al.. (2024). 11.12 Head contact and suspected concussion rates in university basketball: are head contact penalties a target for prevention?. A141.2–A141. 1 indexed citations

West, Stephen, Kathryn Schneider, J. Preston Wiley, et al.. (2024). 11.36 It takes two to tango: high rates of concussion in both ball carriers and tacklers in high school boys’ rugby. A150.2–A150.

Eliason, Paul, Jean‐Michel Galarneau, Kathryn Schneider, et al.. (2023). Higher hazard of concussion combined with recurrent concussion in female youth ice hockey compared with males: An opportunity for concussion prevention. Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 39(2). 113–123. 4 indexed citations

Rothman, Linda, et al.. (2023). Is higher school neighbourhood Walk Score associated with greater child pedestrian safety near schools?. Injury Prevention. 29(4). 363–366. 1 indexed citations

Hagel, Brent, et al.. (2023). Factors associated with follow-up care after pediatric concussion: A longitudinal population-based study in Alberta, Canada. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. 1035909–1035909. 5 indexed citations

West, Stephen, Stuart Bailey, Alix Hayden, et al.. (2023). Injury Rates, Mechanisms, Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies in Youth Rugby Union: What’s All the Ruck-Us About? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine. 53(7). 1375–1393. 13 indexed citations

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Batomen, Brice, Marie‐Soleil Cloutier, Mabel Carabalí, et al.. (2023). Traffic-Calming Measures and Road Traffic Collisions and Injuries: A Spatiotemporal Analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology. 193(5). 707–717. 5 indexed citations

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Kolstad, Ash T, Paul Eliason, Jean‐Michel Galarneau, et al.. (2022). 108 Protective equipment in youth ice hockey: are mouthguards and helmet age relevant in evaluating concussion risk?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. A8.1–A8. 2 indexed citations

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Black, Amanda M., et al.. (2021). Sport participation and injury rates in high school students: A Canadian survey of 2029 adolescents. Journal of Safety Research. 78. 314–321. 35 indexed citations

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Djerboua, Maya, Alberto Nettel‐Aguirre, Kelly Russell, et al.. (2021). The evaluation of a risky behavior tool in novice pediatric skiers and snowboarders. Translational Sports Medicine. 4(6). 716–725. 1 indexed citations

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Rothman, Linda, Rebecca Ling, Brent Hagel, et al.. (2021). Pilot study to evaluate school safety zone built environment interventions. Injury Prevention. 28(3). 243–248. 14 indexed citations

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Cloutier, Marie‐Soleil, Émilie Beaulieu, Liraz Fridman, et al.. (2020). State-of-the-art review: preventing child and youth pedestrian motor vehicle collisions: critical issues and future directions. Injury Prevention. 27(1). 77–84. 32 indexed citations

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Fridman, Liraz, Rebecca Ling, Linda Rothman, et al.. (2020). Effect of reducing the posted speed limit to 30 km per hour on pedestrian motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada - a quasi experimental, pre-post study. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 56–56. 37 indexed citations

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Fridman, Liraz, Linda Rothman, Andrew Howard, Brent Hagel, & Colin Macarthur. (2020). Methodological considerations in MVC epidemiological research. Injury Prevention. 27(2). 155–160. 3 indexed citations

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Emery, Carolyn A., Sarah A. Richmond, Luz Palacios‐Derflingher, et al.. (2019). Implementing a junior high school-based programme to reduce sports injuries through neuromuscular training (iSPRINT): a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT). British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(15). 913–919. 34 indexed citations

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Black, Amanda M., Brent Hagel, Luz Palacios‐Derflingher, Kathryn Schneider, & Carolyn A. Emery. (2017). The risk of injury associated with body checking among Pee Wee ice hockey players: an evaluation of Hockey Canada’s national body checking policy change. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 51(24). 1767–1772. 57 indexed citations

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Pfister, Ted, et al.. (2015). The incidence of concussion in youth sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 50(5). 292–297. 263 indexed citations

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