Brian S. Alper

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Brian S. Alper is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian S. Alper has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Brian S. Alper's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (10 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (9 papers) and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (7 papers). Brian S. Alper is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (10 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (9 papers) and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (7 papers). Brian S. Alper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Brian S. Alper's co-authors include Joerg J Meerpohl, Gordon Guyatt, Holger J. Schünemann, Monica Hultcrantz, Reem A. Mustafa, Elie A. Akl, Peter Lewis, Philipp Dahm, Charles Shey Wiysonge and Nancy Santesso and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, BMJ and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Brian S. Alper

38 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions
    2019 686 citations Nancy Santesso, Claire Glenton et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  2. The GRADE Working Group clarifies the construct of certainty of evidence
    2017 468 citations Monica Hultcrantz, David M. Rind et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →

Peers

Brian S. Alper
Stephanie Chang United States
Stefan Schandelmaier Switzerland
Gordon Dooley United Kingdom
Elise Berliner United States
Carole Lunny Canada
Philip Alderson United Kingdom
Gordon H. Guyatt Canada
Ariel Izcovich Argentina
Adam S. Cifu United States
David Tovey United Kingdom
Stephanie Chang United States
Brian S. Alper
Citations per year, relative to Brian S. Alper Brian S. Alper (= 1×) peers Stephanie Chang

Countries citing papers authored by Brian S. Alper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian S. Alper

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian S. Alper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Loftus, Tyler J., Jeremy A. Balch, Jenna L. Marquard, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal clinical decision support for assessing decisions over time: State-of-the-art and future directions. Digital Health. 10. 599893637–599893637. 1 indexed citations
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Schilling, Lisa M., Joshua E. Richardson, Vignesh Subbian, et al.. (2024). Making Science Computable Using Evidence-Based Medicine on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources: Standards Development Project. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e54265–e54265.
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Alper, Brian S., et al.. (2023). Striking a match between FHIR‐based patient data and FHIR‐based eligibility criteria. Learning Health Systems. 7(4). e10368–e10368. 2 indexed citations
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Lichtner, Gregor, Brian S. Alper, Claudia Spies, et al.. (2023). Representation of evidence-based clinical practice guideline recommendations on FHIR. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 139. 104305–104305. 14 indexed citations
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Agnoli, Alicia, et al.. (2022). Clinical Quality Measures: A Challenge for–and to–Family Physicians. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 35(2). 427–434. 1 indexed citations
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Scalia, Peter, Catherine Saunders, Michelle D Dannenberg, et al.. (2021). Processes for evidence summarization for patient decision aids: A Delphi consensus study. Health Expectations. 24(4). 1178–1186. 3 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S., Allen Flynn, Bruce E. Bray, et al.. (2021). Categorizing metadata to help mobilize computable biomedical knowledge. Learning Health Systems. 6(1). e10271–e10271. 11 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S., et al.. (2021). Making science computable: Developing code systems for statistics, study design, and risk of bias. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 115. 103685–103685. 8 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S., et al.. (2020). Thrombolysis with alteplase 3–4.5 hours after acute ischaemic stroke: trial reanalysis adjusted for baseline imbalances. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 25(5). 168–171. 23 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S., Peter Oettgen, Ilkka Kunnamo, et al.. (2019). Defining certainty of net benefit: a GRADE concept paper. BMJ Open. 9(6). e027445–e027445. 29 indexed citations
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Durand, Marie‐Anne, Michelle D Dannenberg, Catherine Saunders, et al.. (2019). Modified Delphi survey for the evidence summarisation of patient decision aids: Study protocol. BMJ Open. 9(3). e026701–e026701. 8 indexed citations
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Santesso, Nancy, Claire Glenton, Philipp Dahm, et al.. (2019). GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 119. 126–135. 686 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hultcrantz, Monica, David M. Rind, Elie A. Akl, et al.. (2017). The GRADE Working Group clarifies the construct of certainty of evidence. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 87. 4–13. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alper, Brian S., et al.. (2017). Point-of-care application of: ‘Trial of cannabidiol for drug-resistant seizures in the Dravet syndrome’. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 14. 20–21. 3 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S., et al.. (2016). RAPADAPTE for rapid guideline development: high-quality clinical guidelines can be rapidly developed with limited resources. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 28(3). 268–274. 13 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S., et al.. (2015). Thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke: time for a rethink?. BMJ. 350(mar17 3). h1075–h1075. 31 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S.. (2005). Physicians Answer More Clinical Questions and Change Clinical Decisions More Often With Synthesized Evidence: A Randomized Trial in Primary Care. The Annals of Family Medicine. 3(6). 507–513. 65 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S.. (2005). Using systematic literature surveillance.. PubMed. 54(6). 516–516. 3 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S. & Peter Lewis. (2002). Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: a systematic review of the literature.. PubMed. 51(2). 121–8. 42 indexed citations
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Alper, Brian S.. (2000). Choice of Antihistamines for Urticaria. Archives of Family Medicine. 9(8). 748–751. 4 indexed citations

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