Bruce Thompson

128.3k total citations · 24 hit papers
1.2k papers, 61.8k citations indexed

About

Bruce Thompson is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Thompson has authored 1.2k papers receiving a total of 61.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 321 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 156 papers in Epidemiology and 128 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Bruce Thompson's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (179 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (101 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (87 papers). Bruce Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (179 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (101 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (87 papers). Bruce Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Bruce Thompson's co-authors include Xitao Fan, Michael A. Matthay, Kathleen D. Liu, Tammi Vacha‐Haase, Lin Wang, Colleen Cook, Larry G. Daniel, Rachel C. Chambers, Brendan Cooper and Gordon D. Rubenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Thompson

1.1k papers receiving 57.9k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemiology, Patterns of... 1991 2026 2002 2014 2016 2004 2019 1999 1996 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries
    2016 3.3k citations Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  2. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis: Understanding concepts and applications.
    2004 2.5k citations Bruce Thompson profile →
  3. Standardization of Spirometry 2019 Update. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Technical Statement
    2019 2.3k citations Bruce Thompson et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Effects of sample size, estimation methods, and model specification on structural equation modeling fit indexes
    1999 1.3k citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  5. Cardiac-Specific Troponin I Levels to Predict the Risk of Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
    1996 1.3k citations Bruce Thompson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  6. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    2017 1.1k citations Bruce Thompson, Kathleen D. Liu et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  7. Intensity of Renal Support in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
    2008 1.1k citations Paul M. Palevsky, Jane Hongyuan Zhang et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  8. Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Persistent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    2006 943 citations Bruce Thompson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  9. The Berlin definition of ARDS: an expanded rationale, justification, and supplementary material
    2012 902 citations Arthur S. Slutsky, Gordon D. Rubenfeld et al. profile →
  10. Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Adults with Septic Shock
    2012 877 citations Bruce Thompson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  11. The Clinical Course of Pulmonary Embolism
    1992 774 citations Bruce Thompson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  12. Factor Analytic Evidence for the Construct Validity of Scores: A Historical Overview and Some Guidelines
    1996 746 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  13. ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests
    2021 665 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  14. Research in Special Education: Scientific Methods and Evidence-Based Practices
    2005 659 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  15. 2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung
    2017 609 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  16. Initial Trophic vs Full Enteral Feeding in Patients With Acute Lung Injury: The EDEN Randomized Trial
    2012 604 citations Arthur P. Wheeler, Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  17. Pulmonary-Artery versus Central Venous Catheter to Guide Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
    2006 583 citations Arthur P. Wheeler, Gordon R. Bernard et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  18. Mesenchymal stem (stromal) cells for treatment of ARDS: a phase 1 clinical trial
    2014 554 citations Kathleen D. Liu, Ednan K. Bajwa et al. profile →
  19. Lower tidal volume ventilation and plasma cytokine markers of inflammation in patients with acute lung injury*
    2005 547 citations Polly E. Parsons, Mark D. Eisner et al. profile →
  20. Clinical, Laboratory, Roentgenographic, and Electrocardiographic Findings in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism and No Pre-Existing Cardiac or Pulmonary Disease
    1991 484 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  21. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Subphenotypes Respond Differently to Randomized Fluid Management Strategy
    2016 460 citations Kevin Delucchi, Lorraine B. Ware et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  22. Official ERS technical standards: Global Lung Function Initiative reference values for the carbon monoxide transfer factor for Caucasians
    2017 398 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →
  23. The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Cognitive Outcomes Study: Long-Term Neuropsychological Function in Survivors of Acute Lung Injury
    2012 386 citations Bruce Thompson et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  24. Official ERS technical standard: Global Lung Function Initiative reference values for static lung volumes in individuals of European ancestry
    2021 210 citations Bruce Thompson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bruce Thompson 20.4k 10.3k 7.4k 6.1k 6.0k 1.2k 61.8k
Andrew D Oxman 11.7k 0.6× 12.3k 1.2× 2.7k 0.4× 18.6k 3.0× 9.1k 1.5× 300 107.1k
Mike Clarke 12.8k 0.6× 12.4k 1.2× 2.3k 0.3× 21.9k 3.6× 9.9k 1.7× 611 120.9k
A. Liberati 10.9k 0.5× 12.4k 1.2× 2.0k 0.3× 19.0k 3.1× 8.4k 1.4× 53 100.3k
Erik von Elm 10.4k 0.5× 13.1k 1.3× 3.0k 0.4× 18.6k 3.0× 9.3k 1.6× 131 89.7k
Cynthia D. Mulrow 9.9k 0.5× 9.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.2× 17.6k 2.9× 9.3k 1.6× 142 90.2k
Jos Kleijnen 10.5k 0.5× 10.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.2× 17.2k 2.8× 7.6k 1.3× 324 90.0k
Jan P. Vandenbroucke 12.6k 0.6× 15.5k 1.5× 3.3k 0.4× 21.8k 3.5× 13.2k 2.2× 439 111.3k
Kenneth F. Schulz 8.9k 0.4× 10.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.3× 17.3k 2.8× 8.5k 1.4× 216 102.7k
Stanley Lemeshow 4.5k 0.2× 11.0k 1.1× 2.4k 0.3× 6.8k 1.1× 6.6k 1.1× 227 59.4k
Jonathan A C Sterne 8.7k 0.4× 12.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.2× 13.3k 2.2× 7.6k 1.3× 402 84.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Thompson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Thompson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chung, Li Ping, Bruce Thompson, Gregory G. King, et al.. (2025). Interpreting respiratory oscillometry in adults with asthma or COPD: findings of an international Delphi study. ERJ Open Research. 11(6). 398–2025.
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Bobek, Molly, Aaron Hogue, Alexandra MacLean, et al.. (2024). Core Competencies in Family Therapy for Adolescent Behavior Problems: Systemic Stance and Systemic Skills. Contemporary Family Therapy. 47(2). 158–174. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Bruce. (2024). Can ageing be stopped? A biologist explains. Nature.
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Monteiro, Ana Carolina, Sitaram Vangala, Katherine D. Wick, et al.. (2022). The prognostic value of early measures of the ventilatory ratio in the ARDS ROSE trial. Critical Care. 26(1). 10 indexed citations
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Gao, Caroline X., Brigitte M. Borg, David Brown, et al.. (2021). Long‐term impact of coal mine fire smoke on lung mechanics in exposed adults. Respirology. 26(9). 861–868. 14 indexed citations
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Islam, Amirul, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Élisabeth Lambert, et al.. (2021). Knowledge of and Intention to Participate in Physical Activity Programs and Their Associated Sociodemographic Factors in People with High Blood Pressure in a Rural Area of Bangladesh: Initial Investigation from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(18). 9561–9561. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Sasha, Brigitte M. Borg, Caroline X. Gao, et al.. (2020). The impact of the Hazelwood coal mine fire smoke exposure on asthma. Journal of Asthma. 59(2). 213–222. 3 indexed citations
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Tarrant, Ben, et al.. (2018). Mucoactive agents for adults with acute lung conditions: A systematic review. Heart & Lung. 48(2). 141–147. 13 indexed citations
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Shin, Christina H., Dustin R. Long, Duncan McLean, et al.. (2017). Effects of Intraoperative Fluid Management on Postoperative Outcomes. Annals of Surgery. 267(6). 1084–1092. 166 indexed citations
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Kelly, Vanessa J., Scott A. Sands, R. Scott Harris, et al.. (2013). Respiratory system reactance is an independent determinant of asthma control. Journal of Applied Physiology. 115(9). 1360–1369. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Winfred C., Suzette O. Oyeku, Zhaoyu Luo, et al.. (2013). Hydroxyurea Is Associated With Lower Costs of Care of Young Children With Sickle Cell Anemia. PEDIATRICS. 132(4). 677–683. 60 indexed citations
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McCannon, Jessica B., Walter J. O’Donnell, Bruce Thompson, et al.. (2012). Augmenting Communication and Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit with a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Video Decision Support Tool: A Temporal Intervention Study. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 15(12). 1382–1387. 38 indexed citations
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Thornburg, Courtney D., Beatrice Files, Zhaoyu Luo, et al.. (2012). Impact of hydroxyurea on clinical events in the BABY HUG trial. Blood. 120(22). 4304–4310. 184 indexed citations
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Palevsky, Paul M., Jane Hongyuan Zhang, Theresa O’Connor, et al.. (2008). Intensity of Renal Support in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury. New England Journal of Medicine. 359(1). 7–20. 1118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wheeler, Arthur P., Gordon R. Bernard, Bruce Thompson, et al.. (2006). Pulmonary-Artery versus Central Venous Catheter to Guide Treatment of Acute Lung Injury. New England Journal of Medicine. 354(21). 2213–2224. 583 indexed citations breakdown →
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Levy, Mitchell M., Gordon R. Bernard, Rob Fowler, et al.. (2005). Clinical Issues and Research in Respiratory Failure from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 171(5). 518–526. 42 indexed citations
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Ware, Lorraine B., Mark D. Eisner, Bruce Thompson, Polly E. Parsons, & Michael A. Matthay. (2004). Significance of Von Willebrand Factor in Septic and Nonseptic Patients with Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 170(7). 766–772. 199 indexed citations
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Thompson, Bruce. (2003). Score Reliability. 131 indexed citations
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Balcer‐Kubiczek, Elizabeth K., George H. Harrison, & Bruce Thompson. (1987). Repair Time for Oncogenic Transformation in C3H/10T1/2 Cells Subjected to Protracted X-irradiation. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 51(2). 219–226. 43 indexed citations
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Stewartson, K. & Bruce Thompson. (1968). On one-dimensional unsteady flow at infinite Mach number. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 304(1478). 255–273. 6 indexed citations

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