Chris Silagy

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Chris Silagy is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Silagy has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Chris Silagy's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (8 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers) and Health Sciences Research and Education (7 papers). Chris Silagy is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (8 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers) and Health Sciences Research and Education (7 papers). Chris Silagy collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Qatar. Chris Silagy's co-authors include David Weller, Paul Glasziou, Les Irwig, J Kewenter, Tim Lancaster, David Prideaux, Paul Worley, Janet E. Hiller, Philippa Middleton and Sally Hopewell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Chris Silagy

48 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A systematic review of the effects of screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult

1998 624 citations Paul Glasziou, David Weller et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Silagy Australia	22	730	675	538	362	305	48	2.2k
Marvella E. Ford United States	28	713 1.0×	687 1.0×	856 1.6×	354 1.0×	435 1.4×	112	2.9k
Ala Szczepura United Kingdom	26	251 0.3×	729 1.1×	294 0.5×	116 0.3×	304 1.0×	133	2.4k
Dale McLerran United States	29	458 0.6×	600 0.9×	733 1.4×	562 1.6×	320 1.0×	46	3.2k
Rachel M. Taylor United Kingdom	33	485 0.7×	514 0.8×	745 1.4×	271 0.7×	320 1.0×	181	3.8k
Norman Weissman United States	23	173 0.2×	624 0.9×	297 0.6×	158 0.4×	180 0.6×	42	2.2k
Aliza K. Fink United States	24	529 0.7×	265 0.4×	324 0.6×	1.2k 3.4×	368 1.2×	65	3.2k
Linda Casebeer United States	24	224 0.3×	788 1.2×	581 1.1×	118 0.3×	98 0.3×	54	1.9k
Nicholas Hicks United Kingdom	23	273 0.4×	629 0.9×	454 0.8×	166 0.5×	287 0.9×	61	2.3k
David Lanier United States	15	309 0.4×	732 1.1×	303 0.6×	160 0.4×	158 0.5×	24	1.4k
Victoria M. Taylor United States	36	1.2k 1.7×	664 1.0×	581 1.1×	220 0.6×	1.7k 5.7×	116	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Silagy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Silagy

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Wattchow, David A., David Weller, Adrian Esterman, et al.. (2006). General practice vs surgical-based follow-up for patients with colon cancer: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Cancer. 94(8). 1116–1121. 163 indexed citations

Bessell, Tracey, Steve McDonald, Chris Silagy, et al.. (2002). Do Internet interventions for consumers cause more harm than good? A systematic review. Health Expectations. 5(1). 28–37. 125 indexed citations

Mar, Chris Del, Chris Silagy, Paul Glasziou, et al.. (2001). Feasibility of an evidence‐based literature search service for general practitioners. The Medical Journal of Australia. 175(3). 134–137. 30 indexed citations

Lalezari, Jacob, et al.. (2001). Zanamivir for the Treatment of Influenza A and B Infection in High-Risk Patients. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161(2). 212–212. 108 indexed citations

Ehlers, Martin, Chris Silagy, Douglas Fleming, & Daryl Freeman. (2001). New Approaches for Managing Influenza in Primary Care. Clinical Drug Investigation. 21(6). 443–452. 4 indexed citations

Worley, Paul, Chris Silagy, David Prideaux, David Newble, & Alison Jones. (2000). The Parallel Rural Community Curriculum: an integrated clinical curriculum based in rural general practice. Medical Education. 34(7). 558–565. 178 indexed citations

Lancaster, Tim, Lindsay F Stead, Chris Silagy, & Amanda Sowden. (2000). Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library. BMJ. 321(Suppl S3). 9323–9323. 47 indexed citations

Silagy, Chris. (1999). Advising parents of asthmatic children on passive smoking: randomized controlled trial.. PubMed. 135(5). 650–1. 16 indexed citations

Silagy, Chris, et al.. (1999). Effectiveness and role of zanamivir in the treatment of influenza infection. Annals of Medicine. 31(5). 313–317. 5 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris, et al.. (1999). Clinical practice guidelines and Australian general practice. Contemporary issues.. PubMed. 28(7). 744–9. 2 indexed citations

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Weller, David, Carole Pinnock, Chris Silagy, Janet E. Hiller, & Villis R. Marshall. (1998). Prostate cancer testing in SA men: influence of sociodemographic factors, health beliefs and LUTS. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 22(3). 400–402. 36 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris. (1996). A Primary Care-Led NHS: Putting it into Practice. BMJ. 313(7052). 309.2–309.2. 5 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris. (1995). Tipping the Balance Towards Primary Health Care. BMJ. 310(6987). 1146.1–1146.1. 3 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris & David A. Jewell. (1994). Review of 39 years of randomized controlled trials in the British Journal of General Practice.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 44(385). 359–63. 12 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris, David A. Jewell, & David Mant. (1994). An analysis of randomized controlled trials published in the US family medicine literature, 1987-1991.. PubMed. 39(3). 236–42. 10 indexed citations

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Whitby, Michael, et al.. (1993). Comparison of Fleroxacin and Amoxicillin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in Women. The American Journal of Medicine. 94(3). 97S–100S. 3 indexed citations

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Whitby, Michael, et al.. (1993). Comparison of fleroxacin and amoxicillin in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women.. PubMed. 94(3A). 97S–100S. 5 indexed citations

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Cockburn, Jill, Denise Ruth, Chris Silagy, et al.. (1992). Randomised trial of three approaches for marketing smoking cessation programmes to Australian general practitioners.. BMJ. 304(6828). 691–694. 64 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris & Leon Piterman. (1991). Attitudes of senior medical students from two Australian schools towards rural training and practice. Academic Medicine. 66(7). 417–9. 22 indexed citations

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Silagy, Chris, John J. McNeil, & Barry P. McGrath. (1990). ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION: DOES IT REALLY EXIST ON AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING?. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 17(3). 203–206. 8 indexed citations

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