Chris Stokel-Walker

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Chris Stokel-Walker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Artificial Intelligence and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Stokel-Walker has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Chris Stokel-Walker's work include Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (9 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (6 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers). Chris Stokel-Walker is often cited by papers focused on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (9 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (6 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers). Chris Stokel-Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Chris Stokel-Walker's co-authors include Richard Van Noorden and Elisabeth Mahase and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, BMJ and Scientific American.

In The Last Decade

Chris Stokel-Walker

63 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

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Peers

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Avishek Choudhury United States

Holly Else

W. Nicholson Price United States

Julia Amann Switzerland

Judy Wawira Gichoya United States

Alessandro Blasimme Switzerland

Michael Hogarth United States

Timo Minssen Denmark

Thu‐Trang Vuong Vietnam

Avishek Choudhury United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Chris Stokel-Walker

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Stokel-Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Stokel-Walker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Stokel-Walker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Stokel-Walker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Stokel-Walker. Chris Stokel-Walker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2026). Royal colleges leave X because of “harmful content and abusive behaviour”. BMJ. 392. s185–s185.

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2025). The “ambient scribe” tools listening to and summarising your doctor-patient consultations. BMJ. 389. r663–r663. 3 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2025). Artificial intelligence in medicine: How do experts think AI could transform the NHS?. BMJ. 388. r248–r248. 1 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2025). People are starting to trust AI more. The New Scientist. 265(3531). 18–18.

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Stokel-Walker, Chris, et al.. (2024). Lucy Letby case: what happens now?. BMJ. 387. q2112–q2112. 1 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2024). How patients are using AI. BMJ. 387. q2393–q2393. 2 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2024). Deepfakes and doctors: How people are being fooled by social media scams. BMJ. 386. q1319–q1319. 3 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris, et al.. (2023). Voices from the picket lines: junior doctors speak out. BMJ. 380. p598–p598. 1 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2023). What can be done to ease today’s pressures in the NHS?. BMJ. 380. p88–p88. 1 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris, et al.. (2023). What do we know about the adaptive immune response to covid-19?. BMJ. 380. p19–p19. 3 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2022). How long does SARS-CoV-2 stay in the body?. BMJ. 377. o1555–o1555. 4 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris, et al.. (2022). Why do NHS hospitals struggle to handle heatwaves?. BMJ. 378. o1772–o1772. 2 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2022). What do we know about covid vaccines and preventing transmission?. BMJ. 376. o298–o298. 35 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2022). RIP #medtwitter? What Twitter’s potential collapse could mean for doctors. BMJ. 379. o2834–o2834. 3 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris, et al.. (2022). How similar is covid-19 to the flu?. BMJ. 379. o2625–o2625. 2 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2021). Covid-19: Why test and trace will fail without support for self-isolation. BMJ. 372. n327–n327. 6 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2021). On the road to Recovery—the world’s biggest covid-19 treatment trial. BMJ. 373. n1299–n1299. 3 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2021). What we know about covid-19 reinfection so far. BMJ. 372. n99–n99. 40 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2021). How health data have been used during covid-19, and whether the changes are here to stay. BMJ. 372. n681–n681. 2 indexed citations

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Stokel-Walker, Chris. (2020). Covid-19: The doctors turned YouTubers. BMJ. 369. m1563–m1563. 15 indexed citations

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