Christine Ball

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Christine Ball is a scholar working on History, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Ball has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in History, 29 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 26 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Christine Ball's work include Medical History and Innovations (36 papers), Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (18 papers) and History of Medicine Studies (11 papers). Christine Ball is often cited by papers focused on Medical History and Innovations (36 papers), Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (18 papers) and History of Medicine Studies (11 papers). Christine Ball collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United Kingdom and Australia. Christine Ball's co-authors include Kenneth R. Thomson, Helen Kavnoudias, Rod Westhorpe, Adrian F. Bristow, Stuart K. Roberts, Wa Cheung, Peter Evans, Andrew Haydon, Samantha Ellis and Peter J Featherstone and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Anesthesiology.

In The Last Decade

Christine Ball

112 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Investigation of the Safety of Irreversible Electroporati... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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. Investigation of the Safety of Irreversible Electroporation in Humans
    2011 355 citations Kenneth R. Thomson, Wa Cheung et al. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christine Ball Israel 13 435 287 265 164 160 172 1.4k
Tor Inge Tønnessen Norway 32 167 0.4× 224 0.8× 446 1.7× 328 2.0× 243 1.5× 120 3.0k
Maureen Chase United States 29 109 0.3× 134 0.5× 64 0.2× 807 4.9× 416 2.6× 62 2.6k
Manish Tandon United States 26 38 0.1× 34 0.1× 85 0.3× 204 1.2× 102 0.6× 96 2.0k
Philipp Stiegler Austria 26 36 0.1× 161 0.6× 133 0.5× 267 1.6× 15 0.1× 123 1.9k
Seok Chan Kim South Korea 22 18 0.0× 88 0.3× 137 0.5× 330 2.0× 179 1.1× 111 1.3k
Roger S. Thrall United States 33 25 0.1× 75 0.3× 718 2.7× 250 1.5× 68 0.4× 96 3.1k
Giuseppe Vespasiani Italy 31 41 0.1× 115 0.4× 68 0.3× 244 1.5× 22 0.1× 117 2.7k
Chang Hou China 8 31 0.1× 66 0.2× 69 0.3× 70 0.4× 18 0.1× 33 972

Countries citing papers authored by Christine Ball

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Ball

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Featherstone, Peter J & Christine Ball. (2025). The influence of antisepsis and asepsis on the evolution of surgical attire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 53(6). 356–358.
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Featherstone, Peter J & Christine Ball. (2023). From conflict to controversy: the use and abuse of human albumin solutions after the Second World War. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 51(6). 368–371. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine & Peter J Featherstone. (2023). The introduction of blood gases into clinical practice. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 52(1). 3–5. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine, et al.. (2020). From cholera to COVID-19: How pandemics have shaped the development of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 48(3_suppl). 28–38. 3 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine. (2015). Australian–American Collaboration Across Distance and Time. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 121(1). 223–228. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine, Peter J Featherstone, & Rod Westhorpe. (2015). Videos in Laryngoscopy. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 43(6). 677–678.
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Ball, Christine & Rod Westhorpe. (2012). The First Anaesthetic Ventilators. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 40(3). 381–382.
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Thomson, Kenneth R., Wa Cheung, Samantha Ellis, et al.. (2011). Investigation of the Safety of Irreversible Electroporation in Humans. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 22(5). 611–621. 355 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ball, Christine & Rod Westhorpe. (2011). The History of Pain Measurement. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 39(4). 529–529. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine & Rod Westhorpe. (2011). The History of Premedication. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 39(6). 991–991. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine, Kenneth R. Thomson, & Helen Kavnoudias. (2010). Irreversible Electroporation. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 110(5). 1305–1309. 179 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine & Rod Westhorpe. (2009). The introduction of blood pressure monitoring into anaesthesia. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 37(1). 3–3. 2 indexed citations
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Thorpe, Susan J., Christine Ball, B. Fox, et al.. (2008). Anti-D and anti-i activities are inseparable in V4-34-encoded monoclonal anti-D: the same framework 1 residues are required for both reactivities. Transfusion. 48(5). 930–940. 9 indexed citations
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Cartmell, T., Christine Ball, Adrian F. Bristow, Duncan Mitchell, & Stephen Poole. (2003). Endogenous Interleukin‐10 is Required for the Defervescence of Fever Evoked by Local Lipopolysaccharide‐Induced and Staphylococcus Aureus‐Induced Inflammation in Rats. The Journal of Physiology. 549(2). 653–664. 51 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine & Rod Westhorpe. (2002). Intravenous Induction Agents: Benzodiazepines. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 30(1). 3–3. 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine, et al.. (1999). Active sensitization to toluene di‐isocyanate. Contact Dermatitis. 41(2). 104–105. 8 indexed citations
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Rees, Gwen S., Christine Ball, Helen L. Ward, et al.. (1999). RAT INTERLEUKIN 6: EXPRESSION IN RECOMBINANTESCHERICHIA COLI, PURIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL ELISA. Cytokine. 11(2). 95–103. 65 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine. (1992). Education and staffing levels in the intensive care unit.. PubMed. 47(5). 361–3. 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Christine. (1985). Failed Intravenous Arm Block or Diagnostic Test?. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 13(4). 433–434. 2 indexed citations

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