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.
The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect
19951.4k citationsRichard J. Cook, D L SackettBMJprofile →
Evidence base of clinical diagnosis: The architecture of diagnostic research
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by D L Sackett. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by D L Sackett. The network helps show where D L Sackett may publish in the future.
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20 of 20 papers shown
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Sackett, D L. (2002). Evidence base of clinical diagnosis: The architecture of diagnostic research. BMJ. 324(7336). 539–541.519 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sackett, D L. (2000). How the internet can help clinicians improve their clinical skills.. PubMed. 2(3). E39–E39.1 indexed citations
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Sackett, D L, William Rosenberg, Julie A. Gray, R. Brian Haynes, & W. Scott Richardson. (1996). Authors' reply. BMJ. 313(7050). 170.4–171.42 indexed citations
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Sackett, D L & R. Brian Haynes. (1996). Editors' reply. BMJ. 312(7027). 380.3–380.3.3 indexed citations
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Haynes, R. Brian & D L Sackett. (1996). Editors' reply. BMJ. 312(7046). 1611.3–1611.3.1 indexed citations
Cook, Richard J. & D L Sackett. (1995). The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect. BMJ. 310(6977). 452–454.1399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Griffith, Lauren E., et al.. (1995). Importance of and satisfaction with work and professional interpersonal issues: a survey of physicians practicing general internal medicine in Ontario.. PubMed. 153(6). 755–64.21 indexed citations
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Sackett, D L, et al.. (1991). The effect of routine vs. p.r.n. post-operative analgesia on pulmonary complications: a multicenter trial.. PubMed. 23(4). 7–22.2 indexed citations
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Cairns, John A., Joel Singer, M Gent, et al.. (1989). One year mortality outcomes of all coronary and intensive care unit patients with acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina or other chest pain in Hamilton, Ontario, a city of 375,000 people.. PubMed. 5(5). 239–46.44 indexed citations
Chong, J., et al.. (1988). Ranking clinical problems and ocular diseases in ophthalmology: an innovative approach to curriculum design.. PubMed. 23(6). 255–8.8 indexed citations
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Sackett, D L. (1983). Interpretation of diagnostic data: 1. How to do it with pictures.. PubMed. 129(5). 429–32.9 indexed citations
Barnett, H. J. M., Michael Gent, D L Sackett, & D. Wayne Taylor. (1979). Reply. Annals of Neurology. 5(6). 599–601.2 indexed citations
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Sackett, D L. (1978). Clinical diagnosis and the clinical laboratory.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 1(1). 37–43.36 indexed citations
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Johnson, Amy L., D. Wayne Taylor, D L Sackett, Charles W. Dunnett, & Akihiko Shimizu. (1978). Self-recording of blood pressure in the management of hypertension.. PubMed. 119(9). 1034–9.97 indexed citations
Bombardier, Charles H., Jacqueline McClaran, & D L Sackett. (1973). Periodic health examinations and multiphasic screening.. PubMed. 109(11). 1123–7.4 indexed citations
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