David Cromwell

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

David Cromwell is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cromwell has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Surgery, 48 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 33 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in David Cromwell's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (23 papers), Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (22 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (22 papers). David Cromwell is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (23 papers), Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (22 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (22 papers). David Cromwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. David Cromwell's co-authors include Jan van der Meulen, Ipek Gurol‐Urganci, Annie Herbert, Pia Hardelid, Linda Wijlaars, Ania Zylbersztejn, Ranjeet Jeevan, Jenny Neuburger, Christopher M. Caddy and John Browne and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

David Cromwell

171 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Cromwell United Kingdom	34	1.7k	824	625	599	590	182	4.4k
Lynne Moore Canada	47	2.3k 1.4×	578 0.7×	424 0.7×	385 0.6×	446 0.8×	249	6.7k
Aaron B. Caughey United States	25	1.2k 0.7×	981 1.2×	496 0.8×	742 1.2×	820 1.4×	80	3.5k
Erluo Chen United States	27	1.6k 0.9×	621 0.8×	347 0.6×	727 1.2×	1.5k 2.5×	52	6.6k
Gary Foster Canada	28	692 0.4×	788 1.0×	290 0.5×	233 0.4×	411 0.7×	91	3.7k
Chris L. Pashos United States	47	2.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	317 0.5×	238 0.4×	987 1.7×	156	7.6k
John M. Hollingsworth United States	34	1.1k 0.6×	2.9k 3.5×	1.0k 1.6×	355 0.6×	392 0.7×	211	5.2k
Antoinette M. Stroup United States	34	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 2.2×	319 0.5×	160 0.3×	1.6k 2.7×	147	6.1k
Matthew D. F. McInnes Canada	42	1.3k 0.8×	2.1k 2.5×	222 0.4×	297 0.5×	400 0.7×	242	5.8k
Laure Wynants Belgium	26	671 0.4×	463 0.6×	232 0.4×	623 1.0×	280 0.5×	72	3.6k
Robin Turner Australia	33	751 0.4×	501 0.6×	334 0.5×	120 0.2×	728 1.2×	153	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Cromwell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Cromwell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pettigrew, Luisa M, Josephine Exley, Luke Allen, et al.. (2025). Counting general practitioners: a comparative repeat cross-sectional analysis of GPs in NHS general practice in England. British Journal of General Practice. 76(764). e175–e182. 2 indexed citations

Dixon, Lauren, et al.. (2025). Sublobar resection or lobectomy for stage Ia non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 12(1). e003234–e003234.

Aggarwal, Ajay, et al.. (2025). The National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN): improving the quality of National Health Service cancer care in England and Wales. The Lancet Oncology. 26(4). e225–e232. 3 indexed citations

Thompson, Daniel, Adam Williams, Peter C. Whitfield, et al.. (2024). Surgical recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in English adult neurosurgical centres. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 39(6). 762–768. 1 indexed citations

Kellar, Ian, Amundeep S. Johal, Qiuju Li, et al.. (2024). Understanding delays in chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia care: Application of the theoretical domains framework to identify factors affecting primary care clinicians' referral behaviours. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. 17(2). e12015–e12015. 2 indexed citations

Miller, Katie, Melissa Gannon, Francisco J. Medina, et al.. (2024). Survival outcomes after breast cancer surgery among older women with early invasive breast cancer in England: population-based cohort study. BJS Open. 8(4). 1 indexed citations

Kellar, Ian, et al.. (2023). Hospital clinicians' perceptions and experiences of care pathways for chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia: a qualitative study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. 16(1). 62–62. 2 indexed citations

Kuryba, Angela, Peter Martin, Charles Matthew Oliver, et al.. (2023). Development and validation of a prognostic model for death 30 days after adult emergency laparotomy. Anaesthesia. 78(10). 1262–1271. 6 indexed citations

Li, Qiuju, Amundeep S. Johal, Sam Waton, et al.. (2023). Editor's Choice – Outcomes of Surgery for Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Population Based Study. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 65(5). 738–746. 3 indexed citations

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Grieve, Richard, Andrew Hutchings, Stephen O’Neill, et al.. (2023). Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of emergency surgery for adult emergency hospital admissions with common acute gastrointestinal conditions: the ESORT study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 1–132. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Qiuju, Amundeep S. Johal, Sam Waton, et al.. (2023). Outcomes after minor lower limb amputation for peripheral arterial disease and diabetes: population-based cohort study. British journal of surgery. 110(8). 958–965. 11 indexed citations

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Gannon, Melissa, David Dodwell, Kieran Horgan, et al.. (2020). Construction of the secondary care administrative records frailty (SCARF) index and validation on older women with operable invasive breast cancer in England and Wales: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 10(5). e035395–e035395. 31 indexed citations

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Neuburger, Jenny, C T Currie, Theo Georghiou, et al.. (2018). Safe working in a 7-day service. Experience of hip fracture care as documented by the UK National Hip Fracture Database. Age and Ageing. 47(5). 741–745. 6 indexed citations

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Neuburger, Jenny, Kate Walker, Chris Sherlaw‐Johnson, Jan van der Meulen, & David Cromwell. (2017). Comparison of control charts for monitoring clinical performance using binary data. BMJ Quality & Safety. 26(11). 919–928. 53 indexed citations

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Chadwick, Georgina, Mira Varagunam, Christian Brand, et al.. (2017). Coding of Barrett’s oesophagus with high-grade dysplasia in national administrative databases: a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 7(6). e014281–e014281. 2 indexed citations

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Neuburger, Jenny, et al.. (2014). Variation in access to community rehabilitation services and length of stay in hospital following a hip fracture: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 4(9). e005469–e005469. 14 indexed citations

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Groene, Oliver, et al.. (2012). PWE-022 Completion rates of palliative chemotherapy are low in patients with oesophago-gastric cancer: results from a national audit. Gut. 61(Suppl 2). A305.3–A306. 1 indexed citations

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Pereira, Jerome, Ranjeet Jeevan, David Cromwell, & Jennifer Browne. (2009). National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit – Second Annual Report. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 13 indexed citations

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Palser, Tom, David Cromwell, Richard Hardwick, et al.. (2009). Re-organisation of oesophago-gastric cancer care in England: progress and remaining challenges. BMC Health Services Research. 9(1). 204–204. 35 indexed citations

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Cromwell, David. (2001). Private planet: corporate plunder and the fight back. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5 indexed citations

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