David Townend

16.2k total citations
52 papers, 765 citations indexed

About

David Townend is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Townend has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 765 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Townend's work include Ethics in Clinical Research (17 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (5 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (5 papers). David Townend is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Clinical Research (17 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (5 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (5 papers). David Townend collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Taiwan. David Townend's co-authors include Leopold Curfs, Gjalt-Jorn Peters, Sylvia Roozen, Gerjo Kok, Jan G. Nijhuis, I. Anna S. Olsson, Peter Sandøe, Sandra Silva, Marta Bogowicz and Ralph T. H. Leijenaar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Townend

49 papers receiving 739 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Townend Netherlands 13 270 154 134 118 100 52 765
Sarah A. Elliott Canada 18 148 0.5× 223 1.4× 118 0.9× 21 0.2× 40 0.4× 59 937
Milap Shah India 13 89 0.3× 121 0.8× 88 0.7× 50 0.4× 156 1.6× 35 914
Budi Wiweko Indonesia 18 181 0.7× 468 3.0× 41 0.3× 79 0.7× 22 0.2× 159 984
Elena Flowers United States 19 102 0.4× 102 0.7× 102 0.8× 84 0.7× 26 0.3× 59 959
Skyler B. Johnson United States 18 56 0.2× 123 0.8× 225 1.7× 15 0.1× 106 1.1× 89 1.4k
Amy Simpson United Kingdom 12 43 0.2× 173 1.1× 100 0.7× 23 0.2× 32 0.3× 20 509
Jessica Mozersky United States 14 77 0.3× 226 1.5× 128 1.0× 32 0.3× 15 0.1× 52 631
José Roberto Goldim Brazil 18 72 0.3× 323 2.1× 243 1.8× 10 0.1× 47 0.5× 141 1.0k
Heather Shapiro Canada 17 195 0.7× 303 2.0× 40 0.3× 173 1.5× 32 0.3× 48 849
Kathryn P. Lowry United States 19 40 0.1× 84 0.5× 77 0.6× 17 0.1× 325 3.3× 59 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Townend

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Townend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Townend

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Townend. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Townend 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 David Townend. David Townend is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Soest, Johan van, et al.. (2025). A critique of current approaches to privacy in machine learning. Ethics and Information Technology. 27(3). 32–32.
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Townend, David, Iñigo Bermejo, André Dekker, et al.. (2022). Digital Health Solutions to Reduce the Burden of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Proposed by the CARRIER Consortium. JMIR Cardio. 6(2). e37437–e37437. 7 indexed citations
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Suverein, Martje M., David Shaw, Roberto Lorusso, et al.. (2021). Ethics of ECPR research. Resuscitation. 169. 136–142. 10 indexed citations
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Townend, David, Remco van de Pas, Eva Pilot, et al.. (2020). WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 39(2). 249–267. 6 indexed citations
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Penders, Bart, Peter Lutz, David Shaw, & David Townend. (2020). Allonymous science: the politics of placing and shifting credit in public-private nutrition research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Soest, Johan van, Bob van den Berg, Annemarie Koster, et al.. (2019). A Privacy-Preserving Infrastructure for Analyzing Personal Health Data in a Vertically Partitioned Scenario. Studies in health technology and informatics. 264. 373–377. 11 indexed citations
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Townend, David, Timo Clemens, David Shaw, et al.. (2018). Patients’ rights in the European Union: Mapping eXercise: final report - Study. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Roozen, Sylvia, Gjalt-Jorn Peters, Gerjo Kok, et al.. (2018). Systematic literature review on which maternal alcohol behaviours are related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). BMJ Open. 8(12). e022578–e022578. 34 indexed citations
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Townend, David. (2018). Conclusion: harmonisation in genomic and health data sharing for research: an impossible dream?. Human Genetics. 137(8). 657–664. 25 indexed citations
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Townend, David & Edward S. Dove. (2017). Approaching ethics review equivalency through natural justice and a ‘sounding board’ model for research ethics committees. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 36(1). 61–86. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Mark, Edward S. Dove, Graeme Laurie, & David Townend. (2017). When can the Child Speak for Herself? The Limits of Parental Consent in Data Protection Law for Health Research. Medical Law Review. 26(3). 369–391. 12 indexed citations
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Dove, Edward S., David Townend, Eric M. Meslin, et al.. (2016). RESEARCH ETHICS. Ethics review for international data-intensive research. PMC. 7 indexed citations
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Roozen, Sylvia, Diane Black, Gjalt-Jorn Peters, et al.. (2016). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): an Approach to Effective Prevention. Current Developmental Disorders Reports. 3(4). 229–234. 24 indexed citations
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Shaw, David, Guido de Wert, Wybo Dondorp, et al.. (2016). Permitting patients to pay for participation in clinical trials: the advent of the P4 trial. Medicine Health Care and Philosophy. 20(2). 219–227. 5 indexed citations
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Landeweerd, Laurens, David Townend, Jessica Mesman, & Ine Van Hoyweghen. (2015). Reflections on different governance styles in regulating science: a contribution to ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’. PubMed. 11(1). 8–8. 30 indexed citations
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Delbridge, Leigh, Ian Gough, Julie Ann Miller, et al.. (2015). Consensus statements in surgery: intra-operative neural monitoring for thyroid surgery. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 85(1-2). 5–7. 3 indexed citations
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Schröder‐Bäck, Peter, et al.. (2013). Equity in Public Health: An Epigenetic Perspective. Public Health Genomics. 16(4). 135–144. 13 indexed citations
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Schröder‐Bäck, Peter, et al.. (2013). Health inequalities and regional specific scarcity in primary care physicians: ethical issues and criteria. International Journal of Public Health. 59(3). 449–455. 9 indexed citations
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Townend, David. (2004). Handling the Instruments that Regulate Biotechnology. Global Bioethics. 17(1). 1000–1006. 1 indexed citations
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Hemli, Jonathan M., et al.. (2004). Feasibility of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in a rural centre. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 74(11). 979–982. 24 indexed citations

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