David Watters

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

David Watters is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Watters has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Surgery, 65 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 42 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Watters's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (42 papers), Global Health and Surgery (33 papers) and Global Health Workforce Issues (24 papers). David Watters is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (42 papers), Global Health and Surgery (33 papers) and Global Health Workforce Issues (24 papers). David Watters collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Papua New Guinea and United States. David Watters's co-authors include Glenn Guest, Douglas Stupart, Eileen M. Moore, Alastair Mander, Ross Carne, David Ames, A. N. Smith, M. Colson, Cheng‐Hon Yap and Kerrie M. Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Diabetes Care and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

David Watters

181 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

A systematic review of gut microbiota composition in observational studies of major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

2022 321 citations Amelia J. McGuinness, Samantha L. Dawson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Watters Australia	30	1.2k	904	587	483	464	188	4.0k
Linda Hunt United Kingdom	45	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	484 0.8×	524 1.1×	403 0.9×	167	7.2k
Erzsébet Horváth–Puhó Denmark	39	1.4k 1.2×	521 0.6×	1.7k 2.9×	177 0.4×	479 1.0×	215	7.0k
Bernd Stegmayr Sweden	42	963 0.8×	705 0.8×	950 1.6×	114 0.2×	592 1.3×	259	6.3k
Ruth Milner Canada	39	887 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	348 0.6×	279 0.6×	211 0.5×	101	7.2k
Caitlin W. Hicks United States	38	2.5k 2.2×	366 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	194 0.4×	621 1.3×	337	7.0k
Ruth Croxford Canada	41	2.5k 2.2×	696 0.8×	317 0.5×	202 0.4×	427 0.9×	143	6.0k
Álvaro Nagib Atallah Brazil	42	1.5k 1.3×	736 0.8×	565 1.0×	280 0.6×	154 0.3×	202	6.6k
Maria Regina Torloni Brazil	41	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 2.2×	302 0.5×	92 0.2×	260 0.6×	200	9.3k
Tun‐Jun Tsai Taiwan	41	928 0.8×	263 0.3×	480 0.8×	93 0.2×	938 2.0×	177	5.3k
Rainer Muche Germany	41	1.3k 1.1×	515 0.6×	611 1.0×	241 0.5×	360 0.8×	164	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by David Watters

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Watters

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Watters

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

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Stupart, Douglas, et al.. (2025). Psoas muscle density predicts elective colorectal surgical outcomes more accurately than psoas muscle area or indexed area. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 14(3). 100037–100037.

Holmes, Alex, Lyska L. Emerson, Louis Irving, et al.. (2024). Persistent symptoms after COVID‐19: an Australian stratified random health survey on long COVID. The Medical Journal of Australia. 221(S9). S12–S17.

McGuinness, Amelia J., Martin O’Hely, Douglas Stupart, et al.. (2024). Prior Appendicectomy and Gut Microbiota Re-Establishment in Adults after Bowel Preparation and Colonoscopy. Biomedicines. 12(9). 1938–1938.

Riedel, Bernhard, Hilmy Ismail, Linda Denehy, Julia Dubowitz, & David Watters. (2024). Transforming Surgical Waiting Lists into Preparation Opportunities: Leveraging Multimodal Prehabilitation to Optimise Surgical Outcomes. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 95(1-2). 12–16. 2 indexed citations

Watters, David, et al.. (2023). The Best Stoma in an Emergency. World Journal of Surgery. 47(11). 2865–2866. 2 indexed citations

Drysdale, Henry, et al.. (2022). De Garengeot and Amyand: two rare hernial encounters. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 92(10). 2694–2695. 1 indexed citations

Tippett, Emma, Danielle Hitch, Louis Irving, & David Watters. (2022). Post-acute COVID-19 condition (PACC): a perspective on collaborative Australian research imperatives and primary health models of care. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 29(4). 293–295. 1 indexed citations

Truché, Paul, Alexis N. Bowder, Henry E. Rice, et al.. (2021). Association between government policy and delays in emergent and elective surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a modeling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 3. 100056–100056. 22 indexed citations

Coşkun, Ali, et al.. (2020). The rise of the Red Crescent. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 91(7-8). 1422–1427. 1 indexed citations

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Kebria, Parham M., Abbas Khosravi, Saeid Nahavandi, et al.. (2019). Robust Adaptive Control of Internet-based Bilateral Teleoperation Systems with Time-Varying Delay and Model Uncertainties. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 187–192. 10 indexed citations

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Stevens, Claire & David Watters. (2019). Short‐term outcomes of pancreaticoduodenectomy in the state of Victoria: hospital resources are more important than volume. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 89(12). 1577–1581. 4 indexed citations

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Guest, Glenn, et al.. (2019). Access delays to essential surgical care using the Three Delays Framework and Bellwether procedures at Timor Leste’s national referral hospital. BMJ Open. 9(8). e029812–e029812. 22 indexed citations

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Mahar, Patrick, Jason Wasiak, Heather Cleland, et al.. (2013). Mortality and Use of the Auxiliary Score in Extensive Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Patients Admitted to an Adult Burns Referral Centre. Dermatology. 227(2). 180–185. 3 indexed citations

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Watters, David, et al.. (2009). Preoperative Risk Stratification for Mortality and Major Morbidity in Major Colorectal Surgery. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 52(7). 1296–1303. 39 indexed citations

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Watters, David, et al.. (2006). REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINEE LOGBOOKS. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 76(3). 181–184. 16 indexed citations

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Holcombe, Christopher & David Watters. (1997). Surgical training of overseas qualified doctors. Are we training the wrong doctors at the wrong time in the wrong way?. PubMed. 79(1 Suppl). 19–21. 1 indexed citations

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Watters, David, et al.. (1996). TRAUMA ADMISSIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery. 66(10). 659–663. 26 indexed citations

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Kevau, I.H. & David Watters. (1996). Conservative management of femoral shaft fractures.. PubMed. 39(2). 143–51. 4 indexed citations

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Watters, David, et al.. (1985). Mechanical properties of the colon: comparison of the features of the African and European colon in vitro.. Gut. 26(4). 384–392. 93 indexed citations

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Orr, John D., et al.. (1981). Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion in Children. An Assessment of the Long‐term Results. British Journal of Urology. 53(5). 424–427. 40 indexed citations

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