David Wendler

10.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
202 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

David Wendler is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wendler has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 83 papers in General Health Professions and 60 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in David Wendler's work include Ethics in Clinical Research (131 papers), Ethics in medical practice (63 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (55 papers). David Wendler is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Clinical Research (131 papers), Ethics in medical practice (63 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (55 papers). David Wendler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. David Wendler's co-authors include Annette Rid, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Christine Grady, David I. Shalowitz, Elizabeth Garrett‐Mayer, Franklin G. Miller, Jack Killen, Gretchen Van Wye, Cary P. Gross and Seema Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

David Wendler

191 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Accuracy of Surrogate Decision Makers

2006 682 citations David Wendler et al. profile →
Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?

2005 667 citations David Wendler et al. profile →
What Makes Clinical Research in Developing Countries Ethical? The Benchmarks of Ethical Research

2004 594 citations David Wendler, Christine Grady et al. profile →
Systematic Review: The Effect on Surrogates of Making Treatment Decisions for Others

2011 475 citations David Wendler, Annette Rid Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare: Technically Feasible and Ethically Desirable

2024 55 citations Annette Rid, David Wendler et al. The American Journal of Bioethics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Wendler United States	40	4.7k	2.5k	1.5k	1.1k	806	202	6.7k
Kathryn I. Pollak United States	40	2.5k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	825 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	437 0.5×	219	7.0k
Bernard Lo United States	44	2.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	648 0.4×	632 0.6×	498 0.6×	237	7.6k
Johannes J. M. van Delden Netherlands	45	5.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	471 0.4×	469 0.6×	272	8.2k
Ezekiel J. Emanuel United States	35	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	488 0.4×	921 1.1×	89	5.8k
Laurence B. McCullough United States	44	3.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	2.5k 1.7×	382 0.3×	336 0.4×	458	7.4k
Benjamin S. Wilfond United States	46	3.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	449 0.6×	271	7.7k
Geoffrey Mitchell Australia	40	2.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	823 0.5×	311 0.3×	675 0.8×	278	6.1k
Galen E. Switzer United States	49	2.1k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	747 0.5×	570 0.5×	414 0.5×	203	8.5k
Robert J. Volk United States	51	2.0k 0.4×	3.9k 1.6×	501 0.3×	362 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	251	9.5k
Charles Weijer Canada	37	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	631 0.4×	844 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	225	5.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Segal, Aaron & David Wendler. (2024). The Normative Power of Consent and Limits on Research Risks. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 27(4). 555–570.

Hendriks, Saskia, Christine Grady, David Wasserman, et al.. (2021). A New Ethical Framework for Assessing the Unique Challenges of Fetal Therapy Trials. The American Journal of Bioethics. 22(3). 45–61. 15 indexed citations

Nayak, Rahul, David Wendler, Franklin G. Miller, & Scott Y. H. Kim. (2020). Pragmatic Randomized Trials Without Standard Informed Consent. Annals of Internal Medicine.

Wendler, David. (2020). When and how to include vulnerable subjects in clinical trials. Clinical Trials. 17(6). 696–702. 7 indexed citations

Lie, Reidar K. & David Wendler. (2018). The Guinea Phase III Ebola Vaccine Trial: Lessons for Research Ethics Review in Public Health Emergencies.. PubMed. 39(2). 1– 7. 10 indexed citations

Wendler, David, et al.. (2016). A new method for making treatment decisions for incapacitated patients: what do patients think about the use of a patient preference predictor?. Journal of Medical Ethics. 42(4). 235–241. 22 indexed citations

Shah, Seema, David Wendler, & Marion Danis. (2015). Examining the Ethics of Clinical Use of Unproven Interventions Outside of Clinical Trials During the Ebola Epidemic. The American Journal of Bioethics. 15(4). 11–16. 11 indexed citations

Wendler, David. (2015). "Targeted" Consent for Pragmatic Clinical Trials. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 30(5). 679–682. 21 indexed citations

Rid, Annette, et al.. (2014). Evaluating the Risks of Clinical Research: Direct Comparative Analysis. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 24(7). 390–398. 5 indexed citations

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Lantos, John D., et al.. (2011). Clinician Integrity and Limits to Patient Autonomy. JAMA. 305(5). 495–495. 34 indexed citations

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Rid, Annette & David Wendler. (2010). Can We Improve Treatment Decision-Making for Incapacitated Patients?. The Hastings Center Report. 40(5). 36–45. 41 indexed citations

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Shah, Seema & David Wendler. (2010). Interpretation of the Subjects' Condition Requirement: A Legal Perspective. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 38(2). 365–373.

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Matsui, Kenji, Xinqing Zhang, Vasantha Muthuswamy, et al.. (2009). Informed Consent to Future Research on Stored Tissue Samples: the Views of Researchers, Ethics Review Committee Members and Policy Makers in Five Non-Western Countries. Asian Bioethics Review. 1(4). 401–416. 2 indexed citations

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Wendler, David & Rebecca D. Pentz. (2007). How does the collection of genetic test results affect research participants?. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 143A(15). 1733–1738. 14 indexed citations

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Wendler, David. (2006). Three Steps to Protecting Pediatric Research Participants from Excessive Risks. PubMed. 1(5). e25–e25. 8 indexed citations

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Pentz, Rebecca D., Laurent Billot, & David Wendler. (2006). Research on stored biological samples: Views of African American and White American cancer patients. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 140A(7). 733–739. 69 indexed citations

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Wendler, David, et al.. (2005). Protecting Subjects Who Cannot Give Consent. The Hastings Center Report. 35(5). 7 indexed citations

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Wendler, David. (2005). Protecting Subjects Who Cannot Give Consent: Toward a Better Standard for "Minimal" Risks. The Hastings Center Report. 35(5). 37–43. 35 indexed citations

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Wendler, David. (2004). Risk Standards for Pediatric Research: Rethinking the Grimes Ruling. Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal. 14(2). 187–198. 14 indexed citations

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Wendler, David, et al.. (1982). [Wilhelm His Senior--the life and work of the important Leipzig morphologist].. PubMed. 37(23). 810–3. 1 indexed citations

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