Douglas G. Altman

957 total papers · 816.0k total citations
656 papers, 614.2k citations indexed

About

Douglas G. Altman is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Economics and Econometrics and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas G. Altman has authored 656 papers receiving a total of 614.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 347 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 183 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 139 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Douglas G. Altman's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (333 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (178 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (101 papers). Douglas G. Altman is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (333 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (178 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (101 papers). Douglas G. Altman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Douglas G. Altman's co-authors include David Moher, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Alessandro Liberati, Peter C Gøtzsche, Julian P. T. Higgins, A. Liberati, Jonathan J Deeks, Matthias Egger, Simon G. Thompson and Stuart Pocock and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Douglas G. Altman

646 papers receiving 603.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Douglas G. Altman 109.9k 75.0k 73.3k 65.3k 55.4k 656 614.2k
David Moher 87.3k 0.8× 57.0k 0.8× 66.4k 0.9× 47.8k 0.7× 39.3k 0.7× 814 503.0k
Matthias Egger 36.8k 0.3× 32.8k 0.4× 25.1k 0.3× 20.2k 0.3× 18.6k 0.3× 781 211.1k
Peter C Gøtzsche 40.8k 0.4× 25.6k 0.3× 25.6k 0.3× 23.3k 0.4× 19.9k 0.4× 293 202.4k
Jennifer Tetzlaff 50.0k 0.5× 32.1k 0.4× 32.8k 0.4× 28.0k 0.4× 21.9k 0.4× 42 271.9k
Julian P. T. Higgins 34.2k 0.3× 23.7k 0.3× 18.8k 0.3× 22.8k 0.3× 18.6k 0.3× 470 203.4k
Gordon Guyatt 33.5k 0.3× 22.9k 0.3× 24.0k 0.3× 29.5k 0.5× 19.9k 0.4× 1.4k 172.9k
George Davey Smith 23.1k 0.2× 26.4k 0.4× 32.4k 0.4× 14.2k 0.2× 19.3k 0.3× 2.0k 215.4k
Alessandro Liberati 34.4k 0.3× 22.3k 0.3× 23.9k 0.3× 19.1k 0.3× 14.8k 0.3× 87 192.1k
John P. A. Ioannidis 25.8k 0.2× 17.8k 0.2× 20.5k 0.3× 16.0k 0.2× 15.2k 0.3× 1.1k 188.0k
Walter C. Willett 18.9k 0.2× 20.8k 0.3× 97.8k 1.3× 12.3k 0.2× 16.1k 0.3× 1.9k 254.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Douglas G. Altman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas G. Altman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas G. Altman

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