Duncan Westwood

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Duncan Westwood is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Duncan Westwood has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Pharmacology, 3 papers in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Duncan Westwood's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (4 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (2 papers). Duncan Westwood is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (4 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (2 papers). Duncan Westwood collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. Duncan Westwood's co-authors include Miranda So, Sumit Raybardhan, Nick Daneman, Bradley J. Langford, Valerie Leung, Derek R. MacFadden, Rachel F. Tyndale, Stephen J. Kish, Junchao Tong and Sylvain Houle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biological Psychiatry and Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Duncan Westwood

11 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patient... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 250 500 750
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.

  1. Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis
    2020 999 citations Bradley J. Langford, Miranda So et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection profile →
  2. Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis
    2021 525 citations Bradley J. Langford, Miranda So et al. Clinical Microbiology and Infection profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Duncan Westwood Canada 6 919 695 555 307 219 11 1.7k
Kevin W. McConeghy United States 22 193 0.2× 564 0.8× 551 1.0× 105 0.3× 142 0.6× 72 2.1k
Linda Dresser Canada 17 240 0.3× 727 1.0× 377 0.7× 93 0.3× 343 1.6× 37 1.6k
Francesco Alessandri Italy 21 209 0.2× 867 1.2× 317 0.6× 283 0.9× 119 0.5× 73 2.1k
Giusy Tiseo Italy 22 483 0.5× 382 0.5× 533 1.0× 105 0.3× 539 2.5× 62 1.6k
François Barbier France 23 536 0.6× 833 1.2× 1.0k 1.9× 608 2.0× 418 1.9× 81 2.9k
Aisling R. Caffrey United States 21 379 0.4× 530 0.8× 610 1.1× 100 0.3× 326 1.5× 84 1.6k
J.L. García Garmendia Spain 13 333 0.4× 179 0.3× 894 1.6× 853 2.8× 447 2.0× 35 2.3k
Sten Walther Sweden 24 171 0.2× 168 0.2× 454 0.8× 531 1.7× 92 0.4× 98 1.9k
Francesco Burkert Austria 10 321 0.3× 322 0.5× 212 0.4× 112 0.4× 80 0.4× 21 808
Bernard Camins United States 20 268 0.3× 628 0.9× 331 0.6× 128 0.4× 82 0.4× 59 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Duncan Westwood

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Fields of papers citing papers by Duncan Westwood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Duncan Westwood

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Leenus, Alvin, et al.. (2025). Peripheral magnetic stimulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain Management. 15(1). 45–53. 1 indexed citations
2.
Westwood, Duncan, et al.. (2023). Effect of Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation on Acute and Chronic Pain After Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pain. 24(7). 1151–1162. 2 indexed citations
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Westwood, Duncan, et al.. (2023). Peripheral magnetic stimulation for chronic peripheral neuropathic pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Pain Practice. 24(4). 647–658. 3 indexed citations
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Khan, James S., Duncan Westwood, & Massieh Moayedi. (2022). Ultrasound-guided repetitive pulsed peripheral magnetic stimulation provides pain relief in refractory glossopharyngeal neuralgia: A case report. Canadian Journal of Pain. 7(1). 2157250–2157250. 2 indexed citations
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Westwood, Duncan, Jinhee Kim, Stephen J. Kish, et al.. (2022). Fatty acid amide hydrolase levels in brain linked with threat-related amygdala activation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 100094–100094. 6 indexed citations
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Langford, Bradley J., Miranda So, Valerie Leung, et al.. (2021). Predictors and microbiology of respiratory and bloodstream bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19: living rapid review update and meta-regression. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 28(4). 491–501. 58 indexed citations
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Langford, Bradley J., Miranda So, Sumit Raybardhan, et al.. (2021). Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 27(4). 520–531. 525 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Jinhee, Stephen J. Kish, Rachel F. Tyndale, et al.. (2021). Fatty acid amide hydrolase binding is inversely correlated with amygdalar functional connectivity: a combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging study in healthy individuals. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 46(2). E238–E246. 15 indexed citations
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Langford, Bradley J., Miranda So, Sumit Raybardhan, et al.. (2020). Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 26(12). 1622–1629. 999 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boileau, Isabelle, Duncan Westwood, Shawn G. Rhind, et al.. (2018). 51. Investigating Endocannabinoid Mechanisms in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Neuroimaging Studies With the Novel Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Probe, [11C]CURB. Biological Psychiatry. 83(9). S21–S21. 2 indexed citations
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Boileau, Isabelle, Rachel F. Tyndale, Belinda Williams, et al.. (2015). The Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase C385A Variant Affects Brain Binding of the Positron Emission Tomography Tracer [11C]CURB. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 35(8). 1237–1240. 60 indexed citations

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