Dylan S. Small

16.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
343 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Dylan S. Small is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dylan S. Small has authored 343 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Statistics and Probability, 74 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 48 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Dylan S. Small's work include Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (126 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (82 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (71 papers). Dylan S. Small is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (126 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (82 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (71 papers). Dylan S. Small collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Dylan S. Small's co-authors include Stephen Burgess, Simon G. Thompson, Paul R. Rosenbaum, Jing Cheng, Michael Baiocchi, Qingyuan Zhao, Mitesh S. Patel, Jingshu Wang, Scott A. Lorch and Kevin G. Volpp and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Dylan S. Small

330 papers receiving 9.7k citations

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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 review of instrumental variable estimators for Mendelian randomization

2015 1.0k citations Dylan S. Small et al. profile →
Instrumental variable methods for causal inference

2014 450 citations Dylan S. Small et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
Statistical inference in two-sample summary-data Mendelian randomization using robust adjusted profile score

2020 426 citations Dylan S. Small et al. The Annals of Statistics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The effects of a smoking cessation intervention on mortality after a 32.5-year follow-up period: a randomized clinical trial 2025 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Jeffrey Zhang, (unknown), Dylan S. Small	0
2	Pre-analysis protocol for an observational study on the effects of adolescent sports participation on health in early adulthood 2024 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jordan Weiss, Amanda R. Rabinowitz, Reuben A. Buford May, Dylan S. Small, Sameer K. Deshpande	0
3	Identification and Inference with Invalid Instruments 2024 ·Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application ·Hyunseung Kang, Zijian Guo, Zhonghua Liu, Dylan S. Small	3
4	Examining a Hypothesized Causal Chain for the Effects of the 2007 Repeal of the Permit-to-Purchase Licensing Law in Missouri: Homicide Guns Recovered in State and within a Year of Purchase 2023 ·Journal of Urban Health ·(unknown), Dylan S. Small, Ting Ye, (unknown), Daniel Webster	3
5	A mixed model approach to estimate the survivor average causal effect in cluster‐randomized trials 2023 ·Statistics in Medicine ·Wei Wang, Guangyu Tong, Shashivadan P. Hirani, Stanton Newman, Scott D. Halpern, Dylan S. Small, Fan Li, Michael O. Harhay	2
6	The Future of Causal Inference 2022 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Nandita Mitra, Jason Roy, Dylan S. Small	13
7	Instrumented Difference-in-Differences 2022 ·Biometrics ·Ting Ye, Ashkan Ertefaie, James Flory, Sean Hennessy, Dylan S. Small	7
8	Assessment of the extent of corroboration of an elaborate theory of a causal hypothesis using partial conjunctions of evidence factors 2020 ·The Annals of Statistics ·(unknown), Dylan S. Small	6
9	Prognosticating Outcomes and Nudging Decisions with Electronic Records in the Intensive Care Unit Trial Protocol 2020 ·Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Katherine R. Courtright, (unknown), Jaspal Singh, Brian Bayes, (unknown), Dylan S. Small, Timothy Hetherington, (unknown), Michael E. Detsky, Jason N. Doctor, Michael O. Harhay, Henry L. Burke, (unknown), Toan Huynh, D. Matthew Sullivan, Scott D. Halpern	9
10	Two robust tools for inference about causal effects with invalid instruments 2020 ·Biometrics ·Hyunseung Kang, Youjin Lee, Tommaso Cai, Dylan S. Small	7
11	Remotely Monitored Gamification and Social Incentives to Improve Glycemic Control Among Adults With Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes (iDiabetes): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial 2019 ·JMIR Research Protocols ·(unknown), Joseph D. Harrison, (unknown), Dylan S. Small, Victoria Hilbert, Charles Rareshide, Mitesh S. Patel	11
12	Effect of a Price Transparency Intervention in the Electronic Health Record on Clinician Ordering of Inpatient Laboratory Tests 2017 ·ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania) ·Mina S. Sedrak, Jennifer S. Myers, Dylan S. Small, Irving Nachamkin, Justin B. Ziemba, Dana Murray, Gregory W. Kurtzman, Jingsan Zhu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey S. Berns, Patrick J. Brennan, C. William Hanson, (unknown), Mitesh S. Patel	3
13	Abstract 14946: Loss-framed Financial Incentives and Personalized Goal Setting Increase Physical Activity in Ischemic Heart Disease Patients Using Wearable Devices: The ACTIVE REWARD Randomized Clinical Trial 2017 ·Circulation ·Neel Chokshi, Srinath Adusumalli, Dylan S. Small, Alexander Morris, Jordyn H. Feingold, Yoonhee P. Ha, Charles Rareshide, Victoria Hilbert, Mitesh S. Patel	3
14	Randomization Inference and Sensitivity Analysis for Composite Null Hypotheses With Binary Outcomes in Matched Observational Studies 2016 ·Journal of the American Statistical Association ·(unknown), Pixu Shi, Mark E. Mikkelsen, Dylan S. Small	15
15	Confidence Intervals for Causal Effects with Invalid Instruments using Two-Stage Hard Thresholding 2016 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Zijian Guo, Hyunseung Kang, Tommaso Cai, Dylan S. Small	1
16	Randomized Trial of Four Financial-Incentive Programs for Smoking Cessation 2015 ·Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Scott D. Halpern, Benjamin French, Dylan S. Small, Kathryn A. Saulsgiver, Michael O. Harhay, Janet Audrain‐McGovern, George Loewenstein, Troyen A. Brennan, David A. Asch, Kevin G. Volpp	3
17	Randomized Trial of Four Financial-Incentive Programs for Smoking Cessation 2015 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Scott D. Halpern, Benjamin French, Dylan S. Small, Kathryn A. Saulsgiver, Michael O. Harhay, Janet Audrain‐McGovern, George Loewenstein, Troyen A. Brennan, David A. Asch, Kevin G. Volpp	277
18	A brief adherence intervention that improved glycemic control: mediation by patterns of adherence 2014 ·Journal of Behavioral Medicine ·Heather F. McClintock, Knashawn H. Morales, Dylan S. Small, Hillary R. Bogner	7
19	Patterns of Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents and Glucose Control among Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes 2014 ·Behavioral Medicine ·Heather F. McClintock, Knashawn H. Morales, Dylan S. Small, Hillary R. Bogner	14
20	A Randomized Trial of Nighttime Physician Staffing in an Intensive Care Unit 2013 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Meeta Prasad Kerlin, Dylan S. Small, Elizabeth Cooney, Barry D. Fuchs, Lisa M. Bellini, Mark E. Mikkelsen, William D. Schweickert, Rita N. Bakhru, Nicole B. Gabler, Michael O. Harhay, John Hansen‐Flaschen, Scott D. Halpern	115

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