Forbes McGain

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Forbes McGain is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Forbes McGain has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 38 papers in General Health Professions and 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Forbes McGain's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (62 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (29 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (15 papers). Forbes McGain is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (62 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (29 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (15 papers). Forbes McGain collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Forbes McGain's co-authors include Scott McAlister, David Story, Jodi D. Sherman, Manfred Lenzen, Arunima Malik, Alexandra Barratt, Chris Naylor, Cathy Lawson, Jane Muret and Katy Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Forbes McGain

102 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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 carbon footprint of Australian health care

2018 350 citations Scott McAlister, Forbes McGain et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →
Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

2020 228 citations Forbes McGain, Jodi D. Sherman et al. British Journal of Anaesthesia profile →
The carbon footprint of hospital diagnostic imaging in Australia

2022 118 citations Scott McAlister, Forbes McGain et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Forbes McGain Australia	30	2.0k	1.2k	774	394	275	114	3.2k
Jodi D. Sherman United States	30	3.3k 1.6×	1.7k 1.4×	979 1.3×	596 1.5×	409 1.5×	66	4.6k
Cassandra L. Thiel United States	28	1.5k 0.7×	900 0.8×	603 0.8×	311 0.8×	130 0.5×	78	2.4k
Scott McAlister Australia	15	942 0.5×	577 0.5×	282 0.4×	221 0.6×	76 0.3×	35	1.3k
Graciela Mentz United States	30	898 0.5×	760 0.6×	608 0.8×	87 0.2×	136 0.5×	116	3.2k
Mario Merialdi Switzerland	44	389 0.2×	832 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	141 0.4×	396 1.4×	109	7.0k
Ana Pilar Betrán Switzerland	49	297 0.1×	1.4k 1.2×	2.6k 3.4×	222 0.6×	366 1.3×	183	12.4k
Homero Martı́nez Mexico	31	334 0.2×	653 0.6×	637 0.8×	69 0.2×	89 0.3×	138	3.3k
Ray Copes Canada	39	3.0k 1.5×	296 0.3×	246 0.3×	88 0.2×	506 1.8×	88	4.8k
Marianne C. Fahs United States	30	380 0.2×	661 0.6×	289 0.4×	264 0.7×	184 0.7×	75	2.6k
Tobias Alfvén Sweden	28	1.2k 0.6×	277 0.2×	255 0.3×	83 0.2×	203 0.7×	133	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Forbes McGain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Forbes McGain

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Bagenal, Jessamy, Matthew J. Eckelman, Jacob Fry, et al.. (2025). The Lancet MedZero: carbon analytics for health care, by health care, at scale. The Lancet. 407(10525). 205–207. 1 indexed citations

McAlister, Scott, John Knight, Forbes McGain, et al.. (2024). The Carbon Footprint of Peritoneal Dialysis in Australia. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(8). 1095–1103. 14 indexed citations

McAlister, Scott, et al.. (2024). Environmental and financial impacts of perioperative paracetamol use: a multicentre international life-cycle assessment. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 133(6). 1439–1448. 11 indexed citations

Fletcher, Robert A., Bruce Neal, Megumi Oshima, et al.. (2024). The potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through disease prevention: a secondary analysis of data from the CREDENCE trial. The Lancet Planetary Health. 8(12). e1055–e1064. 5 indexed citations

Anstey, Matthew, et al.. (2023). How often are infusion sets for central venous catheters changed in Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Units? A point prevalence survey. Australian Critical Care. 37(3). 495–498. 3 indexed citations

Chatterjee, Debnath, et al.. (2023). It's time to stop using nitrous oxide for pediatric mask induction. Pediatric Anesthesia. 34(2). 104–107. 5 indexed citations

Harris, Roger C., et al.. (2022). Everyone’s a winner if we test less: the CODA action plan. Australian Health Review. 46(4). 460–462. 5 indexed citations

McGain, Forbes, et al.. (2021). Carbon Footprint of General, Regional, and Combined Anesthesia for Total Knee Replacements. Anesthesiology. 135(6). 976–991. 71 indexed citations

Shrimpton, Andrew, Jeremy Brown, Florence K. A. Gregson, et al.. (2021). Quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during manual facemask ventilation. Anaesthesia. 77(1). 22–27. 10 indexed citations

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McGain, Forbes, et al.. (2021). A prospective clinical evaluation of a patient isolation hood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Critical Care. 35(1). 28–33. 3 indexed citations

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Litton, Edward, Helen Atkinson, James Anstey, et al.. (2021). Optimising a targeted test reduction intervention for patients admitted to the intensive care unit: The Targeted Intensive Care Test Ordering Cluster Trial intervention. Australian Critical Care. 34(5). 419–426. 5 indexed citations

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Abrahams, Brendan F., Ravichandar Babarao, Timothy A. Hudson, et al.. (2020). The Effect of Sterically Active Ligand Substituents on Gas Adsorption within a Family of 3D Zn-Based Coordination Polymers. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(13). 8871–8881. 9 indexed citations

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Glassford, Neil J., Jai N. Darvall, Andrew Casamento, et al.. (2018). Ventilation management in Victorian intensive care unit patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 20(2). 101–e4. 2 indexed citations

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McGain, Forbes, et al.. (2018). Smoking cessation therapy in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: a multicentre point prevalence study. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 20(1). 68–73. 1 indexed citations

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Bailey, Michael, Rinaldo Bellomo, Peter Stow, et al.. (2016). Insurance status and mortality in critically ill patients. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 18(1). 43–e11. 9 indexed citations

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McAlister, Scott, et al.. (2016). The Environmental footprint of morphine: a life cycle assessment from opium poppy farming to the packaged drug. BMJ Open. 6(10). e013302–e013302. 56 indexed citations

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McGain, Forbes, Graham Moore, & Jim Black. (2016). Steam sterilisation’s energy and water footprint. Australian Health Review. 41(1). 26–32. 37 indexed citations

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Douglas, James, et al.. (2014). Non-English speaking is a predictor of survival after admission to intensive care. Journal of Critical Care. 29(5). 769–774. 7 indexed citations

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McGain, Forbes, et al.. (2012). Workplace Sustainability. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 114(5). 1134–1139. 42 indexed citations

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Bellomo, Rinaldo, et al.. (2008). Pilot randomised double-blind controlled trial of high-dose spironolactone in critically ill patients receiving a frusemide infusion. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 10(4). 306–311. 9 indexed citations

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