Frank E. Harrell

80.2k total citations · 19 hit papers
325 papers, 51.4k citations indexed

About

Frank E. Harrell is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank E. Harrell has authored 325 papers receiving a total of 51.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 67 papers in Surgery and 63 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Frank E. Harrell's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (48 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (45 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (27 papers). Frank E. Harrell is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (48 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (45 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (27 papers). Frank E. Harrell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frank E. Harrell's co-authors include Kerry L. Lee, Daniel B. Mark, Ewout W. Steyerberg, David B. Pryor, Robert A. Rosati, Karel G.M. Moons, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, J. Dik F. Habbema, Robert M. Califf and Yvonne Vergouwe and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Frank E. Harrell

316 papers receiving 49.9k citations

Hit Papers

MULTIVARIABLE PROGNOSTIC MODELS: ISSUES IN DEVELOPING MOD... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1996 2001 2015 1982 2001 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. MULTIVARIABLE PROGNOSTIC MODELS: ISSUES IN DEVELOPING MODELS, EVALUATING ASSUMPTIONS AND ADEQUACY, AND MEASURING AND REDUCING ERRORS
    1996 7.5k citations Frank E. Harrell et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  2. Regression Modeling Strategies
    2001 7.4k citations Frank E. Harrell Springer series in statistics profile →
  3. Regression Modeling Strategies
    2015 3.5k citations Frank E. Harrell Springer series in statistics profile →
  4. Evaluating the Yield of Medical Tests
    1982 2.4k citations Frank E. Harrell profile →
  5. Internal validation of predictive models
    2001 2.0k citations Ewout W. Steyerberg, Frank E. Harrell et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  6. Regression modelling strategies for improved prognostic prediction
    1984 1.4k citations Frank E. Harrell et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  7. Regression modeling strategies : with applications to linear models, logistic and ordinal regression, and survival analysis
    2015 1.4k citations Frank E. Harrell profile →
  8. Calculating the sample size required for developing a clinical prediction model
    2020 1.2k citations Richard D Riley, Joie Ensor et al. BMJ profile →
  9. Outcomes Following Acute Exacerbation of Severe Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. The SUPPORT Investigators (Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments)
    1996 1.1k citations Frank E. Harrell et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  10. Cardiac Troponin T Levels for Risk Stratification in Acute Myocardial Ischemia
    1996 859 citations Frank E. Harrell et al. profile →
  11. Criteria for Evaluation of Novel Markers of Cardiovascular Risk
    2009 806 citations Mark A. Hlatky, Philip Greenland et al. Circulation profile →
  12. Using the outcome for imputation of missing predictor values was preferred
    2006 745 citations Karel G.M. Moons, Frank E. Harrell et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  13. Prediction models need appropriate internal, internal–external, and external validation
    2015 706 citations Ewout W. Steyerberg, Frank E. Harrell Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  14. Prognostic modelling with logistic regression analysis: a comparison of selection and estimation methods in small data sets
    2000 629 citations Ewout W. Steyerberg, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  15. Partial Proportional Odds Models for Ordinal Response Variables
    1990 590 citations Frank E. Harrell et al. profile →
  16. Minimum sample size for developing a multivariable prediction model: PART II ‐ binary and time‐to‐event outcomes
    2018 581 citations Richard D Riley, Kym I E Snell et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  17. Prognostic Value of a Treadmill Exercise Score in Outpatients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
    1991 550 citations Frank E. Harrell, Mark A. Hlatky et al. profile →
  18. Evaluation of clinical prediction models (part 1): from development to external validation
    2024 183 citations Gary S. Collins, Paula Dhiman et al. BMJ profile →
  19. Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin in Patients With Acute Heart Failure
    2024 62 citations Frank E. Harrell et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank E. Harrell United States 90 12.0k 10.5k 7.7k 6.8k 6.3k 325 51.4k
Karel G.M. Moons Netherlands 99 10.0k 0.8× 10.2k 1.0× 7.7k 1.0× 10.0k 1.5× 5.8k 0.9× 469 54.1k
Johannes B. Reitsma Netherlands 98 7.2k 0.6× 14.7k 1.4× 10.6k 1.4× 11.2k 1.6× 7.1k 1.1× 432 58.6k
Christopher H. Schmid United States 88 10.4k 0.9× 10.1k 1.0× 7.3k 0.9× 8.3k 1.2× 2.3k 0.4× 404 63.2k
Robert J. Glynn United States 115 13.2k 1.1× 14.5k 1.4× 3.9k 0.5× 9.0k 1.3× 3.3k 0.5× 577 61.1k
Peter Jüni Switzerland 99 16.6k 1.4× 20.9k 2.0× 9.6k 1.2× 8.1k 1.2× 5.4k 0.9× 423 65.4k
Gary S. Collins United Kingdom 85 5.5k 0.5× 7.9k 0.7× 5.1k 0.7× 7.3k 1.1× 4.9k 0.8× 443 42.4k
Richard Peto United Kingdom 108 13.8k 1.2× 12.1k 1.1× 9.7k 1.3× 7.8k 1.1× 4.0k 0.6× 300 75.8k
Simon G. Thompson United Kingdom 78 14.7k 1.2× 16.4k 1.6× 14.5k 1.9× 13.1k 1.9× 3.1k 0.5× 223 90.9k
Gary G. Koch United States 75 4.9k 0.4× 12.7k 1.2× 6.1k 0.8× 8.3k 1.2× 5.9k 0.9× 485 89.9k
Jonathan A C Sterne United Kingdom 97 7.6k 0.6× 13.3k 1.3× 8.7k 1.1× 12.0k 1.8× 2.3k 0.4× 402 84.3k

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All Works

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Riley, Richard D, Gary S. Collins, Kym I E Snell, et al.. (2025). Uncertainty of risk estimates from clinical prediction models: rationale, challenges, and approaches. BMJ. 388. e080749–e080749. 5 indexed citations
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Heuts, Samuel, Ahmed Sayed, Sarah Urbut, et al.. (2024). Bayesian Analytical Methods in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Why, When, and How. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 41(1). 30–44. 7 indexed citations
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Monahan, Ken, et al.. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Grand Rounds Attendance: Comparison of In-Person and Remote Conferences. JMIR Medical Education. 10. e43705–e43705.
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Butala, Neel M., Hector Tamez, Eric A. Secemsky, et al.. (2022). Predicting Residual Angina After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights from the OPEN‐CTO Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(10). e024056–e024056. 5 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C., Frank E. Harrell, & Ewout W. Steyerberg. (2021). Predictive performance of machine and statistical learning methods: Impact of data-generating processes on external validity in the “large N, small p” setting. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 30(6). 1465–1483. 41 indexed citations
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Hoogland, Jeroen, Joanna IntHout, Maroeska M. Rovers, et al.. (2021). A tutorial on individualized treatment effect prediction from randomized trials with a binary endpoint. Statistics in Medicine. 40(26). 5961–5981. 36 indexed citations
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Zampieri, Fernando G., Jonathan D. Casey, Manu Shankar‐Hari, Frank E. Harrell, & Michael O. Harhay. (2020). Using Bayesian Methods to Augment the Interpretation of Critical Care Trials. An Overview of Theory and Example Reanalysis of the Alveolar Recruitment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 203(5). 543–552. 89 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C., Frank E. Harrell, & David van Klaveren. (2020). Graphical calibration curves and the integrated calibration index (ICI) for survival models. Statistics in Medicine. 39(21). 2714–2742. 105 indexed citations
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Chotai, Silky, Inamullah Khan, Hui Nian, et al.. (2019). Utility of Anxiety/Depression Domain of EQ-5D to Define Psychological Distress in Spine Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 126. e1075–e1080. 16 indexed citations
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McGirt, Matthew J., Mohamad Bydon, Kristin R. Archer, et al.. (2017). An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 1. Disability, quality of life, and pain outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: predicting likely individual patient outcomes for shared decision-making. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 27(4). 357–369. 133 indexed citations
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Assad, Tufik R., Evan L. Brittain, Quinn S. Wells, et al.. (2016). Hemodynamic Evidence of Vascular Remodeling in Combined Post‐ and Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation. 6(3). 313–321. 35 indexed citations
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Harrell, Frank E.. (2013). Practical Bayesian Data Analysis. 1 indexed citations
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Hlatky, Mark A., Philip Greenland, Donna K. Arnett, et al.. (2009). Criteria for Evaluation of Novel Markers of Cardiovascular Risk. Circulation. 119(17). 2408–2416. 806 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frangoul, Haydar, et al.. (2009). Unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation in children with immune deficiency: results of a multicenter study. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 45(2). 283–288. 17 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ann Gill, Daniel I. Galper, Peyton T. Taylor, et al.. (2003). Effects of Adjunctive Swedish Massage and Vibration Therapy on Short-Term Postoperative Outcomes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 9(1). 77–89. 41 indexed citations
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Steyerberg, Ewout W., Frank E. Harrell, Gerard Borsboom, et al.. (2001). Internal validation of predictive models. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 54(8). 774–781. 1975 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harrell, Frank E.. (2001). Regression Modeling Strategies. Springer series in statistics. 7394 indexed citations breakdown →
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Calnon, Dennis A., et al.. (2001). Prognostic value of dobutamine stress technetium-99m-sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging: stratification of a high-risk population. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 38(5). 1511–1517. 37 indexed citations
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Steyerberg, Ewout W., Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Frank E. Harrell, & J. Dik F. Habbema. (2000). Prognostic modelling with logistic regression analysis: a comparison of selection and estimation methods in small data sets. Statistics in Medicine. 19(8). 1059–1079. 17 indexed citations
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Margolis, Peter A., Thomas W. Ferkol, Steven M. Marsocci, et al.. (1994). Accuracy of the clinical examination in detecting hypoxemia in infants with respiratory illness. The Journal of Pediatrics. 124(4). 552–560. 40 indexed citations

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