Frank Shann

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Frank Shann is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Shann has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Epidemiology, 42 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 28 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Frank Shann's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (23 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers) and Immune responses and vaccinations (20 papers). Frank Shann is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (23 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers) and Immune responses and vaccinations (20 papers). Frank Shann collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frank Shann's co-authors include Anthony Slater, Gale Pearson, Warwick Butt, K. Wilkinson, James Tibballs, Anna Taylor, S Germer, Jane Barker, Janet Alexander and M Gratten and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Frank Shann

148 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

PIM2: a revised version of the Paediatric Index of Mortality

2003 819 citations Anthony Slater, Frank Shann et al. profile →
Paediatric Index of Mortality 3

2013 324 citations Gale Pearson, Frank Shann et al. profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Frank Shann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Shann

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neonatal BCG vaccination to prevent asthma: Results from the MIS BAIR randomized controlled trial 2025 ·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology ·Laure F. Pittet, Emily K. Forbes, Susan Donath, Kate Francis, Kaya Gardiner, Katie L. Flanagan, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, Roy M. Robins‐Browne, Frank Shann, Mike South, Peter Vuillermin, Dan Casalaz, Nigel Curtis, Nicole L. Messina, (unknown)	1
2	Implications of Non-Specific Effects for Testing, Approving, and Regulating Vaccines 2023 ·Drug Safety ·Christine Stabell Benn, Nelly Amenyogbe, Anders Björkman, Jorge Domínguez‐Andrés, Eleanor N. Fish, Katie L. Flanagan, Sabra L. Klein, Tobias R. Kollmann, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Mihai G. Netea, Naja Hulvej Rod, Frederik Schaltz‐Buchholzer, Frank Shann, Liisa K. Selin, Sanne Marie Thysen, Peter Aaby	16
3	A multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of aminophylline for bronchiolitis in infants admitted to intensive care 2014 ·Critical Care and Resuscitation ·(unknown), Frank Shann, Carmel Delzoppo, Robert H. Henning, Anthony Slater, John Beca, Simon Erickson, Warwick Butt	2
4	A randomised controlled trial of plasma filtration in severe paediatric sepsis. 2013 ·PubMed ·Elliot Long, Anna Taylor, Carmel Delzoppo, Frank Shann, Gale Pearson, (unknown), Warwick Butt	28
5	Antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative Bacteremia in Pediatric Oncology Patients—Risk Factors and Outcomes 2013 ·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Françoise Méchinaud, Andrew J. Daley, Mike Starr, Frank Shann, T. G. Connell, Penelope A Bryant, Susan Donath, Nigel Curtis	65
6	Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines and the Reduction of Mortality in Children 2013 ·Clinical Therapeutics ·Frank Shann	66
7	Warfare and children 2010 ·Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ·Frank Shann	4
8	Pneumonia in Children in Developing Countries 2010 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Frank Shann	1
9	Antibiotics for preventing pneumonia in children with measles 2006 ·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Frank Shann, (unknown), (unknown)	3
10	Calibration of the paediatric index of mortality in UK paediatric intensive care units 2001 ·Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice ·Gareth A. Pearson, John Stickley, Frank Shann	0
11	A randomized trial of very early decompressive craniectomy in children with traumatic brain injury and sustained intracranial hypertension 2001 ·Child s Nervous System ·Anna Taylor, Warwick Butt, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Frank Shann, Michael Ditchfield, Elizabeth Lewis, Geoffrey L. Klug, David J. Wallace, Robert H. Henning, James Tibballs	369
12	Nasopharyngeal oxygen therapy produces positive end-expiratory pressure in infants 2001 ·European Journal of Pediatrics ·Bernhard Frey, P. McQuillan, Frank Shann, Nicholas Freezer	26
13	Antibiotics for preventing pneumonia in children with measles 2000 ·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Frank Shann, (unknown), (unknown)	13
14	Manual of acute pain management in children 1997 ·Churchill Livingstone eBooks ·Ian McKenzie, Frank Shann	10
15	Meta-analysis of trials of prophylactic antibiotics for children with measles: inadequate evidence 1997 ·BMJ ·Frank Shann	10
16	How often do children cough? 1996 ·The Lancet ·Frank Shann	17
17	Pediatric intensive care around the world 1993 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Frank Shann	2
18	Serum concentrations of penicillin after intramuscular administration of procaine, benzyl, and benethamine penicillin in children with pneumonia 1987 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Frank Shann, (unknown), M Gratten	9
19	Pneumonia associated with infection with pneumocystis, respiratory syncytial virus, chlamydia, mycoplasma, and cytomegalovirus in children in Papua New Guinea. 1986 ·BMJ ·Frank Shann, (unknown), Linda L. Williford Pifer, Doris M. Graham, Ian Jack, Eric Uren, D.F. Birch, N. D. Stallman	30
20	The medical management of enteritis necroticans (pigbel). 1979 ·PubMed ·Frank Shann, Gregory J. Lawrence	3

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