Franz E Babl

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
386 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Franz E Babl is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz E Babl has authored 386 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Epidemiology, 140 papers in Emergency Medicine and 80 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Franz E Babl's work include Emergency and Acute Care Studies (59 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (58 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (57 papers). Franz E Babl is often cited by papers focused on Emergency and Acute Care Studies (59 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (58 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (57 papers). Franz E Babl collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Franz E Babl's co-authors include Ed Oakley, Vicki Anderson, Dianne Crellin, Stuart R. Dalziel, Louise Crowe, Cathy Catroppa, Meredith L Borland, Elliot Long, Jocelyn Neutze and Nick Santamaria and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Franz E Babl

370 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

What is the difference in concussion management in children as compared with adults? A systematic review

2017 285 citations Gavin A Davis, Vicki Anderson et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
A Randomized Trial of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Infants with Bronchiolitis

2018 249 citations Franz E Babl, Luregn J. Schlapbach et al. profile →
Rest and exercise early after sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2023 72 citations John J. Leddy, Joel S. Burma et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Franz E Babl	3.2k	2.2k	1.8k	1.3k	1.2k	386	7.8k
Nathan Kuppermann	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	981 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	316	9.3k
Kathleen L. Meert	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	380 0.3×	230	7.9k
Derek Stephens	2.6k 0.8×	997 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	745 0.6×	229	9.1k
Ari R. Joffe	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	953 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	435 0.4×	209	6.5k
Susan L. Bratton	3.1k 1.0×	4.9k 2.3×	1.7k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	5.5k 4.5×	248	14.0k
Peter Homel	1.3k 0.4×	967 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	837 0.7×	283 0.2×	206	8.9k
Anne‐Maree Kelly	786 0.2×	2.0k 0.9×	818 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	278 0.2×	289	7.1k
Martin H. Osmond	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	395 0.2×	809 0.6×	700 0.6×	110	4.7k
Susan Donath	3.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	2.4k 1.3×	2.9k 2.3×	220 0.2×	277	12.4k
Marilyn Bergner	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	481 0.4×	53	13.0k

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Bourke, Elyssia, Libby Haskell, Natalie Phillips, Stuart R. Dalziel, & Franz E Babl. (2025). Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) at 20 years: Challenges of an emergency research network. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 37(2). e70039–e70039.

Loveys, Kate, Emma Tavender, Franz E Babl, et al.. (2025). Methodology of the Updated and Expanded Australasian Bronchiolitis Guideline. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 61(8). 1169–1181. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Sharon, E. McKinnon, Simon Craig, et al.. (2025). Validation and Comparison of Pediatric Appendicitis Scores and Management Strategies (Project SPASMS): Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Observational Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 14. e67941–e67941. 1 indexed citations

Sasse, Rosemary, Meredith L Borland, Shane George, et al.. (2024). Appraisal of Australian and New Zealand paediatric sepsis guidelines. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 36(3). 436–442. 1 indexed citations

Beare, Richard, Sila Genc, Michael Takagi, et al.. (2024). White matter fiber morphology in persisting postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic headache after pediatric concussion: a fixel-based analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 34(4). 373–383.

Crowe, Louise, Vanessa C. Rausa, Vicki Anderson, et al.. (2023). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Characteristics and Symptoms in Preschool Children: How Do They Differ to School Age Children? A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 105(1). 120–124. 4 indexed citations

Babl, Franz E, et al.. (2023). Generative artificial intelligence: Can ChatGPT write a quality abstract?. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 35(5). 809–811. 41 indexed citations

Williams, Amanda, Amit Kochar, Adam West, et al.. (2023). Agreement Between House-Brackmann and Sunnybrook Facial Nerve Grading Systems in Bell's Palsy in Children: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial. Journal of Child Neurology. 38(1-2). 44–51. 2 indexed citations

Leddy, John J., Joel S. Burma, Clodagh Toomey, et al.. (2023). Rest and exercise early after sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(12). 762–770. 72 indexed citations breakdown →

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Babl, Franz E, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the accuracy and efficacy of an electronic medical record alert to identify paediatric patients with low-risk febrile neutropenia. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 178. 105205–105205. 2 indexed citations

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Tavender, Emma, Catherine Wilson, Stuart R. Dalziel, et al.. (2022). Qualitative study of emergency clinicians to inform a national guideline on the management of children with mild-to-moderate head injuries. Emergency Medicine Journal. 40(3). 195–199. 2 indexed citations

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Middleton, Sandy, et al.. (2022). Review article: A primer for clinical researchers in the emergency department: Part XII. Sustainability of improvements in care: An introduction. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 34(5). 670–674. 1 indexed citations

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Tavender, Emma, Dustin W. Ballard, Meredith L Borland, et al.. (2021). Review article: Developing the Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children: An adoption/adaption approach. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 33(2). 195–201. 1 indexed citations

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Tosif, Shidan, Rebecca Hughes, Daryl R. Cheng, et al.. (2021). Characteristics and outcomes of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in Victorian children at a tertiary paediatric hospital. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 58(4). 618–623. 3 indexed citations

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Vasileva, Mira, Elizabeth J. Schilpzand, Rowena Conroy, et al.. (2021). Children’s daily life after potentially traumatic injury: A naturalistic observation study.. Traumatology An International Journal. 28(1). 129–137. 3 indexed citations

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Crellin, Dianne, Denise Harrison, Nick Santamaria, Md Hamidul Huque, & Franz E Babl. (2021). The Psychometric Properties of the Visual Analogue Scale Applied by an Observer to Assess Procedural Pain in Infants and Young Children: An Observational Study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 59. 89–95. 8 indexed citations

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Long, Elliot, et al.. (2020). Febrile children in the Emergency Department: Frequency and predictors of poor outcome. Acta Paediatrica. 110(3). 1046–1055. 2 indexed citations

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Craig, Simon, Marc Auerbach, John A Cheek, et al.. (2020). Exposure and Confidence With Critical Nonairway Procedures. Pediatric Emergency Care. 37(9). e551–e559. 7 indexed citations

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Babl, Franz E, Nancy Kassam‐Adams, Markus A. Landolt, et al.. (2018). Knowledge and training in paediatric medical traumatic stress and trauma-informed care among emergency medical professionals in low- and middle-income countries. European journal of psychotraumatology. 9(1). 1468703–1468703. 11 indexed citations

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Babl, Franz E, et al.. (2004). Poster Presentations. Emergency Medicine. 16(s1). 1 indexed citations

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