Gale Pearson

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Gale Pearson is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Gale Pearson has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Emergency Medicine, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Gale Pearson's work include Emergency and Acute Care Studies (15 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (8 papers). Gale Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Emergency and Acute Care Studies (15 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (8 papers). Gale Pearson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Gale Pearson's co-authors include Frank Shann, Anthony Slater, K. Wilkinson, Roger Parslow, Archie Clements, Janet Alexander, Lahn Straney, Peter J. Barry, David Field and Julian R. Vyas and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PEDIATRICS and CHEST Journal.

In The Last Decade

Gale Pearson

34 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

PIM2: a revised version of the Paediatric Index of Mortality 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2013 250 500 750
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.

  1. PIM2: a revised version of the Paediatric Index of Mortality
    2003 819 citations Anthony Slater, Frank Shann et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  2. Paediatric Index of Mortality 3
    2013 324 citations Lahn Straney, Archie Clements et al. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gale Pearson United Kingdom 17 1.1k 973 821 352 299 36 2.3k
Anthony Slater Australia 18 1.6k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 967 1.2× 493 1.4× 317 1.1× 62 2.9k
Stéphane Leteurtre France 21 1.2k 1.1× 516 0.5× 875 1.1× 363 1.0× 298 1.0× 79 2.3k
Lahn Straney Australia 26 935 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 464 0.6× 324 0.9× 130 0.4× 67 2.3k
Catherine Farrell Canada 24 909 0.8× 452 0.5× 556 0.7× 384 1.1× 446 1.5× 46 2.2k
F. Leclerc France 27 1.5k 1.3× 681 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 592 1.7× 555 1.9× 141 3.5k
Satish Bhagwanjee South Africa 16 719 0.6× 427 0.4× 357 0.4× 334 0.9× 201 0.7× 34 1.8k
Lalit Bajaj United States 31 799 0.7× 958 1.0× 339 0.4× 548 1.6× 315 1.1× 90 2.7k
Meng‐Shiou Shieh United States 20 843 0.7× 534 0.5× 593 0.7× 225 0.6× 135 0.5× 46 1.9k
Kusum Menon Canada 29 900 0.8× 306 0.3× 580 0.7× 279 0.8× 408 1.4× 112 2.4k
Alan Fields United States 20 656 0.6× 437 0.4× 559 0.7× 323 0.9× 134 0.4× 48 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gale Pearson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gale Pearson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Montgomery, Hugh, Andy Haines, Neil Marlow, et al.. (2017). The future of UK healthcare: problems and potential solutions to a system in crisis. Annals of Oncology. 28(8). 1751–1755. 27 indexed citations
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Trefán, László, Rosie Houston, Gale Pearson, et al.. (2016). Epidemiology of children with head injury: a national overview. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 101(6). 527–532. 57 indexed citations
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Kemp, Alison, Elizabeth Nickerson, László Trefán, et al.. (2016). Selecting children for head CT following head injury. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 101(10). 929–934. 12 indexed citations
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Long, Elliot, Anna Taylor, Carmel Delzoppo, et al.. (2013). A randomised controlled trial of plasma filtration in severe paediatric sepsis.. PubMed. 15(3). 198–204. 28 indexed citations
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Straney, Lahn, Archie Clements, Roger Parslow, et al.. (2013). Paediatric Index of Mortality 3. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 14(7). 673–681. 324 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nesbitt, Victoria, Martin Kirkpatrick, Gale Pearson, Allan Colver, & Rob Forsyth. (2012). Risk and causes of death in children with a seizure disorder. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 54(7). 612–617. 12 indexed citations
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Pearson, Gale, Fiona Reynolds, & John Stickley. (2012). Calculating the need for intensive care beds. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 97(11). 943–946. 12 indexed citations
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Houston, Rosie & Gale Pearson. (2011). Hospital facilities for head injured children: UK national survey. Emergency Medicine Journal. 29(4). 309–315. 6 indexed citations
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Pearson, Gale, Martin Ward Platt, Anthony Harnden, & Deborah Kelly. (2010). Why children die: avoidable factors associated with child deaths. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 96(10). 927–931. 41 indexed citations
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Harnden, Anthony, Richard Mayon‐White, David Mant, Déirdre Kelly, & Gale Pearson. (2009). Child deaths: confidential enquiry into the role and quality of UK primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 59(568). 819–824. 19 indexed citations
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Sidebotham, Peter & Gale Pearson. (2009). Responding to and learning from childhood deaths. BMJ. 338(feb23 2). b531–b531. 16 indexed citations
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Pearson, Gale, et al.. (2001). Changes in the profile of paediatric intensive care associated with centralisation. Intensive Care Medicine. 27(10). 1670–1673. 34 indexed citations
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Pearson, Gale. (2001). Calibration of the paediatric index of mortality in UK paediatric intensive care units. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 84(2). 125–128. 75 indexed citations
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Pearson, Gale. (2000). Short report: Early filtration and mortality in meningococcal septic shock?. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 83(6). 508–509. 13 indexed citations
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Shann, Frank, Gale Pearson, Anthony Slater, & K. Wilkinson. (1997). Paediatric index of mortality (PIM): a mortality prediction model for children in intensive care. Intensive Care Medicine. 23(2). 201–207. 385 indexed citations
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Pearson, Gale, Frank Shann, Peter J. Barry, et al.. (1997). Should paediatric intensive care be centralised? Trent versus Victoria. The Lancet. 349(9060). 1213–1217. 175 indexed citations
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Evans, Martin, et al.. (1994). Pathological complications of non-survivors of newborn extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 71(2). F88–F92. 10 indexed citations
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Fenton, Alan, J. Foweraker, Gale Pearson, & Richard K. Firmin. (1994). Bronchopulmonary infection with Moraxella catarrhalis in infants requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatric Pulmonology. 17(6). 393–395. 4 indexed citations
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Hurrion, Elizabeth, Gale Pearson, & Richard K. Firmin. (1994). Childhood Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis. CHEST Journal. 106(2). 638–640. 12 indexed citations

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