Gillian Z. Heller

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Gillian Z. Heller is a scholar working on Neurology, Statistics and Probability and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gillian Z. Heller has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Neurology, 17 papers in Statistics and Probability and 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gillian Z. Heller's work include Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (13 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (11 papers) and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers). Gillian Z. Heller is often cited by papers focused on Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (13 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (11 papers) and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers). Gillian Z. Heller collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Gillian Z. Heller's co-authors include Roberta Chow, Maurizio Manuguerra, Piet de Jong, Robert A. Rigby, Fernanda De Bastiani, Mikis D. Stasinopoulos, Vlasios Voudouris, Les Barnsley, Michael K. Morgan and Leo R. Leader and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Gillian Z. Heller

116 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

  1. How to analyze the Visual Analogue Scale: Myths, truths and clinical relevance
    2016 385 citations Gillian Z. Heller, Maurizio Manuguerra et al. Scandinavian Journal of Pain profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gillian Z. Heller Australia 28 512 433 377 345 309 121 3.4k
Sheng Luo United States 28 291 0.6× 483 1.1× 362 1.0× 203 0.6× 314 1.0× 259 3.8k
Jeff Goldsmith United States 34 387 0.8× 132 0.3× 602 1.6× 113 0.3× 166 0.5× 134 3.8k
Edna Schechtman Israel 34 172 0.3× 394 0.9× 439 1.2× 132 0.4× 190 0.6× 135 3.9k
Guido Knapp Germany 29 323 0.6× 196 0.5× 605 1.6× 826 2.4× 290 0.9× 75 6.0k
Frank Konietschke Germany 28 151 0.3× 364 0.8× 458 1.2× 223 0.6× 243 0.8× 118 3.6k
Harald Binder Germany 51 857 1.7× 531 1.2× 753 2.0× 938 2.7× 423 1.4× 293 10.1k
David Oakes United States 30 250 0.5× 1.8k 4.1× 848 2.2× 391 1.1× 340 1.1× 52 6.9k
Ralf Bender Germany 38 219 0.4× 236 0.5× 983 2.6× 1.0k 2.9× 473 1.5× 119 8.3k
Shlomo S. Sawilowsky United States 25 119 0.2× 104 0.2× 639 1.7× 168 0.5× 306 1.0× 105 4.5k
Morten Wang Fagerland Norway 43 355 0.7× 221 0.5× 285 0.8× 1.7k 5.0× 500 1.6× 165 7.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Saltmarche, Anita, Brian Bicknell, Ann Liebert, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of Photobiomodulation to Treat Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomised Clinical Trial with Extended Treatment. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(21). 7463–7463. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Gillian Z., et al.. (2024). Acceptance and willingness of patients with chronic facial nerve palsy for an implantable device that assists with eye closure. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 101. 254–261.
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Dissanayaka, Thusharika, Leticia A. Deveza, Gillian Z. Heller, Sarah R. Robbins, & David J. Hunter. (2023). Baseline knee osteoarthritis radiographic severity as a predictor of symptom response to diet and exercise program: A secondary analysis. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 26(9). 1722–1728. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Gillian Z., Kan Gao, Ardalan Ebrahimi, et al.. (2022). ASO Visual Abstract: Recursive Partitioning to Determine Order of Significance of Regional Metastasis Characteristics in Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 29(11). 7000–7001. 2 indexed citations
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Grant, Suzanne, et al.. (2022). Acupuncture and Reflexology for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Cohort Study. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 21. 1553438191–1553438191. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Nicholas J., Jillian Eyles, James Linklater, et al.. (2022). Do patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome who undergo hip arthroscopy display improved alpha angle (magnetic resonance imaging) and radiographic hip morphology?. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 26(2). 354–359. 2 indexed citations
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Karin, Eyal, Monique F. Crane, Blake F. Dear, et al.. (2020). Predictors, Outcomes, and Statistical Solutions of Missing Cases in Web-Based Psychotherapy: Methodological Replication and Elaboration Study. JMIR Mental Health. 8(2). e22700–e22700. 26 indexed citations
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Karin, Eyal, Blake F. Dear, Gillian Z. Heller, Monique F. Crane, & Nickolai Titov. (2018). “Wish You Were Here”: Examining Characteristics, Outcomes, and Statistical Solutions for Missing Cases in Web-Based Psychotherapeutic Trials. JMIR Mental Health. 5(2). e22–e22. 53 indexed citations
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Stasinopoulos, Mikis D., Robert A. Rigby, Gillian Z. Heller, Vlasios Voudouris, & Fernanda De Bastiani. (2017). Flexible regression and smoothing: using GAMLSS in R. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 124 indexed citations
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Heller, Gillian Z., Maurizio Manuguerra, & Roberta Chow. (2016). How to analyze the Visual Analogue Scale: Myths, truths and clinical relevance. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 13(1). 67–75. 385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Canning, Colleen G., Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R. Lord, et al.. (2014). Exercise for falls prevention in Parkinson disease. Neurology. 84(3). 304–312. 205 indexed citations
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Ogtrop, Floris van, W. Vervoort, Gillian Z. Heller, D. Stasinopoulos, & Robert A. Rigby. (2011). Long-range forecasting of intermittent streamflow. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(11). 3343–3354. 30 indexed citations
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Manuguerra, Maurizio & Gillian Z. Heller. (2010). Ordinal Regression Models for Continuous Scales. The International Journal of Biostatistics. 6(1). Article 14–Article 14. 35 indexed citations
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Chow, Roberta, Leslie Barnsley, Gillian Z. Heller, & Philip J. Siddall. (2004). A Pilot Study of Low-Power Laser Therapy in the Management of Chronic Neck Pain. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain. 12(2). 71–81. 16 indexed citations
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Heller, Gillian Z.. (2004). Survival Analysis: Techniques for Truncated and Censored Data. Statistics in Medicine. 1020–1021. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Gillian Z.. (1997). Estimation of the number of classes. 31(1). 65–90. 4 indexed citations

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