Gordon Guyatt

303.7k total citations · 80 hit papers
1.4k papers, 174.1k citations indexed

About

Gordon Guyatt is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon Guyatt has authored 1.4k papers receiving a total of 174.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 352 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 293 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 290 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Gordon Guyatt's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (333 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (285 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (141 papers). Gordon Guyatt is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (333 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (285 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (141 papers). Gordon Guyatt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Gordon Guyatt's co-authors include Holger J. Schünemann, Andrew D Oxman, Regina Kunz, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Yngve Falck–Ytter, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Elie A. Akl, Roman Jaeschke, Lauren E. Griffith and Jan Brożek and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Gordon Guyatt

1.4k papers receiving 167.2k citations

Hit Papers

GRADE: an emerging consensus on rati... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2008 2011 1989 1993 1992 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
    2008 14.7k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. BMJ profile →
  2. GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction—GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables
    2011 7.2k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  3. Measurement of health status
    1989 3.8k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  4. Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life
    1993 3.0k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  5. Evidence-Based Medicine
    1992 2.7k citations Gordon Guyatt profile →
  6. What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?
    2008 2.3k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. BMJ profile →
  7. GRADE guidelines: A new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
    2010 2.1k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  8. GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)
    2011 2.1k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  9. GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision
    2011 1.9k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  10. Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure asthma control
    1999 1.9k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  11. GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency
    2011 1.7k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  12. The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.
    1985 1.7k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. PubMed profile →
  13. The results of direct and indirect treatment comparisons in meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    1997 1.6k citations Gordon Guyatt, Stephen D. Walter et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  14. Measuring change over time: Assessing the usefulness of evaluative instruments
    1987 1.6k citations Gordon Guyatt, Stephen D. Walter et al. profile →
  15. A measure of quality of life for clinical trials in chronic lung disease.
    1987 1.4k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  16. GRADE guidelines: 5. Rating the quality of evidence—publication bias
    2011 1.4k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  17. GRADE guidelines: 8. Rating the quality of evidence—indirectness
    2011 1.4k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  18. A GRADE Working Group approach for rating the quality of treatment effect estimates from network meta-analysis
    2014 1.3k citations Holger J. Schünemann, M. Hassan Murad et al. BMJ profile →
  19. GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes
    2010 1.3k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  20. A methodological framework for assessing health indices
    1985 1.2k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  21. Going from evidence to recommendations
    2008 1.2k citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. BMJ profile →
  22. Methods to Explain the Clinical Significance of Health Status Measures
    2002 1.2k citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  23. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies
    2008 1.1k citations Holger J. Schünemann, Andrew D Oxman et al. profile →
  24. Executive Summary
    2012 1.1k citations Gordon Guyatt, Elie A. Akl et al. profile →
  25. Evaluation of impairment of health related quality of life in asthma: development of a questionnaire for use in clinical trials.
    1992 1.0k citations Gordon Guyatt, Roman Jaeschke et al. profile →
  26. Discrimination and Calibration of Clinical Prediction Models
    2017 1.0k citations Thomas Agoritsas, Alfonso Iorio et al. profile →
  27. GRADE guidelines: 9. Rating up the quality of evidence
    2011 971 citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  28. Measuring quality of life in children with asthma
    1996 952 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  29. Higher vs Lower Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Patients With Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    2010 915 citations Stephen D. Walter, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  30. Evidence-Based Management of Anticoagulant Therapy
    2012 887 citations Per Olav Vandvik, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  31. Users' guides to the medical literature : a manual for evidence-based clinical practice
    2002 884 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  32. GRADE guidelines: 14. Going from evidence to recommendations: the significance and presentation of recommendations
    2013 883 citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  33. Ventilation Strategy Using Low Tidal Volumes, Recruitment Maneuvers, and High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure for Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    2008 875 citations Gordon Guyatt, Lehana Thabane et al. profile →
  34. Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: Critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group
    2004 869 citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. profile →
  35. Grading Strength of Recommendations and Quality of Evidence in Clinical Guidelines
    2006 862 citations Gordon Guyatt, Holger J. Schünemann et al. profile →
  36. GRADE guidelines: 15. Going from evidence to recommendation—determinants of a recommendation's direction and strength
    2013 832 citations Holger J. Schünemann, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  37. Interpreting Small Differences in Functional Status: The Six Minute Walk Test in Chronic Lung Disease Patients
    1997 798 citations Roger Goldstein, Gordon Guyatt et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  38. GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed healthcare choices. 1: Introduction
    2016 771 citations Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Holger J. Schünemann et al. BMJ profile →
  39. The importance of early treatment with tranexamic acid in bleeding trauma patients: an exploratory analysis of the CRASH-2 randomised controlled trial
    2011 764 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  40. Measuring Quality of Life in Asthma
    1993 737 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  41. Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America
    2006 704 citations Edward J. Mills, Beth Rachlis et al. profile →
  42. Clinical Practice Guidelines From the AABB
    2016 700 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  43. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
    1993 696 citations Gordon Guyatt profile →
  44. GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions
    2019 686 citations Nancy Santesso, Elie A. Akl et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  45. Development and testing of a new measure of health status for clinical trials in rhinoconjunctivitis
    1991 674 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  46. Validity and Reliability of a Questionnaire for Measuring Child Oral-health-related Quality of Life
    2002 650 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  47. Effect of encouragement on walking test performance.
    1984 650 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  48. Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Critically Ill Patients
    1994 636 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  49. Meta-analysis of respiratory rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    1996 634 citations Eric Wong, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  50. Development and validation of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire
    1999 627 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  51. Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses?
    2008 625 citations P.J. Devereaux, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  52. Validation of an index of the quality of review articles
    1991 619 citations Andrew D Oxman, Gordon Guyatt Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  53. Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group
    1993 613 citations Gordon Guyatt profile →
  54. Measuring disease-specific quality of life in clinical trials.
    1986 608 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  55. A menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire: development and psychometric properties
    1996 604 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  56. Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients
    2015 597 citations Alfonso Iorio, Per Olav Vandvik et al. BMJ profile →
  57. Device Selection and Outcomes of Aerosol Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines
    2005 593 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  58. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
    1995 586 citations Gordon Guyatt profile →
  59. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines
    2009 584 citations Jan Brożek, Elie A. Akl et al. profile →
  60. A new measure of health status for clinical trials in inflammatory bowel disease
    1989 579 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  61. Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in adults and children
    2013 572 citations Per Olav Vandvik, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  62. GRADE guidelines: 18. How ROBINS-I and other tools to assess risk of bias in nonrandomized studies should be used to rate the certainty of a body of evidence
    2018 564 citations Holger J. Schünemann, Carlos A. Cuello‐García et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  63. GRADE guidelines: 11. Making an overall rating of confidence in effect estimates for a single outcome and for all outcomes
    2012 563 citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  64. The impact of measuring patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice: a systematic review of the literature
    2008 560 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  65. GRADE guidelines: 12. Preparing Summary of Findings tables—binary outcomes
    2012 555 citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  66. Progress in evidence-based medicine: a quarter century on
    2017 542 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  67. Is a subgroup effect believable? Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses
    2010 533 citations Stephen D. Walter, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  68. Endoscopic therapy for acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: A meta-analysis
    1992 533 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  69. Measuring quality of life in the parents of children with asthma
    1996 524 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  70. Advances in the GRADE approach to rate the certainty in estimates from a network meta-analysis
    2017 517 citations Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Reed Siemieniuk et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  71. Development of a disease specific questionnaire to measure health related quality of life in patients with chronic liver disease
    1999 513 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  72. GRADE guidelines: 13. Preparing Summary of Findings tables and evidence profiles—continuous outcomes
    2012 502 citations Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  73. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
    1994 498 citations Gordon Guyatt profile →
  74. GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) frameworks: a systematic and transparent approach to making well informed healthcare choices. 2: Clinical practice guidelines
    2016 495 citations Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Andrew D Oxman et al. BMJ profile →
  75. High-Frequency Oscillation in Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    2013 490 citations Gordon Guyatt, Peggy Austin et al. profile →
  76. Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain
    2017 473 citations Jason W. Busse, Samantha Craigie et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal profile →
  77. The GRADE Working Group clarifies the construct of certainty of evidence
    2017 468 citations Monica Hultcrantz, Elie A. Akl et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  78. A Comparison of Sucralfate and Ranitidine for the Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
    1998 465 citations Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  79. Diagnosis of DVT
    2012 455 citations Holger J. Schünemann, Gordon Guyatt et al. profile →
  80. The statistical significance of randomized controlled trial results is frequently fragile: a case for a Fragility Index
    2014 443 citations Gordon Guyatt, Lehana Thabane et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gordon Guyatt Canada 192 33.7k 29.7k 24.1k 23.0k 21.4k 1.4k 174.1k
Peter C Gøtzsche Denmark 74 41.2k 1.2× 23.5k 0.8× 25.8k 1.1× 25.8k 1.1× 18.9k 0.9× 295 204.5k
Matthias Egger Switzerland 134 37.1k 1.1× 20.4k 0.7× 25.2k 1.0× 32.9k 1.4× 18.8k 0.9× 780 212.8k
Jennifer Tetzlaff Canada 30 50.2k 1.5× 28.1k 0.9× 32.9k 1.4× 32.2k 1.4× 25.5k 1.2× 42 273.2k
John P. A. Ioannidis United States 165 25.9k 0.8× 16.1k 0.5× 20.6k 0.9× 17.9k 0.8× 13.4k 0.6× 1.1k 189.3k
Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 118 34.4k 1.0× 23.0k 0.8× 18.9k 0.8× 23.9k 1.0× 10.0k 0.5× 471 205.3k
Alessandro Liberati Italy 41 34.5k 1.0× 19.2k 0.6× 24.0k 1.0× 22.3k 1.0× 18.6k 0.9× 87 193.0k
Stuart Pocock United Kingdom 117 32.9k 1.0× 16.7k 0.6× 14.4k 0.6× 16.9k 0.7× 10.9k 0.5× 582 143.9k
George Davey Smith United Kingdom 182 23.5k 0.7× 14.4k 0.5× 32.5k 1.4× 26.8k 1.2× 20.5k 1.0× 2.0k 218.3k
Andrew D Oxman Norway 93 18.6k 0.6× 11.7k 0.4× 18.1k 0.8× 12.3k 0.5× 19.4k 0.9× 300 107.1k
Mike Clarke United Kingdom 77 21.9k 0.6× 12.8k 0.4× 15.4k 0.6× 12.4k 0.5× 12.4k 0.6× 611 120.9k

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Guyatt, Gordon, Ying Wang, Alfonso Iorio, et al.. (2025). Core GRADE 4: rating certainty of evidence—risk of bias, publication bias, and reasons for rating up certainty. BMJ. 389. e083864–e083864. 9 indexed citations
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Noori, Atefeh, Behnam Sadeghirad, Lehana Thabane, et al.. (2024). The GRADE Working Group and CINeMA approaches provided inconsistent certainty of evidence ratings for a network meta-analysis of opioids for chronic noncancer pain. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 169. 111276–111276. 3 indexed citations
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Phillips, Mark, Behnam Sadeghirad, Jason W. Busse, et al.. (2022). Development and design validation of a novel network meta-analysis presentation tool for multiple outcomes: a qualitative descriptive study. BMJ Open. 12(6). e056400–e056400. 21 indexed citations
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Valli, Claudia, Marilina Santero, Anna Prokop‐Dorner, et al.. (2021). Health Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Intake: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(21). 11585–11585. 4 indexed citations
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Noori, Atefeh, Anna Miroshnychenko, Yaadwinder Shergill, et al.. (2021). Opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies. BMJ Open. 11(7). e047717–e047717. 63 indexed citations
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Brignardello‐Petersen, Romina, Ariel Izcovich, Bram Rochwerg, et al.. (2020). GRADE approach to drawing conclusions from a network meta-analysis using a partially contextualised framework. BMJ. 371. m3907–m3907. 92 indexed citations
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Guyatt, Gordon, Jana L. Keller, Roman Jaeschke, et al.. (2020). The n-of-1 Randomized Controlled Trial: Clinical Usefulness. Annals of Internal Medicine. 3 indexed citations
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Busse, Jason W., Samantha Craigie, Behnam Sadeghirad, et al.. (2019). Management of acute musculoskeletal pain (excluding low back pain): protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ Open. 9(4). e024441–e024441. 3 indexed citations
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Valli, Claudia, Montserrat Rabassa, Bradley C. Johnston, et al.. (2019). Health-Related Values and Preferences Regarding Meat Consumption. Annals of Internal Medicine. 5 indexed citations
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Prasad, Kameshwar, Reed Siemieniuk, Qiukui Hao, et al.. (2018). Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. k5130–k5130. 55 indexed citations
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Tsujimoto, Yasushi, Yusuke Tsutsumi, Yuki Kataoka, et al.. (2017). Association between statistical significance and time to publication among systematic reviews: a study protocol for a meta-epidemiological investigation. BMJ Open. 7(10). e018856–e018856. 8 indexed citations
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McLeod, Shelley, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Andrew Worster, et al.. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of antiarrhythmics for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 121. 90–97. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Ling, Sheyu Li, Jiali Liu, et al.. (2016). Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and heart failure in type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and observational studies. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 16(1). 91–91. 32 indexed citations
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Ebrahim, Shanil, Luis Montoya, Sandy Hsu, et al.. (2012). Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Patients Receiving Disability Benefits: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50202–e50202. 9 indexed citations
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Guyatt, Gordon, Andrew D Oxman, Elie A. Akl, et al.. (2011). GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction—GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 64(4). 383–394. 7216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mills, Edward J., et al.. (2004). Barriers to participating in an HIV vaccine trial. AIDS. 18(17). 2235–2242. 85 indexed citations
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Bhandari, Mohit, Gordon Guyatt, Víctor M. Montori, P.J. Devereaux, & M.F. Swiontkowski. (2002). User's guide to the orthopaedic literature: how to use a systematic literature review.. PubMed. 84(9). 1672–82. 32 indexed citations
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Guyatt, Gordon, Eric Wong, Roger Goldstein, et al.. (2001). Regular Versus As-Needed Short-Acting Inhaled β -Agonist Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 163(1). 85–90. 32 indexed citations

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