Helen Davies

18.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Helen Davies is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Davies has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 19 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Helen Davies's work include Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (26 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (11 papers) and Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema (10 papers). Helen Davies is often cited by papers focused on Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (26 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (11 papers) and Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema (10 papers). Helen Davies collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Helen Davies's co-authors include Oliver Wrong, Gary Lee, Najib M. Rahman, R. J. O. Davies, Robert J.O. Davies, Eleanor Mishra, John Wrightson, Robert F. Miller, Christopher W.H. Davies and Brennan C Kahan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Helen Davies

62 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

THE EXCRETION OF ACID IN RENAL DISEASE

1959 551 citations Oliver Wrong, Helen Davies QJM profile →
Effect of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Chest Tube and Talc Pleurodesis for Relieving Dyspnea in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion

2012 402 citations Helen Davies, Eleanor Mishra et al. JAMA profile →
Management of pleural infection in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010

2010 379 citations Helen Davies, R. J. O. Davies et al. Thorax profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Davies United Kingdom	25	1.8k	663	486	349	293	65	2.6k
David Schnell France	23	627 0.3×	240 0.4×	328 0.7×	246 0.7×	367 1.3×	86	1.7k
Ernest Benjamin United States	21	723 0.4×	540 0.8×	944 1.9×	191 0.5×	172 0.6×	64	2.4k
György Frendl United States	25	504 0.3×	202 0.3×	438 0.9×	288 0.8×	144 0.5×	58	2.3k
Mark J. Rumbak United States	19	1.1k 0.6×	407 0.6×	504 1.0×	181 0.5×	50 0.2×	62	2.2k
Vijay Kher India	28	541 0.3×	126 0.2×	516 1.1×	146 0.4×	1.0k 3.5×	139	2.3k
Anne Boutten France	28	644 0.4×	96 0.1×	325 0.7×	872 2.5×	454 1.5×	65	3.0k
Argirios Ε. Tsantes Greece	24	405 0.2×	441 0.7×	274 0.6×	163 0.5×	71 0.2×	104	1.9k
Fernando Liaño Spain	25	332 0.2×	400 0.6×	612 1.3×	282 0.8×	2.0k 6.8×	97	3.0k
Anne M. Drewry United States	20	375 0.2×	626 0.9×	184 0.4×	265 0.8×	182 0.6×	50	2.0k
S. Betty Yan United States	27	357 0.2×	533 0.8×	415 0.9×	367 1.1×	137 0.5×	56	3.1k

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Lee, Cassie, Paul Williams, Julie Darbyshire, et al.. (2025). What Can We Learn Four Years On? A Multi‐Centre Service Evaluation Exploring Symptoms, Functional Impact, Recovery and Care Pathways in Long Covid. Health Expectations. 28(6). e70435–e70435.

Darwish, Maram, Helen Davies, Emily Morgan, & Lewis Meecham. (2025). Short-term and long-term outcomes of hybrid revascularisation procedures in peripheral artery disease: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 15(6). e096955–e096955. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Helen, Kristin Ladell, Kelly L. Miners, et al.. (2024). Complement dysregulation is a prevalent and therapeutically amenable feature of long COVID. Med. 5(3). 239–253.e5. 25 indexed citations

Sharma, Shweta, et al.. (2023). Ketosis in patients undergoing colonoscopy – more common than we think. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100138–100138. 1 indexed citations

Bhatnagar, Rahul, Magda Laskawiec-Szkonter, Hania Piotrowska, et al.. (2014). Evaluating the efficacy of thoracoscopy and talc poudrage versus pleurodesis using talc slurry (TAPPS trial): protocol of an open-label randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 4(11). e007045–e007045. 36 indexed citations

Davies, Helen, Eleanor Mishra, Brennan C Kahan, et al.. (2012). Effect of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Chest Tube and Talc Pleurodesis for Relieving Dyspnea in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion. JAMA. 307(22). 2383–2383. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

Spathis, Anna, Sara Booth, & Helen Davies. (2011). Respiratory disease : from advanced disease to bereavement. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Helen, et al.. (2010). Management of pleural infection in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010. Thorax. 65(Suppl 2). ii41–ii53. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

Rahman, Najib M., Aran Singanayagam, Helen Davies, et al.. (2010). Diagnostic accuracy, safety and utilisation of respiratory physician-delivered thoracic ultrasound. Thorax. 65(5). 449–453. 49 indexed citations

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Davies, Helen, et al.. (2010). Outcome of patients with nonspecific pleuritis/fibrosis on thoracoscopic pleural biopsies. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 38(4). 472–477. 82 indexed citations

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Davies, Helen, Silvia Bielsa, Nick Maskell, et al.. (2009). Clinical Impact and Reliability of Pleural Fluid Mesothelin in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusions. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(5). 437–444. 86 indexed citations

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Davies, Helen, et al.. (2009). Merger Action Group v. Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Antitrust chronicle. 5. 2 indexed citations

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Rahman, Najib M., Eleanor Mishra, Helen Davies, Robert J.O. Davies, & Gary Lee. (2008). Clinically Important Factors Influencing the Diagnostic Measurement of Pleural Fluid pH and Glucose. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(5). 483–490. 58 indexed citations

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Rahman, Najib M., Helen Davies, Marc Salzberg, et al.. (2008). Use of lipoteichoic acid-T for pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: a phase I toxicity and dose-escalation study. The Lancet Oncology. 9(10). 946–952. 23 indexed citations

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Court, J.B., G. Davies, Helen Davies, & Charlotte C. Burn. (1995). Variation in Radiosensitivity Due to Cell Age and Split-dose Recovery in Polykaryons Induced by Cytochalasin. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 68(6). 647–654. 4 indexed citations

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Davies, Helen & J.B. Court. (1995). Cycle delay in irradiated cytochalasin‐induced polykaryons. Does cytoskeleton status affect cell cycle checkpoints?. Cell Biology International. 19(1). 17–24. 3 indexed citations

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Jones, Eleri, R. E. Hughes, & Helen Davies. (1988). Intake of vitamin C and other nutrients by elderly patients receiving a hospital diet. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 1(5). 347–353. 4 indexed citations

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Davies, Helen. (1974). Idoxuridine in Herpes Zoster. BMJ. 3(5922). 41.2–41. 5 indexed citations

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Wrong, Oliver & Helen Davies. (1959). THE EXCRETION OF ACID IN RENAL DISEASE. QJM. 28(110). 259–313. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davies, Helen, R. P. Jepson, & D. A. K. Black. (1956). Some metabolic sequels of gastric surgery in patients with and without pyloric stenosis.. PubMed. 15(1). 61–79. 7 indexed citations

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