Helen Laycock

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 675 citations indexed

About

Helen Laycock is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Laycock has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 675 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 11 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Helen Laycock's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers), Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (9 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (7 papers). Helen Laycock is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers), Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (9 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (7 papers). Helen Laycock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Helen Laycock's co-authors include Cormac Small, Carsten Bantel, Harriet Kemp, Stephen J. Brett, I. Nagy, João de Sousa Valente, Craig R. Bailey, Andrew S.C. Rice, Seema Agarwal and David Yarnitsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Pain and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Helen Laycock

30 papers receiving 657 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.

Acute postoperative pain management

2020 185 citations Cormac Small, Helen Laycock British journal of surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Laycock United Kingdom	11	221	194	149	114	113	35	675
Falk von Dincklage Germany	16	218 1.0×	307 1.6×	158 1.1×	33 0.3×	86 0.8×	57	650
Stefan Wirz Germany	18	339 1.5×	509 2.6×	207 1.4×	185 1.6×	72 0.6×	71	1.1k
Eichi Narimatsu Japan	15	321 1.5×	124 0.6×	138 0.9×	46 0.4×	134 1.2×	110	878
Jacquelin Peck United States	14	220 1.0×	192 1.0×	75 0.5×	84 0.7×	43 0.4×	37	827
Abdullah M. Kaki Saudi Arabia	14	324 1.5×	285 1.5×	141 0.9×	80 0.7×	37 0.3×	37	693
Sven Albrecht Germany	11	220 1.0×	410 2.1×	267 1.8×	56 0.5×	196 1.7×	17	705
Wilhelm Ruppen Switzerland	15	458 2.1×	266 1.4×	108 0.7×	90 0.8×	25 0.2×	31	762
Tuula Manner Finland	16	258 1.2×	387 2.0×	112 0.8×	149 1.3×	190 1.7×	43	952
W. Jaksch Austria	13	250 1.1×	276 1.4×	162 1.1×	114 1.0×	38 0.3×	25	750
Abdulhamid H. Samarkandi Saudi Arabia	20	345 1.6×	592 3.1×	111 0.7×	119 1.0×	183 1.6×	39	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Laycock, Helen, et al.. (2026). Reliability of the Pediatric‐Specific American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status ( ASA ‐ PS ) Classification System. Pediatric Anesthesia. 36(4). 396–400.

Andersen, Signe T., Tina Parkner, Claus Vinter Bødker Hviid, et al.. (2025). Serum Neurofilament Light Chain and Structural and Functional Nerve Fiber Loss in Painful and Painless Diabetic Polyneuropathy. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 223. 112098–112098.

Laycock, Helen, et al.. (2025). Causes and management of acute oncological pain: a narrative review. Anaesthesia. 80(S2). 95–105.

Simons, Laura E., Alia J. Crum, James W. Pate, et al.. (2025). Pain Acceptance in Adolescent Chronic Pain. Clinical Journal of Pain. 41(9). 1 indexed citations

El‐Boghdadly, Kariem, Nicholas Levy, William Fawcett, et al.. (2024). Peri‐operative pain management in adults: a multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists and the British Pain Society. Anaesthesia. 79(11). 1220–1236. 14 indexed citations

Gierthmühlen, Janne, Nadine Attal, Georgios Baskozos, et al.. (2024). What is associated with painful polyneuropathy? A cross-sectional analysis of symptoms and signs in patients with painful and painless polyneuropathy. Pain. 165(12). 2888–2899. 1 indexed citations

Bhattacharyya, A. K., et al.. (2023). Health care professionals' experiences of pain management in the intensive care unit: a qualitative study. Anaesthesia. 79(6). 611–626. 1 indexed citations

Schoth, Daniel E., Markus Blankenburg, Julia Wager, et al.. (2022). Quantitative sensory testing in paediatric patients with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 129(4). e94–e97. 3 indexed citations

Baskozos, Georgios, Andreas C. Themistocleous, Harry L. Hébert, et al.. (2022). Classification of painful or painless diabetic peripheral neuropathy and identification of the most powerful predictors using machine learning models in large cross-sectional cohorts. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 22(1). 144–144. 33 indexed citations

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Laycock, Helen, et al.. (2022). State‐of‐the‐art management of the acutely unwell child. Anaesthesia. 77(11). 1288–1298. 1 indexed citations

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Small, Cormac & Helen Laycock. (2020). Acute postoperative pain management. British journal of surgery. 107(2). e70–e80. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Agarwal, Seema & Helen Laycock. (2020). The debate ROTEMs on – the utility of point‐of‐care testing and fibrinogen concentrate in postpartum haemorrhage. Anaesthesia. 75(9). 1247–1251. 9 indexed citations

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Kemp, Harriet, et al.. (2019). Chronic pain in critical care survivors: a narrative review. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 123(2). e372–e384. 55 indexed citations

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Stamenković, Dušica, Helen Laycock, Μενέλαος Καρανικόλας, et al.. (2019). Chronic Pain and Chronic Opioid Use After Intensive Care Discharge – Is It Time to Change Practice?. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 23–23. 25 indexed citations

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Laycock, Helen, et al.. (2019). Opioid mechanisms and opioid drugs. Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine. 20(8). 450–455. 9 indexed citations

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Laycock, Helen & Carsten Bantel. (2016). Objective Assessment of Acute Pain. Journal of Anesthesia & Clinical Research. 7(6). 6 indexed citations

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Laycock, Helen, et al.. (2015). Documentation of pain in an intensive care unit by doctors. Spiral (Imperial College London). 1 indexed citations

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Laycock, Helen, João de Sousa Valente, Carsten Bantel, & I. Nagy. (2013). Peripheral mechanisms of burn injury-associated pain. European Journal of Pharmacology. 716(1-3). 169–178. 32 indexed citations

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Bantel, Carsten, Helen Laycock, & I. Nagy. (2012). The Potential Use of Biomarkers and New Diagnostic Tools in the Management of Acute Pain. Pain Management. 2(3). 187–190. 1 indexed citations

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Laycock, Helen, et al.. (2010). Acute Lung Injury And Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Review Article. Spiral (Imperial College London). 3(2). 14 indexed citations

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