I R Pickford

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

I R Pickford is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, I R Pickford has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in I R Pickford's work include Surgical site infection prevention (5 papers), Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (4 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (3 papers). I R Pickford is often cited by papers focused on Surgical site infection prevention (5 papers), Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (4 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (3 papers). I R Pickford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Ireland. I R Pickford's co-authors include R L Blackett, G L Hill, Michael McMahon, D.B. Morgan, Judith Warren, C.J. Schorah, Gerald A. Young, L. Burkinshaw, G.D. Birnie and James J. Going and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, British journal of surgery and The Journal of Pathology.

In The Last Decade

I R Pickford

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MALNUTRITION IN SURGICAL PATIENTS

1977 398 citations G L Hill, I R Pickford et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
I R Pickford United Kingdom	13	556	400	313	230	206	23	1.2k
Yoshiki Okita Japan	20	705 1.3×	413 1.0×	267 0.9×	80 0.3×	44 0.2×	106	1.4k
Donal Peter O’Leary Ireland	19	720 1.3×	355 0.9×	80 0.3×	63 0.3×	67 0.3×	56	1.2k
Tarık Zafer Nursal Türkiye	18	483 0.9×	153 0.4×	121 0.4×	102 0.4×	82 0.4×	45	966
L Hultén Sweden	17	881 1.6×	247 0.6×	73 0.2×	131 0.6×	24 0.1×	65	1.3k
Andrew B. Connolly New Zealand	16	828 1.5×	523 1.3×	185 0.6×	122 0.5×	45 0.2×	29	1.4k
S. Sottili Italy	17	480 0.9×	289 0.7×	114 0.4×	20 0.1×	110 0.5×	25	1.4k
E. Everett Anderson United States	19	501 0.9×	122 0.3×	46 0.1×	51 0.2×	162 0.8×	71	1.5k
Sung Eun Kim South Korea	23	960 1.7×	237 0.6×	59 0.2×	48 0.2×	105 0.5×	135	1.5k
Ásgeir Theodórs Iceland	12	681 1.2×	143 0.4×	106 0.3×	27 0.1×	88 0.4×	28	1.3k
O. M. Lesnyak Russia	15	494 0.9×	294 0.7×	130 0.4×	94 0.4×	204 1.0×	90	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by I R Pickford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I R Pickford

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Smith, I.S., et al.. (2010). Rapunzel syndrome and gastric perforation. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 92(1). e27–e28. 12 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Andrew, D. Chung, Stanley C. Fell, & I R Pickford. (2003). An assessment of surgeons' abilites to site colostomies accurately. The Surgeon. 1(6). 347–349. 15 indexed citations

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Al‐Mulla, Fahd, W. Nicol Keith, I R Pickford, James J. Going, & G.D. Birnie. (1999). Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of primary colorectal carcinomas and their synchronous metastases. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 24(4). 306–314. 115 indexed citations

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Al‐Mulla, Fahd, et al.. (1998). Heterogeneity of mutant versus wild-type Ki-ras in primary and metastatic colorectal carcinomas, and association of codon-12 valine with early mortality. The Journal of Pathology. 185(2). 130–138. 106 indexed citations

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Gray, George R., et al.. (1997). Sigmoid intra-abdominal herniation and volvulus: A rare complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes. British journal of surgery. 84(2). 221–221. 1 indexed citations

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Gray, George R., et al.. (1997). Sigmoid intra-abdominal herniation and volvulus: A rare complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes. British journal of surgery. 84(2). 221–221. 4 indexed citations

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Lamb, Richard F., James J. Going, I R Pickford, & G.D. Birnie. (1996). Allelic imbalance at NME1 in microdissected primary and metastatic human colorectal carcinomas is frequent but not associated with metastasis to lymph nodes or liver.. PubMed. 56(4). 916–20. 15 indexed citations

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Ah-See, Kim W, Timothy G. Cooke, I R Pickford, David S. Soutar, & Allan Balmain. (1994). An allelotype of squamous carcinoma of the head and neck using microsatellite markers.. PubMed. 54(7). 1617–21. 164 indexed citations

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Kerin, Michael J., et al.. (1991). A prospective and randomised study comparing the incidence of infusion phlebitis during continuous and cyclic peripheral parenteral nutrition. Clinical Nutrition. 10(6). 315–319. 33 indexed citations

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Pickford, I R, et al.. (1988). Genetic aspects of tumour metastasis.. PubMed. 7(2). 351–71. 3 indexed citations

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Pickford, I R, S.S. Brennan, Mary Evans, & A V Pollock. (1983). Two methods of skin closure in abdominal operations: A controlled clinical trial. British journal of surgery. 70(4). 226–228. 39 indexed citations

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Pickford, I R, et al.. (1983). Latamoxef for the prophylaxis of abdominal surgical wound infection: a controlled clinical trial. Journal of Hospital Infection. 4(3). 279–284. 1 indexed citations

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Brennan, S.S., I R Pickford, Mary Evans, & A V Pollock. (1982). The prophylaxis of wound infection after abdominal operations: is one dose of antibiotic enough?. Journal of Hospital Infection. 3(4). 351–356. 8 indexed citations

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Mayer, A. David, S.S. Brennan, I R Pickford, Mary Evans, & A V Pollock. (1982). The prophylaxis of surgical wound infection: is cefuroxime any better than cephaloridine?. Journal of Hospital Infection. 3(2). 143–148. 5 indexed citations

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Brennan, S.S., I R Pickford, Mary Evans, & A V Pollock. (1982). Staples or sutures for colonic anastomoses—a controlled clinical trial. British journal of surgery. 69(12). 722–724. 79 indexed citations

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Pickford, I R, et al.. (1981). GALLSTONES AND ACUTE PANCREATITIS. The Lancet. 317(8232). 1270–1270. 1 indexed citations

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McMahon, Michael, M J Playforth, & I R Pickford. (1980). A comparative study of methods for the prediction of severity of attacks of acute pancreatitis. British journal of surgery. 67(1). 22–25. 128 indexed citations

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Hill, G L & I R Pickford. (1979). A new appliance for collecting ileostomy and jejunostomy fluid in the postoperative period. British journal of surgery. 66(3). 203–206. 4 indexed citations

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Pickford, I R, R L Blackett, & Michael McMahon. (1977). Early assessment of severity of acute pancreatitis using peritoneal lavage.. BMJ. 2(6099). 1377–1379. 29 indexed citations

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Hill, G L, I R Pickford, Gerald A. Young, et al.. (1977). MALNUTRITION IN SURGICAL PATIENTS. The Lancet. 309(8013). 689–692. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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