Iain Chalmers

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Iain Chalmers is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain Chalmers has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Iain Chalmers's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (16 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (14 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (12 papers). Iain Chalmers is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (16 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (14 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (12 papers). Iain Chalmers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Iain Chalmers's co-authors include Adrian Grant, Patricia Crowley, Diana Elbourne, Klim McPherson, Margaret Sheridan‐Pereira, Dermot MacDonald, Peter Boylan, Douglas G. Altman, Kay Dickersin and Brian Haynes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Iain Chalmers

106 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

The effects of corticosteroid administration before preterm delivery: an overview of the evidence from controlled trials

1990 599 citations Patricia Crowley, Iain Chalmers et al. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology profile →
The Dublin randomized controlled trial of intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring

1985 362 citations Adrian Grant, Iain Chalmers et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Promoting informed health choices: the long and winding road 2025 ·Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ·Andrew D Oxman, Iain Chalmers, Paul Glasziou	0
2	Nationwide Real-World Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Practice Over Time: Persistence of Use as Induction for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease and Emerging Combination Strategy With Biologics 2023 ·Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ·(unknown), (unknown), David C. Wilson, Richard Hansen, Iain Chalmers, Paul Henderson, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Richard K. Russell	5
3	Claims of ‘no difference’ or ‘no effect’ in Cochrane and other systematic reviews 2020 ·BMJ evidence-based medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Clive E Adams, Iain Chalmers	7
4	Commentary: The evolution of methods to assess the effects of treatments, illustrated by the development of treatments for diphtheria, 1825-1918 2011 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·(unknown), Ulrich Tröhler, Christian Gluud, Gabriel Gachelin, George Davey Smith, Scott H. Podolsky, Iain Chalmers	16
5	Publishing information about ongoing clinical trials for patients 2010 ·BMJ ·Fiona Godlee, Iain Chalmers	5
6	Role of systematic reviews in detecting plagiarism: case of Asim Kurjak 2006 ·BMJ ·Iain Chalmers	37
7	Randomized controlled trials of aprotinin in cardiac surgery: Could clinical equipoise have stopped the bleeding? Comment 2005 ·Clinical Trials ·Iain Chalmers, John Augoustides, Lee A. Fleisher	22
8	The Landscape and Lexicon of Blinding in Randomized Trials 2002 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Kenneth F. Schulz, Iain Chalmers, Douglas G. Altman	180
9	Music to be born to, music to die to 2000 ·BMJ ·John Anderson, Michael J. Baum, Lisa Bero, Iain Chalmers, Simon Chapman, (unknown), S Ebrahim, (unknown), Michael Farrell, David Greaves, Irene J Higginson, Julia Hippisley–Cox, Benjamin C. James, Harold C. McKenzie, Ann C. Macaulay, Michael W. Rabow, Rosalind L. Smyth, Gregory Stores, Lewis Wolpert	3
10	Systematic Reviews: Reporting, updating, and correcting systematic reviews of the effects of health care 1994 ·BMJ ·Iain Chalmers, Brian Haynes	125
11	The Cochrane Collaboration: Preparing, Maintaining, and Disseminating Systematic Reviews of the Effects of Health Care 1993 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Iain Chalmers	389
12	Might efforts to increase birthweight in undernourished women do more harm than good? 1992 ·The Lancet ·Paul Garner, Michael S. Kramer, Iain Chalmers	49
13	The Perinatal Research Agenda: Whose Priorities? 1991 ·Birth ·Iain Chalmers	16
14	NZ medicine after Cartwright 1990 ·BMJ ·Iain Chalmers	2
15	The effects of corticosteroid administration before preterm delivery: an overview of the evidence from controlled trials breakdown → 1990 ·BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·Patricia Crowley, Iain Chalmers, (unknown)	599
16	Evaluating the quality of new procedures 1987 ·Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics ·Iain Chalmers	1
17	Minimizing Harm and Maximizing Benefit During Innovation in Health Care: Controlled or Uncontrolled Experimentation? 1986 ·Birth ·Iain Chalmers	22
18	West Berkshire perineal management trial. 1984 ·BMJ ·Jennifer Sleep, Adrian Grant, Jorge García, Diana Elbourne, John Spencer, Iain Chalmers	319
19	The Author Replies 1984 ·Birth ·Iain Chalmers	1
20	Obstetric practice and outcome of pregnancy in Cardiff residents 1965-73. 1976 ·BMJ ·Iain Chalmers, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	52

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