Ian Relf

490 total citations
8 papers, 355 citations indexed

About

Ian Relf is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Relf has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 355 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ian Relf's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (4 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (3 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (3 papers). Ian Relf is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (4 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (3 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (3 papers). Ian Relf collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United Kingdom. Ian Relf's co-authors include Marie Pirotta, K A Myers, Mark L. Wahlqvist, Rana S. Hinman, Andrew Forbes, Mary Kyriakides, Kitty Novy, Ben Metcalf, Elizabeth Williamson and Prasuna Reddy and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Diabetes Care and Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ian Relf

8 papers receiving 340 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Relf Australia	7	182	95	80	74	45	8	355
Gary Kaplan United States	7	182 1.0×	107 1.1×	17 0.2×	65 0.9×	5 0.1×	14	351
M. Facchini Italy	9	104 0.6×	89 0.9×	297 3.7×	20 0.3×	9 0.2×	22	460
Dagmar Selim Germany	7	318 1.7×	148 1.6×	98 1.2×	126 1.7×	4 0.1×	12	578
Eriphili Αrgyra Greece	8	74 0.4×	60 0.6×	19 0.2×	32 0.4×	3 0.1×	13	248
Salvador Manoel Serra Brazil	10	150 0.8×	10 0.1×	269 3.4×	12 0.2×	19 0.4×	27	405
Luana Torres Monteiro Melo Canada	12	31 0.2×	25 0.3×	55 0.7×	10 0.1×	17 0.4×	32	397
Douglas Ivins United States	4	26 0.1×	41 0.4×	41 0.5×	18 0.2×	3 0.1×	7	245
E. L. Frederickson United States	10	27 0.1×	37 0.4×	96 1.2×	29 0.4×	10 0.2×	37	333
Francisco Javier Montañez-Aguilera Spain	7	98 0.5×	145 1.5×	6 0.1×	16 0.2×	17 0.4×	12	384
Alberto Paris Italy	7	30 0.2×	42 0.4×	221 2.8×	6 0.1×	10 0.2×	11	473

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Relf, Ian, et al.. (2024). Reductions in Chronic Postsurgical Neuropathic Pain and Mechanical Allodynia in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Laser Acupuncture: A Retrospective Observational Study. Clinical Breast Cancer. 24(8). 763–770. 3 indexed citations

2.

Hinman, Rana S., Marie Pirotta, Ian Relf, et al.. (2015). Acupuncture for chronic knee pain: a randomized clinical trial. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur. 58(2). 27–29. 20 indexed citations

3.

Hinman, Rana S., Paul McCrory, Marie Pirotta, et al.. (2014). Acupuncture for Chronic Knee Pain. JAMA. 312(13). 1313–1313. 195 indexed citations

4.

Hinman, Rana S., Paul McCrory, Marie Pirotta, et al.. (2012). Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic knee pain: protocol for a randomised controlled trial using a Zelen design. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 12(1). 161–161. 21 indexed citations

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Relf, Ian, Roberta Chow, & Marie Pirotta. (2007). Blinding Techniques in Randomized Controlled Trials of Laser Therapy: An Overview and Possible Solution. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 5(4). 383–389. 20 indexed citations

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Relf, Ian, et al.. (1986). Doppler Ultrasound Recognition of Preclinical Changes in Arterial Wall in Diabetic Subjects: Compliance and Pulse-Wave Damping. Diabetes Care. 9(1). 27–31. 48 indexed citations

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Relf, Ian, et al.. (1986). Risk factors for changes in aorto-iliac arterial compliance in healthy men.. Arteriosclerosis An Official Journal of the American Heart Association Inc. 6(1). 105–108. 34 indexed citations

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Ml, Wahlqvist, et al.. (1984). Diabetes and macrovascular disease: risk factors for atherogenesis and non-invasive investigation of arterial disease.. PubMed. 38(3). 175–84. 14 indexed citations

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