Ira Byock

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ira Byock is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ira Byock has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 27 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ira Byock's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (62 papers), Ethics in medical practice (19 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (16 papers). Ira Byock is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (62 papers), Ethics in medical practice (19 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (16 papers). Ira Byock collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Egypt. Ira Byock's co-authors include Tim A. Ahles, Mark T. Hegel, Frances C. Brokaw, Kathleen Doyle Lyons, Marie Bakitas, Zhongze Li, Stefan Balan, Jay G. Hull, Janette L. Seville and Tor D. Tosteson and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Ira Byock

82 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Out... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer
    2009 1.3k citations Marie Bakitas, Kathleen Doyle Lyons et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ira Byock United States 29 3.5k 1.4k 1.2k 917 911 85 4.1k
Michael W. Rabow United States 33 2.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 636 0.5× 761 0.8× 954 1.0× 130 3.7k
Stephen R. Connor United States 33 3.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 450 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 95 3.7k
Claudia Bausewein Germany 41 3.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 826 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 244 5.8k
Siew Tzuh Tang Taiwan 34 2.9k 0.8× 995 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 884 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 141 3.7k
Kirsty Boyd United Kingdom 33 3.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 472 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 97 4.6k
Yael Schenker United States 35 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 770 0.7× 761 0.8× 1.9k 2.1× 142 4.6k
Josephine M. Clayton Australia 36 3.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 963 0.8× 631 0.7× 2.2k 2.4× 114 4.8k
Barbara Kreling United States 14 2.7k 0.8× 752 0.5× 927 0.8× 300 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 20 3.5k
Lieve Van den Block Belgium 42 4.9k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.5× 400 0.4× 2.7k 3.0× 231 5.8k
Mari Lloyd‐Williams United Kingdom 35 2.0k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 942 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 792 0.9× 136 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ira Byock

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ira Byock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ira Byock

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ira Byock. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ira Byock based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ira Byock. Ira Byock is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lippe, Megan, et al.. (2023). Unmet palliative care service needs: a patient-centred metric. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e1). e1343–e1348. 4 indexed citations
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Dukhanin, Vadim, Jennifer L. Wolff, Liz Salmi, et al.. (2023). Co-Designing an Initiative to Increase Shared Access to Older Adults’ Patient Portals: Stakeholder Engagement. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e46146–e46146. 12 indexed citations
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Beaussant, Yvan, William E. Richards, Ira Byock, et al.. (2020). An Agenda of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research in Seriously Ill Patients: Highlights from the Harvard Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminar (FR405). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 59(2). 446–447. 1 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira, et al.. (2019). Hospital-Acquired Infections and Readmissions: Let’s Refocus on the Person. American Journal of Medical Quality. 35(1). 89–90. 1 indexed citations
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Gonzales, Matthew J., et al.. (2019). Routinizing Goals of Care Conversations—Improving Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction (TH336). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 57(2). 381–382. 1 indexed citations
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Bakitas, Marie, Kathleen Doyle Lyons, Mark T. Hegel, et al.. (2009). The project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial to improve palliative care for rural patients with advanced cancer: Baseline findings, methodological challenges, and solutions. Palliative & Supportive Care. 7(1). 75–86. 151 indexed citations
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Steinhauser, Karen E., Stewart C. Alexander, Ira Byock, Linda K. George, & James A. Tulsky. (2009). Seriously ill patients' discussions of preparation and life completion: An intervention to assist with transition at the end of life. Palliative & Supportive Care. 7(4). 393–404. 45 indexed citations
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Norris, Kaye, et al.. (2007). Next of Kin Perspectives on the Experience of End-of-Life Care in a Community Setting. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 10(5). 1101–1115. 28 indexed citations
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Whalen, Giles F., Jean S. Kutner, Ira Byock, et al.. (2007). Implementing Palliative Care Studies. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 34(1). S40–S48. 10 indexed citations
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Mularski, Richard A., J. Randall Curtis, J. Andrew Billings, et al.. (2006). Proposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: A consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care Workgroup. Critical Care Medicine. 34(Suppl). S404–S411. 132 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira. (2006). Where do we go from here? A palliative care perspective. Critical Care Medicine. 34(Suppl). S416–S420. 15 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira & Steven H. Miles. (2003). Hospice Benefits and Phase I Cancer Trials. Annals of Internal Medicine. 138(4). 335–337. 20 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira. (2002). Dying Well in Corrections: Why Should We Care?. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 9(2). 107–117. 24 indexed citations
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Curtis, J. Randall, Donald L. Patrick, Ruth A. Engelberg, et al.. (2002). A Measure of the Quality of Dying and Death. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 24(1). 17–31. 346 indexed citations
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Bruera, Éduardo & Ira Byock. (2002). The oxycodone crisis: Taking a stand. 36(2). 11–16. 2 indexed citations
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Bruera, Éduardo & Ira Byock. (2000). Management of pain and other discomfort. 34(21). 38–71. 1 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira. (2000). Completing the continuum of cancer care: integrating life-prolongation and palliation. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 50(2). 123–132. 51 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira, et al.. (1996). Academy of Hospice Physicians' position statement on access to hospice and palative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 11(2). 69–70. 25 indexed citations
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Byock, Ira. (1992). Cancer chemotherapy and the boundaries of the hospice model. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 9(2). 4–5. 1 indexed citations

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