Jack E. Zimmerman

39.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
95 papers, 31.9k citations indexed

About

Jack E. Zimmerman is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack E. Zimmerman has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 31.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Epidemiology, 33 papers in Emergency Medicine and 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jack E. Zimmerman's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (36 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (26 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (19 papers). Jack E. Zimmerman is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (36 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (26 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (19 papers). Jack E. Zimmerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Jack E. Zimmerman's co-authors include William A. Knaus, Douglas P. Wagner, Elizabeth A. Draper, Andrew A. Kramer, Douglas McNair, Robin R. Gillies, Denise M. Rousseau, Thomas L. Higgins, Stephen M. Shortell and Douglas P. Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Hepatology and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Jack E. Zimmerman

93 papers receiving 31.0k citations

Hit Papers

APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System 1981 2026 1996 2011 1986 1985 1981 2006 1985 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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.

  1. APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System
    1986 11.6k citations William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  2. APACHE II
    1985 11.2k citations William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  3. APACHE—acute physiology and chronic health evaluation: a physiologically based classification system
    1981 1.6k citations William A. Knaus, Jack E. Zimmerman et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV: Hospital mortality assessment for today’s critically ill patients*
    2006 1.2k citations Jack E. Zimmerman, Andrew A. Kramer et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →
  5. Prognosis in Acute Organ-System Failure
    1985 846 citations William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper et al. profile →
  6. Assessing the calibration of mortality benchmarks in critical care: The Hosmer-Lemeshow test revisited*
    2007 676 citations Andrew A. Kramer, Jack E. Zimmerman Critical Care Medicine profile →
  7. The Performance of Intensive Care Units: Does Good Management Make a Difference?
    1994 578 citations Stephen M. Shortell, Jack E. Zimmerman et al. Medical Care profile →
  8. Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012
    2013 347 citations Jack E. Zimmerman, Andrew A. Kramer 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
Jack E. Zimmerman United States 43 14.2k 7.7k 7.5k 7.2k 6.4k 95 31.9k
Elizabeth A. Draper United States 29 12.5k 0.9× 7.0k 0.9× 6.6k 0.9× 6.2k 0.9× 5.6k 0.9× 43 28.0k
Douglas P. Wagner United States 53 14.5k 1.0× 7.4k 1.0× 7.3k 1.0× 6.9k 1.0× 6.3k 1.0× 115 33.4k
William A. Knaus United States 53 14.2k 1.0× 7.7k 1.0× 7.6k 1.0× 7.3k 1.0× 6.4k 1.0× 131 34.4k
Rui P. Moreno Portugal 55 13.7k 1.0× 6.9k 0.9× 6.5k 0.9× 4.9k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 143 26.5k
Charles L. Sprung Israel 65 10.8k 0.8× 5.5k 0.7× 4.6k 0.6× 4.7k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 263 24.6k
William J. Sibbald Canada 57 10.1k 0.7× 6.1k 0.8× 5.6k 0.7× 3.7k 0.5× 5.8k 0.9× 242 23.6k
Peter Pompei United States 12 8.1k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 9.8k 1.3× 3.4k 0.5× 7.0k 1.1× 20 41.3k
Mitchell M. Levy United States 65 27.7k 1.9× 11.6k 1.5× 8.6k 1.1× 6.1k 0.8× 6.3k 1.0× 205 46.8k
Gordon D. Rubenfeld United States 76 20.0k 1.4× 11.5k 1.5× 6.4k 0.9× 8.2k 1.1× 14.4k 2.3× 253 46.3k
Jean Carlet France 60 10.6k 0.7× 7.1k 0.9× 3.4k 0.5× 3.6k 0.5× 7.8k 1.2× 210 23.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zimmerman, Jack E. & Andrew A. Kramer. (2014). A history of outcome prediction in the ICU. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 20(5). 550–556. 30 indexed citations
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Kramer, Andrew A., Thomas L. Higgins, & Jack E. Zimmerman. (2014). Comparing Observed and Predicted Mortality Among ICUs Using Different Prognostic Systems. Critical Care Medicine. 43(2). 261–269. 29 indexed citations
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Kramer, Andrew A., Thomas L. Higgins, & Jack E. Zimmerman. (2012). The Association Between ICU Readmission Rate and Patient Outcomes*. Critical Care Medicine. 41(1). 24–33. 119 indexed citations
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Kramer, Andrew A. & Jack E. Zimmerman. (2010). Institutional variations in frequency of discharge of elderly intensive care survivors to postacute care facilities. Critical Care Medicine. 38(12). 2319–2328. 5 indexed citations
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Kramer, Andrew A. & Jack E. Zimmerman. (2010). A predictive model for the early identification of patients at risk for a prolonged intensive care unit length of stay. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 10(1). 27–27. 83 indexed citations
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Kramer, Andrew A. & Jack E. Zimmerman. (2007). Assessing the calibration of mortality benchmarks in critical care: The Hosmer-Lemeshow test revisited*. Critical Care Medicine. 35(9). 2052–2056. 676 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zimmerman, Jack E., et al.. (2005). ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION (APACHE)IV ICU LENGTH OF STAY BENCHMARKS FOR TODAY'S CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS. CHEST Journal. 128(4). 297S–297S. 4 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Jack E., et al.. (2003). The use of benchmarking to identify top performing critical care units: A preliminary assessment of their policies and practices. Journal of Critical Care. 18(2). 76–86. 68 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Andrew, Jack E. Zimmerman, Carlos Alzola, Elizabeth A. Draper, & William A. Knaus. (2000). Intensive care unit length of stay: Recent changes and future challenges. Critical Care Medicine. 28(10). 3465–3473. 48 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Jack E., Douglas P. Wagner, Elizabeth A. Draper, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III predictions of hospital mortality in an independent database. Critical Care Medicine. 26(8). 1317–1326. 199 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Jack E., Michael G. Seneff, Xiaolu Sun, Douglas P. Wagner, & William A. Knaus. (1997). Evaluating laboratory usage in the intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 25(5). 737–748. 59 indexed citations
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Seneff, Michael G., Jack E. Zimmerman, William A. Knaus, Douglas P. Wagner, & Elizabeth A. Draper. (1996). Predicting the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation. CHEST Journal. 110(2). 469–479. 178 indexed citations
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Becker, Richard B. & Jack E. Zimmerman. (1996). ICU SCORING SYSTEMS ALLOW PREDICTION OF PATIENT OUTCOMES AND COMPARISON OF ICU PERFORMANCE. Critical Care Clinics. 12(3). 503–514. 36 indexed citations
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Bastos, P. G., Xingwei Sun, Douglas P. Wagner, W. A. Knaus, & Jack E. Zimmerman. (1996). Application of the APACHE III prognostic system in Brazilian intensive care units: A prospective multicenter study. Intensive Care Medicine. 22(6). 564–570. 65 indexed citations
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Williams, John F., et al.. (1995). African-American and white patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 23(4). 626–636. 74 indexed citations
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Shortell, Stephen M., Jack E. Zimmerman, Denise M. Rousseau, et al.. (1994). The Performance of Intensive Care Units: Does Good Management Make a Difference?. Medical Care. 32(5). 508–525. 578 indexed citations breakdown →
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Seneff, Michael G., Douglas P. Wagner, Jack E. Zimmerman, Elizabeth A. Draper, & William A. Knaus. (1994). IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT RISK FOR PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION. Critical Care Medicine. 22(1). A189–A189. 2 indexed citations
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Wagner, Douglas P., et al.. (1994). Daily prognostic estimates for critically ill adults in intensive care units. Critical Care Medicine. 22(9). 1359–1372. 130 indexed citations
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Williams, John F., Michael G. Seneff, Bruce Friedman, et al.. (1991). Use of femoral venous catheters in critically ill adults. Critical Care Medicine. 19(4). 550–553. 61 indexed citations
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Knaus, William A., et al.. (1981). APACHE—acute physiology and chronic health evaluation: a physiologically based classification system. Critical Care Medicine. 9(8). 591–597. 1597 indexed citations breakdown →

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