James A. Dickinson

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

James A. Dickinson is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Dickinson has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Epidemiology, 51 papers in General Health Professions and 46 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in James A. Dickinson's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (30 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (28 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (25 papers). James A. Dickinson is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (30 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (28 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (25 papers). James A. Dickinson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. James A. Dickinson's co-authors include Danuta M. Skowronski, Gaston De Serres, Jonathan B. Gubbay, Nathalie Bastien, Mel Krajden, Suzana Sabaiduc, Susan Wonnacott, Hugues Charest, Rob Sanson‐Fisher and Marcello Tonelli and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James A. Dickinson

179 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic re... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic review of autopsy studies
    2015 270 citations James A. Dickinson et al. profile →

Peers

James A. Dickinson
Douglas Fleming United Kingdom
Kenneth J. Smith United States
Joseph Feldman United States
Tim Spelman Australia
Eliana Ferroni Italy
Shinn‐Jang Hwang Taiwan
Robert M. Jacobson United States
Michael Marmor United States
Janet E. McElhaney Canada
Salaheddin M. Mahmud Canada
Douglas Fleming United Kingdom
James A. Dickinson
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Fields of papers citing papers by James A. Dickinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James A. Dickinson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James A. Dickinson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James A. Dickinson 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 James A. Dickinson. James A. Dickinson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guichon, Juliet, Colin Cooper, A J Rugg-Gunn, & James A. Dickinson. (2024). Flawed MIREC fluoride and intelligence quotient publications: A failed attempt to undermine community water fluoridation. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 52(4). 365–374. 7 indexed citations
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Dickinson, James A., et al.. (2023). Les médecins de famille comme défenseurs de la fluoration de l’eau potable. Canadian Family Physician. 69(5). e98–e102. 1 indexed citations
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Thériault, Guylène, Donna L. Reynolds, Roland Grad, et al.. (2023). Réfutation des mythes entourant le dépistage. Canadian Family Physician. 69(11). e216–e220. 1 indexed citations
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Thériault, Guylène, Roland Grad, James A. Dickinson, et al.. (2023). Beware of overdiagnosis harms from screening, lower diagnostic thresholds, and incidentalomas. Canadian Family Physician. 69(2). 97–100. 1 indexed citations
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Dickinson, James A., Guylène Thériault, Harminder Singh, et al.. (2021). Too soon or too late?. Canadian Family Physician. 67(2). 100–106. 2 indexed citations
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Szafran, Olga, Neil R. Bell, James A. Dickinson, et al.. (2021). Improving preventive screening with Indigenous peoples. Canadian Family Physician. 67(8). 588–593. 4 indexed citations
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Ali, Samina, Jianling Xie, Bonita E. Lee, et al.. (2020). Characterizing Pain in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Who Present for Emergency Care. The Journal of Pediatrics. 231. 102–109.e3. 3 indexed citations
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Tremblay, Alain, Niloofar Taghizadeh, Jane Huang, et al.. (2019). A Randomized Controlled Study of Integrated Smoking Cessation in a Lung Cancer Screening Program. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(9). 1528–1537. 41 indexed citations
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Myhre, Douglas, et al.. (2018). Scope of practice of family medicine graduates who completed a rural versus urban program. Rural and Remote Health. 18(3). 4514–4514. 13 indexed citations
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Wilson, Brenda J., Susan Courage, James A. Dickinson, et al.. (2018). Screening for impaired vision in community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older in primary care settings. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 190(19). E588–E594. 10 indexed citations
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Dickinson, James A.. (2016). Lesser-spotted zebras: Their care and feeding.. PubMed. 62(8). 620–1. 4 indexed citations
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Dickinson, James A.. (2014). Deadly medicines and organised crime: How big pharma has corrupted healthcare. Canadian Family Physician. 60(4). 367–368. 74 indexed citations
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Ponka, David & James A. Dickinson. (2014). Screening with the Pap test. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 186(18). 1394–1394. 2 indexed citations
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Joffres, Michel, Alejandra Jaramillo, James A. Dickinson, et al.. (2013). Recommendations on screening for depression in adults. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 185(9). 775–782. 158 indexed citations
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Birtwhistle, Richard, Kevin Pottie, Elizabeth Shaw, et al.. (2012). Le Groupe d'étude canadien sur les soins de santé préventifs. Canadian Family Physician. 58(1). 2 indexed citations
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Dickinson, James A., et al.. (2012). Reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Canada: national data from 1932 to 2006. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 992–992. 86 indexed citations
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Tolhurst, Helen, et al.. (2008). Rural intentions: factors affecting the career choices of family medicine graduates.. PubMed. 54(7). 1016–1017.e5. 30 indexed citations
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Norman, Paul E., Konrad Jamrozik, Michael Lawrence‐Brown, et al.. (2004). Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm. BMJ. 329(7477). 1259–1259. 80 indexed citations
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Cheung, Alvin H.K., et al.. (2003). Communication skill of general practitioners: any room for improvement? how much can it be improved?. Medical Education. 37(6). 514–526. 36 indexed citations
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Bowman, Jenny, S. Redman, James A. Dickinson, Robert Gibberd, & Rob Sanson‐Fisher. (1991). The accuracy of Pap smear utilization self-report: a methodological consideration in cervical screening research.. PubMed. 26(1). 97–107. 83 indexed citations

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