James Downar

5.5k total citations
149 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

James Downar is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Downar has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 39 papers in General Health Professions and 34 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in James Downar's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (107 papers), Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (34 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (25 papers). James Downar is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (107 papers), Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (34 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (25 papers). James Downar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. James Downar's co-authors include Laura Hawryluck, Russell Goldman, Ruxandra Pinto, Marina Englesakis, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Tasnim Sinuff, John J. You, Dori Seccareccia, Robert Sibbald and Reeta Barua and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James Downar

135 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Downar Canada	27	1.8k	770	612	552	440	149	2.5k
Erin K. Kross United States	28	1.7k 0.9×	865 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	807 1.5×	420 1.0×	79	2.9k
Dio Kavalieratos United States	25	2.0k 1.1×	652 0.8×	424 0.7×	425 0.8×	786 1.8×	124	2.9k
Cari Levy United States	25	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	282 0.5×	286 0.5×	260 0.6×	122	2.2k
Ramona L. Rhodes United States	25	1.2k 0.7×	640 0.8×	201 0.3×	429 0.8×	293 0.7×	52	1.9k
Maria J. Silveira United States	24	2.0k 1.1×	943 1.2×	485 0.8×	723 1.3×	662 1.5×	72	2.9k
Susan Enguídanos United States	23	1.6k 0.9×	969 1.3×	264 0.4×	494 0.9×	561 1.3×	111	2.3k
Anne Lippert Denmark	24	1.2k 0.7×	504 0.7×	632 1.0×	347 0.6×	389 0.9×	75	2.8k
Muriel R. Gillick United States	27	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	313 0.5×	431 0.8×	303 0.7×	78	2.8k
Peter Sjökvist Sweden	15	1.5k 0.8×	485 0.6×	828 1.4×	496 0.9×	420 1.0×	27	2.0k
Kathleen T. Unroe United States	26	899 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	195 0.3×	333 0.6×	113 0.3×	97	2.2k

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Hirdes, John P., et al.. (2025). How to define and quantify a bad death in palliative home care? Across-sectional and exploratory study using Canadian interRAI data. BMC Palliative Care. 24(1). 77–77.

Downar, James, et al.. (2025). Propranolol As an Anxiolytic to Reduce the Use of Sedatives for Critically Ill Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation (PROACTIVE): An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial. Critical Care Medicine. 53(2). e257–e268. 3 indexed citations

Iqbal, Javaid, Rahim Moineddin, Kieran L. Quinn, et al.. (2025). Novel Systemic Anticancer Treatments and Health Services Use at the End of Life Among Adults With Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(30). 3279–3291. 1 indexed citations

Abdelaal, Mohamed, Henrique A. Parsons, Ahmed al‐Awamer, et al.. (2025). Palliative Care Involvement and End-of-Life Care Intensity Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Nonmalignant Illnesses: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 28(6). 769–778.

Quinn, Kieran L., Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Susanna Mak, et al.. (2025). Patterns of Health Care Delivery Among Adults With Heart Failure in the Last Year of Life: A Retrospective Population‐Based Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(10). e038189–e038189.

Downar, James, Andrea Frolic, Lucie Opatrny, et al.. (2024). Public perspectives on COVID-19 triage protocols for access to critical care in extreme pandemic context. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0314460–e0314460. 2 indexed citations

Downar, James, et al.. (2024). Accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation for psychological distress in advanced cancer: A phase 2a feasibility and preliminary efficacy clinical trial. Palliative Medicine. 38(4). 485–491. 5 indexed citations

Tanuseputro, Peter, Colleen Webber, Sarina R. Isenberg, et al.. (2024). Palliative End-of-Life Medication Prescribing Rates in Long-Term Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 25(3). 532–538.e8. 4 indexed citations

Downar, James, et al.. (2024). Continuous palliative sedation until death: a qualitative study of palliative care clinicians’ experiences. BMC Palliative Care. 23(1). 104–104. 4 indexed citations

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Downar, James, Andrea Frolic, Lucie Opatrny, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Quality of an Online Democratic Deliberation on COVID-19 Pandemic Triage Protocols for Access to Critical Care in an Extreme Pandemic Context: Mixed Methods Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16. e54841–e54841.

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Howard, Michelle, Sarina R. Isenberg, Colleen Webber, et al.. (2023). Physician continuity of care in the last year of life in community-dwelling adults: retrospective population-based study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e1). e1443–e1452. 1 indexed citations

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Fainsinger, Robin L., Cheryl Nekolaichuk, Sylvie Bouchard, et al.. (2022). Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain: Comparison of Pain Classification Features and Pain Intensity across Diverse Palliative Care Settings in Canada. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 26(3). 366–375. 4 indexed citations

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Wegier, Pete, Allison Kurahashi, Stéphanie Saunders, et al.. (2021). mHOMR: a prospective observational study of an automated mortality prediction model to identify patients with unmet palliative needs. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e1). e969–e975. 13 indexed citations

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Wegier, Pete, Peter Tanuseputro, James Downar, et al.. (2020). A systematic review of interventions aiming to improve communication of prognosis to adult patients. Patient Education and Counseling. 103(8). 1467–1497. 5 indexed citations

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Wegier, Pete, Ellen H. Koo, Shahin Ansari, et al.. (2019). mHOMR: a feasibility study of an automated system for identifying inpatients having an elevated risk of 1-year mortality. BMJ Quality & Safety. 28(12). 971–979. 22 indexed citations

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Downar, James. (2017). Resources for Educating, Training, and Mentoring All Physicians Providing Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 21(1_suppl). 57–62. 22 indexed citations

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Delaney, Jesse W. & James Downar. (2016). How is life support withdrawn in intensive care units: A narrative review. Journal of Critical Care. 35. 12–18. 12 indexed citations

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Myers, Jeff, Paul Krueger, Fiona Webster, et al.. (2015). Development and Validation of a Set of Palliative Medicine Entrustable Professional Activities: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 18(8). 682–690. 21 indexed citations

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Colman, Rebecca E., L.G. Singer, Reeta Barua, & James Downar. (2014). Characteristics, Interventions, and Outcomes of Lung Transplant Recipients Co-Managed with Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 18(3). 266–269. 20 indexed citations

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Downar, James, et al.. (2012). Survival Duration among Patients with a Noncancer Diagnosis Admitted to a Palliative Care Unit: A Retrospective Study. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 15(6). 661–666. 11 indexed citations

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