James Mason

32.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
419 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

James Mason is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, James Mason has authored 419 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Surgery, 56 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in James Mason's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (41 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (22 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (22 papers). James Mason is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (41 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (22 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (22 papers). James Mason collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. James Mason's co-authors include Nick Freemantle, Sattar Alshryda, John G.F. Cleland, Philip J. Young, Jayne Harrison, Mohamed Sukeik, Peter Setlow, M Eccles, Heather O Dickinson and Fiona Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

James Mason

405 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

beta Blockade after myocardial infarction: systematic review and meta regression analysis

1999 1.0k citations Nick Freemantle, James Mason et al. profile →
Lifestyle interventions to reduce raised blood pressure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

2006 525 citations James Mason et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
James Mason	3.4k	2.2k	2.0k	1.4k	1.4k	419	15.2k
Barnaby C Reeves	5.7k 1.7×	3.3k 1.5×	838 0.4×	2.4k 1.7×	2.3k 1.7×	304	22.2k
Benjamin Djulbegović	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	2.8k 2.0×	1.4k 1.1×	344	20.8k
Brian Hutton	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	830 0.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	371	18.5k
J. Jaime	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	4.8k 2.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	383	24.1k
Andrew Forbes	5.2k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	544 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	531	19.1k
Guido Schwarzer	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	896 0.4×	2.0k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	169	19.7k
J. Shepherd	4.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	365	14.1k
Gerald McGwin	3.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.6×	752 0.6×	735	26.2k
R.J. Prescott	4.1k 1.2×	3.6k 1.6×	671 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	782 0.6×	270	15.5k
Joseph Lau	6.0k 1.8×	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	3.0k 2.2×	1.8k 1.3×	182	25.5k

Countries citing papers authored by James Mason

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Mason

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Mason

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Yeung, Joyce, Shaman Jhanji, John T. Braun, et al.. (2024). Volatile vs Total intravenous Anaesthesia for major non-cardiac surgery: a pragmatic randomised triaL (VITAL). Trials. 25(1). 414–414. 2 indexed citations

Kearney, Rebecca, David R Ellard, Helen Parsons, et al.. (2024). Acute rehabilitation following traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation (ARTISAN): pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 384. e076925–e076925. 5 indexed citations

Kearney, Rebecca, David R Ellard, Helen Parsons, et al.. (2024). Advice only versus advice and a physiotherapy programme for acute traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation: the ARTISAN RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 28(22). 1–94. 1 indexed citations

Weir, Christopher J., Susan Hinder, Holly Ennis, et al.. (2024). A complex ePrescribing antimicrobial stewardship-based (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals: mixed-methods feasibility trial results. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 24(1). 301–301.

Norton, Christine, Steven R. Brown, Sandra Eldridge, et al.. (2023). Habit training versus habit training with direct visual biofeedback in adults with chronic constipation: A randomized controlled trial. Colorectal Disease. 25(11). 2243–2256.

Barratt, Helen, Andrew Hutchings, Elena Pizzo, et al.. (2022). Mixed methods evaluation of the Getting it Right First Time programme in elective orthopaedic surgery in England: an analysis from the National Joint Registry and Hospital Episode Statistics. BMJ Open. 12(6). e058316–e058316. 9 indexed citations

O’Brien, John T., John‐Paul Taylor, Alan Thomas, et al.. (2021). Improving the diagnosis and management of Lewy body dementia: the DIAMOND-Lewy research programme including pilot cluster RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(7). 1–120. 13 indexed citations

Kearney, Rebecca, Rebecca McKeown, Helen Parsons, et al.. (2021). Use of cast immobilisation versus removable brace in adults with an ankle fracture: multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 374. n1506–n1506. 24 indexed citations

Rowland, Matthew, Tonny Veenith, Charlotte Scomparin, et al.. (2020). Sugar or salt (“SOS”): A protocol for a UK multicentre randomised trial of mannitol and hypertonic saline in severe traumatic brain injury and intracranial hypertension. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 23(2). 222–232. 9 indexed citations

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Kearney, Rebecca, Nick Parsons, David R Ellard, et al.. (2020). Acute Rehabilitation following Traumatic anterior shoulder dISlocAtioN (ARTISAN): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(11). e040623–e040623. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Kevin H.-C., Hemakumar M. Reddy, Shuqing Ji, et al.. (2017). A Pooled Sequencing Approach Identifies a Candidate Meiotic Driver in Drosophila. Genetics. 206(1). 451–465. 41 indexed citations

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Alshryda, Sattar, et al.. (2016). Evidence based treatment for unstable slipped upper femoral epiphysis: Systematic review and exploratory patient level analysis. The Surgeon. 16(1). 46–54. 12 indexed citations

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Reissland, Nadja, Brian Francis, Ezra Aydin, James Mason, & Benoı̂st Schaal. (2013). The development of anticipation in the fetus: A longitudinal account of human fetal mouth movements in reaction to and anticipation of touch. Developmental Psychobiology. 56(5). 955–963. 53 indexed citations

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Hancock, Helen, Helen Close, James Mason, et al.. (2012). High Prevalence of Undetected Heart Failure in Long-Term Care Residents: Findings from the Heart Failure in Care Homes (HFinCH) Study. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(2). 158–165. 55 indexed citations

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Barbui, Corrado, Matthew Hotopf, Nick Freemantle, et al.. (2006). Treatment discontinuation with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) versus tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) (Withdrawn Paper. 2006, art no. CD002791). UCL Discovery (University College London). 22 indexed citations

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Mason, James, Nick Freemantle, Irwin Nazareth, et al.. (2001). When is it cost-effective to change the behaviour of health professionals ?. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 14 indexed citations

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Freemantle, Nick & James Mason. (1999). Not playing with a full DEC: why development and evaluation committee methods for appraising new drugs may be inadequate (vol 318, pg 1480, 1999). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Freemantle, Nick, James Mason, & M Eccles. (1999). Guidelines on monitoring, on their own, are not sufficient. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Windsor, C. G., et al.. (1993). The classification of weld defects from ultrasonic images: a neural network approach. Florence Research (University of Florence). 10 indexed citations

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Mason, James, et al.. (1989). Abstracts of the Contributed Papers to the International Conference on Emergency Health Care Development. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 4(2). 197–207.

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