James P Sheppard

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James P Sheppard is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, James P Sheppard has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 19 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in James P Sheppard's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (52 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (15 papers) and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (13 papers). James P Sheppard is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (52 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (15 papers) and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (13 papers). James P Sheppard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Qatar. James P Sheppard's co-authors include Richard J. McManus, Jonathan Mant, Richard Hobbs, Una Martin, Richard Stevens, Sarah Lay‐Flurrie, Constantinos Koshiaris, Nia Roberts, Sheila Greenfield and Ruth M. Mellor and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James P Sheppard

92 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Associations between statins and adverse events in primar... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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  1. Associations between statins and adverse events in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review with pairwise, network, and dose-response meta-analyses
    2021 140 citations Ting Cai, Lucy Abel et al. BMJ profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James P Sheppard United Kingdom 23 697 263 252 230 230 102 1.5k
Alessandro Filippi Italy 18 1.1k 1.6× 207 0.8× 290 1.2× 244 1.1× 177 0.8× 63 1.6k
Luca Degli Esposti Italy 20 540 0.8× 299 1.1× 295 1.2× 178 0.8× 190 0.8× 200 1.7k
Brett Hiebert Canada 25 827 1.2× 480 1.8× 132 0.5× 274 1.2× 232 1.0× 123 2.3k
Barbara S. Wiggins United States 15 761 1.1× 405 1.5× 102 0.4× 164 0.7× 148 0.6× 40 1.8k
Fabio Salvi Italy 18 461 0.7× 203 0.8× 162 0.6× 519 2.3× 271 1.2× 33 1.7k
Ovidio Brignoli Italy 18 647 0.9× 112 0.4× 232 0.9× 199 0.9× 101 0.4× 52 1.4k
Rolf J. Sebaldt Canada 24 334 0.5× 326 1.2× 221 0.9× 224 1.0× 192 0.8× 59 2.2k
Lorien S. Dalrymple United States 29 292 0.4× 400 1.5× 489 1.9× 573 2.5× 357 1.6× 57 2.8k
Seth Landefeld United States 12 736 1.1× 332 1.3× 76 0.3× 99 0.4× 206 0.9× 17 1.8k
Ida Fortino Italy 24 450 0.6× 122 0.5× 280 1.1× 337 1.5× 265 1.2× 108 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James P Sheppard

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All Works

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McDonagh, Sinéad T. J., Jane Masoli, Gary Abel, et al.. (2025). Practitioners’ views on the measurement and management of postural hypotension in general practice: a qualitative inquiry. British Journal of General Practice. 75(760). e768–e776.
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Koshiaris, Constantinos, Ariel Wang, Lucinda Archer, et al.. (2025). Predicting hypotension, syncope, and fracture risk in patients indicated for antihypertensive treatment: the STRATIFY models. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9371–9371.
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McDonagh, Sinéad T. J., Jane Masoli, Gary Abel, et al.. (2025). Understanding measurement of postural hypotension: a nationwide survey of general practice in England. British Journal of General Practice. 76(762). e68–e76.
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Sheppard, James P, Eleanor Temple, Ariel Wang, et al.. (2024). Effect of antihypertensive deprescribing on hospitalisation and mortality: long-term follow-up of the OPTiMISE randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 5(8). e563–e573. 6 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Takeshi, et al.. (2024). Cardiovascular Events Risk in Office-Masked Nocturnal Hypertension Defined by Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. JACC Advances. 3(11). 101352–101352. 2 indexed citations
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O’Mahoney, Lauren L., Helen Dallosso, Clare Gillies, et al.. (2024). Deintensification of potentially inappropriate medications amongst older frail people with type 2 diabetes: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (D-MED study). Primary care diabetes. 18(2). 132–137. 2 indexed citations
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Tsang, Ruby S. M., Mark Joy, Heather Whitaker, et al.. (2023). Development of a modified Cambridge Multimorbidity Score for use with SNOMED CT: an observational English primary care sentinel network study. British Journal of General Practice. 73(731). e435–e442. 6 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Takeshi, James P Sheppard, Satoshi Hoshide, Kazuomi Kario, & Richard J. McManus. (2023). Medical Telemonitoring for the Management of Hypertension in Older Patients in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 2227–2227. 1 indexed citations
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Koshiaris, Constantinos, Lucinda Archer, Sarah Lay‐Flurrie, et al.. (2023). Predicting the risk of acute kidney injury in primary care: derivation and validation of STRATIFY-AKI. British Journal of General Practice. 73(733). e605–e614. 7 indexed citations
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Jowett, Sue, Gary A. Ford, Richard Hobbs, et al.. (2022). Cost-Effectiveness of Antihypertensive Deprescribing in Primary Care: a Markov Modelling Study Using Data From the OPTiMISE Trial. Hypertension. 79(5). 1122–1131. 7 indexed citations
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Albasri, Ali, Miriam Hattle, Constantinos Koshiaris, et al.. (2021). Association between antihypertensive treatment and adverse events: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 372. n189–n189. 88 indexed citations
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Sheppard, James P, Ali Albasri, Pankaj Gupta, et al.. (2021). Measuring adherence to antihypertensive medication using an objective test in older adults attending primary care: cross-sectional study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 36(12). 1106–1112. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Margaret, Helen Ashdown, James P Sheppard, Christopher Butler, & Clare Bankhead. (2021). Statin prescription in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of exacerbations: a retrospective cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. BMJ Open. 11(12). e050757–e050757. 8 indexed citations
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Cai, Ting, Lucy Abel, Oliver Langford, et al.. (2021). Associations between statins and adverse events in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review with pairwise, network, and dose-response meta-analyses. BMJ. 374. n1537–n1537. 140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albasri, Ali, Ann Van den Bruel, Gail Hayward, et al.. (2020). Impact of point-of-care tests in community pharmacies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 10(5). e034298–e034298. 15 indexed citations
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Sheppard, James P, Jenni Burt, Mark Lown, et al.. (2018). OPtimising Treatment for MIld Systolic hypertension in the Elderly (OPTiMISE): protocol for a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. BMJ Open. 8(9). e022930–e022930. 10 indexed citations
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Sheppard, James P, Una Martin, Paramjit Gill, Richard Stevens, & Richard J. McManus. (2016). Prospective Register Of patients undergoing repeated OFfice and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (PROOF-ABPM): protocol for an observational cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012607–e012607. 2 indexed citations
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Sheppard, James P, R Holder, & Richard J. McManus. (2012). Cutting out the white coat: can we predict out of office blood pressure levels using multiple clinic measurements?. Journal of Human Hypertension. 26. 618–618. 2 indexed citations
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Sheppard, James P, et al.. (2012). Optimisation of thrombolysis treatment: where to start?. International Journal of Stroke. 7. 29–29. 1 indexed citations

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