John Apley

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

John Apley is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, John Apley has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 11 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in John Apley's work include Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (7 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (6 papers) and Congenital Heart Disease Studies (5 papers). John Apley is often cited by papers focused on Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (7 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (6 papers) and Congenital Heart Disease Studies (5 papers). John Apley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. John Apley's co-authors include J.M. Naish, Mathew G Wilson, A P Roome, David C. Warhurst, Shirley Clarke, ROBERT P. WARIN, David R.S. Haslam, Chiara Grimaldi, David Davis and M.G. Mott and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Thorax and Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

In The Last Decade

John Apley

51 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Recurrent Abdominal Pains: A Field Survey of 1,000 School Children

1958 566 citations John Apley et al. Archives of Disease in Childhood profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Apley United Kingdom	16	640	415	413	345	221	62	1.7k
James L. Sutphen United States	24	173 0.3×	660 1.6×	590 1.4×	232 0.7×	233 1.1×	62	1.6k
Mariella M. Self United States	19	326 0.5×	558 1.3×	290 0.7×	236 0.7×	245 1.1×	45	1.1k
John T. Boyle United States	25	458 0.7×	1.6k 3.8×	1.6k 3.9×	199 0.6×	194 0.9×	47	3.5k
Ellen Tromp Netherlands	20	370 0.6×	191 0.5×	343 0.8×	174 0.5×	142 0.6×	55	1.3k
Uwe Blecker United States	24	74 0.1×	424 1.0×	881 2.1×	132 0.4×	102 0.5×	95	1.7k
Jennifer V. Schurman United States	21	362 0.6×	637 1.5×	352 0.9×	138 0.4×	296 1.3×	82	1.1k
Thomas M. Ball United States	13	266 0.4×	99 0.2×	217 0.5×	262 0.8×	145 0.7×	25	1.7k
Kelm Hjälmås Sweden	30	1.8k 2.8×	222 0.5×	706 1.7×	166 0.5×	85 0.4×	78	4.5k
Cristiane Baccin Bendo Brazil	24	358 0.6×	296 0.7×	201 0.5×	225 0.7×	123 0.6×	89	1.9k
Tryggve Nevéus Sweden	32	1.4k 2.2×	481 1.2×	501 1.2×	188 0.5×	116 0.5×	89	4.8k

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Apley, John. (1980). Listening and talking to patients. V: Communicating with children.. BMJ. 281(6248). 1116–1117. 2 indexed citations

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Davis, David, et al.. (1978). Diet and retarded growth.. BMJ. 1(6112). 539–542. 33 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1976). Recent Advances in Paediatrics Vol 5. BMJ. 2(6051). 1567.3–1567. 13 indexed citations

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Edwards, Simon, et al.. (1976). Relation of urinary total hydroxyproline: Creatinine ratio to height velocity in children with retarded growth.. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 51(2). 149–152.

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Apley, John, et al.. (1973). Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain: How Do They Grow Up?. BMJ. 3(5870). 7–9. 150 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1973). Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Psychosomatic illness in children: a modern synthesis.. BMJ. 2(5869). 756–761. 2 indexed citations

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Apley, John, et al.. (1970). Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in Britain. BMJ. 1(5696). 596–599. 87 indexed citations

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Apley, John, et al.. (1968). The child and his symptoms: A comprehensive approach. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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Apley, John, et al.. (1966). MALFORMATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PRECOCIOUS SYNTHESIS OF ADULT HÆMOGLOBIN. The Lancet. 287(7441). 777–779. 15 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1966). THE FAMILY UNIT OF ILLNESS. The Lancet. 287(7441). 810–812. 1 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1965). Emotional and Behavioural Disorders—III. BMJ. 2(5456). 281–283. 5 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1963). CONFESSIONS OF A PÆDIATRICIAN. The Lancet. 282(7313). 847–849. 2 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1960). The Child with Abdominal Pains. Southern Medical Journal. 53(9). 1204–1204. 228 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1959). Recurrent Abdominal Pain. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 13(8). 586–587. 3 indexed citations

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Apley, John, F. G. M. Ross, & R. Milnes Walker. (1957). Double Aortic Arch in an Infant Treated Surgically. Thorax. 12(3). 214–218. 3 indexed citations

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Apley, John, Beryl Corner, & Tracey Gibson. (1955). Paroxysmal Tachycardia in Infancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 30(154). 517–523. 7 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1954). Anal fissure in children.. PubMed. 172(1028). 171–3. 4 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1954). A WORD WANTED. The Lancet. 263(6815). 784–784. 1 indexed citations

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Apley, John. (1951). Diagnosis and Medical Treatment.. PubMed. 68(248). 124–133. 1 indexed citations

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Naish, J.M. & John Apley. (1951). 'Growing Pains': A Clinical Study of Non-Arthritic Limb Pains in Children. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 26(126). 134–140. 81 indexed citations

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