John F. Bithell

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

John F. Bithell is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Bithell has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John F. Bithell's work include Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (6 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (6 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (2 papers). John F. Bithell is often cited by papers focused on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (6 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (6 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (2 papers). John F. Bithell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Qatar. John F. Bithell's co-authors include James R. Carpenter, Richard Wakeford, Richard McNally, Freda E. Alexander, Michael Murphy, Charles Stiller, Tim Vincent, G M Kendall, Michael Murphy and Kathryn Bunch and has published in prestigious journals such as Biometrics, British Journal of Cancer and International Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

John F. Bithell

10 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Bootstrap confidence intervals: when, which, what? A prac... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Bootstrap confidence intervals: when, which, what? A practical guide for medical statisticians
    2000 1.3k citations James R. Carpenter, John F. Bithell Statistics in Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John F. Bithell United Kingdom 6 193 143 122 113 107 11 1.4k
Gilbert MacKenzie United Kingdom 19 215 1.1× 179 1.3× 134 1.1× 102 0.9× 100 0.9× 86 1.3k
James S. Hodges United States 24 204 1.1× 203 1.4× 75 0.6× 314 2.8× 100 0.9× 75 1.9k
Malka Gorfine Israel 24 324 1.7× 78 0.5× 103 0.8× 177 1.6× 72 0.7× 76 1.7k
Melissa Azur United States 9 183 0.9× 282 2.0× 69 0.6× 287 2.5× 148 1.4× 13 2.7k
Christine Wallisch Austria 10 120 0.6× 138 1.0× 55 0.5× 104 0.9× 52 0.5× 18 1.1k
Stephen C. Shiboski United States 3 100 0.5× 207 1.4× 44 0.4× 144 1.3× 93 0.9× 3 1.5k
Suneel Upadhye Canada 14 103 0.5× 237 1.7× 91 0.7× 134 1.2× 57 0.5× 46 1.6k
Guoqing Diao United States 16 212 1.1× 202 1.4× 66 0.5× 57 0.5× 36 0.3× 81 1.6k
A. Albert Belgium 20 496 2.6× 107 0.7× 96 0.8× 58 0.5× 68 0.6× 44 1.8k
Trina Hosmer United States 9 152 0.8× 312 2.2× 67 0.5× 168 1.5× 72 0.7× 13 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John F. Bithell

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Fields of papers citing papers by John F. Bithell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John F. Bithell

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Wakeford, Richard & John F. Bithell. (2021). A review of the types of childhood cancer associated with a medical X-ray examination of the pregnant mother. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 97(5). 571–592. 26 indexed citations
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Draper, G J, John F. Bithell, Kathryn Bunch, et al.. (2018). Childhood cancer research in Oxford II: The Childhood Cancer Research Group. British Journal of Cancer. 119(6). 763–770. 5 indexed citations
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Kendall, G M, John F. Bithell, Kathryn Bunch, et al.. (2018). Childhood cancer research in oxford III: The work of CCRG on ionising radiation. British Journal of Cancer. 119(6). 771–778. 9 indexed citations
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Murphy, Michael, et al.. (2013). Childhood and adult cancers: Contrasts and commonalities. Maturitas. 76(1). 95–98. 15 indexed citations
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McNally, Richard, John F. Bithell, Tim Vincent, & Michael Murphy. (2008). Space‐time clustering of childhood cancer around the residence at birth. International Journal of Cancer. 124(2). 449–455. 17 indexed citations
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McNally, Richard, Freda E. Alexander, & John F. Bithell. (2005). Space‐time clustering of childhood cancer in great Britain: A national study, 1969–1993. International Journal of Cancer. 118(11). 2840–2846. 27 indexed citations
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Bithell, John F.. (2002). Professor Alice Stewart. Journal of Radiological Protection. 22(4). 425–428. 1 indexed citations
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Carpenter, James R. & John F. Bithell. (2000). Bootstrap confidence intervals: when, which, what? A practical guide for medical statisticians. Statistics in Medicine. 19(9). 1141–1164. 1296 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wakeford, Richard, Richard Doll, & John F. Bithell. (1997). Childhood cancer and intrauterine irradiation. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 114–119.
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Bithell, John F. & Jürgen Wahrendorf. (1982). Estimation of the True Length of Broken Molecules. Biometrics. 38(1). 201–201. 4 indexed citations

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