Jonathan Cook

20.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
262 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Cook is a scholar working on Surgery, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Cook has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Surgery, 49 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Cook's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (48 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (34 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (29 papers). Jonathan Cook is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (48 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (34 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (29 papers). Jonathan Cook collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Jonathan Cook's co-authors include Jonas Ranstam, Cynthia Fraser, Luke Vale, G Mowatt, Craig Ramsay, Jennifer Burr, Adrian Grant, Marion Campbell, Jane Blazeby and Shaun Treweek and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Cook

239 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

  1. What influences recruitment to randomised controlled trials? A review of trials funded by two UK funding agencies
    2006 667 citations Marion Campbell, Adrian Grant et al. Trials profile →
  2. LASSO regression
    2018 541 citations Jonathan Cook et al. profile →
  3. Methods to improve recruitment to randomised controlled trials: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 469 citations Jonathan Cook et al. BMJ Open profile →
  4. Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation
    2009 442 citations Jonathan Cook, Jane Blazeby et al. profile →
  5. The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma: a systematic review and economic evaluation
    2007 421 citations Jennifer Burr, G Mowatt et al. Health Technology Assessment profile →
  6. Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials
    2018 321 citations Jonathan Cook, Cynthia Fraser et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
  7. No Surgical Innovation Without Evaluation
    2018 230 citations Jane Blazeby, Marion Campbell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Cook United Kingdom 47 3.1k 2.0k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 262 10.8k
Luke Vale United Kingdom 56 3.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 3.2k 2.9× 300 13.9k
Guido Schwarzer Germany 52 3.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 764 0.5× 2.0k 1.7× 1.0k 0.9× 169 19.7k
Martin Schumacher Germany 80 3.8k 1.2× 912 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 3.0k 2.5× 702 0.6× 462 20.3k
David Machin United Kingdom 65 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 2.8k 2.3× 930 0.8× 238 16.1k
Maarten Boers Netherlands 79 4.4k 1.4× 2.5k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 2.5k 2.1× 1.9k 1.7× 468 32.7k
Barnaby C Reeves United Kingdom 60 5.7k 1.9× 2.4k 1.2× 2.3k 1.4× 1.9k 1.6× 2.3k 2.1× 304 22.2k
Greg Gamble New Zealand 71 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.8k 1.5× 640 0.6× 376 16.4k
Daniel Altman Israel 12 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 726 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 26 12.0k
Patricia Langenberg United States 61 1.4k 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 786 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 255 13.5k
William E. Barlow United States 76 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 3.4k 2.8× 1.3k 1.2× 277 19.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Cook

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All Works

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Brown, Nicholas F., Catherine McBain, Lucy Brazil, et al.. (2025). Ipilimumab with temozolomide vs. temozolomide alone after surgery and chemoradiotherapy in recently diagnosed glioblastoma: a randomized phase II clinical trial. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 7(1). vdaf032–vdaf032.
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Clement, Clare, Karen Coulman, Thomas Pinkney, et al.. (2023). How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: a mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies. BMJ Open. 13(12). e072851–e072851. 2 indexed citations
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Cook, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Reliability and validity of the FORUM-P and FORUM-C: two novel instruments for outcome measurement in forensic mental health. Psychology Crime and Law. 30(2). 150–165. 3 indexed citations
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Lewis, Sharon R, Richard Macey, James R. Gill, et al.. (2022). Surgical interventions for treating extracapsular hip fractures in older adults: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2022(2). CD013405–CD013405. 26 indexed citations
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Martino, Enrico De, Julie A. Hides, James M. Elliott, et al.. (2021). Lumbar muscle atrophy and increased relative intramuscular lipid concentration are not mitigated by daily artificial gravity after 60-day head-down tilt bed rest. Journal of Applied Physiology. 131(1). 356–368. 15 indexed citations
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Lois, Noemi, Jonathan Cook, Ariel Wang, et al.. (2021). Multimodal imaging interpreted by graders to detect re-activation of diabetic eye disease in previously treated patients: the EMERALD diagnostic accuracy study. Health Technology Assessment. 25(32). 1–104. 2 indexed citations
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Jain, Abhilash, Matthew D. Gardiner, Jonathan Cook, et al.. (2020). The Oxford Finger Nail Appearance Score - a new scoring system for fingernail deformity following paediatric finger tip trauma. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 74(1). 94–100. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Hopin, Jonathan Cook, Sarah E Lamb, et al.. (2020). The findings of a surgical hip fracture trial were generalizable to the UK national hip fracture database. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 131. 141–151. 5 indexed citations
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Rombach, Ines, et al.. (2019). How well are binary outcomes analysed and the findings reported? - A systematic review of randomised trials. Trials. 20. 106–107. 1 indexed citations
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Cook, Jonathan. (2012). Poe and the Apocalyptic Sublime: "The Fall of the House of Usher". 48(1). 3. 3 indexed citations
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Cook, Jonathan. (2012). Inscrutable Malice. Cornell University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Nabi, Ghulam, Jonathan Cook, James N’Dow, & Samuel McClinton. (2007). Outcomes of stenting after uncomplicated ureteroscopy: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 334(7593). 572–572. 132 indexed citations
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Burr, Jennifer, G Mowatt, Rodolfo Hernández, et al.. (2007). The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment. 11(41). iii–iv, ix. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohn, Avery, et al.. (2006). Agroecología y la lucha para la soberanía alimentaria en las Américas. 1 indexed citations
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Cook, Jonathan. (2003). History, Legend, and Poetic Tradition in Melville's "The Scout toward Aldie". 17(2). 61. 2 indexed citations

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