Jonathan Lomas

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Lomas is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Lomas has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in General Health Professions, 29 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Lomas's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (25 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (22 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (12 papers). Jonathan Lomas is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (25 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (22 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (12 papers). Jonathan Lomas collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and New Zealand. Jonathan Lomas's co-authors include Geoffrey M. Anderson, Murray Enkin, Walter J. Hannah, Eugene Vayda, Laura Pickard, George Anderson, Morris L. Barer, Anthony J. Culyer, Robert G. Evans and Adalsteinn Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Lomas

66 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Do Practice Guidelines Guide Practice? 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750 1000
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. Do Practice Guidelines Guide Practice?
    1989 1.0k citations Jonathan Lomas, Geoffrey M. Anderson et al. New England Journal of 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
Jonathan Lomas Canada 29 2.8k 1.3k 987 673 385 68 5.5k
Brian S. Mittman United States 37 6.3k 2.2× 1.6k 1.2× 1.9k 1.9× 201 0.3× 506 1.3× 143 10.4k
Tracy Finch United Kingdom 38 4.8k 1.7× 824 0.6× 1.9k 1.9× 208 0.3× 712 1.8× 129 8.5k
Onyebuchi A. Arah United States 46 2.2k 0.8× 939 0.7× 1.9k 1.9× 149 0.2× 361 0.9× 249 7.5k
Donna Ciliska Canada 36 3.2k 1.1× 408 0.3× 1.5k 1.5× 110 0.2× 518 1.3× 115 6.6k
David Chambers United States 39 5.7k 2.0× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 158 0.2× 402 1.0× 114 8.4k
Gillian Bartlett Canada 28 2.2k 0.8× 354 0.3× 1.4k 1.4× 265 0.4× 609 1.6× 95 6.9k
Daniel Polsky United States 47 3.4k 1.2× 3.4k 2.7× 1.2k 1.2× 228 0.3× 340 0.9× 255 8.4k
Christopher B. Forrest United States 54 3.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 285 0.4× 576 1.5× 264 9.9k
Shawn M. Boles United States 27 3.5k 1.2× 441 0.3× 1.5k 1.5× 147 0.2× 576 1.5× 43 6.9k
Anne MacFarlane Ireland 31 3.0k 1.1× 453 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 138 0.2× 601 1.6× 124 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Lomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Lomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Lomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jonathan Lomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jonathan Lomas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jonathan Lomas. Jonathan Lomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lomas, Jonathan & Adalsteinn Brown. (2009). Research and Advice Giving: A Functional View of Evidence‐Informed Policy Advice in a Canadian Ministry of Health. Milbank Quarterly. 87(4). 903–926. 85 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan. (2007). The in-between world of knowledge brokering. BMJ. 334(7585). 129–132. 383 indexed citations
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Waddell, Charlotte, et al.. (2005). Joining the Conversation: Newspaper Journalists' Views on Working with Researchers. Healthcare policy. 1(1). 123–139. 21 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan, Naomi Fulop, Diane Gagnon, & Pauline Allen. (2003). On Being a Good Listener: Setting Priorities for Applied Health Services Research. Milbank Quarterly. 81(3). 363–388. 122 indexed citations
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Hutchison, Brian, Jeremiah Hurley, Stephen Birch, et al.. (2000). Needs-based primary medical care capitation: Development and evaluation of alternative approaches. Health Care Management Science. 3(2). 89–99. 9 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan. (1998). Social capital and health: Implications for public health and epidemiology. Social Science & Medicine. 47(9). 1181–1188. 359 indexed citations
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Charles, Cathy, et al.. (1997). Medical Necessity in Canadian Health Policy: Four Meanings and . . . a Funeral?. Milbank Quarterly. 75(3). 365–394. 25 indexed citations
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Hurley, Jeremiah, Jonathan Lomas, & Laurie J. Goldsmith. (1997). Physician Responses to Global Physician Expenditure Budgets in Canada: A Common Property Perspective. Milbank Quarterly. 75(3). 343–364. 28 indexed citations
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Katz, Steven J., Cathy Charles, Jonathan Lomas, & H. Gilbert Welch. (1997). Physician Relations in Canada: Shooting Inward as the Circle Closes. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 22(6). 1413–1431. 9 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan. (1993). Making Clinical Policy Explicit:Legislative Policy Making and Lessons for Developing Practice Guidelines. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 9(1). 11–25. 73 indexed citations
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Vayda, Eugene, et al.. (1991). Obstetrical attitudes and practices before and after the Canadian consensus conference statement on cesarean birth. Social Science & Medicine. 32(11). 1283–1289. 20 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan. (1990). Finding Audiences, Changing Beliefs: The Structure of Research Use in Canadian Health Policy. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 15(3). 525–542. 65 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan. (1990). Words without action. MacSphere (McMaster University). 9 indexed citations
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Anderson, Geoffrey M. & Jonathan Lomas. (1989). Regionalization of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Medical Care. 27(3). 288–296. 22 indexed citations
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Evans, Robert G., Jonathan Lomas, Morris L. Barer, et al.. (1989). Controlling Health Expenditures — the Canadian Reality. New England Journal of Medicine. 320(9). 571–577. 178 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan, et al.. (1989). Do Practice Guidelines Guide Practice?. New England Journal of Medicine. 321(19). 1306–1311. 1033 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lomas, Jonathan, et al.. (1988). The role of evidence in the consensus process. Results from a Canadian consensus exercise.. PubMed. 259(20). 3001–5. 62 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan, et al.. (1987). The Labor and Delivery Satisfaction Index: The Development and Evaluation of a Soft Outcome Measure. Birth. 14(3). 125–129. 51 indexed citations
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Lomas, Jonathan, et al.. (1987). Patient Versus Clinician Item Generation for Quality-of-Life Measures. Medical Care. 25(8). 764–768. 51 indexed citations
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Evans, Robert G., Jonathan Lomas, Morris L. Barer, & Greg L. Stoddart. (1987). Physician-Manpower Planning: Lessons from the Macdonald Report. Canadian Public Policy. 13(2). 254–254. 9 indexed citations

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