Jørn Wetterslev

429 total papers · 40.9k total citations
274 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

Jørn Wetterslev is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jørn Wetterslev has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Surgery, 93 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 72 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jørn Wetterslev's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (64 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (44 papers) and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (41 papers). Jørn Wetterslev is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (64 papers), Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (44 papers) and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (41 papers). Jørn Wetterslev collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Jørn Wetterslev's co-authors include Christian Gluud, Kristian Thorlund, Jesper Brok, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Per Winkel, Ann Merete Møller, Arash Afshari, Jørgen B. Dahl, Steen Møiniche and Anders Perner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Jørn Wetterslev

273 papers receiving 19.9k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. When and how should multiple imputation be used for handling missing data in randomised clinical trials – a practical guide with flowcharts
    2017 1.6k citations Janus Christian Jakobsen, Christian Gluud et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  2. Trial sequential analysis may establish when firm evidence is reached in cumulative meta-analysis
    2007 1.3k citations Jørn Wetterslev, Kristian Thorlund et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  3. Trial sequential analysis reveals insufficient information size and potentially false positive results in many meta-analyses
    2008 799 citations Jesper Brok, Kristian Thorlund et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  4. Trial Sequential Analysis in systematic reviews with meta-analysis
    2017 798 citations Jørn Wetterslev, Janus Christian Jakobsen et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  5. Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses
    2009 696 citations Jørn Wetterslev, Kristian Thorlund et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  6. Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive—Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses
    2008 688 citations Jesper Brok, Kristian Thorlund et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  7. Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses?
    2008 619 citations Kristian Thorlund, P.J. Devereaux et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  8. Thresholds for statistical and clinical significance in systematic reviews with meta-analytic methods
    2014 501 citations Janus Christian Jakobsen, Jørn Wetterslev et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  9. Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults
    2014 444 citations Goran Bjelaković, Lise Lotte Gluud et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jørn Wetterslev 6.1k 4.2k 3.7k 3.6k 3.0k 274 20.4k
Dean Fergusson 5.3k 0.9× 2.6k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 4.8k 1.6× 665 26.2k
Claudia Spies 6.3k 1.0× 5.2k 1.2× 2.9k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 7.0k 2.3× 815 21.3k
George Tomlinson 4.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 5.0k 1.4× 7.5k 2.1× 3.0k 1.0× 601 29.0k
Darrell R. Schroeder 6.9k 1.1× 3.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 6.0k 1.7× 2.9k 1.0× 558 23.9k
Kristian Thorlund 4.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 3.6k 1.0× 2.7k 0.8× 736 0.2× 147 20.7k
Edmund Neugebauer 7.6k 1.2× 1.4k 0.3× 2.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 3.4k 1.1× 285 17.0k
Bernard Burnand 4.1k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 4.7k 1.3× 2.9k 0.8× 600 0.2× 302 20.1k
Lee A. Fleisher 11.8k 1.9× 16.1k 3.8× 3.4k 0.9× 5.2k 1.5× 2.0k 0.7× 370 24.3k
Michał Abrahamowicz 2.8k 0.5× 2.7k 0.6× 3.7k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 404 21.7k
Crispin Jenkinson 5.9k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.8× 582 0.2× 163 26.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jørn Wetterslev

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