Jos Kleijnen

114.2k total citations · 22 hit papers
324 papers, 90.0k citations indexed

About

Jos Kleijnen is a scholar working on Surgery, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jos Kleijnen has authored 324 papers receiving a total of 90.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Surgery, 45 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jos Kleijnen's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (45 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (35 papers) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (17 papers). Jos Kleijnen is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (45 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (35 papers) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (17 papers). Jos Kleijnen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Jos Kleijnen's co-authors include John P. A. Ioannidis, Peter C Gøtzsche, David Moher, P.J. Devereaux, Cynthia D. Mulrow, Mike Clarke, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Alessandro Liberati, Douglas G. Altman and Penny Whiting and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Jos Kleijnen

319 papers receiving 87.6k citations

Hit Papers

The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2009 2009 2009 2009 2003 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k
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. The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
    2009 24.4k citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  2. The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration
    2009 14.6k citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  3. The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration
    2009 8.8k citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  4. The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
    2009 8.4k citations Jos Kleijnen et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  5. The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews
    2003 3.1k citations Penny Whiting, Johannes B. Reitsma et al. profile →
  6. The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration
    2009 2.3k citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  7. Cannabinoids for Medical Use
    2015 1.5k citations Penny Whiting, Robert Wolff et al. JAMA profile →
  8. PROBAST: A Tool to Assess the Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies
    2018 1.5k citations Robert Wolff, Karel G.M. Moons et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  9. ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed
    2015 1.4k citations Penny Whiting, Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  10. Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study
    2017 1.3k citations Wichor M. Bramer, Melissa L. Rethlefsen et al. Systematic Reviews profile →
  11. Systematic Reviews in Health Care. Meta-analysis in Context.
    2002 1.2k citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  12. Five Steps to Conducting a Systematic Review
    2003 997 citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  13. Influence of context effects on health outcomes: a systematic review
    2001 977 citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  14. PROBAST: A Tool to Assess Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies: Explanation and Elaboration
    2018 939 citations Karel G.M. Moons, Robert Wolff et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  15. Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity
    2005 912 citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  16. Five steps to conducting a systematic review
    2003 775 citations Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  17. Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies
    2006 649 citations Penny Whiting, Johannes B. Reitsma et al. profile →
  18. Sources of Variation and Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy
    2004 623 citations Penny Whiting, Johannes B. Reitsma et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  19. Use of uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography to predict pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: a systematic review and bivariable meta-analysis
    2008 500 citations Gerben ter Riet, Jos Kleijnen et al. profile →
  20. A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches
    2018 487 citations Wichor M. Bramer, Melissa L. Rethlefsen et al. Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA profile →
  21. Epidemiology of chronic non-cancer pain in Europe: narrative review of prevalence, pain treatments and pain impact
    2011 362 citations Kimberly J. Reid, Julie Harker et al. Current Medical Research and Opinion profile →
  22. The burden, epidemiology, costs and treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an evidence review
    2017 351 citations Steve Ryder, Nigel Armstrong 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
Jos Kleijnen United Kingdom 82 17.2k 10.6k 10.5k 10.0k 7.6k 324 90.0k
Jonathan A C Sterne United Kingdom 97 13.3k 0.8× 12.0k 1.1× 8.7k 0.8× 9.2k 0.9× 7.6k 1.0× 402 84.3k
Erik von Elm Switzerland 43 18.6k 1.1× 13.1k 1.2× 10.4k 1.0× 12.9k 1.3× 9.3k 1.2× 131 89.7k
Cynthia D. Mulrow United States 60 17.6k 1.0× 9.9k 0.9× 9.9k 0.9× 10.0k 1.0× 9.3k 1.2× 142 90.2k
Jonathan J Deeks United Kingdom 92 20.0k 1.2× 16.8k 1.6× 11.8k 1.1× 9.1k 0.9× 9.1k 1.2× 368 96.6k
Holger J. Schünemann Canada 118 15.6k 0.9× 11.2k 1.1× 11.5k 1.1× 15.5k 1.5× 8.7k 1.1× 712 87.8k
Kenneth F. Schulz United States 79 17.3k 1.0× 10.3k 1.0× 8.9k 0.8× 16.6k 1.7× 8.5k 1.1× 216 102.7k
George A. Wells Canada 126 18.1k 1.1× 9.4k 0.9× 7.7k 0.7× 8.7k 0.9× 14.3k 1.9× 875 89.9k
Mike Clarke United Kingdom 77 21.9k 1.3× 12.4k 1.2× 12.8k 1.2× 15.4k 1.5× 9.9k 1.3× 611 120.9k
A. Liberati Italy 21 19.0k 1.1× 12.4k 1.2× 10.9k 1.0× 12.1k 1.2× 8.4k 1.1× 53 100.3k
Doug Altman United Kingdom 43 12.8k 0.7× 7.3k 0.7× 7.4k 0.7× 7.6k 0.8× 6.4k 0.8× 93 64.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jos Kleijnen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kling, Kerstin, Cristina Domingo, Christian Bogdan, et al.. (2022). Duration of Protection After Vaccination Against Yellow Fever: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75(12). 2266–2274. 19 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Nigel, Nasuh Büyükkaramikli, Rob Riemsma, et al.. (2020). Avatrombopag and lusutrombopag for thrombocytopenia in people with chronic liver disease needing an elective procedure: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis. Health Technology Assessment. 24(51). 1–220. 13 indexed citations
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Kleijnen, Jos, Angus Watson, Johannes Jongen, et al.. (2020). European Society of ColoProctology: guideline for haemorrhoidal disease. Colorectal Disease. 22(6). 650–662. 102 indexed citations
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Wolff, Robert, Karel G.M. Moons, Richard D Riley, et al.. (2018). PROBAST: A Tool to Assess the Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies. Annals of Internal Medicine. 170(1). 51–58. 1473 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westwood, Marie, Bram Ramaekers, Shona Lang, et al.. (2018). Risk scores to guide referral decisions for people with suspected ovarian cancer in secondary care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis. Health Technology Assessment. 22(44). 1–264. 102 indexed citations
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Bramer, Wichor M., Dean Giustini, Jos Kleijnen, & Oscar H. Franco. (2018). Searching Embase and MEDLINE by using only major descriptors or title and abstract fields: a prospective exploratory study. Systematic Reviews. 7(1). 200–200. 24 indexed citations
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Bramer, Wichor M., et al.. (2018). A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA. 106(4). 531–541. 487 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thielen, Frederick W., Ghislaine van Mastrigt, L.T. Burgers, et al.. (2016). How to prepare a systematic review of economic evaluations for clinical practice guidelines: database selection and search strategy development (part 2/3). Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 16(6). 705–721. 96 indexed citations
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Quek, Ruben G.W., Guillermo Villa, Shravanthi R. Gandra, et al.. (2016). A Systematic Review of Cardiovascular Outcomes-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Lipid-Lowering Therapies. PharmacoEconomics. 35(3). 297–318. 13 indexed citations
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Whiting, Penny, Robert Wolff, Sohan Deshpande, et al.. (2015). Cannabinoids for Medical Use. JAMA. 313(24). 2456–2456. 1492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peinemann, Frank, et al.. (2013). Using Multiple Types of Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions – A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e85035–e85035. 76 indexed citations
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Reid, Kimberly J., Julie Harker, Małgorzata M Bała, et al.. (2011). Epidemiology of chronic non-cancer pain in Europe: narrative review of prevalence, pain treatments and pain impact. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 27(2). 449–462. 362 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bausch, Birke, et al.. (2009). Smoking cessation interventions in COPD: a network meta-analysis of randomised trials. European Respiratory Journal. 34(3). 634–640. 78 indexed citations
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Puhan, Milo A., Lucas M. Bachmann, Jos Kleijnen, Gerben ter Riet, & Alphons G.H. Kessels. (2009). Inhaled drugs to reduce exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a network meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 7(1). 2–2. 78 indexed citations
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Bała, Małgorzata M, R.P. Riemsma, John Nixon, & Jos Kleijnen. (2008). Systematic Review of the (Cost-)effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation for People With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. Clinical Journal of Pain. 24(9). 741–756. 74 indexed citations
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Rodgers, Mark, Susanne Hempel, Tev Aho, et al.. (2006). Diagnostic tests and algorithms used in the investigation of haematuria: systematic reviews and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment. 10(18). iii–iv, xi. 103 indexed citations
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Walach, Harald, Klaus Linde, Reiner Eichenberger, et al.. (2006). Summary Consensus Statement of the PEK Review Board Regarding the PEK Process and the PEK Products. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12(3). 347–348. 7 indexed citations
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Nixon, John, et al.. (2000). The U.K. NHS ECONOMIC EVALUATION DATABASE. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 16(3). 731–742. 38 indexed citations
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Riet, Gerben ter, Jos Kleijnen, & P. Knipschild. (1989). Acupuncture in low back- and neck pain (the effectiveness of acupunture). Huisarts en Wetenschap. 32(6). 223–227. 4 indexed citations

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