Joseph Lau

296 total papers · 46.9k total citations
182 papers, 25.4k citations indexed

About

Joseph Lau is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Lau has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 25.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 36 papers in Surgery and 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Joseph Lau's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (48 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (29 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (23 papers). Joseph Lau is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (48 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (29 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (23 papers). Joseph Lau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and United Kingdom. Joseph Lau's co-authors include Christopher H. Schmid, John P. A. Ioannidis, Norma Terrin, Thomas A Trikalinos, Ingram Olkin, Ethan M. Balk, Byron Wallace, Anastassios G. Pittas, Thomas C. Chalmers and Susan L. Norris and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Lau

178 papers receiving 24.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Vitamin D and... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2007 2002 2006 2012 1992 500 1000 1.5k
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. The Role of Vitamin D and Calcium in Type 2 Diabetes. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2007 1.6k citations Anastassios G. Pittas, Joseph Lau et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
  2. Self-Management Education for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
    2002 1.3k citations Susan L. Norris, Joseph Lau et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  3. The case of the misleading funnel plot
    2006 1.3k citations Joseph Lau, John P. A. Ioannidis et al. BMJ profile →
  4. Closing the Gap between Methodologists and End-Users:Ras a Computational Back-End
    2012 893 citations Byron Wallace, Issa J Dahabreh et al. Journal of Statistical Software profile →
  5. Cumulative Meta-Analysis of Therapeutic Trials for Myocardial Infarction
    1992 838 citations Joseph Lau, Elliott M. Antman et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  6. Maternal Obesity and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
    2007 804 citations Susan Y. Chu, William M. Callaghan et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  7. n−3 Fatty acids from fish or fish-oil supplements, but not α-linolenic acid, benefit cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary- and secondary-prevention studies: a systematic review
    2006 744 citations Chenchen Wang, William S. Harris et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  8. The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome
    1998 656 citations Jane C. Ballantyne, Daniel B. Carr et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia profile →
  9. Adjusting for publication bias in the presence of heterogeneity
    2003 612 citations Norma Terrin, Christopher H. Schmid et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  10. The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome
    1998 595 citations Jane C. Ballantyne, Daniel B. Carr et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia profile →
  11. Meta-Analyst: software for meta-analysis of binary, continuous and diagnostic data
    2009 564 citations Byron Wallace, Christopher H. Schmid et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  12. Conducting quantitative synthesis when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
    2011 557 citations Rongwei Fu, Gerald Gartlehner et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  13. The Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass: Update in Diagnosis and Management
    2004 550 citations G. Mansmann, Joseph Lau et al. Endocrine Reviews profile →
  14. Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on serum markers of cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review
    2006 544 citations Ethan M. Balk, Alice H. Lichtenstein et al. Atherosclerosis profile →
  15. Summing up evidence: one answer is not always enough
    1998 518 citations Joseph Lau, John P. A. Ioannidis et al. The Lancet profile →
  16. Deploying an interactive machine learning system in an evidence-based practice center
    2012 422 citations Byron Wallace, Kevin Small et al. profile →
  17. A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
    2014 326 citations Thomas W. Concannon, Melissa Fuster et al. Journal of General Internal Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Joseph Lau 6.0k 3.4k 3.0k 3.0k 2.7k 182 25.4k
Jelena Savović 7.1k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 3.4k 1.1× 4.0k 1.3× 4.1k 1.5× 99 33.6k
Jesse A. Berlin 6.9k 1.1× 4.0k 1.2× 4.8k 1.6× 5.1k 1.7× 4.5k 1.7× 289 39.6k
Susan L. Norris 4.8k 0.8× 5.0k 1.5× 4.8k 1.6× 2.3k 0.8× 5.0k 1.9× 125 29.2k
Georgia Salanti 5.6k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 3.8k 1.3× 3.6k 1.3× 250 37.6k
Alejandro R. Jadad 5.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 3.2k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 144 28.6k
Theo Stijnen 5.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.2× 4.5k 1.5× 3.4k 1.3× 369 30.7k
Donna F. Stroup 5.6k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 3.8k 1.3× 3.5k 1.2× 4.6k 1.7× 94 26.9k
Colin B. Begg 6.7k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 4.1k 1.4× 2.8k 1.0× 3.8k 1.4× 238 40.1k
Charles P. Quesenberry 5.0k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 4.0k 1.4× 2.1k 0.7× 4.5k 1.7× 515 32.9k
Crispin Jenkinson 5.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 2.6k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 163 26.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Lau

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