Joseph Lau

47.2k total citations · 17 hit papers
182 papers, 25.5k 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 25.5k 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 24.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Vitamin D and Calcium in Type 2 Diab... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2007 2002 2006 2012 1992 500 1000 1.5k
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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 Role of Vitamin D and Calcium in Type 2 Diabetes. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2007 1.6k citations Joseph Lau et al. profile →
  2. Self-Management Education for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
    2002 1.3k citations Joseph Lau, Christopher H. Schmid et al. profile →
  3. The case of the misleading funnel plot
    2006 1.3k citations Joseph Lau, John P. A. Ioannidis et al. profile →
  4. Closing the Gap between Methodologists and End-Users:Ras a Computational Back-End
    2012 899 citations Byron Wallace, Thomas A Trikalinos et al. profile →
  5. Cumulative Meta-Analysis of Therapeutic Trials for Myocardial Infarction
    1992 836 citations Joseph Lau, Elliott M. Antman et al. profile →
  6. Maternal Obesity and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
    2007 807 citations Susan Y. Chu, Shin Y. Kim et al. 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 Mei Chung, Alice H. Lichtenstein et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  8. The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome
    1998 657 citations Jane C. Ballantyne, Daniel B. Carr et al. profile →
  9. Adjusting for publication bias in the presence of heterogeneity
    2003 623 citations Christopher H. Schmid, Joseph Lau et al. profile →
  10. The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome
    1998 595 citations Jane C. Ballantyne, Daniel B. Carr et al. profile →
  11. Meta-Analyst: software for meta-analysis of binary, continuous and diagnostic data
    2009 565 citations Byron Wallace, Christopher H. Schmid et al. profile →
  12. Conducting quantitative synthesis when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
    2011 559 citations Joseph Lau, Thomas A Trikalinos et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  13. The Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass: Update in Diagnosis and Management
    2004 551 citations Joseph Lau, Ethan M. Balk et al. profile →
  14. Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on serum markers of cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review
    2006 545 citations Ethan M. Balk, Alice H. Lichtenstein et al. Atherosclerosis profile →
  15. Summing up evidence: one answer is not always enough
    1998 520 citations Joseph Lau, John P. A. Ioannidis et al. profile →
  16. Deploying an interactive machine learning system in an evidence-based practice center
    2012 426 citations Byron Wallace, Carla E. Brodley et al. profile →
  17. A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
    2014 330 citations Thomas W. Concannon, Melissa Fuster et al. Journal of General Internal 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
Joseph Lau United States 72 6.0k 3.4k 3.0k 3.0k 2.7k 182 25.5k
Jesse A. Berlin United States 89 6.9k 1.1× 4.0k 1.2× 4.8k 1.6× 5.1k 1.7× 4.6k 1.7× 291 39.7k
Theo Stijnen Netherlands 78 5.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.2× 4.5k 1.5× 3.4k 1.3× 369 30.8k
Laura Weeks Canada 16 6.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 2.9k 1.0× 3.2k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 43 27.9k
Susan L. Norris United States 52 4.8k 0.8× 5.0k 1.5× 4.9k 1.6× 2.3k 0.8× 5.1k 1.9× 125 29.4k
Charles P. Quesenberry United States 100 5.0k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 4.1k 1.4× 2.1k 0.7× 4.5k 1.7× 517 33.0k
Jelena Savović United Kingdom 32 7.2k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 3.4k 1.1× 4.0k 1.4× 4.2k 1.6× 99 33.9k
Alejandro R. Jadad Canada 46 5.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 3.2k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 143 28.6k
Lehana Thabane Canada 84 6.4k 1.1× 2.9k 0.9× 5.4k 1.8× 3.9k 1.3× 5.2k 2.0× 1.1k 37.0k
Georgia Salanti Switzerland 77 5.6k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 3.8k 1.3× 3.6k 1.4× 251 38.1k
Rebecca DerSimonian United States 28 8.0k 1.3× 2.2k 0.6× 4.0k 1.3× 4.2k 1.4× 5.7k 2.1× 40 39.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Lau

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saldanha, Ian J., et al.. (2018). Features and functioning of Data Abstraction Assistant, a software application for data abstraction during systematic reviews. Research Synthesis Methods. 10(1). 2–14. 9 indexed citations
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Concannon, Thomas W., Melissa Fuster, Tully Saunders, et al.. (2014). A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 29(12). 1692–1701. 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Earley, Amy, Joseph Lau, & Katrin Uhlig. (2013). Haphazard reporting of deaths in clinical trials: a review of cases of ClinicalTrials.gov records and matched publications–a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 3(1). e001963–e001963. 24 indexed citations
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Wallace, Byron, Thomas A Trikalinos, Joseph Lau, Carla E. Brodley, & Christopher H. Schmid. (2010). Semi-automated screening of biomedical citations for systematic reviews. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 55–55. 241 indexed citations
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Terasawa, Teruhiko, Joseph Lau, Stéphane Bardet, et al.. (2009). Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Interim Response Assessment of Advanced-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(11). 1906–1914. 188 indexed citations
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Barza, Michael, Thomas A Trikalinos, & Joseph Lau. (2009). Statistical Considerations in Meta-analysis. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 23(2). 195–210. 25 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Sonja A., Susan Y. Chu, Shin Y. Kim, Christopher H. Schmid, & Joseph Lau. (2008). Maternal obesity and risk of neural tube defects: a metaanalysis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 198(6). 611–619. 253 indexed citations
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Chung, Mei, Alice H. Lichtenstein, Stanley Ip, Joseph Lau, & Ethan M. Balk. (2008). Comparability of methods for LDL subfraction determination: A systematic review. Atherosclerosis. 205(2). 342–348. 46 indexed citations
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Balk, Ethan M., Stanley Ip, Mei Chung, Joseph Lau, & Alice H. Lichtenstein. (2008). Low density lipoprotein subfractions: systematic review of measurement methods and association with cardiovascular outcomes. 349(9066). 1668–9. 5 indexed citations
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Raman, Gowri, Athina Tatsioni, Mei Chung, et al.. (2007). Heterogeneity and Lack of Good Quality Studies Limit Association Between Folate, Vitamins B-6 and B-12, and Cognitive Function. Journal of Nutrition. 137(7). 1789–1794. 39 indexed citations
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Balk, Ethan M., Tanya Horsley, Sydne J Newberry, et al.. (2007). A collaborative effort to apply the evidence-based review process to the field of nutrition: challenges, benefits, and lessons learned. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85(6). 1448–1456. 33 indexed citations
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Hudcova, Jana, Ewan D McNicol, Cheng S. Quah, Joseph Lau, & Daniel B. Carr. (2006). Patient controlled opioid analgesia versus conventional opioid analgesia for postoperative pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD003348–CD003348. 225 indexed citations
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Lau, Joseph, et al.. (2006). Preventing Post–Organ Transplantation Cytomegalovirus Disease with Ganciclovir: A Meta‐Analysis Comparing Prophylactic and Preemptive Therapies. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 43(7). 869–880. 99 indexed citations
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Goudas, Leonidas C., et al.. (2005). The Epidemiology of Cancer Pain. Cancer Investigation. 23(2). 182–190. 22 indexed citations
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Ballantyne, Jane C., Bruce Kupelnick, Bucknam McPeek, & Joseph Lau. (2005). Does the evidence support the use of spinal and epidural anesthesia for surgery?. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 17(5). 382–391. 42 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhenglun, Thomas A Trikalinos, Fotini K. Kavvoura, Joseph Lau, & John P. A. Ioannidis. (2005). Local Literature Bias in Genetic Epidemiology: An Empirical Evaluation of the Chinese Literature. PLoS Medicine. 2(12). e334–e334. 125 indexed citations
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Ioannidis, John P. A., Priscilla Chew, & Joseph Lau. (2002). Standardized retrieval of side effects data for meta-analysis of safety outcomes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 55(6). 619–626. 34 indexed citations
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Schmid, Christopher H., et al.. (2000). META-ANALYSIS IN HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 14(4). 973–991. 8 indexed citations
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Selker, Harry P., Robert J. Zalenski, Elliott M. Antman, et al.. (1997). An Evaluation of Technologies for Identifying Acute Cardiac Ischemia in the Emergency Department: A Report from a National Heart Attack Alert Program Working Group. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 29(1). 13–16. 145 indexed citations
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Adams, Miriam E., et al.. (1993). Assessing the Effectiveness of Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring for Specific Clinical Indications: Introduction. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 9(1). 97–101. 4 indexed citations

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