Keith Ball

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Keith Ball is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Ball has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Keith Ball's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (4 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (4 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers). Keith Ball is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (4 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (4 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers). Keith Ball collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Keith Ball's co-authors include R W Sillett, Richard Turner, J. A. McM. Turner, J. F. Goodwin, C. V. Harrison, Tsering Norboo, Nigel Bruce, J. A. Heady, Jonathan Cowie and E H Jellinek and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Keith Ball

50 papers receiving 1.0k 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 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.

Low-fat diet in myocardial infarction: A controlled trial.

1965 352 citations Keith Ball PubMed profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Ball United Kingdom	17	360	195	190	159	124	52	1.2k
M G Dunnigan United Kingdom	27	319 0.9×	115 0.6×	302 1.6×	101 0.6×	179 1.4×	60	2.1k
B. K. Jacobsen Norway	9	162 0.5×	183 0.9×	258 1.4×	87 0.5×	122 1.0×	10	1.3k
David E. Lilienfeld United States	20	144 0.4×	249 1.3×	145 0.8×	392 2.5×	163 1.3×	52	1.7k
M W Higgins United States	17	375 1.0×	419 2.1×	340 1.8×	404 2.5×	340 2.7×	31	1.7k
David C. Deubner United States	18	305 0.8×	87 0.4×	256 1.3×	184 1.2×	57 0.5×	37	1.1k
Carl E. Bartecchi United States	7	411 1.1×	127 0.7×	169 0.9×	87 0.5×	69 0.6×	17	863
E Dryson New Zealand	17	190 0.5×	149 0.8×	215 1.1×	126 0.8×	68 0.5×	35	1.1k
Catherine Allen United States	18	334 0.9×	186 1.0×	325 1.7×	82 0.5×	235 1.9×	29	2.1k
Mark Upton United Kingdom	18	340 0.9×	163 0.8×	241 1.3×	374 2.4×	89 0.7×	29	1.3k
Monika Stender United States	13	242 0.7×	116 0.6×	118 0.6×	86 0.5×	66 0.5×	22	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith Ball

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Ball

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keith Ball. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keith Ball 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 Keith Ball. Keith Ball is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Norboo, Tsering, et al.. (2004). Mini review of high altitude health problems in Ladakh. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 58(4). 220–225. 23 indexed citations

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Dowson, Andrew, et al.. (2000). Comparison of a Fixed Combination of Domperidone and Paracetamol (Domperamol®) with Sumatriptan 50mg in Moderate to Severe Migraine: A Randomised UK Primary Care Study. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 16(3). 190–197. 20 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith, et al.. (1994). Health in Zangskar.. 405–432. 2 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1993). Tobacco consumption in Africa. Tobacco Control. 2(4). 334.1–334.1. 1 indexed citations

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Norboo, Tsering, et al.. (1991). Domestic Pollution and Respiratory Illness in a Himalayan Village. International Journal of Epidemiology. 20(3). 749–757. 66 indexed citations

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Norboo, Tsering, et al.. (1990). Seasonal koilonychia in Ladakh. Contact Dermatitis. 22(2). 78–80. 4 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1990). Peripheral vascular disease and cigarette smoking.. 13(4). 174–178. 2 indexed citations

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Norboo, Tsering & Keith Ball. (1988). High altitude pulmonary oedema in the Himalayas: a preventable condition.. PubMed. 232(1448). 557–60. 1 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1987). Photodynamic therapy of malignant tumors.. PubMed. 9(6). 9–15. 10 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1981). PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE. The Lancet. 317(8225). 894–894.

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Ball, Keith, et al.. (1980). Smoking and Africa: the coming epidemic.. BMJ. 280(6219). 991–993. 20 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith, et al.. (1979). Hospital action on smoking.. BMJ. 2(6193). 777–778. 4 indexed citations

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Sillett, R W, et al.. (1978). Deception among smokers.. BMJ. 2(6146). 1185–1186. 140 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1973). Smoking in hospitals.. BMJ. 3(5877). 453.1–453. 1 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1971). Cigarette Smoking and the Responsibility of the Hospital Physician. CHEST Journal. 59(4). 418–420. 1 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1970). Points from Letters: E.C.G. and the Family Doctor. BMJ. 2(5704). 301.7–301. 2 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1965). Low-fat diet in myocardial infarction: A controlled trial.. PubMed. 2(7411). 501–4. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phear, David, et al.. (1960). PROLONGED TREATMENT WITH STEROIDS IN SEVERE CHRONIC ASTHMA. The Lancet. 275(7116). 139–141. 15 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith, et al.. (1960). EMBOLIC OCCLUSION OF THE AORTA IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS. QJM. 29. 459–71. 2 indexed citations

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Ball, Keith. (1954). SEVERE ASTHMA TREATED WITH CORTICOTROPHIN. The Lancet. 263(6823). 1162–1165. 5 indexed citations

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