Keith Dear

14.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
212 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Keith Dear is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Dear has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 36 papers in General Health Professions and 36 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Keith Dear's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (57 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (24 papers). Keith Dear is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (57 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (24 papers). Keith Dear collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Keith Dear's co-authors include Anthony F. Jorm, Yingwei Peng, Howard A. Fine, George P. Canellos, Peter Black, Jay S. Loeffler, Helen Christensen, Anthony J. McMichael, Peng Bi and Anthony Capon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Keith Dear

208 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Meta-analysis of radiation therapy with and without adjuvant chemotherapy for malignant gliomas in adults

1993 689 citations Keith Dear et al. profile →
Heat exposure and cardiovascular health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2022 325 citations Blesson M. Varghese, Alana Hansen et al. profile →
The case for systems thinking about climate change and mental health

2018 258 citations Keith Dear, Anthony Capon et al. profile →
Is there an association between hot weather and poor mental health outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 224 citations Blesson M. Varghese, Alana Hansen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Dear Australia	59	2.7k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	734	212	9.9k
Maria Blettner Germany	55	946 0.4×	712 0.6×	607 0.5×	458 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	349	11.7k
Matteo Bottai Sweden	58	2.2k 0.8×	463 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	493 0.5×	1.4k 2.0×	351	11.8k
Scott Davis United States	53	1.5k 0.5×	343 0.3×	913 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	246	9.8k
W. Dana Flanders United States	75	4.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	2.5k 2.2×	1.7k 1.7×	3.3k 4.4×	366	24.2k
Karl‐Heinz Jöckel Germany	61	3.0k 1.1×	865 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	405 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	437	14.1k
Paul J. Catalano United States	65	2.6k 1.0×	896 0.7×	355 0.3×	2.0k 1.9×	1.6k 2.1×	307	18.8k
Louise Ryan United States	74	4.7k 1.8×	648 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	714 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	339	18.1k
Jørgen Holm Petersen Denmark	69	2.3k 0.9×	601 0.5×	740 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	2.6k 3.6×	364	16.5k
Aaron Blair United States	72	5.0k 1.9×	550 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	754 0.7×	2.5k 3.4×	324	16.7k
Daniel O. Stram United States	69	1.8k 0.7×	288 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.9k 2.6×	286	18.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith Dear

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Dear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Dear

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nitschke, Monika, et al.. (2025). Exploring thunderstorm asthma in South Australia. International Journal of Biometeorology. 69(11). 2953–2965.

Daly, Alison, Eleanor Dunlop, Yasmine Probst, et al.. (2023). Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods and increased likelihood of central nervous system demyelination in a case-control study of Australian adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 77(5). 611–614. 12 indexed citations

Borg, Matthew, Jianjun Xiang, Olga Anikeeva, et al.. (2023). Current and projected heatwave-attributable occupational injuries, illnesses, and associated economic burden in Australia. Environmental Research. 236(Pt 2). 116852–116852. 17 indexed citations

Damtew, Yohannes Tefera, Michael Tong, Blesson M. Varghese, et al.. (2023). Effects of high temperatures and heatwaves on dengue fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EBioMedicine. 91. 104582–104582. 45 indexed citations

Nitschke, Monika, et al.. (2022). Association between grass, tree and weed pollen and asthma health outcomes in Adelaide, South Australia: a time series regression analysis. BMJ Open. 12(11). e066851–e066851. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zhan, et al.. (2019). Violence against health professionals and facilities in China: Evidence from criminal litigation records. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 67. 1–6. 16 indexed citations

Xiang, Jianjun, Alana Hansen, Dino Pisaniello, Keith Dear, & Peng Bi. (2018). Correlates of Occupational Heat-Induced Illness Costs. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 60(9). e463–e469. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, Monika Nitschke, Keith Dear, et al.. (2016). Risk factors for deaths during the 2009 heat wave in Adelaide, Australia: a matched case-control study. International Journal of Biometeorology. 61(1). 35–47. 31 indexed citations

Vardoulakis, Sotiris, Keith Dear, & Paul Wilkinson. (2016). Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Environmental Health and Sustainability: the HEALTHY-POLIS initiative. Environmental Health. 15(S1). 30–30. 47 indexed citations

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Swaminathan, Ashwin, Robyn Lucas, Keith Dear, & Anthony J. McMichael. (2014). Keyhole limpet haemocyanin – a model antigen for human immunotoxicological studies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 78(5). 1135–1142. 74 indexed citations

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Ng, Victoria, Keith Dear, David Harley, & Anthony J. McMichael. (2014). Analysis and Prediction of Ross River Virus Transmission in New South Wales, Australia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14(6). 422–438. 21 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Omar, et al.. (2009). Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation in a stroke unit population. Internal Medicine Journal. 39(11). 752–756. 9 indexed citations

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Mullins, Raymond J, Keith Dear, & Mimi L.K. Tang. (2009). Characteristics of childhood peanut allergy in the Australian Capital Territory, 1995 to 2007. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 123(3). 689–693. 85 indexed citations

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Ponsonby, Anne‐Louise, Caron Chapman, Alan Coulthard, et al.. (2008). Association between actinic damage, a biomarker of lifetime sun exposure, and first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination: the Ausimmune Study. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 14. 1 indexed citations

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Lucas, Robyn, Bruce Taylor, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, et al.. (2008). Latitudinal variation in incidence of first demyclinating events: descriptive analyses of case participants in the Ausimmune Study. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 3 indexed citations

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Lokuge, Kamalini, Wayne Smith, Bruce Caldwell, Keith Dear, & Abul Hasnat Milton. (2004). The Effect of Arsenic Mitigation Interventions on Disease Burden in Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(11). 1172–1177. 71 indexed citations

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Hasan, Ziaul, et al.. (2003). CHRONIC ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN BANGLADESH. Epidemiology. 14(Supplement). S15–S15. 10 indexed citations

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Dear, Keith. (2001). Review of Cyberstats. MSOR Connections. 1(3). 57–60. 2 indexed citations

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Leitch, James, et al.. (1997). Randomized Trial of a Hospital-Based Exercise Training Program After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cardiac Autonomic Effects. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 29(6). 1263–1268. 67 indexed citations

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Soiffer, Robert J., Keith Dear, Kenneth C. Anderson, et al.. (1991). HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING T-CELL-DEPLETED ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. Transplantation. 52(6). 1014–1019. 37 indexed citations

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