Kerry Dwan

11.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
107 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Kerry Dwan is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerry Dwan has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Kerry Dwan's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (41 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (20 papers) and Delphi Technique in Research (18 papers). Kerry Dwan is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (41 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (20 papers) and Delphi Technique in Research (18 papers). Kerry Dwan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Kerry Dwan's co-authors include Carrol Gamble, Paula Williamson, Jamie J Kirkham, Douglas G. Altman, Debbie A. Lawlor, Marion E. T. McMurdo, Gillian Mead, Carolyn Greig, Susanna Dodd and Rebecca MD Smyth and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kerry Dwan

99 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence of Study Publication Bias and Outcome Reporting Bias

2008 1.1k citations Kerry Dwan, An‐Wen Chan et al. PLoS ONE profile →
The impact of outcome reporting bias in randomised controlled trials on a cohort of systematic reviews

2010 788 citations Jamie J Kirkham, Kerry Dwan et al. profile →
Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence of Study Publication Bias and Outcome Reporting Bias — An Updated Review

2013 732 citations Kerry Dwan, Carrol Gamble et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Exercise for depression

2014 703 citations Kerry Dwan et al. profile →
CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised crossover trials

2019 442 citations Kerry Dwan, Tianjing Li et al. BMJ profile →
Using Risk of Bias 2 to assess results from randomised controlled trials: guidance from Cochrane

2023 104 citations Isabelle Boutron, Julian P. T. Higgins et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kerry Dwan	1.7k	1.2k	878	832	739	107	7.2k
Roberta W. Scherer	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	687 0.8×	702 0.8×	668 0.9×	95	7.4k
Steven A. Julious	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	720 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	157	9.7k
Carrol Gamble	2.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	602 0.7×	347 0.5×	168	8.7k
Carol Lefebvre	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	557 0.6×	622 0.7×	441 0.6×	72	8.1k
Karmela Krleža-Jerić	697 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	719 0.8×	681 0.8×	840 1.1×	18	8.4k
Catrin Tudur Smith	759 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	571 0.7×	947 1.1×	430 0.6×	181	7.7k
Sofia Dias	1.5k 0.9×	938 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	170	11.2k
Ferrán Catalá-López	839 0.5×	739 0.6×	515 0.6×	997 1.2×	633 0.9×	127	8.9k
Jamie J Kirkham	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	531 0.6×	354 0.5×	136	7.7k
Tianjing Li	843 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	448 0.5×	530 0.6×	656 0.9×	158	7.4k

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Kanellopoulou, Afroditi, Kerry Dwan, & Rachel Richardson. (2025). Common statistical errors in systematic reviews: A tutorial. PubMed. 3(2). e70013–e70013. 3 indexed citations

Henschke, Nicholas, Hanna Bergman, Brian S Buckley, et al.. (2025). Effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes on community rates of HPV-related disease and harms from vaccination. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(11). CD015363–CD015363. 3 indexed citations

Bergman, Hanna, Nicholas Henschke, Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(11). CD015364–CD015364. 2 indexed citations

Krishan, Ashma & Kerry Dwan. (2025). Meta‐Analysis Using Time‐to‐Event Data: A Tutorial. PubMed. 3(5). e70041–e70041. 1 indexed citations

Nejstgaard, Camilla Hansen, An‐Wen Chan, Kerry Dwan, et al.. (2025). A scoping review identifies comments suggesting modifications to PRISMA-P 2015. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 182. 111760–111760. 2 indexed citations

Gallardo‐Gómez, Daniel, Rachel Richardson, & Kerry Dwan. (2024). Standardized mean differences in meta‐analysis: A tutorial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). e12047–e12047. 26 indexed citations

Page, Matthew J., Jonathan A C Sterne, Isabelle Boutron, et al.. (2023). ROB-ME: a tool for assessing risk of bias due to missing evidence in systematic reviews with meta-analysis. BMJ. 383. e076754–e076754. 38 indexed citations

Gallardo‐Gómez, Daniel, Hugo Pedder, Nicky J. Welton, Kerry Dwan, & Sofia Dias. (2023). Variability in meta-analysis estimates of continuous outcomes using different standardization and scale-specific re-expression methods. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 165. 111213–111213. 10 indexed citations

Chaplin, Marty & Kerry Dwan. (2023). Cluster‐randomized controlled trials: A tutorial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(7). e12024–e12024. 2 indexed citations

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Richardson, Rachel, Kerry Dwan, & Afroditi Kanellopoulou. (2023). Measuring dichotomous outcomes using risk ratios, odds ratios, and the risk difference: A tutorial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(5). e12022–e12022. 1 indexed citations

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Quinn, Terence J., Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Ben Carter, et al.. (2021). Following the science? Comparison of methodological and reporting quality of covid-19 and other research from the first wave of the pandemic. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 207–207. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Rui, Kerry Dwan, Marian Showell, et al.. (2021). Reporting of Cochrane systematic review protocols with network meta‐analyses—A scoping review. Research Synthesis Methods. 13(2). 164–175. 6 indexed citations

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Chaplin, Marty, Jamie J Kirkham, Kerry Dwan, et al.. (2020). STrengthening the Reporting Of Pharmacogenetic Studies: Development of the STROPS guideline. PLoS Medicine. 17(9). e1003344–e1003344. 30 indexed citations

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Richardson, Marty, Jamie J Kirkham, Kerry Dwan, et al.. (2019). Protocol for the development of the STrengthening the Reporting Of Pharmacogenetic Studies (STROPS) guideline: checklist of items for reporting pharmacogenetic studies. BMJ Open. 9(7). e030212–e030212. 3 indexed citations

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Weston, Jennifer, Kerry Dwan, Douglas G. Altman, et al.. (2016). Feasibility study to examine discrepancy rates in prespecified and reported outcomes in articles submitted to The BMJ. BMJ Open. 6(4). e010075–e010075. 9 indexed citations

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Nevitt, Sarah J, Ian Hambleton, & Kerry Dwan. (2016). The Use and Reporting of the Cross-Over Study Design in Clinical Trials and Systematic Reviews: A Systematic Assessment. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0159014–e0159014. 32 indexed citations

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Fleeman, Nigel, A Bagust, Sophie Beale, et al.. (2014). Pertuzumab in Combination with Trastuzumab and Docetaxel for the Treatment of HER2-Positive Metastatic or Locally Recurrent Unresectable Breast Cancer. PharmacoEconomics. 33(1). 13–23. 18 indexed citations

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Dwan, Kerry, Jamie J Kirkham, Paula Williamson, & Carrol Gamble. (2013). Selective reporting of outcomes in randomised controlled trials in systematic reviews of cystic fibrosis. BMJ Open. 3(6). e002709–e002709. 32 indexed citations

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Hockenhull, Juliet, Kerry Dwan, G Smith, et al.. (2009). The clinical effectiveness of central venous catheters treated with anti-infective agents in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: A systematic review*. Critical Care Medicine. 37(2). 702–712. 68 indexed citations

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Hockenhull, Jo, Kerry Dwan, Angela Boland, et al.. (2008). The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of central venous catheters treated with anti-infective agents in preventing bloodstream infections: a systematic review and economic evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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