Laura E. Bothwell

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Laura E. Bothwell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura E. Bothwell has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Laura E. Bothwell's work include Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (3 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (3 papers) and Health and Medical Research Impacts (3 papers). Laura E. Bothwell is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (3 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (3 papers) and Health and Medical Research Impacts (3 papers). Laura E. Bothwell collaborates with scholars based in United States and New Zealand. Laura E. Bothwell's co-authors include Scott H. Podolsky, David S. Jones, Jeremy A. Greene, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Jerry Avorn, Nazleen F. Khan, Charles M. Lovett, Sierra A. Colavito, Alan D. Grossman and Theresa C. O’Brien and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Surgery and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Laura E. Bothwell

7 papers receiving 746 citations

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Assessing the Gold Standard — Lessons from the History of RCTs

2016 371 citations Laura E. Bothwell, Jeremy A. Greene et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura E. Bothwell United States	6	157	155	149	141	115	7	763
Sangita Kulathinal Finland	14	58 0.4×	90 0.6×	187 1.3×	97 0.7×	94 0.8×	59	864
Simon Chan United Kingdom	18	97 0.6×	301 1.9×	60 0.4×	579 4.1×	275 2.4×	31	1.7k
Getachew Dagne United States	19	83 0.5×	21 0.1×	298 2.0×	53 0.4×	192 1.7×	87	1.1k
Arnaud Merglen Switzerland	14	79 0.5×	280 1.8×	21 0.1×	127 0.9×	94 0.8×	34	1.3k
John P. A. Ioannidis United States	5	142 0.9×	29 0.2×	102 0.7×	32 0.2×	168 1.5×	5	626
Caroline Beunckens Belgium	11	37 0.2×	104 0.7×	325 2.2×	19 0.1×	46 0.4×	17	810
Sharon L. Lewis United States	21	23 0.1×	132 0.9×	36 0.2×	28 0.2×	75 0.7×	52	1.1k
Anup Amatya United States	15	57 0.4×	55 0.4×	150 1.0×	25 0.2×	63 0.5×	49	698
Henrik R. Wulff Denmark	20	46 0.3×	102 0.7×	69 0.5×	137 1.0×	215 1.9×	59	1.5k
Annalisa Rosso Italy	18	126 0.8×	30 0.2×	18 0.1×	107 0.8×	157 1.4×	56	885

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura E. Bothwell

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All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Bothwell, Laura E. & David S. Jones. (2019). Innovation and Tribulation in the History of Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 274(6). e616–e624. 8 indexed citations

2.

Bothwell, Laura E., Jerry Avorn, Nazleen F. Khan, & Aaron S. Kesselheim. (2018). Adaptive design clinical trials: a review of the literature and ClinicalTrials.gov. BMJ Open. 8(2). e018320–e018320. 95 indexed citations

3.

Bothwell, Laura E. & Aaron S. Kesselheim. (2017). The Real‐World Ethics of Adaptive‐Design Clinical Trials. The Hastings Center Report. 47(6). 27–37. 16 indexed citations

4.

Bothwell, Laura E., Jeremy A. Greene, Scott H. Podolsky, & David S. Jones. (2016). Assessing the Gold Standard — Lessons from the History of RCTs. New England Journal of Medicine. 374(22). 2175–2181. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bothwell, Laura E. & Scott H. Podolsky. (2016). The Emergence of the Randomized, Controlled Trial. New England Journal of Medicine. 375(6). 501–504. 104 indexed citations

6.

Bothwell, Laura E.. (2014). The Emergence of the Randomized Controlled Trial: Origins to 1980. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 2 indexed citations

7.

Bothwell, Laura E., Susan Canny, Karen A. Chachu, et al.. (2005). Genetic Composition of theBacillus subtilisSOS System. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(22). 7655–7666. 167 indexed citations

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