Laurence Gruer

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Laurence Gruer is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurence Gruer has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Epidemiology, 26 papers in General Health Professions and 19 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Laurence Gruer's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (15 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (11 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (9 papers). Laurence Gruer is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (15 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (11 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (9 papers). Laurence Gruer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Laurence Gruer's co-authors include Sally Haw, Thomas Czypionka, Dirk Bassler, Manuel Schmid, Trisha Greenhalgh, Lawrence Elliott, Carole Hart, Gail Gilchrist, Jacqueline M. Atkinson and Avril Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Epidemiology and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Laurence Gruer

76 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

  1. Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis
    2020 406 citations Thomas Czypionka, Laurence Gruer et al. profile →

Peers

Laurence Gruer
Catherine Bennett Australia
Paul Simon United States
G Joubert South Africa
Muktar H. Aliyu United States
Mohammad H. Rahbar United States
Anne Cockcroft Mexico
Vendhan Gajalakshmi India
Tung T. Nguyen United States
William Chi Wai Wong Hong Kong
Purnima Madhivanan United States
Catherine Bennett Australia
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Countries citing papers authored by Laurence Gruer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laurence Gruer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurence Gruer

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

All Works

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Bhopal, Raj, Thomas Czypionka, Laurence Gruer, et al.. (2020). Test, test, test for COVID-19 antibodies: the importance of sensitivity, specificity and predictive powers. Public Health. 185. 88–90. 30 indexed citations
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Cézard, Geneviève, Laurence Gruer, Markus Steiner, et al.. (2020). Ethnic variations in falls and road traffic injuries resulting in hospitalisation or death in Scotland: the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study. Public Health. 182. 32–38. 7 indexed citations
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Bhopal, Raj, Laurence Gruer, Geneviève Cézard, et al.. (2018). Mortality, ethnicity, and country of birth on a national scale, 2001–2013: A retrospective cohort (Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study). PLoS Medicine. 15(3). e1002515–e1002515. 41 indexed citations
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Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Geneviève Cézard, Raj Bhopal, et al.. (2018). Assessment of health care, hospital admissions, and mortality by ethnicity: population-based cohort study of health-system performance in Scotland. The Lancet Public Health. 3(5). e226–e236. 25 indexed citations
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Gruer, Laurence, Linda Williams, Raj Bhopal, et al.. (2018). Differences in all-cause hospitalisation by ethnic group: a data linkage cohort study of 4.62 million people in Scotland, 2001–2013. Public Health. 161. 5–11. 6 indexed citations
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Gruer, Laurence, et al.. (2015). Bacteriological Spectrum of CAPD Peritonitis. Contributions to nephrology. 57. 41–44.
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Hart, Carole, Laurence Gruer, & Linda Bauld. (2013). Does Smoking Reduction in Midlife Reduce Mortality Risk? Results of 2 Long-Term Prospective Cohort Studies of Men and Women in Scotland. American Journal of Epidemiology. 178(5). 770–779. 40 indexed citations
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Hart, Carole, Laurence Gruer, & G. Watt. (2011). Cause specific mortality, social position, and obesity among women who had never smoked: 28 year cohort study. BMJ. 342(jun28 1). d3785–d3785. 21 indexed citations
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Hart, Carole, George Davey Smith, Laurence Gruer, & Graham Watt. (2010). The combined effect of smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol on cause-specific mortality: a 30 year cohort study. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 789–789. 103 indexed citations
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Haw, Sally, Laurence Gruer, Amanda Amos, et al.. (2006). Legislation on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland: how will we evaluate the impact?. Journal of Public Health. 28(1). 24–30. 47 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Gail, Jacqueline M. Atkinson, & Laurence Gruer. (2006). Illicit tranquilliser use and dependence among female opiate users. Drug and Alcohol Review. 25(5). 459–461. 7 indexed citations
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Taylor, Allen, Sharon Hutchinson, Jairam R. Lingappa, et al.. (2004). Severe illness and death among injecting drug users in Scotland: a case-control study. Epidemiology and Infection. 133(2). 193–204. 11 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Gail, Laurence Gruer, & Jacqueline M. Atkinson. (2004). Comparison of drug use and psychiatric morbidity between prostitute and non-prostitute female drug users in Glasgow, Scotland. Addictive Behaviors. 30(5). 1019–1023. 68 indexed citations
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Morrison, Alistair, et al.. (1997). The Sexual Health Help Centre: a service for young people. Journal of Public Health. 19(4). 457–463. 15 indexed citations
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Carr, Susan, et al.. (1996). A primary health care service for Glasgow street sex workers-6 years experience of the 'Drop-in Centre', 1989-1994. AIDS Care. 8(4). 489–498. 30 indexed citations
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Elliott, Lawrence, et al.. (1996). Theatre in AIDS education-a controlled study. AIDS Care. 8(3). 321–340. 31 indexed citations
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Taylor, A., David Goldberg, J A Emslie, et al.. (1995). Outbreak of HIV infection in a Scottish prison. BMJ. 310(6975). 289–292. 187 indexed citations
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McSharry, Charles, Elizabeth Galloway, Christine Ross, et al.. (1992). Heterogeneity of peripheral blood monocyte populations in human immunodeficiency virus-1 seropositive patients. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 105(5-6). 317–323. 25 indexed citations

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