Lisa Affengruber

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lisa Affengruber is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lisa Affengruber has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lisa Affengruber's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (12 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (4 papers). Lisa Affengruber is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (12 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (4 papers). Lisa Affengruber collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Netherlands. Lisa Affengruber's co-authors include Gerald Gartlehner, Barbara Nußbaumer-Streit, Adrienne Stevens, Chantelle Garritty, Valerie King, Chris Kamel, Candyce Hamel, Irma Klerings, Andreea Dobrescu and Emma Persad and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lisa Affengruber

24 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group offers evidence-informed guidance to conduct rapid reviews

2020 671 citations Chantelle Garritty, Gerald Gartlehner et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
Excluding non-English publications from evidence-syntheses did not change conclusions: a meta-epidemiological study

2019 257 citations Barbara Nußbaumer-Streit, Irma Klerings et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lisa Affengruber Austria	12	347	240	175	164	132	28	1.4k
Chenglin Ye Canada	16	332 1.0×	188 0.8×	161 0.9×	128 0.8×	141 1.1×	29	1.4k
Stephanie Chang United States	23	364 1.0×	343 1.4×	235 1.3×	128 0.8×	248 1.9×	62	2.0k
Patraporn Bhatarasakoon Thailand	9	361 1.0×	368 1.5×	83 0.5×	315 1.9×	167 1.3×	36	1.9k
Sunya‐Lee Antoine Germany	13	209 0.6×	190 0.8×	92 0.5×	89 0.5×	124 0.9×	17	1.2k
Michele P Hamm Canada	21	484 1.4×	245 1.0×	221 1.3×	292 1.8×	127 1.0×	32	2.3k
Sharon Wong Canada	17	370 1.1×	490 2.0×	150 0.9×	173 1.1×	262 2.0×	30	1.5k
Allison Gates Canada	21	378 1.1×	347 1.4×	285 1.6×	77 0.5×	146 1.1×	51	1.5k
Claire Coleman United Kingdom	8	269 0.8×	202 0.8×	78 0.4×	159 1.0×	102 0.8×	10	1.2k
Gernot Wagner Austria	19	270 0.8×	174 0.7×	147 0.8×	494 3.0×	254 1.9×	46	2.4k
Chris Kamel Canada	11	442 1.3×	281 1.2×	187 1.1×	162 1.0×	100 0.8×	16	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lisa Affengruber

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Nußbaumer-Streit, Barbara, Dominic Ledinger, Christina Kien, et al.. (2025). Knowledge user involvement is still uncommon in published rapid reviews—a meta-research cross-sectional study. Research Synthesis Methods. 16(6). 876–899.

Affengruber, Lisa, Isolde Sommer, Anna Wahl, et al.. (2025). Conceptualization of health literacy from the perspective of children and adolescents – a meta-ethnography. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5697–5697. 2 indexed citations

Sommer, Isolde, Lisa Affengruber, Andreea Dobrescu, et al.. (2025). Stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of factors influencing the commissioning, delivery, and uptake of general health checks: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(3). CD014796–CD014796.

Affengruber, Lisa, et al.. (2025). How Best to Perform Co-Research With Children and Adolescents: A Rapid Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 24.

Affengruber, Lisa, Barbara Nußbaumer-Streit, Candyce Hamel, et al.. (2024). Rapid review methods series: Guidance on the use of supportive software. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 29(4). 264–271. 8 indexed citations

Devane, Declan, Candyce Hamel, Gerald Gartlehner, et al.. (2024). Key concepts in rapid reviews: an overview. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 175. 111518–111518. 3 indexed citations

Gartlehner, Gerald, Andreea Dobrescu, Andrea Chapman, et al.. (2023). Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatments of Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis for a Clinical Guideline by the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine. 176(2). 196–211. 25 indexed citations

Dobrescu, Andreea, Andrea Chapman, Lisa Affengruber, et al.. (2023). Cost-Effectiveness of First- and Second-Step Treatment Strategies for Major Depressive Disorder. Annals of Internal Medicine. 176(2). 212–216. 2 indexed citations

Affengruber, Lisa, Andreea Dobrescu, Emma Persad, et al.. (2022). Characteristics and recovery methods of studies falsely excluded during literature screening—a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 11(1). 236–236. 1 indexed citations

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Griebler, Ursula, Irma Klerings, Barbara Nußbaumer-Streit, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of interventions for the remediation of lead-contaminated soil to prevent or reduce lead exposure - A systematic review. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 1). 150480–150480. 19 indexed citations

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Hamel, Candyce, Alan Michaud, Micere Thuku, et al.. (2020). Few evaluative studies exist examining rapid review methodology across stages of conduct: a systematic scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 126. 131–140. 22 indexed citations

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Gartlehner, Gerald, Lisa Affengruber, Viktoria Titscher, et al.. (2020). Single-reviewer abstract screening missed 13 percent of relevant studies: a crowd-based, randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 121. 20–28. 103 indexed citations

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Affengruber, Lisa, Gernot Wagner, Siw Waffenschmidt, et al.. (2020). Combining abbreviated literature searches with single-reviewer screening: three case studies of rapid reviews. Systematic Reviews. 9(1). 162–162. 15 indexed citations

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Garritty, Chantelle, Gerald Gartlehner, Barbara Nußbaumer-Streit, et al.. (2020). Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group offers evidence-informed guidance to conduct rapid reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 130. 13–22. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

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Noel-Storr, Anna H, Gordon Dooley, Lisa Affengruber, & Gerald Gartlehner. (2020). Citation screening using crowdsourcing and machine learning produced accurate results: Evaluation of Cochrane's modified Screen4Me service. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 130. 23–31. 33 indexed citations

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Teufer, Birgit, Lisa Affengruber, Christina Kien, et al.. (2019). Evidence-based occupational health and safety interventions: a comprehensive overview of reviews. BMJ Open. 9(12). e032528–e032528. 33 indexed citations

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Sommer, Isolde, Viktoria Titscher, Birgit Teufer, et al.. (2019). Evidenzbasierte Empfehlungen zur Überarbeitung der österreichischen Vorsorgeuntersuchung. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift. 169(13-14). 339–349. 1 indexed citations

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Nußbaumer-Streit, Barbara, Irma Klerings, Andreea Dobrescu, et al.. (2019). Excluding non-English publications from evidence-syntheses did not change conclusions: a meta-epidemiological study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 118. 42–54. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Glechner, Anna, Lisa Affengruber, Viktoria Titscher, et al.. (2018). Effects of lifestyle changes on adults with prediabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Primary care diabetes. 12(5). 393–408. 146 indexed citations

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Nußbaumer-Streit, Barbara, Anna Glechner, Lisa Affengruber, et al.. (2018). GRADE: Von der Evidenz zur Empfehlung oder Entscheidung - ein systematischer und transparenter Ansatz, um gut informierte Entscheidungen im Gesundheitswesen zu treffen. 1: Einleitung. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 134. 57–66. 9 indexed citations

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