Lu Gao

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lu Gao is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Gao has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 3 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lu Gao's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (3 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (3 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (2 papers). Lu Gao is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (3 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (3 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (2 papers). Lu Gao collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Finland. Lu Gao's co-authors include Simon G. Thompson, H A Ashton, R A P Scott, Fiona E. Matthews, Carol Brayne, Michael Dewey, Lois G. Kim, Matthieu Plichart, Dirk Sander and Kathrin Ziegelbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS Medicine and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Lu Gao

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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. Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data
    2012 407 citations Matthias Lorenz, Joseph F. Polak et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers

Lu Gao
Suellen M. Curkendall United States
Antônio Carlos Carvalho Brazil
Luke Boulanger United States
Tshepo Rasekaba Australia
Solfrid Romundstad Norway
N. Chantelle Hardy United States
Emiliano Sessa Italy
Marjolijn van Buren Netherlands
Puza P. Sharma United States
E.Z. Oddone United States
Suellen M. Curkendall United States
Lu Gao
Citations per year, relative to Lu Gao Lu Gao (= 1×) peers Suellen M. Curkendall

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Gao

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Gao, Lu, Roy Robertson, & Sheila M. Bird. (2020). Scotland's 2009–2015 methadone‐prescription cohort: Quintiles for daily dose of prescribed methadone and risk of methadone‐specific death. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 87(2). 652–673. 7 indexed citations
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Gao, Lu, Roy Robertson, & Sheila M. Bird. (2019). Non drug-related and opioid-specific causes of 3262 deaths in Scotland’s methadone-prescription clients, 2009–2015. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 197. 262–270. 26 indexed citations
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Gao, Lu, et al.. (2018). Accuracy of death certification of dementia in population-based samples of older people: analysis over time. Age and Ageing. 47(4). 589–594. 29 indexed citations
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Gao, Lu, Ian Maidment, Fiona E. Matthews, Louise Robinson, & Carol Brayne. (2017). Medication usage change in older people (65+) in England over 20 years: findings from CFAS I and CFAS II. Age and Ageing. 47(2). 220–225. 67 indexed citations
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Gao, Lu, Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, Roy Robertson, et al.. (2016). Risk-factors for methadone-specific deaths in Scotland’s methadone-prescription clients between 2009 and 2013*. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 167. 214–223. 34 indexed citations
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Gao, Lu, Emma Green, Linda Barnes, et al.. (2015). Changing non-participation in epidemiological studies of older people: evidence from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study I and II. Age and Ageing. 44(5). 867–873. 38 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Matthias, Joseph F. Polak, Maryam Kavousi, et al.. (2012). Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data. The Lancet. 379(9831). 2053–2062. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thompson, Simon G., H A Ashton, Lu Gao, & R A P Scott. (2009). Screening men for abdominal aortic aneurysm: 10 year mortality and cost effectiveness results from the randomised Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study. BMJ. 338(jun24 2). b2307–b2307. 196 indexed citations
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Ashton, H A, et al.. (2007). Fifteen-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of ultrasonographic screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms. British journal of surgery. 94(6). 696–701. 152 indexed citations
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Brayne, Carol, Lu Gao, Michael Dewey, & Fiona E. Matthews. (2006). Dementia before Death in Ageing Societies— The Promise of Prevention and the Reality. PLoS Medicine. 3(10). e397–e397. 110 indexed citations
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Brayne, Carol, Lu Gao, & Fiona E. Matthews. (2005). Challenges in the epidemiological investigation of the relationships between physical activity, obesity, diabetes, dementia and depression. Neurobiology of Aging. 26(1). 6–10. 21 indexed citations

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