Mark R. Elkins

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Mark R. Elkins is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark R. Elkins has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 40 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 30 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Mark R. Elkins's work include Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (39 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (39 papers) and Health Sciences Research and Education (22 papers). Mark R. Elkins is often cited by papers focused on Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (39 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (39 papers) and Health Sciences Research and Education (22 papers). Mark R. Elkins collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and Belgium. Mark R. Elkins's co-authors include Anne M. Moseley, Christopher G. Maher, Rob Herbert, Catherine Sherrington, Peter T.P. Bye, Ruth Dentice, Barbara Rose, Colin Harbour, Michael Robinson and Guy B. Marks and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Mark R. Elkins

138 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Reliability of the PEDro Scale for Rating Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials

2003 3.8k citations Christopher G. Maher, Catherine Sherrington et al. Physical Therapy profile →
A Controlled Trial of Long-Term Inhaled Hypertonic Saline in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

2006 621 citations Mark R. Elkins et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark R. Elkins Australia	35	2.2k	1.1k	1.1k	977	957	145	8.2k
Nicholas Black United Kingdom	18	684 0.3×	791 0.7×	793 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	546 0.6×	39	8.9k
Charlie H. Goldsmith Canada	43	578 0.3×	683 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	2.4k 2.5×	119	8.2k
Elaine Beller Australia	42	779 0.4×	886 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	450 0.5×	130	8.2k
Lucie Brosseau Canada	46	555 0.2×	550 0.5×	741 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.8×	114	5.9k
Bruno R. da Costa Switzerland	50	798 0.4×	501 0.5×	417 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	2.0k 2.1×	176	9.1k
A.-W. Chan Canada	9	581 0.3×	319 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	874 0.9×	10	11.1k
Yu‐Kang Tu Taiwan	56	1.7k 0.8×	406 0.4×	588 0.6×	2.2k 2.3×	355 0.4×	447	12.4k
Rob Scholten Netherlands	45	981 0.4×	307 0.3×	682 0.6×	3.0k 3.0×	1.4k 1.5×	100	9.4k
Andy Vail United Kingdom	49	876 0.4×	214 0.2×	1.0k 0.9×	794 0.8×	425 0.4×	229	10.6k
Joel Gagnier United States	43	558 0.3×	510 0.5×	511 0.5×	2.4k 2.5×	1.0k 1.1×	147	8.4k

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Freire, Ana Paula Coelho Figueira, et al.. (2025). Conclusiveness of Cochrane systematic reviews is low but accumulating across time in physical therapy: A meta-research study. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. 29(3). 101190–101190. 1 indexed citations

Attar, Wesam Saleh A. Al, Mario Bizzini, Jiří Dvořák, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of the FIFA 11+ injury prevention programs in reducing acute lower back injury among soccer players: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 20(6). 2729–2741.

Elkins, Mark R., et al.. (2025). Behaviour change. Journal of physiotherapy. 71(4). 225–228.

Zadro, Joshua R, Giovanni E Ferreira, Will Stahl-Timmins, et al.. (2024). Development of the Reporting Infographics and Visual Abstracts of Comparative studies (RIVA-C) checklist and guide. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 29(5). 342–345. 2 indexed citations

Elkins, Mark R., et al.. (2023). Clinical trial registration has become more prevalent in physical therapy but it is still inadequate: A meta-research study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 67. 102854–102854. 4 indexed citations

Elkins, Mark R., et al.. (2023). Online Education Improves Confidence in Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation. Respiratory Care. 69(1). 91–98. 3 indexed citations

Sharma, Saurab, Arianne P. Verhagen, Mark R. Elkins, et al.. (2023). Research From Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries Will Benefit Global Health and the Physiotherapy Profession, but It Requires Support. Physical Therapy. 103(9). 4 indexed citations

Bonnevie, Tristan, Pauline Smondack, Mark R. Elkins, et al.. (2020). Advanced telehealth technology improves home-based exercise therapy for people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review. Journal of physiotherapy. 67(1). 27–40. 37 indexed citations

Elkins, Mark R., et al.. (2018). Are plain-language summaries included in published reports of evidence about physiotherapy interventions? Analysis of 4421 randomised trials, systematic reviews and guidelines on the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). Physiotherapy. 105(3). 354–361. 14 indexed citations

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Bonnevie, Tristan, Francis‐Edouard Gravier, Mark R. Elkins, et al.. (2018). People undertaking pulmonary rehabilitation are willing and able to provide accurate data via a remote pulse oximetry system: a multicentre observational study. Journal of physiotherapy. 65(1). 28–36. 24 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Bradley A., et al.. (2018). Barriers and enablers of patient and family centred care in an Australian acute care hospital: Perspectives of health managers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Meneses-Echávez, José F., Jorge Enrique Correa‐Bautista, Emilio González‐Jiménez, et al.. (2016). The Effect of Exercise Training on Mediators of Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(7). 1009–1017. 121 indexed citations

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Moseley, Anne M., Mark R. Elkins, Márcia R. Franco, et al.. (2016). The quality of clinical practice guidelines for chronic respiratory diseases and the reliability of the AGREE II: an observational study. Physiotherapy. 103(4). 439–445. 9 indexed citations

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Freeman–Sanderson, Amy, Leanne Togher, Mark R. Elkins, & Paul Phipps. (2016). Quality of life improves with return of voice in tracheostomy patients in intensive care: An observational study. Journal of Critical Care. 33. 186–191. 40 indexed citations

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Elkins, Mark R.. (2015). Assessing baseline comparability in randomised trials. Journal of physiotherapy. 61(4). 228–230. 13 indexed citations

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Elkins, Mark R.. (2013). Concealed allocation in randomised trials. Journal of physiotherapy. 59(2). 134–136. 11 indexed citations

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Elkins, Mark R.. (2011). New initiatives in Journal of Physiotherapy. Journal of physiotherapy. 57(2). 67–68. 1 indexed citations

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Reeve, Julie, et al.. (2011). Inspiratory muscle training to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation: protocol for a systematic review. BMC Research Notes. 4(1). 283–283. 31 indexed citations

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Moseley, Anne M., Rob Herbert, Christopher G. Maher, Catherine Sherrington, & Mark R. Elkins. (2008). [Letter] PEDro scale can only rate what papers report. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 54. 1 indexed citations

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Elkins, Mark R., et al.. (2002). The effect of body position on maximal expiratory pressure and flow. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 48(2). 95–102. 69 indexed citations

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