Melissa Brouwers

19.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
209 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Melissa Brouwers is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Brouwers has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 78 papers in General Health Professions and 64 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Melissa Brouwers's work include Clinical practice guidelines implementation (100 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (57 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (41 papers). Melissa Brouwers is often cited by papers focused on Clinical practice guidelines implementation (100 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (57 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (41 papers). Melissa Brouwers collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Melissa Brouwers's co-authors include George P. Browman, Julie Makarski, Michelle E. Kho, Ian D. Graham, Jako Burgers, Françoise Cluzeau, Steven Hanna, Jeremy Grimshaw, Béatrice Fervers and Gene Feder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Brouwers

200 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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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.

AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care

2010 2.4k citations Melissa Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal profile →
American Society of Clinical Oncology Recommendations on Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage II Colon Cancer

2004 1.1k citations Melissa Brouwers, Manya Charette et al. profile →
AGREE II: Advancing guideline development, reporting, and evaluation in health care

2010 506 citations Melissa Brouwers, Michelle E. Kho et al. profile →
The AGREE Reporting Checklist: a tool to improve reporting of clinical practice guidelines

2016 491 citations Melissa Brouwers et al. profile →
Does Delay in Starting Treatment Affect the Outcomes of Radiotherapy? A Systematic Review

2003 436 citations Melissa Brouwers, George P. Browman et al. profile →
How can we improve guideline use? A conceptual framework of implementability

2011 336 citations Anna R. Gagliardi, Melissa Brouwers et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Brouwers Canada	47	4.9k	3.0k	2.9k	2.2k	1.7k	209	12.4k
George P. Browman Canada	40	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	128	10.1k
Evelyn P Whitlock United States	53	3.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	735 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	174	12.5k
Klim McPherson United Kingdom	69	4.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	238	16.2k
Jane Young Australia	52	3.5k 0.7×	4.6k 1.6×	3.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	2.9k 1.7×	251	13.5k
Katherine L. Kahn United States	54	2.8k 0.6×	3.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	255	10.6k
David M. Eddy United States	55	1.8k 0.4×	2.9k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	3.3k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	140	10.9k
Madeleine King Australia	65	2.3k 0.5×	2.7k 0.9×	5.1k 1.8×	2.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	304	14.1k
Michael Brundage Canada	54	1.7k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	3.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	276	10.4k
C. Daniel Mullins United States	48	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	361	10.7k
Monika K. Krzyzanowska Canada	46	4.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	5.1k 1.8×	948 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	318	11.1k

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Latimer‐Cheung, Amy E., Guy Faulkner, Melissa Brouwers, et al.. (2025). The longitudinal evaluation of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults: lessons learned and considerations for future research. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 50. 1–16.

Bennett, Alexandria, Becky Skidmore, Melissa Brouwers, et al.. (2024). How firearm legislation impacts firearm mortality internationally: A scoping review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100127–100127. 2 indexed citations

Beck, Andrew, Alexandria Bennett, Leila Esmaeilisaraji, et al.. (2024). Screening for depression in children and adolescents in primary care or non-mental health settings: a systematic review update. Systematic Reviews. 13(1). 48–48. 7 indexed citations

Flood, Stephanie M., Guy Faulkner, Leigh M. Vanderloo, et al.. (2023). Development of a ParticipACTION App–Based Intervention for Improving Postsecondary Students’ 24-Hour Movement Guideline Behaviors: Protocol for the Application of Intervention Mapping. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e39977–e39977. 3 indexed citations

Scott, Mary, Justin Presseau, Becky Skidmore, et al.. (2023). Exploring COVID‐19 education to support vaccine confidence amongst the general adult population with special considerations for healthcare and long‐term care staff: A scoping review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 19(3). e1352–e1352. 6 indexed citations

Tsokani, Sofia, Stavros A. Antoniou, Irini Moustaki, et al.. (2021). Guideline Assessment Project II: statistical calibration informed the development of an AGREE II extension for surgical guidelines. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(8). 4061–4068. 2 indexed citations

Moore, Ainsley, Yin Wu, Linda Kwakkenbos, et al.. (2021). The patient engagement evaluation tool was valid for clinical practice guideline development. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 143. 61–72. 13 indexed citations

Brouwers, Melissa, et al.. (2019). Clinical Practice Guidelines: Tools to Support High Quality Patient Care. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 49(2). 145–152. 43 indexed citations

Bennett, Kathryn, Stephanie Duda, Melissa Brouwers, et al.. (2018). Towards high-quality, useful practice guidelines for child and youth mental health disorders: protocol for a systematic review and consensus exercise. BMJ Open. 8(2). e018053–e018053. 5 indexed citations

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Driedger, S. Michelle, et al.. (2018). “There is always a better way”: Managing uncertainty in decision making about new cancer drugs in Canada. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 33(2). e485–e499. 4 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Anna R., Gladys Honein‐AbouHaidar, Angel Arnaout, et al.. (2017). How do the characteristics of breast cancer diagnostic assessment programmes influence service delivery: A mixed methods study. European Journal of Cancer Care. 27(2). e12727–e12727. 5 indexed citations

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Coroneos, Christopher J., et al.. (2017). Obstetrical brachial plexus injury (OBPI): Canada's national clinical practice guideline. BMJ Open. 7(1). e014141–e014141. 43 indexed citations

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Flórez, Iván D. & Melissa Brouwers. (2016). Transferencia del conocimiento: el papel de las guías de práctica clínica. IATREIA. 29. 136–150. 1 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Melissa, Jennifer R. Tomasone, Eva Grunfeld, et al.. (2016). Documenting coordination of cancer care between primary care providers and oncology specialists in Canada.. PubMed. 62(10). e616–e625. 22 indexed citations

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Coroneos, Christopher J., et al.. (2015). Primary Nerve Repair for Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Injury. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 136(4). 765–779. 15 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Melissa, Michelle E. Kho, George P. Browman, et al.. (2010). AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 182(18). E839–E842. 2391 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kho, Michelle E., Mark Duffett, Donald J. Willison, DJ Cook, & Melissa Brouwers. (2009). Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review. BMJ. 338(mar12 2). b866–b866. 187 indexed citations

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Anand, Sonia S., A. Darlene Davis, Rashid Ahmed, et al.. (2007). A Family-based Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyles in an Aboriginal Community in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 98(6). 447–452. 74 indexed citations

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Sawka, Anna M., Kullathorn Thephamongkhol, Melissa Brouwers, et al.. (2004). A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis of the Effectiveness of Radioactive Iodine Remnant Ablation for Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 89(8). 3668–3676. 306 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Melissa & Manya Charette. (2001). Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines in chiropractic care: a comparison of North American guideline reports. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 45(3). 141–153. 3 indexed citations

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