Michael Gillies

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Gillies is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Gillies has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 13 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Gillies's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (11 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (7 papers). Michael Gillies is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers), Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy (11 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (7 papers). Michael Gillies collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Michael Gillies's co-authors include Rupert M. Pearse, Kathy Rowan, David A Harrison, Michael P. W. Grocott, Aoife Ahern, Mark Blunt, Neil MacDonald, Charles Hinds, Gareth L. Ackland and Rachael Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Gillies

50 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Effect of a Perioperative, Cardiac Output–Guided Hemodyna... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Effect of a Perioperative, Cardiac Output–Guided Hemodynamic Therapy Algorithm on Outcomes Following Major Gastrointestinal Surgery
    2014 527 citations Rupert M. Pearse, Michael Gillies et al. profile →
  2. Risk of cancer from occupational exposure to ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study of workers in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States (INWORKS)
    2015 257 citations David B. Richardson, Elisabeth Cardis et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Gillies United Kingdom 22 968 962 486 394 354 53 2.1k
Gregory M. Hirsch Canada 29 1.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 355 0.7× 385 1.0× 123 0.3× 83 3.2k
LeRoy E. Rabbani United States 11 363 0.4× 558 0.6× 282 0.6× 479 1.2× 182 0.5× 12 3.3k
Michael T. McCurdy United States 21 302 0.3× 256 0.3× 398 0.8× 257 0.7× 175 0.5× 102 1.4k
Vicente H. Gracias United States 33 1.7k 1.8× 405 0.4× 818 1.7× 584 1.5× 312 0.9× 85 3.4k
Judson B. Williams United States 30 1.7k 1.8× 1.8k 1.9× 245 0.5× 1.1k 2.8× 102 0.3× 73 2.9k
Tae Ho Lim South Korea 23 413 0.4× 211 0.2× 193 0.4× 394 1.0× 124 0.4× 144 1.6k
George Kasotakis United States 30 1.2k 1.2× 240 0.2× 555 1.1× 341 0.9× 124 0.4× 89 2.5k
Alan M. Speir United States 30 1.3k 1.3× 1.9k 1.9× 188 0.4× 524 1.3× 142 0.4× 115 2.7k
Dominique Biarent Belgium 24 695 0.7× 426 0.4× 510 1.0× 900 2.3× 71 0.2× 86 3.8k
Robert J. Byrick Canada 24 657 0.7× 500 0.5× 228 0.5× 467 1.2× 33 0.1× 77 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Gillies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Gillies

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

All Works

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Shah, P. M., Simon Stanworth, Ewen M. Harrison, et al.. (2025). Association between peri‐operative red blood cell transfusion and cancer recurrence in patients undergoing major cancer surgery: an umbrella review*. Anaesthesia. 80(S2). 65–74. 1 indexed citations
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Chetan, M, Michael Gillies, Saad Rehman, et al.. (2025). High-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of unresectable soft tissue sarcoma and desmoid tumours – a systematic review. Clinical Radiology. 87. 106977–106977. 1 indexed citations
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Richardson, David B., Klervi Leuraud, Dominique Laurier, et al.. (2023). Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising radiation in workers in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States (INWORKS): cohort study. BMJ. 382. e074520–e074520. 47 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, Sadia Ghaffar, Iain Moppett, et al.. (2020). A restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategy to prevent myocardial injury in patients undergoing surgery for fractured neck of femur: a feasibility randomised trial (RESULT-NOF). British Journal of Anaesthesia. 126(1). 77–86. 13 indexed citations
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Ghaffar, Sadia, Annemarie B Docherty, Catriona Keerie, et al.. (2019). Myocardial injury and anaemia in patients undergoing surgery for fractured neck of femur. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 36(11). 884–886. 4 indexed citations
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Abbott, Tom, Alexander J. Fowler, Thomas D. Dobbs, et al.. (2017). Frequency of surgical treatment and related hospital procedures in the UK: a national ecological study using hospital episode statistics. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 119(2). 249–257. 148 indexed citations
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Lone, Nazir, Michael Gillies, Catriona Haddow, et al.. (2016). Five-Year Mortality and Hospital Costs Associated with Surviving Intensive Care. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 194(2). 198–208. 167 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, Ewen M. Harrison, Rupert M. Pearse, et al.. (2016). Intensive care utilization and outcomes after high-risk surgery in Scotland: a population-based cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 118(1). 123–131. 68 indexed citations
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Hamra, Ghassan B., David B. Richardson, Elisabeth Cardis, et al.. (2015). Cohort Profile: The International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 45(3). 693–699. 43 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, Vivek Kakar, Robert Parker, Patrick M. Honoré, & Marlies Ostermann. (2015). Fenoldopam to prevent acute kidney injury after major surgery—a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Care. 19(1). 449–449. 41 indexed citations
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Richardson, David B., Elisabeth Cardis, Robert D. Daniels, et al.. (2015). Risk of cancer from occupational exposure to ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study of workers in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States (INWORKS). BMJ. 351. h5359–h5359. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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McAdam, Paul R., Melissa J. Ward, Mary Hanson, et al.. (2014). Gene flow in environmental Legionella pneumophila leads to genetic and pathogenic heterogeneity within a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. Genome biology. 15(11). 504–504. 33 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, Cathrine McKenzie, Craig Whiteley, Richard Beale, & Shane M. Tibby. (2012). Safety of nicotine replacement therapy in critically ill smokers: a retrospective cohort study. Intensive Care Medicine. 38(10). 1683–1688. 9 indexed citations
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Bellomo, Rinaldo, et al.. (2008). Pilot randomised double-blind controlled trial of high-dose spironolactone in critically ill patients receiving a frusemide infusion. Critical Care and Resuscitation. 10(4). 306–311. 9 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, Rinaldo Bellomo, Laurie Doolan, & Brian Buxton. (2005). Bench-to-bedside review: Inotropic drug therapy after adult cardiac surgery -- a systematic literature review.. Critical Care. 9(3). 266–266. 92 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, et al.. (2001). Do patient information booklets increase perioperative anxiety?. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 18(9). 620–622. 41 indexed citations
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Gillies, Michael, et al.. (2000). Safe use of remifentanil in a patient treated with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor phenelzine. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 84(3). 414–416. 11 indexed citations

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