Michele L. Shaffer

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Michele L. Shaffer is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele L. Shaffer has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 26 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 25 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Michele L. Shaffer's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (22 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (21 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (12 papers). Michele L. Shaffer is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (22 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (21 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (12 papers). Michele L. Shaffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Switzerland. Michele L. Shaffer's co-authors include Susan L. Mitchell, Dan K. Kiely, Jane L. Givens, Joan M. Teno, Richard N. Jones, Duanping Liao, Edward O. Bixler, Alexandros N. Vgontzas, Holly G. Prigerson and Mary Beth Hamel and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Michele L. Shaffer

133 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia

2009 1.1k citations Susan L. Mitchell, Joan M. Teno et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michele L. Shaffer United States	48	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	995	975	134	7.4k
Cynthia R. Gross United States	54	1.4k 0.7×	927 0.7×	578 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	122	8.3k
Mark L. Unruh United States	55	1.3k 0.7×	904 0.7×	700 0.6×	412 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	233	10.1k
H. Lester Kirchner United States	57	1.0k 0.5×	528 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	613 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	237	10.6k
Bruce Arroll New Zealand	44	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	297 0.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	265	8.7k
Pamela L. Lutsey United States	60	2.1k 1.1×	534 0.4×	474 0.4×	282 0.3×	1.2k 1.2×	444	13.5k
Calle Bengtsson Sweden	61	2.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	723 0.6×	485 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	264	11.7k
Caryl Gay United States	38	1.4k 0.7×	516 0.4×	959 0.8×	732 0.7×	297 0.3×	159	5.0k
Nick Meader United Kingdom	31	1.2k 0.6×	846 0.6×	900 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	251 0.3×	81	5.8k
Matthew J. Bair United States	45	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	852 0.9×	174	11.0k
Peter S Blair United Kingdom	44	1.1k 0.6×	724 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	526 0.5×	275 0.3×	186	6.7k

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West, Alex, Nazia Chaudhuri, Adam Barczyk, et al.. (2023). Inhaled pirfenidone solution (AP01) for IPF: a randomised, open-label, dose–response trial. Thorax. 78(9). 882–889. 35 indexed citations

Prabhakar, Pooja, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Value to the Patient of New Technologies in Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 103(9). 761–770. 15 indexed citations

Hagadorn, James I. & Michele L. Shaffer. (2019). Hierarchical Data Structures and Multilevel Modeling. The Journal of Pediatrics. 212. 250–251. 4 indexed citations

Rutman, Lori, Jingyang Chen, Michele L. Shaffer, et al.. (2018). Waterfalls and Handoffs: A Novel Physician Staffing Model to Decrease Handoffs in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 73(3). 248–254. 17 indexed citations

Sagel, Scott D., Umer Khan, Raksha Jain, et al.. (2018). Effects of an Antioxidant-enriched Multivitamin in Cystic Fibrosis. A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 198(5). 639–647. 34 indexed citations

Braly, Kimberly, Michele L. Shaffer, Dale Lee, et al.. (2017). Nutritional Adequacy of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 65(5). 533–538. 29 indexed citations

Suskind, David L., Stanley A. Cohen, M. Brittnacher, et al.. (2017). Clinical and Fecal Microbial Changes With Diet Therapy in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 52(2). 155–163. 98 indexed citations

Bradford, Miranda C., et al.. (2017). Reducing Head CT Use for Children With Head Injuries in a Community Emergency Department. PEDIATRICS. 139(4). e20161349–e20161349. 49 indexed citations

Shaffer, Michele L., Erika M. C. D’Agata, Daniel Habtemariam, & Susan L. Mitchell. (2016). Examining the relationship between multidrug-resistant organism acquisition and exposure to antimicrobials in long-term care populations: a review. Annals of Epidemiology. 26(11). 810–815. 7 indexed citations

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Hsu, Evelyn, Michele L. Shaffer, Miranda C. Bradford, Nicole Mayer-Hamblett, & Simon Horslen. (2015). Heterogeneity and Disparities in the Use of Exception Scores in Pediatric Liver Allocation. American Journal of Transplantation. 15(2). 436–444. 42 indexed citations

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Du, Guangwei, Mechelle M. Lewis, Suman Sen, et al.. (2012). Imaging nigral pathology and clinical progression in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 27(13). 1636–1643. 90 indexed citations

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Bramley, Harry, et al.. (2012). Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome in Intellectually Disabled Children. Pediatric Emergency Care. 28(4). 351–353. 13 indexed citations

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Vgontzas, Alexandros N., Julio Fernández‐Mendoza, Edward O. Bixler, et al.. (2011). Persistent Insomnia: the Role of Objective Short Sleep Duration and Mental Health. SLEEP. 35(1). 61–68. 86 indexed citations

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Li, Xian, Michele L. Shaffer, Sol Rodríguez-Colón, et al.. (2011). Systemic inflammation and circadian rhythm of cardiac autonomic modulation. Autonomic Neuroscience. 162(1-2). 72–76. 12 indexed citations

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Rajasekaran, Surender, Deborah P. Jones, Michele L. Shaffer, et al.. (2010). Outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients who received continuous renal replacement therapy in a pediatric oncology intensive care unit*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 11(6). 699–706. 26 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Susan L., Susan C. Miller, Joan M. Teno, Roger B. Davis, & Michele L. Shaffer. (2010). The Advanced Dementia Prognostic Tool: A Risk Score to Estimate Survival in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 40(5). 639–651. 92 indexed citations

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He, Fan, Michele L. Shaffer, Sol Rodríguez-Colón, et al.. (2010). Acute effects of fine particulate air pollution on ST segment height: A longitudinal study. Environmental Health. 9(1). 68–68. 8 indexed citations

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Thomas, Neal J., et al.. (2009). Defining acute lung disease in children with the oxygenation saturation index*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 11(1). 12–17. 118 indexed citations

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Tamburro, Robert F., Raymond Barfield, Michele L. Shaffer, et al.. (2008). Changes in outcomes (1996???2004) for pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 9(3). 270–277. 95 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenlei, Nikolina Icitovic, Michele L. Shaffer, & Gary A. Chase. (2004). The impact of population heterogeneity on risk estimation in genetic counseling. BMC Medical Genetics. 5(1). 18–18. 11 indexed citations

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