Michelle Pollock

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Michelle Pollock is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle Pollock has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michelle Pollock's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (13 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (9 papers) and Delphi Technique in Research (7 papers). Michelle Pollock is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (13 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (9 papers) and Delphi Technique in Research (7 papers). Michelle Pollock collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Portugal and United Kingdom. Michelle Pollock's co-authors include Lisa Hartling, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Allison Gates, Michelle Gates, Dawid Pieper, Andrea C. Tricco, Shannon D. Scott, Robin Featherstone, Lorne A Becker and Karen A. Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as BMJ, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and BMC Medical Research Methodology.

In The Last Decade

Michelle Pollock

12 papers receiving 999 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.

Reporting guideline for overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions: development of the PRIOR statement

2022 418 citations Michelle Gates, Allison Gates et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michelle Pollock Canada	10	220	192	170	106	98	13	1.0k
Victoria Borg Debono Canada	8	136 0.6×	268 1.4×	175 1.0×	74 0.7×	82 0.8×	19	1.1k
Naomi A Mckoy United States	10	166 0.8×	226 1.2×	199 1.2×	71 0.7×	61 0.6×	12	1.0k
Chris Mavergames United Kingdom	8	187 0.8×	166 0.9×	206 1.2×	254 2.4×	103 1.1×	12	1.1k
Yasushi Tsujimoto Japan	18	134 0.6×	116 0.6×	167 1.0×	70 0.7×	115 1.2×	126	1.2k
Sunya‐Lee Antoine Germany	13	92 0.4×	209 1.1×	190 1.1×	64 0.6×	108 1.1×	17	1.2k
Xiaoqin Wang China	14	147 0.7×	102 0.5×	225 1.3×	49 0.5×	46 0.5×	46	782
Gordon H. Guyatt Canada	8	266 1.2×	222 1.2×	201 1.2×	42 0.4×	92 0.9×	12	1.3k
Héctor Pardo‐Hernández Spain	15	107 0.5×	207 1.1×	220 1.3×	42 0.4×	121 1.2×	48	1.1k
Laura McAuley Canada	9	185 0.8×	162 0.8×	138 0.8×	54 0.5×	32 0.3×	12	893
Jill Eden United States	11	248 1.1×	493 2.6×	292 1.7×	120 1.1×	48 0.5×	27	1.3k

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Fabiano, Nicholas, Arnav Gupta, Stanley Wong, et al.. (2025). Guidance for umbrella reviews of observational studies: A scoping review. JCPP Advances. 6(1). e70017–e70017.

Solmi, Marco, Kelly D. Cobey, David Moher, et al.. (2024). Protocol for the development of a reporting guideline for umbrella reviews on epidemiological associations using cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies: the Preferred Reporting Items for Umbrella Reviews of Cross-sectional, Case-control and Cohort studies (PRIUR-CCC). BMJ Open. 14(6). e071136–e071136. 5 indexed citations

Gates, Michelle, Allison Gates, Dawid Pieper, et al.. (2022). Reporting guideline for overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions: development of the PRIOR statement. BMJ. 378. e070849–e070849. 418 indexed citations breakdown →

Jeyaraman, Maya M., Reid Robson, Leslie Copstein, et al.. (2021). Customized guidance/training improved the psychometric properties of methodologically rigorous risk of bias instruments for non-randomized studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 136. 157–167. 5 indexed citations

Jeyaraman, Maya M., Rasheda Rabbani, Nameer Al‐Yousif, et al.. (2020). Inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of ROBINS-I: protocol for a cross-sectional study. Systematic Reviews. 9(1). 12–12. 15 indexed citations

Jeyaraman, Maya M., Rasheda Rabbani, Leslie Copstein, et al.. (2020). Methodologically rigorous risk of bias tools for nonrandomized studies had low reliability and high evaluator burden. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 128. 140–147. 14 indexed citations

Gates, Michelle, Allison Gates, Samantha Guitard, Michelle Pollock, & Lisa Hartling. (2020). Guidance for overviews of reviews continues to accumulate, but important challenges remain: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews. 9(1). 254–254. 69 indexed citations

Pollock, Michelle, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Dawid Pieper, et al.. (2019). Preferred Reporting Items for Overviews of Reviews (PRIOR): a protocol for development of a reporting guideline for overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 335–335. 135 indexed citations

Pollock, Michelle, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Amanda S. Newton, Shannon D. Scott, & Lisa Hartling. (2019). A decision tool to help researchers make decisions about including systematic reviews in overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 29–29. 71 indexed citations

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Pollock, Michelle, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Amanda S. Newton, Shannon D. Scott, & Lisa Hartling. (2019). The impact of different inclusion decisions on the comprehensiveness and complexity of overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 29 indexed citations

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Pollock, Michelle, Ricardo M. Fernandes, & Lisa Hartling. (2017). Evaluation of AMSTAR to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews in overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 17(1). 48–48. 82 indexed citations

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Pieper, Dawid, Michelle Pollock, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Roland Brian Büchter, & Lisa Hartling. (2017). Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions published 2012–2016: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 6(1). 73–73. 16 indexed citations

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Pollock, Michelle, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Lorne A Becker, Robin Featherstone, & Lisa Hartling. (2016). What guidance is available for researchers conducting overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions? A scoping review and qualitative metasummary. Systematic Reviews. 5(1). 190–190. 151 indexed citations

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