Monica Taljaard

19.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
450 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

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Monica Taljaard is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Monica Taljaard has authored 450 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in General Health Professions, 99 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 89 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Monica Taljaard's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (81 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (56 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (46 papers). Monica Taljaard is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (81 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (56 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (46 papers). Monica Taljaard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Monica Taljaard's co-authors include Karla Hemming, Jeremy Grimshaw, Charles Weijer, Andrew Forbes, Jamie Brehaut, Alan J. Forster, Allan Donner, Jeffrey J. Perry, Carl van Walraven and Andrew D. McRae and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Monica Taljaard

428 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care

2017 305 citations Monica Taljaard et al. profile →
Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration

2018 247 citations Karla Hemming, Monica Taljaard et al. profile →
Designing and undertaking randomised implementation trials: guide for researchers

2021 136 citations Jeremy Grimshaw, Noah Ivers et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Monica Taljaard Canada	53	2.6k	1.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	450	10.4k
Sandra Eldridge United Kingdom	52	4.1k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	888 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	231	14.0k
Lauren E. Griffith Canada	67	2.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	3.3k 1.9×	2.7k 1.9×	1.7k 1.2×	322	20.6k
Craig Ramsay United Kingdom	52	4.7k 1.8×	2.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	202	14.3k
Martin Gulliford United Kingdom	61	3.5k 1.4×	2.6k 1.5×	2.6k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	319	14.8k
C. Daniel Mullins United States	48	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	3.1k 2.2×	361	10.7k
Thomas Agoritsas Switzerland	44	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	972 0.7×	166	9.3k
Diana R Elbourne United Kingdom	15	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	973 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	23	10.6k
Wanzhu Tu United States	50	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	701 0.5×	743 0.5×	290	10.2k
Mark Helfand United States	35	2.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	2.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.9×	1.4k 1.0×	103	15.2k
Scott D. Halpern United States	54	2.3k 0.9×	3.9k 2.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	318	10.9k

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Prince, Stéphanie A., Gary S. Goldfield, Vanessa Taler, et al.. (2025). Cycling and cognition in middle-aged and older adults: A scoping review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100092–100092. 1 indexed citations

Hemming, Karla, Jacqueline Thompson, Richard Hooper, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for the content of statistical analysis plans in clinical trials: protocol for an extension to cluster randomized trials. Trials. 26(1). 72–72. 1 indexed citations

Borkhoff, Cornelia M., Quenby Mahood, Francine Buchanan, et al.. (2025). Research quality and dissemination of paediatric randomised controlled trials with and without patient and family engagement: systematic review. BMJ Open. 15(3). e086934–e086934. 1 indexed citations

Brunet, Jennifer, Monica Taljaard, Nathalie LeVasseur, et al.. (2024). Aerobic exercise and CogniTIVe functioning in women with breAsT cancEr (ACTIVATE): A randomized controlled trial. Cancer. 131(1). e35540–e35540. 1 indexed citations

McIsaac, Daniel I., Gregory L. Bryson, Sylvain Gagné, et al.. (2024). Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 71(11). 1525–1534. 1 indexed citations

Murthy, Sanjay K., Gilaad G. Kaplan, M Ellen Kuenzig, et al.. (2023). 961 TEMPORAL TRENDS AND RELATIVE RISKS OF INTESTINAL AND EXTRAINTESTINAL CANCERS IN PERSONS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY FROM A LARGE CANADIAN PROVINCE. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–212. 1 indexed citations

Caille, Agnès, et al.. (2022). Recruitment and implementation challenges were common in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: Results from a methodological review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 148. 93–103. 8 indexed citations

Giraudeau, Bruno, Agnès Caille, Sandra Eldridge, et al.. (2022). Heterogeneity in pragmatic randomised trials: sources and management. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 372–372. 22 indexed citations

Lee, Douglas S., Sharon E. Straus, Peter C. Austin, et al.. (2021). Rationale and design of the comparison of outcomes and access to care for heart failure (COACH) trial: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. American Heart Journal. 240. 1–10. 6 indexed citations

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Talarico, Robert, Faraj W. Abdallah, Paul E. Beaulé, et al.. (2021). Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Potentially Attributable Adverse Events in Older People with Hip Fracture: A Retrospective Population-based Cohort Study. Anesthesiology. 135(3). 454–462. 4 indexed citations

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Konnyu, Kristin J., Monica Taljaard, Noah Ivers, David Moher, & Jeremy Grimshaw. (2021). Imputing intracluster correlation coefficients from a posterior predictive distribution is a feasible method of dealing with unit of analysis errors in a meta-analysis of cluster RCTs. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 139. 307–318. 3 indexed citations

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Rash, Joshua A., Patricia A. Poulin, Yaadwinder Shergill, et al.. (2018). Chronic Pain in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Interdisciplinary Program Demonstrates Improvements in Disability, Psychosocial Function, and Healthcare Utilization. Pain Research and Management. 2018. 1–10. 15 indexed citations

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Bhatt, Maala, David W. Johnson, Monica Taljaard, et al.. (2018). Association of Preprocedural Fasting With Outcomes of Emergency Department Sedation in Children. JAMA Pediatrics. 172(7). 678–678. 25 indexed citations

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Kobewka, Daniel, Carl van Walraven, Monica Taljaard, Paul E. Ronksley, & Alan J. Forster. (2017). The prevalence of potentially preventable deaths in an acute care hospital. Medicine. 96(8). e6162–e6162. 9 indexed citations

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Hsu, Amy T., Douglas G. Manuel, Monica Taljaard, et al.. (2016). Algorithm for predicting death among older adults in the home care setting: study protocol for the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-life in the Community Tool (RESPECT). BMJ Open. 6(12). e013666–e013666. 17 indexed citations

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Stacey, Dawn, Monica Taljaard, Laura Boland, et al.. (2015). Implementation of a patient decision aid for men with localized prostate cancer: evaluation of patient outcomes and practice variation. Implementation Science. 11(1). 87–87. 14 indexed citations

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Wilson, Jennifer L., Patricia A. Poulin, Robert Sikorski, et al.. (2015). Opioid Use among Same‐Day Surgery Patients: Prevalence, Management and Outcomes. Pain Research and Management. 20(6). 300–304. 27 indexed citations

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Schwalm, Jon-David, Noah Ivers, Madhu K. Natarajan, et al.. (2015). Cluster randomized controlled trial of Delayed Educational Reminders for Long-term Medication Adherence in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (DERLA-STEMI). American Heart Journal. 170(5). 903–913. 32 indexed citations

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Taljaard, Monica, Meltem Tuna, Carol Bennett, et al.. (2014). Cardiovascular Disease Population Risk Tool (CVDPoRT): predictive algorithm for assessing CVD risk in the community setting. A study protocol. BMJ Open. 4(10). e006701–e006701. 25 indexed citations

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Chiu, Michelle, Gregory L. Bryson, Anne Lui, et al.. (2013). Reducing Persistent Postoperative Pain and Disability 1 Year After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Thoracic Paravertebral Block to Local Anesthetic Infiltration. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 21(3). 795–801. 42 indexed citations

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