Neil Tolley

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
185 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Neil Tolley is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Tolley has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Surgery, 44 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 44 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Neil Tolley's work include Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (47 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (30 papers) and Surgical Simulation and Training (25 papers). Neil Tolley is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (47 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (30 papers) and Surgical Simulation and Training (25 papers). Neil Tolley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Neil Tolley's co-authors include Asit Arora, Ara Darzi, George Garas, Fausto Palazzo, Zaid Awad, Christos Georgalas, Arpita Vats, J. M. Polak, Denis Doorly and Ronald Eccles and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Neil Tolley

179 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Investigation of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and ot... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Investigation of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other human prion diseases with tonsil biopsy samples
    1999 513 citations Sarah Joiner, Martin N. Rossor et al. profile →

Peers

Neil Tolley
Ian Witterick Canada
Marvin P. Fried United States
Alexandra Kaider Austria
James L. Netterville United States
Marco de Vincentiis Italy
Scott M. Graham United States
Ashutosh Kacker United States
Takashi Fujii Japan
Michael H Bennett Australia
Carlo Della Rocca Italy
Ian Witterick Canada
Neil Tolley
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Countries citing papers authored by Neil Tolley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Tolley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Tolley

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

All Works

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Benmiloud, Fares, et al.. (2025). Parathyroid vascular anatomy using intraoperative mapping angiography: the PARATLAS study. British journal of surgery. 112(3). 1 indexed citations
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Abbas, Jonathan R., Azita Rajai, Antony Payton, et al.. (2024). Understanding, Experience, and Attitudes Toward Extended Reality Technology: A Multicenter Study. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1(1). 73–83. 2 indexed citations
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Raffaelli, Marco, Nikolaos Voloudakis, Marcin Barczyński, et al.. (2024). European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES) consensus statement on advanced thyroid cancer: definitions and management. British journal of surgery. 111(8). 5 indexed citations
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Salih, Ahmed, et al.. (2024). A 2023 study of ENT undergraduate training in the UK. Has this improved?. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 138(9). 989–995. 1 indexed citations
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Abbas, J, et al.. (2023). Mixed-reality technology for clinical communication: objective assessment of the HoloLens 2 as a clinical communication device in a simulated on-call scenario. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 137(10). 1165–1169. 6 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Catherine F., Peter Angelos, Marcin Barczyński, et al.. (2021). Clarifying optimal outcome measures in intermittent and continuous laryngeal neuromonitoring. Head & Neck. 44(2). 460–471. 11 indexed citations
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Awad, Zaid, et al.. (2020). “No drain, no gain”: Validation of novel quinsy simulation model. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. 6(1). 81–87. 5 indexed citations
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Marco, Aimee N. Di, Karim Meeran, Ioannis Christakis, et al.. (2019). Seventeen Cases of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Pregnancy: A Call for Management Guidelines. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 3(5). 1009–1021. 29 indexed citations
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McIntyre, Charlotte & Neil Tolley. (2019). A critical review of thyroidectomy consent in the UK. International Journal of Surgery. 66. 84–88. 6 indexed citations
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Qureishi, Ali, George Garas, Neil Tolley, et al.. (2013). Can pre-operative computed tomography predict the need for a thoracic approach for removal of retrosternal goitre?. International Journal of Surgery. 11(3). 203–208. 30 indexed citations
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Garas, George, Omar A. Jarral, Neil Tolley, et al.. (2012). Is there survival benefit from life-long follow-up after treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer?. International Journal of Surgery. 11(2). 116–121. 12 indexed citations
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Patten, Darren K., et al.. (2011). Solitary Langerhans Histiocytosis of the Thyroid Gland: A Case Report and Literature Review. Head and Neck Pathology. 6(2). 279–289. 52 indexed citations
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Palazzo, Fausto, et al.. (2010). MEN2B patients with a RET A883F mutation have less aggressive MTC than those with the common RET M918T mutation. 21. 1 indexed citations
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Georgalas, Christos, Neil Tolley, & A. Narula. (2007). Recurrent throat infections (tonsillitis).. PubMed. 2007. 11 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Angus, David J. Thomas, S. Wroe, et al.. (2005). Tonsil biopsy in the investigation of suspected variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - A cohort study of 50 patients. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 5 indexed citations
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Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan, et al.. (2004). Subcutaneous emphysema of the neck in infancy: under-recognized presentation of child abuse. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 118(6). 468–470. 5 indexed citations
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Mochloulis, George, et al.. (1996). Maxillary antral lavage using inferior meatal cannula anaesthesia. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 110(8). 763–764. 2 indexed citations
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Eccles, Ronald, S. Craig Morris, & Neil Tolley. (1988). The effects of nasal anaesthesia upon nasal sensation of airflow. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 106(1-2). 152–155. 32 indexed citations

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