Owen Dyer

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
693 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Owen Dyer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Owen Dyer has authored 693 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in General Health Professions, 127 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 81 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Owen Dyer's work include Healthcare Systems and Challenges (97 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (67 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (56 papers). Owen Dyer is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Challenges (97 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (67 papers) and Health and Conflict Studies (56 papers). Owen Dyer collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United Kingdom. Owen Dyer's co-authors include Caroline White, James R. Roberts, Clare Dyer and Claus Zinn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, BMJ and Canadian Medical Association Journal.

In The Last Decade

Owen Dyer

558 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Owen Dyer Canada	24	808	654	483	373	353	693	3.1k
Maxwell J. Smith Canada	19	532 0.7×	450 0.7×	736 1.5×	266 0.7×	257 0.7×	87	2.9k
Rebecca Katz United States	22	1.1k 1.4×	560 0.9×	354 0.7×	143 0.4×	185 0.5×	111	2.5k
Richard Horton South Africa	20	332 0.4×	504 0.8×	707 1.5×	308 0.8×	289 0.8×	157	2.9k
Rafaël Van den Bergh Belgium	31	947 1.2×	467 0.7×	564 1.2×	266 0.7×	227 0.6×	139	4.0k
Nazrul Islam United Kingdom	31	598 0.7×	367 0.6×	480 1.0×	304 0.8×	333 0.9×	152	3.4k
Shahul H. Ebrahim United States	24	398 0.5×	478 0.7×	406 0.8×	190 0.5×	331 0.9×	74	2.4k
The Lancet South Africa	22	698 0.9×	359 0.5×	576 1.2×	291 0.8×	510 1.4×	155	3.1k
Pascal Geldsetzer United States	28	783 1.0×	332 0.5×	744 1.5×	427 1.1×	446 1.3×	153	3.3k
Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi Nigeria	25	517 0.6×	419 0.6×	283 0.6×	363 1.0×	286 0.8×	158	1.9k
Clare Wenham United Kingdom	22	478 0.6×	348 0.5×	568 1.2×	270 0.7×	395 1.1×	91	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Owen Dyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Owen Dyer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Owen Dyer

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dyer, Owen. (2026). Breastfeeding and codeine guidance in doubt after calls for retraction of pivotal Lancet study. BMJ. 392. s498–s498.

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Dyer, Owen. (2026). Pill version of obesity jab is approved in US, with UK decision pending. BMJ. 392. s2–s2.

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Dyer, Owen. (2020). Covid-19: Airborne transmission is being underestimated, warn experts. BMJ. 370. m2720–m2720. 8 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Doctor accused of misrepresenting evidence in child abuse cases. BMJ. 328(7433). 187.2–187.2.

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Southall is cleared by GMC but faces new charges. BMJ. 328(7440). 601.2–601.2. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Journal reverses decision on publishing editorial previously rejected by marketing department. BMJ. 328(7435). 310.8–310.8. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Meadow faces GMC over evidence given in child death cases. BMJ. 328(7430). 9.1–9.1. 6 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Journal rejects article after objections from marketing department. BMJ. 328(7434). 244.3–244.3. 14 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Ethnic minority groups criticise US report on healthcare disparities. BMJ. 328(7435). 308.2–308.2. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). US government rejects WHO's attempts to improve diet. BMJ. 328(7433). 185.1–185.1. 12 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Research groups fail to reach agreement on protocol for treatment trials for CJD. BMJ. 328(7440). 603.4–603.4. 2 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2004). Doctors reluctant to work on child protection committees, survey shows. BMJ. 328(7435). 307.2–307.2. 3 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2003). Imperial Tobacco plans to deny link between smoking and lung cancer. BMJ. 327(7420). 888.5–888.5. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2003). Drug company and pharmacy send unsolicited samples of Prozac to Florida residents. BMJ. 327(7421). 950.2–950.2. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2003). Parliament to look again at issue of “assisted dying” for terminally ill patients. BMJ. 327(7425). 1186.4–1186.4. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2003). Trials for vCJD treatment held up because of disagreements. BMJ. 327(7423). 1069.1–1069.1. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2003). Trial shows no clear benefit from cannabis for patients with MS. BMJ. 327(7424). 1128.1–1128.1. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (2003). British Iraqi doctors set up charity to support Iraq's mental health services. BMJ. 327(7419). 832.7–832.7. 1 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (1998). GP found guilty of forging trial consent forms. BMJ. 317(7171). 1475.2–1475.2. 2 indexed citations

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Dyer, Owen. (1995). Gynaecologist struck off for catalogue of failures. BMJ. 311(6999). 213.1–213.1. 2 indexed citations

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