Peter C. Austin

107.2k total citations · 31 hit papers
908 papers, 75.0k citations indexed

About

Peter C. Austin is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Economics and Econometrics and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter C. Austin has authored 908 papers receiving a total of 75.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 310 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 218 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 159 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Peter C. Austin's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (160 papers), Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (98 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (86 papers). Peter C. Austin is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (160 papers), Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (98 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (86 papers). Peter C. Austin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Peter C. Austin's co-authors include Jack V. Tu, Douglas S. Lee, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Jason P. Fine, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Muhammad Mamdani, Carl van Walraven, Andreas Laupacis, Alan J. Forster and Geoffrey M. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Peter C. Austin

872 papers receiving 73.4k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2011 2009 2015 2010 2009 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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.

  1. An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies
    2011 8.1k citations Peter C. Austin Multivariate Behavioral Research profile →
  2. Balance diagnostics for comparing the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in propensity‐score matched samples
    2009 4.5k citations Peter C. Austin Statistics in Medicine profile →
  3. Moving towards best practice when using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) using the propensity score to estimate causal treatment effects in observational studies
    2015 2.9k citations Peter C. Austin et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  4. Optimal caliper widths for propensity‐score matching when estimating differences in means and differences in proportions in observational studies
    2010 2.7k citations Peter C. Austin profile →
  5. Using the Standardized Difference to Compare the Prevalence of a Binary Variable Between Two Groups in Observational Research
    2009 1.8k citations Peter C. Austin profile →
  6. A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Into a Point System for Hospital Death Using Administrative Data
    2009 1.7k citations Carl van Walraven, Peter C. Austin et al. profile →
  7. Introduction to the Analysis of Survival Data in the Presence of Competing Risks
    2016 1.6k citations Peter C. Austin, Douglas S. Lee et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Outcome of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in a Population-Based Study
    2006 1.5k citations Jack V. Tu, Douglas S. Lee et al. profile →
  9. Rates of Hyperkalemia after Publication of the Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study
    2004 1.2k citations Douglas S. Lee, Peter C. Austin et al. profile →
  10. The use of propensity score methods with survival or time‐to‐event outcomes: reporting measures of effect similar to those used in randomized experiments
    2013 1.1k citations Peter C. Austin Statistics in Medicine profile →
  11. Predicting Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure
    2003 1.0k citations Douglas S. Lee, Peter C. Austin et al. JAMA profile →
  12. A critical appraisal of propensity‐score matching in the medical literature between 1996 and 2003
    2007 973 citations Peter C. Austin Statistics in Medicine profile →
  13. A comparison of the ability of different propensity score models to balance measured variables between treated and untreated subjects: a Monte Carlo study
    2006 901 citations Peter C. Austin et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  14. A comparison of 12 algorithms for matching on the propensity score
    2013 757 citations Peter C. Austin Statistics in Medicine profile →
  15. The number of subjects per variable required in linear regression analyses
    2015 750 citations Peter C. Austin, Ewout W. Steyerberg profile →
  16. Practical recommendations for reportingFine‐Gray model analyses for competing risk data
    2017 728 citations Peter C. Austin et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  17. The performance of different propensity score methods for estimating marginal hazard ratios
    2012 722 citations Peter C. Austin Statistics in Medicine profile →
  18. Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community
    2010 694 citations Carl van Walraven, Peter C. Austin et al. profile →
  19. Some Methods of Propensity‐Score Matching had Superior Performance to Others: Results of an Empirical Investigation and Monte Carlo simulations
    2009 612 citations Peter C. Austin profile →
  20. Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Access to Invasive Cardiac Procedures and on Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction
    1999 557 citations Peter C. Austin, Jack V. Tu et al. profile →
  21. Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review
    2011 534 citations Carl van Walraven, Peter C. Austin et al. profile →
  22. A population-based study of the drug interaction between proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel
    2009 527 citations Dennis T. Ko, Peter C. Austin et al. profile →
  23. Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding
    2005 518 citations Peter C. Austin et al. profile →
  24. Missing Data in Clinical Research: A Tutorial on Multiple Imputation
    2020 508 citations Peter C. Austin, Ian R. White et al. Canadian Journal of Cardiology profile →
  25. Modern modelling techniques are data hungry: a simulation study for predicting dichotomous endpoints
    2014 487 citations Peter C. Austin, Ewout W. Steyerberg et al. profile →
  26. Propensity-score matching in the cardiovascular surgery literature from 2004 to 2006: A systematic review and suggestions for improvement
    2007 457 citations Peter C. Austin profile →
  27. Intermediate and advanced topics in multilevel logistic regression analysis
    2017 435 citations Peter C. Austin et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  28. Variance estimation when using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) with survival analysis
    2016 346 citations Peter C. Austin Statistics in Medicine profile →
  29. A Tutorial on Multilevel Survival Analysis: Methods, Models and Applications
    2017 313 citations Peter C. Austin profile →
  30. Estimated Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines Against Omicron or Delta Symptomatic Infection and Severe Outcomes
    2022 194 citations Peter C. Austin, Jeffrey C. Kwong et al. profile →
  31. Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes with variants of concern in Ontario
    2022 170 citations Peter C. Austin, Andrew Calzavara et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter C. Austin Canada 116 20.9k 14.4k 11.4k 10.0k 9.7k 908 75.0k
Ewout W. Steyerberg Netherlands 133 12.7k 0.6× 23.6k 1.6× 16.6k 1.5× 17.1k 1.7× 5.9k 0.6× 1.1k 84.3k
Stuart Pocock United Kingdom 117 37.0k 1.8× 32.9k 2.3× 16.9k 1.5× 16.7k 1.7× 8.7k 0.9× 582 143.9k
John P. A. Ioannidis United States 165 15.3k 0.7× 25.9k 1.8× 17.9k 1.6× 16.1k 1.6× 11.9k 1.2× 1.1k 189.3k
P.J. Devereaux Canada 84 17.4k 0.8× 24.8k 1.7× 10.0k 0.9× 11.4k 1.1× 5.3k 0.5× 404 96.0k
Kenneth F. Schulz United States 79 8.5k 0.4× 17.3k 1.2× 10.3k 0.9× 8.9k 0.9× 8.6k 0.9× 216 102.7k
Jonathan A C Sterne United Kingdom 97 7.6k 0.4× 13.3k 0.9× 12.0k 1.1× 8.7k 0.9× 4.2k 0.4× 402 84.3k
Karel G.M. Moons Netherlands 99 10.0k 0.5× 10.2k 0.7× 10.0k 0.9× 7.7k 0.8× 4.2k 0.4× 469 54.1k
Robert J. Glynn United States 115 13.2k 0.6× 14.5k 1.0× 9.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.4× 8.4k 0.9× 577 61.1k
Simon G. Thompson United Kingdom 78 14.7k 0.7× 16.4k 1.1× 13.1k 1.1× 14.5k 1.5× 3.2k 0.3× 223 90.9k
Frank E. Harrell United States 90 12.0k 0.6× 10.5k 0.7× 6.8k 0.6× 7.7k 0.8× 3.5k 0.4× 325 51.4k

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All Works

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Wang, Linwei, Andrew Calzavara, Arjumand Siddiqi, et al.. (2025). Social inequalities in COVID-19 death by area-level income in 11.2 million people in Ontario, Canada: patterns over time and the mediating role of vaccination. American Journal of Epidemiology. 195(2). 379–390. 1 indexed citations
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Vyas, Manav V., Claire de Oliveira, Gustavo Saposnik, et al.. (2025). Increased risk of suicide after stroke: A population-based matched cohort study. International Journal of Stroke. 21(4). 485–494.
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Calvillo‐Argüelles, Oscar, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Yue Chen, et al.. (2024). Incident Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Oncologic Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors. JACC CardioOncology. 6(6). 893–903.
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Sud, Maneesh, Peter C. Austin, Husam Abdel‐Qadir, et al.. (2024). Implications of five different risk models in primary prevention guidelines. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 11(4). 388–396. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, J. Daniel, Samuel Leonard, W. John Boscardin, et al.. (2023). Comparative mRNA booster effectiveness against death or hospitalization with COVID-19 pneumonia across at-risk US Veteran populations. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2976–2976. 4 indexed citations
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Sud, Maneesh, Peter C. Austin, Husam Abdel‐Qadir, et al.. (2023). Validation of the European SCORE2 models in a Canadian primary care cohort. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 31(6). 668–676. 8 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C., Ian R. White, Douglas S. Lee, & Stef van Buuren. (2020). Missing Data in Clinical Research: A Tutorial on Multiple Imputation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 37(9). 1322–1331. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vyas, Manav V., Andreas Laupacis, Peter C. Austin, et al.. (2020). Association Between Immigration Status and Acute Stroke Care. Stroke. 51(5). 1555–1562. 9 indexed citations
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Weisman, Alanna, Karen Tu, Jacqueline Young, et al.. (2020). Validation of a type 1 diabetes algorithm using electronic medical records and administrative healthcare data to study the population incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 8(1). e001224–e001224. 36 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C. & Ewout W. Steyerberg. (2019). The Integrated Calibration Index (ICI) and related metrics for quantifying the calibration of logistic regression models. Statistics in Medicine. 38(21). 4051–4065. 149 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C., et al.. (2019). Comparing the high-dimensional propensity score for use with administrative data with propensity scores derived from high-quality clinical data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 29(2). 568–588. 17 indexed citations
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Lee, Douglas S., Jacques Lee, Michael J. Schull, et al.. (2019). Prospective Validation of the Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade for Acute Heart Failure. Circulation. 139(9). 1146–1156. 71 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C., Nathaniel Jembere, & Maria Chiu. (2016). Propensity score matching and complex surveys. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 27(4). 1240–1257. 122 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C.. (2011). An introduction to propensity-score methods for reducing confounding in observational studies. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 46(10). 837–41. 10 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C. & Douglas S. Lee. (2011). Boosted classification trees result in minor to modest improvement in the accuracy in classifying cardiovascular outcomes compared to conventional classification trees.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 9 indexed citations
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Wijeysundera, Duminda N., Peter C. Austin, W. Scott Beattie, Janet E. Hux, & Andreas Laupacis. (2011). Variation in the Practice of Preoperative Medical Consultation for Major Elective Noncardiac Surgery. Anesthesiology. 116(1). 25–34. 58 indexed citations
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Austin, Peter C., et al.. (2010). Inflation of type I error in multiple regression when independent variables are measured with error. Quality Engineering. 55(1). 103–104. 1 indexed citations
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Walraven, Carl van, Robert G. Hart, Stuart J. Connolly, et al.. (2009). Effect of Age on Stroke Prevention Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Stroke. 40(4). 1410–1416. 234 indexed citations
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Tu, Jack V., Peter C. Austin, & Benjamin T.B. Chan. (2001). Relationship of Physician Volume to Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction—Reply. JAMA. 286(13). 1574–1574. 1 indexed citations

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