Peter McCulloch

27.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
208 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Peter McCulloch is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter McCulloch has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 56 papers in Surgery and 48 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Peter McCulloch's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (64 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (43 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (21 papers). Peter McCulloch is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (64 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (43 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (21 papers). Peter McCulloch collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Peter McCulloch's co-authors include Paul Glasziou, Douglas G. Altman, Mary Dixon‐Woods, David Moher, Ken Catchpole, Rafael Perera, Isabelle Boutron, Virginia Barbour, A.-W. Chan and Sarah E Lamb and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter McCulloch

204 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

Better reporting of interventions... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2014 2009 1996 2002 2013 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide
    2014 6.5k citations Tammy Hoffmann, Paul Glasziou et al. profile →
  2. No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations
    2009 1.2k citations Peter McCulloch, Douglas G. Altman et al. profile →
  3. Quantification of angiogenesis in solid human tumours: an international consensus on the methodology and criteria of evaluation
    1996 631 citations Peter McCulloch et al. profile →
  4. Randomised trials in surgery: problems and possible solutions
    2002 537 citations Peter McCulloch et al. profile →
  5. Understanding of regional variation in the use of surgery
    2013 381 citations Peter McCulloch et al. profile →
  6. No Surgical Innovation Without Evaluation
    2018 230 citations Jonathan Cook, Peter McCulloch et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter McCulloch United Kingdom 51 4.8k 2.9k 2.8k 2.6k 2.4k 208 17.8k
Eric B Bass United States 85 4.6k 1.0× 4.1k 1.4× 3.9k 1.4× 3.2k 1.2× 3.6k 1.5× 331 24.3k
Andrew R. Willan Canada 61 2.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 264 17.4k
Donald A. Redelmeier Canada 73 2.8k 0.6× 3.1k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 2.9k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 340 22.3k
Albert L. Siu United States 65 4.2k 0.9× 5.1k 1.8× 2.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 215 20.8k
Bernard Burnand Switzerland 51 4.1k 0.9× 3.8k 1.3× 2.2k 0.8× 2.9k 1.1× 3.0k 1.2× 302 20.2k
Dean Fergusson Canada 83 5.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 2.7k 1.1× 673 26.8k
Allan S. Detsky Canada 63 3.3k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 270 16.3k
Alejandro R. Jadad Canada 46 5.9k 1.2× 3.9k 1.4× 3.2k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 2.4k 1.0× 143 28.6k
Crispin Jenkinson United Kingdom 54 5.9k 1.2× 2.7k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 3.0k 1.1× 2.1k 0.9× 163 26.5k
Amanda Lee United Kingdom 67 5.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 2.6k 1.1× 376 17.3k

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All Works

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Williams, Simon C., Danyal Z. Khan, Sophia Bano, et al.. (2025). A surgical approach to building impactful artificial intelligence. npj Digital Medicine. 8(1). 709–709. 1 indexed citations
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Buccheri, Sergio, Stefan James, Marion Mafham, et al.. (2025). Large simple randomized controlled trials—from drugs to medical devices: lessons from recent experience. Trials. 26(1). 24–24. 1 indexed citations
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Arora, Asit, et al.. (2024). Prospective development study of the Versius Surgical System for use in transoral robotic surgery: an IDEAL stage 1/2a first in human and initial case series experience. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 281(5). 2667–2678. 2 indexed citations
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Páez, Arsenio, David Nunan, Peter McCulloch, & David Beard. (2024). The influence of intervention fidelity on treatment effect estimates in clinical trials of complex interventions: a metaepidemiological study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 177. 111610–111610. 2 indexed citations
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Watananirun, Kanokwaroon, Liesbeth Lewi, Peter McCulloch, et al.. (2024). Length of hysterotomy for fetal spina bifida repair is associated with prematurity risk. Prenatal Diagnosis. 44(5). 644–652. 1 indexed citations
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Sutton, Elizabeth, Mudathir Ibrahim, Lesley Booth, et al.. (2024). Understanding the enablers and barriers to implementing a patient-led escalation system: a qualitative study. BMJ Quality & Safety. 34(1). 18–27. 2 indexed citations
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Wekenborg, Magdalena, et al.. (2023). Holistic Human-Serving Digitization of Health Care Needs Integrated Automated System-Level Assessment Tools. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e50158–e50158. 12 indexed citations
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Plaha, Puneet, Sophie Camp, Jonathan Cook, et al.. (2022). FUTURE-GB: functional and ultrasound-guided resection of glioblastoma – a two-stage randomised control trial. BMJ Open. 12(11). e064823–e064823. 12 indexed citations
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Morgan, Lauren, Mohammed Hadi, Sharon Pickering, et al.. (2015). The effect of teamwork training on team performance and clinical outcome in elective orthopaedic surgery: a controlled interrupted time series study. BMJ Open. 5(4). e006216–e006216. 56 indexed citations
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Val, Ismael Díez del, et al.. (2015). The IDEAL prospective development study format for reporting surgical innovations. An illustrative case study of robotic oesophagectomy. International Journal of Surgery. 19. 104–111. 17 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Peter, et al.. (2015). The Safer Delivery of Surgical Services Program (S3). Annals of Surgery. 264(6). 997–1003. 5 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Tammy, Paul Glasziou, Isabelle Boutron, et al.. (2014). Better reporting of interventions: Template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Peter, et al.. (2013). A qualitative study comparing experiences of the surgical safety checklist in hospitals in high-income and low-income countries. BMJ Open. 3(8). e003039–e003039. 103 indexed citations
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Riera, Manel, Peter McCulloch, Laszlo Pazmany, & R. Thomas Jagoe. (2006). Optimal method for isolation of human peritoneal mesothelial cells from clinical samples of omentum. Journal of Tissue Viability. 16(4). 22–24. 6 indexed citations
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Bramhall, Simon R., M T Hallissey, J Whiting, et al.. (2002). Marimastat as maintenance therapy for patients with advanced gastric cancer: a randomised trial. British Journal of Cancer. 86(12). 1864–1870. 199 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Peter, Atsushi Ochiai, Jennifer Nash, et al.. (1994). British Stomach Cancer Group. Gut. 35(11). A1680–A1682. 1 indexed citations
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Rosenthal, K L, et al.. (1977). Variants of a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line which differ in morphology and carcinoembryonic antigen production.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 37(11). 4024–30. 34 indexed citations

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