Peter S Blair

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
186 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Peter S Blair is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter S Blair has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 69 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 29 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Peter S Blair's work include Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (76 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (39 papers) and Infant Health and Development (28 papers). Peter S Blair is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (76 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (39 papers) and Infant Health and Development (28 papers). Peter S Blair collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Peter S Blair's co-authors include Peter Fleming, Jean Golding, Peter Sidebotham, Alan Emond, Anna Pease, Anna Marriott, Matthew Hoghton, Lesley Russ, Pauline Heslop and J. H. Tripp and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter S Blair

176 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with intellectual disabilities in the UK: a population-based study

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter S Blair United Kingdom	44	3.0k	1.8k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	186	6.7k
Rachel Y. Moon United States	38	3.4k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	141	5.7k
Peter Fleming United Kingdom	39	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	786 0.7×	152	5.8k
Fern R. Hauck United States	31	2.0k 0.7×	882 0.5×	880 0.7×	723 0.6×	838 0.7×	99	3.7k
S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick Netherlands	50	542 0.2×	2.3k 1.3×	457 0.4×	4.7k 4.0×	924 0.8×	155	9.0k
Jeffrey B. Gould United States	53	629 0.2×	2.5k 1.4×	163 0.1×	4.2k 3.6×	1.4k 1.2×	199	8.3k
Amy Storfer‐Isser United States	42	1.2k 0.4×	664 0.4×	214 0.2×	857 0.7×	288 0.2×	85	5.5k
Glenn Bowes Australia	42	602 0.2×	1.5k 0.8×	131 0.1×	707 0.6×	763 0.6×	108	6.5k
Linda S. Franck United States	59	206 0.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	7.2k 6.1×	733 0.6×	299	10.8k
Saroj Saigal Canada	59	728 0.2×	5.8k 3.3×	422 0.3×	10.3k 8.7×	2.1k 1.8×	221	14.1k
Donna M. Strobino United States	54	291 0.1×	1.2k 0.7×	209 0.2×	3.7k 3.1×	1.7k 1.4×	142	8.9k

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Payne, Rupert, Peter S Blair, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, et al.. (2025). Optimising polypharmacy management in primary care through general practitioner−pharmacist collaboration, informatics, and enhancing clinician engagement: the IMPPP cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 6(10). 100774–100774.

Pease, Anna, et al.. (2024). A Risk Assessment and Planning Tool to Prevent Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy: Development and Evaluation of The Baby Sleep Planner. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 7. e49952–e49952. 2 indexed citations

Clement, Clare, Jenny Ingram, Christie Cabral, et al.. (2024). Implementation of the CHIldren with acute COugh (CHICO) intervention to improve antibiotics management: a qualitative study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 74(743). BJGP.2023.0330–BJGP.2023.0330. 1 indexed citations

Renz‐Polster, Herbert, Peter S Blair, Helen L. Ball, Oskar G. Jenni, & Freia De Bock. (2024). Death from Failed Protection? An Evolutionary-Developmental Theory of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Human Nature. 35(2). 153–196. 2 indexed citations

Pease, Anna, Nicholas Turner, Jenny Ingram, et al.. (2023). Changes in background characteristics and risk factors among SIDS infants in England: cohort comparisons from 1993 to 2020. BMJ Open. 13(10). e076751–e076751. 5 indexed citations

Blair, Peter S, Grace Young, Clare Clement, et al.. (2023). A multifaceted intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing among CHIldren with acute COugh and respiratory tract infection: the CHICO cluster RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 27(32). 1–110. 2 indexed citations

Payne, Rupert, Peter S Blair, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, et al.. (2022). Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care (IMPPP): Protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a complex intervention for medication optimization against usual care. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 54–54. 5 indexed citations

Odd, David, Satomi Okano, Jenny Ingram, et al.. (2021). Physiological responses to cuddling babies with hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy during therapeutic hypothermia: an observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 5(1). e001280–e001280. 12 indexed citations

Young, Grace, Jenny Ingram, Clare Clement, et al.. (2021). Protocol for an ‘efficient design’ cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a complex intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing for CHIldren presenting to primary care with acute COugh and respiratory tract infection: the CHICO study. BMJ Open. 11(3). e041769–e041769. 4 indexed citations

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Lewis, Amanda, Grace Young, Lucy Selman, et al.. (2020). Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of bladder outlet obstruction in men: the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 24(42). 1–122. 25 indexed citations

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Matthews, Emma, Peter S Blair, Sanjay M. Sisodiya, et al.. (2019). National registry for sudden unexpected deaths of infants and children in England: why do we need one and do families want one?. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 104(10). 989–993. 2 indexed citations

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Hay, Alastair D, Harriet Downing, Nick Francis, et al.. (2019). Anaesthetic–analgesic ear drops to reduce antibiotic consumption in children with acute otitis media: the CEDAR RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 23(34). 1–48. 15 indexed citations

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Fleming, Peter, Anna Pease, Jenny Ingram, et al.. (2019). Quality of investigations into unexpected deaths of infants and young children in England after implementation of national child death review procedures in 2008: a retrospective assessment. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 105(3). 270–275. 7 indexed citations

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Sebire, Simon J., Kathryn Banfield, Rona Campbell, et al.. (2019). A peer-led physical activity intervention in schools for adolescent girls: a feasibility RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(16). 1–178. 5 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Edwin A. & Peter S Blair. (2012). SIDS prevention: 3000 lives saved but we can do better.. PubMed. 125(1359). 50–7. 23 indexed citations

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Tsogt, Bazarragchaa, et al.. (2006). The development of thermoregulation in a harsh environment: a prospective controlled study of the effects of swaddling on infants' thermal balance in a Mongolian winter. Early Human Development. 621–621. 4 indexed citations

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Fleming, Peter, et al.. (2006). The Importance of Mother-Baby Interactions in Determining Nighttime Thermal Conditions for Sleeping Infants: Observations from the Home and the Sleep Laboratory. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 3 indexed citations

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Fleming, Peter, et al.. (2004). Investigating sudden unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood and caring for bereaved families: an integrated multiagency approach. BMJ. 328(7435). 331–334. 54 indexed citations

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Fleming, Peter, Peter S Blair, Martin Ward Platt, et al.. (1999). Pacifier use and sudden infant death syndrome: results from the CESDI/SUDI case control study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 81(2). 112–116. 81 indexed citations

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Young, Jeanine, et al.. (1998). Night-time behaviour and interactions between nothers and infants of low SIDS risk: a longitudinal study of room sharing and bed sharing. Pediatric Pulmonology. 26(6). 447–447. 1 indexed citations

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