Rafael Fernández

396 total papers · 15.7k total citations
184 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Rafael Fernández is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Fernández has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 50 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 31 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rafael Fernández's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (87 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (42 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (24 papers). Rafael Fernández is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (87 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (42 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (24 papers). Rafael Fernández collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Italy. Rafael Fernández's co-authors include E. Aguilar, Manuel Tena‐Sempere, Víctor M. Navarro, Juan M. Castellano, L. Pinilla, Carlos Diéguez, Juan Roa, Lluís Blanch, Antonio Artigas and S. Benito and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Fernández

174 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Comparison of Four Methods of Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation
    1995 926 citations Martin Dres, Fernando Frutos–Vivar et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Developmental and Hormonally Regulated Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression of KiSS-1 and Its Putative Receptor, GPR54, in Rat Hypothalamus and Potent Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Activity of KiSS-1 Peptide
    2004 597 citations Víctor M. Navarro, Juan M. Castellano et al. Endocrinology profile →
  3. Extubation Outcome after Spontaneous Breathing Trials with T-Tube or Pressure Support Ventilation
    1997 486 citations Martin Dres, Inmaculada Alía et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Noninvasive Ventilation on Reintubation and Postextubation Respiratory Failure in High-Risk Patients
    2016 331 citations Gonzalo Hernández, Concepción Vaquero et al. JAMA profile →
  5. Asynchronies during mechanical ventilation are associated with mortality
    2015 316 citations Lluís Blanch, Ana Lucía Rincón Villagra et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
  6. Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Reintubation in Low-Risk Patients
    2016 314 citations Gonzalo Hernández, Concepción Vaquero et al. JAMA profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rafael Fernández 5.4k 2.7k 2.7k 1.9k 1.6k 184 10.2k
Giorgio Conti 10.3k 1.9× 4.9k 1.8× 43 0.0× 3.8k 2.0× 564 0.3× 442 14.6k
Gorm Greisen 6.7k 1.2× 327 0.1× 87 0.0× 469 0.2× 2.1k 1.3× 398 13.1k
Alistair J. Gunn 7.4k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 188 0.1× 2.8k 1.5× 3.7k 2.3× 441 17.3k
Maurice Lamy 6.3k 1.2× 2.4k 0.9× 36 0.0× 2.9k 1.5× 365 0.2× 241 14.6k
Malcolm I. Levene 4.5k 0.8× 571 0.2× 86 0.0× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 179 9.7k
Sean M. Caples 2.3k 0.4× 269 0.1× 160 0.1× 331 0.2× 2.5k 1.5× 80 6.3k
Elizabeth A. Tolley 3.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 27 0.0× 808 0.4× 305 0.2× 178 10.0k
Martin J. Tobin 9.4k 1.7× 3.8k 1.4× 13 0.0× 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 194 12.2k
Nicholas S. Hill 11.4k 2.1× 3.8k 1.4× 12 0.0× 2.5k 1.3× 718 0.4× 310 15.8k
Kirsten Møller 474 0.1× 616 0.2× 196 0.1× 383 0.2× 429 0.3× 260 9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Fernández

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

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