Rafael Perera

46.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
285 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

Rafael Perera is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Perera has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in General Health Professions, 47 papers in Epidemiology and 46 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rafael Perera's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (33 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (23 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (21 papers). Rafael Perera is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (33 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (23 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (21 papers). Rafael Perera collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Rafael Perera's co-authors include Paul Glasziou, Tim Lancaster, Kate Cahill, Carl Heneghan, David Mant, Lindsay F Stead, Jamie Hartmann‐Boyce, David Moher, Tammy Hoffmann and Douglas G. Altman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of the American Chemical Society and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Perera

278 papers receiving 22.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

2014 6.5k citations Paul Glasziou, Rafael Perera et al. profile →
Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation

2012 1.2k citations Rafael Perera, David Mant et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta-analysis

2013 871 citations Rafael Perera et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Telephone counselling for smoking cessation

2013 595 citations Jamie Hartmann‐Boyce, Rafael Perera et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation

2008 548 citations Rafael Perera, David Mant et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Cardiovascular disease risk in healthy children and its association with body mass index: systematic review and meta-analysis

2012 470 citations Claire Friedemann Smith, Carl Heneghan et al. profile →
Clinical workload in UK primary care: a retrospective analysis of 100 million consultations in England, 2007–14

2016 446 citations Richard Hobbs, Clare Bankhead et al. profile →
Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions

2015 432 citations Rafael Perera et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
School-based programmes for preventing smoking

2013 326 citations Rafael Perera et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Perera

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Implementation framework for AI deployment at scale in healthcare systems 2025 ·iScience ·(unknown), (unknown), Lei Clifton, Clare Bankhead, Rafael Perera	3
2	The Association between Blood Test Trends and Undiagnosed Cancer: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal 2024 ·Cancers ·Pradeep S. Virdee, (unknown), Claire Friedemann Smith, Xin Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Nia Roberts, Jason Oke, Clare Bankhead, Rafael Perera, Richard Hobbs, Brian D Nicholson	3
3	Temporal trends and practice variation of paediatric diagnostic tests in primary care: retrospective analysis of 14 million tests 2024 ·Family Medicine and Community Health ·Elizabeth T Thomas, Diana R. Withrow, Cynthia Wright, Peter J. Gill, Rafael Perera, Carl Heneghan	1
4	GPs’ perspectives on diagnostic tests for children: a qualitative interview study 2024 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Elizabeth T Thomas, Margaret Głogowska, Gail Hayward, Peter J. Gill, Rafael Perera, Carl Heneghan	1
5	The quality of diagnostic guidelines for children in primary care: A meta‐epidemiological study 2023 ·Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health ·Elizabeth T Thomas, (unknown), Rafael Perera, Peter J. Gill, Susan Moloney, Carl Heneghan	4
6	Recommendations of high-quality clinical practice guidelines related to the process of starting dialysis: A systematic review 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Igho Onakpoya, (unknown), Rafael Perera, Carl Heneghan	2
7	Is point-of-care testing feasible and safe in care homes in England? An exploratory usability and accuracy evaluation of a point-of-care polymerase chain reaction test for SARS-CoV-2 2021 ·Age and Ageing ·(unknown), Adam Gordon, (unknown), A. Joy Allen, Kerrie Davies, Daniel Lasserson, Carl Thompson, Karen Spilsbury, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claire C. Sharpe, Rafael Perera, Gail Hayward, Peter Buckle	8
8	A Biomarker-based Biological Age in UK Biobank: Composition and Prediction of Mortality and Hospital Admissions 2021 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·(unknown), Matthew Arnold, Alison Offer, (unknown), Marion Mafham, Jane Armitage, Rafael Perera, Sarah Parish	35
9	Point of care testing using rapid automated antigen testing for SARS-COV-2 in care homes – an exploratory safety, usability and diagnostic agreement evaluation 2021 ·Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management ·(unknown), Peter Buckle, Gail Hayward, A. Joy Allen, Kerrie Davies, Patrick Kierkegaard, Karen Spilsbury, Carl Thompson, (unknown), (unknown), Claire C. Sharpe, (unknown), Daniel Lasserson, Rafael Perera, Richard Body, Adam Gordon	3
10	Design, methods, and reporting of impact studies of cardiovascular clinical prediction rules are suboptimal: a systematic review 2021 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Arsenio Páez, Richard Stevens, Rafael Perera	5
11	Development and internal validation of prognostic models to predict negative health outcomes in older patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in general practice 2020 ·BMJ Open ·Beate S. Müller, Lorenz Uhlmann, Peter Ihle, Christian Stock, (unknown), Martin Beyer, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Rafael Perera, José M Valderas, Paul Glasziou, Marjan van den Akker, Christiane Muth	8
12	Measuring the complexity of general practice consultations: a Delphi and cross-sectional study in English primary care 2020 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Chris Salisbury, Sarah Lay‐Flurrie, Clare Bankhead, Alice Fuller, Mairead Murphy, (unknown), José M Ordóñez-Mena, Tim Holt, Brian D Nicholson, Rafael Perera, Richard Hobbs	16
13	Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: modelling guidelines and patient preferences based on an Irish cohort 2019 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Paula Byrne, John Cullinan, Paddy Gillespie, Rafael Perera, Susan M. Smith	9
14	Incentives for smoking cessation 2019 ·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Caitlin Notley, Sarah Gentry, Jonathan Livingstone‐Banks, Linda Bauld, Rafael Perera, Jamie Hartmann‐Boyce	171
15	Observational analysis of disparities in obesity in children in the UK: Has Leeds bucked the trend? 2019 ·Pediatric Obesity ·Mary Rudolf, Rafael Perera, (unknown), (unknown), Kim P. Roberts, Susan A. Jebb	17
16	Blood CEA levels for detecting recurrent colorectal cancer: A Diagnostic Test Accuracy Review. 2015 ·Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·Brian Nicholson, Bethany Shinkins, (unknown), Nia Roberts, (unknown), Susan Mallett, Rafael Perera, John Primrose, David Mant	7
17	Early connections: effectiveness of a pre-call intervention to improve immunisation coverage and timeliness 2012 ·Journal of Primary Health Care ·Felicity Goodyear‐Smith, Cameron Grant, (unknown), Helen Petousis‐Harris, Nikki Turner, Rafael Perera, Anthony Harnden	6
18	Trials in primary care: statistical issues in the design, conduct and evaluation of complex interventions 2010 ·Statistical Methods in Medical Research ·(unknown), Michael J. Campbell, Sandra Eldridge, Amanda Farrin, (unknown), Sabine Müller, Rafael Perera, T. J. Peters, A Toby Prevost, Greta Rait	31
19	Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for type 2 diabetes mellitus 2008 ·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·(unknown), Rafael Perera, Víctor M. Montori, Seán F. Dinneen, Andrew Neil, Andrew Farmer	220
20	Variance Stabilizing Power Transformation for Time Series 2004 ·Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods ·Vı́ctor M. Guerrero, Rafael Perera	5

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