Robert Fowler

32.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
294 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Fowler is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Fowler has authored 294 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Epidemiology, 63 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 63 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert Fowler's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (55 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (39 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (36 papers). Robert Fowler is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (55 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (39 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (36 papers). Robert Fowler collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Robert Fowler's co-authors include Neill K. J. Adhikari, Satish Bhagwanjee, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Alex Kiss, Andrew Toren, Srinivas Murthy, Damon C. Scales, Ruxandra Pinto and Charles D. Gomersall and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Robert Fowler

285 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults

2010 811 citations Neill K. J. Adhikari, Robert Fowler et al. profile →
Eligibility Criteria of Randomized Controlled Trials Published in High-Impact General Medical Journals

2007 741 citations Robert Fowler et al. profile →
Has Mortality from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Decreased over Time?: A Systematic Review

2008 555 citations Neill K. J. Adhikari, Robert Fowler et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

2020 517 citations Srinivas Murthy, Robert Fowler et al. profile →
What is an intensive care unit? A report of the task force of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

2016 389 citations Neill K. J. Adhikari, Robert Fowler et al. profile →
Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries

2016 385 citations Robert Fowler, Hannah Wunsch et al. profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

2017 373 citations Robert Fowler et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Fowler

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Accounting for non-adherence to assigned antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infection (BALANCE): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised clinical trial 2025 ·The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Ruxandra Pinto, Robert K. Mahar, Asgar Rishu, Joshua S. Davis, Robert Fowler, Steven Y. C. Tong, Nick Daneman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	Clinical course of patients with bloodstream infections enrolled in the BALANCE clinical trial 2025 ·Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy ·Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Ruxandra Pinto, Asgar Rishu, Steven Y. C. Tong, Robert Fowler, Nick Daneman	1
3	Making Sense of Hierarchical Composite End Points in Randomized Clinical Trials—A Primer for Infectious Diseases Clinicians and Researchers 2025 ·Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Robert K. Mahar, (unknown), Ruxandra Pinto, (unknown), Robert Fowler, Steven Y. C. Tong, Nick Daneman	1
4	Trends in characteristics, interventions, and outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Canada: a multicentre prospective cohort study 2024 ·Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie ·(unknown), David Granton, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Ruxandra Pinto, Srinivas Murthy, Robert Fowler	0
5	Diagnostic challenges of long COVID in children: a survey of pediatric health care providers’ preferences and practices 2024 ·Frontiers in Pediatrics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert Fowler, Lauren Guthrie, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tregony Simoneau, Alessio Fasano, (unknown), Lael M. Yonker	1
6	COVID-19 Immunologic Antiviral Therapy With Omalizumab (CIAO)—a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial 2024 ·Open Forum Infectious Diseases ·Michelle Le, (unknown), (unknown), Connor Prosty, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Fowler, Srinivas Murthy, Jennifer Tsang, Moshe Ben‐Shoshan, Elham Rahme, (unknown), Nandini Dendukuri, Todd C. Lee, Elena Netchiporouk	1
7	Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process on recruitment of potential participants to the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial: study protocol for a multicentre pragmatic nested randomised clinical trial (SIMPLY-SNAP trial) 2024 ·BMJ Open ·Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Todd C. Lee, Robert Fowler, Robert K. Mahar, Ruxandra Pinto, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew P. Cheng, Emily G. McDonald, Jennie Johnstone, Dominik Mertz, Christopher Kandel, Ranjani Somayaji, Joshua S. Davis, Steven Y. C. Tong, Nick Daneman	1
8	Time required to initiate a clinical trial in Canada at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational research-in-motion study 2023 ·CMAJ Open ·(unknown), Robert Fowler, Neill K. J. Adhikari, (unknown), Jennifer Tsang, Alexandra Binnie, Srinivas Murthy	5
9	Oxygenation thresholds for invasive ventilation in hypoxemic respiratory failure: a target trial emulation in two cohorts 2023 ·Critical Care ·Christopher J. Yarnell, Federico Angriman, Bruno L. Ferreyro, Kuan Liu, Harm‐Jan de Grooth, Lisa Burry, Laveena Munshi, Sangeeta Mehta, Leo Anthony Celi, Paul Elbers, Patrick Thoral, Laurent Brochard, Hannah Wunsch, Robert Fowler, Lillian Sung, George Tomlinson	11
10	Native Language Effects on Flight Training Performance 2022 ·International Journal of Aviation Aeronautics and Aerospace ·Robert Fowler, (unknown)	1
11	Do Thresholds for Invasive Ventilation in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Exist? A Cohort Study 2022 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Christopher J. Yarnell, Alistair E. W. Johnson, (unknown), Annemijn H. Jonkman, Kuan Liu, Hannah Wunsch, Laurent Brochard, Leo Anthony Celi, Harm‐Jan de Grooth, Paul Elbers, Sangeeta Mehta, Laveena Munshi, Robert Fowler, Lillian Sung, George Tomlinson	18
12	Establishing Healthcare Worker Performance and Safety in Providing Critical Care for Patients in a Simulated Ebola Treatment Unit: Non-Randomized Pilot Study 2021 ·Viruses ·Peter Kiiza, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Adic Pérez, Ruxandra Pinto, Kelly Thompson, Dominique Piquette, (unknown), Elhadj Ibrahima Bah, Christian Sandrock, Jan Hájek, Raymond Kao, François Lamontagne, John C. Marshall, Sharmistha Mishra, Srinivas Murthy, (unknown), Robert Fowler, Neill K. J. Adhikari	2
13	The relationship between organizational culture and family satisfaction in critical care* 2012 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Peter Dodek, Hubert Wong, Daren K. Heyland, (unknown), Graeme Rocker, Demetrios J. Kutsogiannis, Craig Dale, Robert Fowler, Sandra Robinson, Najib Ayas	46
14	Early observational research and registries during the 2009–2010 influenza A pandemic 2010 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Robert Fowler, Steven Webb, Kathy Rowan, Charles L. Sprung, Bruce Thompson, Adrienne G. Randolph, Philippe Jouvet, Stephen E. Lapinsky, Lewis Rubinson, Jordi Rello, J. Perren Cobb, Todd W. Rice, Tim Uyeki, John C. Marshall	30
15	Potential pediatric intensive care unit demand/capacity mismatch due to novel pH1N1 in Canada 2010 ·Pediatric Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown), Anand Kumar, Niranjan Kissoon, Robert Fowler, Philippe Jouvet, Peter Skippen, (unknown), Murray Kesselman, (unknown)	14
16	A prospective, observational registry of patients with severe sepsis: The Canadian Sepsis Treatment and Response Registry* 2008 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Claudio M. Martin, Fran Priestap, Harold Fisher, Robert Fowler, Daren K. Heyland, Sean Keenan, Christopher J. Longo, Teresa Morrison, (unknown), (unknown)	135
17	Variation in critical care services across North America and Western Europe* 2008 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Hannah Wunsch, Derek C. Angus, David A Harrison, Olivier Collange, Robert Fowler, Eric A. J. Hoste, Nicolette F. de Keizer, Alexander Kersten, Walter T. Linde‐Zwirble, Alberto Sandiumenge, Kathy Rowan	407
18	Enrollment of intensive care unit patients into clinical studies: A trinational survey of researchersʼ experiences, beliefs, and practices* 2008 ·Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown), David Blythe, (unknown), Paul C. Hébert, Nicole Zytaruk, Kusum Menon, (unknown), Robert Fowler, Diane Heels‐Ansdell, Maureen O. Meade	38
19	The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus 2006 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Carolyn Dewald, John Marincola, Robert Fowler, Jasper Griffin, Rosalind Thomas, Nino Luraghi, Egbert J. Bakker, Christopher Pelling, A.J. Griffiths, (unknown), James Romm, Scott Scullion, Lawrence A. Tritle, Sara Forsdyke, Philip A. Stadter, Rosaria Vignolo Munson, Michael Flower, Tim Rood, Simon Hornblower	9
20	Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome during Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation 2004 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Robert Fowler, Cameron B. Guest, Stephen E. Lapinsky, William J. Sibbald, Marie Louie, Patrick Tang, Andrew E. Simor, Thomas E. Stewart	199

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