Robert Macauley

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 756 citations indexed

About

Robert Macauley is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Macauley has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 756 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert Macauley's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (20 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (18 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (15 papers). Robert Macauley is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (20 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (18 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (15 papers). Robert Macauley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Hungary. Robert Macauley's co-authors include Mindy B. Statter, Douglas J. Opel, Mark R. Mercurio, Margaret Moon, Aviva L. Katz, Alexander L. Okun, Sally A. Webb, Naomi Laventhal, Mark P. Aulisio and Éric Racine and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, The Journal of Pediatrics and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Macauley

34 papers receiving 720 citations

Hit Papers

Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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. Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice
    2016 346 citations Aviva L. Katz, Sally A. Webb et al. PEDIATRICS profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Macauley United States 10 421 306 271 105 61 41 756
Margaret Moon United States 15 501 1.2× 383 1.3× 367 1.4× 139 1.3× 41 0.7× 35 946
Aaron Wightman United States 16 270 0.6× 211 0.7× 172 0.6× 95 0.9× 58 1.0× 69 706
Diana Montoya‐Williams United States 16 259 0.6× 188 0.6× 239 0.9× 188 1.8× 43 0.7× 60 862
Mark R. Mercurio United States 19 728 1.7× 430 1.4× 375 1.4× 139 1.3× 58 1.0× 85 1.3k
Fernando Lamy Filho Brazil 18 472 1.1× 324 1.1× 279 1.0× 57 0.5× 18 0.3× 61 910
Teresa A. Savage United States 17 438 1.0× 270 0.9× 204 0.8× 194 1.8× 18 0.3× 64 784
Joyce K. Edmonds United States 20 682 1.6× 220 0.7× 152 0.6× 165 1.6× 44 0.7× 58 1.1k
Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds United States 17 442 1.0× 280 0.9× 215 0.8× 122 1.2× 12 0.2× 72 816
Naomi Laventhal United States 14 305 0.7× 147 0.5× 115 0.4× 124 1.2× 32 0.5× 56 609
Denise B. Angst United States 16 332 0.8× 217 0.7× 148 0.5× 115 1.1× 38 0.6× 33 760

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Macauley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Macauley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Macauley

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

All Works

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Menzel, Paul T., et al.. (2024). “Mr. Smith Has No Mealtimes”: Minimal Comfort Feeding for Patients with Advanced Dementia. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 69(2). 216–222.
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Macauley, Robert, Naomi Laventhal, Douglas J. Opel, et al.. (2023). Responding to Parental Requests for Nondisclosure to Patients of Diagnostic and Prognostic Information in the Setting of Serious Disease. PEDIATRICS. 152(4). 1 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert, et al.. (2023). Clinical Guidelines for Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 66(5). e625–e631. 7 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert, et al.. (2023). Early and often: Promoting early integration of pediatric palliative care for seriously ill children with cancer. Current Problems in Cancer. 47(5). 101023–101023.
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Bogetz, Jori F., et al.. (2022). Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Services and Needs Across the Northwest United States. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 64(1). e7–e14. 9 indexed citations
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Solomon, Andrew, Robert Macauley, & David Spencer. (2021). Epileptologists infrequently discuss the risk of intubation with patients with epilepsy in the United States. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 10(4). 3626–3632. 3 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert, Nanette Elster, Jonathan M. Fanaroff, et al.. (2021). Ethical Considerations in Pediatricians’ Use of Social Media. PEDIATRICS. 147(3). 8 indexed citations
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McGuire, Amy L., Mark P. Aulisio, F. Daniel Davis, et al.. (2020). Ethical Challenges Arising in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview from the Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD) Task Force. The American Journal of Bioethics. 20(7). 15–27. 84 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert, et al.. (2020). Provider perspective on the role of palliative care in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young. 30(3). 377–382. 8 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert, et al.. (2019). Betting on CPR: a modern version of Pascal’s Wager. Journal of Medical Ethics. 46(2). 110–113. 3 indexed citations
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Moon, Margaret, Robert Macauley, Naomi Laventhal, et al.. (2019). Institutional Ethics Committees. PEDIATRICS. 143(5). 17 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert. (2019). The Limits of “Life-Limiting”. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 57(6). 1176–1181. 4 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Abby R., Kira Bona, Tumaini R. Coker, et al.. (2019). Pediatric Palliative Care in the Multicultural Context: Findings From a Workshop Conference. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 57(4). 846–855.e2. 18 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert. (2018). To trach or not to trach, that is the question. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 29. 9–13. 12 indexed citations
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Fallat, Mary E., Courtney Hardy, Rebecka L. Meyers, et al.. (2018). Interpretation of Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders for Children Requiring Anesthesia and Surgery. PEDIATRICS. 141(5). 4 indexed citations
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Katz, Aviva L., Sally A. Webb, Robert Macauley, et al.. (2016). Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice. PEDIATRICS. 138(2). 346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Macauley, Robert & Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil. (2016). When Faith Hurts: Redemptive Suffering and Refusal of Symptomatic Treatment (TH301). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 51(2). 315–316.
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Levine, Deena R., Catherine G. Lam, Melody J. Cunningham, et al.. (2013). Best practices for pediatric palliative cancer care: a primer for clinical providers. PubMed. 11(3). 114–125. 27 indexed citations
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Macauley, Robert. (2010). An Overwhelmed Parent. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 12(7). 535–539.

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