Robert West

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
223 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Robert West is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert West has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Surgery, 47 papers in Epidemiology and 42 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert West's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (20 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (18 papers). Robert West is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (20 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers) and Hip and Femur Fractures (18 papers). Robert West collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and United States. Robert West's co-authors include Peter V. Giannoudis, Chris P Gale, Allan House, Emmanuele Santolini, Keith A.A. Fox, Hemant Pandit, Brian A. Cattle, Jonathan N. Lamb, Darren C. Greenwood and Philip Howard and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Robert West

212 papers receiving 5.6k 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 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 B7 family member B7-H6 is a tumor cell ligand for the activating natural killer cell receptor NKp30 in humans

2009 526 citations Cameron S. Brandt, Myriam Baratin et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert West United Kingdom	38	1.4k	1.1k	897	709	667	223	5.7k
Sigrún Alba Jóhannesdóttir Schmidt Denmark	21	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	766 1.1×	482 0.7×	63	7.2k
Lorenzo Moja Italy	47	1.6k 1.1×	831 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	879 1.3×	178	8.9k
Elizabeth Williamson United Kingdom	39	1.2k 0.8×	653 0.6×	700 0.8×	626 0.9×	366 0.5×	132	7.2k
Doreen M. Rabi Canada	33	1.5k 1.1×	847 0.8×	2.2k 2.5×	1.1k 1.5×	507 0.8×	128	7.4k
Gabriel Chodick Israel	44	1.2k 0.8×	461 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	723 1.0×	306 0.5×	378	8.2k
Ferrán Catalá-López Spain	28	1.5k 1.1×	934 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	739 1.0×	638 1.0×	127	8.9k
Louise Falzon United States	40	695 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	504 0.6×	535 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	120	5.9k
Bruno Giraudeau France	49	1.6k 1.1×	432 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	888 1.3×	478 0.7×	264	7.5k
Norman Waugh United Kingdom	48	2.2k 1.6×	789 0.7×	1.7k 1.9×	549 0.8×	538 0.8×	166	8.6k
Ammarin Thakkinstian Thailand	51	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	978 1.4×	311 0.5×	351	10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert West

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert West

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert West

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Sandall, Jane, et al.. (2025). Impact of midwife continuity of carer on stillbirth rate and first feed in England. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 339–339. 1 indexed citations

Wanat, Marta, Chris Bates, Lazarina Engonidou, et al.. (2024). Utilising primary care electronic health records to deliver the ALABAMA randomised controlled trial of penicillin allergy assessment. Trials. 25(1). 653–653.

Jani, Yogini, Iestyn Williams, Ron Daniels, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing implementation and adoption of direct oral penicillin challenge for allergy delabelling: a qualitative evaluation. BMJ Open Quality. 13(3). e002890–e002890. 2 indexed citations

Avgerinou, Christina, Kate Walters, Juan Carlos Bazo‐Alvarez, et al.. (2024). 2022 Association between severe mental illness and risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures: analysis of UK primary care data. Age and Ageing. 53(Supplement_1).

Pujades‐Rodríguez, Mar, et al.. (2024). Temporal trends in age and stage-specific incidence of colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia: A registry-based cohort study between 1997 and 2017. Cancer Epidemiology. 93. 102699–102699. 1 indexed citations

Shuweihdi, Farag, et al.. (2024). Measurement Invariance of a Quality-of-life Measure, CASP-12, within the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Applied Research in Quality of Life. 19(5). 2155–2170. 1 indexed citations

Munyombwe, Theresa, Tatendashe Bernadette Dondo, Marlous Hall, et al.. (2023). Cohort profile: Evaluation of the Methods and Management of Acute Coronary Events (EMMACE) longitudinal cohort. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 9(5). 442–446. 1 indexed citations

Webb, Edward, et al.. (2023). How does arthritis affect employment? Longitudinal evidence on 18,000 British adults with arthritis compared to matched controls. Social Science & Medicine. 321. 115606–115606. 3 indexed citations

Jain, Sameer, Mohamed Farook, Ashwin Unnithan, et al.. (2023). A multicentre comparative analysis of fixation versus revision surgery for periprosthetic femoral fractures following total hip arthroplasty with a cemented polished taper-slip femoral component. The Bone & Joint Journal. 105-B(2). 124–134. 29 indexed citations

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Kingsbury, Sarah R., Lindsay K Smith, Farag Shuweihdi, et al.. (2022). A comparative study of patients presenting for planned and unplanned revision hip or knee arthroplasty. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 7 indexed citations

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Gray‐Burrows, Kara, Rosemary McEachan, Zoe Marshman, et al.. (2022). HABIT: Health visitors delivering Advice in Britain on Infant Toothbrushing – an early-phase feasibility study of a complex oral health intervention. BMJ Open. 12(10). e059665–e059665. 5 indexed citations

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Relton, Samuel D., Andrew Lotery, Robert West, et al.. (2022). Associations with baseline visual acuity in 12,414 eyes starting treatment for neovascular AMD. Eye. 37(8). 1652–1658. 2 indexed citations

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West, Robert, Arri Coomarasamy, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown, et al.. (2022). Sperm selection with hyaluronic acid improved live birth outcomes among older couples and was connected to sperm DNA quality, potentially affecting all treatment outcomes. Human Reproduction. 37(6). 1106–1125. 29 indexed citations

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Randell, Rebecca, Natasha Alvarado, Robert West, et al.. (2022). Design and evaluation of an interactive quality dashboard for national clinical audit data: a realist evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(12). 1–156. 8 indexed citations

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Conner, Mark, Sarah Grogan, Robert West, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of repeated implementation intention formation on adolescent smoking initiation: A cluster randomized controlled trial.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 87(5). 422–432. 17 indexed citations

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Alabas, Oras, Tomas Jernberg, Mar Pujades‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2019). Statistics on mortality following acute myocardial infarction in 842 897 Europeans. Cardiovascular Research. 116(1). 149–157. 29 indexed citations

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Alfakih, Khaled, Stacey Galloway, Alistair S. Hall, et al.. (2011). The α_2C-Del322–325 adrenoceptor polymorphism and the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensives. Blood Pressure. 21(2). 116–121. 3 indexed citations

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Lown, Mark, Theresa Munyombwe, Wendy J. Harrison, et al.. (2011). Association of Frontal QRS-T Angle–Age Risk Score on Admission Electrocardiogram With Mortality in Patients Admitted With an Acute Coronary Syndrome. The American Journal of Cardiology. 109(3). 307–313. 49 indexed citations

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Lim, Jennifer N. W., et al.. (2011). Factors influencing late presentation for breast cancer in the middle East: a systematic review.. PubMed. 12(6). 1597–1600. 25 indexed citations

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Brandt, Cameron S., Myriam Baratin, Eugene C. Yi, et al.. (2009). The B7 family member B7-H6 is a tumor cell ligand for the activating natural killer cell receptor NKp30 in humans. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(7). 1495–1503. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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