Tara Gomes

13.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
363 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Tara Gomes is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tara Gomes has authored 363 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 77 papers in Epidemiology and 68 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Tara Gomes's work include Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (135 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (52 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (40 papers). Tara Gomes is often cited by papers focused on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (135 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (52 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (40 papers). Tara Gomes collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Tara Gomes's co-authors include David N. Juurlink, Muhammad Mamdani, J. Michael Paterson, Mina Tadrous, Irfan A. Dhalla, Tony Antoniou, Peter C. Austin, Ximena Camacho, Diana Martins and Wayne Khuu and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tara Gomes

334 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A population-based study of the drug interaction between proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel

2009 527 citations David N. Juurlink, Tara Gomes et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal profile →
Opioid Dose and Drug-Related Mortality in Patients With Nonmalignant Pain

2011 515 citations Tara Gomes, Muhammad Mamdani et al. profile →
The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States

2018 408 citations Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study

2017 361 citations Tara Gomes, David N. Juurlink et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence

2024 35 citations Gillian Kolla, Tony Antoniou et al. International Journal of Drug Policy profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tara Gomes	3.4k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	363	9.3k
David N. Juurlink	4.0k 1.2×	3.3k 2.0×	2.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.6×	344	17.0k
Amir Qaseem	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	572 0.4×	486 0.4×	142	17.5k
J. Michael Paterson	1.9k 0.5×	931 0.6×	816 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	627 0.5×	175	6.1k
Maryse Lapeyre‐Mestre	1.6k 0.5×	730 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	442 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	435	9.0k
Brian T. Bateman	5.5k 1.6×	2.4k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	5.6k 4.1×	315	13.9k
Per Olav Vandvik	1.6k 0.5×	2.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.3×	363 0.2×	562 0.4×	179	11.9k
Helen Mogun	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	694 0.4×	181 0.1×	1.7k 1.2×	130	9.1k
Olav Spigset	2.1k 0.6×	771 0.5×	638 0.4×	239 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	366	8.4k
Jean‐Louis Montastruc	898 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	884 0.6×	276 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	458	10.5k
Jesper Hallas	1.4k 0.4×	3.5k 2.1×	2.3k 1.5×	232 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	476	17.4k

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Cheung, Grace, Dean T. Eurich, Louis de Léséleuc, et al.. (2025). Trends in prescription opioid use for pain in Canada: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study of 6 provinces. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 197(36). E1175–E1183.

Urbanoski, Karen, et al.. (2025). Integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting people support longer retention compared to standard treatment programs: A population-based cohort study. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 174. 209701–209701.

Schmidt, Rose A., Karl Everett, Amaya Perez‐Brumer, et al.. (2024). A population‐based time‐series analysis of opioid agonist treatment dispensed during pregnancy. Addiction. 119(6). 1111–1122. 1 indexed citations

Booth, Richard A, Salimah Z. Shariff, Stephen W. Hwang, et al.. (2024). Opioid-related overdose deaths among people experiencing homelessness, 2017 to 2021: A population-based analysis using coroner and health administrative data from Ontario, Canada. International Journal for Population Data Science. 9(5). 1 indexed citations

Gomes, Tara, et al.. (2024). Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Opioid Toxicity and Mortality. International Journal for Population Data Science. 9(5). 2 indexed citations

Cheung, Angela M., et al.. (2024). On-time denosumab dosing recovered rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet remains suboptimal. JBMR Plus. 8(5). ziae027–ziae027. 4 indexed citations

Campbell, Tonya, et al.. (2024). Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000480–e000480. 2 indexed citations

Rosic, Tea, et al.. (2023). Trends in Rates of Opioid Agonist Treatment and Opioid-Related Deaths for Youths in Ontario, Canada, 2013-2021. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2321947–e2321947. 8 indexed citations

Gomes, Tara, et al.. (2023). Trends in Opioid Toxicity–Related Deaths in the US Before and After the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2011-2021. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2322303–e2322303. 45 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Martha, et al.. (2023). Trends in varying modes of drug use in opioid toxicity deaths in Ontario from 2017 to 2021. International Journal of Drug Policy. 141. 104197–104197. 7 indexed citations

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Zipursky, Jonathan S., Tara Gomes, Karl Everett, et al.. (2023). Maternal opioid treatment after delivery and risk of adverse infant outcomes: population based cohort study. BMJ. 380. e074005–e074005. 5 indexed citations

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Tadrous, Mina, Tonya Campbell, Gillian Kolla, et al.. (2023). Characteristics, treatment patterns and retention with extended-release subcutaneous buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 254. 111032–111032. 8 indexed citations

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Kurteva, Siyana, Michał Abrahamowicz, Daniala L. Weir, Tara Gomes, & Robyn Tamblyn. (2022). Determinants of long-term opioid use in hospitalized patients. PLoS ONE. 17(12). e0278992–e0278992. 2 indexed citations

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Kitchen, Sophie A., Tonya Campbell, Nikki Bozinoff, et al.. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of take-home doses of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time-series analysis. International Journal of Drug Policy. 103. 103644–103644. 23 indexed citations

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Gomes, Tara, Tonya Campbell, Mina Tadrous, et al.. (2022). Changing patterns of opioid initiation for pain management in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 17(12). e0278508–e0278508. 4 indexed citations

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Gomes, Tara, Tonya Campbell, Diana Martins, et al.. (2021). Inequities in access to primary care among opioid recipients in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 18(6). e1003631–e1003631. 5 indexed citations

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Wilton, James, Mei Chong, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, et al.. (2021). Prescription opioid treatment for non-cancer pain and initiation of injection drug use: large retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 375. e066965–e066965. 17 indexed citations

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Kendzerska, Tetyana, Tara Gomes, Andrea S. Gershon, et al.. (2019). Opioid use and initiation of positive airway pressure treatment in adults referred for sleep disorder assessment: An explanatory population-based study. Canadian Journal of Respiratory Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. 4(3). 194–204. 2 indexed citations

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Verma, Amol A., Wayne Khuu, Mina Tadrous, Tara Gomes, & Muhammad Mamdani. (2018). Fixed-dose combination antihypertensive medications, adherence, and clinical outcomes: A population-based retrospective cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 15(6). e1002584–e1002584. 81 indexed citations

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Spithoff, Sheryl, et al.. (2017). First-line medications for alcohol use disorders among public drug plan beneficiaries in Ontario.. PubMed. 63(5). e277–e283. 24 indexed citations

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