Thomas Agoritsas

21.3k citations

166 papers · 9.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

Family Practice top 0.05%
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
Geriatrics and Gerontology top 0.5%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

Papers in

Family Practice 11
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 26
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews 26

Co-authors: Gordon Guyatt Alfonso Iorio Thomas Perneger Ana Carolina Alba Per Olav Vandvik P.J. Devereaux Reed Siemieniuk Reem A. Mustafa
Journals: BMJ (25 papers)BMJ Open (18 papers)Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (17 papers)PLoS ONE (6 papers)Journal of General Internal Medicine (5 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland Canada United States

In The Last Decade

Thomas Agoritsas

154 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2018 · 391 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 BMJ
2017 JAMA
2017 Canadian Medical Association Journal
2014 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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1	Enhancing Patient-Dedicated Time in Clinical Encounters: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Intervention Strategies Journal of General Internal Medicine ·Clement P. Buclin, Nils Bürgisser, Amandine Berner, André Juillerat, Carol Le Blanc, Matteo Coen, Pauline Darbellay Farhoumand, Violène Porto, Jessie Porzi, Jean‐Luc Reny, Delphine S. Courvoisier, Thomas Agoritsas	2025	1
2	Leading with options or issues to support purposeful shared decision-making in clinical practice BMJ evidence-based medicine ·Ricardo Loor-Torres, Yvonne Bui, Karina Dahl Steffensen, Anja Fog Heen, Thomas Agoritsas, Marleen Kunneman, Meg Carley, Esteban Cabezas, Dawn Stacey, Ian Hargraves, Víctor M. Montori	2025	0
3	Core GRADE 4: rating certainty of evidence—risk of bias, publication bias, and reasons for rating up certainty BMJ ·Gordon Guyatt, Ying Wang, Prashanti Eachempati, Alfonso Iorio, M. Hassan Murad, Monica Hultcrantz, Derek K. Chu, Iván D. Flórez, Lars G. Hemkens, Thomas Agoritsas, Liang Yao, Per Olav Vandvik, Víctor M. Montori, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen	2025	9
4	Impact of a clinical encounter time protection program on pain management: a retrospective difference-in-difference study International Journal for Quality in Health Care ·Clément P. Buclin, Denis Mongin, Nils Bürgisser, Amandine Berner, Pauline Darbellay Farhoumand, Jean‐Luc Reny, Thomas Agoritsas, Delphine S. Courvoisier	2025	0
5	Development of a patient-centred tool for use in total hip arthroplasty PLoS ONE ·Anne Lübbeke, Stéphane Cullati, Christophe Baréa, Sophie Cole, Gianluca Fabiano, Alan J. Silman, Nils Gutacker, Thomas Agoritsas, Didier Hannouche, Rafael Pinedo‐Villanueva	2024	0
6	Which trial do we need? Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of antiviral treatment in patients hospitalized for influenza Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Krisztina Hosszu-Fellous, Pauline Vetter, Thomas Agoritsas, Laurent Kaiser	2024	1
7	A novel framework for incorporating patient values and preferences in making guideline recommendations: guideline panel surveys Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Linan Zeng, Lise Mørkved Helsingen, Michael Bretthauer, Thomas Agoritsas, Per Olav Vandvik, Reem A. Mustafa, Jason W. Busse, Reed Siemieniuk, Lyubov Lytvyn, Shelly‐Anne Li, Mengting Yang, Lijiao Yan, Lingli Zhang, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Gordon H. Guyatt	2023	10
8	Infographic summaries for clinical practice guidelines: results from user testing of the BMJ Rapid Recommendations in primary care BMJ Open ·Pieter Van Bostraeten, Bert Aertgeerts, Geertruida E Bekkering, Nicolas Delvaux, Charlotte Dijckmans, Elise Ostyn, Willem Soontjens, Wout Matthysen, Anna Haers, Matisse Vanheeswyck, Alexander Vandekendelaere, Niels Van der Auwera, Noémie Schenk, Will Stahl-Timmins, Thomas Agoritsas, Mieke Vermandere	2023	3
9	Use of tocilizumab and sarilumab alone or in combination with corticosteroids for covid-19: systematic review and network meta-analysis SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Dena Zeraatkar, Ellen Cusano, Juan Pablo Díaz Martinez, Anila Qasim, Sophia Mangala, Elena Kum, Jessica Bartoszko, Tahira Devji, Thomas Agoritsas, Gordon Guyatt, Ariel Izcovich, Assem M. Khamis, François Lamontagne, Bram Rochwerg, Per Olav Vandvik, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Reed Siemieniuk	2022	14
10	Long-term and serious harms of medical cannabis and cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review of non-randomised studies BMJ Open ·Dena Zeraatkar, Matthew Cooper, Arnav Agarwal, Robin W.M. Vernooij, Gareth Leung, Kevin Loniewski, Jared Dookie, Muhammad Muneeb Ahmed, Brian Y. Hong, Chris J. Hong, Patrick Jiho Hong, Rachel Couban, Thomas Agoritsas, Jason W. Busse	2022	29
11	Adverse effects of remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir when used for COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials BMJ Open ·Ariel Izcovich, Reed Siemieniuk, Jessica Bartoszko, Long Ge, Dena Zeraatkar, Elena Kum, Anila Qasim, Assem M. Khamis, Bram Rochwerg, Thomas Agoritsas, Derek K. Chu, Shelley McLeod, Reem A. Mustafa, Per Olav Vandvik, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen	2022	35
12	Opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies BMJ Open ·Atefeh Noori, Anna Miroshnychenko, Yaadwinder Shergill, Vahid Ashoorion, Yasir Rehman, Rachel Couban, D. Norman Buckley, Lehana Thabane, Mohit Bhandari, Gordon Guyatt, Thomas Agoritsas, Jason W. Busse	2021	63
13	Dexamethasone and remdesivir: finding method in the COVID-19 madness The Lancet Microbe ·Pauline Vetter, Laurent Kaiser, Alexandra Calmy, Thomas Agoritsas, Angela Huttner	2020	10
14	Establishing thresholds for important benefits considering the harms of screening interventions BMJ Open ·Lise Mørkved Helsingen, Linan Zeng, Reed Siemieniuk, Lyubov Lytvyn, Per Olav Vandvik, Thomas Agoritsas, Michael Bretthauer, Gordon Guyatt	2020	4
15	Patent foramen ovale closure, antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulation in patients with patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis incorporating complementary external evidence BMJ Open ·Hassan Mir, Reed Siemieniuk, Long Ge, Farid Foroutan, Michael Fralick, Talha Syed, Luciane Cruz Lopes, Ton Kuijpers, Jean‐Louis Mas, Per Olav Vandvik, Thomas Agoritsas, Gordon Guyatt	2018	42
16	Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke: a clinical practice guideline BMJ ·Kameshwar Prasad, Reed Siemieniuk, Qiukui Hao, Gordon Guyatt, Martin O’Donnell, Lyubov Lytvyn, Anja Fog Heen, Thomas Agoritsas, Per Olav Vandvik, Sankar Prasad Gorthi, Loraine Fisch, Mirza Jusufovic, Jennifer Muller, Brenda M. Booth, Eleanor Horton, Auxiliadora Fraiz, Jillian L K Siemieniuk, Awah Cletus Fobuzi, Neelima Katragunta, Bram Rochwerg	2018	55
17	Values and preferences of men for undergoing prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer: a systematic review BMJ Open ·Robin W.M. Vernooij, Lyubov Lytvyn, Héctor Pardo‐Hernández, Loai Albarqouni, Carlos Canelo‐Aybar, Karen Campbell, Thomas Agoritsas	2018	17
18	Meta-analysis of antibiotics versus appendicectomy for non-perforated acute appendicitis British journal of surgery ·Ville Sallinen, Elie A. Akl, John J. You, Arnav Agarwal, Sami Shoucair, Per Olav Vandvik, Thomas Agoritsas, Diane Heels‐Ansdell, Gordon Guyatt, Kari A.O. Tikkinen	2016	172
19	Reporting missing participant data in randomised trials: systematic survey of the methodological literature and a proposed guide BMJ Open ·Elie A. Akl, Khaled Shawwa, Lara A Kahale, Thomas Agoritsas, Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Jason W. Busse, Alonso Carrasco‐Labra, Shanil Ebrahim, Bradley C. Johnston, Ignacio Neumann, Iván Solà, Xin Sun, Per Olav Vandvik, Yuqing Zhang, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Gordon Guyatt	2015	33
20	The process of a systematic review and meta-analysis Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) ·Gordon Guyatt, Thomas Agoritsas, M. Hassan Murad, Roman Jaeschke, P.J. Devereaux, Kameshwar Prasad, Alonso Carrasco‐Labra, Richard J. Cook	2014	2

About Thomas Agoritsas

Thomas Agoritsas is a scholar working on Family Practice, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, General Health Professions, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Statistics and Probability, having authored 166 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (31 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (26 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (24 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (19 papers), Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (12 papers), Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 (11 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (11 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Family Practice (1.2k citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (576 citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (544 citations), Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (367 citations) and General Health Professions (1.6k citations). Thomas Agoritsas has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Gordon Guyatt, Alfonso Iorio, Thomas Perneger, Ana Carolina Alba, Per Olav Vandvik, P.J. Devereaux, Reed Siemieniuk, Reem A. Mustafa, Thomas McGinn and Michael Walsh. Their work appears in journals such as BMJ, BMJ Open, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, PLoS ONE and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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