Toby Helliwell

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Toby Helliwell is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Toby Helliwell has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Rheumatology, 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Toby Helliwell's work include Vasculitis and related conditions (27 papers), Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis (15 papers) and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (12 papers). Toby Helliwell is often cited by papers focused on Vasculitis and related conditions (27 papers), Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis (15 papers) and Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (12 papers). Toby Helliwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Qatar. Toby Helliwell's co-authors include Christian Mallen, Sara Müller, Samantha Hider, Alyshah Abdul Sultan, John Belcher, Lisa Dikomitis, Opeyemi Babatunde, Tanya L. Wright, James A. Prior and Sarah Mackie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Toby Helliwell

50 papers receiving 888 citations

Hit Papers

Burnout among primary health-care professionals in low- a... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 20 40 60
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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.

  1. Burnout among primary health-care professionals in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2022 71 citations Lisa Dikomitis, Christian Mallen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Toby Helliwell United Kingdom 19 433 416 258 105 94 58 911
Carlos H. Orces United States 18 434 1.0× 367 0.9× 169 0.7× 49 0.5× 137 1.5× 48 1.1k
Araceli García-González United States 15 108 0.2× 387 0.9× 159 0.6× 86 0.8× 99 1.1× 45 1.0k
Abhishek Kavati United States 15 347 0.8× 240 0.6× 141 0.5× 96 0.9× 137 1.5× 50 890
Nishan Sengupta United States 15 85 0.2× 312 0.8× 92 0.4× 117 1.1× 139 1.5× 42 1.1k
Masayo Sato Japan 17 87 0.2× 133 0.3× 48 0.2× 91 0.9× 94 1.0× 70 958
Knut Aasarød Norway 15 417 1.0× 148 0.4× 109 0.4× 26 0.2× 71 0.8× 36 913
Neil Betteridge United Kingdom 13 53 0.1× 471 1.1× 162 0.6× 63 0.6× 141 1.5× 25 909
Orit Schieir Canada 15 76 0.2× 600 1.4× 100 0.4× 44 0.4× 376 4.0× 49 1.1k
Emma Harris United Kingdom 17 181 0.4× 93 0.2× 83 0.3× 73 0.7× 124 1.3× 36 1.3k
Ihsane Hmamouchi Morocco 20 53 0.1× 503 1.2× 65 0.3× 49 0.5× 146 1.6× 84 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Toby Helliwell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toby Helliwell

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All Works

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Jinks, Clare, Charlotte Woodcock, Lisa Dikomitis, et al.. (2025). Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care. Health Expectations. 28(3). e70264–e70264.
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Woodcock, Charlotte, Lisa Dikomitis, Simon White, et al.. (2024). Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study. BJGP Open. 8(3). BJGPO.2023.0221–BJGPO.2023.0221. 2 indexed citations
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Bajpai, Ram, et al.. (2023). Musculoskeletal disorders and pain in agricultural workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology International. 44(2). 235–247. 14 indexed citations
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Burton, Claire, Helen Twohig, Milica Bucknall, et al.. (2023). Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8–17 years: a mixed-methods study protocol. BJGP Open. 7(2). BJGPO.2022.0149–BJGPO.2022.0149. 4 indexed citations
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Woodcock, Charlotte, Julie Ashworth, Lisa Dikomitis, et al.. (2023). Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development. British Journal of Pain. 18(3). 274–291. 5 indexed citations
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Ashworth, Julie, Ram Bajpai, Sara Müller, et al.. (2023). Trends in gabapentinoid prescribing in UK primary care using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink: an observational study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 27. 100579–100579. 28 indexed citations
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Müller, Sara, et al.. (2020). Comorbidities in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica prior to and following diagnosis: A case control and cohort study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 50(4). 663–672. 13 indexed citations
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Sultan, Alyshah Abdul, Christian Mallen, Sara Müller, et al.. (2019). Antibiotic use and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based case-control study. BMC Medicine. 17(1). 154–154. 34 indexed citations
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Kwok, Chun Shing, Shelley Zieroth, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, et al.. (2019). The Hospital Frailty Risk Score and its association with in-hospital mortality, cost, length of stay and discharge location in patients with heart failure short running title: Frailty and outcomes in heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology. 300. 184–190. 58 indexed citations
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Helliwell, Toby, Sara Müller, Samantha Hider, et al.. (2018). Challenges of diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis in general practice: a multimethods study. BMJ Open. 8(2). e019320–e019320. 14 indexed citations
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Müller, Sara, et al.. (2018). The real evidence for polymyalgia rheumatica as a paraneoplastic syndrome. Reumatismo. 70(1). 23–34. 24 indexed citations
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Müller, Sara, et al.. (2018). Incidence, prevalence and treatment burden of polymyalgia rheumatica in the UK over two decades: a population-based study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 77(12). 1750–1756. 54 indexed citations
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Hider, Samantha, Sara Müller, James A. Prior, et al.. (2017). SAT0708 Symptoms indicative of inflammatory arthritis are common in the primary care population: findings from the symptoms in persons at risk of rheumatoid arthritis survey. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76. 1043–1043. 2 indexed citations
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Liddle, Jennifer, Christian Mallen, Sarah Mackie, et al.. (2017). What is the impact of giant cell arteritis on patients’ lives? A UK qualitative study. BMJ Open. 7(8). e017073–e017073. 22 indexed citations
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Prior, James A., John Belcher, Sarah Mackie, et al.. (2017). Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 15(1). 120–120. 65 indexed citations
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Helliwell, Toby, Samantha Hider, & Christian Mallen. (2013). Polymyalgia rheumatica: diagnosis, prescribing, and monitoring in general practice. British Journal of General Practice. 63(610). e361–e366. 28 indexed citations

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