W. A. Chambers

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

W. A. Chambers is a scholar working on Surgery, Pharmacology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, W. A. Chambers has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Pharmacology and 18 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in W. A. Chambers's work include Anesthesia and Pain Management (21 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (15 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (14 papers). W. A. Chambers is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Pain Management (21 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (15 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (14 papers). W. A. Chambers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. W. A. Chambers's co-authors include William C. Smith, Blair H. Smith, Kay Penny, Alison M. Elliott, Julie Bruce, Philip C Hannaford, Amudha Poobalan, W. Cairns S. Smith, D.B. SCOTT and P M King and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Pain and Spine.

In The Last Decade

W. A. Chambers

50 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community

1999 918 citations Alison M. Elliott, Blair H. Smith et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. A. Chambers United Kingdom	24	1.6k	1.6k	1.0k	571	529	51	3.8k
H. U. Gerbershagen Germany	26	980 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	410 0.7×	469 0.9×	69	3.6k
Petter C. Borchgrevink Norway	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	774 1.4×	1.1k 2.1×	108	4.6k
M. Zenz Germany	34	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	2.3k 2.3×	1.2k 2.2×	678 1.3×	227	4.6k
Dominic Aldington United Kingdom	28	1.2k 0.7×	668 0.4×	926 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	431 0.8×	62	3.2k
Asokumar Buvanendran United States	39	1.4k 0.9×	3.2k 2.0×	1.9k 1.9×	1.0k 1.8×	414 0.8×	123	5.4k
Rollin M. Gallagher United States	34	1.7k 1.1×	402 0.3×	877 0.9×	503 0.9×	514 1.0×	120	3.7k
Navil F. Sethna United States	43	865 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	864 1.5×	2.1k 4.0×	128	5.5k
R. Sabatowski Germany	38	1.3k 0.8×	916 0.6×	1.9k 1.9×	1.3k 2.4×	1.0k 1.9×	164	4.5k
Hance Clarke Canada	38	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.6×	1.7k 1.7×	847 1.5×	631 1.2×	192	4.7k
Paul J. Christo United States	30	953 0.6×	899 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	617 1.1×	285 0.5×	87	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. A. Chambers

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20 of 20 papers shown

Powell, Rachael, Marie Johnston, W. Cairns S. Smith, et al.. (2013). Rehabilitation following surgery: Clinical and psychological predictors of activity limitations.. Rehabilitation Psychology. 58(4). 350–360. 3 indexed citations

Powell, Rachael, Michelle Johnston, W. Cairns S. Smith, et al.. (2011). Psychological risk factors for chronic post‐surgical pain after inguinal hernia repair surgery: A prospective cohort study. European Journal of Pain. 16(4). 600–610. 72 indexed citations

Chambers, W. A., et al.. (2010). Pain relief in palliative care: a focus on interventional pain management. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 10(5). 747–756. 11 indexed citations

Torrance, Nicola, Blair H. Smith, Alison M. Elliott, et al.. (2010). Potential Pain Management Programmes in primary care. A UK-wide questionnaire and Delphi survey of experts. Family Practice. 28(1). 41–48. 24 indexed citations

Chambers, W. A.. (2009). Clinical Pain Management—Practice and Procedures. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 103(1). 141–142. 10 indexed citations

Chambers, W. A.. (2008). Interventional Pain Management: Image-Guided Procedures. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 102(1). 146–146. 25 indexed citations

Chambers, W. A.. (2008). Nerve blocks in palliative care. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 101(1). 95–100. 44 indexed citations

Macdonald, Lesley, Julie Bruce, Neil Scott, William C. Smith, & W. A. Chambers. (2005). Long-term follow-up of breast cancer survivors with post-mastectomy pain syndrome. British Journal of Cancer. 92(2). 225–230. 251 indexed citations

Smith, Blair H., et al.. (2005). The use of medication for chronic pain in primary care, and the potential for intervention by a practice-based pharmacist. Family Practice. 23(1). 46–52. 27 indexed citations

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Bruce, Julie, Amudha Poobalan, W. Cairns S. Smith, & W. A. Chambers. (2004). Quantitative Assessment of Chronic Postsurgical Pain Using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Clinical Journal of Pain. 20(2). 70–75. 40 indexed citations

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Smith, Blair H., Alison M. Elliott, Philip C Hannaford, W. A. Chambers, & William C. Smith. (2004). Factors Related to the Onset and Persistence of Chronic Back Pain in the Community. Spine. 29(9). 1032–1040. 87 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, W. A. Chambers, & Roger G. Pertwee. (2001). Pharmacological actions and therapeutic uses of cannabis and cannabinoids. Anaesthesia. 56(11). 1059–1068. 141 indexed citations

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Smith, Blair H., et al.. (2001). The impact of chronic pain in the community. Family Practice. 18(3). 292–299. 397 indexed citations

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Elliott, Alison M., Blair H. Smith, Kay Penny, William C. Smith, & W. A. Chambers. (1999). The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community. The Lancet. 354(9186). 1248–1252. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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Penny, Kay, Calum Munro, Blair H. Smith, et al.. (1998). Defining chronic pain for epidemiological research: assessing a subjective definition. The Pain Clinic. 10(3). 139–147. 40 indexed citations

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Read, John, et al.. (1998). Epidural anaesthesia as a method of pre‐emptive analgesia for abdominal hysterectomy. Anaesthesia. 53(3). 296–298. 31 indexed citations

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Smith, Blair H., et al.. (1996). Researching chronic pain: Identification of a community based sample. The Pain Clinic. 9(1). 73–76. 8 indexed citations

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Power, Ian, et al.. (1994). Ketorolac as a component of balanced analgesia after thoracotomy. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 72(2). 224–226. 19 indexed citations

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Broom, J., et al.. (1993). Subarachnoid Local Anesthetic Block Does Not Affect Morphine Absorption from Paired Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injection Sites in the Elderly Patient. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 76(4). 778???782–778???782. 8 indexed citations

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Chambers, W. A., et al.. (1988). PLASMA PRILOCAINE CONCENTRATIONS AFTER THREE TECHNIQUES OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKADE. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 60(2). 136–139. 12 indexed citations

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