W. Scott Richardson

21.9k citations
46 papers · 12.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 18
Topics
Health Sciences Research and Education (13 papers)Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (10 papers)Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

W. Scott Richardson

45 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't19962026200620161996200720002.5k5.0k7.5k

Peers

W. Scott Richardson
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
  • General Health Professions 5.2k
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3.2k
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1.9k
  • Economics and Econometrics 1.5k
  • Surgery 825
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Scott Richardson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Scott Richardson

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All Works

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2 3
3 40
4 19
5 11
6 14
7 3
8 24
9 10
10 20
11 79
12 184
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Evidence-based diagnosis: More is needed
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15 105
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About W. Scott Richardson

W. Scott Richardson is a scholar working on Family Practice, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Issues, ethics and legal aspects, having authored 46 papers that have together received 12.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Health Sciences Research and Education (13 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (10 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Issues, ethics and legal aspects (533 citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (1.9k citations) and General Health Professions (5.2k citations). W. Scott Richardson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include R. Brian Haynes, William Rosenberg, David L. Sackett, J. A. Muir Gray, Julie A. Gray, Lee A. Green, Roman Z. Jaeschke, for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group, Robert Haynes and Gordon H. Guyatt. Their work appears in journals such as JAMA, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine.

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