W.A. Macrae

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

W.A. Macrae is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.A. Macrae has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 13 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in W.A. Macrae's work include Pain Management and Opioid Use (12 papers), Anesthesia and Pain Management (10 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (10 papers). W.A. Macrae is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Opioid Use (12 papers), Anesthesia and Pain Management (10 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (10 papers). W.A. Macrae collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. W.A. Macrae's co-authors include Huw Davies, Iain K. Crombie, J. Bannister, Alison Powell, Graeme McLeod, Michael J. Neil, I.S. Grant, Maria dos Santos Lonsdale, N. Mackenzie and Anne Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Pain, British Journal of Anaesthesia and Quality of Life Research.

In The Last Decade

W.A. Macrae

26 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chronic post-surgical pain: 10 years on 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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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. Chronic post-surgical pain: 10 years on
    2008 700 citations W.A. Macrae British Journal of Anaesthesia profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.A. Macrae United Kingdom 18 1.4k 905 388 383 381 26 2.1k
P. Maurette France 24 1.2k 0.9× 921 1.0× 483 1.2× 237 0.6× 177 0.5× 75 2.5k
V. Martinez France 27 1.3k 0.9× 963 1.1× 638 1.6× 401 1.0× 231 0.6× 76 2.4k
Hans‐Fritz Gramke Netherlands 15 1.2k 0.8× 596 0.7× 139 0.4× 333 0.9× 365 1.0× 24 1.6k
W. W. A. Zuurmond Netherlands 28 972 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 749 1.9× 1.0k 2.6× 258 0.7× 97 2.8k
Monique A. H. Steegers Netherlands 21 905 0.6× 682 0.8× 320 0.8× 280 0.7× 211 0.6× 77 1.6k
Carol A. Warfield United States 17 672 0.5× 446 0.5× 168 0.4× 271 0.7× 307 0.8× 66 1.4k
Eric S. Schwenk United States 20 815 0.6× 653 0.7× 209 0.5× 394 1.0× 162 0.4× 82 1.6k
Jennifer M. Hah United States 19 891 0.6× 779 0.9× 164 0.4× 413 1.1× 198 0.5× 49 1.7k
Asokumar Buvanendran United States 19 970 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 710 1.8× 850 2.2× 115 0.3× 35 2.4k
Peter H. Pan United States 20 1.4k 1.0× 458 0.5× 148 0.4× 180 0.5× 334 0.9× 66 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W.A. Macrae

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Powell, Alison, Huw Davies, J. Bannister, & W.A. Macrae. (2009). Challenge of improving postoperative pain management: case studies of three acute pain services in the UK National Health Service. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 102(6). 824–831. 27 indexed citations
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Macrae, W.A.. (2008). Chronic post-surgical pain: 10 years on. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 101(1). 77–86. 700 indexed citations breakdown →
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Macrae, W.A.. (2005). The Pain System. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 30(4). 389–390. 44 indexed citations
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Powell, Alison, Huw Davies, J. Bannister, & W.A. Macrae. (2004). Rhetoric and reality on acute pain services in the UK: a national postal questionnaire survey. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 92(5). 689–693. 49 indexed citations
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Macrae, W.A.. (2003). Atlas of Pain Injection Techniques. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 91(5). 765–765. 1 indexed citations
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Crombie, Iain K., et al.. (2003). Treatment of neuropathic pain in Sierra Leone. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97(6). 619–621. 3 indexed citations
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Crombie, Iain K., et al.. (2002). Pain in traumatic upper limb amputees in Sierra Leone. Pain. 99(1). 309–312. 41 indexed citations
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Macrae, W.A.. (2001). Chronic pain after surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 87(1). 88–98. 495 indexed citations
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McLeod, Graeme, et al.. (2001). Postoperative pain relief using thoracic epidural analgesia: outstanding success and disappointing failures. Anaesthesia. 56(1). 75–81. 90 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw, et al.. (1996). Changing the management of low‐back and nerve‐damage pain. Anaesthesia. 51(7). 641–646. 11 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw, Iain K. Crombie, & W.A. Macrae. (1994). Waiting in pain. Anaesthesia. 49(8). 661–665. 17 indexed citations
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Crombie, Iain K., Huw Davies, & W.A. Macrae. (1994). Entering the loop: assessing the contribution of pain clinics in northern Britain. Quality of Life Research. 3(S1). S35–S38. 4 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw, et al.. (1994). Care of dying patients in hospital. BMJ. 309(6954). 583–586. 110 indexed citations
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Swanston, Michael T, et al.. (1993). Pain assessment with interactive computer animation. Pain. 53(3). 347–351. 18 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw, Iain K. Crombie, & W.A. Macrae. (1993). Polarised views on treating neurogenic pain. Pain. 54(3). 341–346. 26 indexed citations
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Lang, Chim C., et al.. (1992). Drug management of pain caused by cancer: a study of general practitioners' treatment attitudes and practices. Palliative Medicine. 6(3). 246–252. 11 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw, et al.. (1991). Consensus and contention in the treatment of chronic nerve-damage pain. Pain. 47(2). 191–196. 23 indexed citations
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Macrae, W.A., et al.. (1989). LOW-DOSE INTRATHECAL DIAMORPHINE ANALGESIA FOLLOWING MAJOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 62(3). 248–252. 18 indexed citations
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Macrae, W.A., et al.. (1989). Arthroscopy under local anaesthesia. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 71-B(1). 126–127. 9 indexed citations
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Macrae, W.A., et al.. (1981). Aspiration around high-volume, low-pressure endotracheal cuff.. BMJ. 283(6301). 1220–1220. 27 indexed citations

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