Walton Sumner

2.2k total citations
63 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Walton Sumner is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Health Information Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Walton Sumner has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Health Information Management. Recurrent topics in Walton Sumner's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (9 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers). Walton Sumner is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (9 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (9 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 papers). Walton Sumner collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walton Sumner's co-authors include Julie M. Kapp, Amy McQueen, Robert F. Nease, Yong Zhang, Da‐Ren Chen, John Doyle, Rhett M. Schiffman, Gordon Jacobsen, John G. Walt and Benjamin Littenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Ophthalmology, The Journal of Urology and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Walton Sumner

61 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walton Sumner United States 19 476 401 316 241 208 63 1.8k
Athina Tatsioni Greece 27 536 1.1× 322 0.8× 154 0.5× 240 1.0× 269 1.3× 96 2.8k
Julie C. Will United States 29 972 2.0× 535 1.3× 157 0.5× 602 2.5× 104 0.5× 74 2.9k
Staffan E. Norell Sweden 29 641 1.3× 447 1.1× 72 0.2× 150 0.6× 210 1.0× 48 2.9k
Jing Wu China 24 576 1.2× 403 1.0× 61 0.2× 244 1.0× 139 0.7× 137 2.7k
Fatma Al‐Maskari United Arab Emirates 26 322 0.7× 193 0.5× 52 0.2× 255 1.1× 89 0.4× 74 2.0k
Alan S. Rigby United Kingdom 33 190 0.4× 178 0.4× 100 0.3× 203 0.8× 314 1.5× 103 4.0k
Robert Hopkins Canada 29 164 0.3× 198 0.5× 333 1.1× 167 0.7× 74 0.4× 73 2.4k
Stuart Walker United Kingdom 29 338 0.7× 401 1.0× 894 2.8× 183 0.8× 33 0.2× 183 3.2k
Patricia Metcalf New Zealand 25 593 1.2× 617 1.5× 67 0.2× 160 0.7× 354 1.7× 69 3.2k
Koorosh Etemad Iran 22 322 0.7× 113 0.3× 80 0.3× 253 1.0× 60 0.3× 158 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walton Sumner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walton Sumner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Avins, Andrew L., et al.. (2017). Quantifying Worry in the Face of Uncertainty: Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences. 48(1). 16–21. 2 indexed citations
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McQueen, Amy, et al.. (2015). Electronic cigarettes: The nicotyrine hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses. 85(3). 305–310. 20 indexed citations
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Martinez, Raul E., et al.. (2014). On-Line Chemical Composition Analysis of Refillable Electronic Cigarette Aerosol—Measurement of Nicotine and Nicotyrine. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 17(10). 1263–1269. 18 indexed citations
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McQueen, Amy, et al.. (2014). Analysis of Comments in a Petition Defending Electronic Cigarettes. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 16(11). 1503–1511. 10 indexed citations
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Hagen, Michael D., Walton Sumner, & Hongbo Fu. (2012). Diuretic of Choice in ABFM Hypertension Self-Assessment Module Simulations. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 25(6). 805–809. 4 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton & Michael D. Hagen. (2011). Variation Over Time in Preventable Hospitalization Rates Across Counties. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 24(6). 639–646. 7 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton. (2010). Health and life insurance as an alternative to malpractice tort law. BMC Health Services Research. 10(1). 150–150. 2 indexed citations
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McIntosh, Leslie D., Steven Kymes, Brian E. Perron, et al.. (2008). Truth and Consequences: Assessing the Relationship Between Health and Vision Related Quality of Life. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(13). 3753–3753. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Bryan S., Steven Kymes, Robert F. Nease, et al.. (2007). The Impact of Anchor Point on Utilities for 5 Common Ophthalmic Diseases. Ophthalmology. 115(5). 898–903.e4. 48 indexed citations
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Ivins, Douglas, et al.. (2006). Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) Self Assessment Modules (SAMs): The First Year. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 19(4). 398–403. 24 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton. (2005). Permissive nicotine regulation as a complement to traditional tobacco control. BMC Public Health. 5(1). 18–18. 8 indexed citations
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Hagen, Michael D., Walton Sumner, G. Roussel, Richard J. Rovinelli, & Jinbin Xu. (2003). Computer-based Testing in Family Practice Certification and Recertification. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 16(3). 227–232. 9 indexed citations
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Tosteson, Anna N.A., Terry S. Kneeland, Robert F. Nease, & Walton Sumner. (2002). Automated Current Health Time-Trade-Off Assessments in Women's Health. Value in Health. 5(2). 98–105. 10 indexed citations
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Gage, Brian F., Gerald A. Banet, M Goldstein, & Walton Sumner. (2000). Development and implementation of a decision support system for carotid artery stenosis: the Carotid Ultrasound Report Enhancement (CURE).. PubMed. 280–4. 2 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton & Michael D. Hagen. (1999). Using Bayesian Networks as a Scripting Language.. PubMed Central. 1171–1171. 1 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton, Michael D. Hagen, & Richard J. Rovinelli. (1999). The Item Generation Methodology of an Empiric Simulation Project. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 4(1). 27–38. 12 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton. (1998). Cigarette Continuity Programs and Social Support for Smoking. Archives of Family Medicine. 7(3). 264–268. 1 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton, Mirosław Truszczyński, & Victor W. Marek. (1995). Data Transformations for Patient Simulations. PubMed Central. 970–970. 3 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton, Victor W. Marek, & Mirosław Truszczyński. (1993). Designing a Knowledge Base to Support Family Practice Certification Examinations. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 909–909. 3 indexed citations
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Sumner, Walton & Edward K. Shultz. (1992). Expert systems and expert behavior. Journal of Medical Systems. 16(5). 183–193. 5 indexed citations

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