William A. Whitelaw

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

William A. Whitelaw is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Whitelaw has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 14 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William A. Whitelaw's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (12 papers), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (9 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (7 papers). William A. Whitelaw is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (12 papers), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (9 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (7 papers). William A. Whitelaw collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and Australia. William A. Whitelaw's co-authors include Jean‐Philippe Derenne, J. Milic‐Emili, John A. Evans, Gordon Ford, Thomas W. Rosenal, W. Ward Flemons, Rollin Brant, C. A. Guenter, Peter Cruse and John E. Remmers and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Journal of Applied Physiology and CHEST Journal.

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William A. Whitelaw

32 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

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Author						Papers	Cites
William A. Whitelaw	1.1k	572	490	352	344	33	1.9k
Ahmet Baydur	1.6k 1.5×	502 0.9×	331 0.7×	250 0.7×	367 1.1×	75	2.2k
Murray D. Altose	1.8k 1.7×	940 1.6×	523 1.1×	242 0.7×	176 0.5×	84	2.6k
Roberto Duranti	1.8k 1.7×	1.0k 1.8×	317 0.6×	280 0.8×	288 0.8×	92	2.8k
Jean‐Paul Praud	1.0k 0.9×	441 0.8×	1.1k 2.2×	139 0.4×	220 0.6×	145	1.7k
D Murciano	1.8k 1.7×	594 1.0×	274 0.6×	155 0.4×	263 0.8×	43	2.4k
Daniel J. Cunningham	571 0.5×	286 0.5×	599 1.2×	866 2.5×	705 2.0×	117	2.4k
Alberto Braghiroli	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 2.3×	964 2.0×	644 1.8×	164 0.5×	56	2.7k
R. L. Knill	570 0.5×	237 0.4×	351 0.7×	444 1.3×	453 1.3×	37	1.4k
D Kyroussis	1.4k 1.3×	341 0.6×	249 0.5×	168 0.5×	219 0.6×	29	1.8k
M Gorini	1.0k 0.9×	286 0.5×	254 0.5×	137 0.4×	224 0.7×	62	1.6k

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Burgess, Keith R., et al.. (2013). Targeted Case Finding for OSA within the Primary Care Setting. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 9(7). 681–686. 12 indexed citations

Evans, John A. & William A. Whitelaw. (2009). The Assessment of Maximal Respiratory Mouth Pressures In Adults. Respiratory Care. 54(10). 1348–1359. 324 indexed citations

Tyberg, John V., Justin E. Davies, Zhibin Wang, et al.. (2009). Wave intensity analysis and the development of the reservoir–wave approach. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 47(2). 221–232. 78 indexed citations

Burgess, Keith R., et al.. (2007). Prediction of Periodic Breathing at Altitude. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 605. 442–446. 11 indexed citations

Whitelaw, William A.. (2007). Mechanisms of Sleep Apnea at Altitude. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 588. 57–63. 16 indexed citations

Debert, Chantel T., et al.. (2006). Differences between middle cerebral artery blood velocity waveforms of young and postmenopausal women. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 13(2). 303–313. 16 indexed citations

Mitchell, Jamie R., et al.. (2005). RV filling modulates LV function by direct ventricular interaction during mechanical ventilation. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 289(2). H549–H557. 44 indexed citations

Whitelaw, William A., Rollin Brant, & W. Ward Flemons. (2004). Clinical Usefulness of Home Oximetry Compared with Polysomnography for Assessment of Sleep Apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 171(2). 188–193. 111 indexed citations

Tsai, Willis H., W. Ward Flemons, William A. Whitelaw, & John E. Remmers. (1999). A Comparison of Apnea–Hypopnea Indices Derived from Different Definitions of Hypopnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(1). 43–48. 99 indexed citations

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Arnulf, Isabelle, Pascale Homeyer, L Garma, William A. Whitelaw, & Jean‐Philippe Derenne. (1997). Modafinil in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Pilot Study in 6 Patients. Respiration. 64(2). 159–161. 49 indexed citations

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Zuege, Danny J. & William A. Whitelaw. (1997). Management of acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 3(3). 190–197. 1 indexed citations

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Burgess, Keith R., et al.. (1994). Impaired ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in patients with chronic renal failure. Critical Care Medicine. 22(3). 413–419. 15 indexed citations

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Morrison, Debra, et al.. (1993). Anatomy of the Pharyngeal Airway in Sleep Apneics: Separating Anatomic Factors From Neuromuscular Factors. SLEEP. 16(suppl_8). S80–S84. 9 indexed citations

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Rimmer, Karen P. & William A. Whitelaw. (1993). The Respiratory Muscles in Multicore Myopathy. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 148(1). 227–231. 13 indexed citations

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Rimmer, Karen P., et al.. (1993). Myotonia of the Respiratory Muscles in Myotonic Dystrophy. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 148(4_pt_1). 1018–1022. 26 indexed citations

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Ford, Gordon, Thomas W. Rosenal, F. Clergue, & William A. Whitelaw. (1993). RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY IN UPPER ABDOMINAL SURGERY. Clinics in Chest Medicine. 14(2). 237–252. 90 indexed citations

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Lynch, Patrick M., Donald A. Bakal, William A. Whitelaw, Tak Fung, & Linda Rose. (1992). Agoraphobic avoidance and panic frequency as predictors of laboratory induced panic reactions. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 30(6). 591–596. 8 indexed citations

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Whitelaw, William A.. (1991). Asthma Deaths. CHEST Journal. 99(6). 1507–1510. 17 indexed citations

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Rimmer, Karen P., Kevin J. Graham, William A. Whitelaw, & Stephen K. Field. (1989). Mechanisms of Hypoxemia during Panendoscopy. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 11(1). 17–22. 42 indexed citations

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Ford, Gordon, William A. Whitelaw, Thomas W. Rosenal, Peter Cruse, & C. A. Guenter. (1983). Diaphragm Function after Upper Abdominal Surgery in Humans ^1– ³. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 127(4). 431–436. 229 indexed citations

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