William Brien

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William Brien is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William Brien has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 5 papers in Internal Medicine and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William Brien's work include Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (5 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (4 papers) and Blood transfusion and management (4 papers). William Brien is often cited by papers focused on Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (5 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (4 papers) and Blood transfusion and management (4 papers). William Brien collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. William Brien's co-authors include Michael J. Kovacs, Moira Cruickshank, Jack Hirsh, Jacques Leclerc, Andrew R. Willan, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Susan L. Haley, Mark Levine and Christine Demers and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William Brien

19 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Comparison of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Administered Primarily at Home with Unfractionated Heparin Administered in the Hospital for Proximal Deep-Vein Thrombosis

1996 872 citations Mark Levine, Michael Gent et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Brien Canada	11	833	646	410	252	147	19	1.2k
M. Barthels Germany	15	338 0.4×	317 0.5×	308 0.8×	429 1.7×	71 0.5×	67	1.0k
Arthur A. Trowbridge United States	17	1.2k 1.5×	923 1.4×	710 1.7×	256 1.0×	155 1.1×	32	1.8k
Patricia Vegh Canada	16	632 0.8×	404 0.6×	316 0.8×	1.2k 4.7×	100 0.7×	20	1.8k
S Törngren Sweden	20	732 0.9×	505 0.8×	528 1.3×	185 0.7×	193 1.3×	49	1.3k
Valeria Rossetto Italy	10	826 1.0×	446 0.7×	331 0.8×	284 1.1×	133 0.9×	15	1.4k
Patrick Brill-Edwards Canada	18	1.5k 1.8×	1.0k 1.6×	591 1.4×	755 3.0×	212 1.4×	29	2.0k
Roger Luddington United Kingdom	18	945 1.1×	626 1.0×	275 0.7×	1.1k 4.4×	52 0.4×	28	1.7k
E. C. M. van Pampus Netherlands	19	414 0.5×	263 0.4×	133 0.3×	664 2.6×	85 0.6×	29	1.1k
Marco Marietta Italy	22	320 0.4×	354 0.5×	257 0.6×	271 1.1×	43 0.3×	71	1.1k
Sanjeev Chunilal Australia	17	806 1.0×	561 0.9×	213 0.5×	513 2.0×	64 0.4×	60	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by William Brien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Brien

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19 of 19 papers shown

Al‐Khabori, Murtadha, Sharon Fung, Wei Xu, et al.. (2008). Adult Precursor T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with Myeloid-Associated Antigen Expression Is Associated with a Lower Complete Remission Rate following Induction Chemotherapy. Acta Haematologica. 120(1). 5–10. 8 indexed citations

Brien, William, et al.. (2004). In-house Calibration of the International Sensitivity Index or Calibration Curve for Determination of the International Normalized Ratio. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 128(3). 308–312. 6 indexed citations

Song, Kevin, Peter Mollee, Bruce Patterson, William Brien, & Michael Crump. (2002). Pure red cell aplasia due to parvovirus following treatment with CHOP and rituximab for B‐cell lymphoma*. British Journal of Haematology. 119(1). 125–127. 36 indexed citations

Brien, William, et al.. (2000). Acquired Factor VIII Inhibitor in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Receiving Interferon-Alfa Therapy. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 34(6). 737–739. 15 indexed citations

Brien, William, et al.. (1999). The utility and prediction of allogeneic blood transfusion use in orthopedic surgery. Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 13(2). 124–131. 6 indexed citations

Brien, William, et al.. (1999). CalculationvsCalibration Curve for INR Determination: Results of an Interlaboratory Proficiency Scheme. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 111(2). 193–201. 8 indexed citations

Kovacs, M.J., et al.. (1998). Body Weight Does Not Predict for Anti-Xa Levels after Fixed Dose Prophylaxis with Enoxaparin After Orthopedic Surgery. Thrombosis Research. 91(3). 137–142. 17 indexed citations

Gilbert, Ken, et al.. (1998). Prospective validation of a point score system for predicting blood transfusion following hip or knee replacement. Transfusion. 38(10). 932–937. 34 indexed citations

Gilbert, Ken, et al.. (1997). A point score system for predicting the likelihood of blood transfusion after hip or knee arthroplasty. Transfusion. 37(5). 463–467. 51 indexed citations

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Levine, Mark, Michael Gent, Jack Hirsh, et al.. (1996). A Comparison of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Administered Primarily at Home with Unfractionated Heparin Administered in the Hospital for Proximal Deep-Vein Thrombosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 334(11). 677–681. 872 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cole, C W, Janis Bormanis, Gregory K. Luna, et al.. (1993). Ancrod versus heparin for anticoagulation during vascular surgical procedures. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 17(2). 288–293. 10 indexed citations

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Brien, William, et al.. (1993). Lupus anticoagulant testing: effect of the platelet count on the activated partial thromboplastin time.. PubMed. 50(2). 114–6. 12 indexed citations

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Bell, David A., et al.. (1990). The antiphospholipid syndrome: Prevalence among patients with stroke and transient ischemic attacks. The American Journal of Medicine. 88(6). 593–597. 28 indexed citations

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Brien, William, Robb Butler, & Martin J. Inwood. (1989). An audit of blood component therapy in a Canadian general teaching hospital.. PubMed. 140(7). 812–5. 39 indexed citations

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Lewis, James C., et al.. (1988). Clinical and Laboratory Observations on Patients from a Nursing Home Outbreak of Verotoxin-Producing E Coli (157:H7 Strain). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 57–59. 2 indexed citations

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Mant, Michael J., et al.. (1987). Chronic consumptive coagulopathy due to intracardiac thrombus. The American Journal of Medicine. 82(1). 135–136. 5 indexed citations

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Abdi, Ehtesham, William Brien, & Peter Venner. (1986). Auto‐immune thrombocytopenia related to interferon therapy. Scandinavian Journal of Haematology. 36(5). 515–519. 41 indexed citations

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Brien, William & Michael W. Stewart. (1986). A competitive ELISA technique for the measurement of von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag) using staphylococcal protein a peroxidase. Clinical Biochemistry. 19(3). 179–182. 4 indexed citations

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Brien, William & Wai S. Etches. (1985). Variant congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia with ringed sideroblasts. Clinical & Laboratory Haematology. 7(3). 231–237. 5 indexed citations

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