William Checkley

18.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
307 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

William Checkley is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, William Checkley has authored 307 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 79 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 62 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in William Checkley's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (63 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (61 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (58 papers). William Checkley is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (63 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (61 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (58 papers). William Checkley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and United Kingdom. William Checkley's co-authors include Robert H. Gilman, Robert H. Gilman, Robert E. Black, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert A. Wise, Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz, James M. Tielsch, Lilia Cabrera, Leonardo D. Epstein and Lilia Cabrera and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

William Checkley

293 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting

2008 454 citations William Checkley, Robert H. Gilman et al. profile →
Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children: A Meta-analysis

2015 307 citations Robert H. Gilman, William Checkley et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Checkley United States	50	2.0k	2.0k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	307	9.5k
James M. Tielsch United States	92	2.3k 1.1×	4.0k 2.0×	625 0.4×	704 0.5×	439 0.3×	371	30.5k
John M. Colford United States	57	767 0.4×	5.0k 2.5×	916 0.6×	3.4k 2.4×	425 0.3×	184	12.9k
Duolao Wang United Kingdom	57	919 0.4×	746 0.4×	401 0.3×	666 0.5×	283 0.2×	377	13.0k
Harish Nair United Kingdom	43	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	387 0.3×	174	12.2k
Gilaad G. Kaplan Canada	76	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	3.9k 2.7×	217 0.2×	486	34.2k
W. Dana Flanders United States	75	1.9k 0.9×	995 0.5×	4.1k 2.6×	747 0.5×	575 0.4×	366	24.2k
Patricia L. Hibberd United States	52	900 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	185 0.1×	1.0k 0.7×	159 0.1×	205	8.3k
Heiner C. Bucher Switzerland	60	1.2k 0.6×	790 0.4×	446 0.3×	2.8k 2.0×	125 0.1×	253	15.0k
World Health Organization Switzerland	36	506 0.2×	398 0.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	217 0.2×	63	11.0k
Winston Banya United Kingdom	43	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	275 0.2×	728 0.5×	160 0.1×	132	11.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Checkley

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Checkley, William, Mao Yang, Nicole Robertson, et al.. (2025). Population-Based Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire in Resource-Limited Settings. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(5). 779–788.

Lord, Katherine, Kendra N. Williams, Lindsay J. Underhill, et al.. (2024). Medication adherence among people living with hypertension and diabetes in Puno, Peru: A secondary analysis of formative data of the ANDES trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14. 2603259429–2603259429.

Nicolaou, Laura, et al.. (2022). Living at High Altitude and COVID-19 Mortality in Peru. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 23(2). 146–158. 10 indexed citations

Nicolaou, Laura & William Checkley. (2021). Differences between cigarette smoking and biomass smoke exposure: An in silico comparative assessment of particulate deposition in the lungs. Environmental Research. 197. 111116–111116. 17 indexed citations

McCollum, Eric D., Carina King, Salahuddin Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Defining hypoxaemia from pulse oximeter measurements of oxygen saturation in well children at low altitude in Bangladesh: an observational study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8(1). e001023–e001023. 6 indexed citations

Fandiño‐Del‐Rio, Magdalena, Josiah L. Kephart, Kendra N. Williams, et al.. (2021). Household air pollution and blood markers of inflammation: A cross‐sectional analysis. Indoor Air. 31(5). 1509–1521. 14 indexed citations

Nicolaou, Laura, Tahmeed Ahmed, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, et al.. (2020). Factors associated with head circumference and indices of cognitive development in early childhood. BMJ Global Health. 5(10). e003427–e003427. 17 indexed citations

McCollum, Eric D., Salahuddin Ahmed, Nabidul Haque Chowdhury, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiographic pneumonia among children in rural Bangladesh: A case-control study. Vaccine. 38(42). 6508–6516. 12 indexed citations

Ferrari, Aldo, Phabiola Herrera, Rollin Roldán, et al.. (2019). Sedation practices and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients in a prospective multicenter cohort. Critical Care. 23(1). 130–130. 52 indexed citations

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Carrillo‐Larco, Rodrigo M., J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (2019). Urbanization and Altitude Are Associated with Low Kidney Function in Peru. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 20(2). 133–140. 4 indexed citations

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Siddharthan, Trishul, Matthew R. Grigsby, Dina Goodman, et al.. (2018). Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in 13 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(5). 611–620. 115 indexed citations

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Lazo-Porras, María, Antonio Bernabé‐Ortiz, Renato Quispe, et al.. (2017). Urbanization, mainly rurality, but not altitude is associated with dyslipidemia profiles. Journal of clinical lipidology. 11(5). 1212–1222.e4. 9 indexed citations

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Pham, Luu V., Noah G. Schwartz, Catherine H. Miele, et al.. (2017). Cross-Sectional Comparison of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Native Peruvian Highlanders and Lowlanders. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 18(1). 11–19. 30 indexed citations

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Labrique, Alain, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (2016). Dark Adaptation at High Altitude: An Unexpected Pupillary Response to Chronic Hypoxia in Andean Highlanders. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 17(3). 208–213. 5 indexed citations

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Ruíz-Grosso, Paulo, J. Jaime Miranda, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (2015). Spatial distribution of individuals with symptoms of depression in a periurban area in Lima: an example from Peru. Annals of Epidemiology. 26(2). 93–99.e2. 8 indexed citations

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Painschab, Matthew, Víctor G. Dávila‐Román, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (2015). Association Between Serum Concentrations of Hypoxia Inducible Factor Responsive Proteins and Excessive Erythrocytosis in High Altitude Peru. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 16(1). 26–33. 14 indexed citations

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McCracken, John P., Gregory A. Wellenius, Gerald S. Bloomfield, et al.. (2012). Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: Evidence for Links to CVD. Global Heart. 7(3). 223–223. 57 indexed citations

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Spragg, Roger G., Gordon R. Bernard, William Checkley, et al.. (2010). Beyond Mortality: Future Clinical Research in Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181(10). 1121–1127. 216 indexed citations

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Checkley, William, Roy G. Brower, Anna Korpak, & Bruce Thompson. (2008). Effects of a Clinical Trial on Mechanical Ventilation Practices in Patients with Acute Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(11). 1215–1222. 69 indexed citations

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Checkley, William, Leah Epstein, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (1998). Effects of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Peruvian Children: Growth Faltering and Subsequent Catch-up Growth. American Journal of Epidemiology. 148(5). 497–506. 221 indexed citations

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