William M. Vollmer

33.0k citations

247 papers · 23.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 67

Physiology top 0.05%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 0.05%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.1%
Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.5%

Co-authors: A. Sonia Buist Laura P. Svetkey Eva Obarzanek Frank M. Sacks Thomas J. Moore Njeri Karanja George A. Bray Denise G. Simons‐Morton
Topics: Asthma and respiratory diseases (68 papers)Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (60 papers)Nutritional Studies and Diet (29 papers)
Cited by: Physiology Chemical Health and Safety Nutrition and Dietetics
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine The LancetSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Austria

In The Last Decade

William M. Vollmer

245 papers receiving 22.3k 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.

A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

1997 4.1k citations William M. Vollmer et al. profile →
Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet

2001 3.7k citations William M. Vollmer et al. profile →
International variation in the prevalence of COPD (The BOLD Study): a population-based prevalence study

2007 1.6k citations A. Sonia Buist, Mary Ann McBurnie et al. profile →
Shared Treatment Decision Making Improves Adherence and Outcomes in Poorly Controlled Asthma

2009 515 citations Sandra R. Wilson, Peg Strub et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Identifying Asthma-Related Symptoms From Electronic Health Records Using a Hybrid Natural Language Processing Approach Within a Large Integrated Health Care System: Retrospective Study 2025 ·PubMed ·Fagen Xie,Robert S. Zeiger,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),William Crawford,Michael Schätz,Stanley Xu,William M. Vollmer,Wansu Chen	1
2	Direct‐to‐member mailed colorectal cancer screening outreach for Medicaid and Medicare enrollees: Implementation and effectiveness outcomes from the BeneFIT study 2019 ·Cancer ·Gloria D. Coronado,Beverly B. Green,Imara I. West,Malaika Schwartz,(unknown),William M. Vollmer,Jean A. Shapiro,Amanda F. Petrik,Laura‐Mae Baldwin	23
3	The prevalence of and factors associated with tobacco smoking behavior among long-distance drivers in Lagos, Nigeria 2017 ·African Health Sciences ·Obianuju B. Ozoh,Maxwell Akanbi,Casmir Amadi,William M. Vollmer,Nigel Bruce	7
4	A cross-sectional study with an improved methodology to assess occupational air pollution exposure and respiratory health in motorcycle taxi driving 2016 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Hervé Lawin,G. Agodokpessi,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Bertrand Hugo Mbatchou Ngahane,Olayemi Awopeju,William M. Vollmer,Benoît Nemery,Peter Burney,Benjamin Fayomi	32
5	Improving adherence to cardiovascular disease medications with information technology. 2014 ·PubMed ·William M. Vollmer,(unknown),Jeffrey Tom,Reesa Laws,(unknown),David H. Smith,(unknown),Jennifer L. Schneider,(unknown),Andrew E. Williams,Suma Vupputuri,Cynthia S. Rand	47
6	Statin Exposure Is Associated with Decreased Asthma-related Emergency Department Visits and Oral Corticosteroid Use 2013 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Sze Man Tse,Lingling Li,Melissa G. Butler,Vicki Fung,Elyse O. Kharbanda,Emma K. Larkin,William M. Vollmer,Irina Miroshnik,Donna Rusinak,Scott T. Weiss,Tracy A. Lieu,Ann Chen Wu	53
7	Stakeholder Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2012 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Jerry A. Krishnan,Peter K. Lindenauer,David H. Au,Shannon S. Carson,Todd A. Lee,Mary Ann McBurnie,Edward T. Naureckas,William M. Vollmer,Richard A. Mularski	30
8	Risk factors for COPD spirometrically defined from the lower limit of normal in the BOLD project 2011 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Richard Hooper,Peter Burney,William M. Vollmer,Mary Ann McBurnie,Þórarinn Gíslason,Wan C. Tan,Anamika Jithoo,Ali Kocabaş,Tobias Welte,A. Sonia Buist	79
9	Peer Reviewed: Patterns of Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults 2009 ·Preventing Chronic Disease ·Deborah Rohm Young,Gerald J. Jerome,Chuhe Chen,(unknown),William M. Vollmer	2
10	Shared Treatment Decision Making Improves Adherence and Outcomes in Poorly Controlled Asthmabreakdown → 2009 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Sandra R. Wilson,Peg Strub,A. Sonia Buist,Sarah B. Knowles,Philip W. Lavori,Jodi Lapidus,William M. Vollmer	515
11	The burden of obstructive lung disease (bold) study in Vancouver, Canada - Sampling and recruitment 2007 ·Canadian Respiratory Journal ·Wan C. Tan,Don D. Sin,(unknown),Mark Fitzgerald,William M. Vollmer,Sonia Buist	1
12	The Relationship Between Asthma-Specific Quality of Life and Asthma Control 2007 ·Journal of Asthma ·Michael Schätz,David M. Mosen,Mark Kosinski,William M. Vollmer,David J. Magid,Elizabeth O’Connor,Robert S. Zeiger	50
13	Validation of the asthma impact survey, a brief asthma-specific quality of life tool 2006 ·Quality of Life Research ·Michael Schatz,David M. Mosen,Mark Kosinski,William M. Vollmer,Elizabeth O’Connor,E. Francis Cook,Robert S. Zeiger	21
14	Incidence of Work-Related Asthma in Members of a Health Maintenance Organization 2005 ·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·William M. Vollmer,Michael Heumann,(unknown),Paul K. Henneberger,Edward M. Connor,(unknown),E. Ann Frazier,A. Sonia Buist	10
15	Association of Asthma Control with Health Care Utilization: A Prospective Evaluation 2002 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·William M. Vollmer,Leona E. Markson,Elizabeth O’Connor,E. Ann Frazier,Marc L. Berger,A. Sonia Buist	165
16	Association of Asthma Control with Health Care Utilization and Quality of Life 1999 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·William M. Vollmer,Leona E. Markson,Elizabeth O’Connor,(unknown),Leslye K. Fitterman,(unknown),A. Sonia Buist	312
17	Characteristics of Patients with Asthma Within a Large HMO: A Comparison by Age and Gender 1998 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown),William M. Vollmer,Kathryn L.P. Linton,A. Sonia Buist	206
18	20-Year Trends in the Prevalence of Asthma and Chronic Airflow Obstruction in an HMO 1998 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·William M. Vollmer,(unknown),A. Sonia Buist	106
19	Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function in Four Population Samples in the People's Republic of China: The PRC-US Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Epidemiology Research Group 1995 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·A. Sonia Buist,William M. Vollmer,Yangfeng Wu,Rebecca Tsai,L. Johnson,(unknown),Cynthia Davis,O. Dale Williams,(unknown),(unknown)	17
20	Uses And Limitations Of Mortality And Health Care Utilization Statistics In Asthma Research 1994 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·William M. Vollmer,Molly L. Osborne,A. Sonia Buist	38

About William M. Vollmer

William M. Vollmer is a scholar working on Chemical Health and Safety, Family Practice and Physiology, having authored 247 papers that have together received 23.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (68 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (60 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (8.4k citations), Chemical Health and Safety (196 citations) and Nutrition and Dietetics (4.5k citations). William M. Vollmer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Frequent co-authors include A. Sonia Buist, Laura P. Svetkey, Eva Obarzanek, Frank M. Sacks, Thomas J. Moore, Njeri Karanja, George A. Bray, Denise G. Simons‐Morton, David W. Harsha and Jeffrey A. Cutler. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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