William Summerskill

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

William Summerskill is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, William Summerskill has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in William Summerskill's work include Health Sciences Research and Education (7 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (4 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers). William Summerskill is often cited by papers focused on Health Sciences Research and Education (7 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (4 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers). William Summerskill collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. William Summerskill's co-authors include Peter C Gøtzsche, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Kenneth F. Schulz, Kay Dickersin, Frank W. Rockhold, David Moher, Wendy R. Parulekar, Douglas G. Altman, Jesse A. Berlin and Caroline J Doré and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William Summerskill

22 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Ite... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2013 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials
    2013 4.4k citations An‐Wen Chan, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  2. Sicily statement on evidence-based practice
    2005 651 citations Martin Dawes, William Summerskill et al. BMC Medical Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Summerskill South Africa 10 1.2k 1.0k 718 542 508 26 5.4k
Howard Mann United States 13 635 0.5× 711 0.7× 688 1.0× 495 0.9× 495 1.0× 43 4.8k
Frank W. Rockhold United States 26 711 0.6× 885 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 535 1.0× 594 1.2× 125 6.4k
Michelle Johnston United States 9 2.0k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 683 1.0× 847 1.6× 724 1.4× 14 6.8k
Ben Djulbegovic United States 7 792 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.4× 353 0.7× 728 1.4× 8 5.9k
Howard Balshem United States 9 588 0.5× 890 0.9× 1.3k 1.8× 475 0.9× 708 1.4× 15 6.0k
Sally Kerry United Kingdom 44 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 599 0.8× 721 1.3× 822 1.6× 142 6.9k
Meera Viswanathan United States 32 1.3k 1.0× 495 0.5× 407 0.6× 461 0.9× 668 1.3× 117 4.7k
A. Laupacis Canada 26 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 1.5k 2.1× 485 0.9× 1.1k 2.1× 45 8.0k
Nynke Smidt Netherlands 36 911 0.7× 690 0.7× 1.9k 2.7× 757 1.4× 526 1.0× 129 6.7k
Karmela Krleža-Jerić Canada 12 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.7× 891 1.6× 838 1.6× 18 8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by William Summerskill

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Summerskill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Summerskill

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Summerskill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Summerskill based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William Summerskill. William Summerskill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Summerskill, William. (2016). In appreciation of the peer-review heroes from 2015. The Lancet. 387(10015). 211–211. 1 indexed citations
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Summerskill, William & Richard Horton. (2015). Faith-based delivery of science-based care. The Lancet. 386(10005). 1709–1710. 18 indexed citations
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Wärnberg, Martin Gerdin, Mike Clarke, Claire Allen, et al.. (2014). Optimal Evidence in Difficult Settings: Improving Health Interventions and Decision Making in Disasters. PLoS Medicine. 11(4). e1001632–e1001632. 36 indexed citations
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Kleinert, Sabine, et al.. (2014). Further emphasis on research in context. The Lancet. 384(9961). 2176–2177. 14 indexed citations
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Tetzlaff, Jennifer, Douglas G. Altman, Andreas Laupacis, et al.. (2013). Spirit 2013 statement: Defining standard protocol items for clinical trials. Zhongguo xunzheng yixue zazhi. 13(12). 1501–1507. 4 indexed citations
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Chan, An‐Wen, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G. Altman, et al.. (2013). SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials. Annals of Internal Medicine. 158(3). 200–207. 4385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Summerskill, William & Richard Horton. (2011). Health in southeast Asia. The Lancet. 377(9763). 355–356. 4 indexed citations
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Summerskill, William. (2011). Hope after Hiroshima. The Lancet. 378(9796). 1063–1063.
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Summerskill, William & John McConnell. (2011). The Lancet's paper of the year 2010. The Lancet. 377(9766). 623–623. 2 indexed citations
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Han, Qide, Lincoln Chen, Tim Evans, & William Summerskill. (2010). Recent scientific health developments in China. The Lancet. 375(9720). 1055–1056. 3 indexed citations
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Summerskill, William, David Collingridge, & Helen Frankish. (2009). Protocols, probity, and publication. The Lancet. 373(9668). 992–992. 22 indexed citations
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Summerskill, William. (2009). Nominations open for paper of the year 2009. The Lancet. 374(9707). 2039–2040.
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Summerskill, William. (2008). Voting opens for paper of the year 2008. The Lancet. 372(9656). 2096–2097. 2 indexed citations
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Nabulsi, Mona, Janet Harris, Luz María Letelier S, et al.. (2007). Effectiveness of education in evidence-based healthcare: the current state of outcome assessments and a framework for future evaluations. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. 5(4). 468–476. 15 indexed citations
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Butcher, James & William Summerskill. (2006). The research legacy of 2005. The Lancet. 367(9511). 636–636. 1 indexed citations
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Summerskill, William. (2005). Cochrane Collaboration and the evolution of evidence. The Lancet. 366(9499). 1760–1760. 8 indexed citations
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Dawes, Martin, William Summerskill, Paul Glasziou, et al.. (2005). Sicily statement on evidence-based practice. BMC Medical Education. 5(1). 1–1. 651 indexed citations breakdown →
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Summerskill, William. (2005). Literature searches: look before you leap. The Lancet. 366(9479). 13–14. 8 indexed citations
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Summerskill, William. (2005). Our children, our future. The Lancet. 365(9475). 1914–1914.
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