2026 Brian Hutton: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	93	10718	10065	428	404	755	41467

Overview

Brian Hutton is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital in Canada and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses various subfields including Oncology, Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, Surgery, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's work focuses largely on meta-analysis and systematic reviews, health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life assessments. Other recurrent research topics include venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, breast cancer treatment studies, the Delphi technique in research, bone health and treatments, and radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications.

Frequent publication venues for Brian Hutton include:

Systematic Reviews
BMJ Open
PLoS ONE
Current Oncology
Supportive Care in Cancer

Brian Hutton has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

Lisa Vandermeer
Kednapa Thavorn
Dean Fergusson
Becky Skidmore
Dianna Wolfe

Significant recent publications by Brian Hutton include:

Global prevalence of mental health issues among the general population during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Scientific Reports
Amyloid-PET and 18F-FDG-PET in the diagnostic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
Prehabilitation in adult patients undergoing surgery: an umbrella review of systematic reviews, 2021, British Journal of Anaesthesia
Cell therapy with intravascular administration of mesenchymal stromal cells continues to appear safe: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, 2021, Intensive Care Medicine

Best Publications

The PRISMA Extension Statement for Reporting of Systematic Reviews Incorporating Network Meta-analyses of Health Care Interventions: Checklist and Explanations

Brian Hutton;Georgia Salanti;Deborah M Caldwell;Anna Chaimani

5833
Citations
The effect of English-language restriction on systematic review-based meta-analyses: a systematic review of empirical studies.

Andra Morrison;Julie Polisena;Don Husereau;Kristen Moulton

1032
Citations
Imaging biomarker roadmap for cancer studies.

James P.B. O'Connor;Eric O. Aboagye;Judith E. Adams;Hugo J.W.L. Aerts;Hugo J.W.L. Aerts

1009
Citations
A scoping review of rapid review methods

Andrea C. Tricco;Andrea C. Tricco;Jesmin Antony;Wasifa Zarin;Lisa Strifler;Lisa Strifler

974
Citations
Association Between Suicide Attempts and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

D. Fergusson;S. Doucette;K.C. Glass;S. Shapiro

757
Citations
A review of partial volume correction techniques for emission tomography and their applications in neurology, cardiology and oncology

Kjell Erlandsson;Irène Buvat;P Hendrik Pretorius;Benjamin A Thomas

632
Citations
Reliability of point-of-care testing for glucose measurement in critically ill adults.

Salmaan Kanji;Jennifer Buffie;Brian Hutton;Peter S. Bunting

500
Citations
Amyloid-PET and 18F-FDG-PET in the diagnostic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Gaël Chételat;Javier Arbizu;Henryk Barthel;Valentina Garibotto

498
Citations
Global prevalence of mental health issues among the general population during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Surapon Nochaiwong;Chidchanok Ruengorn;Kednapa Thavorn;Brian Hutton

491
Citations
Effect of Fresh Red Blood Cell Transfusions on Clinical Outcomes in Premature, Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants: The ARIPI Randomized Trial

Dean A. Fergusson;Paul Hébert;Debora L. Hogan;Louise LeBel

481
Citations
La extensión de la declaración PRISMA para revisiones sistemáticas que incorporan metaanálisis en red: PRISMA-NMA

Brian Hutton;Ferrán Catalá-López;David Moher

466
Citations
Effects of Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Trial

François Maltais;Jean Bourbeau;Stan Shapiro;Yves Lacasse

442
Citations
Attenuation correction synthesis for hybrid PET-MR scanners: application to brain studies.

Ninon Burgos;M. Jorge Cardoso;Kris Thielemans;Marc Modat

423
Citations
Home telehealth for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Julie Polisena;Khai Tran;Karen Cimon;Brian Hutton

379
Citations
Infarct artery perfusion and changes in left ventricular volume in the month after acute myocardial infarction

Richmond W. Jeremy;Rosemary A. Hackworthy;George Bautovich;Brian F. Hutton

364
Citations
Immunoablation and autologous haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation for aggressive multiple sclerosis: a multicentre single-group phase 2 trial

Harold L. Atkins;Harold L. Atkins;Harold L. Atkins;Marjorie Bowman;Marjorie Bowman;David Allan;David Allan;David Allan;Grizel Anstee

353
Citations
The importance of appropriate partial volume correction for PET quantification in Alzheimer's disease.

Benjamin A. Thomas;Kjell Erlandsson;Marc Modat;Lennart Thurfjell

342
Citations
The pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review with network meta-analyses of randomised trials.

Ferrán Catalá-López;Ferrán Catalá-López;Brian Hutton;Brian Hutton;Amparo Núñez-Beltrán;Matthew J. Page;Matthew J. Page

332
Citations
A Novel High-Sensitivity Rapid-Acquisition Single-Photon Cardiac Imaging Camera

Sanjiv S. Gambhir;Daniel S. Berman;Jack Ziffer;Michael Nagler

328
Citations
Improved SPECT using simultaneous emission and transmission tomography.

Dale L. Bailey;Brian F. Hutton;Paul J. Walker

310
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean Fergusson Ottawa Hospital

Sebastien Ourselin King's College London

Simon R. Arridge University College London

Ferrán Catalá-López Instituto de Salud Carlos III

David Atkinson University of Liverpool

Sharon E. Straus University of Toronto

Andrea C. Tricco St. Michael's Hospital

Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos University of Valencia

Paul C. Hébert University of Alberta

Peter J. Ell University College London

External Links

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