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90
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34475
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12098
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1142

Carl Heneghan publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl Heneghan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 611 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Carl Heneghan D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl Heneghan sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Carl Heneghan is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with detailed work across several subfields including Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their publications span a range of significant topics within healthcare and medical research. Major themes include Healthcare cost, quality, and practices; SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research; SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing; Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life; COVID-19 epidemiological studies; Opioid Use Disorder Treatment; and Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for Carl Heneghan include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), BMJ evidence-based medicine, F1000Research, BMJ Open, and the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Carl Heneghan are:

  • Tom Jefferson
  • Annette Plüddemann
  • Jon Brassey
  • Igho Onakpoya
  • Jeffrey K Aronson

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Carl Heneghan include:

  • Viral Cultures for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infectivity Assessment: A Systematic Review, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs Usual Care on Short-term Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Hypertension Aged 80 Years and Older, 2020, JAMA
  • SARS-CoV-2 and the role of fomite transmission: a systematic review, 2021, F1000Research
  • Viral cultures for COVID-19 infectivity assessment - a systematic review (Update 4), 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Naltrexone-bupropion (Mysimba) in management of obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of unpublished clinical study reports, 2020, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years of age: a systematic review of observational studies

    Susannah Fleming;Matthew Thompson;Matthew Thompson;Richard Stevens;Carl Heneghan

  • Type and accuracy of sphygmomanometers in primary care: a cross-sectional observational study

    Christine A'Court;Richard Stevens;Sarah Sanders;Alison Ward

  • Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in adults and children

    Tom Jefferson;Mark A Jones;Peter Doshi;Chris B Del Mar

  • Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Carl Heneghan;Alison Ward;Rafael Perera;Clare Bankhead

  • Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and children

    Tom Jefferson;Mark A Jones;Peter Doshi;Chris B Del Mar

  • What is missing from descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews

    Paul Glasziou;Emma Meats;Carl Heneghan;Sasha Shepperd

  • Cardiovascular disease risk in healthy children and its association with body mass index: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Claire Friedemann;Carl Heneghan;Kamal Mahtani;Matthew Thompson

  • Levels of Evidence

    Carl Heneghan;Douglas Badenoch

  • Anticoagulation Control and Prediction of Adverse Events in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation A Systematic Review

    Yi Wan;Carl Heneghan;Rafael Perera;Nia Roberts

  • Oseltamivir for influenza in adults and children: systematic review of clinical study reports and summary of regulatory comments.

    Tom Jefferson;Mark Jones;Peter Doshi;Elizabeth A Spencer

  • Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and children

    Tom Jefferson;Mark A. Jones;Peter Doshi;Chris B. Del Mar

  • Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    C Heneghan;P Alonso-Coello;J M Garcia-Alamino;R Perera

  • Post-marketing withdrawal of 462 medicinal products because of adverse drug reactions: a systematic review of the world literature

    Igho J. Onakpoya;Carl J. Heneghan;Jeffrey K. Aronson

  • Relative effectiveness of clinic and home blood pressure monitoring compared with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in diagnosis of hypertension: systematic review

    J Hodgkinson;J Mant;U Martin;B Guo

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis: probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

    Nourieh Hoveyda;Carl Heneghan;Kamal R Mahtani;Rafael Perera

  • Cost-effectiveness of options for the diagnosis of high blood pressure in primary care: a modelling study.

    K Lovibond;S Jowett;P Barton;M Caulfield

  • Efficacy of self-monitored blood pressure, with or without telemonitoring, for titration of antihypertensive medication (TASMINH4): an unmasked randomised controlled trial

    Richard J McManus;Jonathan Mant;Marloes Franssen;Alecia Nickless

  • Home measurement of blood pressure and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Alison M. Ward;Osamu Takahashi;Richard Stevens;Carl Heneghan

  • Why clinical trial outcomes fail to translate into benefits for patients

    Carl Heneghan;Ben Goldacre;Kamal R. Mahtani

  • Duration of symptoms of respiratory tract infections in children: systematic review.

    Matthew Thompson;Talley A Vodicka;Peter S Blair;David I Buckley

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Perera
Rafael Perera University of Oxford
Richard J McManus
Richard J McManus University of Oxford
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Tom Jefferson
Tom Jefferson University of Oxford
Mark Jones
Mark Jones Bond University
Paul Little
Paul Little University of Southampton
Bryan Williams
Bryan Williams University College London
David Mant
David Mant University of Oxford
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia
Amitava Banerjee
Amitava Banerjee University College London

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