2026 Daniel F. McAuley: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	92	11082	10412	1049	1002	468	48346

Overview

Daniel F. McAuley is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has published extensively in several key research areas, including Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Frequent collaboration has been noted with several co-authors, including Manu Shankar-Hari, Cecilia O'Kane, Alistair Nichol, Bronagh Blackwood, and Gavin D. Perkins. These partnerships have supported a range of research projects and publications.

Daniel F. McAuley's work has appeared regularly in notable publication venues. These include Critical Care, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JAMA, and Intensive Care Medicine.

Recent published papers illustrate areas of focus relevant to acute medical conditions and treatment interventions:

COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression (2020, The Lancet)
Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19 (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Effect of Hydrocortisone on Mortality and Organ Support in Patients With Severe COVID-19 (2020, JAMA)
Association Between Administration of IL-6 Antagonists and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 (2021, JAMA)

Best Publications

COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression

Puja Mehta;Daniel F McAuley;Michael Brown;Emilie Sanchez

10110
Citations
Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries

Giacomo Bellani;John G. Laffey;John G. Laffey;Tài Pham;Tài Pham;Eddy Fan;Eddy Fan

4724
Citations
A minimal common outcome measure set for COVID-19 clinical research

John C. Marshall;Srinivas Murthy;Janet Diaz;Neil Adhikari

1638
Citations
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Eddy Fan;Lorenzo Del Sorbo;Ewan C. Goligher;Carol L. Hodgson

1491
Citations
Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

1445
Citations
Referral to an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center and Mortality Among Patients With Severe 2009 Influenza A(H1N1)

Moronke A. Noah;Giles J. Peek;Simon J. Finney;Mark J. Griffiths

976
Citations
Effect of Hydrocortisone on Mortality and Organ Support in Patients With Severe COVID-19: The REMAP-CAP COVID-19 Corticosteroid Domain Randomized Clinical Trial.

Derek C. Angus;Lennie Derde;Farah Al-Beidh

849
Citations
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Macrophages in Clinically Relevant Lung Injury Models by Extracellular Vesicle Mitochondrial Transfer

Thomas J Morrison;Megan V Jackson;Erin K Cunningham;Adrien Kissenpfennig

768
Citations
Acute respiratory distress syndrome subphenotypes and differential response to simvastatin: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Carolyn S Calfee;Kevin L Delucchi;Pratik Sinha;Michael A Matthay

715
Citations
Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury.

Starrt-Aki Investigators

651
Citations
The inflammatory response to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a review of the pathophysiology.

Jonathan E. Millar;Jonathon P. Fanning;Charles I. McDonald;Daniel F. McAuley

626
Citations
Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

624
Citations
Noninvasive Ventilation of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Insights from the LUNG SAFE Study

Giacomo Bellani;John G Laffey;Tài Pham;Fabiana Madotto

598
Citations
The statistical significance of randomized controlled trial results is frequently fragile: A case for a Fragility Index

Michael Walsh;Michael Walsh;Sadeesh K. Srinathan;Daniel F. McAuley;Marko Mrkobrada

585
Citations
The beta-agonist lung injury trial (BALTI): a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Gavin D. Perkins;Daniel F. McAuley;David R. Thickett;Fang Gao

570
Citations
Mitochondrial Transfer via Tunneling Nanotubes is an Important Mechanism by Which Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Macrophage Phagocytosis in the In Vitro and In Vivo Models of ARDS.

Megan V. Jackson;Thomas J. Morrison;Declan F. Doherty;Daniel F. McAuley

541
Citations
Simvastatin in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Daniel F. McAuley;John G. Laffey;John G. Laffey;Cecilia M. O'Kane;Gavin D. Perkins;Gavin D. Perkins

454
Citations
Guidelines on the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome

Mark J D Griffiths;Danny Francis McAuley;Gavin D Perkins;Nicholas Barrett

442
Citations
Effect of intravenous haloperidol on the duration of delirium and coma in critically ill patients (Hope-ICU): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Valerie J Page;Valerie J Page;E Wesley Ely;Simon Gates;Xiao Bei Zhao

438
Citations
Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19

Erola Pairo-Castineira;Sara Clohisey;Lucija Klaric;Andrew Bretherick;Andrew Bretherick

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin D. Perkins University of Warwick

Michael A. Matthay University of California, San Francisco

John G. Laffey University of Galway

Eddy Fan University of Toronto

Graham Dunn University of Manchester

Mike Clarke Queen's University Belfast

Carolyn S. Calfee University of California, San Francisco

Clifford C. Taggart Queen's University Belfast

Antonio Pesenti University of Milan

Adrien Kissenpfennig Queen's University Belfast

External Links

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