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David J. Torgerson

David J. Torgerson

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
42627
World Ranking
7314
National Ranking
713

David J. Torgerson 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 David J. Torgerson sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 667 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David J. Torgerson 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 David J. Torgerson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David J. Torgerson is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and has a research focus within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Surgery, Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

Their research topics cover various aspects such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Ethics in Clinical Research, the Delphi Technique in Research, Health Policy Implementation Science, Healthcare cost, quality, practices, and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by David J. Torgerson include:

  • CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials, 2025, BMJ
  • Management of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care (UK FROST): a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised clinical trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • CONSORT extension for the reporting of randomised controlled trials conducted using cohorts and routinely collected data (CONSORT-ROUTINE): checklist with explanation and elaboration, 2021, BMJ
  • CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials, 2025, The Lancet
  • Surgery versus cast immobilisation for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist (SWIFFT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial, 2020, The Lancet

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David J. Torgerson include:

  • Catherine Hewitt
  • Caroline Fairhurst
  • Belén Corbacho
  • Sarah E Lamb
  • Philippe Ravaud

The venues where David J. Torgerson frequently publishes are:

  • F1000Research
  • Trials
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • BMJ
  • Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences

Best Publications

  • The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women.

    J A Kanis;Anders Odén;O Johnell;Helena Johansson

  • Oral vitamin D3 and calcium for secondary prevention of low-trauma fractures in elderly people (Randomised Evaluation of Calcium Or vitamin D, RECORD): a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

    A M Grant;A Avenell;M K Campbell;A M McDonald

  • Guidelines for diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. The European Foundation for Osteoporosis and Bone Disease.

    J A Kanis;P Delmas;P Burckhardt;C Cooper

  • What are pragmatic trials

    Martin Roland;David J Torgerson

  • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Prevention of Nonvertebral Fractures: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials

    David J. Torgerson;Sally E. M. Bell-Syer

  • Randomised controlled trial of calcium and supplementation with cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) for prevention of fractures in primary care.

    Jill Porthouse;Sarah Cockayne;Christine King;Lucy Saxon

  • Contamination in trials: is cluster randomisation the answer?

    David J Torgerson

  • Rethinking pragmatic randomised controlled trials: introducing the "cohort multiple randomised controlled trial" design.

    Clare Relton;David Torgerson;Alicia O'Cathain;Jon Nicholl

  • Vitamin K and the Prevention of Fractures: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Sarah Cockayne;Joy Adamson;Susan Lanham-New;Martin J. Shearer

  • Randomised controlled trial of exercise for low back pain: clinical outcomes, costs, and preferences

    Jennifer Klaber Moffett;David Torgerson;Sally Bell-Syer;David Jackson

  • Patient level pooled analysis of 68 500 patients from seven major vitamin D fracture trials in US and Europe

    B Abrahamsen;T Masud;A Avenell;F Anderson

  • Surgical vs Nonsurgical Treatment of Adults With Displaced Fractures of the Proximal Humerus: The PROFHER Randomized Clinical Trial

    Amar Rangan;Helen Handoll;Stephen Brealey;Laura Jefferson

  • General anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery (GALA): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

    S C Lewis;C P Warlow;A R Bodenham

  • Should we pay the patient? Review of financial incentives to enhance patient compliance

    Antonio Giuffrida;David J Torgerson

  • Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials.

    Jo C Dumville;David J Torgerson;Catherine E Hewitt

  • A UK Consensus Group on management of glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis: an update

    R. Eastell;D. M. Reid;J. Compston;C. Cooper

  • Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences: An Introduction

    David J. Torgerson;Carole Torgerson

  • Systematic review of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials shows that design is particularly used to evaluate interventions during routine implementation

    Noreen D. Mdege;Mei-See Man;Celia A. Taylor;David J. Torgerson

  • Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Sciences

    David J. Torgerson;Carole J. Torgerson

  • Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires. Effect of incentives on response rates must be considered.

    Cynthia P Iglesias;Yvonne F Birks;David J Torgerson

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Marion K Campbell
Marion K Campbell University of Aberdeen
David M. Reid
David M. Reid University of Aberdeen
Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts University of Manchester
Alastair Gray
Alastair Gray University of Oxford
Sarah E Lamb
Sarah E Lamb University of Exeter
Apostolos Tsiachristas
Apostolos Tsiachristas University of Oxford
Simon Gilbody
Simon Gilbody University of York
Cam Donaldson
Cam Donaldson Glasgow Caledonian University
Helen Cox
Helen Cox University of Cape Town

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