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David Moher

David Moher

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Medicine
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
130
Citations
874941
World Ranking
2422
National Ranking
92

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

David Moher is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital in Canada and has an extensive publication record in medicine and decision sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including statistics, probability and uncertainty, public health, environmental and occupational health, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, and general health professions.

The core focus of their research lies in meta-analysis and systematic reviews. Related topics in their work include health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, the Delphi technique in research, ethics in clinical research, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, health and medical research impacts, and artificial intelligence in healthcare and education.

David Moher has published numerous papers, with recent notable works including:

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021) in BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021) in Systematic Reviews
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021) in International Journal of Surgery
  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews (2021) in BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021) in PLoS Medicine

Their research appears frequently in a variety of academic venues such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ
  • Systematic Reviews
  • BMJ Open

The scientist has collaborated extensively, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Kelly D. Cobey
  • Isabelle Boutron
  • John P. A. Ioannidis
  • Matthew J. Page
  • Jeremy Y. Ng

Best Publications

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

    David Moher;David Moher;Alessandro Liberati;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Douglas G. Altman

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

    David Moher;David Moher;Alessandro Liberati;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Douglas G. Altman

  • The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G. Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation

    Andrea C Tricco;Erin Lillie;Wasifa Zarin;Kelly K O'Brien

  • The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

    Julian P T Higgins;Douglas G Altman;Peter C Gøtzsche;Peter Jüni

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

    David Moher;Larissa Shamseer;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology - A proposal for reporting

    D F Stroup;J A Berlin;S C Morton;I Olkin

  • CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

    K F Schulz;D G Altman;D Moher

  • CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials.

    Kenneth F Schulz;Douglas G Altman;David Moher;David Moher

  • Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement

    David Moher;Deborah J Cook;Susan Eastwood;Ingram Olkin

  • Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    D Moher;A Liberati;J Tetzlaff;D G Altman

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation.

    Larissa Shamseer;David Moher;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative

    P M Bossuyt;J B Reitsma;D E Bruns;C A Gatsonis

  • The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials.

    D Moher;K F Schulz;D G Altman

  • CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

    David Moher;Sally Hopewell;Kenneth F Schulz;Victor M. Montori

  • Better reporting of interventions: Template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

    Tammy C Hoffmann;Paul P Glasziou;Isabelle Boutron;Ruairidh Milne

  • Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement

    Don Husereau;Michael Drummond;Stavros Petrou;Chris Carswell

  • The consort statement: Revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials

    D Moher;K F Schulz;D Altman

  • AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both

    Beverley J Shea;Beverley J Shea;Barnaby C Reeves;George Wells;Micere Thuku

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas G. Altman
Douglas G. Altman University of Oxford
Kenneth F. Schulz
Kenneth F. Schulz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt University of Amsterdam
Constantine Gatsonis
Constantine Gatsonis Brown University
Margaret Sampson
Margaret Sampson Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Mike Clarke
Mike Clarke Queen's University Belfast
Les Irwig
Les Irwig University of Sydney
Andrea C. Tricco
Andrea C. Tricco St. Michael's Hospital
Johannes B. Reitsma
Johannes B. Reitsma Utrecht University

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