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George A. Wells

George A. Wells

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2025
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Medicine
Canada
2026

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188
Citations
201071
World Ranking
447
National Ranking
10

Medicine

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193
Citations
212934
World Ranking
227
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

George A. Wells is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's frequent topics of research include:

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Recent publications focus on cardiac treatment techniques and methodological approaches in medical research. Notable recent papers by or involving George A. Wells include:

  • "Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "An evaluation of DistillerSR's machine learning-based prioritization tool for title/abstract screening - impact on reviewer-relevant outcomes," 2020, BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • "Cryoballoon Ablation as Initial Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps," 2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Frequent collaborators include the following researchers, with whom George A. Wells has multiple joint publications:

  • Peter Tugwell (37 collaborations)
  • Shannon Kelly (32 collaborations)
  • Vivian Welch (24 collaborations)
  • Ian G. Stiell (23 collaborations)
  • David H. Birnie (23 collaborations)

George A. Wells often publishes in journals specializing in clinical epidemiology and cardiology. The venues with the highest number of publications are:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (15 publications)
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (11 publications)
  • Circulation (10 publications)
  • Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (9 publications)
  • CJC Open (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

    Jonathan A. C. Sterne;Miguel A Hernan;Barnaby C Reeves;Jelena Savovic;Jelena Savovic

  • The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for Assessing the Quality of Nonrandomised Studies in Meta-Analyses

    G Wells

  • A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

    Paul C. Hébert;George Wells;Morris A. Blajchman;John Marshall

  • 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

  • Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews

    Beverley J Shea;Jeremy M Grimshaw;George A Wells;Maarten Boers

  • Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA): an extension of the STROBE statement

    Julian Little;Julian P.T. Higgins;John P.A. Ioannidis;John P.A. Ioannidis;David Moher

  • American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee

    Marc C. Hochberg;Roy D. Altman;Karine Toupin April;Maria Benkhalti

  • Effects of exercise on glycemic control and body mass in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta‐analysis of controlled clinical trials

    N. G. Boule;E. Haddad;G. P. Kenny;G. A. Wells

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Heart Failure

    Anthony S. L. Tang;George A. Wells;Mario Talajic;Malcolm O. Arnold

  • AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.

    Beverley J. Shea;Candyce Hamel;George A. Wells;Lex M. Bouter

  • Effects of Aerobic Training, Resistance Training, or Both on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial

    Ronald J Sigal;Glen P Kenny;Normand G Boulé;George A Wells

  • American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Provisional Definition of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Clinical Trials

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Josef S. Smolen;George Wells;Bi Zhang

  • The Canadian CT Head Rule for patients with minor head injury.

    Ian G Stiell;George A Wells;Katherine Vandemheen;Catherine Clement

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • The Canadian C-spine Rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients

    Ian G. Stiell;George A. Wells;Katherine L. Vandemheen;Catherine M. Clement

  • A Comparison of Aprotinin and Lysine Analogues in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery

    Dean A. Fergusson;Paul C. Hébert;C. David Mazer;Stephen Fremes

  • Viscosupplementation for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee

    Nicholas Bellamy;Jane Campbell;V Robinson;Travis L Gee

  • Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis.

    Tanveer Towheed;Lara Maxwell;Tassos P Anastassiades;Beverley Shea

  • STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association studies (STREGA)

    Julian Little;{Julian P. T} Higgins;{John P. A} Ioannidis;David Moher

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Ian G. Stiell
Ian G. Stiell University of Ottawa
Vivian Welch
Vivian Welch University of Ottawa
Rob S. Beanlands
Rob S. Beanlands University of Ottawa
Jasvinder A. Singh
Jasvinder A. Singh Veterans Health Administration
Maarten Boers
Maarten Boers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jeremy M. Grimshaw
Jeremy M. Grimshaw Ottawa Hospital
Ruth McPherson
Ruth McPherson University of Ottawa
Brian H. Rowe
Brian H. Rowe University of Alberta
Jeff S. Healey
Jeff S. Healey Population Health Research Institute

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