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Jonathan J Deeks is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, specializing primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research contributions span several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's work includes extensive publications focusing on key topics such as SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, meta-analysis and systematic reviews, health systems and economic evaluations, quality of life, biosensors and analytical detection, and COVID-19 diagnosis using artificial intelligence.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jonathan J Deeks include:

  • Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Reporting guidelines for clinical trial reports for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the CONSORT-AI extension, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • FibroScan-AST (FAST) score for the non-invasive identification of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with significant activity and fibrosis: a prospective derivation and global validation study, 2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Rapid, point-of-care antigen tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2021, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID-19 disease, 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Frequent collaborators include Yemisi Takwoingi, Jacqueline Dinnes, Clare Davenport, Mariska Leeflang, and René Spijker. These co-authors have contributed to numerous joint research projects and publications alongside Jonathan J Deeks.

Jonathan J Deeks has published primarily in venues such as the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), BMJ Open, and Health Technology Assessment. Among these, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews stands out as the most frequent forum, comprising the majority of their scholarly output.

Best Publications

  • Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses

    Julian P T Higgins;Simon G Thompson;Jonathan J Deeks;Douglas G Altman

  • 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

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

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

  • QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

    Penny F. Whiting;Anne W.S. Rutjes;Marie E. Westwood;Susan Mallett

  • Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

    Jonathan A C Sterne;Alex J Sutton;John P A Ioannidis;Norma Terrin

  • Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies.

    J J Deeks;J Dinnes;R D'Amico;A J Sowden

  • Chapter 9: Analysing Data and Undertaking Meta-Analyses

    J J Deeks;J P Higgins;D G Altman

  • MRI-Targeted or Standard Biopsy for Prostate-Cancer Diagnosis

    Veeru Kasivisvanathan;Antti S. Rannikko;Marcelo Borghi;Valeria Panebianco

  • The performance of tests of publication bias and other sample size effects in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy was assessed.

    Jonathan J. Deeks;Petra Macaskill;Les Irwig

  • Interpretation of random effects meta-analyses.

    Richard D Riley;Julian P T Higgins;Jonathan J Deeks

  • Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies The PRISMA-DTA Statement

    Matthew D.F. McInnes;David Moher;Brett D. Thombs;Brett D. Thombs;Trevor A. McGrath

  • Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios

    Jonathan J Deeks;Douglas G Altman

  • Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests

    Jonathan J Deeks

  • Statistical Methods for Examining Heterogeneity and Combining Results from Several Studies in Meta‐Analysis

    Jonathan J Deeks;Douglas G Altman;Michael J Bradburn

  • Interpreting results and drawing conclusions

    Holger J. Schünemann;Gunn E. Vist;Julian P.T. Higgins;Nancy Santesso

  • Systematic reviews in health care: Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests.

    Jonathan J Deeks

  • Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomized, controlled trials.

    Jelena Savović;Hayley E Jones;Douglas G Altman;Ross J Harris

  • Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses

    Jonathan J Deeks;Julian Pt Higgins;Douglas G Altman

  • Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomised controlled trials: combined analysis of meta-epidemiological studies

    J Savović;HE Jones;DG Altman;RJ Harris

  • Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy

    Mariska M.G. Leeflang;Jonathan J. Deeks;Constantine Gatsonis;Patrick M.M. Bossuyt

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas G. Altman
Douglas G. Altman University of Oxford
Ajit Lalvani
Ajit Lalvani Imperial College London
Hywel C. Williams
Hywel C. Williams University of Nottingham
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Rafael Perera
Rafael Perera University of Oxford
Julian P T Higgins
Julian P T Higgins University of Bristol
Luke Vale
Luke Vale Newcastle University
Mandy Ryan
Mandy Ryan University of Aberdeen
Jonathan A C Sterne
Jonathan A C Sterne University of Bristol
Wiebke Arlt
Wiebke Arlt University of Birmingham

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