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D-Index
73
Citations
23100
World Ranking
19584
National Ranking
661

Ken Hillman 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 Ken Hillman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 385 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Ken Hillman 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 Ken Hillman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Health care

Ken Hillman spends much of his time researching Intensive care, Medical emergency, Intensive care unit, Intensive care medicine and Resuscitation. His Intensive care research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Incidence, Vital signs and Rapid response team, Rapid response system, Emergency medicine. His Medical emergency research integrates issues from Blood pressure, Adverse effect, MET call and Nursing staff.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Prospective cohort study, Surgery, Severity of illness and Pediatrics. His study in Intensive care medicine is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Meta-analysis, Liaison committee, MEDLINE and Risk factor. In the subject of general Resuscitation, his work in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is often linked to Bystander cpr, Chain of survival and Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

His most cited work include:

  • Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. II. Recommendations. (1141 citations)
  • Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. (1010 citations)
  • Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams. (625 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Intensive care, Intensive care medicine, Emergency medicine, Medical emergency and Intensive care unit are his primary areas of study. His Intensive care study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Critical care nursing, Health care, Anesthesia, Acute medicine and Incidence. His Intensive care medicine research focuses on MEDLINE and how it connects with Nursing.

His Emergency medicine study deals with Prospective cohort study intersecting with Cohort. His studies deal with areas such as MET call and Patient safety as well as Medical emergency. His work deals with themes such as Meta-analysis and Cohort study, which intersect with Intensive care unit.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Intensive care (35.63%)
  • Intensive care medicine (32.92%)
  • Emergency medicine (31.70%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Emergency medicine (31.70%)
  • Intensive care medicine (32.92%)
  • Intensive care unit (22.85%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Emergency medicine, Intensive care medicine, Intensive care unit, Intensive care and Rapid response system. His Emergency medicine study incorporates themes from Retrospective cohort study, Hospital mortality, Mortality rate, Prospective cohort study and Cohort. In his work, General ward and Airway obstruction is strongly intertwined with Intervention, which is a subfield of Intensive care medicine.

Ken Hillman interconnects Cohort study, MEDLINE, Level of consciousness, Meta-analysis and Disease in the investigation of issues within Intensive care unit. Ken Hillman conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Intensive care and Bathing. His research on Rapid response system concerns the broader Medical emergency.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Non-beneficial treatments in hospital at the end of life: a systematic review on extent of the problem (125 citations)
  • Do variations in hospital mortality patterns after weekend admission reflect reduced quality of care or different patient cohorts? A population-based study (85 citations)
  • Development of a tool for defining and identifying the dying patient in hospital: Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CriSTAL) (62 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Health care

Ken Hillman focuses on Emergency medicine, Nursing, Medical emergency, Intensive care unit and Rapid response system. His Emergency medicine research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Emergency department overcrowding, Mortality rate, Pediatrics and Retrospective cohort study. His Medical emergency research includes themes of Vital signs and Patient safety.

Intensive care medicine covers Ken Hillman research in Intensive care unit. His study explores the link between Rapid response system and topics such as Hospital mortality that cross with problems in Rapid response team. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Critical care nursing, Intensive care and Number needed to treat.

Best Publications

  • Results from the International Conference of Experts on Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. II. Recommendations.

    Manu L. N. G Malbrain;Michael L Cheatham;Andrew Kirkpatrick;Michael Sugrue

  • Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

    Ken Hillman;Jack Chen;Michelle Cretikos;Rinaldo Bellomo

  • Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams.

    Michael A DeVita;Rinaldo Bellomo;Kenneth Hillman;John A Kellum

  • Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign.

    Michelle A Cretikos;Rinaldo Bellomo;Ken Hillman;Jack Chen

  • A comparison of Antecedents to Cardiac Arrests, Deaths and EMergency Intensive care Admissions in Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—the ACADEMIA study

    Juliane Kause;Gary Smith;David Prytherch;Michael Parr

  • The Medical Emergency Team.

    A. Lee;G. Bishop;K. M. Hillman;K. Daffurn

  • Antecedents to hospital deaths.

    K. M. Hillman;P. J. Bristow;T. Chey;K. Daffurn

  • Rates of in-hospital arrests, deaths and intensive care admissions: the effect of a medical emergency team.

    P J Bristow;K M Hillman;T Chey;K Daffurn

  • "Identifying the hospitalised patient in crisis"-A consensus conference on the afferent limb of Rapid Response Systems

    Michael A DeVita;Gary B Smith;Sheila Adam;Inga Adams-Pizarro

  • Duration of life-threatening antecedents prior to intensive care admission

    Ken M. Hillman;Peter J. Bristow;Tien Chey;Kathy Daffurn

  • Intra-abdominal hypertension is an independent cause of postoperative renal impairment.

    Michael Sugrue;F. Jones;S. A. Deane;G. Bishop

  • Non-beneficial treatments in hospital at the end of life: a systematic review on extent of the problem

    Magnolia Cardona-Morrell;James C Kim;Robin M Turner;Matthew H. R Anstey

  • Clinical examination is an inaccurate predictor of intraabdominal pressure

    Michael Sugrue;Adrian Bauman;Felicity Jones;Gillian Bishop

  • The objective medical emergency team activation criteria: A case—control study

    Michelle Cretikos;Jack Chen;Ken Hillman;Rinaldo Bellomo

  • Prospective study of intra-abdominal hypertension and renal function after laparotomy.

    M. Sugrue;M. D. Buist;F. Hourihan;S. Deane

  • The relationship between early emergency team calls and serious adverse events.

    Jack Chen;Rinaldo Bellomo;Arthas Flabouris;Kenneth Hillman

  • Limitation of myocardial infarction by early infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator.

    M O'Rourke;D Baron;A Keogh;R Kelly

  • Access block and emergency department overcrowding.

    Roberto Forero;Sally McCarthy;Ken Hillman

  • Defining clinical deterioration

    Daryl Andrew Jones;Imogen Mitchell;Ken Hillman;David Story

  • Study of diarrhea in critically ill patients.

    T. W. J. Kelly;M. R. Patrick;K. M. Hillman

Frequent Co-Authors

Rinaldo Bellomo
Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Patricia M. Davidson
Patricia M. Davidson Johns Hopkins University
Jeffrey Braithwaite
Jeffrey Braithwaite Macquarie University
Simon Finfer
Simon Finfer George Institute for Global Health
Johanna I. Westbrook
Johanna I. Westbrook Macquarie University
John A. Kellum
John A. Kellum University of Pittsburgh
Alex Blaszczynski
Alex Blaszczynski University of Sydney
David Greenfield
David Greenfield University of Tasmania
Derrick Silove
Derrick Silove University of New South Wales

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