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Peter Tugwell 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 Peter Tugwell sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,110 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Tugwell 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 Peter Tugwell sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 169 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Peter Tugwell is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

The research topics that Peter Tugwell has covered include:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies

Peter Tugwell has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Rheumatology

Recent papers associated with Peter Tugwell feature multiple topics such as reporting guidelines for trial reports and protocols, the effectiveness and safety of treatments for osteoarthritis, stakeholder engagement guidance in healthcare guideline development, and interventions for homeless individuals in high-income countries. Notable papers include:

  • "Guidelines for Reporting Outcomes in Trial Reports," 2022, JAMA
  • "Effectiveness and safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioid treatment for knee and hip osteoarthritis: network meta-analysis," 2021, BMJ
  • "Guidelines for Reporting Outcomes in Trial Protocols," 2022, JAMA
  • "Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation," 2020, Systematic Reviews
  • "Effectiveness of permanent supportive housing and income assistance interventions for homeless individuals in high-income countries: a systematic review," 2020, The Lancet Public Health

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Peter Tugwell's research, with frequent co-authors including Vivian Welch, Jennifer Petkovic, Beverley Shea, David Tovey, and Lara Maxwell.

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 American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee.

    Frederick Wolfe;Hugh A. Smythe;Muhammad B. Yunus;Robert M. Bennett

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

    D Moher;A Liberati;J Tetzlaff;D G 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

  • 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

  • Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses

    David Moher;David Moher;Ba' Pham;Alison Jones;Deborah J Cook

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines

    W Zhang;R W Moskowitz;G Nuki;S Abramson

  • Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine

    Gordon Guyatt;John Cairns;David Churchill;Deborah Cook

  • 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

  • American college of rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Maarten Boers;Claire Bombardier;Claire Bombardier

  • GRADE guidelines: A new series of articles in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology △

    Gordon H. Guyatt;Andrew D. Oxman;Holger J. Schünemann;Peter Tugwell

  • How attractive does a new technology have to be to warrant adoption and utilization? Tentative guidelines for using clinical and economic evaluations

    A Laupacis;D Feeny;A S Detsky;P X Tugwell

  • 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

  • USERS' GUIDES TO THE MEDICAL LITERATURE. II: HOW TO USE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THERAPY OR PREVENTION A. ARE THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY VALID ?

    Gordon H. Guyatt;David L. Sackett;Deborah J. Cook;Gordon Guyatt

  • Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test A. Are the Results of the Study Valid?

    Roman Jaeschke;Gordon Guyatt;David L. Sackett;Eric Bass

  • Vascular and upper gastrointestinal effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Meta-analyses of individual participant data from randomised trials

    Colin Baigent;N. Bhala;J. Emberson;A. Merhi

  • Developing core outcome sets for clinical trials: issues to consider.

    Paula R Williamson;Douglas G Altman;Jane M Blazeby;Mike Clarke

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: part III: Changes in evidence following systematic cumulative update of research published through January 2009

    W Zhang;G Nuki;R W Moskowitz;S Abramson

  • Real world research.

    J. André Knottnerus;Peter Tugwell

  • Health Care Technology: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Public Policy@@@Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

    Brian Ferguson;David Feeny;Gordon Guyatt;Peter Tugwell

Frequent Co-Authors

George A. Wells
George A. Wells University of Ottawa
Vivian Welch
Vivian Welch University of Ottawa
J. André Knottnerus
J. André Knottnerus Maastricht University
Maarten Boers
Maarten Boers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jasvinder A. Singh
Jasvinder A. Singh Veterans Health Administration
Robin Christensen
Robin Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Vibeke Strand
Vibeke Strand Stanford University
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Peter Brooks
Peter Brooks University of Melbourne
Allison Tong
Allison Tong University of Sydney

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