2026 Simon Finfer: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	80	16856	15850	1531	1464	401	54413

Simon Finfer 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 Simon Finfer sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 401 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Finfer 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 Simon Finfer sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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

2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Simon Finfer is affiliated with the George Institute for Global Health in the United Kingdom and has a publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Epidemiology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Emergency Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Finfer include:

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Nosocomial Infections in ICU
Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated extensively with Finfer are:

Naomi Hammond
John Myburgh
Balasubramanian Venkatesh
Paul J. Young
Anthony Delaney

Simon Finfer's work has been published in several venues, with the most frequent being:

Critical Care and Resuscitation
Intensive Care Medicine
JAMA
Australian Critical Care
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent publications include:

Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990-2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study (2020, The Lancet)
Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017 (2020, JAMA)
Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults - A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis (2022, NEJM Evidence)
Association Between Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and In-Hospital Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation (2022, JAMA)
Patient Outcomes at Twelve Months after Early Decompressive Craniectomy for Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury in the Randomized DECRA Clinical Trial (2020, Journal of Neurotrauma)

Simon Finfer was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

Best Publications

Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients.

Nice-Sugar Study Investigators;D. Chittock;S. Su;D. Blair

5847
Citations
Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

Kristina E Rudd;Sarah Charlotte Johnson;Kareha M Agesa;Katya Anne Shackelford

4645
Citations
A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit

Rinaldo Bellomo;Julie French;John Myburgh

3693
Citations
Hydroxyethyl starch or saline for fluid resuscitation in intensive care

John A. Myburgh;Simon Finfer;Rinaldo Bellomo;Laurent Billot

2044
Citations
Intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients.

Rinaldo Bellomo;Alan Cass;Louise Cole

1617
Citations
Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Ken Hillman;Jack Chen;Michelle Cretikos;Rinaldo Bellomo

1583
Citations
Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adults with septic shock

V. Marco Ranieri;B. Taylor Thompson;Philip S. Barie;Jean-François Dhainaut

1462
Citations
Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data

Donald E.G. Griesdale;Russell J. de Souza;Rob M. van Dam;Daren K. Heyland

1420
Citations
Critical care services and 2009 H1N1 influenza in australia and new zealand.

Steven A R Webb;Ville Yrjo Olavi Pettila;Ian M Seppelt;Rinaldo Bellomo

1382
Citations
Hypoglycemia and risk of death in critically ill patients.

Simon R Finfer;Bette Liu;Dean R Chittock;Robyn Norton

1205
Citations
Recognizing Sepsis as a Global Health Priority - A WHO Resolution.

Konrad Reinhart;Ron Daniels;Niranjan Kissoon;Flavia R. Machado

1116
Citations
Low-dose dopamine in patients with early renal dysfunction: a placebo-controlled randomised trial. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group.

Rinaldo Bellomo;M R Chapman;Simon Finfer;K Hickling

1077
Citations
Saline or Albumin for Fluid Resuscitation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

John Myburgh;D. James Cooper;Rinaldo Bellomo;Robyn Norton

985
Citations
Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign.

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

983
Citations
Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017.

Jean Louis Vincent;Yasser Sakr;Mervyn Singer;Ignacio Martin-Loeches

940
Citations
Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock.

Balasubramanian Venkatesh;Simon Finfer;Jeremy Cohen;Dorrilyn Rajbhandari

818
Citations
Adult-population incidence of severe sepsis in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Simon Finfer;Rinaldo Bellomo;Jeffrey Lipman;Craig French

642
Citations
Sedation and Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit

Michael C. Reade;Simon Finfer

637
Citations
Early Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients With Short-term Relative Contraindications to Early Enteral Nutrition: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Gordon S. Doig;Fiona Simpson;Elizabeth A. Sweetman;Simon R. Finfer

615
Citations
Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death in the intensive care unit.

Deborah Cook;Graeme Rocker;John Marshall;Peter Sjokvist

508
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University

Deborah J. Cook McMaster University

Alan Cass Charles Darwin University

John C. Marshall University of Toronto

Yaseen M. Arabi King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University

Michael Bailey Monash University

Andrew Rhodes St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Konrad Reinhart Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Ken Hillman University of New South Wales

External Links

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