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Holger J. Schünemann, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., FRCPC Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and of Medicine, McMaster University & Humanitas University (part-time) Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Research Methods and Recommendations Director, Cochrane Canada and McMaster GRADE Centre Holger Schünemann is a Professor in the Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (formerly “Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics”) and of Medicine. He recently accepted a part time position as tenured professor for Public Health & Preventive Medicine, at Humanitas University in Milan, Italy. He began his research career in respiratory and exercise physiology as a medical student in the Department of Physiology at the Medical School of Hannover and with an award from the German government at the University at Buffalo (UB), State of New York. He received an MD degree (1993) and a “doctor medicinae” degree (1994) from the Medical School of Hannover where he also completed an internship in internal and respiratory medicine. He went on to work in cellular and molecular lung biology at UB researching expression of cell adhesion molecules (integrins) in early postnatal lung development. Realizing the importance of high-quality skills in data analysis, general health research methods and developing a stronger sense for patient and population focused research he studied epidemiology and biostatistics during his postdoctoral fellowship (M.Sc. in Epidemiology, 1997). He then conducted population-based studies on the association between micronutrients, oxidative stress, and respiratory health leading to a Ph.D. degree (Epidemiology & Community Medicine, 2000) and completed training to qualify for certification in internal medicine and preventive medicine/public health at UB, where he joined the faculty in 2000. From 2005 to 2009 he was at the Italian National Cancer Center in Rome, Italy, serving as interim chair of the department of Epidemiology from 2007 to 2009, before moving to McMaster University as full-time Professor and to become Chair of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in 2009, widely considered the birthplace of evidence-based health care and problem-based learning. In his second term as chair of this prestigious department, he has led its longitudinal strategic plan (AGENDA 2020) to refocus the department into the “Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI)”. He completed his second and final term as chair in June 2019 and now leads the Michael G DeGroote Cochrane Canada and McMaster GRADE Centres and is director of Cochrane Canada. Since 2000, he helped reshaping of methodology for guideline development spanning clinical medicine to public health and contributed methodologically and practically to knowledge synthesis research, foremost through his co-leadership of the GRADE working group (www.gradeworkinggroup.org) that he co-chairs. He also was a key contributor to the revised methods for World Health Organization (WHO) guideline development in 2006 and the Institute of Medicine statement on trustworthy guidelines in 2011. He also co-leads the WHO Collaborating Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Methods and Recommendations at McMaster University that helped produce the eCOVID19 Recommendation Map (covid19.recmap.org) and other influential work on the COVID-19 pandemic. His scientific work focuses on evidence synthesis and the methods, presentation and development of health care recommendations spanning clinical medicine to public health. In 2021, his group was contracted by WHO to help develop the new WHO Quality Assurance Handbook for Normative and Standard setting documents. As author of over 800 publications (h-index 171/113 google scholar/web of science: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Afw4UDAAAAAJ&hl=en) he is among the 500 most cited scientists globally (www.webometrics.info). He has been advisor and chair of many guideline exper
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
1248
Total documents
9.94
Normalized Impact
446
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
66.91
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Dimensions One by One
Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic
attributes.
Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index.
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Activity
992
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
997
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
993
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
915
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
925
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
963
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
0
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 1248 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 7.9 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 1106 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 797 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 7 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 302 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 1 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 4 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 20 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 0 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 18 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | 3 | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 186140 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 6092 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 3.273 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 96.727 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 8865 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 149.15 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 9.938 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 6.418 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 169 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 420 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 804 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.708 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.714 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 446 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 3.574 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 146 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 11.699 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 41 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 138 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 599 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 48.0 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 361 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 28.93 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | N/A | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | N/A | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | N/A | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | N/A | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | N/A | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 26.49 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 17.23 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 4.84 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 835 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 66.91 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 0 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | N/A | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | N/A | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | N/A | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | N/A | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 0 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | N/A | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | N/A | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | N/A | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | N/A | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 705 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 56.49 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 260 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 149 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 97 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 185 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 543 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | N/A | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | N/A | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | N/A | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | N/A | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |