Medical Journal of Australia

Papers
(The median citation count of Medical Journal of Australia is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
COVID ‐19 acute respiratory distress syndrome ( ARDS ): clinical features and differences from typical pre‐ COVID 408
Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus ( SARS ‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID ‐19 in Austra277
Consensus statement: Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID ‐19 adult patient group250
Corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID ‐19)244
Mental health of people in Australia in the first month of COVID ‐19 restrictions: a national survey220
Surge capacity of intensive care units in case of acute increase in demand caused by COVID ‐19 in Australia102
Managing haematology and oncology patients during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: interim consensus guidance92
New Zealand's COVID‐19 elimination strategy81
Trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID‐19 pandemic in a representative Australian adult cohort76
COVID ‐19, children and schools: overlooked and at risk71
First Nations peoples leading the way inCOVID‐19 pandemic planning, response and management70
Australia's national COVID ‐19 primary care response70
The quality of diagnosis and triage advice provided by free online symptom checkers and apps in Australia70
The carbon footprint of pathology testing68
Outcomes for patients with COVID‐19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic66
Fewer presentations to metropolitan emergency departments during the COVID‐19 pandemic59
Gut microbiota‐derived trimethylamine N ‐oxide is associated with poor prognosis in patients with heart failure58
The 2020 special report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: lessons learnt from Australia’s “Black Summer”57
Modelling the impact of relaxing COVID ‐19 control measures during a period of low viral transmission55
Effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines: findings from real world studies53
Cardiovascular disease and COVID ‐19: Australian and New Zealand consensus statement49
Clinical presentation and management ofCOVID‐1947
The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease45
COVID ‐19 precautions: easier said than done when patients are homeless45
The probability of the 6‐week lockdown in Victoria (commencing 9 July 2020) achieving elimination of community transmission of SARS ‐CoV‐245
Communicating with patients and the public about COVID‐19 vaccine safety: recommendations from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation42
The efficacy and safety of paracetamol for pain relief: an overview of systematic reviews41
FromSARStoCOVID‐19: the Singapore journey40
Chronic fatigue syndrome: progress and possibilities40
Failures of quarantine systems for preventing COVID‐19 outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand40
Phage therapy for severe bacterial infections: a narrative review37
Persistent symptoms up to four months after community and hospital‐managed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection36
Modelling the impact of COVID ‐19 on intensive care services in New South Wales36
Australian recommendations for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: a consensus statement34
The prevalence and impact of unprofessional behaviour among hospital workers: a survey in seven Australian hospitals34
Potential indirect impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children: a narrative review using a community child health lens34
Electronic cigarettes and health outcomes: umbrella and systematic review of the global evidence34
The deleterious effects of cannabis during pregnancy on neonatal outcomes34
COVID ‐19: implementing sustainable low cost physical distancing and enhanced hygiene33
Australia in 2030: what is our path to health for all?32
When a system breaks: queueing theory model of intensive care bed needs during the COVID ‐19 pandemic32
Improving acute stroke care in regional hospitals: clinical evaluation of the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine program31
Pandemic printing: a novel 3D‐printed swab for detecting SARS ‐CoV‐231
Implications of COVID‐19 for an ageing population31
Challenges of diabetes management during the COVID ‐19 pandemic30
Recruiting and retaining general practitioners in rural practice: systematic review and meta‐analysis of rural pipeline effects30
Detecting primary aldosteronism in Australian primary care: a prospective study30
The readability of official public health information on COVID‐1929
The 2021 report of the MJALancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb29
Crisis as opportunity: how COVID‐19 can reshape the Australian health system29
New Australian guidelines for the treatment of alcohol problems: an overview of recommendations29
The CANBACK trial: a randomised, controlled clinical trial of oral cannabidiol for people presenting to the emergency department with acute low back pain29
Clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of COVID ‐19: current state of play29
Breathing life into Australian diabetes clinical guidelines28
Home ward bound: features of hospital in the home use by major Australian hospitals, 2011–201728
A hospital‐wide response to multiple outbreaks of COVID ‐19 in health care workers: lessons learned from the field28
Suicide by young Australians, 2006–2015: a cross‐sectional analysis of national coronial data28
Beyond skin deep: addressing comorbidities in psoriasis28
Australian and New Zealand approach to diagnosis and management of vaccine‐induced immune thrombosis and thrombocytopenia28
Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e‐cigarette liquids27
New Australian birthweight centiles26
Seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2‐specific antibodies in Sydney after the first epidemic wave of 202026
High value health care is low carbon health care26
Rapid increase in intravenous iron therapy for women of reproductive age in Australia26
Emerging viral mutants in Australia suggest RNA recombination event in the SARS ‐CoV‐2 genome26
The impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on medical education26
Late mortality in people with cancer: a population‐based Australian study26
Decline in cancer pathology notifications during the 2020 COVID‐19‐related restrictions in Victoria25
“No jab, no pay”: catch‐up vaccination activity during its first two years25
Management of adult cardiac arrest in the COVID ‐19 era: consensus statement from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine24
“Now we say Black Lives Matter but … the fact of the matter is, we just Black matter to them”24
Otitis media guidelines for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: summary of recommendations24
Clinical placements for medical students in the time of COVID ‐1924
Surgical outcomes for people with serious mental illness are poorer than for other patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis24
Cumulative dispensing of high oral corticosteroid doses for treating asthma in Australia24
Reducing Medical Admissions and Presentations Into Hospital through Optimising Medicines (REMAIN HOME): a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial23
Unemployment, suicide andCOVID‐19: using the evidence to plan for prevention23
COVID ‐19 in a Sydney nursing home: a case study and lessons learnt23
Consensus statement: Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID‐19 adult patient group23
Telehealth in cancer care during the COVID‐19 pandemic22
People in intensive care with COVID ‐19: demographic and clinical features during the first, second, and third pandemic waves in Australia22
Self‐collection cervical screening in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program: a qualitative study22
Ethical issues in reproductive genetic carrier screening22
Social and occupational outcomes for young people who attend early intervention mental health services: a longitudinal study22
Impact of Victoria’s Stage 3 lockdown on COVID‐19 case numbers22
The first known case of vaccine‐induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia in Australia22
Motherhood and medicine: systematic review of the experiences of mothers who are doctors22
Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) to guide clinical care: recommendations and challenges21
COVID ‐19 in Australian health care workers: early experience of the Royal Melbourne Hospital emphasises the importance of community acquisition21
The 2022 report of the MJA Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia unprepared an21
The indirect impacts of COVID‐19 on Aboriginal communities across New South Wales21
Australian residential aged care is understaffed21
Increasing ICU capacity to accommodate higher demand during the COVID‐19 pandemic21
Tracking, tracing, trust: contemplating mitigating the impact of COVID ‐19 with technological interventions21
Employee presenteeism and occupational acquisition of COVID ‐1920
Fit testing of N95 or P2 masks to protect health care workers20
Screening, assessment and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents: Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group guidelines20
Public health, health systems and palliation planning for COVID ‐19 on an exponential timeline20
Is Australia over‐reliant on residential aged care to support our older population?19
Mental health and COVID ‐19: are we really all in this together?19
Teletrials: implementation of a new paradigm for clinical trials19
Modelling direct and herd protection effects of vaccination against the SARS‐CoV‐2 Delta variant in Australia19
Cancer survivorship care at the time of the COVID ‐19 pandemic18
Development and validation of a frailty index based on Australian Aged Care Assessment Program data18
Policy considerations for mandatory COVID‐19 vaccination from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation18
Drug‐induced liver injury in Australia, 2009–2020: the increasing proportion of non‐paracetamol cases linked with herbal and dietary supplements18
Hyperendemic rheumatic heart disease in a remote Australian town identified by echocardiographic screening18
The Australian National Aged Care Classification ( ANACC ): a new casemix classification for residential aged care18
Educating junior doctors and pharmacists to reduce discharge prescribing of opioids for surgical patients: a cluster randomised controlled trial17
Diagnostic error: incidence, impacts, causes and preventive strategies17
Monitoring the genetic testing and life insurance moratorium in Australia: a national research project17
Long term survival after acute myocardial infarction in Australia and New Zealand, 2009‒2015: a population cohort study17
Participating doctors’ perspectives on the regulation of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a qualitative study17
The impact of COVID ‐19 on chronic disease management in primary care: lessons for Australia from the international experience17
Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey16
Patterns of care for men with prostate cancer: the 45 and Up Study16
Dementia prevention: the time to act is now16
Influence of rural clinical school experience and rural origin on practising in rural communities five and eight years after graduation16
COVID ‐19 and the Indo–Pacific: implications for resource‐limited emergency departments16
Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID‐19: recommendations from the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce16
COVID ‐19 safety: aerosol‐generating procedures and cardiothoracic surgery and anaesthesia — Australian and New Zealand consensus statement16
Coronary artery calcium scoring in cardiovascular risk assessment of people with family histories of early onset coronary artery disease16
Optimising epilepsy management with a smartphone application: a randomised controlled trial16
The time for inclusive care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+ young people is now16
Potentially preventable hospitalisations of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales15
Time for universal hepatitis B screening for Australian adults15
PPE for your mind: a peer support initiative for health care workers15
Area‐level social and economic factors and the local incidence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections in Victoria during 202015
Beyond the black stump: rapid reviews of health research issues affecting regional, rural and remote Australia15
Suicide rates for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the influence of community level cultural connectedness15
A new model of care and in‐house general practitioners for residential aged care facilities: a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial15
Australian consensus recommendations for the management of hepatitis B15
Rethinking the role of senior medical students in the COVID ‐19 response15
Live‐streamed ward rounds: a tool for clinical teaching during the COVID ‐19 pandemic15
Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic15
Respiratory and atopic conditions in children two to four years after the 2014 Hazelwood coalmine fire15
COVID‐19 and residential aged care: priorities for optimising preparation and management of outbreaks14
Scientists in pyjamas: characterising the working arrangements and productivity of Australian medical researchers during the COVID‐19 pandemic14
Switching Australian patients with moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease from originator to biosimilar infliximab: a multicentre, parallel cohort study14
Increased dispensing of prescription medications in Australia early in the COVID‐19 pandemic14
Early medical abortion services provided in Australian primary care14
The short term safety ofCOVID‐19 vaccines in Australia:AusVaxSafetyactive surveillance, February – August 202114
Opioid cessation is associated with reduced pain and improved function in people attending specialist chronic pain services14
COVID ‐19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum14
The prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from a national survey14
Modern paradigms for prostate cancer detection and management14
Citation metrics for appraising scientists: misuse, gaming and proper use14
The vitamin D testing rate is again rising, despite new MBS testing criteria13
Differences in the pre‐hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales13
Consensus statement on the current pharmacological prevention and management of heart failure13
The reality of mental health care for young people, and the urgent need for solutions13
COPD‐X Australian guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2022 update13
Factors associated with hospitalisations and deaths of residential aged care residents with COVID ‐19 during the Omicron ( BA .1) 13
Differences in treatment choices for localised prostate cancer diagnosed in private and public health services13
An evaluation of the quality and impact of the global research response to the COVID ‐19 pandemic13
Drug repurposing in the era of COVID ‐19: a call for leadership and government investment13
Management of atopic dermatitis: a narrative review13
Improved life expectancy for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1999–2018: overall and by underlying cause of death13
Efficacy, safety, and dose‐dependence of the analgesic effects of opioid therapy for people with osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta‐analysis13
Treatable traits in asthma: moving beyond diagnostic labels13
Prevalence of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in regional Victoria: a prospective population‐based study13
Artificial intelligence in health care: preparing for the fifth Industrial Revolution13
Ending rheumatic heart disease in Australia: the evidence for a new approach13
Use of artificial intelligence in skin cancer diagnosis and management12
A national system for monitoring intensive care unit demand and capacity: the Critical Health Resources Information System (CHRIS)12
Young‐onset dementia diagnosis, management and care: a narrative review12
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank12
Implementing cardiovascular disease preventive care guidelines in general practice: an opportunity missed12
Marked variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for cancer care in Western Australia12
Who is speaking for us? Identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarship in health research12
COVID‐19 swab‐related skull base injury12
Building resilience to Australian flood disasters in the face of climate change12
The incidence of falls after first and second eye cataract surgery: a longitudinal cohort study12
It is time for governments to support retailers in the transition to a smoke‐free society12
Early clinical response to a high consequence infectious disease outbreak: insights from COVID ‐1912
Revision of the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol12
Renewable energy use in Australian public hospitals12
COVID‐19 Real‐time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER)11
Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy and Quitline support before elective surgery: a randomised controlled trial11
Uncontrolled blood pressure in Australia: a call to action11
SARS ‐CoV‐2, the medical profession, ventilator beds, and mortality predictions: personal reflections of an Australian clinician11
Navigating the complexities of voluntary assisted dying in palliative care11
Sexual misconduct by health professionals in Australia, 2011–2016: a retrospective analysis of notifications to health regulators11
Estimating the abortion rate in Australia from National Hospital Morbidity and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data11
Congenital syphilis on the rise: the importance of testing and recognition11
Changes in medical scientific publication associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic11
Social restrictions during COVID ‐19 and major trauma volume at a level 1 trauma centre11
The role of spinal surgery in the treatment of low back pain11
The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children who presented to Australian hospitals during 2020: a PREDICT network study11
The management of peri‐operative anaemia in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a prospective cohort study11
Reconsidering the immediate release of prisoners during COVID ‐19 community restrictions11
Pharmacogenomics in the era of personalised medicine11
Co‐occurring depression and insomnia in Australian primary care: recent scientific evidence11
Impact of bushfire smoke on respiratory health11
Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia11
COVID‐19 and changes in the National Immunisation Program: a unique opportunity to optimise the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)10
Can AI help in the fight against COVID ‐19?10
Population DNA screening for medically actionable disease risk in adults10
Associations between restrictions on public mobility and slowing of new COVID ‐19 case rates in three countries10
Why proper understanding of confidence intervals and statistical significance is important10
The change from UMAT to UCAT for undergraduate medical school applicants: impact on selection outcomes10
SmartStartAllergy: a novel tool for monitoring food allergen introduction in infants10
Patient‐reported outcomes and personalised cancer care10
Long term outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians after hospital intensive care10
On entering Australia’s third year with COVID‐1910
Utilisation, access and recommendations regarding technologies for people living with type 1 diabetes: consensus statement of the ADS/ADEA/APEG/ADIPS Working Group10
HPV swab self‐collection and cervical cancer in women who have sex with women10
High prevalence of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis among older people in Sydney10
Increasing incidence of invasive group A streptococcal disease in Western Australia, particularly among Indigenous people10
We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia10
Establishing the worth of deprescribing inappropriate medications: are we there yet?10
Psychotropic medicine prescribing and polypharmacy for people with dementia entering residential aged care: the influence of changing general practitioners10
Challenges in delivering telemedicine to vulnerable populations: experiences of an addiction medical service during COVID‐1910
The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on routine vaccinations in Victoria10
Current COVID ‐19 guidelines for respiratory protection of health care workers are inadequate10
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the career of junior doctors10
Challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia since 200010
Ophthalmology and the emergence of artificial intelligence9
When will opioid agonist therapy become a normal part of comprehensive health care?9
N95 respirators: quantitative fit test pass rates and usability and comfort assessment by health care workers9
Realising the potential: leveraging clinical quality registries for real world clinical research9
Screening outcomes by risk factor and age: evidence from BreastScreen WA for discussions of risk‐stratified population screening9
Towards consistent geographic reporting of Australian health research9
The landscape of COVID‐19 trials in Australia9
Improving communication with Aboriginal hospital inpatients: a quasi‐experimental interventional study9
Reframing palliative care to improve the quality of life of people diagnosed with a serious illness9
Health care in the metaverse9
Sex differences in the management and outcomes of non‐ST‐elevation acute coronary syndromes9
Australia must act to prevent airborne transmission of SARS‐CoV‐29
Public mental health service use by people with intellectual disability in New South Wales and its costs9
COVID‐19 social isolation‐induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy9
Hospital‐acquired complications: the relative importance of hospital‐ and patient‐related factors9
Climate, housing, energy and Indigenous health: a call to action9
Endoscopic bariatric therapies for obesity: a review9
The need for improved Australian data on social determinants of health inequities9
Superspreaders, asymptomatics and COVID ‐19 elimination9
The distribution of ABO RhD blood groups in Australia, based on blood donor and blood sample pathology data9
Surveillance for SARS‐CoV‐2 variants of concern in the Australian context9
Rapid publishing in the era of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID ‐19)8
Stereotactic radiosurgery for managing brain metastases in Victoria, 2012–20178
Hepatitis C elimination in Australia: progress and challenges8
Not in my backyard: COVID‐19 vaccine development requires someone to be infected somewhere8
The impact of practice size and ownership on general practice care in Australia8
A comparison of the distribution of Medical Research Future Fund grants with disease burden in Australia8
Precision medicine in Australia: now is the time to get it right8
Adding saliva testing to oropharyngeal and deep nasal swab testing increases PCR detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in primary care and children8
The impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on medical education8
Care for adults with COVID ‐19: living guidelines from the National COVID ‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce8
Alcohol advertisers may be using social media to encourage parents to drink during COVID ‐198
Long COVID: sustained and multiplied disadvantage8
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