Julian P. T. Higgins

Research topics

• Meta-analysis and systematic reviews · 2 papers
• Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials · 1 paper
• Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy · 1 paper
• Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · 1 paper
• Primary Care and Health Outcomes · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Simon G. Thompson · 1 paper
• Jonathan A C Sterne · 1 paper
• Miguel Ángel Hernán · 1 paper
• Barnaby C Reeves · 1 paper
• Jelena Savović · 1 paper
• Nancy D Berkman · 1 paper
• Meera Sushila Viswanathan · 1 paper
• David A Henry · 1 paper

Papers

1. Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysisStatistics in Medicine · 2002 · 37,614 citations

   The extent of heterogeneity in a meta-analysis partly determines the difficulty in drawing overall conclusions. This extent may be measured by estimating a between-study variance, but interpretation is then specific to a particular treatment effect metric. A test for the…

2. ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventionsBMJ · 2016 · 20,382 citations

   Non-randomised studies of the effects of interventions are critical to many areas of healthcare evaluation, but their results may be biased. It is therefore important to understand and appraise their strengths and weaknesses. We developed ROBINS-I (“Risk Of Bias In…