Barbra E. Backus

3k citations

49 papers · 2.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 15

Impact in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 1%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
Emergency Medicine top 1%
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Papers in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 29
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research 26
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes 2
Emergency Medicine 14
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies 9
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies 3
- Emergency Medicine Education and Research 2

Co-authors: A. Jacob Six (16 shared papers)Johannes C. Kelder (6 shared papers)Pieter A. Doevendans (12 shared papers)Judith M. Poldervaart (5 shared papers)Arno Wilhelmus Hoes (4 shared papers)E. Gijs Mast (4 shared papers)Rob van Tooren (2 shared papers)Frederieke van den Akker (2 shared papers)
Journals: European Journal of Emergency Medicine (14 papers)Annals of Emergency Medicine (3 papers)Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (3 papers)BMJ Open (2 papers)International Journal of Cardiology (2 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States United Kingdom

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Barbra E. Backus

45 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Barbra E. Backus's Hit Papers

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A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department 2013 · 427 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2013 International Journal of Cardiology
2008 Netherlands Heart Journal

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1	Chest pain in the emergency room: value of the HEART score Netherlands Heart Journal ·A. Jacob Six, Barbra E. Backus, Johannes C. Kelder Hit paper breakdown →	2008	495
2	A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department International Journal of Cardiology ·Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, Mike A.R. Bosschaert, E. Gijs Mast, Arend Mosterd, Rolf F. Veldkamp, Alexander J. Wardeh Hit paper breakdown →	2013	427
3	Chest Pain in the Emergency Room Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine ·Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, Thomas P. Mast, Frederieke van den Akker, E. Gijs Mast, Stefan H. J. Monnink, Rob van Tooren	2010	253
4	The HEART Score for the Assessment of Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine ·A. Jacob Six, Louise Cullen, Barbra E. Backus, Jaimi H. Greenslade, William Anthony Parsonage, Sally J. Aldous, Pieter A. Doevendans, Martin Paul Than	2013	203
5	Comparison of the GRACE, HEART and TIMI score to predict major adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients at the emergency department International Journal of Cardiology ·Judith M. Poldervaart, Marc Langedijk, Barbra E. Backus, Ineke M.C. Dekker, A. Jacob Six, Pieter A. Doevendans, Arno Wilhelmus Hoes, Johannes B. Reitsma	2016	180
6	Effect of Using the HEART Score in Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department Annals of Internal Medicine ·Judith M. Poldervaart, Johannes B. Reitsma, Barbra E. Backus, Hendrik Koffijberg, Rolf F. Veldkamp, Monique E. ten Haaf, Yolande Appelman, Herman F.J. Mannaerts	2017	154
7	Risk Scores for Patients with Chest Pain: Evaluation in the Emergency Department Current Cardiology Reviews ·Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, W. Brian Gibler, Frans L. Moll, Pieter A. Doevendans	2011	81
8	The impact of the HEART risk score in the early assessment of patients with acute chest pain: design of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial BMC Cardiovascular Disorders ·Judith M. Poldervaart, Johannes B. Reitsma, Hendrik Koffijberg, Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six, Pieter A. Doevendans, Arno Wilhelmus Hoes	2013	51
9	The Social Media Index as an Indicator of Quality for Emergency Medicine Blogs: A METRIQ Study Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Brent Thoma, Teresa M. Chan, Puneet Kapur, Derek Sifford, Marshall Siemens, Michael T. Paddock, Felix Ankel, Andy Grock	2018	44
10	Individual Gestalt Is Unreliable for the Evaluation of Quality in Medical Education Blogs: A METRIQ Study Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Brent Thoma, Stefanie S. Sebok‐Syer, Keeth Krishnan, Marshall Siemens, Nathan Seth Trueger, Isabelle N Colmers-Gray, Robert A. Woods, EMIL R. PETRUSA	2017	36
11	Medical consumption compared for TIMI and HEART score in chest pain patients at the emergency department: a retrospective cost analysis BMJ Open ·A Nieuwets, Judith M. Poldervaart, Johannes B. Reitsma, A. Jacob Six, Barbra E. Backus, Arno Wilhelmus Hoes, Pieter A. Doevendans +1 other	2016	24
12	Consumption of diagnostic procedures and other cardiology care in chest pain patients after presentation at the emergency department Netherlands Heart Journal ·A. Jacob Six, Barbra E. Backus, Anna E C Kingma, S. I. Kaandorp	2012	18
13	The Diagnostic Value of Clinical Symptoms in Women and Men Presenting with Chest Pain at the Emergency Department, a Prospective Cohort Study PLoS ONE ·Manon G. van der Meer, Barbra E. Backus, Yolanda van der Graaf, Maarten Jan Cramer, Yolande Appelman, Pieter A. Doevendans, A. Jacob Six, Hendrik M. Nathoe	2015	18
14	The predictive value of the exercise ECG for major adverse cardiac events in patients who presented with chest pain in the emergency department Clinical Research in Cardiology ·Judith M. Poldervaart, A. Jacob Six, Barbra E. Backus, Hector W.L. de Beaufort, Maarten Jan Cramer, Rolf F. Veldkamp, E. Gijs Mast, Eugène M. Buijs	2013	16
15	Prognostic Factors in Chest Pain Patients Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine ·Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six, Pieter A. Doevendans, Johannes C. Kelder, Ewout Willem Steyerberg, Yvonne Vergouwe	2016	16
16	The Fast and the Furious: Low-Risk Chest Pain and the Rapid Rule-Out Protocol Western Journal of Emergency Medicine ·Maite A. Huis in ‘t Veld, Louise Cullen, Simon A. Mahler, Barbra E. Backus, Zachary D.W. Dezman, Amal Mattu	2017	15
17	The HEART score in predicting major adverse cardiac events in patients presenting to the emergency department with possible acute coronary syndrome: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis Systematic Reviews ·Christopher J. Byrne, Cristian Toarta, Barbra E. Backus, Tim Holt	2018	13
18	The interobserver agreement of the HEART-score, a multicentre prospective study European Journal of Emergency Medicine ·Kirsten F. van Meerten, Rowan M.A. Haan, Ineke M.C. Dekker, Henriëtte J.J. van Zweden, Erik W. van Zwet, Barbra E. Backus	2020	13
19	The new era of chest pain evaluation in the Netherlands European Journal of Emergency Medicine ·Barbra E. Backus, Rudolf T Tolsma, Mark J. Boogers	2020	12
20	Prehospital triage of patients with acute cardiac complaints: study protocol of HART-c, a multicentre prospective study BMJ Open ·Enrico R. de Koning, Tom E Biersteker, Saskia L.M.A. Beeres, Barbra E. Backus, Charles J. H. J. Kirchhof, Reza Alizadeh Dehnavi, Helen AM Silvius, Martin Jan Schalij	2021	11

About Barbra E. Backus

Barbra E. Backus is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Health and Neurology, having authored 49 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (26 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (9 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (6 papers), Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (3 papers), Emergency Medicine Education and Research (2 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (2 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (2 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (1.6k citations), Emergency Medicine (341 citations), Family Practice (96 citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (287 citations) and Health Information Management (110 citations). Barbra E. Backus has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, Pieter A. Doevendans, Judith M. Poldervaart, Arno Wilhelmus Hoes, E. Gijs Mast, Rob van Tooren, Frederieke van den Akker, Stefan H. J. Monnink and Thomas P. Mast. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Emergency Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, BMJ Open and International Journal of Cardiology.

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