Jocalyn Clark
Public health scientist, editor of The Lancet, and researcher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jocalyn Clark is a Canadian Public Health Scientist and the International Editor of The BMJ, with responsibility for strategy and internationalising the journal's content, contributors and coverage. From 2016 to 2022, Jocalyn was an Executive Editor at The Lancet, where she led the Commentary section, coordinated peer review, and edited and delivered collections of articles and Commissions on topics such as maternal and child health, oral health, migration, end of life care and gender equity. She led the Lancet's project to advance women in science, medicine, and global health, #LancetWomen. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Health at UCL.
Jocalyn Clark's Published Works
Published Works
- Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison (2017) (255)
- Firm action needed on predatory journals (2015) (196)
- “You’re Perfect for the Procedure! Why Don’t You Want It?” Elderly Arthritis Patients’ Unwillingness to Consider Total Joint Arthroplasty Surgery: A Qualitative Study (2002) (128)
- The moving target: a qualitative study of elderly patients' decision-making regarding total joint replacement surgery. (2004) (125)
- Best Practice in Systematic Reviews: The Importance of Protocols and Registration (2011) (101)
- The gendered system of academic publishing (2018) (99)
- Rate of heart failure and 1-year survival for older people receiving low-dose β-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction (2000) (82)
- Fear of SARS thwarts medical education in Toronto (2003) (81)
- The Impact of Policy Changes on the Health of Recent Immigrants and Refugees in the Inner City (2002) (74)
- Women in science, medicine, and global health: call for papers (2017) (73)
- What is The Lancet doing about gender and diversity? (2019) (68)
- Relation between randomized controlled trials published in leading general medical journals and the global burden of disease (2004) (67)
- Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM scenarios (2005) (63)
- The Inclusion of Minority Groups in Clinical Trials: Problems of Under Representation and Under Reporting of Data (2004) (63)
- Medicalization of global health 1: has the global health agenda become too medicalized? (2014) (60)
- Exotic Dancing and Health (2000) (57)
- Socioeconomic Misclassification in Ontario’s Health Care Registry (2003) (55)
- BMJ Publishing Group to launch an international campaign to promote academic medicine (2003) (55)
- Patient centred death (2003) (53)
- Qualitative research: a review of methods with use of examples from the total knee replacement literature. (2009) (53)
- A Reality Checkpoint for Mobile Health: Three Challenges to Overcome (2013) (50)
- Five Futures for Academic Medicine (2005) (45)
- Sex-related reporting in randomised controlled trials in medical journals (2016) (42)
- PLoS Medicine Series on Big Food: The Food Industry Is Ripe for Scrutiny (2012) (41)
- Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement (2017) (39)
- Medicalization of global health 2: the medicalization of global mental health (2014) (38)
- Intimate partner violence and health: a critique of Canadian prevalence studies. (2003) (34)
- When to replicate systematic reviews of interventions: consensus checklist (2020) (34)
- Intimate Partner Violence and Health (2003) (33)
- Performance measurement and equity (2007) (33)
- The World Health Report 2012 That Wasn't (2012) (27)
- False Hopes, Unwarranted Fears: The Trouble with Medical News Stories (2008) (27)
- Lancet Migration: global collaboration to advance migration health (2020) (25)
- Let's Be Straight Up about the Alcohol Industry (2011) (24)
- UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health (2016) (24)
- Medicalization of global health 3: the medicalization of the non-communicable diseases agenda (2014) (23)
- The Health Crisis of Tuberculosis in Prisons Extends beyond the Prison Walls (2010) (22)
- Who cares about academic medicine? (2004) (22)
- Medicalization of global health 3: the medicalization of the non-communicable diseases agenda. (2014) (21)
- A coming of age for gender in global health (2019) (19)
- Medicalization of global health 1: has the global health agenda become too medicalized? (2014) (19)
- The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health (2020) (19)
- Medicalization of global health 2: the medicalization of global mental health. (2014) (19)
- Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis (2009) (18)
- Homelessness Is Not Just a Housing Problem (2008) (18)
- Clean Water Should Be Recognized as a Human Right (2009) (17)
- Freedom from unpleasant symptoms is essential for a good death (2003) (16)
- Representation of women's health in general medical versus women's health specialty journals: a content analysis (2002) (15)
- INDEPTH Network: contributing to the data revolution. (2016) (14)
- Preventing Road Deaths—Time for Data (2010) (13)
- Medicalization of global health 4: the universal health coverage campaign and the medicalization of global health (2014) (13)
- A theme issue “by, for, and about” Africa (2005) (12)
- Drug Companies Should Be Held More Accountable for Their Human Rights Responsibilities (2010) (12)
- Letter to the Editor - Predatory Journals: Bad for All But Especially Authors from Low and Middle Income Countries. (2018) (11)
- Open letter to the leader of academic medicine (2007) (10)
- The C Word. (2016) (10)
- Quality improvement forum sets sights on developing countries and on patients (2003) (10)
- Public availability of trial protocols (2017) (10)
- HIV programmes in poor countries lack health workers (2006) (9)
- Why Drug Safety Should Not Take a Back Seat to Efficacy (2011) (9)
- Does Academic Medicine Matter? (2006) (9)
- A hot flush for Big Pharma (2003) (9)
- Better Reporting, Better Research: Guidelines and Guidance in PLoS Medicine (2008) (8)
- Face transplants technically possible, but "very hazardous". (2004) (8)
- Gender bias in academia (2019) (8)
- The black box warning on philanthrocapitalism (2016) (8)
- Mobile dating apps could be driving HIV epidemic among adolescents in Asia Pacific, report says (2015) (7)
- Poor Diet in Shift Workers: A New Occupational Health Hazard? (2011) (7)
- Social Relationships Are Key to Health, and to Health Policy (2010) (7)
- A Medical Journal for the World's Health Priorities (2009) (7)
- Lancet Commission on the Value of Death (2018) (7)
- Maternal Health: Time to Deliver (2010) (7)
- Getting More Generous with the Truth: Clinical Trial Reporting in 2013 and Beyond (2013) (6)
- Scaling Up International Food Aid: Food Delivery Alone Cannot Solve the Malnutrition Crisis (2008) (6)
- Addressing the Wicked Problem of Obesity through Planning and Policies (2013) (6)
- Speed and Convenience Aren't Everything with Diagnostics (2011) (6)
- Media Portrayals of Suicide (2009) (6)
- Global evidence of gender inequity in academic health research: a living scoping review protocol. (2020) (6)
- Canada's time to act (2018) (6)
- Digital Humanitarianism: Collective Intelligence Emerging (2012) (6)
- Addressing Global Disparities in the Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases: Call for Papers (2012) (6)
- The global push for institutional childbirths—in unhygienic facilities (2016) (5)
- Getting Closer to a Fully Correctable and Connected Research Literature (2013) (5)
- Threat of war is affecting mental health of Iraqi children (2003) (5)
- Medicalization of global health 4: the universal health coverage campaign and the medicalization of global health. (2014) (5)
- Do the solutions for global health lie in healthcare? (2014) (5)
- Women too busy to exercise (2003) (5)
- Rape in War Is Common, Devastating, and Too Often Ignored (2009) (5)
- The Air That We Breathe: Addressing the Risks of Global Urbanization on Health (2012) (5)
- Translating Translational Research into Global Health Gains (2013) (5)
- Regulation of natural health products challenged (2004) (5)
- Health Care Systems and Conflict: A Fragile State of Affairs (2011) (5)
- Opening up to migration and health (2018) (5)
- War on Iraq could produce a humanitarian disaster, health professionals warn (2002) (5)
- Ensuring Integrity in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Accentuate the Negative (2009) (4)
- Threat of war is affecting mental health of Iraqi children, says report (2003) (4)
- Family Violence in Primary Care; Violence Against Women: A Physician's Guide to Identification and Management (2003) (4)
- Next Stop, Don't Block the Doors: Opening Up Access to Clinical Trials Results (2008) (4)
- Polishing the tarnished image of academic medicine (2004) (4)
- Making the “Right” Health Care Decisions: Why Values Matter (2009) (4)
- Pakistan authorities trade blame as heatwave deaths exceed 800 (2015) (3)
- Drug Development for Maternal Health Cannot Be Left to the Whims of the Market (2008) (3)
- Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice; Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (2003) (3)
- Male circumcision is not a panacea for HIV prevention (2006) (3)
- Ethics Without Borders (2009) (3)
- Competing interest bias in academic publications (2009) (3)
- Indian medical education system is broken, Reuters investigation finds (2015) (3)
- Focusing the Spotlight on Lack of Access to Health Information (2013) (3)
- Bangladesh’s ignored female sex workers (2015) (3)
- HIV in Maternal and Child Heath: Concurrent Crises Demand Cooperation (2010) (3)
- Bringing Clarity to the Reporting of Health Equity (2012) (3)
- Characteristics of potential predatory, open access, and subscription-based biomedical journals: a cross sectional comparison (2016) (2)
- The Lancet–SIGHT Commission on peaceful societies through health and gender equality (2020) (2)
- Canadian Women in Global Health #CWIGH: call for nominations (2018) (2)
- Dr Foster case notes (2004) (2)
- Science Must Be Responsible to Society, Not to Politics (2010) (2)
- Journals, Academics, and Pandemics (2010) (2)
- Medact report highlights aftermath of Iraq conflict (2003) (2)
- Human Trafficking: The Shameful Face of Migration (2011) (2)
- Women must take control of HIV prevention to curb spread of infection (2006) (2)
- Furore erupts over NIH “hit list” (2003) (2)
- "The More Lady You Are, the More They Treat You Like a Lady": Sexual Harassment and Health Risk for Young Women in a Male-Dominated Work Setting (1998) (1)
- Gary Barker: advocate for men's health and gender equality (2022) (1)
- World leaders adopt first global pact on migration (2018) (1)
- Bush's international health policies “condemn millions of women to die” (2004) (1)
- How covid-19 bolstered an already perverse publishing system (2023) (1)
- Pressure from tobacco industry is delaying vital law in Pakistan, say activists (2015) (1)
- Ellen Wiebe: pro-choice doctor providing peaceful deaths (2016) (1)
- Monique Bégin: Canadian health icon (2018) (1)
- Peer review: economy, identity, diversity (2021) (1)
- UN implores South East Asian nations to help starving migrants stranded at sea (2015) (1)
- Child deaths plummet but many countries miss millennium development goal (2015) (1)
- Open your eyes to Africa (2005) (1)
- Rewarding Canadian science has a gender equity problem (2019) (1)
- Where the Most Private Becomes Public: Policy Making for Sexual Health (2009) (1)
- How pandemic publishing struck a blow to the visibility of women’s expertise (2023) (1)
- Mandela calls for greater investment in global vaccination (2002) (1)
- Slow progress to reproductive rights (2004) (1)
- Equity for women in science: the role of gatekeepers (2023) (1)
- Increased Responsibility and Transparency in an Era of Increased Visibility (2010) (1)
- Beyond the Numbers: Describing Care at the End of Life (2012) (1)
- Primary care workers are given guidance on managing mental health in humanitarian crises (2015) (1)
- Euro MPs vote on research fund for neglected diseases (2003) (1)
- North American style (2003) (1)
- Backsliding in gender equality: a reminder that progress is a constant struggle (2022) (1)
- Cervical cancer screening (2003) (1)
- Five Years of Access and Activism (2009) (1)
- Pakistan mounts first mass antismoking campaign (2015) (1)
- Studying and Sharing: Mother and Daughter Learn Academia (1999) (1)
- Canadian task force on preventive health care under threat (2003) (1)
- GP contract delayed, but negotiations continue (2003) (1)
- Catering to the customers (2004) (0)
- Firdausi Qadri: putting Bangladeshi science on the map (2022) (0)
- A New Year's Wish List for Authors, Reviewers, Readers—and Ourselves (2009) (0)
- Website of the Week: Lesbian health (2003) (0)
- Medical Complicity in Torture at Guantánamo Bay: Evidence Is the First Step Toward Justice (2011) (0)
- Asylum inquiry calls for a fairer, more humane, and health centred asylum system (2022) (0)
- A New Year at PLoS Medicine: Maintaining a Focus on the World's Health Priorities and Identifying the Gaps (2012) (0)
- Teenagers and cannabis (2002) (0)
- The Neglected Diseases Section in PLoS Medicine: Moving Beyond Tropical Infections (2008) (0)
- Workers’ health protection still poor two years after factory collapse in Bangladesh (2015) (0)
- Rich nations are failing on universal access to antitretrovirals (2006) (0)
- Lesbian health (2003) (0)
- Safeguards in research are needed to protect patients' privacy, says report (2002) (0)
- Cheryl Moyer: egalitarian in global health research (2021) (0)
- Make peace not war (2003) (0)
- Mark Stevenson: systems thinker for cities (2016) (0)
- Most women with early stage breast cancer are tested for metastases despite advice against it, study finds (2015) (0)
- Cholera cover up in Haiti (2017) (0)
- Academic medicine: time for reinvention (2004) (0)
- First Liberal budget good for Canadian science, but what about global health? (2016) (0)
- New Research on Childbirth Has the Potential to Empower Women's Decision Making, but More Is Needed (2012) (0)
- Alika Lafontaine: Indigenous and Canadian change maker (2021) (0)
- Ilona Kickbusch: global health reformer (2017) (0)
- Death becomes us (2003) (0)
- Nasal balloon shows promise for otitis media with effusion (2015) (0)
- Reform Should Make Health the First Item of Business (2008) (0)
- 女性卒中后的治疗应有所不同吗 (2002) (0)
- Marceline Tutu van Furth: inspiring future medical leaders (2022) (0)
- World Bank conference debates how to reach the poor (2004) (0)
- Do tree planters live on the edge?: health risk-taking among reforestation workers in Northern British Columbia (1996) (0)
- Wendy Graham and Oona Campbell: maternal health mavericks (2016) (0)
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