Maroeska Rovers - Selected Publications#
Maroeska Rovers has published more than 225 peer-reviewed articles in major international journals with 4234 citations (excluding self citations) yielding an H-index of 36 (WebScience).
1. Abma IL, van der Wees PJ, Veer V, Westert GP, Rovers M. Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): A systematic review. Sleep Med Rev. 2016;28:18-31. IF=9.6
[Good quality measurement of patient-reported outcomes is a complex activity requiring considerable expertise and experience, and this paper shows that the candidate has this expertise]
2. De Rooij M, Hamoen EHJ, Witjes JA, Barentsz JO, Rovers MM. The accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for local staging of prostate cancer: a diagnostic meta-analysis. Eur Urol. 2015; pii: S0302-2838(15)00674-0. IF=13.9
[This PhD candidate was awarded the Lauterbur Award of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and MR for the best scientific MRI related work].
3. Tierney JF, Vale C, Riley R, Smith CT, Stewart L, Clarke M, Rovers M. Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials: Guidance on Their Use. PLoS Med. 2015;12(7):e1001855. IF=14.4
[This paper shows the candidate's international role. She arranged to write this paper in collaboration with the journal to further improve the quality of IPDMA papers]
4. Stewart LA, Clarke M, Rovers M, Riley RD, Simmonds M, Stewart G, Tierney JF; PRISMA-IPD Development Group. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of individual participant data: the PRISMA-IPD Statement. JAMA 2015;313(16):1657-65. IF=35.2
[This PRISMA statement paper aims to help authors improve the reporting of Individual Patient Data meta-analyses and approximately 174 journals in the health sciences endorse the PRISMA Statement]
5. Hamoen EH, de Rooij M, Witjes JA, Barentsz JO, Rovers MM. Use of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) for Prostate Cancer Detection with Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Diagnostic Meta-analysis. Eur Urol. 2014: S0302-2838(14)01122-1. IF=13.9.
[This paper belonged to the 10 most cited papers in urology journals in 2015, and is now often used to train urologists and radiologists all over the world to use this internationally recommended reporting standard]
6. Blanken MO, Rovers MM, Molenaar JM, Winkler-Seinstra PL, Meijer A,. Kimpen J, Bont LJ. Causal relationship between respiratory syncytial virus infection and recurrent wheeze during the first year of life. New Eng J Med 2013;368(19):1791-9. IF=56.1 [The candidate supervised this groundbreaking study together with the last author, they performed a RCT to test the hypothesis of a causal relationship between RSV infection and recurrent wheeze]
7. Melsen WG, Rovers MM, Groenwold RH, Bergmans DC, Camus C, Bauer TT, Hanisch EW, Klarin B, Koeman M, Krueger WA, Lacherade JC, Lorente L, Memish ZA, Morrow LE, Nardi G, van Nieuwenhoven CA, O'Keefe GE, Nakos G, Scannapieco FA, Seguin P, Staudinger T, Topeli A, Ferrer M, Bonten MJ. Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised prevention studies. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13(8):665-71. IF=22.4
[The candidate was asked to help supervising this international collaborative project of this PhD student due to her methodological expertise, they analyzed the raw data from 6284 patients from 24 trials using novel competing risk analyses]
8. Hannink G, Gooszen HG, Rovers MM. Comparison of registered and published primary outcomes in randomized clinical trials of surgical interventions. Annals of Surgery 2013; 257(5):818-23. IF=8.3 1.
[This paper got a lot of attention from the international media since selective reporting represents a huge cultural blindspot for doctors, academics, industry, regulators, and policy makers, which also underlies this proposal]
9. Groenwold RHH, Donders RT, Van der Heijden GJM, Hoes AW, Rovers MM. Subgroup analysis in Individual patient data meta-analysis and individual trials: are they confounded? Archives of Internal Medicine 2009;169(16):1532-4. IF=10.6
[ the recommendation from this paper, i.e. to use a one-stage model, became state of the art later that year at the Cochrane colloquium ]
10. Rovers MM, Glasziou P, Appelman CL, Burke P, McCormick D, Damoiseaux RA, Gaboury I, Little P, Hoes AW. Antibiotics for acute otitis media: a meta-analysis with individual patient data. Lancet 2006;368:1429-35. [ International collaboration, the results of this paper have been incorporated in more than 10 international guidelines, the method used has been recognized as an important tool to further improve individualized health care]
