Aimee Spector

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
183 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Aimee Spector is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aimee Spector has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 75 papers in General Health Professions and 56 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Aimee Spector's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (128 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (35 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (25 papers). Aimee Spector is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (128 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (35 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (25 papers). Aimee Spector collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Hong Kong. Aimee Spector's co-authors include Martin Orrell, Bob Woods, Elisa Aguirre, Lene Thorgrimsen, Lindsay Royan, Joshua Stott, Stephen Davies, Charlotte R. Stoner, Lauren Yates and Vasiliki Orgeta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Aimee Spector

170 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Efficacy of an evidence-based cognitive stimulation therapy programme for people with dementia

2003 586 citations Aimee Spector, Bob Woods et al. profile →
Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia

2012 562 citations Bob Woods, Elisa Aguirre et al. profile →
Reminiscence therapy for dementia

2018 262 citations Bob Woods, Aimee Spector et al. profile →
Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and apathy symptoms across dementia stages: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

2021 143 citations Dara Kiu Yi Leung, Aimee Spector et al. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aimee Spector United Kingdom	47	5.2k	2.5k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	183	7.8k
Susan M. McCurry United States	52	4.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	2.3k 2.0×	497 0.5×	176	11.4k
Rebecca G. Logsdon United States	45	6.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	688 0.6×	113	9.7k
Louis D. Burgio United States	43	2.7k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	505 0.4×	370 0.3×	111	5.6k
Marjolein de Vugt Netherlands	46	6.2k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	864 0.7×	279 0.3×	201	9.4k
Sytse U. Zuidema Netherlands	37	3.8k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	872 0.6×	727 0.6×	285 0.3×	202	7.1k
Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans Netherlands	45	4.7k 0.9×	3.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	659 0.6×	335 0.3×	225	9.2k
Brian Draper Australia	55	4.4k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	3.4k 2.4×	700 0.6×	393 0.4×	335	10.6k
Gábor S. Ungvári China	58	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	4.0k 2.8×	1.6k 1.4×	946 0.9×	557	13.9k
Helen Chiu Hong Kong	54	3.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	3.6k 2.5×	1.1k 0.9×	555 0.5×	268	11.3k
Martin Orrell United Kingdom	71	9.8k 1.9×	6.8k 2.7×	2.9k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	391	16.3k

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Solís, Patricia, et al.. (2025). Adaptación cultural de una terapia de estimulación cognitiva. PubMed. 35(166). 47–55.

Stott, Joshua, et al.. (2025). Cognitive stimulation in non-memory led dementias: A scoping review. Dementia. 24(5). 996–1019.

Connaghan, John, Kieren Egan, Nia Goulden, et al.. (2025). A Process Evaluation of the UK Randomised Trial Evaluating ‘iSupport’, an Online e-Health Intervention for Adult Carers of People Living with Dementia. Behavioral Sciences. 15(8). 1107–1107. 2 indexed citations

Spector, Aimee, et al.. (2024). Virtual Group Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. The Gerontologist. 64(8). 3 indexed citations

Stott, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Is Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy the Future for People with Dementia? An Audit of UK NHS Memory Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 8(4). 360–367. 4 indexed citations

Volkmer, Anna, Suzanne Beeke, Jason D. Warren, Aimee Spector, & Holly Walton. (2023). Development of fidelity of delivery and enactment measures for interventions in communication disorders. British Journal of Health Psychology. 29(1). 112–133. 2 indexed citations

Volkmer, Anna, Holly Walton, Kate Swinburn, et al.. (2023). Results from a randomised controlled pilot study of the Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia (BCPPA) communication partner training program for people with PPA and their communication partners. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 87–87. 18 indexed citations

Wong, Gloria Hoi Yan, et al.. (2022). Delivering Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Virtually: Developing and Field-Testing a New Framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17 indexed citations

Stott, Joshua, et al.. (2022). A systematic literature review of group-based training interventions for informal carers: impact on the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Aging & Mental Health. 27(7). 1246–1255. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Tianyin, Aimee Spector, Daniel C. Mograbi, Gary Cheung, & Gloria Hoi Yan Wong. (2021). Changes in Default Mode Network Connectivity in Resting-State fMRI in People with Mild Dementia Receiving Cognitive Stimulation Therapy. Brain Sciences. 11(9). 1137–1137. 15 indexed citations

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Spector, Aimee, et al.. (2020). e‐Mental health care for people living with dementia: A lesson on digital equality from COVID‐19. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 12(1). e12100–e12100. 10 indexed citations

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Leung, Dara Kiu Yi, et al.. (2020). Can mindfulness-based interventions benefit people with dementia? Drawing on the evidence from a systematic review in populations with cognitive impairments. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 20(11). 1143–1156. 11 indexed citations

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Csipke, Emese, Esme Moniz‐Cook, Phuong Leung, et al.. (2019). The development of the Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE) intervention to enhance independence in dementia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Yates, Lauren, Emese Csipke, Esme Moniz‐Cook, et al.. (2019). <p>The development of the Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE) intervention to enhance independence in dementia</p>. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 14. 1615–1630. 27 indexed citations

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Walton, Holly, Ildikó Tombor, Jane Burgess, et al.. (2019). Measuring fidelity of delivery of the Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia-UK intervention. BMC Geriatrics. 19(1). 364–364. 15 indexed citations

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Volkmer, Anna, Aimee Spector, Jason D. Warren, & Suzanne Beeke. (2018). The ‘Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia (BCPPA)’ program for people with PPA (Primary Progressive Aphasia): protocol for a randomised controlled pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4(1). 158–158. 26 indexed citations

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Wong, Gloria Hoi Yan, et al.. (2017). Cultural adaptation of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) for Chinese people with dementia: multicentre pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33(6). 841–848. 31 indexed citations

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D’Amico, Francesco, Amritpal Rehill, Martín Knapp, et al.. (2014). Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: An Economic Evaluation Within a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 16(1). 63–70. 41 indexed citations

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Spector, Aimee, Martin Orrell, Juanita Hoe, et al.. (2012). Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for anxiety in people with dementia: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 13(1). 197–197. 20 indexed citations

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Clare, Linda, Bob Woods, Esme Moniz‐Cook, Martin Orrell, & Aimee Spector. (2001). Cognitive rehabilitation interventions targeting memory functioning in early-stage Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. UCL Discovery (University College London). 9 indexed citations

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