Aine Sommerfield

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 703 citations indexed

About

Aine Sommerfield is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Aine Sommerfield has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 703 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 11 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Aine Sommerfield's work include Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (13 papers), Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (9 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (5 papers). Aine Sommerfield is often cited by papers focused on Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (13 papers), Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (9 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (5 papers). Aine Sommerfield collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Aine Sommerfield's co-authors include Britta S. von Ungern‐Sternberg, Chloe Heath, Adrian Regli, David Sommerfield, Michaela Lucas, Kristina Rueter, Lliana Slevin, Clyde Matava, T. Wesley Templeton and Thomas F. E. Drake‐Brockman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, CHEST Journal and Anesthesia & Analgesia.

In The Last Decade

Aine Sommerfield

33 papers receiving 684 citations

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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.

Resilience strategies to manage psychological distress among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a narrative review

2020 366 citations Chloe Heath, Aine Sommerfield et al. Anaesthesia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aine Sommerfield Australia	10	285	205	142	85	69	39	703
Aaron J. Bonham United States	20	47 0.2×	137 0.7×	61 0.4×	55 0.6×	42 0.6×	73	981
Hsin‐Tien Hsu Taiwan	20	131 0.5×	156 0.8×	66 0.5×	11 0.1×	123 1.8×	43	753
Sara Runesdotter Sweden	13	70 0.2×	342 1.7×	41 0.3×	18 0.2×	115 1.7×	17	723
Kristin Kan United States	15	133 0.5×	231 1.1×	120 0.8×	9 0.1×	25 0.4×	34	615
Jari Ahvenainen Finland	7	73 0.3×	184 0.9×	94 0.7×	18 0.2×	94 1.4×	8	589
Huda Abu‐Saad Huijer Lebanon	20	142 0.5×	259 1.3×	50 0.4×	74 0.9×	219 3.2×	54	1.0k
Sarah Beth L. Barnett United States	11	198 0.7×	251 1.2×	242 1.7×	26 0.3×	6 0.1×	18	1.0k
Debra Jeffs United Kingdom	11	35 0.1×	112 0.5×	90 0.6×	25 0.3×	67 1.0×	21	567
Lorna Finnegan United States	16	62 0.2×	117 0.6×	19 0.1×	27 0.3×	78 1.1×	38	703
Kimberly D. Johnson United States	17	64 0.2×	157 0.8×	91 0.6×	12 0.1×	12 0.2×	39	721

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Taylor, Ellen, Aine Sommerfield, Emily Rice, et al.. (2025). Patient and carer priorities for research and clinical care of children with Down syndrome. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 110(9). 729–736. 2 indexed citations

Drake‐Brockman, Thomas F. E., et al.. (2025). Children's Anxiety in the Perioperative Environment: A Qualitative Exploration With Children, Parents and Staff at a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 69(10). e70135–e70135.

Sommerfield, David, et al.. (2025). Environmental exposure to air pollution and pollen and the risk of perioperative respiratory adverse events in paediatric anaesthesia: A narrative review. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. 44(6). 101601–101601. 1 indexed citations

Ungern‐Sternberg, Britta S. von & Aine Sommerfield. (2025). Enhancing Anesthesia Research: The Imperative of Consumer Engagement Into Clinical Research. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 142(4). 685–690.

Sommerfield, Aine, et al.. (2024). Information overload and parental perspectives on information provided to parents/carers of paediatric patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0309485–e0309485. 2 indexed citations

Patterson, Heather, et al.. (2024). Patient positioning and its impact on perioperative outcomes in children: A narrative review. Pediatric Anesthesia. 34(6). 507–518. 3 indexed citations

Sommerfield, David, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Use and Acceptability of Virtual Reality to Assist Coping in Children Undergoing Clinical Procedures. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing. 30(1). e70002–e70002. 1 indexed citations

Humphreys, Susan, Andreas Schibler, Tara Williams, et al.. (2024). Flexible bronchoscopy insufflated and high-flow nasal oxygen pilot trial (BUFFALO protocol pilot trial). Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 10(1). 45–45.

Sommerfield, Aine, et al.. (2023). The influence of the COVID pandemic on the management of URTI in children. BJA Education. 23(12). 473–479. 1 indexed citations

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Heath, Chloe, et al.. (2023). Kids Voices, the perioperative experience of emergency surgery from children’s perspectives: A qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling. 110. 107674–107674. 6 indexed citations

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Rueter, Kristina, Michaela Lucas, David Sommerfield, et al.. (2022). Penicillin allergySHACK: Survey of hospital and community knowledge. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 58(8). 1414–1419. 5 indexed citations

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Ungern‐Sternberg, Britta S. von, et al.. (2021). Perioperative pediatric tonsillectomy analgesia: A single‐center review of practice and cost‐effectiveness analysis. Pediatric Anesthesia. 31(4). 497–498. 2 indexed citations

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Sommerfield, David, et al.. (2021). Kids voices: Exploring children’s perspective of tonsillectomy surgery. Pediatric Anesthesia. 31(12). 1368–1370. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Kenneth, Aine Sommerfield, David Sommerfield, et al.. (2021). Prescribing in a pediatric hospital setting – Lost in translation?. Patient Education and Counseling. 105(6). 1614–1619. 2 indexed citations

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Regli, Adrian, Aine Sommerfield, & Britta S. von Ungern‐Sternberg. (2021). Anesthetic considerations in children with asthma. Pediatric Anesthesia. 32(2). 148–155. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Kenneth, et al.. (2021). Parents’ perspectives towards paediatric confectionary masked medications: a qualitative study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 44(2). 374–380. 4 indexed citations

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Sommerfield, Aine, Lliana Slevin, Thomas F. E. Drake‐Brockman, et al.. (2020). Anaesthesia, pain and recovery profiles in children following dental extractions. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 48(4). 306–313. 3 indexed citations

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Regli, Adrian, Aine Sommerfield, & Britta S. von Ungern‐Sternberg. (2020). The role of fit testing N95/FFP2/FFP3 masks: a narrative review. Anaesthesia. 76(1). 91–100. 78 indexed citations

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Lucas, Michaela, Aine Sommerfield, Michelle Trevenen, et al.. (2018). Antibiotic Allergy Labels in Children Are Associated with Adverse Clinical Outcomes. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice. 7(3). 975–982. 57 indexed citations

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Sommerfield, David, et al.. (2018). Allergy alerts — The incidence of parentally reported allergies in children presenting for general anesthesia. Pediatric Anesthesia. 29(2). 153–160. 4 indexed citations

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