Alan O’Rourke

1.0k total citations
23 papers, 738 citations indexed

About

Alan O’Rourke is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan O’Rourke has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 738 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in General Health Professions, 3 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 2 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Alan O’Rourke's work include Health Sciences Research and Education (8 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (3 papers) and Academic Writing and Publishing (2 papers). Alan O’Rourke is often cited by papers focused on Health Sciences Research and Education (8 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (3 papers) and Academic Writing and Publishing (2 papers). Alan O’Rourke collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Alan O’Rourke's co-authors include Nick J. Fox, Katie Ward, Andrew Booth, Chris Roberts, David Newble, Nicholas J. Ford, Nigel Ford, Jane A. Walker, Ann Jackson and D. Gary Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Medical Education and Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Alan O’Rourke

22 papers receiving 673 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan O’Rourke United Kingdom	11	286	139	135	130	92	23	738
Philip Tovey United Kingdom	18	289 1.0×	159 1.1×	91 0.7×	73 0.6×	59 0.6×	49	1.0k
William G. Rothstein United States	13	216 0.8×	161 1.2×	152 1.1×	124 1.0×	21 0.2×	34	759
Jumana Antoun Lebanon	12	199 0.7×	102 0.7×	118 0.9×	65 0.5×	59 0.6×	60	524
Jan Duke New Zealand	9	224 0.8×	137 1.0×	187 1.4×	186 1.4×	62 0.7×	19	716
Jing-Bao Nie New Zealand	7	234 0.8×	146 1.1×	127 0.9×	118 0.9×	66 0.7×	10	784
Luís David Castiel Brazil	16	293 1.0×	198 1.4×	105 0.8×	78 0.6×	94 1.0×	110	773
James Smith Australia	15	319 1.1×	167 1.2×	145 1.1×	168 1.3×	38 0.4×	62	925
Susan E. Bell United States	14	102 0.4×	201 1.4×	125 0.9×	132 1.0×	25 0.3×	39	752
Diana M. Zuckerman United States	16	201 0.7×	244 1.8×	160 1.2×	331 2.5×	145 1.6×	51	1.2k
Diana Chapman Walsh United States	16	478 1.7×	116 0.8×	128 0.9×	97 0.7×	26 0.3×	57	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan O’Rourke

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20 of 20 papers shown

Peters, Jean, et al.. (2008). Predicting job loss in those off sick. Occupational Medicine. 58(2). 99–106. 14 indexed citations

Fox, Nick J., Katie Ward, & Alan O’Rourke. (2006). A Sociology of Technology Governance for the Information Age: The Case of Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Advertising and the Internet. Sociology. 40(2). 315–334. 31 indexed citations

Sutton, Anthea, Andrew Booth, Lynda Ayiku, & Alan O’Rourke. (2005). e‐FOLIO: using e‐learning to learn about e‐learning. Health Information & Libraries Journal. 22(s2). 84–88. 6 indexed citations

Fox, Nick J., Katie Ward, & Alan O’Rourke. (2005). Pro‐anorexia, weight‐loss drugs and the internet: an ‘anti‐recovery’ explanatory model of anorexia. Sociology of Health & Illness. 27(7). 944–971. 155 indexed citations

Fox, Nick J., Katie Ward, & Alan O’Rourke. (2005). The birth of the e-clinic. Continuity or transformation in the UK governance of pharmaceutical consumption?. Social Science & Medicine. 61(7). 1474–1484. 22 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Alan. (2005). Minimising clinical risk. Current Paediatrics. 15(6). 466–472.

Fox, Nick J., Katie Ward, & Alan O’Rourke. (2004). The ‘expert patient’: empowerment or medical dominance? The case of weight loss, pharmaceutical drugs and the Internet. Social Science & Medicine. 60(6). 1299–1309. 316 indexed citations

Roberts, Chris, David Newble, & Alan O’Rourke. (2002). Portfolio‐based assessments in medical education: are they valid and reliable for summative purposes?. Medical Education. 36(10). 899–900. 64 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Alan. (2001). Dealing with prejudice. Journal of Medical Ethics. 27(2). 123–125. 4 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Alan, Nick J. Fox, & Rosemary Field. (2001). A survey of education and training for clinical governance leads and Caldicott Guardians in primary care in Trent Region. 9(3). 137–142. 1 indexed citations

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Booth, Andrew & Alan O’Rourke. (2000). SUMSearch and PubMed: 2 Internet-based evidence-based medicine tools. ACP Journal Club. 132(3). A16–A16. 2 indexed citations

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Booth, Andrew, Alan O’Rourke, & Nicholas J. Ford. (2000). Structuring the pre-search reference interview: a useful technique for handling clinical questions.. PubMed. 88(3). 239–46. 37 indexed citations

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Booth, Andrew & Alan O’Rourke. (1999). Searching for evidence: principles and practice. Evidence-Based Medicine. 4(5). 133–136. 13 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Alan, et al.. (1999). The Wisdom Project: virtual education in primary care. Health Libraries Review. 16(2). 73–81. 6 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Alan, Andrew Booth, & Nigel Ford. (1999). Another fine MeSH: clinical medicine meets information science. Journal of Information Science. 25(4). 275–281. 1 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Alan, et al.. (1999). EBM Notebook. Searching for evidence: principles and practice. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 2 indexed citations

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Booth, Andrew & Alan O’Rourke. (1997). The value of structured abstracts in information retrieval from MEDLINE. Health Libraries Review. 14(3). 157–166. 16 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Alan, et al.. (1997). Word Variant Identification in Old French.. Information Research. 2. 7 indexed citations

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Booth, Andrew & Alan O’Rourke. (1997). The value of structured abstracts in information retrieval from MEDLINE. Health Libraries Review. 14(3). 157–166. 5 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Alan. (1997). Structured abstracts in information retrieval from biomedical databases: a literature survey. Health Informatics Journal. 3(1). 17–20. 3 indexed citations

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