Alec Knight

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 729 citations indexed

About

Alec Knight is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alec Knight has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 729 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alec Knight's work include Innovations in Medical Education (7 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 papers) and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (4 papers). Alec Knight is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (7 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 papers) and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (4 papers). Alec Knight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Alec Knight's co-authors include Fiona Patterson, Sandra Nicholson, Fran Cousans, Jennifer Cleland, Jon Dowell, Amanda Griffiths, Tom Cox, Simon Conroy, Rajvinder Samra and John Gladman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alec Knight

29 papers receiving 703 citations

Hit Papers

How effective are selection methods in medical education?... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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.

  1. How effective are selection methods in medical education? A systematic review
    2015 308 citations Fiona Patterson, Alec Knight et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alec Knight United Kingdom 12 394 182 160 79 64 33 729
Kelly M. Everard United States 9 92 0.2× 45 0.2× 208 1.3× 55 0.7× 98 1.5× 26 634
D. Daniel Hunt United States 13 493 1.3× 170 0.9× 277 1.7× 71 0.9× 3 0.0× 40 744
Heather Davidson United States 14 110 0.3× 37 0.2× 250 1.6× 42 0.5× 8 0.1× 46 685
Zhuo Zhao United States 14 217 0.6× 229 1.3× 361 2.3× 32 0.4× 2 0.0× 29 726
Susan M. Bennett United States 11 87 0.2× 138 0.8× 237 1.5× 59 0.7× 2 0.0× 18 980
David Müller United States 17 409 1.0× 111 0.6× 279 1.7× 121 1.5× 46 1.0k
T. T. Lewis United States 8 65 0.2× 31 0.2× 135 0.8× 45 0.6× 38 0.6× 12 644
Haikang Shen United States 17 137 0.3× 20 0.1× 146 0.9× 77 1.0× 5 0.1× 23 894
Kimberley Wilson Canada 14 111 0.3× 23 0.1× 209 1.3× 186 2.4× 26 0.4× 44 817
Erin Dehon United States 11 153 0.4× 54 0.3× 154 1.0× 66 0.8× 22 594

Countries citing papers authored by Alec Knight

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alec Knight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alec Knight

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knight, Alec, et al.. (2025). Burnout among trauma surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 10(4). e001873–e001873.
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Fisher, Zoe, Hayley Hutchings, Kymberley Carter, et al.. (2024). Group-based positive psychotherapy for people living with acquired brain injury: a protocol for a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 10(1). 38–38. 1 indexed citations
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Houdmont, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. BDJ. 2 indexed citations
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Leedham‐Green, Kathleen, Alec Knight, & Gabriel Reedy. (2021). Success and limiting factors in health service innovation: a theory-generating mixed methods evaluation of UK projects. BMJ Open. 11(5). e047943–e047943. 2 indexed citations
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Knight, Alec, et al.. (2021). Questionnaire Survey of Burnout Amongst Dentists in Singapore. International Dental Journal. 72(2). 161–168. 9 indexed citations
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Leedham‐Green, Kathleen, Alec Knight, & Rick Iedema. (2019). Intra- and interprofessional practices through fresh eyes: a qualitative analysis of medical students’ early workplace experiences. BMC Medical Education. 19(1). 287–287. 17 indexed citations
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Mandavia, Rishi, et al.. (2018). What are the requirements for developing a successful national registry of auditory implants? A qualitative study. BMJ Open. 8(9). e021720–e021720. 15 indexed citations
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Mandavia, Rishi, Alec Knight, John S. Phillips, et al.. (2017). What are the essential features of a successful surgical registry? a systematic review. BMJ Open. 7(9). e017373–e017373. 37 indexed citations
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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of two selection tests for recruitment into radiology specialty training. BMC Medical Education. 16(1). 170–170. 6 indexed citations
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Manikam, Logan, et al.. (2015). What drives junior doctors to use clinical practice guidelines? A national cross-sectional survey of foundation doctors in England & Wales. BMC Medical Education. 15(1). 227–227. 12 indexed citations
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Samra, Rajvinder, Amanda Griffiths, Tom Cox, Simon Conroy, & Alec Knight. (2013). Changes in Medical Student and Doctor Attitudes Toward Older Adults After an Intervention: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61(7). 1188–1196. 98 indexed citations
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Patterson, Fiona, et al.. (2013). How best to assist struggling trainees? Developing an evidence-based framework to guide support interventions. Education for Primary Care. 24(5). 330–339. 15 indexed citations
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Mitra, Suvobrata, et al.. (2012). Divergent effects of cognitive load on quiet stance and task-linked postural coordination.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 39(2). 323–328. 40 indexed citations
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Knight, Alec, Peter A. Underhill, Holly M. Mortensen, et al.. (2003). African Y Chromosome and mtDNA Divergence Provides Insight into the History of Click Languages. Current Biology. 13(8). 705–705. 8 indexed citations
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COLES, C. R., C. J. Crace, Sue Cradock, et al.. (1996). Training and professional development in diabetes care.. PubMed. 13(9 Suppl 4). S65–76. 6 indexed citations
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Knight, Alec & David P. Mindell. (1995). Weighting of Nucleotide Sequences: A Reply. Systematic Biology. 44(1). 112–112. 1 indexed citations

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