Alex Pollock

12.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
83 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Alex Pollock is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Epidemiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Pollock has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Rehabilitation, 33 papers in Epidemiology and 21 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Alex Pollock's work include Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (44 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (27 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (18 papers). Alex Pollock is often cited by papers focused on Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (44 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (27 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (18 papers). Alex Pollock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. Alex Pollock's co-authors include Peter Langhorne, Fiona Coupar, Pauline Campbell, Marian Brady, Eivind Berge, Frederike van Wijck, Jan Mehrholz, Gillian Mead, Christine Hazelton and Sybil Farmer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Alex Pollock

83 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Motor recovery after stroke: a systematic review

2009 1.6k citations Peter Langhorne, Alex Pollock et al. profile →
Interventions for improving upper limb function after stroke

2014 613 citations Alex Pollock, Sybil Farmer et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review

2020 437 citations Alex Pollock, Pauline Campbell et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
How to do a systematic review

2017 298 citations Alex Pollock et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Pollock United Kingdom	38	4.0k	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	83	7.2k
Dorothy Farrar Edwards United States	48	2.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	174	8.1k
Joel Stein United States	46	5.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	166	9.3k
Nadina B. Lincoln United Kingdom	53	4.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	197	8.7k
Ching‐Lin Hsieh Taiwan	51	3.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	609 0.5×	402	10.2k
Gustaaf J. Lankhorst Netherlands	46	4.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	710 0.6×	126	9.8k
Katharina S. Sunnerhagen Sweden	59	5.2k 1.3×	3.1k 1.9×	3.3k 2.1×	2.7k 1.8×	722 0.6×	370	12.1k
Johanne Desrosiers Canada	53	2.9k 0.7×	2.9k 1.7×	1.0k 0.6×	836 0.6×	884 0.7×	182	7.7k
Joachim Kügler Germany	43	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	818 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	676 0.6×	205	6.7k
Mark Bayley Canada	47	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	3.3k 2.1×	1.7k 1.1×	673 0.6×	295	8.0k
Catherine Sackley United Kingdom	43	2.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	490 0.4×	209	7.4k

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Wijck, Frederike van, et al.. (2021). International consensus recommendations for outcome measurement in post-stroke arm rehabilitation trials. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 57(1). 61–68. 12 indexed citations

Scobbie, Lesley, Katie Thomson, Alex Pollock, & Jonathan J. Evans. (2020). Goal adjustment by people living with long-term conditions: A scoping review of literature published from January 2007 to June 2018.. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 31(8). 1314–1345. 5 indexed citations

Négrini, Stefano, Thorsten Meyer, Chiara Arienti, et al.. (2020). The 3rd Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting: "Rehabilitation definition for scientific research purposes". European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 56(5). 658–660. 21 indexed citations

Arienti, Chiara, Michele Patrini, Alex Pollock, et al.. (2020). A comparison and synthesis of rehabilitation definitions used by consumers (Google), major Stakeholders (survey) and researchers (Cochrane Systematic Reviews): a terminological analysis. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 56(5). 682–689. 16 indexed citations

Stucki, Gerold, Alex Pollock, Julia Patrick Engkasan, & Melissa Selb. (2019). How to use the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a reference system for comparative evaluation and standardized reporting of rehabilitation interventions. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 55(3). 384–394. 42 indexed citations

Hazelton, Christine, Alex Pollock, Anne Taylor, et al.. (2019). A qualitative exploration of the effect of visual field loss on daily life in home-dwelling stroke survivors. Clinical Rehabilitation. 33(7). 1264–1273. 12 indexed citations

Rowe, Fiona J., Lauren R. Hepworth, Elizabeth J. Conroy, et al.. (2019). Visual Function Questionnaire as an outcome measure for homonymous hemianopia: subscales and supplementary questions, analysis from the VISION trial. Eye. 33(9). 1485–1493. 9 indexed citations

Hagen, Suzanne, et al.. (2018). Shared research priorities for pessary use in women with prolapse: results from a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership. BMJ Open. 8(4). e021276–e021276. 18 indexed citations

Hunt, Harriet, Alex Pollock, Pauline Campbell, Lise J Estcourt, & Ginny Brunton. (2018). An introduction to overviews of reviews: planning a relevant research question and objective for an overview. Systematic Reviews. 7(1). 39–39. 211 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, Pauline Campbell, Caroline Struthers, et al.. (2018). Stakeholder involvement in systematic reviews: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews. 7(1). 208–208. 117 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, Pauline Campbell, Ginny Brunton, Harriet Hunt, & Lise J Estcourt. (2017). Selecting and implementing overview methods: implications from five exemplar overviews. Systematic Reviews. 6(1). 145–145. 84 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, Pauline Campbell, Caroline Struthers, et al.. (2017). Stakeholder involvement in systematic reviews: a protocol for a systematic review of methods, outcomes and effects. Research Involvement and Engagement. 3(1). 9–9. 35 indexed citations

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Rowe, Fiona J., Elizabeth J. Conroy, Emma Bedson, et al.. (2016). A Randomised Controlled Trial of Treatment for Post-Stroke Homonymous Hemianopia: Screening and Recruitment. Neuro-Ophthalmology. 40(1). 1–7. 8 indexed citations

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Rowe, Fiona J., Marion Walker, Alex Pollock, et al.. (2015). Care Provision for Poststroke Visual Impairment. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 24(6). 1131–1144. 26 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, et al.. (2015). Clinical supervision for NMAHPs: a rapid systematic review of research evidence. 1 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, Sybil Farmer, Marian Brady, et al.. (2014). Interventions for improving upper limb function after stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014(11). CD010820–CD010820. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pollock, Alex, et al.. (2013). Cognitive rehabilitation for executive dysfunction in adults with stroke or other adult non-progressive acquired brain damage. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013(4). CD008391–CD008391. 149 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, Christine Hazelton, & Marian Brady. (2011). Visual Problems After Stroke: A Survey of Current Practice by Occupational Therapists Working in UK Stroke Inpatient Settings. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 18(sup1). 643–651. 28 indexed citations

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Pollock, Alex, Gillian Baer, Peter Langhorne, & Valerie M. Pomeroy. (2008). Physiotherapy Treatment Approaches for Stroke. Stroke. 39(2). 519–520. 17 indexed citations

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Legg, Lynn, Alex Pollock, Peter Langhorne, & Cameron Sellars. (2000). A multidisciplinary research agenda for stroke rehabilitation. British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 7(7). 319–324. 14 indexed citations

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