Alison Beard

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alison Beard is a scholar working on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Beard has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Neurology, 5 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alison Beard's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (3 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (2 papers). Alison Beard is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (3 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (2 papers). Alison Beard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ghana. Alison Beard's co-authors include Eliot Slater, Colin McEvedy, Kenneth Dewhurst, W. H. Jopling, Cornelius Katona, Elizabeth Clingham, Gill Livingston, Laurence Henry, Jacob González‐Solís and Laura Zango and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, Marine Ecology Progress Series and Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

In The Last Decade

Alison Beard

39 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Schizophrenia-like Psychoses of Epilepsy 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 200 400 600
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. The Schizophrenia-like Psychoses of Epilepsy
    1963 666 citations Eliot Slater, Alison Beard The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alison Beard United Kingdom 16 788 272 236 229 146 40 1.3k
D. A. Pond United Kingdom 17 525 0.7× 156 0.6× 289 1.2× 152 0.7× 89 0.6× 34 961
Kenneth Dewhurst United Kingdom 16 258 0.3× 197 0.7× 38 0.2× 244 1.1× 193 1.3× 71 1.0k
Paul J. Scully Ireland 21 648 0.8× 139 0.5× 35 0.1× 143 0.6× 42 0.3× 38 1.3k
Sally L. Satel United States 24 437 0.6× 169 0.6× 47 0.2× 656 2.9× 89 0.6× 67 1.7k
C. Stefanis Greece 19 380 0.5× 175 0.6× 36 0.2× 101 0.4× 31 0.2× 58 1.1k
Claire L. Isaac United Kingdom 19 460 0.6× 595 2.2× 60 0.3× 108 0.5× 63 0.4× 26 1.3k
J.I.M. Egger Netherlands 24 479 0.6× 525 1.9× 76 0.3× 102 0.4× 192 1.3× 196 2.1k
Jeff Victoroff United States 19 253 0.3× 128 0.5× 56 0.2× 73 0.3× 171 1.2× 35 1.4k
Randy Katz Canada 16 775 1.0× 242 0.9× 56 0.2× 88 0.4× 25 0.2× 21 1.7k
Tamás Tényi Hungary 21 535 0.7× 315 1.2× 97 0.4× 41 0.2× 36 0.2× 132 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Beard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Beard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alison Beard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alison Beard based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alison Beard. Alison Beard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Graham, Jennifer, Michaela Schratzberger, Judith K. Brown, et al.. (2021). Rocky reefs of St Helena and the tropical Atlantic: how the lack of coral and an isolated oceanic location drive unique inshore marine ecology. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 663. 31–49. 5 indexed citations
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Zango, Laura, Alison Beard, Laurence Henry, et al.. (2018). Foraging ecology of tropicbirds breeding in two contrasting marine environments in the tropical Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 607. 221–236. 16 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (2016). Ceos shouldn’t try to embody their firms’ culture. Harvard business review. 94(7). 10. 1 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison, et al.. (2014). J. Craig Venter the biologist who led the for-profit effort to sequence the human genome shares his thoughts on commercializing science.. PubMed. 92(9). 132–132. 1 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (2014). Leading with humor. Harvard business review. 92(5). 130–131. 10 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (2014). Job leads can be a real downer. Harvard business review. 92(12). 11. 7 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison, et al.. (2012). Trabajo de vida: [entrevista a Kenneth Cole]. Harvard business review. 90(2). 100. 6 indexed citations
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Oppel, Steffen, Fiona Burns, Kai Horst George, et al.. (2012). Recent Observations Suggest Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria Bulwerii Might Breed on St Helena. Marine ornithology. 40(1). 2 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (2011). Cómo sobrevivir a desafíos idénticos en el hogar y en el trabajo. Harvard business review. 89(1). 96–98. 16 indexed citations
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Dewhurst, Kenneth & Alison Beard. (2003). Sudden religious conversions in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 4(1). 78–87. 20 indexed citations
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Livingston, Gill, et al.. (2000). A nurse-coordinated educational initiative addressing primary care professionals' attitudes to and problem-solving in depression in older people?a pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 15(5). 401–405. 11 indexed citations
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McEvedy, Colin & Alison Beard. (1970). Concept of Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. BMJ. 1(5687). 11–15. 60 indexed citations
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McEvedy, Colin & Alison Beard. (1970). Royal Free Epidemic of 1955: A Reconsideration. BMJ. 1(5687). 7–11. 123 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (1964). Theory of Schizophrenia. BMJ. 2(5410). 682.3–682. 1 indexed citations
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Slater, Eliot, et al.. (1963). v. Discussion and Conclusions. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 109(458). 143–150. 14 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (1962). Russian Research on Schizophrenia. BMJ. 2(5305). 654.2–655. 1 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (1962). Epidemiology of Mental Illness. BMJ. 2(5298). 168.1–168. 1 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison & Eliot Slater. (1962). The Schizophrenic-Like Psychoses of Epilepsy [Abridged]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 55(4). 311–316. 50 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (1960). SCHIZOPHRENIA IN POLYSYLLABLES. BMJ. 2(5202). 846–847. 1 indexed citations
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Beard, Alison. (1959). THE ASSOCIATION OF HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. A review of the literature and case report. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 34(4). 411–428. 27 indexed citations

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