Alison Booth

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alison Booth is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Booth has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alison Booth's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (6 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (6 papers). Alison Booth is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (6 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (6 papers). Alison Booth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Alison Booth's co-authors include Mark Petticrew, David Moher, Lesley Stewart, Mike Clarke, Davina Ghersi, Gordon Dooley, Kath Wright, Paul Wilson, Liz Bickerdike and Kate Farley and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alison Booth

75 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The nuts and bolts of PROSPERO: an international prospect... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2017 250 500 750
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 nuts and bolts of PROSPERO: an international prospective register of systematic reviews
    2012 952 citations Alison Booth et al. profile →
  2. Social prescribing: less rhetoric and more reality. A systematic review of the evidence
    2017 504 citations Liz Bickerdike, Alison Booth et al. BMJ Open 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 Booth United Kingdom 26 644 523 408 395 352 83 3.4k
Kath Wright United Kingdom 37 1.4k 2.1× 834 1.6× 345 0.8× 471 1.2× 935 2.7× 95 5.7k
Anthea Sutton United Kingdom 25 880 1.4× 333 0.6× 226 0.6× 265 0.7× 193 0.5× 85 2.8k
Catherine Meads United Kingdom 39 504 0.8× 650 1.2× 294 0.7× 268 0.7× 532 1.5× 143 5.3k
Ken Stein United Kingdom 47 1.1k 1.8× 688 1.3× 877 2.1× 307 0.8× 607 1.7× 167 6.9k
Cindy Cooper United Kingdom 38 2.2k 3.5× 875 1.7× 547 1.3× 452 1.1× 323 0.9× 139 6.4k
Zoe Jordan Australia 24 1.1k 1.8× 565 1.1× 148 0.4× 288 0.7× 191 0.5× 104 3.0k
Trish Groves United Kingdom 19 813 1.3× 815 1.6× 686 1.7× 281 0.7× 732 2.1× 73 5.9k
Rachel Shaw United Kingdom 31 1.3k 2.0× 676 1.3× 364 0.9× 697 1.8× 83 0.2× 128 4.0k
Alison Shaw United Kingdom 34 1.2k 1.8× 599 1.1× 296 0.7× 714 1.8× 112 0.3× 127 3.9k
Erik Taal Netherlands 43 1.7k 2.7× 373 0.7× 288 0.7× 734 1.9× 363 1.0× 158 6.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Booth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Booth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alison Booth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alison Booth 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 Booth. Alison Booth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tew, Garry A., Laura Wiley, Lesley Ward, et al.. (2024). Chair-based yoga programme for older adults with multimorbidity: RCT with embedded economic and process evaluations. Health Technology Assessment. 28(53). 1–152. 4 indexed citations
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Booth, Alison, et al.. (2023). Food and nutrition education: primary school teaching practices and environments in Australia. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 82(OCE2). 1 indexed citations
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Fairhurst, Caroline, Catherine Hewitt, Laura Wiley, et al.. (2022). Enclosing a pen in a postal questionnaire follow-up to increase response rate: a study within a trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 53–53. 2 indexed citations
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Cook, Liz, Arabella Scantlebury, Alison Booth, et al.. (2021). Surgery versus conservative management of stable thoracolumbar fracture: the PRESTO feasibility RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 25(62). 1–126. 8 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Aileen, et al.. (2020). A rapid review investigating the potential impact of a pandemic on the mental health of young people aged 12–25 years. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 38(3). 192–207. 23 indexed citations
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Booth, Alison, Matthew Northgraves, Elizabeth Coleman, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of surgical fixation for lateral compression type one (LC-1) fragility fractures of the pelvis: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 9(5). e024737–e024737. 18 indexed citations
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McCaughan, Dorothy, Alison Booth, Cath Jackson, et al.. (2019). Orthotic management of instability of the knee related to neuromuscular and central nervous system disorders: qualitative interview study of patient perspectives. BMJ Open. 9(10). e029313–e029313. 9 indexed citations
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Fraser, Lorna, et al.. (2019). Bereavement support effectiveness for parents of infants and children: a systematic review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 12(e5). e623–e631. 19 indexed citations
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Parker, Adwoa, Arabella Scantlebury, Alison Booth, et al.. (2018). Interagency collaboration models for people with mental ill health in contact with the police: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open. 8(3). e019312–e019312. 38 indexed citations
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Bickerdike, Liz, Alison Booth, Paul Wilson, Kate Farley, & Kath Wright. (2017). Social prescribing: less rhetoric and more reality. A systematic review of the evidence. BMJ Open. 7(4). e013384–e013384. 504 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rodgers, Mark, Alison Booth, Gill Norman, & Amanda Sowden. (2016). Research priorities relating to the debate on assisted dying: what do we still need to know? Results of a modified Delphi technique. BMJ Open. 6(6). e012213–e012213. 8 indexed citations
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Baker, Gus A., Rebecca Bromley, Christopher P. Cheyne, et al.. (2014). IQ at 6 years after in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs. Neurology. 84(4). 382–390. 166 indexed citations
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Booth, Alison & Patrick J. Nolen. (2009). Gender differences in risk aversion. 30(6). 24–26. 6 indexed citations
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Booth, Alison, et al.. (2001). A practical approach to the first iteration in the optimization of radiation dose and image quality in CT: estimates of the collective dose savings achieved. British Journal of Radiology. 74(883). 607–614. 32 indexed citations
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Fidler, Helen, et al.. (1990). Portal vein thrombosis in myeloproliferative disease. Uses of thrombolytic and antiplatelet treatment.. BMJ. 300(6724). 590–592. 3 indexed citations
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Booth, Alison, et al.. (1988). Barium enemas are a headache. Clinical Radiology. 39(1). 9–10. 9 indexed citations

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