Alison Chapple

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alison Chapple is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Chapple has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alison Chapple's work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (12 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (11 papers) and Pelvic floor disorders treatments (8 papers). Alison Chapple is often cited by papers focused on Primary Care and Health Outcomes (12 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (11 papers) and Pelvic floor disorders treatments (8 papers). Alison Chapple collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Qatar and Austria. Alison Chapple's co-authors include Sue Ziébland, A. McPherson, Ann McPherson, Suman Prinjha, Julie Evans, Carl May, Linda Rozmovits, Carol Dumelow, Anne Rogers and Andrew Herxheimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, The British Journal of Psychiatry and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Alison Chapple

70 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

  1. Stigma, shame, and blame experienced by patients with lung cancer: qualitative study
    2004 594 citations Alison Chapple, Sue Ziébland et al. BMJ 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 Chapple United Kingdom 31 1.2k 757 686 659 450 71 3.5k
Adriaan Visser Netherlands 37 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 697 1.0× 472 0.7× 508 1.1× 144 4.1k
Carina Berterö Sweden 33 994 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 511 0.7× 729 1.1× 694 1.5× 161 3.5k
Patricia M. McGovern United States 34 900 0.7× 872 1.2× 276 0.4× 1.4k 2.1× 579 1.3× 125 3.7k
Heather Orom United States 30 1.0k 0.8× 602 0.8× 523 0.8× 651 1.0× 338 0.8× 97 3.1k
Carol Emslie United Kingdom 33 1.1k 0.9× 486 0.6× 530 0.8× 954 1.4× 516 1.1× 72 3.6k
Patricia P. Rieker United States 20 826 0.7× 443 0.6× 507 0.7× 420 0.6× 252 0.6× 37 2.9k
Susan Eggly United States 35 1.8k 1.5× 1.8k 2.3× 608 0.9× 550 0.8× 489 1.1× 127 4.2k
Jo Anne Earp United States 38 2.2k 1.7× 859 1.1× 988 1.4× 852 1.3× 776 1.7× 102 5.1k
Ross E. Gray Canada 34 962 0.8× 632 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 1.1k 1.6× 352 0.8× 93 3.7k
Isabel C. Scarinci United States 38 1.3k 1.0× 935 1.2× 968 1.4× 524 0.8× 725 1.6× 182 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Chapple

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Chapple

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chapple, Alison & Sue Ziébland. (2018). Challenging Explanations for the lack of Senior Women in Science? Reflections from Successful Women Scientists at an elite British University. International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. 9(3). 298–315. 6 indexed citations
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Ovseiko, Pavel V., Alison Chapple, Laurel Edmunds, & Sue Ziébland. (2017). Advancing gender equality through the Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science: an exploratory study of women’s and men’s perceptions. Health Research Policy and Systems. 15(1). 12–12. 98 indexed citations
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Prinjha, Suman & Alison Chapple. (2014). Living with an indwelling urinary catheter.. PubMed. 109(44). 12, 14–12, 14. 24 indexed citations
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Ziébland, Sue, Alison Chapple, & Julie Evans. (2014). Barriers to shared decisions in the most serious of cancers: a qualitative study of patients with pancreatic cancer treated in the UK. Health Expectations. 18(6). 3302–3312. 44 indexed citations
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Evans, Julie, Alison Chapple, Helen Salisbury, Pippa Corrie, & Sue Ziébland. (2014). “It can't be very important because it comes and goes”—patients' accounts of intermittent symptoms preceding a pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 4(2). e004215–e004215. 62 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison, Sue Ziébland, Paul Hewitson, & Ann McPherson. (2008). What affects the uptake of screening for bowel cancer using a faecal occult blood test (FOBt): A qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine. 66(12). 2425–2435. 114 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison & Carl May. (2007). Genetic knowledge and family relationships: two case studies. Health & Social Care in the Community. 4(3). 166–171. 4 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison, Sue Ziébland, A. McPherson, & Andrew Herxheimer. (2006). What people close to death say about euthanasia and assisted suicide: a qualitative study: Table 1. Journal of Medical Ethics. 32(12). 706–710. 63 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison, María Salinas, Sue Ziébland, Ann McPherson, & Aidan Macfarlane. (2006). Fertility Issues: The Perceptions and Experiences of Young Men Recently Diagnosed and Treated for Cancer. Journal of Adolescent Health. 40(1). 69–75. 88 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison. (2006). Interviewing people with terminal illness: practical and ethical issues. Nurse Researcher. 14(1). 50–58. 3 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison, Sue Ziébland, Ann McPherson, & Nick Summerton. (2004). Lung cancer patients' perceptions of access to financial benefits: a qualitative study.. PubMed. 54(505). 589–94. 38 indexed citations
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Ziébland, Sue, Alison Chapple, Carol Dumelow, et al.. (2004). How the internet affects patients' experience of cancer: a qualitative study. BMJ. 328(7439). 564–564. 381 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison & A. McPherson. (2004). The decision to have a prosthesis: A qualitative study of men with testicular cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 13(9). 654–664. 34 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison, Sue Ziébland, & A. McPherson. (2004). Stigma, shame, and blame experienced by patients with lung cancer: qualitative study. BMJ. 328(7454). 1470–1470. 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chapple, Alison, Sue Ziébland, Andrew Herxheimer, et al.. (2002). Is ‘watchful waiting’ a real choice for men with prostate cancer? A qualitative study. British Journal of Urology. 90(3). 257–264. 78 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison. (2001). Vaginal thrush: perceptions and experiences of women of South Asian descent. Health Education Research. 16(1). 9–19. 19 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison. (1999). Menorrhagia: women’s perceptions of this condition and its treatment. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 29(6). 1500–1506. 26 indexed citations
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Chapple, Alison, et al.. (1998). General practitioners' perceptions of the illness behaviour and health needs of South Asian women with Menorrhagia. Ethnicity and Health. 3(1-2). 81–93. 13 indexed citations

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