Alison Kitson

19.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
255 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Alison Kitson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Issues, ethics and legal aspects. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Kitson has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in General Health Professions, 49 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 23 papers in Issues, ethics and legal aspects. Recurrent topics in Alison Kitson's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (61 papers), Health Sciences Research and Education (42 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (39 papers). Alison Kitson is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (61 papers), Health Sciences Research and Education (42 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (39 papers). Alison Kitson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Canada. Alison Kitson's co-authors include Gill Harvey, Brendan McCormack, Kate Seers, Angie Titchen, Jo Rycroft‐Malone, Tiffany Conroy, Rebecca Feo, Christina Zeitz, Amy Marshall and Katherine Bassett and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Alison Kitson

245 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Enabling the implementation of evidence based practice: a conceptual framework.

1998 1.4k citations Alison Kitson, Gill Harvey et al. profile →
Evaluating the successful implementation of evidence into practice using the PARiHS framework: theoretical and practical challenges

2008 969 citations Alison Kitson, Jo Rycroft‐Malone et al. Implementation Science profile →
PARIHS revisited: from heuristic to integrated framework for the successful implementation of knowledge into practice

2015 758 citations Gill Harvey, Alison Kitson Implementation Science profile →
What counts as evidence in evidence‐based practice?

2004 659 citations Jo Rycroft‐Malone, Kate Seers et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →
What are the core elements of patient‐centred care? A narrative review and synthesis of the literature from health policy, medicine and nursing

2012 650 citations Alison Kitson et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →
Getting evidence into practice: the meaning of `context'

2002 580 citations Brendan McCormack, Alison Kitson et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →
Getting evidence into practice: the role and function of facilitation

2002 520 citations Gill Harvey, Jo Rycroft‐Malone et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stakeholder’s consensus on activities to be delivered by the facilitators in a planned iSupport program in Australia: A mixed-methods study 2025 ·Geriatric Nursing ·Ying Yu, Sarah C. Hunter, Alison Kitson, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Claudia Meyer, Michael Chapman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Julie Ratcliffe, Shahid Ullah, André Q Andrade, Craig Whitehead	1
2	How Context Shapes Person‐Centred Fundamental Care Through Nurse–Patient Relationships: Validation of the FoC Intelligence Modelling Tool and Predictive Pathway Analysis 2025 ·Journal of Advanced Nursing ·Regina Allande‐Cussó, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Alison Kitson, Rebecca Feo, Tiffany Conroy, Ana María Pórcel‐Gálvez	0
3	REDUCE missed oral healthcare: The outcomes of and learnings from an implementation project in an acute geriatric unit 2024 ·Research in Nursing & Health ·Joanne Murray, Sarah C. Hunter, Tiffany Conroy, Alison Kitson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
4	Exploring the role of a facilitator in supporting family carers when embedding the iSupport for Dementia programme in care services: A qualitative study 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Nursing ·Ying Yu, Sarah C. Hunter, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Claudia Meyer, Michael Chapman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Julie Ratcliffe, Shahid Ullah, Alison Kitson, André Q Andrade, Craig Whitehead	2
5	Unsafe care in residential settings for older adults: a content analysis of accreditation reports 2023 ·International Journal for Quality in Health Care ·Peter Hibbert, (unknown), Charlotte J. Molloy, Johanna Westbrook, Ian D. Cameron, Andrew Carson‐Stevens, Len Gray, Richard Reed, Alison Kitson, Jeffrey Braithwaite	0
6	Nurse managers’ support of fundamental care in the hospital setting. An interpretive description of nurse managers’ experiences across Australia, Denmark, and New Zealand 2022 ·Journal of Advanced Nursing ·(unknown), Rebecca Feo, (unknown), Britt Laugesen, Alison Kitson, Tiffany Conroy	23
7	Why reducing avoidable hospital readmissions is a ‘wicked’ problem for leaders: A qualitative exploration of nursing and allied health perceptions 2022 ·Journal of Advanced Nursing ·Rebecca Feo, (unknown), Tiffany Conroy, Alison Kitson	8
8	‘No more heroes’: The ILC Oxford Statement on fundamental care in times of crises 2022 ·Journal of Advanced Nursing ·Alison Kitson, Tiffany Conroy, Lianne Jeffs, (unknown), Getty Huisman‐de Waal, Åsa Muntlin Athlin, Eva Jangland, Mette Grønkjær, Jenny Parr	7
9	Towards a unifying caring life‐course theory for better self‐care and caring solutions: A discussion paper 2021 ·Journal of Advanced Nursing ·Alison Kitson, Rebecca Feo, Michael Lawless, Joanne Arciuli, Robyn Clark, Rebecca K. Golley, Belinda Lange, Julie Ratcliffe, Sally Robinson	35
10	How nursing leaders promote evidence‐based practice implementation at point‐of‐care: A four‐country exploratory study 2021 ·Journal of Advanced Nursing ·Alison Kitson, Gill Harvey, Wendy Gifford, Sarah C. Hunter, Janet Kelly, Greta G. Cummings, Anna Ehrenberg, Roman Kislov, (unknown), Lars Wallin, Paul Wilson	37
11	Academic Health Science Centres as Vehicles for Knowledge Mobilisation in Australia? A Qualitative Study 2020 ·International Journal of Health Policy and Management ·(unknown), Robyn Clay‐Williams, Michael D. Fischer, Roman Kislov, Alison Kitson, Ian McLoughlin, Helen Skouteris, Gill Harvey	7
12	CareTrack Aged: the appropriateness of care delivered to Australians living in residential aged care facilities: a study protocol 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Peter Hibbert, Louise Wiles, Ian D. Cameron, Alison Kitson, Richard Reed, Andrew Georgiou, Len Gray, Johanna Westbrook, Hanna Augustsson, Charlotte J. Molloy, Gaston Arnolda, Hsuen P Ting, Rebecca Mitchell, Frances Rapport, Susan Gordon, W. B. Runciman, Jeffrey Braithwaite	5
13	Building the foundation to generate a fundamental care standardised data set 2018 ·Journal of Clinical Nursing ·Lianne Jeffs, Åsa Muntlin Athlin, Jack Needleman, Debra Jackson, Alison Kitson	14
14	Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence (FIRE): an international cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate two models of facilitation informed by the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework 2018 ·Implementation Science ·Kate Seers, Jo Rycroft‐Malone, Karen Cox, Nicola Crichton, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Ann Catrine Eldh, Carole A. Estabrooks, Gill Harvey, Claire Hawkes, Carys Jones, Alison Kitson, Brendan McCormack, Christel McMullan, Carole Mockford, Theo Niessen, Paul Slater, Angie Titchen, Teatske van der Zijpp, Lars Wallin	73
15	Relatives’ involvement in the care of patients in acute medical wards in two different countries—An ethnographic study 2018 ·Journal of Clinical Nursing ·Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani, Judy Magarey, Alison Kitson	25
16	Translating Evidence into Healthcare Policy and Practice: Single versus Multi-Faceted Implementation Strategies – Is There a Simple Answer to a Complex Question? 2015 ·Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·Gill Harvey, Alison Kitson	1
17	The prevention and reduction of weight loss in an acute tertiary care setting: protocol for a pragmatic stepped wedge randomised cluster trial (the PRoWL project) 2013 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Alison Kitson, Tim Schultz, Leslye Long, (unknown), Rick Wiechula, Ian Chapman, Stijn Soenen	17
18	Nursing leadership: bringing caring back to the future. 2001 ·PubMed ·Alison Kitson	14
19	DiscourseResearch Utilization: Current Issues, Questions,and Debates 1999 ·Canadian Journal of Nursing Research ·Alison Kitson	1
20	EuroQuan. Accountable for quality. 1993 ·PubMed ·Alison Kitson	11

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