Anne Marie Rafferty

15.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
164 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Anne Marie Rafferty is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services and Research and Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne Marie Rafferty has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in General Health Professions, 40 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 24 papers in Research and Theory. Recurrent topics in Anne Marie Rafferty's work include Global Health Workforce Issues (25 papers), Nursing education and management (24 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (24 papers). Anne Marie Rafferty is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Workforce Issues (25 papers), Nursing education and management (24 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (24 papers). Anne Marie Rafferty collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Finland. Anne Marie Rafferty's co-authors include Linda H. Aiken, Jane Ball, Peter Griffiths, Douglas M. Sloane, Luk Bruyneel, Reinhard Busse, Walter Sermeus, Teresa Moreno‐Casbas, Sean P. Clarke and Carol Tishelman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anne Marie Rafferty

157 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study

2014 1.5k citations Anne Marie Rafferty et al. profile →
Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional surveys of nurses and patients in 12 countries in Europe and the United States

2012 1.4k citations Anne Marie Rafferty et al. profile →
Nurses’ Reports On Hospital Care In Five Countries

2001 1.3k citations Anne Marie Rafferty et al. profile →
Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care

2016 497 citations Anne Marie Rafferty, Jane Ball et al. profile →
‘Care left undone’ during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care

2013 490 citations Jane Ball, Trevor Murrells et al. profile →
Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in European hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study

2013 433 citations Anne Marie Rafferty, Jane Ball et al. profile →
Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: A cross-sectional study

2017 379 citations Jane Ball, Anne Marie Rafferty et al. International Journal of Nursing Studies profile →
Nurse forecasting in Europe (RN4CAST): Rationale, design and methodology

2011 305 citations Anne Marie Rafferty et al. profile →
Patient satisfaction with hospital care and nurses in England: an observational study

2018 220 citations Jane Ball, Anne Marie Rafferty et al. BMJ Open profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anne Marie Rafferty United Kingdom	38	6.9k	2.5k	2.4k	1.3k	1.2k	164	10.7k
Sean P. Clarke United States	49	7.7k 1.1×	3.2k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	905 0.7×	145	11.8k
Walter Sermeus Belgium	50	7.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	2.8k 2.3×	273	13.5k
Christine Duffield Australia	46	5.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	813 0.6×	958 0.8×	222	9.7k
Jane Ball United Kingdom	32	5.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	699 0.6×	109	7.5k
Luk Bruyneel Belgium	30	4.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	926 0.7×	807 0.7×	94	7.2k
Eileen T. Lake United States	34	5.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	561 0.5×	63	7.3k
Peter I. Buerhaus United States	48	5.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	894 0.7×	178	8.8k
Matthew D. McHugh United States	39	4.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	715 0.6×	131	6.9k
René Schwendimann Switzerland	35	3.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	903 0.7×	796 0.7×	94	6.9k
Douglas M. Sloane United States	59	12.9k 1.9×	4.9k 1.9×	3.9k 1.7×	2.5k 1.8×	1.6k 1.3×	122	19.1k

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Allen, Davina, Heather Strange, Nina Jacob, & Anne Marie Rafferty. (2025). How can we optimise nurse staffing systems? Insights from a comparative document analysis of 10 widely used models and focused interpretative review of implementation experiences. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 167. 105056–105056.

Allen, Davina, et al.. (2025). Understanding Socio‐Material Relations in Nurse Staffing Systems: Insights From a Qualitative Study in England and Wales. Nursing Inquiry. 32(2). e70008–e70008. 1 indexed citations

Scott, Lauren J, Danielle Lamb, Chris Penfold, et al.. (2025). Predictors of sickness absence and intention to leave the profession among NHS staff in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 15(6). e097483–e097483.

Harris, Jenny, et al.. (2024). Understanding Nurses' Role in Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy Day Unit: A Qualitative Study. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 41(2). 151720–151720. 2 indexed citations

Rafferty, Anne Marie, et al.. (2024). Registered nurses' emotional responses to medication errors and perceived need for support: A qualitative descriptive analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81(9). 5458–5471. 3 indexed citations

Turnbull, Joanne, Iain Atherton, Anne Marie Rafferty, et al.. (2024). What might make nurses stay? A protocol for discrete choice experiments to understand NHS nurses’ preferences at early-career and late-career stages. BMJ Open. 14(2). e075066–e075066. 4 indexed citations

Rafferty, Anne Marie, et al.. (2024). Impact of second victim distress on healthcare professionals' intent to leave, absenteeism and resilience: A mediation model of organizational support. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81(9). 5376–5388. 5 indexed citations

Kelly, Daniel, Fiona E. Strachan, Sharon Hamilton, et al.. (2023). Strengthening the role of the executive nurse director: A qualitative interview study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79(10). 3809–3823. 4 indexed citations

Rafferty, Anne Marie & Alison Leary. (2023). Nursing notes on a scandal. Future Healthcare Journal. 10(1). 3–6. 1 indexed citations

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Chan, Engle Angela, et al.. (2023). Students' learning in theory‐based simulation: A socio‐material study. Medical Education. 58(4). 405–414. 1 indexed citations

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Härkänen, Marja, Adriana López‐Pineda, Susanna Tella, et al.. (2023). The impact of emotional support on healthcare workers and students coping with COVID-19, and other SARS-CoV pandemics – a mixed-methods systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 751–751. 11 indexed citations

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Sugg, Holly Victoria Rose, David Richards, Anne‐Marie Russell, et al.. (2022). Nurses’ strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID ‐19 caused by infection with the SARS‐COV ‐2 virus: Results from the ‘ COVID‐NURSE ’ survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79(3). 1003–1017. 7 indexed citations

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Sims, Sarah, Ruth Harris, Shereen Hussein, et al.. (2022). Social Distancing and Isolation Strategies to Prevent and Control the Transmission of COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases in Care Homes for Older People: An International Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3450–3450. 24 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Joanne, Anne Marie Rafferty, Shereen Hussein, et al.. (2021). Protecting older people living in care homes from COVID-19: a protocol for a mixed-methods study to understand the challenges and solutions to implementing social distancing and isolation. BMJ Open. 11(8). e050706–e050706. 12 indexed citations

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Jacob, Nina, Christopher R Burton, Rachel Hale, et al.. (2021). Pro‐judge study: Nurses’ professional judgement in nurse staffing systems. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(10). 4226–4233. 3 indexed citations

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Woodhead, Charlotte, Juliana Onwumere, Rebecca Rhead, et al.. (2021). Race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative study of UK healthcare staff. Ethnicity and Health. 27(7). 1555–1574. 44 indexed citations

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Härkänen, Marja, Bryony Dean Franklin, Trevor Murrells, Anne Marie Rafferty, & Katri Vehviläinen‐Julkunen. (2020). Factors contributing to reported medication administration incidents in patients’ homes – A text mining analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 76(12). 3573–3583. 9 indexed citations

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Armes, Jo, et al.. (2020). Adaptation and preliminary testing of the registered nursing forecasting (RN4CAST) nurse survey for use in the ambulatory chemotherapy setting. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 47. 101794–101794. 2 indexed citations

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Brooks, Jane & Anne Marie Rafferty. (2010). Education and role conflict in the health visitor profession, 1918-39. Nursing Inquiry. 17(2). 142–150. 4 indexed citations

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Rafferty, Anne Marie, et al.. (2010). Feminist, activist, nurse: Florence Nightingale' s legacy. 18(2). 52–55. 1 indexed citations

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