Barbara E. Gibson

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Barbara E. Gibson is a scholar working on Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara E. Gibson has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Occupational Therapy, 35 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 33 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Barbara E. Gibson's work include Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (25 papers), Disability Rights and Representation (24 papers) and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (22 papers). Barbara E. Gibson is often cited by papers focused on Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (25 papers), Disability Rights and Representation (24 papers) and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (22 papers). Barbara E. Gibson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Barbara E. Gibson's co-authors include Ishan C. Williams, Peggye Dilworth‐Anderson, Gail Teachman, Evelyne Durocher, Susan Rappolt, David Nicholls, Bhavnita Mistry, R.J. Prescott, C V Ruckley and D R Harper and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and CHEST Journal.

In The Last Decade

Barbara E. Gibson

137 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Caregiving Research: A 20-Year Review (1980-2000)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara E. Gibson Canada	36	977	956	910	853	826	144	4.3k
Jacinta Douglas Australia	48	484 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	861 0.9×	443 0.5×	1.9k 2.4×	244	7.5k
Susan Balandin Australia	35	369 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	621 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	766 0.9×	191	4.0k
Gary Kielhofner United States	39	522 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	2.1k 2.3×	3.3k 3.9×	1.4k 1.7×	184	6.0k
Sally Lindsay Canada	38	968 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	625 0.7×	377 0.4×	692 0.8×	176	4.5k
Mary Ellen Young United States	31	347 0.4×	698 0.7×	753 0.8×	149 0.2×	568 0.7×	86	3.1k
Sonya Girdler Australia	36	319 0.3×	1.6k 1.7×	906 1.0×	272 0.3×	319 0.4×	161	4.0k
Mona Eklund Sweden	44	446 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	1.8k 2.0×	2.3k 2.8×	2.5k 3.0×	251	5.9k
Susan Kirk United Kingdom	48	801 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	323 0.4×	112 0.1×	1.4k 1.7×	162	6.8k
Paul Wehman United States	43	272 0.3×	1.6k 1.7×	810 0.9×	664 0.8×	520 0.6×	225	6.6k
Rune J. Simeonsson United States	38	525 0.5×	2.9k 3.0×	1.3k 1.4×	377 0.4×	431 0.5×	142	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gibson, Barbara E., et al.. (2025). Differences as potentials: A posthuman re-envisioning of disability and mobility. Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine. 29(6). 838–856. 3 indexed citations

Fadyl, Joanna K., et al.. (2021). “Is the Assumption of the Autonomous Individual Holding Us Back in Vocational Rehabilitation?”.

Jesus, Tiago S., Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, et al.. (2020). People with Disabilities and Other Forms of Vulnerability to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Study Protocol for a Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 100079–100079. 26 indexed citations

Stasiulis, Elaine, Barbara E. Gibson, Fiona Webster, & Katherine Boydell. (2020). Resisting governance and the production of trust in early psychosis intervention. Social Science & Medicine. 253. 112948–112948. 6 indexed citations

Gibson, Barbara E., et al.. (2018). Manipulating practices. 35(1). 60–60.

Gibson, Barbara E.. (2018). Reflection/Commentary on a Past Article: “The Integrated Use of Audio Diaries, Photography, and Interviews in Research with Disabled Young Men”. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 17(1). 3 indexed citations

Gupta, Abha A., et al.. (2018). Adolescent Males' Understanding of Infertility as a Long-Term Effect of Cancer Therapy. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 8(1). 49–53. 2 indexed citations

Mistry, Bhavnita, Barbara E. Gibson, & F. Virginia Wright. (2016). Family centered measurement: development of an engagement guideline for the challenge. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 58(S5). 16–16. 1 indexed citations

Gibson, Barbara E., Gillian King, Gail Teachman, Bhavnita Mistry, & Yani Hamdani. (2016). Assembling activity/setting participation with disabled young people. Sociology of Health & Illness. 39(4). 497–512. 30 indexed citations

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Nicholls, David, et al.. (2016). Connectivity: An emerging concept for physiotherapy practice. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 32(3). 159–170. 26 indexed citations

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Phelan, Shanon, Barbara E. Gibson, & F. Virginia Wright. (2015). What is it like to walk with the help of a robot? Children’s perspectives on robotic gait training technology. Disability and Rehabilitation. 37(24). 2272–2281. 23 indexed citations

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Gibson, Barbara E., Gillian King, Azadeh Kushki, et al.. (2013). A multi-method approach to studying activity setting participation: integrating standardized questionnaires, qualitative methods and physiological measures. Disability and Rehabilitation. 36(19). 1652–1660. 20 indexed citations

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King, Gillian, Barbara E. Gibson, Bhavnita Mistry, et al.. (2013). An integrated methods study of the experiences of youth with severe disabilities in leisure activity settings: the importance of belonging, fun, and control and choice. Disability and Rehabilitation. 36(19). 1626–1635. 47 indexed citations

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Gibson, Barbara E. & Gail Teachman. (2012). Critical approaches in physical therapy research: Investigating the symbolic value of walking. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 28(6). 474–484. 52 indexed citations

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Arsdell, Glen Van, et al.. (2011). Feasibility of Improving the Motor Development of Toddlers With Congenital Heart Defects Using a Home-Based Intervention. Pediatric Cardiology. 33(4). 521–532. 24 indexed citations

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Gibson, Barbara E., Gail Teachman, F. Virginia Wright, et al.. (2011). Children's and parents' beliefs regarding the value of walking: rehabilitation implications for children with cerebral palsy. Child Care Health and Development. 38(1). 61–69. 73 indexed citations

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Geraldes, Armando, Patrick Basset, Barbara E. Gibson, et al.. (2008). Inferring the history of speciation in house mice from autosomal, X‐linked, Y‐linked and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Ecology. 17(24). 5349–5363. 163 indexed citations

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Lee, Amanda, Jennifer Dale, C V Ruckley, et al.. (2006). Compression Therapy: Effects of Posture and Application Techniques on Initial Pressures Delivered by Bandages of Different Physical Properties. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 31(5). 542–552. 21 indexed citations

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Nelson, E Andrea, D R Harper, R.J. Prescott, et al.. (2006). Prevention of recurrence of venous ulceration: Randomized controlled trial of class 2 and class 3 elastic compression. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 44(4). 803–808. 105 indexed citations

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Gibson, Barbara E.. (2001). Long-term Ventilation for Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. CHEST Journal. 119(3). 940–946. 59 indexed citations

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