Brian McKinstry

13.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
183 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Brian McKinstry is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian McKinstry has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in General Health Professions, 45 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Brian McKinstry's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (34 papers), Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation (22 papers) and Healthcare Systems and Technology (20 papers). Brian McKinstry is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (34 papers), Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation (22 papers) and Healthcare Systems and Technology (20 papers). Brian McKinstry collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Brian McKinstry's co-authors include Aziz Sheikh, Hilary Pinnock, Claudia Pagliari, Janet Hanley, Vicky Hammersley, Josip Car, Kathrin Cresswell, John Campbell, Helen Atherton and Philip Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Brian McKinstry

180 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Health... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2017 2019 2019 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 Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Health Care: A Systematic Overview
    2011 976 citations Brian McKinstry, Aziz Sheikh et al. profile →
  2. Telehealth Interventions to Support Self-Management of Long-Term Conditions: A Systematic Metareview of Diabetes, Heart Failure, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Cancer
    2017 370 citations Peter Hanlon, Luke Daines et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  3. Acceptability, benefits, and challenges of video consulting: a qualitative study in primary care
    2019 354 citations Eddie Donaghy, Helen Atherton et al. British Journal of General Practice profile →
  4. Comparing the content and quality of video, telephone, and face-to-face consultations: a non-randomised, quasi-experimental, exploratory study in UK primary care
    2019 220 citations Eddie Donaghy, Helen Atherton et al. British Journal of General Practice profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian McKinstry United Kingdom 44 3.5k 2.3k 942 888 797 183 8.5k
Claudia Pagliari United Kingdom 48 3.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.8× 731 0.8× 943 1.1× 430 0.5× 138 8.8k
Signe Flottorp Norway 42 6.5k 1.9× 3.6k 1.6× 512 0.5× 637 0.7× 650 0.8× 129 13.2k
Trudy van der Weijden Netherlands 51 5.8k 1.7× 3.2k 1.4× 402 0.4× 563 0.6× 577 0.7× 309 9.9k
Jeroan J. Allison United States 62 3.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 531 0.6× 466 0.5× 1.2k 1.5× 334 12.5k
Craig Ramsay United Kingdom 52 4.7k 1.4× 2.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 437 0.5× 660 0.8× 202 14.3k
Shaun Treweek United Kingdom 46 6.0k 1.7× 4.3k 1.8× 713 0.8× 408 0.5× 780 1.0× 244 15.3k
Richard L. Kravitz United States 67 9.0k 2.6× 3.1k 1.3× 453 0.5× 925 1.0× 816 1.0× 291 18.1k
Leif I. Solberg United States 57 5.8k 1.7× 2.3k 1.0× 593 0.6× 548 0.6× 492 0.6× 282 13.3k
Laurence C. Baker United States 49 4.2k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 640 0.7× 331 0.4× 665 0.8× 213 10.2k
Patricia W. Stone United States 57 4.5k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 843 0.9× 438 0.5× 344 0.4× 269 10.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian McKinstry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian McKinstry

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fu, Edouard L., Stuart J. McGurnaghan, Bryan R. Conway, et al.. (2024). Stopping Versus Continuing Metformin in Patients With Advanced CKD: A Nationwide Scottish Target Trial Emulation Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 85(2). 196–204.e1. 2 indexed citations
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Daines, Luke, Eddie Donaghy, Carol Stonham, et al.. (2023). Clinician views on how clinical decision support systems can help diagnose asthma in primary care: a qualitative study. Journal of Asthma. 61(4). 377–385. 4 indexed citations
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Paterson, Charlotte, Elaine Jack, Brian McKinstry, et al.. (2023). Qualitative evaluation of rapid implementation of remote blood pressure self-monitoring in pregnancy during Covid-19. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0278156–e0278156. 5 indexed citations
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McKinstry, Brian, et al.. (2022). Accuracy of telephone screening tools to identify dementia patients remotely: systematic review. JRSM Open. 13(9). 198399540–198399540. 8 indexed citations
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Donaghy, Eddie, Carol Stonham, Andrew Bush, et al.. (2022). Patient views on asthma diagnosis and how a clinical decision support system could help: A qualitative study. Health Expectations. 26(1). 307–317. 11 indexed citations
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Hui, Chi Yan, et al.. (2021). Patients’ and Clinicians’ Visions of a Future Internet-of-Things System to Support Asthma Self-Management: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(4). e22432–e22432. 12 indexed citations
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Hui, Chi Yan, et al.. (2021). Patients’ and Clinicians’ Perceived Trust in Internet-of-Things Systems to Support Asthma Self-management: Qualitative Interview Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 9(7). e24127–e24127. 27 indexed citations
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Gray, Carolyn Steele, Brian McKinstry, Stewart W Mercer, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Tool for Older Adults With Complex Care Needs: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(12). e29071–e29071. 13 indexed citations
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Odendaal, Willem, Simon Lewin, Brian McKinstry, et al.. (2020). Using a mHealth system to recall and refer existing clients and refer community members with health concerns to primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a feasibility study. Global Health Action. 13(1). 1717410–1717410. 12 indexed citations
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Hanson, Coral L, Robyn Gallagher, Ronan E. O’Carroll, et al.. (2020). Atrial fibrillation self-management: a mobile telephone app scoping review and content analysis. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 20(4). 305–314. 17 indexed citations
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Hui, Chi Yan, Robert Walton, Brian McKinstry, & Hilary Pinnock. (2019). Time to change the paradigm? A mixed method study of the preferred and potential features of an asthma self-management app. Health Informatics Journal. 26(2). 862–879. 12 indexed citations
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Atherton, Helen, Heather Brant, Sue Ziébland, et al.. (2018). The potential of alternatives to face-to-face consultation in general practice, and the impact on different patient groups: a mixed-methods case study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(20). 1–200. 58 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Peter, Luke Daines, Christine Campbell, et al.. (2017). Telehealth Interventions to Support Self-Management of Long-Term Conditions: A Systematic Metareview of Diabetes, Heart Failure, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Cancer. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(5). e172–e172. 370 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mukherjee, Mome, Andrew Stoddart, Ramyani Gupta, et al.. (2016). The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and its member nations: analyses of standalone and linked national databases. BMC Medicine. 14(1). 113–113. 202 indexed citations
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McCloughan, Lucy, et al.. (2009). Front desk talk: discourse analysis of receptionist–patient interaction. British Journal of General Practice. 59(565). e260–e266. 30 indexed citations
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Colthart, Iain, et al.. (2004). Scottish general practitioners' willingness to take part in a post-retirement retention scheme: questionnaire survey. BMJ. 328(7435). 329–329. 13 indexed citations
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Espie, Colin A., Niall M. Broomfield, Helen Kelly, et al.. (2004). Randomized intention to treat trial of nurse-administered cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for insomnia in general medical practice. SLEEP. 27. 269–269. 1 indexed citations
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McKinstry, Brian, et al.. (2002). Telephone consultations to manage requests for same-day appointments: a randomised controlled trial in two practices.. PubMed. 52(477). 306–10. 82 indexed citations
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McKinstry, Brian, et al.. (2002). What do general practitioners think about annual appraisal? A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in southeast Scotland. Education for Primary Care. 13. 472–476. 7 indexed citations

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