Carl Macrae

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Carl Macrae is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Emergency Medical Services and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl Macrae has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 25 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 20 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Carl Macrae's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (27 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (20 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (20 papers). Carl Macrae is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (27 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (20 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (20 papers). Carl Macrae collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Australia. Carl Macrae's co-authors include Siri Wiig, Charles Vincent, Janet Anderson, Veslemøy Guise, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Jane Carthey, Alastair Ross, Tim Draycott, Birte Fagerdal and Lene Schibevaag and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, BMJ and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Carl Macrae

56 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carl Macrae United Kingdom	22	638	429	334	286	250	63	1.5k
René Amalberti France	26	642 1.0×	650 1.5×	371 1.1×	515 1.8×	246 1.0×	70	2.5k
Robyn Clay‐Williams Australia	24	494 0.8×	311 0.7×	187 0.6×	991 3.5×	315 1.3×	127	2.3k
Tom W. Reader United Kingdom	25	576 0.9×	736 1.7×	483 1.4×	687 2.4×	292 1.2×	71	2.5k
Mark Sujan United Kingdom	22	421 0.7×	321 0.7×	124 0.4×	253 0.9×	190 0.8×	89	1.4k
Siri Wiig Norway	28	676 1.1×	570 1.3×	206 0.6×	970 3.4×	313 1.3×	154	2.3k
Jane Carthey United Kingdom	14	767 1.2×	242 0.6×	276 0.8×	137 0.5×	158 0.6×	27	1.4k
Zvi Stern Israel	20	292 0.5×	397 0.9×	162 0.5×	177 0.6×	125 0.5×	55	1.3k
Heidi B. King United States	22	1.1k 1.8×	218 0.5×	225 0.7×	783 2.7×	131 0.5×	40	2.7k
Alastair Ross United Kingdom	23	373 0.6×	298 0.7×	44 0.1×	388 1.4×	46 0.2×	97	1.6k
Michaela Kolbe Switzerland	25	720 1.1×	278 0.6×	101 0.3×	437 1.5×	89 0.4×	77	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl Macrae

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carl Macrae. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carl Macrae based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carl Macrae. Carl Macrae is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Macrae, Carl. (2025). Thinking and organising in systems: reframing the long problem of learning from incidents. BMJ Quality & Safety. bmjqs–2025.

O’Hara, Jane, Lauren Ramsey, Siobhan McHugh, et al.. (2025). Co-designing and testing the learn together guidance to support patient and family involvement in patient safety investigations: a mixed-methods study. PubMed. 13(18). 1–125. 1 indexed citations

Macrae, Carl. (2025). Regulating reliably: building high-reliability regulators in healthcare. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 118(1). 11–15.

Macrae, Carl. (2025). Failing to learn? The NHS is losing its capacity for system-wide safety investigation. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 118(10). 317–319. 1 indexed citations

Lyng, Hilda Bø, Charles Vincent, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, et al.. (2024). A road map for the operationalization of resilience in healthcare - A mixed method study. Applied Ergonomics. 125. 104443–104443.

Braut, Geir Sverre, et al.. (2024). Leading Quality and Safety on the Frontline – A Case Study of Department Leaders in Nursing Homes. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. Volume 16. 193–208.

Dinnes, Jacqueline, Gregory Maniatopoulos, Sian Taylor‐Phillips, et al.. (2024). Target Product Profile for a Machine Learning–Automated Retinal Imaging Analysis Software for Use in English Diabetic Eye Screening: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e50568–e50568. 2 indexed citations

Macrae, Carl. (2024). Managing risk and resilience in autonomous and intelligent systems: Exploring safety in the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Risk Analysis. 45(4). 910–927. 7 indexed citations

Braut, Geir Sverre, et al.. (2023). Healthcare leaders’ and elected politicians’ approach to support-systems and requirements for complying with quality and safety regulation in nursing homes – a case study. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 880–880. 2 indexed citations

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Wiig, Siri, et al.. (2023). Naming the “baby” or the “beast”? The importance of concepts and labels in healthcare safety investigation. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1087268–1087268. 3 indexed citations

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Haraldseid-Driftland, Cecilie, et al.. (2022). Evaluating a system-wide, safety investigation in healthcare course in Norway: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 12(6). e058134–e058134. 1 indexed citations

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Lyng, Hilda Bø, Carl Macrae, Veslemøy Guise, et al.. (2021). Balancing adaptation and innovation for resilience in healthcare – a metasynthesis of narratives. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 759–759. 55 indexed citations

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Braut, Geir Sverre, et al.. (2020). Hospital managers’ perspectives with implementing quality improvement measures and a new regulatory framework: a qualitative case study. BMJ Open. 10(12). e042847–e042847. 15 indexed citations

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Braut, Geir Sverre, et al.. (2020). Exploring links between resilience and the macro-level development of healthcare regulation- a Norwegian case study. BMC Health Services Research. 20(1). 762–762. 17 indexed citations

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Wiig, Siri, Karina Aase, Stephen Billett, et al.. (2020). Defining the boundaries and operational concepts of resilience in the resilience in healthcare research program. BMC Health Services Research. 20(1). 330–330. 182 indexed citations

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Vincent, Charles, et al.. (2020). Redesigning safety regulation in the NHS. BMJ. 368. m760–m760. 8 indexed citations

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Carthey, Jane, et al.. (2019). Patient safety regulation in the NHS: mapping the regulatory landscape of healthcare. BMJ Open. 9(7). e028663–e028663. 35 indexed citations

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Macrae, Carl & Kevin Stewart. (2019). Can we import improvements from industry to healthcare?. BMJ. 364. l1039–l1039. 23 indexed citations

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Goldhaber-Fiebert, Sara N. & Carl Macrae. (2018). Emergency Manuals. Anesthesiology Clinics. 36(1). 45–62. 11 indexed citations

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Macrae, Carl. (2009). Human factors at sea: common patterns of error in groundings and collisions. Maritime Policy & Management. 36(1). 21–38. 90 indexed citations

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