Carl Savage

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Carl Savage is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health Information Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl Savage has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in General Health Professions, 11 papers in Health Information Management and 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Carl Savage's work include Healthcare Quality and Management (8 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (8 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Carl Savage is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Quality and Management (8 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (8 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Carl Savage collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Denmark. Carl Savage's co-authors include Pamela Mazzocato, Mats Brommels, Johan Thor, Henrik Aronsson, Muhammad Rafiq, George Keel, Paolo Gondolo, Katherine Freese, Graciela B. Gelmini and J. Radebaugh and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Geomorphology.

In The Last Decade

Carl Savage

51 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Lean thinking in healthcare: a realist review of the lite... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Lean thinking in healthcare: a realist review of the literature
    2010 424 citations Pamela Mazzocato, Carl Savage et al. profile →
  2. Time-driven activity-based costing in health care: A systematic review of the literature
    2017 279 citations George Keel, Carl Savage et al. Health Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carl Savage Sweden 18 483 314 311 288 278 58 1.8k
James C. Robinson United States 42 3.2k 6.7× 90 0.3× 3.7k 12.0× 258 0.9× 199 0.7× 193 6.3k
Paul D. Clayton United States 27 477 1.0× 81 0.3× 114 0.4× 1.0k 3.6× 11 0.0× 105 3.4k
Steven J. Davidson United States 17 166 0.3× 19 0.1× 130 0.4× 194 0.7× 48 0.2× 49 981
James Carpenter United States 22 125 0.3× 13 0.0× 19 0.1× 387 1.3× 10 0.0× 75 1.6k
Jason Wang United States 17 162 0.3× 8 0.0× 122 0.4× 122 0.4× 9 0.0× 115 1.1k
Christina Pagel United Kingdom 27 642 1.3× 14 0.0× 220 0.7× 67 0.2× 3 0.0× 123 2.8k
Richard A. Taylor United States 24 232 0.5× 37 0.1× 78 0.3× 238 0.8× 6 0.0× 105 3.4k
Kevin Marsh United Kingdom 23 520 1.1× 18 0.1× 1.1k 3.4× 32 0.1× 79 2.3k
Christoph I. Lee United States 38 296 0.6× 5 0.0× 176 0.6× 78 0.3× 28 0.1× 184 4.7k
J. Russell United Kingdom 17 382 0.8× 28 0.1× 49 0.2× 352 1.2× 32 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Carl Savage

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carl Savage

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl Savage

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carl Savage. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carl Savage 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 Savage. Carl Savage is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reed, Julie, Grazia Antonacci, Natalie Armstrong, et al.. (2025). What is improvement science, and what makes it different? An outline of the field and its frontiers. Frontiers in Health Services. 4. 1454658–1454658. 3 indexed citations
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Baker, W., et al.. (2024). Measurement of low energy nuclear recoil events with the phonon-mediated voltage-assisted hybrid detector for rare event searches. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1070. 169994–169994.
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Rafiq, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Predictive analytics support for complex chronic medical conditions: An experience-based co-design study of physician managers’ needs and preferences. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 187. 105447–105447. 2 indexed citations
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Mazzocato, Pamela, et al.. (2024). A Patient-Driven Mobile Health Innovation in Cystic Fibrosis Care: Comparative Cross-Case Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e50527–e50527. 1 indexed citations
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Reinius, Maria, Pamela Mazzocato, Sara Riggare, et al.. (2022). Patient-driven innovations reported in peer-reviewed journals: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 12(1). e053735–e053735. 7 indexed citations
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Savage, Carl, et al.. (2022). Artificial Intelligence Applications in Health Care Practice: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(10). e40238–e40238. 107 indexed citations
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Savage, Carl, et al.. (2020). Medical leadership: boon or barrier to organisational performance? A thematic synthesis of the literature. BMJ Open. 10(7). e035542–e035542. 31 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Ulrica von Thiele, Karina Nielsen, Kasper Edwards, et al.. (2020). How to design, implement and evaluate organizational interventions for maximum impact: the Sigtuna Principles. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 30(3). 415–427. 76 indexed citations
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Mazzocato, Pamela, et al.. (2019). Make it complicated: a qualitative study utilizing a complexity framework to explain improvement in health care. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 842–842. 14 indexed citations
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Rafiq, Muhammad, George Keel, Pamela Mazzocato, et al.. (2019). <p>Extreme Consumers of Health Care: Patterns of Care Utilization in Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions Admitted to a Novel Integrated Clinic</p>. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 12. 1075–1083. 9 indexed citations
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Mazzocato, Pamela, et al.. (2018). Effective physician leaders: an appreciative inquiry into their qualities, capabilities and learning approaches. BMJ Leader. 2(3). 95–102. 17 indexed citations
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Mazzocato, Pamela, et al.. (2017). Money’s (not) on my mind: a qualitative study of how staff and managers understand health care’s triple Aim. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 98–98. 26 indexed citations
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Savage, Carl, et al.. (2017). Safer paediatric surgical teams: A 5-year evaluation of crew resource management implementation and outcomes. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 29(6). 853–860. 22 indexed citations
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Keel, George, Carl Savage, Muhammad Rafiq, & Pamela Mazzocato. (2017). Time-driven activity-based costing in health care: A systematic review of the literature. Health Policy. 121(7). 755–763. 279 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wannheden, Carolina, Katarina Westling, Carl Savage, Christer Sandahl, & Johan Ellenius. (2013). HIV and tuberculosis coinfection: a qualitative study of treatment challenges faced by care providers. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 17(8). 1029–1035. 16 indexed citations
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Fine, Arthur, et al.. (1988). PBM volume 1988 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1988(2). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations

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