Catherine Blake

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
226 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Catherine Blake is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pharmacology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Blake has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 46 papers in Pharmacology and 44 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Catherine Blake's work include Sports injuries and prevention (49 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (45 papers) and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (31 papers). Catherine Blake is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (49 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (45 papers) and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (31 papers). Catherine Blake collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Canada. Catherine Blake's co-authors include Catherine Doody, Caitríona Cunningham, Keith M. Smart, Dorothy Forbes, Emily Thiessen, Anthony Staines, Bróna M. Fullen, Olive Lennon, Sean C. Forbes and Scott C. Forbes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Blake

211 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Exercise programs for people with dementia 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 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. Exercise programs for people with dementia
    2015 430 citations Catherine Blake et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Catherine Blake Ireland 43 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 859 822 226 6.1k
Anne M. Moseley Australia 34 1.4k 0.9× 1.8k 1.4× 1.8k 1.5× 719 0.8× 946 1.2× 89 8.8k
J. Bart Staal Netherlands 42 4.5k 2.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 779 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 186 8.8k
Jennifer L. Keating Australia 46 2.7k 1.7× 1.1k 0.8× 483 0.4× 943 1.1× 484 0.6× 137 6.2k
Sandra Brauer Australia 49 1.3k 0.9× 3.5k 2.7× 780 0.7× 879 1.0× 798 1.0× 221 9.9k
Antonio Cuesta‐Vargas Spain 36 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 474 0.4× 490 0.6× 745 0.9× 292 4.4k
Narcís Gusi Spain 33 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 687 0.6× 521 0.6× 870 1.1× 169 4.6k
Martyn Lewis United Kingdom 49 4.9k 3.2× 1.6k 1.2× 637 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 535 0.7× 189 10.1k
Anne Tiedemann Australia 40 848 0.5× 3.7k 2.8× 947 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 2.4k 2.9× 186 9.9k
Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa Brazil 47 4.8k 3.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 887 1.0× 526 0.6× 195 8.1k
Luc Vanhees Belgium 34 724 0.5× 967 0.7× 524 0.5× 831 1.0× 1.5k 1.8× 72 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Catherine Blake

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Fields of papers citing papers by Catherine Blake

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine Blake

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Catherine Blake. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Catherine Blake 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 Catherine Blake. Catherine Blake 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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Blake, Catherine, et al.. (2025). Trunk strength and endurance testing in field-athletes: A reliability study. Physical Therapy in Sport. 75. 105–112.
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Garzón‐Orjuela, Nathaly, et al.. (2024). Setting targets for antibiotic use in general practice in Europe: A scoping review. European Journal of General Practice. 30(1). 2430507–2430507.
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Garzón‐Orjuela, Nathaly, et al.. (2023). The Effectiveness of Interactive Dashboards to Optimise Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care: A Systematic Review. Antibiotics. 12(1). 136–136. 6 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Kieran, Kieran Collins, Joseph G. McVeigh, et al.. (2022). The epidemiology of back injuries in elite Gaelic football athletes: An 8-year prospective study. Physical Therapy in Sport. 57. 105–111. 2 indexed citations
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Walsh, Mary E., et al.. (2022). Multivariable prediction models for long-term outcomes after hip fracture: A protocol for a systematic review. HRB Open Research. 5. 44–44. 1 indexed citations
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Walsh, Mary E., Jan Sørensen, Catherine Blake, Søren Paaske Johnsen, & Pia Kjær Kristensen. (2022). Geographic variation in hip fracture surgery rate, care quality and outcomes: a comparison between national registries in Ireland and Denmark. Archives of Osteoporosis. 17(1). 128–128. 4 indexed citations
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Lennon, Olive, Patricia Hall, & Catherine Blake. (2021). Predictors of Adherence to Lifestyle Recommendations in Stroke Secondary Prevention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(9). 4666–4666. 11 indexed citations
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Richardson, Noel, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Dietary Habits of Male Irish Farmers to Prevent Mortality and Morbidity. Safety. 7(3). 54–54. 2 indexed citations
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Blake, Catherine, et al.. (2021). Injuries in elite‐level women’s football—a two‐year prospective study in the Irish Women’s National League. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 32(1). 177–190. 42 indexed citations
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Donovan‐Hall, Maggie, et al.. (2021). A Focus Group Study to Understand the Perspectives of Physiotherapists on Barriers and Facilitators to Advancing Rehabilitation in Low-Resource and Conflict Settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(22). 12020–12020. 10 indexed citations
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Walsh, Mary E., et al.. (2021). Long-term outcomes after hip fracture in Ireland: a protocol for a systematic review of traditional and grey literature. HRB Open Research. 4. 94–94. 1 indexed citations
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Büttner, Fionn, David R. Howell, Giacomo Severini, et al.. (2020). Using functional movement tests to investigate the presence of sensorimotor impairment in amateur athletes following sport-related concussion: A prospective, longitudinal study. Physical Therapy in Sport. 47. 105–113. 5 indexed citations
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McMahon, Laura, Catherine Blake, & Olive Lennon. (2020). Nonpharmacological interventions for respiratory health in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. European Journal of Neurology. 28(3). 1022–1040. 8 indexed citations
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McNamara, John, Anne Kinsella, Aoife Osborne, et al.. (2020). Identifying Farmer Workplace Injury Risk Factors in Ireland Using Farm Accounts Data. Journal of Agromedicine. 26(4). 411–419. 10 indexed citations
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Rees, Huw, Ulrik McCarthy Persson, Eamonn Delahunt, Colin Boreham, & Catherine Blake. (2020). The burden of injury in field hockey: A secondary analysis of prospective cohort data. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 31(4). 884–893. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Erin, Caitríona Cunningham, Barry R. Greene, Ulrik McCarthy Persson, & Catherine Blake. (2020). Detecting subtle mobility changes among older adults: the Quantitative Timed Up and Go test. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 33(8). 2157–2164. 5 indexed citations
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Fennelly, Orna, Catherine Blake, Oliver FitzGerald, et al.. (2018). Advanced musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice in Ireland: A National Survey. Musculoskeletal Care. 16(4). 425–432. 14 indexed citations

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