Catherine Blatter

578 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 359 citations indexed

About

Catherine Blatter is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Blatter has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 359 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in General Health Professions, 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Catherine Blatter's work include Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 papers) and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (2 papers). Catherine Blatter is often cited by papers focused on Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 papers) and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (2 papers). Catherine Blatter collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Lebanon. Catherine Blatter's co-authors include Michael Simon, René Schwendimann, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Suzanne Dhaini, Franziska Zúñiga, Henry Hoffmann, Thierry Girard, Stefanie Bachnick, Patti Hamilton and Andrew Dwyer and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Advanced Nursing and BMC Medical Research Methodology.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Blatter

12 papers receiving 344 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.

  1. The occurrence, types, consequences and preventability of in-hospital adverse events – a scoping review
    2018 238 citations René Schwendimann, Catherine Blatter et al. BMC Health Services Research 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 Blatter Switzerland 7 195 138 94 60 49 12 359
Anthony R. Tersigni United States 5 236 1.2× 131 0.9× 79 0.8× 76 1.3× 57 1.2× 7 342
Martin Fletcher Australia 8 201 1.0× 180 1.3× 98 1.0× 23 0.4× 89 1.8× 18 367
Ayman Tailakh United States 7 149 0.8× 111 0.8× 61 0.6× 96 1.6× 50 1.0× 8 342
Annemie Vlayen Belgium 10 284 1.5× 198 1.4× 58 0.6× 74 1.2× 85 1.7× 17 431
Sarah Condell Ireland 9 179 0.9× 114 0.8× 143 1.5× 107 1.8× 59 1.2× 16 470
L. van de Steeg Netherlands 10 114 0.6× 75 0.5× 73 0.8× 33 0.6× 42 0.9× 10 303
Judy L. Smetzer United States 10 197 1.0× 63 0.5× 43 0.5× 35 0.6× 48 1.0× 77 389
Mary L Grady 4 205 1.1× 78 0.6× 151 1.6× 47 0.8× 81 1.7× 5 528
Walter Mendes Brazil 14 278 1.4× 207 1.5× 118 1.3× 27 0.5× 58 1.2× 26 487
Amanpreet Johal United Kingdom 9 192 1.0× 97 0.7× 104 1.1× 96 1.6× 79 1.6× 10 421

Countries citing papers authored by Catherine Blatter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Catherine Blatter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine Blatter

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Blatter, Catherine, et al.. (2024). Association Between Modifiable Structural and Process Factors and the Quality Indicator Pain in Nursing Home Residents: A MultiCentre Cross‐Sectional Survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81(7). 3879–3893. 1 indexed citations
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Blatter, Catherine, et al.. (2023). The relationship between nursing home staffing and resident safety outcomes: A systematic review of reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 150. 104641–104641. 7 indexed citations
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Kocher, Agnes, Michael Simon, Andrew Dwyer, et al.. (2023). Patient Assessment Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) and its associations with quality of life among Swiss patients with systemic sclerosis: a mixed methods study. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(1). 7–7. 6 indexed citations
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Trutschel, Diana, et al.. (2023). The unrecognized role of fidelity in effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 23(1). 116–116. 1 indexed citations
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Kocher, Agnes, Michael Simon, Andrew Dwyer, et al.. (2021). Patient and healthcare professional eHealth literacy and needs for systemic sclerosis support: a mixed methods study. RMD Open. 7(3). e001783–e001783. 16 indexed citations
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Blatter, Catherine, Patti Hamilton, Stefanie Bachnick, et al.. (2021). Strengthening tRansparent reporting of reseArch on uNfinished nursing CARE: The RANCARE guideline. Research in Nursing & Health. 44(2). 344–352. 17 indexed citations
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Zúñiga, Franziska, et al.. (2020). Assessing Nursing Homes Quality Indicators’ between-Provider Variability and Reliability: A Cross-Sectional Study Using ICCs and Rankability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(24). 9249–9249. 13 indexed citations
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Zúñiga, Franziska, et al.. (2019). Nationale Qualitätsindikatoren in Schweizer Pflegeheimen: Fragebogenerhebung zur Zuverlässigkeit der Daten und Nützlichkeit aus Sicht der Anwender. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 52(8). 730–736. 1 indexed citations
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Zúñiga, Franziska, et al.. (2019). Nationale Qualitätsindikatoren in Schweizer Pflegeheimen. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 52(8). 730–736. 6 indexed citations
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Schwendimann, René, et al.. (2019). Adherence to the WHO surgical safety checklist: an observational study in a Swiss academic center. Patient Safety in Surgery. 13(1). 14–14. 52 indexed citations
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Schwendimann, René, Catherine Blatter, Suzanne Dhaini, Michael Simon, & Dietmar Ausserhofer. (2018). The occurrence, types, consequences and preventability of in-hospital adverse events – a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. 18(1). 521–521. 238 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zúñiga, Franziska, Catherine Blatter, & Michael Simon. (2018). DATA QUALITY OF NATIONAL QUALITY INDICATORS AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE IN SWISS NURSING HOMES. Innovation in Aging. 2(suppl_1). 421–421. 1 indexed citations

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