Catherine Saunders

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 535 citations indexed

About

Catherine Saunders is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Saunders has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 535 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Catherine Saunders's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (23 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (11 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (8 papers). Catherine Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (23 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (11 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (8 papers). Catherine Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Catherine Saunders's co-authors include Glyn Elwyn, Renata W. Yen, Danielle Schubbe, Marie‐Anne Durand, Marie‐Anne Durand, Peter Scalia, Sarah Cohen, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Jenaya L. Goldwag and Mary C. Politi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Saunders

42 papers receiving 526 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.

Practical thematic analysis: a guide for multidisciplinary health services research teams engaging in qualitative analysis

2023 108 citations Catherine Saunders, Christian von Plessen et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Saunders United States	12	258	126	88	65	55	48	535
Renata W. Yen United States	13	281 1.1×	119 0.9×	79 0.9×	55 0.8×	53 1.0×	33	551
Nabeel Qureshi United States	13	208 0.8×	104 0.8×	95 1.1×	36 0.6×	49 0.9×	91	509
Fok‐Han Leung Canada	12	251 1.0×	162 1.3×	48 0.5×	62 1.0×	54 1.0×	51	581
Li Feng Tan Singapore	12	244 0.9×	101 0.8×	59 0.7×	54 0.8×	54 1.0×	56	690
Peter Scalia United States	15	375 1.5×	174 1.4×	62 0.7×	67 1.0×	50 0.9×	43	682
Antoinette Davey United Kingdom	16	357 1.4×	115 0.9×	113 1.3×	56 0.9×	27 0.5×	27	616
Angela M. Barbara Canada	13	224 0.9×	78 0.6×	53 0.6×	47 0.7×	96 1.7×	33	587
Naomi L. Lacy United States	10	248 1.0×	144 1.1×	139 1.6×	22 0.3×	58 1.1×	21	703
Karima L. Ravenell United States	6	273 1.1×	105 0.8×	49 0.6×	52 0.8×	78 1.4×	7	635
Ann Nguyen United States	10	311 1.2×	209 1.7×	72 0.8×	102 1.6×	21 0.4×	41	577

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Vergo, Maxwell T., Amber E. Barnato, Julie Doherty, et al.. (2025). An electronic pre-visit agenda-setting questionnaire in ambulatory palliative care is feasible and acceptable to patients, care partners, and clinicians: A mixed methods evaluation. Palliative Medicine. 39(4). 507–516.

Elwyn, Glyn, S Gowrishankar, Aricca D. Van Citters, et al.. (2025). Using consideRATE to Evaluate Patient Experience in a Cancer Center: Psychometric and Healthcare Assessments. Psycho-Oncology. 34(10). e70292–e70292.

Goodman, Daisy, et al.. (2025). Provider and Staff Perspectives on Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health During Perinatal Care: Implications Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Women s Health Issues. 35(2). 116–122.

Johnson, Kristen, et al.. (2025). Use of the consideRATE and integRATE Measures to Assess Care Quality in Inpatient Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 70(1). e73–e80. 1 indexed citations

Yen, Renata W., et al.. (2024). Agenda-setting in the clinical encounter: A systematic review protocol. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0312613–e0312613. 1 indexed citations

Saunders, Catherine, Christian von Plessen, Alice Kennedy, et al.. (2023). Practical thematic analysis: a guide for multidisciplinary health services research teams engaging in qualitative analysis. BMJ. 381. e074256–e074256. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

Saunders, Catherine, Marie‐Anne Durand, Peter Scalia, et al.. (2023). “It helps us say what’s important...” Developing Serious Illness Topics: A clinical visit agenda-setting tool. Patient Education and Counseling. 113. 107764–107764. 2 indexed citations

Hughes, Ciara, Lynn Dunwoody, Ian Cleland, et al.. (2023). The effectiveness of mindfulness alone compared to exercise and mindfulness on fatigue in women with gynaecology cancer (GEMS): Protocol for a randomised feasibility trial. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0278252–e0278252. 1 indexed citations

Saunders, Catherine, Glyn Elwyn, Jaclyn Engel, et al.. (2022). Co-Development of a Web Application (COVID-19 Social Site) for Long-Term Care Workers (“Something for Us”): User-Centered Design and Participatory Research Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(9). e38359–e38359. 7 indexed citations

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Schott, Stacey L., et al.. (2021). Personalized, Electronic Health Record–Integrated Decision Aid for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: A Small Cluster Randomized Trial and Qualitative Analysis of Efficacy and Acceptability. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 14(6). e007329–e007329. 10 indexed citations

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Scalia, Peter, Catherine Saunders, Michelle D Dannenberg, et al.. (2021). Processes for evidence summarization for patient decision aids: A Delphi consensus study. Health Expectations. 24(4). 1178–1186. 3 indexed citations

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Saunders, Catherine, et al.. (2021). ‘Because Everybody is so Different’: a qualitative analysis of the lived experiences and information needs of rectal cancer survivors. BMJ Open. 11(5). e043245–e043245. 17 indexed citations

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Politi, Mary C., Catherine Saunders, Renata W. Yen, et al.. (2021). An absence of equipoise: Examining surgeons’ decision talk during encounters with women considering breast cancer surgery. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0260704–e0260704. 2 indexed citations

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Schubbe, Danielle, Peter Scalia, Renata W. Yen, et al.. (2020). Using pictures to convey health information: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects on patient and consumer health behaviors and outcomes. Patient Education and Counseling. 103(10). 1935–1960. 100 indexed citations

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Saunders, Catherine, Marie‐Anne Durand, Peter Scalia, et al.. (2020). User-Centered Design of the consideRATE Questions, a Measure of People's Experiences When They Are Seriously Ill. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 61(3). 555–565.e5. 16 indexed citations

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Sterritt, Roy, et al.. (2020). Inspiration for Space 2.0 from Autonomous NanoTechnology Swarms Concept missions towards Autonomic Robotic Craft. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 73(11). 397–408. 1 indexed citations

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Schott, Stacey L., et al.. (2019). TIMING OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INTEGRATED DECISION AID (IDEA) FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MATTERS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73(9). 3005–3005. 2 indexed citations

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Mishra, Manish, Catherine Saunders, Hector P. Rodríguez, et al.. (2018). How do healthcare professionals working in accountable care organisations understand patient activation and engagement? Qualitative interviews across two time points. BMJ Open. 8(10). e023068–e023068. 15 indexed citations

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Schubbe, Danielle, Sarah Cohen, Renata W. Yen, et al.. (2018). Does pictorial health information improve health behaviours and other outcomes? A systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 8(8). e023300–e023300. 18 indexed citations

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Sterritt, Roy, et al.. (2015). AUTONOMIC ROBOTICS FOR FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS. Ulster University Research Portal (Ulster University).

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