Catrina Heffernan

877 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 496 citations indexed

About

Catrina Heffernan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Research and Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Catrina Heffernan has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 496 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in General Health Professions, 2 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 2 papers in Research and Theory. Recurrent topics in Catrina Heffernan's work include Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (2 papers), Nursing education and management (2 papers) and Ethics in Clinical Research (1 paper). Catrina Heffernan is often cited by papers focused on Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (2 papers), Nursing education and management (2 papers) and Ethics in Clinical Research (1 paper). Catrina Heffernan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, China and United States. Catrina Heffernan's co-authors include Jie Tan, Gary Brown, Elizabeth Heffernan, Mary Brosnan, Joan Murphy, Margaret Landers, Geraldine McCarthy, Huaping Liu, Sek Ying Chair and Kelley Kilpatrick and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Nursing Management and International Journal of Nursing Practice.

In The Last Decade

Catrina Heffernan

5 papers receiving 478 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Caregiver burden: A concept analysis

2020 405 citations Catrina Heffernan, Jie Tan et al. International Journal of Nursing Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catrina Heffernan Ireland	4	210	154	148	104	99	6	496
Kate Sheppard United States	11	132 0.6×	70 0.5×	261 1.8×	37 0.4×	85 0.9×	21	519
Alessio Conti Italy	13	116 0.6×	71 0.5×	132 0.9×	52 0.5×	83 0.8×	61	424
Wei How Darryl Ang Singapore	14	294 1.4×	58 0.4×	138 0.9×	28 0.3×	100 1.0×	46	611
E. van der Ploeg Netherlands	6	323 1.5×	75 0.5×	283 1.9×	46 0.4×	46 0.5×	9	782
Radka Bužgová Czechia	15	171 0.8×	110 0.7×	205 1.4×	52 0.5×	253 2.6×	71	650
Norma E. Conner United States	10	185 0.9×	88 0.6×	143 1.0×	47 0.5×	145 1.5×	27	507
Meltem Demirgöz Bal Türkiye	15	135 0.6×	61 0.4×	92 0.6×	81 0.8×	157 1.6×	58	599
Youngmi Kang South Korea	12	104 0.5×	86 0.6×	225 1.5×	29 0.3×	133 1.3×	37	512
Havva Tel Türkiye	12	140 0.7×	38 0.2×	93 0.6×	66 0.6×	42 0.4×	54	388
Gülendam Karadağ Türkiye	11	62 0.3×	75 0.5×	82 0.6×	36 0.3×	43 0.4×	43	561

Countries citing papers authored by Catrina Heffernan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catrina Heffernan

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All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Chair, Sek Ying, et al.. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical care and patient-focused outcomes of advanced nursing practice: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0313751–e0313751. 1 indexed citations

2.

Heffernan, Catrina, et al.. (2021). Therapeutic communication within the nurse–patient relationship: A concept analysis. International Journal of Nursing Practice. 27(6). e12938–e12938. 24 indexed citations

3.

Heffernan, Catrina, et al.. (2020). Caregiver burden: A concept analysis. International Journal of Nursing Sciences. 7(4). 438–445. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heffernan, Catrina, Geraldine McCarthy, & Margaret Landers. (2020). Caring and Anxiety Among Registered Nurses in an Acute Hospital Setting. International Journal for Human Caring. 24(2). 92–105.

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Heffernan, Catrina, et al.. (2012). Research ethics application: a guide for the novice researcher. British Journal of Nursing. 21(1). 38–43. 26 indexed citations

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Heffernan, Catrina, Elizabeth Heffernan, Mary Brosnan, & Gary Brown. (2009). Evaluating a preceptorship programme in South West Ireland: perceptions of preceptors and undergraduate students. Journal of Nursing Management. 17(5). 539–549. 40 indexed citations

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