Chris Paton

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Chris Paton is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health Information Management and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Paton has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Health Information Management and 11 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Chris Paton's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (26 papers), Electronic Health Records Systems (17 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (9 papers). Chris Paton is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (26 papers), Electronic Health Records Systems (17 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (9 papers). Chris Paton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Kenya and New Zealand. Chris Paton's co-authors include Mike English, Rosie Dobson, Judith McCool, Robyn Whittaker, Naomi Muinga, Margaret Hansen, Timothy Tuti, Annie Lau, Talya Miron‐Shatz and Shinji Kobayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Chris Paton

69 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Mobile Health (mHealth) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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. Mobile Health (mHealth) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    2021 134 citations Chris Paton 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
Chris Paton United Kingdom 21 559 250 195 172 126 76 1.3k
Natalie Leon South Africa 19 755 1.4× 247 1.0× 83 0.4× 206 1.2× 91 0.7× 45 1.3k
Christopher A. Harle United States 20 481 0.9× 461 1.8× 275 1.4× 131 0.8× 66 0.5× 107 2.0k
Devarsetty Praveen India 20 467 0.8× 322 1.3× 93 0.5× 230 1.3× 61 0.5× 82 1.4k
Kyu Rhee United States 20 581 1.0× 392 1.6× 292 1.5× 60 0.3× 94 0.7× 53 2.4k
Marie Desmartis Canada 17 843 1.5× 345 1.4× 230 1.2× 59 0.3× 153 1.2× 22 1.5k
Michael Rigby United Kingdom 20 589 1.1× 348 1.4× 539 2.8× 90 0.5× 65 0.5× 121 1.7k
Onur Asan United States 25 856 1.5× 435 1.7× 496 2.5× 77 0.4× 115 0.9× 132 2.5k
Svetla Loukanova Germany 16 651 1.2× 166 0.7× 114 0.6× 334 1.9× 68 0.5× 35 1.1k
Alberto Coustasse United States 20 517 0.9× 314 1.3× 205 1.1× 58 0.3× 88 0.7× 111 1.5k
Kamal Jethwani United States 22 774 1.4× 469 1.9× 164 0.8× 83 0.5× 223 1.8× 63 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Paton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Paton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chris Paton. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chris Paton. The network helps show where Chris Paton may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Paton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Paton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Paton 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 Chris Paton. Chris Paton 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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Paton, Chris, et al.. (2025). Next-generation virtual and augmented reality in surgical education: a narrative review. PubMed. 3. 100242–100242. 4 indexed citations
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Dung, Nguyen Thanh, et al.. (2024). Status of Digital Health Technology Adoption in 5 Vietnamese Hospitals: Cross-Sectional Assessment. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e53483–e53483. 1 indexed citations
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Hernandez, Bernard, Damien Ming, Cyrus S. H. Ho, et al.. (2023). A HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN APPROACH TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGITAL CLINICAL DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITALISED PATIENTS WITH DENGUE. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 130. S87–S88. 2 indexed citations
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Ezenwa, Beatrice Nkolika, Rachel Umoren, Iretiola Fajolu, et al.. (2022). Using Mobile Virtual Reality Simulation to Prepare for In-Person Helping Babies Breathe Training: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial (the eHBB/mHBS Trial). JMIR Medical Education. 8(3). e37297–e37297. 14 indexed citations
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Trewin, Brendan, Dan Pagendam, Brian J. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Mark-release-recapture of male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Use of rhodamine B to estimate movement, mating and population parameters in preparation for an incompatible male program. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(6). e0009357–e0009357. 13 indexed citations
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Umoren, Rachel, Sherri Bucher, Daniel S. Hippe, et al.. (2021). eHBB: a randomised controlled trial of virtual reality or video for neonatal resuscitation refresher training in healthcare workers in resource-scarce settings. BMJ Open. 11(8). e048506–e048506. 38 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Shinji, Luis M. Falcón, Hamish Fraser, et al.. (2021). Using Open Source, Open Data, and Civic Technology to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic and Infodemic. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. 30(1). 38–43. 5 indexed citations
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Paton, Chris, André Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki, Mike English, & Jim Warren. (2021). Improving the Usability and Safety of Digital Health Systems: The Role of Predictive Human-Computer Interaction Modeling. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(5). e25281–e25281. 16 indexed citations
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Tuti, Timothy, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Adaptive Feedback in a Smartphone-Based Game on Health Care Providers’ Learning Gain: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(7). e17100–e17100. 15 indexed citations
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McKnight, Jacob, et al.. (2019). Effective coding is key to the development and use of the WHO Essential Diagnostics List. The Lancet Digital Health. 1(8). e387–e388. 2 indexed citations
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Muinga, Naomi, et al.. (2018). Implementing an Open Source Electronic Health Record System in Kenyan Health Care Facilities: Case Study. JMIR Medical Informatics. 6(2). e22–e22. 42 indexed citations
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English, Mike, Grace Irimu, Ambrose Agweyu, et al.. (2016). Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. PLoS Medicine. 13(4). e1001991–e1001991. 51 indexed citations
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Paton, Chris, Muzaffar Malik, & Mowafa Househ. (2014). Disseminating health informatics research and 'Informatics in Developing Countries' and the Health Informatics Forum MOOC. 21(1). 29. 1 indexed citations
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Miron‐Shatz, Talya, Annie Lau, Chris Paton, & Margaret Hansen. (2014). Big Data in Science and Healthcare: A Review of Recent Literature and Perspectives. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. 23(1). 21–26. 86 indexed citations
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Ritchie, Scott A., et al.. (2013). Residual Treatment ofAedes aegypti(Diptera: Culicidae) in Containers Using Pyriproxyfen Slow-Release Granules (Sumilarv 0.5G). Journal of Medical Entomology. 50(5). 1169–1172. 14 indexed citations
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Paton, Chris, et al.. (2010). Putting Health Record Interoperability Standards to Work. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 5(1). 1. 20 indexed citations
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Malik, Muzaffar & Chris Paton. (2008). Why is there is a lack of open source initiatives for electronic health record systems in Pakistan. 2(1). 3 indexed citations
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Hansen, Margaret, et al.. (2008). Towards Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges of Web 2.0 for Health and Informatics. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. 17(1). 44–51. 9 indexed citations

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