Colin P. West

286 total papers · 36.8k total citations
210 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Colin P. West is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin P. West has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in General Health Professions, 100 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 54 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Colin P. West's work include Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (117 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (78 papers) and Diversity and Career in Medicine (54 papers). Colin P. West is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (117 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (78 papers) and Diversity and Career in Medicine (54 papers). Colin P. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Vietnam. Colin P. West's co-authors include Tait D. Shanafelt, Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Jeff A. Sloan, Daniel Satele, Christine A. Sinsky, Sonja Boone, Litjen Tan, Joseph C. Kolars, Patricia J. Erwin and Omar Hasan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Colin P. West

203 papers receiving 23.9k citations

Hit Papers

Burnout and Satisfaction ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2012 2015 2018 2016 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians Relative to the General US Population
    2012 2.4k citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Sonja Boone et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →
  2. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014
    2015 2.0k citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Omar Hasan et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  3. Physician burnout: contributors, consequences and solutions
    2018 1.5k citations Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. Journal of Internal Medicine profile →
  4. Interventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2016 1.5k citations Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Burnout Among U.S. Medical Students, Residents, and Early Career Physicians Relative to the General U.S. Population
    2014 1.4k citations Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Colin P. West et al. Academic Medicine profile →
  6. Association of Perceived Medical Errors With Resident Distress and Empathy
    2006 1.1k citations Colin P. West, Mashele Huschka et al. JAMA profile →
  7. Association of Resident Fatigue and Distress With Perceived Medical Errors
    2009 722 citations Colin P. West JAMA profile →
  8. Relationship Between Clerical Burden and Characteristics of the Electronic Environment With Physician Burnout and Professional Satisfaction
    2016 693 citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  9. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2017
    2019 597 citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Colin P. West et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  10. Quality of Life, Burnout, Educational Debt, and Medical Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents
    2011 553 citations Colin P. West, Tait D. Shanafelt et al. JAMA profile →
  11. Single Item Measures of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization Are Useful for Assessing Burnout in Medical Professionals
    2009 518 citations Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. Journal of General Internal Medicine profile →
  12. Intervention to Promote Physician Well-being, Job Satisfaction, and Professionalism
    2014 449 citations Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →
  13. Career Fit and Burnout Among Academic Faculty
    2009 432 citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Colin P. West et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →
  14. Burnout Among Health Care Professionals: A Call to Explore and Address This Underrecognized Threat to Safe, High-Quality Care
    2017 430 citations Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Tait D. Shanafelt et al. NAM Perspectives profile →
  15. Physician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors
    2018 430 citations Daniel Tawfik, Jochen Profit et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  16. Concurrent Validity of Single-Item Measures of Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization in Burnout Assessment
    2012 415 citations Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. Journal of General Internal Medicine profile →
  17. Addressing Physician Burnout
    2017 291 citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. JAMA profile →
  18. Resilience and Burnout Among Physicians and the General US Working Population
    2020 285 citations Colin P. West, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
  19. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic
    2022 279 citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Colin P. West et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  20. The Association Between Perceived Electronic Health Record Usability and Professional Burnout Among US Physicians
    2019 246 citations Edward R. Melnick, Liselotte N. Dyrbye et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  21. A cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between burnout, absenteeism, and job performance among American nurses
    2019 212 citations Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Tait D. Shanafelt et al. BMC Nursing profile →
  22. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2020
    2022 202 citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Colin P. West et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings profile →
  23. Effect of a Professional Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians
    2019 180 citations Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Tait D. Shanafelt et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Colin P. West 17.6k 10.2k 4.8k 4.1k 2.4k 210 24.9k
Liselotte N. Dyrbye 26.7k 1.5× 15.5k 1.5× 7.0k 1.5× 7.2k 1.8× 4.1k 1.7× 189 33.1k
Daniel Satele 12.2k 0.7× 6.8k 0.7× 3.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 91 15.1k
Christine A. Sinsky 10.6k 0.6× 5.4k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 977 0.4× 160 14.3k
Mark Linzer 7.7k 0.4× 3.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 208 15.8k
Paul J. Novotny 7.0k 0.4× 5.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 255 21.7k
Debra Roter 14.7k 0.8× 6.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 2.2k 0.5× 2.6k 1.1× 313 24.9k
Lisa A. Cooper 7.9k 0.4× 5.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 3.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 300 18.9k
Wendy Levinson 10.3k 0.6× 5.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.2× 1.7k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 240 19.2k
Paul D. Cleary 13.8k 0.8× 5.1k 0.5× 488 0.1× 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 348 29.2k
Steven J. Durning 4.9k 0.3× 8.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 935 0.4× 445 13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin P. West

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