Colin Thunhurst

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 961 citations indexed

About

Colin Thunhurst is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Management Science and Operations Research and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Thunhurst has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 961 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 6 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Colin Thunhurst's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (12 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 papers). Colin Thunhurst is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (12 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 papers). Colin Thunhurst collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Colin Thunhurst's co-authors include Jonathan Rosenhead, Carol Barker, John Friend, Ross Duncan, Sue Randall, Alison Macfarlane, Ruth Gilbert, Krishna Regmi, Andrew Green and Gill Furze and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

In The Last Decade

Colin Thunhurst

41 papers receiving 905 citations

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Deprivation and Health in Scotland

1992 593 citations Colin Thunhurst Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Thunhurst United Kingdom	12	305	232	158	132	113	42	961
Peter W. Solenberger United States	3	220 0.7×	153 0.7×	62 0.4×	228 1.7×	175 1.5×	4	1.6k
Ting Hsiang Lin Taiwan	16	238 0.8×	92 0.4×	50 0.3×	125 0.9×	190 1.7×	38	1.3k
Ben B. Hansen United States	12	187 0.6×	171 0.7×	28 0.2×	165 1.3×	85 0.8×	27	1.5k
Mohammad Arab Iran	17	446 1.5×	164 0.7×	35 0.2×	129 1.0×	77 0.7×	83	1.1k
Diana Silver United States	20	320 1.0×	189 0.8×	47 0.3×	124 0.9×	187 1.7×	76	981
Nicola Shaw Canada	20	518 1.7×	50 0.2×	108 0.7×	150 1.1×	295 2.6×	47	1.4k
José R. Zubizarreta United States	25	146 0.5×	132 0.6×	41 0.3×	108 0.8×	111 1.0×	71	1.9k
Mary E. Slaughter United States	20	478 1.6×	235 1.0×	47 0.3×	146 1.1×	321 2.8×	62	2.2k
Shannon L. Sibbald Canada	22	792 2.6×	105 0.5×	55 0.3×	103 0.8×	279 2.5×	106	1.4k
John Pastor Ansah Singapore	17	265 0.9×	97 0.4×	54 0.3×	93 0.7×	81 0.7×	61	800

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Regmi, Krishna, Ruth Gilbert, & Colin Thunhurst. (2015). How can health systems be strengthened to control and prevent an Ebola outbreak? A narrative review. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology. 5(1). 28877–28877. 16 indexed citations

Randall, Sue, et al.. (2013). Case management of individuals with long-term conditions by community matrons: report of qualitative findings of a mixed method evaluation. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 15(1). 26–37. 12 indexed citations

Thunhurst, Colin. (2013). Public health systems analysis - where the River Kabul meets the River Indus. Globalization and Health. 9(1). 39–39. 11 indexed citations

Thunhurst, Colin. (2012). Public health systems analysis—the transfer of learning between developed and developing countries. Health Care Management Science. 15(3). 283–291. 6 indexed citations

Coyle, Edward F., et al.. (2009). Transport and health – a five-country perspective. Public Health. 123(1). e21–e23. 6 indexed citations

Thunhurst, Colin. (2009). Measuring the health of urban populations: What progress have we made?. Public Health. 123(1). e40–e44. 4 indexed citations

Thunhurst, Colin, et al.. (2009). Ensuring the choice agenda is met in the maternity services. Coventry University Open Collections (Coventry university). 19(3). 311–317. 1 indexed citations

Harrington, J M, Sharon Friel, Colin Thunhurst, Ann Kirby, & Brendan McElroy. (2008). Obesogenic island: the financial burden of private transport on low-income households. Journal of Public Health. 30(1). 38–44. 7 indexed citations

Thunhurst, Colin & Carol Barker. (1999). Using Problem Structuring Methods in Strategic Planning. Health Policy and Planning. 14(2). 127–134. 11 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin, et al.. (1998). Community participation--with provider collaboration.. PubMed. 19(1). 72–5. 6 indexed citations

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Barker, Carol, Colin Thunhurst, & Ross Duncan. (1998). An approach to setting priorities in health planning. Journal of Management in Medicine. 12(2). 92–100. 5 indexed citations

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Green, Andrew, et al.. (1997). Health planning in Pakistan: a case study. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 12(3). 187–205. 16 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin & Alison Macfarlane. (1992). Monitoring the Health of Urban Populations: What Statistics Do We Need?. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society). 155(3). 317–317. 11 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin & Charles Ritchie. (1992). Housing in the Dearne Valley: Doing Community OR with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-operative. Part 2 -- An Evaluation. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 43(7). 677–677. 2 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin. (1992). Beyond the Annual Report. Journal of Management in Medicine. 6(1). 27–34. 1 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin, et al.. (1992). Housing in the Dearne Valley: Doing Community OR with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-Operative Part 1 -- The Involvement of the Community OR Unit. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 43(2). 81–81. 3 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin. (1992). Deprivation and Health in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 46(1). 87.1–87. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thunhurst, Colin, G. Flucke, & Geoff Walsham. (1988). Operational Research Applications in Development Management -- Case Exercise Book. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 39(11). 1064–1064. 2 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin. (1984). Inequalities in health: The black report. European Journal of Operational Research. 15(3). 408–408. 17 indexed citations

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Thunhurst, Colin, et al.. (1982). Taxonomy and Behavioral Science-Comparative Performance of Grouping Methods.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician). 31(2). 197–197. 4 indexed citations

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