Colleen Saunders

1.1k total citations
34 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Colleen Saunders is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Colleen Saunders has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 9 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Colleen Saunders's work include Tendon Structure and Treatment (8 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (7 papers) and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (7 papers). Colleen Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Tendon Structure and Treatment (8 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (7 papers) and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (7 papers). Colleen Saunders collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Switzerland. Colleen Saunders's co-authors include Malcolm Collins, Alison V. September, Timothy D. Noakes, Marios A. Cariolou, Stavroulla Xenophontos, Christopher J. Handley, Lize van der Merwe, Jill Cook, Junaid Gamieldien and Michael Posthumus and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Colleen Saunders

32 papers receiving 436 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colleen Saunders South Africa 13 203 181 100 94 72 34 450
Karin Eizema Netherlands 10 37 0.2× 272 1.5× 293 2.9× 49 0.5× 69 1.0× 18 719
Alexandre Gonçalves Brazil 10 22 0.1× 86 0.5× 39 0.4× 57 0.6× 21 0.3× 29 578
José Ignacio Rodríguez Spain 13 34 0.2× 141 0.8× 20 0.2× 186 2.0× 17 0.2× 43 490
Jaime Bravo Chile 9 34 0.2× 113 0.6× 16 0.2× 94 1.0× 26 0.4× 12 371
Patricia Garrett United States 5 240 1.2× 30 0.2× 5 0.1× 109 1.2× 11 0.2× 5 393
Marie Peeters France 9 20 0.1× 80 0.4× 40 0.4× 34 0.4× 23 0.3× 27 514
M. Renard Ireland 10 68 0.3× 47 0.3× 12 0.1× 20 0.2× 72 1.0× 23 303
Monica Grover United States 11 57 0.3× 167 0.9× 13 0.1× 45 0.5× 9 0.1× 20 388
Pablo González Spain 12 275 1.4× 7 0.0× 43 0.4× 85 0.9× 48 0.7× 29 514
Avril Mason United Kingdom 14 33 0.2× 193 1.1× 19 0.2× 70 0.7× 10 0.1× 57 470

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colleen Saunders

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colleen Saunders

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colleen Saunders. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colleen Saunders 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 Colleen Saunders. Colleen Saunders 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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Peden, Amy E., et al.. (2023). Exploring Flood Response Challenges, Training Needs, and the Impact of Online Flood Training for Lifeguards and Water Safety Professionals in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(16). 6573–6573. 5 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2023). Paediatric procedural sedation and analgesia in a South African emergency centre: a single-centre, descriptive study. International Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16(1). 37–37. 1 indexed citations
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Wallis, Lee, et al.. (2023). Determining the research priorities for emergency care within the Western Cape province of South Africa: A consensus study. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 14(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2022). The ethical considerations for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of the published literature. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 12(1). 71–76. 1 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2022). Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 12(4). 393–405. 4 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, Vanessa Naidoo, Lee Wallis, et al.. (2021). A COVID-19 field hospital in a conference centre – The Cape Town, South Africa experience. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 13(1). e1–e9. 3 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2021). A Retrospective study of the pre-hospital trauma burden managed by the Western Cape Government Emergency Medical Services. SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University). 2(1). 18–26. 4 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2020). Exploring new genetic variants within COL5A1 intron 4‐exon 5 region and TGF‐β family with risk of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 38(8). 1856–1865. 4 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2020). Social media and the modern scientist: a research primer for low- and middle-income countries. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 10(Suppl 2). S120–S124. 19 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2020). An analysis of the descriptors of acute myocardial infarction used by South Africans when calling for an ambulance from a private emergency call centre. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 10(4). 203–208. 5 indexed citations
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Govender, Rajen, et al.. (2020). Childhood vulnerability to drowning in the Western Cape, South Africa: Risk differences across age and sex. Child Care Health and Development. 46(5). 607–616. 6 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2018). Defining the molecular signatures of Achilles tendinopathy and anterior cruciate ligament ruptures: A whole-exome sequencing approach. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205860–e0205860. 19 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2017). Keeping our heads above water: A systematic review of fatal drowning in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 108(1). 61–61. 5 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2017). The interaction of polymorphisms in extracellular matrix genes and underlying miRNA motifs that modulate susceptibility to anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 21(1). 22–28. 14 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, et al.. (2016). Semantic interrogation of a multi knowledge domain ontological model of tendinopathy identifies four strong candidate risk genes. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19820–19820. 17 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, Michael Posthumus, Kevin S. O’Connell, Alison V. September, & Malcolm Collins. (2014). A variant within theAQP13ʹ-untranslated region is associated with running performance, but not weight changes, during an Ironman Triathlon. Journal of Sports Sciences. 33(13). 1342–1348. 13 indexed citations
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Collins, Malcolm, Kevin S. O’Connell, & Colleen Saunders. (2013). Collagen gene sequence variants in exercise-related traits. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, Lize van der Merwe, Jill Cook, et al.. (2013). Variants within theCOMPandTHBS2genes are not associated with Achilles tendinopathy in a case-control study of South African and Australian populations. Journal of Sports Sciences. 32(1). 92–100. 7 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, Alison V. September, Stavroulla Xenophontos, et al.. (2007). No Association of the ACTN3 Gene R577X Polymorphism with Endurance Performance in Ironman Triathlons. Annals of Human Genetics. 71(6). 777–781. 57 indexed citations
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Saunders, Colleen, Tamara Hew‐Butler, Stavroulla Xenophontos, et al.. (2006). Dipsogenic genes associated with weight changes during Ironman Triathlons. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(20). 2980–2987. 24 indexed citations

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