Daniel Wight

14.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Daniel Wight is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Wight has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in General Health Professions, 27 papers in Infectious Diseases and 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Daniel Wight's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (68 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (26 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (17 papers). Daniel Wight is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (68 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (26 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (17 papers). Daniel Wight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and Uganda. Daniel Wight's co-authors include Laurence Moore, Tannaze Tinati, Janis Baird, Chris Bonell, Gary F. Moore, Wendy Hardeman, Lyndal Bond, Alicia O’Cathain, Suzanne Audrey and Mary Barker and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Wight

135 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Rese... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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 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. Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance
    2015 3.7k citations Gary F. Moore, Suzanne Audrey et al. BMJ profile →
  2. Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
    2015 316 citations Daniel Wight et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Wight United Kingdom 39 5.2k 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 140 8.8k
Kathy Harrington United States 49 3.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 842 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 136 6.6k
Claire D. Brindis United States 44 3.9k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 486 0.4× 288 7.7k
Christine Markham United States 39 3.3k 0.6× 834 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 994 0.7× 996 0.7× 230 6.3k
Janet L. Collins United States 40 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 1.8× 2.5k 1.8× 1.0k 0.7× 749 0.5× 66 8.8k
Kenneth R. McLeroy United States 32 5.4k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 582 0.4× 97 10.3k
Lloyd J. Kolbe United States 38 4.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 2.7k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 919 0.7× 103 8.9k
Richard A. Crosby United States 48 5.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 2.7k 2.0× 290 8.7k
Eugenia Eng United States 44 3.6k 0.7× 916 0.6× 930 0.7× 2.0k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 129 7.1k
Charles E. Irwin United States 46 3.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.5× 797 0.6× 540 0.4× 148 7.3k
Yemane Berhane Ethiopia 54 2.6k 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 849 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 380 10.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Wight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Wight

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thompson, Lucy, Matthew Breckons, Neil T. Young, et al.. (2024). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of parenting intervention for mothers experiencing psychosocial stress: insights from the early closure of the Mellow Babies RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(17). 1–115. 1 indexed citations
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Henderson, Marion, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, et al.. (2024). The Social and Emotional Education and Development intervention to address wellbeing in primary school age children: the SEED cluster RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(6). 1–173. 3 indexed citations
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Boydell, Nicola, et al.. (2017). How Mothers in Poverty Explain Their Use of Corporal Punishment: A Qualitative Study in Kampala, Uganda. European Journal of Development Research. 29(5). 999–1016. 26 indexed citations
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Parkes, Alison, Helen Sweeting, Robert Young, & Daniel Wight. (2016). Does parenting help to explain socioeconomic inequalities in children's body mass index trajectories? Longitudinal analysis using the Growing Up in Scotland study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 70(9). 868–873. 11 indexed citations
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Wight, Daniel & Alison M. Devlin. (2016). The Transferability of Complex Interventions: A Case Study of Parenting Programmes. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations
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Moore, Gary F., Suzanne Audrey, Mary Barker, et al.. (2015). Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ. 350(mar19 6). h1258–h1258. 3747 indexed citations breakdown →
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Plummer, Mary Louisa & Daniel Wight. (2011). Young People's Lives and Sexual Relationships in Rural Africa. Lexington Books. 13 indexed citations
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Parkes, Alison, Marion Henderson, Daniel Wight, & Catherine Nixon. (2011). Is Parenting Associated with Teenagers’ Early Sexual Risk‐Taking, Autonomy And Relationship with Sexual Partners?. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 43(1). 30–40. 88 indexed citations
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Wight, Daniel. (2011). The effectiveness of school based sex education: what do rigorous evaluations in Britain tell us?. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 14 indexed citations
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Buston, Katie & Daniel Wight. (2010). Self-reported sexually transmitted infection testing behaviour amongst incarcerated young male offenders: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 36(1). 7–11. 7 indexed citations
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Plummer, Mary Louisa, Joyce Wamoyi, Gerry Mshana, et al.. (2008). Aborting and Suspending Pregnancy in Rural Tanzania: An Ethnography of Young People's Beliefs and Practices. Studies in Family Planning. 39(4). 281–292. 34 indexed citations
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Wight, Daniel, et al.. (2004). SHARE: Sexual Health And RElationships: Safe, Happy And REsponsible. 53(5). 317–8. 6 indexed citations
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Wight, Daniel & Katie Buston. (1998). The SHARE project: a rigorous evaluation of teacher-led sex education. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 3 indexed citations
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Wight, Daniel & Susan Scott. (1996). The development and piloting of SHARE, a teacher-led sex education programme for S3 and S4. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 3 indexed citations
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Wight, Daniel & Sue Scott. (1994). Mandates and Constraints on Sex Education in the East of Scotland : Preliminary Study for a Sex Education Initiative. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 4 indexed citations
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