David Sturgeon

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Sturgeon is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sturgeon has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Sturgeon's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (6 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (3 papers). David Sturgeon is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (6 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (3 papers). David Sturgeon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. David Sturgeon's co-authors include Julian Leff, Ruth Berkowitz, Liz Kuipers, Graham Turpin, Christine Vaughn, Philip Joseph, Richard Morris, Jessica Yakeley, Rachel Rosser and Herbert Y. Meltzer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Psychiatry and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

David Sturgeon

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Controlled Trial of Social Intervention in the Families... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 200 400 600
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. A Controlled Trial of Social Intervention in the Families of Schizophrenic Patients
    1982 615 citations Julian Leff, Liz Kuipers et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Sturgeon United Kingdom 13 959 919 279 229 159 32 1.3k
Carol Hulbert Australia 22 1.3k 1.3× 855 0.9× 231 0.8× 305 1.3× 152 1.0× 63 1.8k
L. Kuipers United Kingdom 15 1.1k 1.1× 970 1.1× 427 1.5× 184 0.8× 126 0.8× 23 1.4k
Barry A. Ritzler United States 22 935 1.0× 634 0.7× 237 0.8× 216 0.9× 79 0.5× 72 1.5k
Annet Nugter Netherlands 16 841 0.9× 669 0.7× 283 1.0× 185 0.8× 194 1.2× 55 1.3k
K. T. Mueser United States 6 654 0.7× 923 1.0× 467 1.7× 181 0.8× 403 2.5× 7 1.4k
Gennady Baksheev Australia 18 615 0.6× 571 0.6× 233 0.8× 171 0.7× 149 0.9× 30 1.1k
Marsha Vannicelli United States 15 594 0.6× 371 0.4× 196 0.7× 177 0.8× 219 1.4× 36 1.1k
Thomas Kallert Germany 24 1.5k 1.6× 790 0.9× 415 1.5× 380 1.7× 329 2.1× 94 2.0k
Laoise Renwick United Kingdom 22 619 0.6× 758 0.8× 375 1.3× 287 1.3× 222 1.4× 59 1.3k
Angelo Cocchi Italy 14 480 0.5× 504 0.5× 256 0.9× 189 0.8× 95 0.6× 24 871

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Sturgeon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sturgeon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Sturgeon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Sturgeon 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 David Sturgeon. David Sturgeon 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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Sturgeon, David. (2017). Convenience, quality and choice: Patient and service-provider perspectives for treating primary care complaints in urgent care settings. International Emergency Nursing. 35. 43–50. 4 indexed citations
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Nilakantan, Aneesha S., et al.. (2015). (177) Pain interference mediates the relationship between pain and happiness. Journal of Pain. 16(4). S20–S20. 1 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (2014). The business of the NHS: The rise and rise of consumer culture and commodification in the provision of healthcare services. Critical Social Policy. 34(3). 405–416. 25 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (2014). Markets, mergers and mixed messages. British Journal of Healthcare Management. 20(2). 71–75. 1 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (2010). ‘Have a nice day’: consumerism, compassion and health care. British Journal of Nursing. 19(16). 1047–1051. 21 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (2010). Transforming higher education and the professional preparation of nurses. British Journal of Nursing. 19(3). 180–184. 3 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (2008). Measuring compassion in nursing. Nursing Standard. 22(46). 42–43. 13 indexed citations
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Mentzer, Alexander J. & David Sturgeon. (2008). Dealing with stress. BMJ. 807272–807272. 1 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (2008). Advanced nursing practice and Newton’s three laws of motion. British Journal of Nursing. 17(11). 706–710. 2 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David, et al.. (2006). Treating learned helplessness in hospital: a reacquaintance with self-control. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 67(3). 134–136. 1 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David, et al.. (1994). Monitoring of blood pressure at a GP depot clinic. Psychiatric Bulletin. 18(7). 438–439. 1 indexed citations
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Joseph, Philip, David Sturgeon, & Julian Leff. (1992). The Perception of Emotion by Schizophrenic Patients. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 161(5). 603–609. 26 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David, et al.. (1991). The king's cross fire. Part 2: the psychological injuries. Burns. 17(1). 10–13. 10 indexed citations
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Turpin, Graham, Nicholas Tarrier, & David Sturgeon. (1988). Social psychophysiology and the study of biopsychosocial models of schizophrenia.. 4 indexed citations
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Leff, Julian, Liz Kuipers, Ruth Berkowitz, & David Sturgeon. (1985). A Controlled Trial of Social Intervention in the Families of Schizophrenic Patients: Two Year Follow-up. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 146(6). 594–600. 284 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David, Graham Turpin, Liz Kuipers, Ruth Berkowitz, & Julian Leff. (1984). Psychophysiological Responses of Schizophrenic Patients to High and Low Expressed Emotion Relatives: A Follow-up Study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 145(1). 62–69. 49 indexed citations
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Leff, Julian, Liz Kuipers, Ruth Berkowitz, Christine Vaughn, & David Sturgeon. (1983). Life events, relatives' Expressed Emotion and maintenance neuroleptics in schizophrenic relapse. Psychological Medicine. 13(4). 799–806. 71 indexed citations
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Leff, Julian, et al.. (1983). Social Intervention in the Families of Schizophrenics: Addendum. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 142(3). 311–311. 5 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David, et al.. (1979). The Teaching of Psychotherapy to Medical Students An Aspect of Training in Psychosomatic Medicine. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 32(1-4). 212–217. 4 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, David. (1979). Videotapes in psychiatry: their use in teaching observation techniques. Medical Education. 13(3). 204–208. 13 indexed citations

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