Dawn Bessarab

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Dawn Bessarab is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawn Bessarab has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Health, 40 papers in General Health Professions and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dawn Bessarab's work include Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (49 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (12 papers). Dawn Bessarab is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (49 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (14 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (12 papers). Dawn Bessarab collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Qatar and United States. Dawn Bessarab's co-authors include Bridget Ng’andu, Sandra Thompson, Shaouli Shahid, Angela Durey, Judith Katzenellenbogen, Ivan Lin, Charmaine Green, Emma Haynes, Kate Taylor and Alice Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Dawn Bessarab

87 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Yarning About Yarning as ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2022 250 500 750
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. Yarning About Yarning as a Legitimate Method in Indigenous Research
    2010 804 citations Dawn Bessarab, Bridget Ng’andu profile →
  2. Decolonising qualitative research with respectful, reciprocal, and responsible research practice: a narrative review of the application of Yarning method in qualitative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
    2022 78 citations Dawn Bessarab et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dawn Bessarab 1.2k 977 609 596 354 100 2.7k
Peter Crampton 563 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 606 1.0× 429 0.7× 329 0.9× 110 3.1k
Arjumand Siddiqi 834 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 499 0.8× 476 0.8× 193 0.5× 126 2.9k
Natalia Linos 1.0k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 437 0.7× 1.5k 2.5× 229 0.6× 17 3.8k
John O’Neil 752 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 374 0.6× 804 1.3× 480 1.4× 85 2.9k
Jasmine Graves 784 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 436 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 228 0.6× 6 3.4k
Danya E. Keene 1.2k 1.0× 2.0k 2.0× 676 1.1× 1.8k 3.0× 282 0.8× 106 4.7k
Janice Bowie 787 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 782 1.3× 792 1.3× 371 1.0× 112 3.6k
Janet Smylie 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 390 0.6× 514 0.9× 276 0.8× 107 2.6k
Chandra L. Ford 787 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 500 0.8× 1.7k 2.9× 458 1.3× 68 4.2k
Carrie Henning‐Smith 704 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 363 0.6× 547 0.9× 189 0.5× 115 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Dawn Bessarab

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dawn Bessarab

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawn Bessarab

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dawn Bessarab. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dawn Bessarab 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 Dawn Bessarab. Dawn Bessarab 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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Wade, Vicki, Dawit Zemedikun, Frank Sanfilippo, et al.. (2026). Temporal Trends in Acute Coronary Syndrome Incidence in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People in Western Australia. PubMed. 19(3). e012650–e012650.
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Goldberg, Lynette R., Kylie Radford, Kate Smith, et al.. (2025). Privileging the spirit, voices, and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in dementia care: Education for non-Indigenous health care providers. SSM - Mental Health. 7. 100395–100395.
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Flicker, Leon, Dawn Bessarab, Sarah Russell, et al.. (2025). The acceptability of the Good Spirit, Good Life framework for remote-living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. SSM - Mental Health. 7. 100443–100443.
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Cox, Kay L., Leon Flicker, Dawn Bessarab, et al.. (2023). Co‐design of dementia prevention program for Aboriginal Australians (DAMPAA). Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(10). 4564–4571. 7 indexed citations
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Stacey, Ingrid, Rebecca Seth, Lee Nedkoff, et al.. (2023). Excess Deaths Associated with Rheumatic Heart Disease, Australia, 2013–2017. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(1). 146–150.
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Stacey, Ingrid, Rebecca Seth, Lee Nedkoff, et al.. (2023). Rheumatic heart disease mortality in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians between 2013 and 2017. Heart. 109(13). 1025–1033. 2 indexed citations
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Haynes, Emma, et al.. (2022). “Weaving a Mat That We Can All Sit On”: Qualitative Research Approaches for Productive Dialogue in the Intercultural Space. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3654–3654. 16 indexed citations
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Hyde, Zoë, Dawn Bessarab, Leon Flicker, et al.. (2022). Validation of the Good Spirit, Good Life quality‐of‐life tool for older Aboriginal Australians. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 42(2). 302–310. 12 indexed citations
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Haynes, Emma, et al.. (2021). Decolonizing Indigenous health: Generating a productive dialogue to eliminate Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia. Social Science & Medicine. 277. 113829–113829. 24 indexed citations
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Bond‐Smith, Daniela, Karen Dempsey, Jeffrey Cannon, et al.. (2019). The End Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Study of Epidemiology (ERASE) Project: data sources, case ascertainment and cohort profile. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Shahid, Shaouli, Tiew‐Hwa Katherine Teng, Dawn Bessarab, et al.. (2016). Factors contributing to delayed diagnosis of cancer among Aboriginal people in Australia: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 6(6). e010909–e010909. 41 indexed citations
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Fredericks, Bronwyn, Kathleen Clapham, Dawn Bessarab, et al.. (2015). Developing Pictorial Conceptual Metaphors as a means of understanding and changing the Australian Health System for Indigenous People. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 6 indexed citations
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Fredericks, Bronwyn, Kathleen Clapham, Roxanne Bainbridge, et al.. (2014). ‘Ngulluck Katitj Wah Koorl Koorliny/ Us mob going along learning to research together’ : drawing on action research to develop a literature review on Indigenous gendered health and wellbeing. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 20(2). 89–113. 5 indexed citations
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Bennett, Bindi, Susan Green, Stephanie Gilbert, & Dawn Bessarab. (2013). Our Voices Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Work. Research Bank (Australian Catholic University). 25 indexed citations
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Davidson, Patricia M., Moyez Jiwa, Michelle DiGiacomo, et al.. (2012). The experience of lung cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and what it means for policy, service planning and delivery. Australian Health Review. 37(1). 70–78. 13 indexed citations
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Shahid, Shaouli, et al.. (2011). ‘Nowhere to room … nobody told them’: logistical and cultural impediments to Aboriginal peoples’ participation in cancer treatment. Australian Health Review. 35(2). 235–241. 112 indexed citations
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Bessarab, Dawn & Bridget Ng’andu. (2010). Yarning About Yarning as a Legitimate Method in Indigenous Research. 3(1). 37–50. 804 indexed citations breakdown →

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