Debra Jackson

27.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
585 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Debra Jackson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra Jackson has authored 585 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in General Health Professions, 154 papers in Clinical Psychology and 132 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Debra Jackson's work include Nursing education and management (77 papers), Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (36 papers) and Workplace Violence and Bullying (34 papers). Debra Jackson is often cited by papers focused on Nursing education and management (77 papers), Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (36 papers) and Workplace Violence and Bullying (34 papers). Debra Jackson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Debra Jackson's co-authors include Lesley Wilkes, Marie Hutchinson, Kath Peters, Kim Usher, Judy Mannix, Margaret H. Vickers, Michel Edenborough, Angela Firtko, Louise O’Brien and Patricia M. Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Bacteriology and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Debra Jackson

559 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Personal resilience as a strategy for surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity: a literature review

2007 796 citations Debra Jackson et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Debra Jackson Australia	62	5.6k	4.4k	3.7k	2.5k	1.5k	585	15.6k
Cheryl Tatano Beck United States	57	6.1k 1.1×	8.0k 1.8×	2.6k 0.7×	10.0k 3.9×	2.8k 1.8×	212	25.5k
Peter Sainsbury Australia	31	10.2k 1.8×	7.1k 1.6×	3.7k 1.0×	6.9k 2.7×	2.1k 1.3×	123	29.7k
Catherine Pope United Kingdom	50	8.4k 1.5×	2.6k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	195	21.1k
Allison Tong Australia	63	13.0k 2.3×	6.8k 1.5×	3.9k 1.1×	10.8k 4.3×	1.9k 1.2×	412	40.5k
Roger Watson United Kingdom	55	3.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	943 0.6×	472	11.4k
Hannele Turunen Finland	31	3.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	780 0.5×	151	9.9k
Alicia O’Cathain United Kingdom	53	8.0k 1.4×	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	3.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	189	18.1k
Torsten B. Neilands United States	59	5.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	404	15.7k
Ian Norman United Kingdom	52	3.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	739 0.2×	2.0k 0.8×	930 0.6×	231	8.4k
Carole A. Estabrooks Canada	66	8.8k 1.6×	767 0.2×	1.1k 0.3×	2.2k 0.9×	420 0.3×	277	12.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jackson, Debra. (2025). Homelessness and the Moral Imagination of Nursing: Bearing Witness in an Unequal World. Public Health Nursing. 43(1). 1–4.

Jackson, Debra, et al.. (2023). Social issues, crisis, and care coordination: First responders experience responding to people affected by methamphetamines. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 32(3). 755–766. 3 indexed citations

Singh, Charanjit, Debra Jackson, Ian Munro, & Wendy Cross. (2022). Job experiences, challenges, revelations and narratives of nurse academics. A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78(8). 2622–2633. 14 indexed citations

Henshall, Catherine, et al.. (2022). Understanding antibiotic‐seeking behaviour: A qualitative case study of mothers of children aged 5 and under. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78(11). 3772–3781. 10 indexed citations

Usher, Kim, Debra Jackson, Debbie Massey, et al.. (2022). The mental health impact of COVID ‐19 on pre‐registration nursing students in Australia: Findings from a national cross‐sectional study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79(2). 581–592. 17 indexed citations

Durkin, Joanne, Debra Jackson, & Kim Usher. (2021). Compassionate practice in a hospital setting. Experiences of patients and health professionals: A narrative inquiry. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78(4). 1112–1127. 6 indexed citations

Durkin, Joanne, Debra Jackson, & Kim Usher. (2021). The expression and receipt of compassion through touch in a health setting; a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(4). 1980–1991. 16 indexed citations

Hutchinson, Marie, et al.. (2021). Pressure injuries and skin tone diversity in undergraduate nurse education: Qualitative perspectives from a mixed methods study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(11). 4511–4524. 17 indexed citations

Durkin, Joanne, Debra Jackson, & Kim Usher. (2020). Defining compassion in a hospital setting: consensus on the characteristics that comprise compassion from researchers in the field. Contemporary Nurse. 56(2). 146–159. 8 indexed citations

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Kitson, Alison, Tiffany Conroy, Rebecca Feo, et al.. (2019). Speaking Up for Fundamental Care: the ILC Aalborg Statement. BMJ Open. 9(12). e033077–e033077. 57 indexed citations

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Jackson, Debra, et al.. (2019). Investigating the processes used to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of health education resources for adult Indigenous people: A literature review. Contemporary Nurse. 55(4-5). 421–449. 14 indexed citations

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Green, Janet, Philip Darbyshire, Anne Adams, & Debra Jackson. (2015). Balancing hope with reality: how neonatal nurses manage the uncertainty of caring for extremely premature babies. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 24(17-18). 2410–2418. 12 indexed citations

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Wilkes, Lesley, et al.. (2015). What employability skills are required of new health managers. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management. 10(1). 28–35. 14 indexed citations

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Jackson, Debra, Tamara Power, Juanita Sherwood, & Lynore Geia. (2013). Amazingly resilient Indigenous people! Using transformative learning to facilitate positive student engagement with sensitive material. Contemporary Nurse. 46(1). 105–112. 50 indexed citations

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Wilkes, Lesley, et al.. (2011). Employability skills : essential requirements in health service manager vacancy advertisements. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management. 6(2). 22–28. 9 indexed citations

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Salamonson, Yenna, Jane Koch, Roslyn Weaver, Bronwyn Everett, & Debra Jackson. (2010). Embedded academic writing support for nursing students with English as a second language. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66(2). 413–421. 51 indexed citations

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Wilkes, Lesley, et al.. (2010). Close observation by ‘specials’ to promote the safety of the older person with behavioural disturbances in the acute care setting. Contemporary Nurse. 36(1-2). 131–142. 15 indexed citations

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Jackson, Debra, et al.. (2004). Children, families and nursing : spotlights, shadows and places in between. Contemporary Nurse. 18. 3 indexed citations

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Jackson, Debra, et al.. (2004). Power, politics and gender : issues for nurse leaders and managers. 30. xix–lxiii. 7 indexed citations

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Jackson, Debra, Kazushi Suzuki, L.X. Oakford, et al.. (2002). Biofilm Formation and Dispersal under the Influence of the Global Regulator CsrA of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 184(1). 290–301. 363 indexed citations

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