Deirdre McGrath

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Deirdre McGrath is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deirdre McGrath has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in Oceanography and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Deirdre McGrath's work include Innovations in Medical Education (19 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (10 papers). Deirdre McGrath is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (19 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (10 papers). Deirdre McGrath collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Germany. Deirdre McGrath's co-authors include Ailish Hannigan, Jason Last, Diane O’Doherty, Oriana Trindade de Almeida, Colum Dunne, Elfed Lewis, Gabriel Leen, Elizabeth Gosling, Jane Delany and Kai Lorenzen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Sensors and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Deirdre McGrath

85 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Barriers and solutions to online learning in medical educ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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. Barriers and solutions to online learning in medical education – an integrative review
    2018 594 citations Diane O’Doherty, Ailish Hannigan et al. BMC Medical Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deirdre McGrath Ireland 25 553 518 384 377 375 86 2.6k
David G. Smith United States 31 289 0.5× 243 0.5× 68 0.2× 693 1.8× 232 0.6× 131 4.0k
Nicola Jones United Kingdom 31 1.1k 1.9× 147 0.3× 256 0.7× 91 0.2× 38 0.1× 279 3.8k
Carolyn A. Miller United States 24 162 0.3× 241 0.5× 183 0.5× 886 2.4× 502 1.3× 70 2.6k
John M. Green United States 29 224 0.4× 542 1.0× 192 0.5× 606 1.6× 97 0.3× 103 3.0k
David Buckley United States 36 417 0.8× 599 1.2× 14 0.0× 442 1.2× 45 0.1× 115 5.3k
Richard Williams United Kingdom 33 909 1.6× 564 1.1× 14 0.0× 665 1.8× 208 0.6× 158 3.4k
Wendy Moore United States 18 143 0.3× 120 0.2× 60 0.2× 368 1.0× 66 0.2× 51 2.3k
Neil Campbell United Kingdom 38 913 1.7× 344 0.7× 35 0.1× 407 1.1× 54 0.1× 95 5.1k
Christine M. Hunter United States 25 732 1.3× 118 0.2× 77 0.2× 568 1.5× 29 0.1× 67 4.0k
Janet Bishop Australia 16 247 0.4× 357 0.7× 58 0.2× 182 0.5× 13 0.0× 24 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Deirdre McGrath

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deirdre McGrath

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Deirdre McGrath. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Deirdre McGrath. The network helps show where Deirdre McGrath may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deirdre McGrath

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All Works

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Abdalla, Mohamed Elhassan, et al.. (2024). Exploring strategies, programs, and influencing factors for integrating social accountability into undergraduate medical education: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. 24(1). 1107–1107. 2 indexed citations
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McGrath, Deirdre, et al.. (2023). Sick Leave Determinants in the Healthcare Sector (Part III): A Review of Individual-Level Factors. PubMed. 2(3). 77844–77844. 2 indexed citations
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Boursicot, Katharine, et al.. (2022). OSCE rater cognition – an international multi-centre qualitative study. BMC Medical Education. 22(1). 6–6. 3 indexed citations
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Power, Valerie, Barry Linnane, Deirdre McGrath, et al.. (2021). A short-term evaluation of a prototype disposable Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP) device in a cohort of children with cystic fibrosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 21(1). 158–158. 2 indexed citations
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Linnane, Barry, N.H. O’Connell, Cillian Clancy, et al.. (2021). Assessment of the microbial load of airway clearance devices used by a cohort of children with cystic fibrosis. Infection Prevention in Practice. 3(3). 100153–100153. 1 indexed citations
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McGrath, Deirdre, et al.. (2019). Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy May Be Performed Poorly by Children With Cystic Fibrosis. Respiratory Care. 64(4). 398–405. 6 indexed citations
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O’Doherty, Diane, et al.. (2018). Barriers and solutions to online learning in medical education – an integrative review. BMC Medical Education. 18(1). 130–130. 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Doherty, Diane, et al.. (2018). What can we learn from problem-based learning tutors at a graduate entry medical school? A mixed method approach. BMC Medical Education. 18(1). 96–96. 26 indexed citations
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Quane, Kathleen A., Paul Finucane, Deirdre McGrath, et al.. (2016). Relevance of anatomy to medical education and clinical practice: perspectives of medical students, clinicians, and educators. Perspectives on Medical Education. 5(6). 338–346. 59 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Donal Peter, et al.. (2016). Identification of the optimal visual recording system in open abdominal surgery – a prospective observational study. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine. 39(3-4). 127–132. 7 indexed citations
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McGrath, Deirdre, et al.. (2015). Outcomes of Irish graduate entry medical student engagement with self-directed learning of clinical skills. BMC Medical Education. 15(1). 21–21. 12 indexed citations
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Gouda, Pishoy, David S. Evans, Deirdre McGrath, et al.. (2015). Ireland’s medical brain drain: migration intentions of Irish medical students. Human Resources for Health. 13(1). 11–11. 60 indexed citations
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Coffey, John Calvin, Kevin Culligan, Leon Walsh, et al.. (2015). An appraisal of the computed axial tomographic appearance of the human mesentery based on mesenteric contiguity from the duodenojejunal flexure to the mesorectal level. European Radiology. 26(3). 714–721. 24 indexed citations
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Lally, Kevin P., Deirdre McGrath, Walter Cullen, et al.. (2014). Awareness of sexually transmitted infection and protection methods among university students in Ireland. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 184(1). 135–142. 17 indexed citations
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Finucane, Paul, et al.. (2012). Demographic attributes and knowledge acquisition among graduate-entry medical students. Medical Teacher. 35(2). 134–138. 10 indexed citations
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Davenport, John, Martin Berggren, Torleiv Brattegard, et al.. (2005). Doses of darkness control latitudinal differences in breeding date in the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides. THE journal. 59–63. 1 indexed citations
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McGrath, Deirdre, et al.. (1998). A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 21(1). 4–11. 12 indexed citations

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