Elizabeth Sapey

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth Sapey is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Sapey has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 37 papers in Physiology and 33 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Sapey's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (54 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (23 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (23 papers). Elizabeth Sapey is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (54 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (23 papers) and Asthma and respiratory diseases (23 papers). Elizabeth Sapey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and United States. Elizabeth Sapey's co-authors include Janet M. Lord, Robert A. Stockley, Daisy Wilson, Thomas Jackson, Hannah Greenwood, Georgia Walton, James Stockley, David Thickett, Aaron Scott and Dhruv Parekh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Sapey

143 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Symptoms, complications and management of long COVID: a review

2021 543 citations Joht Singh Chandan, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar et al. profile →
Frailty and sarcopenia: The potential role of an aged immune system

2017 418 citations Elizabeth Sapey, Janet M. Lord et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth Sapey United Kingdom	37	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	765	733	155	5.2k
Andrea Bianco Italy	40	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	502 0.4×	910 1.2×	991 1.4×	142	5.5k
Jing‐Long Huang Taiwan	42	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	840 1.1×	437	7.3k
Alan S. Rigby United Kingdom	40	1.2k 0.8×	713 0.5×	476 0.4×	835 1.1×	791 1.1×	135	8.6k
Min Xie China	28	808 0.5×	548 0.4×	414 0.3×	780 1.0×	427 0.6×	212	4.5k
Bruno Balbi Italy	39	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	736 0.6×	563 0.7×	375 0.5×	125	4.3k
James J. Grady United States	50	978 0.7×	939 0.7×	236 0.2×	929 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	198	7.2k
Matthias Girndt Germany	46	686 0.5×	522 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	743 1.0×	1.6k 2.2×	195	7.0k
Ichiei Narita Japan	46	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.8k 2.4×	1.0k 1.4×	560	9.2k
Edoardo Savarino Italy	64	2.0k 1.4×	858 0.6×	633 0.5×	833 1.1×	1.4k 1.9×	588	15.4k
Anne E. Dixon United States	39	2.8k 1.9×	3.7k 2.7×	1.1k 0.9×	469 0.6×	589 0.8×	121	5.8k

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Gourlay, E. S., Tim Felton, Mona Bafadhel, et al.. (2025). Readability and complexity of written information presented to hospitalised patients for trial consent during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a retrospective document analysis. BMJ Open. 15(3). e089447–e089447.

Atkin, Catherine, Tim Cooksley, Mark Holland, et al.. (2025). Provision of medical same day emergency care services within the UK: analysis from the Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit. BMJ Open. 15(4). e094580–e094580. 1 indexed citations

Sapey, Elizabeth, et al.. (2025). Impact of clinical decision support software on empirical antibiotic prescribing and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 15(11). e099100–e099100.

Parekh, Dhruv, et al.. (2025). Metagenomics in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 113(3). 116995–116995. 1 indexed citations

Scott, Aaron, et al.. (2025). Metagenomics in the diagnosis of pneumonia: a systematic review. Infectious Diseases. 58(1). 1–25.

Kimenai, Dorien M., Sophie Williams, Felicity Evison, et al.. (2024). Adoption of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin for risk stratification of patients with suspected myocardial infarction: a multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 43. 100960–100960. 3 indexed citations

Smeuninx, Benoit, Yasir Elhassan, Elizabeth Sapey, et al.. (2023). A single bout of prior resistance exercise attenuates muscle atrophy and declines in myofibrillar protein synthesis during bed‐rest in older men. The Journal of Physiology. 603(1). 87–105. 16 indexed citations

Grudzinska, Frances, et al.. (2023). Observational cohort study protocol: neutrophil function and energetics in adults with pneumonia and sepsis – Pneumonia Metabolism in Ageing (PUMA). BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 10(1). e001806–e001806. 1 indexed citations

Grudzinska, Frances, Elizabeth Sapey, David Thickett, et al.. (2023). Real-time assessment of neutrophil metabolism and oxidative burst using extracellular flux analysis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1083072–1083072. 8 indexed citations

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Adderley, Nicola J., Malcolm J Price, Christopher Sainsbury, et al.. (2022). Development and external validation of prognostic models for COVID-19 to support risk stratification in secondary care. BMJ Open. 12(1). e049506–e049506. 5 indexed citations

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Desai, Maya, et al.. (2022). A systematic review of lung clearance index in non-cystic fibrosis, non-primary ciliary dyskinesia bronchiectasis. Respiratory Medicine. 201. 106937–106937. 3 indexed citations

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Pankhurst, Tanya, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, et al.. (2021). Rapid adaptation of a local healthcare digital system to COVID-19: The experience in Birmingham (UK). Health Policy and Technology. 10(4). 100568–100568. 4 indexed citations

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Sapey, Elizabeth, Suzy Gallier, Peter Nightingale, et al.. (2020). Ethnicity and risk of death in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 infection in the UK: an observational cohort study in an urban catchment area. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 7(1). e000644–e000644. 55 indexed citations

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Sapey, Elizabeth. (2020). Neutrophil Modulation in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 7(3). 247–259. 13 indexed citations

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Em, Walker, et al.. (2020). Monocytes and Macrophages in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Sapey, Elizabeth, Jaimin Patel, Hannah Greenwood, et al.. (2017). Pulmonary Infections in the Elderly Lead to Impaired Neutrophil Targeting, Which Is Improved by Simvastatin. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(10). 1325–1336. 60 indexed citations

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Edgar, Ross, et al.. (2017). Treatment of lung disease in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: a systematic review. International Journal of COPD. Volume 12. 1295–1308. 54 indexed citations

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Parekh, Dhruv, Jaimin Patel, Aaron Scott, et al.. (2016). Vitamin D Deficiency in Human and Murine Sepsis*. Critical Care Medicine. 45(2). 282–289. 48 indexed citations

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Sapey, Elizabeth, James Stockley, Hannah Greenwood, et al.. (2011). Behavioral and Structural Differences in Migrating Peripheral Neutrophils from Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(9). 1176–1186. 124 indexed citations

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Sapey, Elizabeth, Alice M. Wood, Ali Ahmad, & Robert A. Stockley. (2010). Tumor Necrosis Factor–α rs361525 Polymorphism Is Associated with Increased Local Production and Downstream Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(2). 192–199. 41 indexed citations

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