Emma Pitchforth

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Emma Pitchforth is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Pitchforth has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in General Health Professions, 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Emma Pitchforth's work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (18 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (11 papers). Emma Pitchforth is often cited by papers focused on Primary Care and Health Outcomes (18 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (11 papers). Emma Pitchforth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Nepal. Emma Pitchforth's co-authors include Edwin van Teijlingen, Francis J. Crosson, Peggy G. Chen, Frances M. Aunon, Mark W. Friedberg, Chau Pham, Michael Tutty, John Caloyeras, Soeren Mattke and Denise D. Quigley and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of the American Chemical Society and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Emma Pitchforth

99 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emma Pitchforth United Kingdom	25	1.1k	460	341	333	321	106	2.3k
Romana Hasnain‐Wynia United States	30	1.7k 1.5×	425 0.9×	162 0.5×	708 2.1×	302 0.9×	87	2.8k
John M. Westfall United States	28	1.5k 1.3×	960 2.1×	246 0.7×	471 1.4×	97 0.3×	138	3.1k
Rohina Joshi Australia	28	782 0.7×	512 1.1×	588 1.7×	379 1.1×	180 0.6×	143	2.8k
Tarja Suominen Finland	36	1.8k 1.6×	700 1.5×	271 0.8×	127 0.4×	245 0.8×	204	3.7k
Naomi Fulop United Kingdom	37	2.5k 2.2×	796 1.7×	232 0.7×	808 2.4×	591 1.8×	197	4.6k
Gianfranco Damiani Italy	28	904 0.8×	343 0.7×	113 0.3×	365 1.1×	118 0.4×	226	3.2k
Shailendra Prasad United States	18	386 0.3×	369 0.8×	313 0.9×	249 0.7×	126 0.4×	96	1.4k
Babar Tasneem Shaikh Pakistan	27	992 0.9×	472 1.0×	1.0k 3.0×	293 0.9×	135 0.4×	121	2.7k
Ira Moscovice United States	32	1.6k 1.5×	428 0.9×	282 0.8×	1.1k 3.3×	268 0.8×	126	3.1k
André‐Pierre Contandriopoulos Canada	23	1.1k 1.0×	239 0.5×	147 0.4×	343 1.0×	241 0.8×	85	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Pitchforth

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Stockwell, Stephanie, Helen Atherton, Carol Bryce, et al.. (2025). Evolution of the general practice receptionist role and online services: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. 75(759). e703–e711.

McGlynn, Elizabeth A., Naomi Shaw, Emma Pitchforth, et al.. (2025). Digital health interventions with healthcare information and self-management resources for young people with ADHD: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 34(6). 1817–1835. 2 indexed citations

Coulson, Neil, et al.. (2025). Quality and Misinformation About Health Conditions in Online Peer Support Groups: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e71140–e71140. 1 indexed citations

Allel, Kasim, Luis Furuya‐Kanamori, Emma Pitchforth, et al.. (2024). Impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on in-hospital mortality: a retrospective multicentre cohort study of patients with bloodstream infections in Chile, 2018–2022. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e001289–e001289. 3 indexed citations

Parsons, Jo, Gary Abel, Carol Bryce, et al.. (2024). Supporting patients with a mental health diagnosis to use online services in primary care. A qualitative interview study. Digital Health. 10. 599899349–599899349. 2 indexed citations

Ghiga, Ioana, Anna Sidorchuk, Emma Pitchforth, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, & Anna Machowska. (2023). ‘If you want to go far, go together’—community-based behaviour change interventions to improve antibiotic use: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 78(6). 1344–1353. 13 indexed citations

Ghiga, Ioana, Emma Pitchforth, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, & Anna Machowska. (2023). Family doctors’ roles and perceptions on antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance in Romania: a qualitative study. BMC Primary Care. 24(1). 93–93. 15 indexed citations

Pitchforth, Emma, Jirka Taylor, Tim Rayner, et al.. (2023). What and how can we learn from complex global problems for antimicrobial resistance policy? A comparative study combining historical and foresight approaches. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 35. 110–121. 1 indexed citations

Pitchforth, Emma, et al.. (2022). Global action on antimicrobial resistance: lessons from the history of climate change and tobacco control policy. BMJ Global Health. 7(7). e009283–e009283. 12 indexed citations

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Exley, Josephine, Gary Abel, José‐Luis Fernández, et al.. (2019). Impact of the Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Care Older People’s Programme on hospital utilisation and costs: controlled time series and cost-consequence analysis. BMJ Open. 9(3). e024220–e024220. 7 indexed citations

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Newbould, Jennifer, Sarah Ball, Gary Abel, et al.. (2019). A ‘telephone first’ approach to demand management in English general practice: a multimethod evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(17). 1–158. 16 indexed citations

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Ball, Sarah, et al.. (2018). Qualitative study of patient views on a ‘telephone-first’ approach in general practice in England: speaking to the GP by telephone before making face-to-face appointments. BMJ Open. 8(12). e026197–e026197. 23 indexed citations

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Winpenny, Eleanor, Céline Miani, Emma Pitchforth, Sarah King, & Martín Roland. (2016). Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of outpatient services: a scoping review of interventions at the primary–secondary care interface. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 22(1). 53–64. 33 indexed citations

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Miani, Céline, et al.. (2015). Best practice: Medical training from an international perspective. RAND Corporation eBooks. 5(1). 2–2. 12 indexed citations

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Pitchforth, Emma & Martín Roland. (2015). Specialist services in the community: a qualitative study of consultants holding novel types of employment contracts in England. PubMed. 2(3). 173–179. 2 indexed citations

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Hinrichs, Saba, Uzor C. Ogbu, Eric C. Schneider, et al.. (2014). Regulating quality and safety of health and social care. Research Portal (King's College London). 48(4). 1664–1674. 2 indexed citations

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Miani, Céline, Emma Pitchforth, & Ellen Nolte. (2013). Choice of Primary Care Provider. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(21). 8557–8573. 1 indexed citations

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Pitchforth, Emma, Edwin van Teijlingen, Verity Watson, et al.. (2009). "Choice" and place of delivery: a qualitative study of women in remote and rural Scotland. BMJ Quality & Safety. 18(1). 42–48. 38 indexed citations

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Pitchforth, Emma, et al.. (2007). Lost words: research via translation.. PubMed. 10(8). 374–7. 6 indexed citations

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Pitchforth, Emma, Maureen Porter, Edwin van Teijlingen, & Karen Forrest Keenan. (2005). Writing up and presenting qualitative research in family planning and reproductive health care. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. 31(2). 132–135. 15 indexed citations

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