Frances Cunningham

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Frances Cunningham is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Frances Cunningham has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Frances Cunningham's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (23 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (12 papers) and Community Health and Development (8 papers). Frances Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (23 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (12 papers) and Community Health and Development (8 papers). Frances Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frances Cunningham's co-authors include Jeffrey Braithwaite, Janet C. Long, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Johanna Westbrook, Andrew Georgiou, Jennifer Plumb, Peter Carswell, Ross Bailie, Veronica Matthews and Reuben Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, BMJ Open and BMC Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Frances Cunningham

42 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners in collaborative networks: a systematic review

2013 333 citations Janet C. Long, Frances Cunningham et al. BMC Health Services Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frances Cunningham Australia	17	915	301	250	155	146	43	1.5k
Andrée le May United Kingdom	16	1.1k 1.2×	387 1.3×	208 0.8×	130 0.8×	66 0.5×	55	1.7k
Steven Ariss United Kingdom	18	766 0.8×	257 0.9×	128 0.5×	177 1.1×	60 0.4×	38	1.5k
James Gillespie Australia	23	813 0.9×	135 0.4×	152 0.6×	207 1.3×	90 0.6×	91	1.6k
Andrew N. Garman United States	21	687 0.8×	174 0.6×	445 1.8×	192 1.2×	122 0.8×	88	1.6k
Kathryn H. Dansky United States	19	613 0.7×	312 1.0×	182 0.7×	134 0.9×	106 0.7×	42	1.3k
Michael Traynor United Kingdom	23	885 1.0×	271 0.9×	183 0.7×	264 1.7×	126 0.9×	117	1.9k
Shannon L. Sibbald Canada	22	792 0.9×	279 0.9×	98 0.4×	103 0.7×	87 0.6×	106	1.4k
Charo Rodríguez Canada	17	728 0.8×	389 1.3×	97 0.4×	150 1.0×	55 0.4×	82	1.3k
Nick Fahy United Kingdom	13	1.4k 1.5×	619 2.1×	155 0.6×	159 1.0×	53 0.4×	31	2.3k
Antoinette de Bont Netherlands	27	1.1k 1.2×	438 1.5×	255 1.0×	179 1.2×	157 1.1×	100	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frances Cunningham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frances Cunningham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frances Cunningham 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 Frances Cunningham. Frances Cunningham is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Conte, Kathleen, Alison Laycock, Jodie Bailie, et al.. (2024). Producing knowledge together: a participatory approach to synthesising research across a large-scale collaboration in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Health Research Policy and Systems. 22(1). 3–3. 2 indexed citations

Bailie, Jodie, Alison Laycock, Kathleen Conte, et al.. (2021). Principles guiding ethical research in a collaboration to strengthen Indigenous primary healthcare in Australia: learning from experience. BMJ Global Health. 6(1). e003852–e003852. 13 indexed citations

Bailie, Jodie, Alison Laycock, Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, et al.. (2021). Collaboration and knowledge generation in an 18-year quality improvement research programme in Australian Indigenous primary healthcare: a coauthorship network analysis. BMJ Open. 11(5). e045101–e045101. 9 indexed citations

Bailie, Jodie, David Peiris, Frances Cunningham, et al.. (2021). Utility of the AHRQ Learning Collaboratives Taxonomy for Analyzing Innovations from an Australian Collaborative. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 47(11). 711–722. 4 indexed citations

Matthews, Veronica, Ross Bailie, Gail Garvey, et al.. (2020). Communication, Collaboration and Care Coordination: The Three-Point Guide to Cancer Care Provision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. International Journal of Integrated Care. 20(2). 10–10. 16 indexed citations

Bailie, Jodie, Alison Laycock, David Peiris, et al.. (2020). Using developmental evaluation to enhance continuous reflection, learning and adaptation of an innovation platform in Australian Indigenous primary healthcare. Health Research Policy and Systems. 18(1). 45–45. 10 indexed citations

Cunningham, Frances, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Johanna Westbrook, & Jeffrey Braithwaite. (2019). Tackling the wicked problem of health networks: the design of an evaluation framework. BMJ Open. 9(5). e024231–e024231. 21 indexed citations

Cunningham, Frances, et al.. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of brief interventions targeting smoking, nutrition, and physical activity for indigenous populations: a narrative review. International Journal for Equity in Health. 18(1). 169–169. 10 indexed citations

Laycock, Alison, Jodie Bailie, Nikki Percival, et al.. (2019). Wide-Scale Continuous Quality Improvement: A Study of Stakeholders' Use of Quality of Care Reports at Various System Levels, and Factors Mediating Use. Frontiers in Public Health. 6. 378–378. 1 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Frances, et al.. (2018). “It's Just Presence,” the Contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Professionals in Cancer Care in Queensland. Frontiers in Public Health. 6. 344–344. 12 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Shanthi, Penny Reeves, Ross Bailie, et al.. (2017). Encouraging translation and assessing impact of the Centre for Research Excellence in Integrated Quality Improvement: rationale and protocol for a research impact assessment. BMJ Open. 7(12). e018572–e018572. 13 indexed citations

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Bailie, Ross, Veronica Matthews, Sarah Larkins, et al.. (2017). Impact of policy support on uptake of evidence-based continuous quality improvement activities and the quality of care for Indigenous Australians: a comparative case study. BMJ Open. 7(10). e016626–e016626. 25 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Frances, Ross Bailie, Christina M. Bernardes, et al.. (2017). Identification of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Patients in the Primary Health Care Setting. Frontiers in Public Health. 5. 199–199. 9 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Frances, et al.. (2016). Leveraging quality improvement through use of the Systems Assessment Tool in Indigenous primary health care services: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 583–583. 24 indexed citations

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Clay‐Williams, Robyn, et al.. (2013). The role of organisational and cultural factors in the implementation of system-wide interventions in acute hospitals to improve patient outcomes: protocol for a systematic literature review. BMJ Open. 3(3). e002268–e002268. 6 indexed citations

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Long, Janet C., Frances Cunningham, Peter Carswell, & Jeffrey Braithwaite. (2013). Who are the key players in a new translational research network?. BMC Health Services Research. 13(1). 338–338. 32 indexed citations

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Long, Janet C., et al.. (2013). Leadership in complex networks: the importance of network position and strategic action in a translational cancer research network. Implementation Science. 8(1). 122–122. 26 indexed citations

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Long, Janet C., Frances Cunningham, & Jeffrey Braithwaite. (2013). Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners in collaborative networks: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. 13(1). 158–158. 333 indexed citations breakdown →

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Long, Janet C., Frances Cunningham, & Jeffrey Braithwaite. (2012). Network structure and the role of key players in a translational cancer research network: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2(3). e001434–e001434. 21 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Frances, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Jennifer Plumb, et al.. (2011). Health professional networks as a vector for improving healthcare quality and safety: a systematic review. BMJ Quality & Safety. 21(3). 239–249. 195 indexed citations

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