Gareth McCray

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 484 citations indexed

About

Gareth McCray is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Family Practice and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gareth McCray has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 484 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Family Practice and 7 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Gareth McCray's work include Innovations in Medical Education (8 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (7 papers). Gareth McCray is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (8 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (7 papers). Gareth McCray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Gareth McCray's co-authors include Karen Dunn, Gillian Lancaster, Tineke Brunfaut, Kieran Bromley, Helen Myers, Chris Sutton, Martyn Lewis, Peter Yeates, Natalie Cope and Jonathan Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Gareth McCray

30 papers receiving 477 citations

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Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!

2021 150 citations Martyn Lewis, Kieran Bromley et al. Pilot and Feasibility Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gareth McCray United Kingdom	10	103	69	66	61	60	35	484
Turky H. Almigbal Saudi Arabia	14	138 1.3×	107 1.6×	67 1.0×	65 1.1×	185 3.1×	59	842
Deborah Harrop United Kingdom	13	125 1.2×	116 1.7×	15 0.2×	80 1.3×	79 1.3×	31	576
Janet Reed United States	11	131 1.3×	208 3.0×	43 0.7×	54 0.9×	85 1.4×	31	669
Sarah E. Newton United States	14	217 2.1×	52 0.8×	53 0.8×	192 3.1×	98 1.6×	37	731
Su‐Fen Cheng Taiwan	13	59 0.6×	88 1.3×	29 0.4×	51 0.8×	129 2.1×	56	521
Sevgisun Kapucu Türkiye	15	73 0.7×	93 1.3×	63 1.0×	43 0.7×	126 2.1×	73	612
Mitra Zolfaghari Iran	15	63 0.6×	74 1.1×	22 0.3×	97 1.6×	134 2.2×	64	608
Leonie Klompstra Sweden	17	91 0.9×	87 1.3×	29 0.4×	19 0.3×	211 3.5×	80	997
Sarah McLachlan United Kingdom	16	93 0.9×	51 0.7×	28 0.4×	48 0.8×	160 2.7×	33	628
Yee Cheng Kueh Malaysia	16	73 0.7×	147 2.1×	114 1.7×	50 0.8×	146 2.4×	121	912

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McCray, Gareth, et al.. (2025). Testing the activity pacing questionnaire for validity, reliability and responsiveness: An outcome measure validation study. Journal of Pain. 37. 105568–105568.

Ranjan, Alok, et al.. (2025). A non-specialist worker delivered digital assessment of cognitive development (DEEP) in young children: A longitudinal validation study in rural India. PLOS Digital Health. 4(5). e0000824–e0000824.

Yeates, Peter, Gareth McCray, Kathy Cullen, et al.. (2024). Inter-school variations in the standard of examiners’ graduation-level OSCE judgements. Medical Teacher. 47(4). 735–743. 3 indexed citations

McCray, Gareth, Christian Ritz, Suzanne Filteau, et al.. (2024). Predictors of change in early child development among children with stunting: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial in Uganda. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). e0003456–e0003456. 1 indexed citations

Buuren, Stef van, Iris Eekhout, Gareth McCray, et al.. (2024). Enhancing comparability in early child development assessment with the D-score. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 49(4). 348–364.

Yeates, Peter, et al.. (2023). Using video-based examiner score comparison and adjustment (VESCA) to compare the influence of examiners at different sites in a distributed objective structured clinical exam (OSCE). BMC Medical Education. 23(1). 803–803. 3 indexed citations

McCray, Gareth, Holly Hope, Jonathan Hill, et al.. (2023). Development and validation of a short form psychometric tool assessing the caregiving Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF-SF) in a child. Psychology and Health. 40(3). 410–432. 1 indexed citations

Gladstone, Melissa, Gareth McCray, & Vanessa Cavallera. (2023). 955 The Creation and Validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). A316.1–A316. 2 indexed citations

McCray, Gareth, et al.. (2023). Autistic traits modulate the influence of face masks on gaze perception. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14921–14921. 2 indexed citations

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Mazgutova, Diana & Gareth McCray. (2023). An exploratory analysis of revision behavior development of L2 writers on an intensive English for academic purposes program using Bayesian methods. Frontiers in Communication. 7. 1 indexed citations

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Bishop, Annette, et al.. (2023). A new measure of exercise adherence: the ATEMPT (Adherence To Exercise for Musculoskeletal Pain Tool). British Journal of Sports Medicine. 58(2). 73–80. 7 indexed citations

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McCray, Gareth, Kim F. Michaelsen, Christian Ritz, et al.. (2023). Effect of Milk Protein and Whey Permeate in Large-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement on Early Child Development among Children with Stunting: A Randomized 2 × 2 Factorial Trial in Uganda. Nutrients. 15(12). 2659–2659. 2 indexed citations

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Yeates, Peter, et al.. (2022). Determining the influence of different linking patterns on the stability of students’ score adjustments produced using Video-based Examiner Score Comparison and Adjustment (VESCA). BMC Medical Education. 22(1). 41–41. 6 indexed citations

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Yeates, Peter, et al.. (2021). Measuring the Effect of Examiner Variability in a Multiple-Circuit Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Academic Medicine. 96(8). 1189–1196. 15 indexed citations

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Karstens, Sven, et al.. (2021). German translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire: a cohort study. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 56(6). 771–779. 8 indexed citations

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Lewis, Martyn, Kieran Bromley, Chris Sutton, et al.. (2021). Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7(1). 40–40. 150 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dunn, Karen & Gareth McCray. (2020). The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1357–1357. 72 indexed citations

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Christiansen, David Høyrup, Gareth McCray, Trine Nøhr Winding, et al.. (2020). Measurement properties of the musculoskeletal health questionnaire (MSK-HQ): a between country comparison. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 18(1). 200–200. 10 indexed citations

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Scott, Ian C., et al.. (2020). Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in primary care patients with musculoskeletal pain. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 50(5). 813–820. 16 indexed citations

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Lancaster, Gillian, Gareth McCray, Patricia Kariger, et al.. (2018). Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD): metadata synthesis across 10 countries. BMJ Global Health. 3(5). e000747–e000747. 39 indexed citations

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