Gary Rolfe

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Gary Rolfe is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Education and Research and Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Rolfe has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in General Health Professions, 17 papers in Education and 14 papers in Research and Theory. Recurrent topics in Gary Rolfe's work include Nursing education and management (14 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (12 papers) and Health Sciences Research and Education (10 papers). Gary Rolfe is often cited by papers focused on Nursing education and management (14 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (12 papers) and Health Sciences Research and Education (10 papers). Gary Rolfe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malawi. Gary Rolfe's co-authors include F. A. Bazzaz, Roger W. Carlson, Dawn Freshwater, Melanie Jasper, David L. Peterson, Glen L. Wheeler, Ruth Davies, Poo Chow, Phyllis N. Windle and Jeremy Segrott and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Science Society of America Journal, Forest Ecology and Management and Journal of Environmental Quality.

In The Last Decade

Gary Rolfe

131 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

  1. Validity, trustworthiness and rigour: quality and the idea of qualitative research
    2006 624 citations Gary Rolfe Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary Rolfe United Kingdom 32 1.1k 692 517 509 403 136 3.6k
Hugo Melgar‐Quiñonez Canada 28 2.6k 2.3× 382 0.6× 1.4k 2.7× 289 0.6× 651 1.6× 109 5.7k
Cynthia K. Russell United States 22 1.0k 0.9× 432 0.6× 477 0.9× 52 0.1× 779 1.9× 65 3.3k
Steve Robertson United Kingdom 35 989 0.9× 78 0.1× 455 0.9× 177 0.3× 671 1.7× 140 3.5k
David Hughes United Kingdom 27 1.2k 1.1× 210 0.3× 316 0.6× 60 0.1× 685 1.7× 128 3.4k
David Shaw United Kingdom 24 499 0.4× 141 0.2× 228 0.4× 43 0.1× 298 0.7× 57 2.1k
Celia Davies United Kingdom 22 710 0.6× 186 0.3× 183 0.4× 63 0.1× 361 0.9× 60 1.9k
Claire Palermo Australia 33 1.7k 1.5× 563 0.8× 1.9k 3.7× 154 0.3× 306 0.8× 226 4.3k
Allison Williams Canada 37 1.8k 1.6× 247 0.4× 1.0k 2.0× 146 0.3× 1.6k 3.9× 215 4.9k
Angela P. Wetzel United States 9 461 0.4× 230 0.3× 269 0.5× 73 0.1× 585 1.5× 14 2.3k
Jane Fielding United Kingdom 23 438 0.4× 225 0.3× 105 0.2× 292 0.6× 1.0k 2.6× 45 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gary Rolfe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary Rolfe

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rolfe, Gary. (2014). Understanding advanced nursing practice.. PubMed. 110(27). 20–3. 12 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (2014). A new vision for advanced nursing practice.. PubMed. 110(28). 18–21. 2 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary & Ruth Davies. (2009). Second generation professional doctorates in nursing. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 46(9). 1265–1273. 27 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary, et al.. (2006). 'Do not ask who I am?': confession, emancipation and (self)-management through reflection. Journal of Nursing Management. 14(8). 593–600. 25 indexed citations
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Fulbrook, Paul, Gary Rolfe, John Albarran, & Frances Boxall. (2000). Fit for practice: Project 2000 student nurses’ views on how well the curriculum prepares them for clinical practice. Nurse Education Today. 20(5). 350–357. 13 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary & Paul Fulbrook. (1998). Advanced nursing practice. Butterworth-Heinemann eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1998). The marriage of heaven and hell: further remarks on the future for mental health research.. PubMed. 5(3). 230–3. 1 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1997). Beyond expertise: theory, practice and the reflexive practitioner. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 6(2). 93–97. 49 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary, et al.. (1997). The development and evaluation of the role of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in dementia—an action research project. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 34(2). 119–127. 12 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1996). Closing the Theory Practice Gap - A New Paradigm for Nursing. Butterworth-Heinemann eBooks. 61 indexed citations
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Chow, Poo, Gary Rolfe, & Todd F. Shupe. (1996). Some Chemical Constituents of Ten-Year-Old American Sycamore and Black Locust Grown In Illinois. Wood and Fiber Science. 28(2). 186–193. 8 indexed citations
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Chow, Poo, et al.. (1995). Chemical compositions of five 3-year-old hardwood trees.. Wood and Fiber Science. 27(3). 319–326. 7 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1995). Playing at research: methodological pluralism and the creative researcher. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 2(2). 105–109. 9 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary, et al.. (1995). An action research project to develop and evaluate the role of an advanced nurse practitioner in dementia. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 4(5). 289–293. 8 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1994). Some factors associated with change in patient-centredness of student nurses during the Common Foundation Programme in Nursing. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 31(5). 421–436. 6 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1993). Closing the theory—practice gap: a model of nursing praxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2(3). 173–177. 68 indexed citations
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Peterson, David L. & Gary Rolfe. (1983). Effects of flooding on silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) and American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) seedlings: implications for biomass production.. 76. 91–102. 1 indexed citations
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Peterson, David L. & Gary Rolfe. (1982). Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition of Litterfall in Floodplain and Upland Forests of Central Illinois. Forest Science. 28(4). 667–681. 47 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Gary. (1974). Lead Distribution in Tree Rings. Forest Science. 20(3). 283–286. 22 indexed citations

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