Gemma Spiers

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Gemma Spiers is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Gemma Spiers has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 13 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Gemma Spiers's work include Health disparities and outcomes (13 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (10 papers). Gemma Spiers is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (13 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (10 papers). Gemma Spiers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Gemma Spiers's co-authors include Barbara Hanratty, Dawn Craig, Daniel Stow, Andrew Kingston, Robert Barker, Laurie E. Davies, Joy Adamson, Adam Todd, Helen Jarvis and Quentin M. Anstee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS Medicine and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Gemma Spiers

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Adverse Outcomes of Polypharmacy in Older People: Systematic Review of Reviews

2020 294 citations Laurie E. Davies, Gemma Spiers et al. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association profile →
Metabolic risk factors and incident advanced liver disease in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based observational studies

2020 289 citations Helen Jarvis, Dawn Craig et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gemma Spiers United Kingdom	18	347	343	319	219	165	50	1.2k
Line Guénette Canada	17	173 0.5×	312 0.9×	268 0.8×	207 0.9×	104 0.6×	96	1.1k
Pamela C. Heaton United States	23	212 0.6×	301 0.9×	213 0.7×	147 0.7×	144 0.9×	83	1.4k
Carola A. Huber Switzerland	18	468 1.3×	155 0.5×	455 1.4×	309 1.4×	56 0.3×	65	1.4k
Anda Botoseneanu United States	17	392 1.1×	191 0.6×	266 0.8×	201 0.9×	57 0.3×	50	1.1k
Zalika Klemenc–Ketiš Slovenia	21	238 0.7×	204 0.6×	583 1.8×	192 0.9×	107 0.6×	164	1.8k
David P. Nau United States	18	183 0.5×	508 1.5×	276 0.9×	375 1.7×	206 1.2×	49	2.0k
Lisa E. Harris United States	19	479 1.4×	265 0.8×	676 2.1×	355 1.6×	104 0.6×	31	2.3k
Joel F. Farley United States	26	335 1.0×	440 1.3×	365 1.1×	649 3.0×	154 0.9×	151	2.3k
Jan Schuling Netherlands	21	431 1.2×	271 0.8×	569 1.8×	318 1.5×	69 0.4×	60	1.6k
R Gijsen Netherlands	10	680 2.0×	177 0.5×	344 1.1×	326 1.5×	49 0.3×	27	1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Davies, Laurie E., Gemma Spiers, David R. Sinclair, Andrew Kingston, & Barbara Hanratty. (2024). Characteristics of older unpaid carers in England: a study of social patterning from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age and Ageing. 53(3). 1 indexed citations

Spiers, Gemma, et al.. (2024). Interventions to Prevent Hospital Admissions in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Rapid Review of Economic Evidence. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 25(8). 105034–105034.

Spiers, Gemma, Alex Hall, Nisar Ahmed, et al.. (2024). What works to support carers of older people and older carers? an international evidence map of interventions and outcomes. BMC Geriatrics. 24(1). 301–301. 3 indexed citations

Hall, Alex, et al.. (2023). Promoting sexual health in older adults: Findings from two rapid reviews. Maturitas. 177. 107795–107795. 10 indexed citations

Kunonga, Patience, Gemma Spiers, Catherine Richmond, et al.. (2023). Health interventions and the unseen impact on equality. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 4(1). e8–e9. 2 indexed citations

Moffatt, Suzanne, et al.. (2023). Systematic review of the relationship between burn-out and spiritual health in doctors. BMJ Open. 13(8). e068402–e068402. 8 indexed citations

Barker, Robert, et al.. (2023). Which interventions are effective at decreasing or increasing emergency department attendances or hospital admissions from long-term care facilities? A systematic review. BMJ Open. 13(2). e064914–e064914. 5 indexed citations

Spiers, Gemma, Jennifer Liddle, Daniel Stow, et al.. (2022). Measuring older people’s socioeconomic position: a scoping review of studies of self-rated health, health service and social care use. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 76(6). 572–579. 16 indexed citations

Hall, Alex, Elisabeth Boulton, Patience Kunonga, et al.. (2021). Identifying older adults with frailty approaching end-of-life: A systematic review. Palliative Medicine. 35(10). 1832–1843. 13 indexed citations

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Kunonga, Patience, Gemma Spiers, Fiona Beyer, et al.. (2021). Effects of Digital Technologies on Older People’s Access to Health and Social Care: Umbrella Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(11). e25887–e25887. 36 indexed citations

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Spiers, Gemma, Jennifer Liddle, Patience Kunonga, et al.. (2021). What are the consequences of caring for older people and what interventions are effective for supporting unpaid carers? A rapid review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open. 11(9). e046187–e046187. 18 indexed citations

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Kingston, Andrew, Gemma Spiers, Louise Robinson, et al.. (2020). Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II. International Journal of Epidemiology. 50(3). 841–851. 24 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Helen, Dawn Craig, Robert Barker, et al.. (2020). Metabolic risk factors and incident advanced liver disease in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based observational studies. PLoS Medicine. 17(4). e1003100–e1003100. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davies, Laurie E., Gemma Spiers, Andrew Kingston, et al.. (2020). Adverse Outcomes of Polypharmacy in Older People: Systematic Review of Reviews. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 21(2). 181–187. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spiers, Gemma, Fiona E. Matthews, Suzanne Moffatt, et al.. (2019). Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence. Health & Social Care in the Community. 27(5). e651–e662. 9 indexed citations

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McDaid, Catriona, Adwoa Parker, Arabella Scantlebury, et al.. (2019). Outcome domains and outcome measures used in studies assessing the effectiveness of interventions to manage non-respiratory sleep disturbances in children with neurodisabilities: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 9(6). e027205–e027205. 6 indexed citations

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Parker, Gillian, Gemma Spiers, Kate Gridley, et al.. (2012). Systematic review of international evidence on the effectiveness and costs of paediatric home care for children and young people who are ill. Child Care Health and Development. 39(1). 1–19. 33 indexed citations

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Spiers, Gemma, Kate Gridley, Linda Cusworth, et al.. (2012). Understanding care closer to home for ill children and young people. Nursing Children and Young People. 24(5). 29–34. 9 indexed citations

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Parker, Gillian, Gemma Spiers, Linda Cusworth, et al.. (2011). Care closer to home for children and young people who are ill: developing and testing a model of service delivery and organization. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 68(9). 2034–2046. 18 indexed citations

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Spiers, Gemma, Gillian Parker, Kate Gridley, & Karl Atkin. (2011). The psychosocial experience of parents receiving care closer to home for their ill child. Health & Social Care in the Community. 19(6). 653–660. 26 indexed citations

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