Gillian Callaghan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 571 citations indexed

About

Gillian Callaghan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gillian Callaghan has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 571 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in General Health Professions, 3 papers in Education and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gillian Callaghan's work include Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 papers), Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (1 paper). Gillian Callaghan is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 papers), Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (1 paper). Gillian Callaghan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and New Zealand. Gillian Callaghan's co-authors include David Byrne, Gerald Wistow, Christine L. Williams, Barry Wright and Brian Coughlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Autism and Public Administration.

In The Last Decade

Gillian Callaghan

5 papers receiving 514 citations

Hit Papers

Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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.

  1. Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences
    2013 338 citations David Byrne, Gillian Callaghan profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gillian Callaghan United Kingdom 5 120 117 116 114 95 6 571
Paul Tosey United Kingdom 16 182 1.5× 69 0.6× 83 0.7× 97 0.9× 94 1.0× 41 867
Patrick Murphy United Kingdom 10 43 0.4× 63 0.5× 58 0.5× 151 1.3× 24 0.3× 21 610
Lori Francis Canada 11 37 0.3× 181 1.5× 235 2.0× 70 0.6× 28 0.3× 20 860
James F. Johnson United States 14 133 1.1× 157 1.3× 93 0.8× 134 1.2× 16 0.2× 32 647
Michael G. Aamodt United States 13 78 0.7× 45 0.4× 169 1.5× 39 0.3× 31 0.3× 37 667
Jennifer Greene United States 12 178 1.5× 133 1.1× 182 1.6× 20 0.2× 164 1.7× 29 770
Louise H. Kidder United States 12 105 0.9× 91 0.8× 232 2.0× 30 0.3× 68 0.7× 17 676
C. Dominik Güss United States 12 64 0.5× 36 0.3× 109 0.9× 38 0.3× 46 0.5× 38 515
Nora Reilly United States 9 47 0.4× 117 1.0× 168 1.4× 54 0.5× 39 0.4× 16 752
Samuel DiGangi United States 11 146 1.2× 30 0.3× 88 0.8× 69 0.6× 15 0.2× 30 608

Countries citing papers authored by Gillian Callaghan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gillian Callaghan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gillian Callaghan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Gillian Callaghan. The network helps show where Gillian Callaghan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gillian Callaghan

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
1.
Byrne, David & Gillian Callaghan. (2022). Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences. 26 indexed citations
2.
Byrne, David & Gillian Callaghan. (2013). Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences. 338 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Wistow, Gerald & Gillian Callaghan. (2011). Empowering local communities to commission for health and wellbeing: the connected care initiative in England. 4(1). 63–71. 1 indexed citations
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Callaghan, Gillian & Gerald Wistow. (2006). Governance and public involvement in the British National Health Service: Understanding difficulties and developments. Social Science & Medicine. 63(9). 2289–2300. 31 indexed citations
5.
Callaghan, Gillian & Gerald Wistow. (2006). PUBLICS, PATIENTS, CITIZENS, CONSUMERS? POWER AND DECISION MAKING IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. Public Administration. 84(3). 583–601. 45 indexed citations
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Williams, Christine L., Barry Wright, Gillian Callaghan, & Brian Coughlan. (2002). Do Children with Autism Learn to Read more Readily by Computer Assisted Instruction or Traditional Book Methods?. Autism. 6(1). 71–91. 130 indexed citations

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