Heather Ames

1.5k citations

39 papers · 821 indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 14

Impact in

Health top 5%
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Health Informatics top 10%

Papers in ⓘ

Health 11
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy 11
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing 8

Co-authors: Claire Glenton (13 shared papers)Simon Lewin (14 shared papers)Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch (11 shared papers)Gabriel Rada (10 shared papers)Artur Manuel Muloliwa (10 shared papers)Sophie Hill (10 shared papers)Julie Cliff (10 shared papers)Jessica Kaufman (10 shared papers)
Journals: BMC Public Health (4 papers)Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (2 papers)International Journal of Qualitative Methods (2 papers)Global Health Action (2 papers)The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2 papers)
Partner nations: Norway Australia South Africa

In The Last Decade

Heather Ames

36 papers receiving 793 citations

Hit Papers

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Purposive sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: a worked example from a synthesis on parental perceptions of vaccination communication 2019 · 305 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 BMC Medical Research Methodology
2017 BMC Public Health

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1	Purposive sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: a worked example from a synthesis on parental perceptions of vaccination communication BMC Medical Research Methodology ·Heather Ames, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin Hit paper breakdown →	2019	305
2	Factors affecting the implementation of childhood vaccination communication strategies in Nigeria: a qualitative study BMC Public Health ·Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Glory Eteng, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin Hit paper breakdown →	2017	82
3	From Synapses to Circuitry: Using Memristive Memory to Explore the Electronic Brain Computer ·Greg Snider, Rick Amerson, Dick Carter, Hisham Abdalla, Muhammad Shakeel Qureshi, Jasmin Léveillé, Massimiliano Versace, Heather Ames, Sean Patrick, Benjamin Chandler, Anatoli Gorchetchnikov, Ennio Mingolla	2011	69
4	The comprehensive ‘Communicate to Vaccinate’ taxonomy of communication interventions for childhood vaccination in routine and campaign contexts BMC Public Health ·Jessica Kaufman, Heather Ames, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Gabriel Rada, Sophie Hill	2017	37
5	Perceptions and experiences of childhood vaccination communication strategies among caregivers and health workers in Nigeria: A qualitative study PLoS ONE ·Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Eme Owoaje, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin	2017	35
6	Automating risk of bias assessment in systematic reviews: a real-time mixed methods comparison of human researchers to a machine learning system BMC Medical Research Methodology ·Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Christopher James Rose, Heather Ames, Jóse Francisco Meneses Echavez, Stijn Van de Velde, Ashley Elizabeth Muller	2022	33
7	Communication strategies to promote the uptake of childhood vaccination in Nigeria: a systematic map Global Health Action ·Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Simon Lewin	2016	33
8	Communication of children’s weight status: what is effective and what are the children’s and parents’ experiences and preferences? A mixed methods systematic review BMC Public Health ·Heather Ames, Annhild Mosdøl, Nora Blaasvær, Heid Nøkleby, Rigmor C. Berg, LJ Langøien	2020	23
9	Speaker normalization using cortical strip maps: A neural model for steady-state vowel categorization The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ·Heather Ames, Stephen Grossberg	2008	20
10	Stakeholder perceptions of communication about vaccination in two regions of Cameroon: A qualitative case study PLoS ONE ·Heather Ames, Diangha Mabel Njang, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Afiong Oku, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Awah Paschal Kum, Simon Lewin	2017	19
11	Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Qualitative Evidence Syntheses, Differences From Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness and Implications for Guidance International Journal of Qualitative Methods ·Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, Elizabeth Paulsen, Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Smisha Agarwal, Heather Ames, Sara Cooper, Karen Daniels, Catherine Houghton, Akram Karimi‐Shahanjarini, Hlengiwe Moloi, Willem Odendaal, Elham Shakibazadeh, Lavanya Vasudevan, Andreas Xyrichis, Meghan A. Bohren	2022	17
12	Mapping how information about childhood vaccination is communicated in two regions of Cameroon: What is done and where are the gaps? BMC Public Health ·Heather Ames, Diangha Mabel Njang, Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Jessica Kaufman, Sophie Hill, Afiong Oku, Julie Cliff, Yuri Cartier, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Simon Lewin	2015	15
13	Identification of preliminary core outcome domains for communication about childhood vaccination: An online Delphi survey Vaccine ·Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Simon Lewin, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Claire Glenton, Julie Cliff, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Heather Ames, Gabriel Rada, Yuri Cartier, Sophie Hill	2017	14
14	Outcomes mapping study for childhood vaccination communication: too few concepts were measured in too many ways Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Gabriel Rada, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Sophie Hill	2015	13
15	Childhood vaccination communication outcomes unpacked and organized in a taxonomy to facilitate core outcome establishment Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Jessica Kaufman, Rebecca Ryan, Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Yuri Cartier, Julie Cliff, Angela Oyo‐Ita, Heather Ames, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Afiong Oku, Gabriel Rada, Sophie Hill	2017	12
16	The Animat: New Frontiers in Whole Brain Modeling IEEE Pulse ·Heather Ames, Ennio Mingolla, Ayesha Sohail, Benjamin Chandler, Anatoli Gorchetchnikov, Jean Léveillé, Gennady Livitz, Massimiliano Versace	2012	9
17	Community and Drug Distributor Perceptions and Experiences of Mass Drug Administration for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis Advances in Parasitology ·Heather Ames, Meike Zuske, Jonathan D. King, Peter Steinmann, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch	2018	9
18	KInNeSS: A Modular Framework for Computational Neuroscience Neuroinformatics ·Massimiliano Versace, Heather Ames, Jasmin Léveillé, Bret Fortenberry, Anatoli Gorchetchnikov	2008	9
19	Qualitative Evidence Syntheses Within Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care: Developing a Template and Guidance International Journal of Qualitative Methods ·Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, Elizabeth Paulsen, Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Marit Johansen, Smisha Agarwal, Heather Ames, Sara Cooper, Karen Daniels, Catherine Houghton, Akram Karimi‐Shahanjarini, Hlengiwe Moloi, Willem Odendaal, Elham Shakibazadeh, Lavanya Vasudevan, Andreas Xyrichis, Meghan A. Bohren	2021	8
20	Machine learning in systematic reviews: Comparing automated text clustering with Lingo3G and human researcher categorization in a rapid review Research Synthesis Methods ·Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Heather Ames, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Christopher James Rose	2021	8

About Heather Ames

Heather Ames is a scholar working on Health, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 39 papers that have together received 821 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (11 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (8 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (6 papers), Delphi Technique in Research (5 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (5 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (4 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (233 citations), Health Informatics (21 citations), Business and International Management (15 citations), Modeling and Simulation (34 citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (47 citations). Heather Ames has collaborated with scholars based in Norway, Australia and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin, Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch, Gabriel Rada, Artur Manuel Muloliwa, Sophie Hill, Julie Cliff, Jessica Kaufman, Yuri Cartier and Afiong Oku. Their work appears in journals such as BMC Public Health, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Global Health Action and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

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