Hilary Thomson

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
91 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Hilary Thomson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilary Thomson has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in General Health Professions, 30 papers in Health and 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Hilary Thomson's work include Health disparities and outcomes (30 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (12 papers). Hilary Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (30 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (12 papers). Hilary Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Finland. Hilary Thomson's co-authors include Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Mark Petticrew, Amanda Sowden, Mhairi Campbell, Siân Thomas, Joanne E. McKenzie, Jamie Hartmann‐Boyce, Rebecca Ryan, James Thomas and Sue Brennan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hilary Thomson

89 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline

2020 2.4k citations Mhairi Campbell, Joanne E. McKenzie et al. BMJ profile →
Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing: Mapping review of theories and causal pathways

2012 358 citations Mark Petticrew, Hilary Thomson et al. profile →
Effects of Housing First approaches on health and well-being of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

2019 228 citations Andrew Baxter, Emily Tweed et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →
How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022 145 citations RM Thomson, Michal Shimonovich et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Applying Bradford Hill to assessing causality in systematic reviews: A transparent approach using process tracing 2024 ·Research Synthesis Methods ·Michal Shimonovich, Hilary Thomson, Anna Pearce, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi	0
2	Causal Assessment of Income Inequality on Self‐Rated Health and All‐Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis 2024 ·Milbank Quarterly ·Michal Shimonovich, Mhairi Campbell, RM Thomson, (unknown), Valerie Wells, Daniel Kopasker, Gerry McCartney, Hilary Thomson, Anna Pearce, (unknown)	10
3	Including ‘inclusion health’? A discourse analysis of health inequalities policy reviews 2021 ·Critical Public Health ·Emily Tweed, Frank Popham, Hilary Thomson, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi	5
4	Regression Discontinuity Designs in Health 2020 ·Epidemiology ·Michele Hilton Boon, Peter Craig, Hilary Thomson, Mhairi Campbell, Laurence Moore	23
5	Using candidacy theory to explore unemployed over‐50s perceptions of suitability of a welfare to work programme: A longitudinal qualitative study 2020 ·Social Policy and Administration ·(unknown), Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Ronald McQuaid, Ewan B Macdonald, Hilary Thomson	2
6	Effect direction in synthesis without meta-analysis: application of Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions 2018 guidance 2020 ·Michele Hilton Boon, Hilary Thomson	2
7	Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline breakdown → 2020 ·BMJ ·Mhairi Campbell, Joanne E. McKenzie, Amanda Sowden, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Sue Brennan, Simon Ellis, Jamie Hartmann‐Boyce, Rebecca Ryan, Sasha Shepperd, James Thomas, Vivian Welch, Hilary Thomson	2356
8	Effects of Housing First approaches on health and well-being of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials breakdown → 2019 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Andrew Baxter, Emily Tweed, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Hilary Thomson	228
9	Applying the ROBINS-I tool to natural experiments: an example from public health 2018 ·Systematic Reviews ·Hilary Thomson, Peter Craig, Michele Hilton Boon, Mhairi Campbell, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi	39
10	OP47 Transparency in the reporting and conduct of narrative synthesis of quantitative data in systematic reviews 2018 ·Oral Presentations ·Mhairi Campbell, (unknown), Amanda Sowden, (unknown), Hilary Thomson	2
11	Improving Conduct and Reporting of Narrative Synthesis of Quantitative Data (ICONS-Quant): protocol for a mixed methods study to develop a reporting guideline 2018 ·BMJ Open ·Mhairi Campbell, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Amanda Sowden, Joanne E. McKenzie, Hilary Thomson	89
12	Lack of transparency in reporting narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a methodological assessment of systematic reviews 2018 ·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Mhairi Campbell, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Amanda Sowden, Hilary Thomson	93
13	Lone parents, health, wellbeing and welfare to work: a systematic review of qualitative studies 2016 ·BMC Public Health ·Mhairi Campbell, Hilary Thomson, Candida Fenton, Marcia Gibson	50
14	Protocol for a mixed-methods longitudinal study to identify factors influencing return to work in the over 50s participating in the UK Work Programme: Supporting Older People into Employment (SOPIE) 2015 ·BMJ Open ·Judith Brown, (unknown), Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Hilary Thomson, Ronald McQuaid, Alastair H. Leyland, John Frank, (unknown), (unknown), Sibel Kıran, Ewan B Macdonald	5
15	Supporting the needs of public health decision-makers and review authors in the UK 2014 ·Faculty of Health ·Daniel Francis, Ruth Turley, Hilary Thomson, Alison Weightman, Elizabeth Waters, Laurence Moore	1
16	Developing empirically supported theories of change for housing investment and health 2014 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Hilary Thomson, Siân Thomas	87
17	Housing Improvements for Health and Associated Socio‐Economic Outcomes: A Systematic Review 2013 ·Campbell Systematic Reviews ·Hilary Thomson, Siân Thomas, Eva Sellström, Mark Petticrew	46
18	PROTOCOL: Housing improvements for health and associated socio‐economic outcomes 2011 ·Campbell Systematic Reviews ·Hilary Thomson, Siân Thomas, Eva Sellström, Mark Petticrew	1
19	Modelling consultation rates in infancy: influence of maternal and infant characteristics, feeding type and consultation history. 2004 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Alex McConnachie, Philip Wilson, Hilary Thomson, Sue Ross, Richard Watson, (unknown), (unknown)	9
20	Health impact assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence: Table 1 2002 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Hilary Thomson, Mark Petticrew, M. Joanne Douglas	81

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