Ian Scott

15.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
349 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Ian Scott is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Scott has authored 349 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 99 papers in General Health Professions and 59 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ian Scott's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (74 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (41 papers) and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (40 papers). Ian Scott is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (74 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (41 papers) and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes (40 papers). Ian Scott collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Ian Scott's co-authors include Christopher Freeman, Kristen Anderson, Jennifer Martin, Danielle A Stowasser, David G. Le Couteur, J. Scott Keogh, Sarah N. Hilmer, Emily Reeve, Chris Del Mar and Debbie Rigby and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ian Scott

339 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy

2015 1.0k citations Ian Scott, Sarah N. Hilmer et al. profile →
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of healthcare services: a systematic review

2021 791 citations Ray Moynihan, Sharon Sanders et al. BMJ Open profile →
Prescriber barriers and enablers to minimising potentially inappropriate medications in adults: a systematic review and thematic synthesis

2014 516 citations Ian Scott et al. BMJ Open profile →

Peers

Ian Scott

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Chaim M. Bell Canada

Sasha Shepperd United Kingdom

John Adams United States

Elizabeth H. Bradley United States

Ira B. Wilson United States

Sean D. Sullivan United States

William M. Tierney United States

Jeroan J. Allison United States

W. John Boscardin United States

Evangelos Kontopantelis United Kingdom

Chaim M. Bell Canada

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3.1k ×1.2

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2.4k ×1.0

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2.2k ×1.4

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1.8k ×1.2

PHEOH

Citations per year, relative to Ian Scott Ian Scott (= 1×) peers Chaim M. Bell

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Scott

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Scott

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian Scott. 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 Ian Scott. The network helps show where Ian Scott may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Scott

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Mandy, et al.. (2025). Enablers and barriers to conducting research in general medicine advanced training. Internal Medicine Journal. 55(8). 1387–1391.

Barras, Michael, et al.. (2025). Impact evaluation of the modified adverse inpatient medication event (AIME-Frail) model in hospitalised adults. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 21(9). 687–696.

Jain, Hritvik, Mushood Ahmed, Aman Goyal, et al.. (2024). Right ventricular strain as a predictor of trastuzumab-induced chemotherapy-related cardiac dysfunction: A meta-analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology. 50(1). 102919–102919. 2 indexed citations

Carter, Stacy M., Yves Saint James Aquino, Chris Degeling, et al.. (2024). How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens’ jury. The Medical Journal of Australia. 220(8). 409–416. 6 indexed citations

Hattingh, Laetitia, Melissa Baysari, Holly Foot, et al.. (2024). OPTimising MEDicine information handover after Discharge (OPTMED-D): protocol for development of a multifaceted intervention and stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials. 25(1). 632–632. 1 indexed citations

Scott, Ian. (2023). Deprescribing: a 20‐year retrospective. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 53(6). 320–327. 1 indexed citations

Walker, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Risk factors predicting hospital-acquired pressure injury in adult patients: An overview of reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 150. 104642–104642. 22 indexed citations

Scott, Ian, John Slavotinek, & Paul Glasziou. (2023). First do no harm in responding to incidental imaging findings. The Medical Journal of Australia. 220(1). 7–9.

Aung, Ar Kar, et al.. (2022). Research activities in general medicine: a scoping survey by the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal. 52(9). 1505–1512. 3 indexed citations

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Boyde, Mary, et al.. (2022). Health literacy assessment in the clinic: benefits, pitfalls and practicalities. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 28(5). 365–370. 2 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Lisa Kouladjian, et al.. (2021). Development and dissemination of the national strategic action plan for reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in older Australians. Internal Medicine Journal. 51(1). 111–115. 7 indexed citations

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Moynihan, Ray, Sharon Sanders, Zoe A Michaleff, et al.. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of healthcare services: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 11(3). e045343–e045343. 791 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scott, Ian & Steven McPhail. (2020). Sociocognitive approach to behaviour change for reducing low-value care. Australian Health Review. 45(2). 173–177. 3 indexed citations

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Scott, Ian, et al.. (2019). Dysregulation of calcium metabolism in type 1 myotonic dystrophy. Internal Medicine Journal. 49(11). 1412–1417. 4 indexed citations

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Hogg, Ian D., B.I.P. Barratt, Ian Scott, et al.. (2018). Study of COI sequences from endemic New Zealand aphids highlights high mitochondrial DNA diversity in Rhopalosiphina (Hemiptera: Aphididae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 46(2). 107–123. 4 indexed citations

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Pepper, Mitzy, Joanna Sumner, Ian G. Brennan, et al.. (2018). Speciation in the mountains and dispersal by rivers: Molecular phylogeny of Eulamprus water skinks and the biogeography of Eastern Australia. Journal of Biogeography. 45(9). 2040–2052. 10 indexed citations

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Scott, Ian. (2011). The Learning Outcome in Higher Education: Time to Think Again?. Worcester Research and Publications (University of Worcester). 98(2). 152–4. 17 indexed citations

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Workman, P.J., et al.. (2008). <i>Eretmocerus eremicus</i> a new whitefly parasitoid found in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference. 61. 386–386. 5 indexed citations

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Scott, Ian, et al.. (2002). Guideline-discordant care in acute myocardial infarction: Predictors and outcomes (multiple letters). The Medical Journal of Australia. 177(10). 573–574. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, Ian, et al.. (1988). Guillain-Barre-Syndrome - a Retrospective Review. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 18(2). 149–155. 1 indexed citations

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