Judith Sixsmith

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Judith Sixsmith is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Judith Sixsmith has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Demography, 44 papers in General Health Professions and 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Judith Sixsmith's work include Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (32 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (27 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (17 papers). Judith Sixsmith is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (32 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (27 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (17 papers). Judith Sixsmith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Judith Sixsmith's co-authors include Andrew Sixsmith, Mei Lan Fang, Craig Murray, Margaret Boneham, Susanne Iwarsson, Ryan Woolrych, Signe Tomsone, Agneta Malmgren Fänge, Frank Oswald and Hans‐Werner Wahl and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Clinical Psychology Review.

In The Last Decade

Judith Sixsmith

133 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Exploring Privilege in the Digital Divide: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice

2018 205 citations Mei Lan Fang, Lupin Battersby et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Judith Sixsmith United Kingdom	29	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	602	137	3.8k
Janine Wiles New Zealand	33	1.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	609 1.0×	105	4.9k
Christine Stephens New Zealand	42	1.5k 1.1×	938 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	224	5.1k
Anthea Tinker United Kingdom	30	844 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	717 0.6×	905 0.8×	453 0.8×	163	3.0k
Jeni Warburton Australia	33	967 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	233 0.4×	133	3.6k
Paul Higgs United Kingdom	37	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	432 0.7×	150	5.2k
Nancy Morrow‐Howell United States	40	2.5k 1.9×	1.7k 1.4×	2.5k 2.2×	2.2k 2.0×	762 1.3×	216	6.6k
Douglas A. Wolf United States	36	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	212 0.4×	122	4.1k
Martin Hyde United Kingdom	32	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	674 0.6×	218 0.4×	95	3.6k
Thomas Scharf United Kingdom	29	936 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	963 0.9×	157 0.3×	85	2.9k
Debbie Laliberté Rudman Canada	36	1.1k 0.8×	634 0.5×	321 0.3×	919 0.8×	316 0.5×	163	3.9k

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Sixsmith, Judith, et al.. (2025). A relational approach to co-create Advance Care Planning with and for people living with dementia: a narrative study. BMC Palliative Care. 24(1). 5–5. 2 indexed citations

Sixsmith, Judith, et al.. (2025). Exploring advance care planning discourses in scottish dementia policies: A critical discourse analysis. Social Sciences & Humanities Open. 11. 101302–101302. 1 indexed citations

Fang, Mei Lan, Judith Sixsmith, & Ryan Woolrych. (2023). Understanding Place Histories to Inform Positive Ageing-in-Place Transitions: An Intersectional Place Perspective of Forced Relocation Experiences. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Sixsmith, Judith, et al.. (2023). Methodological reflections on conducting online research with people with dementia: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100371–100371.

Booi, Laura, et al.. (2021). ‘I wouldn't choose this work again’: Perspectives and experiences of care aides in long‐term residential care. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(9). 3842–3852. 14 indexed citations

Onyeka, Tonia C., et al.. (2020). An Ethnographic Study of Palliative and End-of-Life Care in a Nigerian Hospital: Impact of Education on Care Provision and Utilization. SAGE Open. 10(3). 7 indexed citations

Sixsmith, Judith, et al.. (2020). A narrative review of facilitating and inhibiting factors in advance care planning initiation in people with dementia. European Geriatric Medicine. 11(3). 353–368. 21 indexed citations

McCall, Vikki, Friederike Ziegler, Jane Robertson, et al.. (2020). Housing and Ageing: Let’s Get Serious—“How Do You Plan for the Future while Addressing Immediate Chaos?”. Social Inclusion. 8(3). 28–42. 7 indexed citations

Neill, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Construction of meanings during life‐limiting illnesses and its impacts on palliative care: Ethnographic study in an African context. Psycho-Oncology. 28(11). 2201–2209. 11 indexed citations

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Allen, Stuart, et al.. (2019). Social and Health System Complexities Impacting on Decision-Making for Utilization of Oncology and Palliative Care in an African Context: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Palliative Care. 35(3). 185–191. 11 indexed citations

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Woolrych, Ryan, et al.. (2018). Projetando lugares com idosos: uma análise da produção acadêmica nacional. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 2(4).

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Woolrych, Ryan & Judith Sixsmith. (2017). Ageing, urban environments and place: moving towards a transdisciplinary research agenda. NECTAR - Northampton Electronic Collection of Thesis and Research (University of Northampton). 1 indexed citations

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Sixsmith, Andrew, Alex Mihailidis, Judith Sixsmith, Mei Lan Fang, & Lupin Battersby. (2016). Aging gracefully across environments using technology to support wellness, engagement and long life (AGE-WELL):a national research network in technology and aging. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 4 indexed citations

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Sixsmith, Judith, et al.. (2016). Participatory working with older people: AGE-WELL and beyond. Gerontechnology. 15. 1 indexed citations

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Pratesi, Alessandro, Judith Sixsmith, & Ryan Woolrych. (2013). Genuine partnership and equitable research: Working "with" older people for the development of a smart activity monitoring system. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 18(3). 1–17. 7 indexed citations

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Pratesi, Alessandro, Judith Sixsmith, & Ryan Woolrych. (2013). Technological and methodological innovation: Working "with" and "for" older people to develop a smart activity monitoring system. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 18(3). 2. 2 indexed citations

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Banister, Peter, Erica Burman, John Daniels, et al.. (2011). Qualitative methods in psychology : a research guide. 2nd ed.. Open University Press eBooks. 72(1). 60–6. 17 indexed citations

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Iwarsson, Susanne, Judith Sixsmith, Frank Oswald, et al.. (2005). The ENABLE-AGE Project: Multi-dimensional methodology for European housing research. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 25 indexed citations

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Sixsmith, Judith, et al.. (2004). Enabling and exclusionary factors in social participation in very old age – Qualitative findings form five EU countries.. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Boneham, Margaret & Judith Sixsmith. (2003). Volunteering and the concept of social capital. 3 indexed citations

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