Julia Abelson

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Julia Abelson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia Abelson has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in General Health Professions, 42 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Julia Abelson's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (37 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (34 papers) and Mental Health and Patient Involvement (33 papers). Julia Abelson is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (37 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (34 papers) and Mental Health and Patient Involvement (33 papers). Julia Abelson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and New Zealand. Julia Abelson's co-authors include John N. Lavis, John Eyles, Chris McLeod, Jennifer Woodside, Dave Robertson, Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Patricia Smith, Élisabeth Martin, Mita Giacomini and François‐Pierre Gauvin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Health Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Julia Abelson

121 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

How Can Research Organizations More Effectively Transfer Research Knowledge to Decision Makers?

2003 826 citations John N. Lavis, Julia Abelson et al. Milbank Quarterly profile →
Deliberations about deliberative methods: issues in the design and evaluation of public participation processes

2003 701 citations Julia Abelson, Pierre-Gerlier Forest et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julia Abelson Canada	39	3.4k	1.7k	893	807	484	125	5.8k
Kieran Walshe United Kingdom	33	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	970 1.1×	501 0.6×	485 1.0×	184	6.1k
Martin Marshall United Kingdom	41	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	890 1.1×	805 1.7×	133	7.9k
Fraser Macfarlane United Kingdom	23	4.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	576 0.7×	697 1.4×	38	7.4k
Olivia Kyriakidou Greece	13	3.6k 1.0×	854 0.5×	827 0.9×	478 0.6×	562 1.2×	18	5.9k
Jonathan Grant United Kingdom	31	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	545 0.7×	199 0.4×	157	5.7k
Russell Mannion United Kingdom	41	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	689 0.8×	620 0.8×	753 1.6×	185	5.5k
Stephen Hanney United Kingdom	30	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	387 0.5×	332 0.7×	107	3.8k
Michael Calnan United Kingdom	49	3.8k 1.1×	875 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	907 1.1×	687 1.4×	264	7.6k
Jonathan Lomas Canada	29	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	987 1.1×	385 0.5×	288 0.6×	68	5.5k
Graham Martin United Kingdom	41	3.2k 0.9×	680 0.4×	778 0.9×	725 0.9×	969 2.0×	161	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Julia Abelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julia Abelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julia Abelson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pahwa, Manisha, Julia Abelson, Lisa Schwartz, et al.. (2025). Public perspectives on ethical issues in lung cancer screening policy design and implementation in Ontario, Canada. Ethics Medicine and Public Health. 33. 101061–101061.

Tripp, Laura, et al.. (2024). Patient partner perspectives on compensation: Insights from the Canadian Patient Partner Survey. Health Expectations. 27(1). e13971–e13971. 5 indexed citations

Ganann, Rebecca, et al.. (2024). Public Engagement in Health Policy‐Making for Older Adults: A Systematic Search and Scoping Review. Health Expectations. 27(4). e70008–e70008. 4 indexed citations

Abelson, Julia, Laura Tripp, Carol Fancott, et al.. (2023). Development of the Engage with Impact Toolkit: A comprehensive resource to support the evaluation of patient, family and caregiver engagement in health systems. Health Expectations. 26(3). 1255–1265. 14 indexed citations

Vanstone, Meredith, Carolyn Canfield, Cara Evans, et al.. (2023). Towards conceptualizing patients as partners in health systems: a systematic review and descriptive synthesis. Health Research Policy and Systems. 21(1). 12–12. 26 indexed citations

Tripp, Laura, Dawn P. Richards, Norman Buckley, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the impacts of patient engagement on a national health research network: results of a case study of the Chronic Pain Network. Research Involvement and Engagement. 9(1). 73–73. 2 indexed citations

Bidonde, Julia, Meredith Vanstone, Lisa Schwartz, & Julia Abelson. (2021). An institutional ethnographic analysis of public and patient engagement activities at a national health technology assessment agency. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 37(1). e37–e37. 12 indexed citations

Bentley, Colene, Stuart Peacock, Julia Abelson, et al.. (2019). Addressing the affordability of cancer drugs: using deliberative public engagement to inform health policy. Health Research Policy and Systems. 17(1). 17–17. 20 indexed citations

Vélez, Claudia Marcela, Michael G. Wilson, Julia Abelson, John N. Lavis, & Guillermo Paraje. (2019). Understanding the Role of Values in Health Policy Decision-Making From the Perspective of Policy-Makers and Stakeholders: A Multiple-Case Embedded Study in Chile and Colombia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 9(5). 185–197. 11 indexed citations

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Goold, Susan Dorr, Marion Danis, Julia Abelson, et al.. (2018). Members of Minority and Underserved Communities Set Priorities for Health Research. Milbank Quarterly. 96(4). 675–705. 8 indexed citations

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Abelson, Julia, et al.. (2018). Evaluating Patient, Family and Public Engagement in Health Services Improvement and System Redesign. Healthcare Quarterly. 21(SP). 31–37. 27 indexed citations

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Abelson, Julia, et al.. (2015). Supporting quality public and patient engagement in health system organizations: development and usability testing of the P ublic and P atient E ngagement E valuation T ool. Health Expectations. 19(4). 817–827. 123 indexed citations

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Bombard, Yvonne, Julia Abelson, Dorina Simeonov, & François‐Pierre Gauvin. (2013). Citizens' perspectives on personalized medicine: a qualitative public deliberation study. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(11). 1197–1201. 36 indexed citations

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Daudelin, Geneviève, Pascale Lehoux, Julia Abelson, & Jean‐Louis Denis. (2010). The integration of citizens into a science/policy network in genetics: governance arrangements and asymmetry in expertise. Health Expectations. 14(3). 261–271. 22 indexed citations

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Collins, Patricia, et al.. (2006). Are we expecting too much from print media? An analysis of newspaper coverage of the 2002 Canadian healthcare reform debate. Social Science & Medicine. 63(1). 89–102. 68 indexed citations

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Abelson, Julia, et al.. (2003). Deliberations about deliberative methods: issues in the design and evaluation of public participation processes. Social Science & Medicine. 57(2). 239–251. 701 indexed citations breakdown →

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Giacomini, Mita, et al.. (2003). The policy analysis of ‘values talk’: lessons from Canadian health reform. Health Policy. 67(1). 15–24. 48 indexed citations

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Abelson, Julia. (2001). Understanding the role of contextual influences on local health-care decision making: case study results from Ontario, Canada. Social Science & Medicine. 53(6). 777–793. 65 indexed citations

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Abelson, Julia, J Lomas, John Eyles, Stephen Birch, & Gerry Veenstra. (1995). Does the community want devolved authority? Results of deliberative polling in Ontario.. PubMed. 153(4). 403–12. 73 indexed citations

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Abelson, Julia & J Lomas. (1990). Do health service organizations and community health centres have higher disease prevention and health promotion levels than fee-for-service practices?. PubMed. 142(6). 575–81. 22 indexed citations

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