Karen Pilkington

4.0k total citations
56 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Karen Pilkington is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Pilkington has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 13 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Karen Pilkington's work include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (18 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (11 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (7 papers). Karen Pilkington is often cited by papers focused on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (18 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (11 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (7 papers). Karen Pilkington collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Karen Pilkington's co-authors include Janet Richardson, Hagen Rampes, Graham Kirkwood, Veronica Tuffrey, Caroline Hoffman, Marie Polley, L. Susan Wieland, Holger Cramer, Gustav Dobos and Brian Berman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Karen Pilkington

54 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Pilkington United Kingdom 25 1.0k 659 347 326 325 56 2.7k
Heidemarie Haller Germany 23 968 0.9× 511 0.8× 493 1.4× 306 0.9× 611 1.9× 59 2.4k
Hagen Rampes United Kingdom 17 931 0.9× 693 1.1× 404 1.2× 301 0.9× 180 0.6× 32 2.2k
Patricia L. Gerbarg United States 16 1.2k 1.1× 298 0.5× 361 1.0× 412 1.3× 126 0.4× 40 2.3k
Lana L. Watkins United States 37 943 0.9× 487 0.7× 419 1.2× 634 1.9× 235 0.7× 104 6.1k
Barbara Stussman United States 25 499 0.5× 1.3k 2.0× 427 1.2× 128 0.4× 497 1.5× 38 2.9k
Gary Elkins United States 25 600 0.6× 337 0.5× 334 1.0× 307 0.9× 204 0.6× 136 2.5k
James D. Lane United States 37 730 0.7× 273 0.4× 230 0.7× 364 1.1× 567 1.7× 88 3.6k
Ann Gill Taylor United States 34 740 0.7× 650 1.0× 551 1.6× 239 0.7× 638 2.0× 103 4.4k
Mary Jo Kreitzer United States 27 808 0.8× 595 0.9× 272 0.8× 348 1.1× 117 0.4× 115 2.2k
Susan Gaylord United States 28 2.6k 2.5× 379 0.6× 463 1.3× 992 3.0× 346 1.1× 90 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Pilkington

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pilkington, Karen & Geoffrey J. Pilkington. (2022). Boswellia: Systematically scoping the in vitro, in vivo and clinical research. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 56. 102197–102197. 5 indexed citations
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Wieland, L. Susan, Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, et al.. (2021). Evidence on yoga for health: A bibliometric analysis of systematic reviews. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 60. 102746–102746. 25 indexed citations
3.
Bracher, Michael, Geoffrey J. Pilkington, & Karen Pilkington. (2021). Systematic Reviews and Quality Appraisal ofIn VitroCancer Studies: Investigation of Current Practice. Anticancer Research. 41(11). 5377–5391. 1 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Tina, Heather Mason, Alan L. Porter, & Karen Pilkington. (2020). Yoga practice in the UK: a cross-sectional survey of motivation, health benefits and behaviours. BMJ Open. 10(1). e031848–e031848. 70 indexed citations
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Cramer, Holger, et al.. (2018). Associations of yoga practice, health status, and health behavior among yoga practitioners in Germany—Results of a national cross-sectional survey. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 42. 19–26. 34 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen, Martin Loef, & Marie Polley. (2017). Searching for Real-World Effectiveness of Health Care Innovations: Scoping Study of Social Prescribing for Diabetes. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(2). e20–e20. 38 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen, Patricia L. Gerbarg, & Richard P. Brown. (2016). Yoga therapy for anxiety. 95–113. 2 indexed citations
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Zorzela, Liliane, Su Golder, Yali Liu, et al.. (2014). Quality of reporting in systematic reviews of adverse events: systematic review. BMJ. 348(jan08 1). f7668–f7668. 157 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen, et al.. (2011). The International Collaboration on Complementary Therapy Resources (ICCR): Working Together to Improve Online CAM Information. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 17(7). 647–653. 6 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen. (2007). Searching for CAM Evidence: An Evaluation of Therapy-Specific Search Strategies. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13(4). 451–460. 12 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen, Elizabeth Stenhouse, Graham Kirkwood, & Janet Richardson. (2007). Diabetes and complementary therapies: mapping the evidence. Practical Diabetes International. 24(7). 371–376. 6 indexed citations
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Richardson, Janet, et al.. (2006). Hypnosis for nausea and vomiting in cancer chemotherapy: a systematic review of the research evidence. European Journal of Cancer Care. 16(5). 402–412. 101 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen, Graham Kirkwood, Hagen Rampes, Peter Fisher, & Janet Richardson. (2006). Homeopathy for anxiety and anxiety disorders: A systematic review of the research. Homeopathy. 95(3). 151–162. 43 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen, et al.. (2005). "No Language Restrictions" in Database Searches: What Does This Really Mean?. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 11(1). 205–207. 27 indexed citations
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Richardson, Janet, Karen Pilkington, & Robert L. Thomas. (2005). Complementary and alternative medicine evidence online for cancer. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 3 indexed citations
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Richardson, Janet, et al.. (2005). Aloe Vera for Preventing Radiation-induced Skin Reactions: A Systematic Literature Review. Clinical Oncology. 17(6). 478–484. 104 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen & Janet Richardson. (2004). Exploring the Evidence: The Challenges of Searching for Research on Acupuncture. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(3). 587–590. 12 indexed citations
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Pilkington, Karen & Janet Richardson. (2003). Evidence-based complementary (and alternative) medicine on the internet. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 6 indexed citations
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Richardson, Janet, et al.. (2001). Complementary therapies: what is the evidence for their use?. PubMed. 17(2). 96–9. 1 indexed citations
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Heyden, Siegfried, et al.. (1980). Intervention Study in High School Students with Elevated Blood Pressures. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 24(3). 137–147. 39 indexed citations

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