Kathryn Mearns

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Kathryn Mearns is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn Mearns has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 73 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 24 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kathryn Mearns's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (84 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (73 papers) and Quality and Safety in Healthcare (13 papers). Kathryn Mearns is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (84 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (73 papers) and Quality and Safety in Healthcare (13 papers). Kathryn Mearns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Netherlands. Kathryn Mearns's co-authors include Rhona Flin, Paul O’Connor, Robin Bryden, Mark T. Fleming, Tom W. Reader, Jarle Eid, Rachael Gordon, Anne Sneddon, Laura S. Fruhen and Brian H. Cuthbertson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Critical Care Medicine and Aquaculture.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn Mearns

108 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Measuring safety climate: identifying the common features

2000 1.1k citations Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns et al. Safety Science profile →
Safety climate, safety management practice and safety performance in offshore environments

2003 624 citations Kathryn Mearns, Rhona Flin et al. Safety Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Using the Human Factors Framework to understand the origins of medication safety problems in community pharmacy: A qualitative study 2018 ·Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy ·(unknown), Sinaa Al-Aqeel, Peter Knapp, Kathryn Mearns, Hannah Family, Margaret Watson	11
2	Patient safety climate and worker safety behaviours in acute hospitals in Scotland 2013 ·Journal of Safety Research ·(unknown), Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns	77
3	Risk Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations 2013 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Preben H. Lindøe, (unknown), Michael Baram, Ortwin Renn, Kathryn Mearns, (unknown), (unknown), John Paterson, Jan Hayes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ragnar Rosness, Ole Andreas Engen, (unknown), Andrew Hale	45
4	Dealing with aggressive methadone patients in community pharmacy: A critical incident study 2012 ·Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy ·Amy Irwin, (unknown), Kathryn Mearns	9
5	The effect of risk perception on public preferences and willingness to pay for reductions in the health risks posed by toxic cyanobacterial blooms 2012 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Peter Hunter, Nick Hanley, Mikołaj Czajkowski, Kathryn Mearns, Andrew N. Tyler, Laurence Carvalho, Geoffrey A. Codd	54
6	Social and moral norm differences among Portuguese 1st and 6th year medical students towards their intention to comply with hand hygiene 2012 ·Psychology Health & Medicine ·Magda Sofia Roberto, Kathryn Mearns, Sílvia Agostinho da Silva	14
7	Hospital survey on patient safety culture: psychometric analysis on a Scottish sample 2011 ·BMJ Quality & Safety ·(unknown), Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns, John P. Jackson	64
8	Pharmacist dispensing error 2011 ·Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ·Amy Irwin, Kathryn Mearns, Margaret Watson, J. S. Urquhart	1
9	Year 1 medical undergraduates’ knowledge of and attitudes to medical error 2009 ·Medical Education ·Rhona Flin, Rona Patey, (unknown), Kathryn Mearns, (unknown)	58
10	Strategies for monitoring and managing mass populations of toxic cyanobacteria in recreational waters: a multi-interdisciplinary approach 2009 ·Environmental Health ·Andrew N. Tyler, Peter Hunter, Laurence Carvalho, Geoffrey A. Codd, J. Alex Elliott, (unknown), Nick Hanley, D. W. Hopkins, Stephen C. Maberly, Kathryn Mearns, (unknown)	39
11	Developing a team performance framework for the intensive care unit* 2009 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Tom W. Reader, Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns, Brian H. Cuthbertson	193
12	Facets of job effort in bus driver health: Deconstructing "effort" in the effort-reward imbalance model. 2007 ·Journal of Occupational Health Psychology ·(unknown), Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns	53
13	Patient safety: helping medical students understand error in healthcare 2007 ·BMJ Quality & Safety ·Rona Patey, Rhona Flin, B. H. Cuthbertson, Laura MacDonald, Kathryn Mearns, Jennifer Cleland, David Williams	121
14	Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit 2007 ·British Journal of Anaesthesia ·(unknown), Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns, Brian H. Cuthbertson	166
15	Organizational support and safety outcomes: An un-investigated relationship? 2007 ·Safety Science ·Kathryn Mearns, Tom W. Reader	111
16	Designing and evaluating a human factors investigation tool (HFIT) for accident analysis 2005 ·Safety Science ·Rachel Gordon, Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns	65
17	Human error theory: a novel approach to developing strategies to improve the evidence-based supply of non-prescription medicines 2004 ·International Journal of Pharmacy Practice ·(unknown), Margaret Watson, Marie Johnston, Kathryn Mearns	1
18	Collecting human factors data from accidents and incidents 2000 ·SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production ·Rachael Gordon, Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns	2
19	Assessing the state of organizational safety—culture or climate? 1999 ·Current Psychology ·Kathryn Mearns, Rhona Flin	204
20	Feeding behaviour in adult rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon parr, elicited by chemical fractions and mixtures of compounds identified in shrimp extract 1987 ·Aquaculture ·Kathryn Mearns, (unknown), Kjell B. Döving, (unknown)	44

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