Kay Cooper

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kay Cooper is a scholar working on Pharmacology, General Health Professions and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kay Cooper has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pharmacology, 17 papers in General Health Professions and 16 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Kay Cooper's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (14 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (10 papers). Kay Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (32 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (14 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (10 papers). Kay Cooper collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Kay Cooper's co-authors include Elizabeth Hancock, Blair H. Smith, Greg Atkinson, Lesley Cooper, Denis Martin, Cormac Ryan, James A. Watson, D. Ellington, M. Lavender and John Dixon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Neurology and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Kay Cooper

79 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Pain Neuroscience Education for Adults With Chronic Muscu... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Pain Neuroscience Education for Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2019 269 citations James A. Watson, Cormac Ryan et al. Journal of Pain profile →
  2. Determinants of healthy ageing: a systematic review of contemporary literature
    2022 109 citations Kay Cooper et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kay Cooper United Kingdom 18 515 306 246 185 167 87 1.6k
Maria E. H. Larsson Sweden 28 493 1.0× 628 2.1× 319 1.3× 326 1.8× 122 0.7× 103 2.4k
Patricia H. Rosenberger United States 24 270 0.5× 148 0.5× 257 1.0× 260 1.4× 147 0.9× 31 1.6k
Rebecca K. Papas United States 13 765 1.5× 301 1.0× 309 1.3× 139 0.8× 25 0.1× 17 1.5k
Benjamin H. Balderson United States 19 806 1.6× 251 0.8× 359 1.5× 147 0.8× 34 0.2× 36 1.8k
James G. Linakis United States 29 118 0.2× 250 0.8× 235 1.0× 475 2.6× 26 0.2× 96 2.3k
Thóra B. Hafsteinsdøttir Netherlands 23 130 0.3× 582 1.9× 492 2.0× 228 1.2× 157 0.9× 75 2.4k
Michael G. Miller United States 28 313 0.6× 158 0.5× 155 0.6× 473 2.6× 19 0.1× 126 2.7k
David N. Cowan United States 26 387 0.8× 174 0.6× 302 1.2× 358 1.9× 24 0.1× 79 3.0k
Robert Heard Australia 24 129 0.3× 245 0.8× 494 2.0× 279 1.5× 21 0.1× 88 2.1k
Jennifer E. Layne United States 23 188 0.4× 233 0.8× 266 1.1× 219 1.2× 32 0.2× 42 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kay Cooper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kay Cooper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kay Cooper

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

All Works

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Saunders, David H., Graham Baker, Joshua Cheyne, et al.. (2025). Resistance training for people with stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(9). CD016001–CD016001.
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Alexander, Lyndsay, Kay Cooper, Micah D.J. Peters, et al.. (2024). Large scoping reviews: managing volume and potential chaos in a pool of evidence sources. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 170. 111343–111343. 12 indexed citations
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Cooper, Kay, et al.. (2023). Students' perceptions of a UK physiotherapy student‐led clinic. The Clinical Teacher. 20(6). e13603–e13603. 2 indexed citations
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Shim, Joanna, Rachel Moss, Laura E. Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Effect of resistance exercise dose components for tendinopathy management: a systematic review with meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(20). 1327–1334. 12 indexed citations
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Cooper, Kay, Lyndsay Alexander, Victoria Tzortziou Brown, et al.. (2023). Exercise therapy for tendinopathy: a mixed-methods evidence synthesis exploring feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness. Health Technology Assessment. 27(24). 1–389. 7 indexed citations
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Cooper, Kay, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Use of Lung Ultrasonography to Assess Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Scoping Review. Journal of diagnostic medical sonography. 40(1). 79–99. 1 indexed citations
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Swinton, Paul, Joanna Shim, Rachel Moss, et al.. (2023). What are small, medium and large effect sizes for exercise treatments of tendinopathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 9(1). e001389–e001389. 6 indexed citations
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Svendsen, Malene Jagd, Louise Fleng Sandal, Per Kjær, et al.. (2021). Using Intervention Mapping to Develop a Decision Support System–Based Smartphone App (selfBACK) to Support Self-management of Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Development and Usability Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(1). e26555–e26555. 19 indexed citations
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McCann, Bryan, Paul McCarthy, Kay Cooper, Katrina Forbes‐McKay, & Richard Keegan. (2021). A retrospective investigation of the perceived influence of coaches, parents and peers on talented football players’ motivation during development. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 34(6). 1227–1250. 5 indexed citations
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Nordstoga, Anne Lovise, et al.. (2020). Usability and Acceptability of an App (SELFBACK) to Support Self-Management of Low Back Pain: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. 7(2). e18729–e18729. 22 indexed citations
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Svendsen, Malene Jagd, Karen Wood, Kay Cooper, et al.. (2020). Barriers and facilitators to patient uptake and utilisation of digital interventions for the self-management of low back pain: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 10(12). e038800–e038800. 37 indexed citations
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Sandal, Louise Fleng, Mette Jensen Stochkendahl, Malene Jagd Svendsen, et al.. (2019). An App-Delivered Self-Management Program for People With Low Back Pain: Protocol for the selfBACK Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 8(12). e14720–e14720. 34 indexed citations
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Watson, James A., Cormac Ryan, Lesley Cooper, et al.. (2019). Pain Neuroscience Education for Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pain. 20(10). 1140.e1–1140.e22. 269 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alexander, Lyndsay, et al.. (2018). Health technologies for falls prevention and detection in adult hospital in-patients: a scoping review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 17(5). 667–674. 1 indexed citations
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Alexander, Lyndsay & Kay Cooper. (2018). Vocational rehabilitation for emergency services personnel: a scoping review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 16(1). 4–11. 1 indexed citations

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