Kieren Egan

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Kieren Egan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Kieren Egan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 9 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Kieren Egan's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (11 papers), Animal testing and alternatives (9 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 papers). Kieren Egan is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (11 papers), Animal testing and alternatives (9 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (6 papers). Kieren Egan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Kieren Egan's co-authors include Malcolm Macleod, Emily S. Sena, H. M. Vesterinen, David W. Howells, Gillian L. Currie, Malcolm von Schantz, Kristen L. Knutson, Ana Antonic‐Baker, Theodore C. Hirst and Núbia E. Duarte and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Kieren Egan

43 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Comparison between an African town and a neighbouring village shows delayed, but not decreased, sleep during the early stages of urbanisation
    2017 421 citations Andrew D. Beale, Mário Pedrazzoli et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  2. Meta-analysis of data from animal studies: A practical guide
    2013 374 citations H. M. Vesterinen, Emily S. Sena et al. Journal of Neuroscience Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kieren Egan United Kingdom 21 358 342 283 264 254 48 2.3k
Stan Van Uum Canada 36 319 0.9× 557 1.6× 400 1.4× 401 1.5× 690 2.7× 105 5.7k
Janine A. Clayton United States 26 430 1.2× 420 1.2× 154 0.5× 151 0.6× 2.1k 8.5× 76 4.4k
Craig Mallinckrodt United States 43 704 2.0× 798 2.3× 2.0k 6.9× 140 0.5× 232 0.9× 147 7.3k
Francesco Chiappelli United States 32 756 2.1× 546 1.6× 157 0.6× 21 0.1× 263 1.0× 175 3.6k
Dale J. Langford United States 29 239 0.7× 776 2.3× 435 1.5× 570 2.2× 219 0.9× 80 3.9k
Brian J. Prendergast United States 34 727 2.0× 989 2.9× 176 0.6× 165 0.6× 609 2.4× 93 4.5k
Jerome W. Thompson United States 34 383 1.1× 506 1.5× 43 0.2× 146 0.6× 382 1.5× 153 3.7k
David A. Williams Australia 34 1.6k 4.4× 410 1.2× 279 1.0× 37 0.1× 223 0.9× 82 4.2k
C. Shaw United Kingdom 36 975 2.7× 273 0.8× 139 0.5× 112 0.4× 204 0.8× 146 4.0k
Stefano Calza Italy 38 1.2k 3.2× 243 0.7× 227 0.8× 30 0.1× 156 0.6× 207 5.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kieren Egan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Connaghan, John, Kieren Egan, Nia Goulden, et al.. (2025). A Process Evaluation of the UK Randomised Trial Evaluating ‘iSupport’, an Online e-Health Intervention for Adult Carers of People Living with Dementia. Behavioral Sciences. 15(8). 1107–1107. 2 indexed citations
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Macleod, Catherine, Nia Goulden, Kieren Egan, et al.. (2025). Cost-consequence analysis of an e-health intervention to reduce distress in dementia carers: results from the iSupport randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 15(5). e095611–e095611.
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Egan, Kieren, Alison Kirk, Barbara Fawcett, et al.. (2024). Physical Activity Mobile App (CareFit) for Informal Carers of People With Dementia: Protocol for a Feasibility and Adaptation Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e53727–e53727.
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Egan, Kieren, et al.. (2022). Decision Support Tools in Adult Long-term Care Facilities: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(9). e39681–e39681. 10 indexed citations
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Windle, Gill, Zoë Hoare, Kieren Egan, et al.. (2022). Effects of an e-health intervention ‘iSupport’ for reducing distress of dementia carers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial and feasibility study. BMJ Open. 12(9). e064314–e064314. 10 indexed citations
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Egan, Kieren. (2020). Digital Technology, Health and Well-Being and the Covid-19 Pandemic: It's Time to Call Forward Informal Carers from the Back of the Queue. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 36(6). 151088–151088. 18 indexed citations
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Beale, Andrew D., Mário Pedrazzoli, Bruno da Silva Brandão Gonçalves, et al.. (2017). Comparison between an African town and a neighbouring village shows delayed, but not decreased, sleep during the early stages of urbanisation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5697–5697. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Egan, Kieren, Malcolm von Schantz, André Brooking Negrão, et al.. (2016). Cohort profile: the Baependi Heart Study—a family-based, highly admixed cohort study in a rural Brazilian town. BMJ Open. 6(10). e011598–e011598. 28 indexed citations
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Beijamini, Felipe, Kristen L. Knutson, Geraldo Lorenzi‐Filho, et al.. (2016). Timing and quality of sleep in a rural Brazilian family-based cohort, the Baependi Heart Study. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 39283–39283. 23 indexed citations
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Macleod, Malcolm, Aaron Lawson McLean, Aikaterini Kyriakopoulou, et al.. (2015). Risk of Bias in Reports of In Vivo Research: A Focus for Improvement. PLoS Biology. 13(10). e1002273–e1002273. 239 indexed citations
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Hirst, Theodore C., H. M. Vesterinen, Emily S. Sena, et al.. (2013). Systematic review and meta-analysis of temozolomide in animal models of glioma: was clinical efficacy predicted?. British Journal of Cancer. 108(1). 64–71. 79 indexed citations
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Vesterinen, H. M., Gillian L. Currie, Ralf Watzlawick, et al.. (2013). Systematic review and stratified meta-analysis of the efficacy of RhoA and Rho kinase inhibitors in animal models of ischaemic stroke. Systematic Reviews. 2(1). 33–33. 41 indexed citations
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Vesterinen, H. M., Emily S. Sena, Kieren Egan, et al.. (2013). Meta-analysis of data from animal studies: A practical guide. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 221. 92–102. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Egan, Kieren, Emily S. Sena, H. M. Vesterinen, & Malcolm Macleod. (2012). Developing our understanding of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease using a systematically identified dataset of interventions tested in transgenic mouse models. European Journal of Neurology. 19. 460–460. 2 indexed citations
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Rooke, E. Douglas, H. M. Vesterinen, Emily S. Sena, Kieren Egan, & Malcolm Macleod. (2011). Dopamine agonists in animal models of Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 17(5). 313–320. 61 indexed citations

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