Liam Donaldson

14.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Liam Donaldson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Liam Donaldson has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in General Health Professions, 23 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Liam Donaldson's work include Patient Safety and Medication Errors (20 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (15 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (14 papers). Liam Donaldson is often cited by papers focused on Patient Safety and Medication Errors (20 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (15 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (14 papers). Liam Donaldson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Liam Donaldson's co-authors include Didier Pittet, Benedetta Allegranzi, S Bagheri Nejad, Homa Attar, Wilco C. Graafmans, Christophe Combescure, Richard Langford, A. Fayaz, Peter Croft and Gareth T. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Liam Donaldson

122 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

2010 1.6k citations Liam Donaldson et al. The Lancet profile →
Prevalence of chronic pain in the UK: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population studies

2016 863 citations A. Fayaz, Peter Croft et al. BMJ Open profile →
Evidence-based model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved practices

2006 547 citations Liam Donaldson et al. profile →
Medication Without Harm: WHO's Third Global Patient Safety Challenge

2017 353 citations Liam Donaldson, Neelam Dhingra‐Kumar et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liam Donaldson United Kingdom	43	2.1k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.0k	126	9.0k
Patricia W. Stone United States	57	1.3k 0.6×	4.5k 3.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	673 0.6×	269	10.7k
Nicholas Graves Australia	50	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	606 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	342	9.1k
Sarah L. Krein United States	51	823 0.4×	3.1k 2.1×	2.8k 2.0×	1.9k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	287	9.6k
Bradley N. Doebbeling United States	48	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	609 0.4×	664 0.6×	214	7.8k
Pamela A. Lipsett United States	48	2.0k 0.9×	994 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	4.0k 2.9×	3.0k 2.9×	153	11.0k
Haya R. Rubin United States	47	1.0k 0.5×	5.1k 3.5×	2.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	97	13.8k
Craig A. Umscheid United States	43	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.7×	727 0.5×	3.2k 3.0×	112	10.0k
John P. Burke Ireland	59	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	3.6k 2.5×	1.4k 1.0×	4.9k 4.7×	364	16.3k
Benedetta Allegranzi Switzerland	52	6.1k 2.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	2.6k 2.5×	171	13.1k
Robert Fowler Canada	55	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	3.1k 2.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	294	13.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liam Donaldson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schaefer, Robin, Liam Donaldson, Nicaise Ndembi, et al.. (2025). Antiretroviral Use for HIV Prevention During Pregnancy: The Need to Strengthen Regulatory and Surveillance Systems in Africa. Drug Safety. 48(3). 209–216. 1 indexed citations

Yardley, Sarah, Huw Williams, Paul Bowie, et al.. (2022). Which human factors design issues are influencing system performance in out-of-hours community palliative care? Integration of realist approaches with an established systems analysis framework to develop mid-range programme theory. BMJ Open. 12(1). e048045–e048045. 5 indexed citations

Yardley, Sarah, et al.. (2021). Learning from patient safety incidents involving acutely sick adults in hospital assessment units in England and Wales: a mixed methods analysis for quality improvement. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 114(12). 563–574. 10 indexed citations

Cooper, Alison, Andrew Carson‐Stevens, Adrian Edwards, et al.. (2021). Identifying safe care processes when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: a realist evaluation. British Journal of General Practice. 71(713). e931–e940. 3 indexed citations

Cooper, Alison, Freya Davies, Adrian Edwards, et al.. (2019). The impact of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a rapid realist review. BMJ Open. 9(4). e024501–e024501. 58 indexed citations

Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Robyn Clay‐Williams, Natalie Taylor, et al.. (2019). Bending the quality curve. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 32(Supplement_1). 1–7. 4 indexed citations

Sheikh, Aziz, et al.. (2019). Agreeing on global research priorities for medication safety: an international prioritisation exercise. Journal of Global Health. 9(1). 10422–10422. 42 indexed citations

Rees, Philippa, Adrian Edwards, Colin Powell, et al.. (2017). Patient Safety Incidents Involving Sick Children in Primary Care in England and Wales: A Mixed Methods Analysis. PLoS Medicine. 14(1). e1002217–e1002217. 55 indexed citations

Ginsburg, Liane, Neelam Dhingra‐Kumar, & Liam Donaldson. (2017). What stage are low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) at with patient safety curriculum implementation and what are the barriers to implementation? A two-stage cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 7(6). e016110–e016110. 24 indexed citations

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Fayaz, A., Salma Ayis, Sukhmeet S. Panesar, Richard Langford, & Liam Donaldson. (2016). Assessing the relationship between chronic pain and cardiovasculardisease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 13(1). 76–90. 91 indexed citations

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Fayaz, A., Peter Croft, Richard Langford, Liam Donaldson, & Gareth T. Jones. (2016). Prevalence of chronic pain in the UK: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population studies. BMJ Open. 6(6). e010364–e010364. 863 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rutter, Paul D. & Liam Donaldson. (2014). Oversight Role of the Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 210(suppl 1). S16–S22. 29 indexed citations

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Panesar, Sukhmeet S., Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Andrew Carson‐Stevens, et al.. (2013). The orthopaedic error index: development and application of a novel national indicator for assessing the relative safety of hospital care using a cross-sectional approach. BMJ Open. 3(11). e003448–e003448. 6 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Liam & Gabriel Scally. (2009). Donaldsons' Essential Public Health (3rd edition). UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 2 indexed citations

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Banatvala, Nick, et al.. (2009). Working with WHO: the UK's institutional strategy. The Lancet. 373(9678). 1827–1829.

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Donaldson, Liam & Nick Banatvala. (2007). Health is global: proposals for a UK Government-wide strategy. The Lancet. 369(9564). 857–861. 41 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Liam. (2001). Safe high quality health care: investing in tomorrow's leaders.. PubMed. 10 Suppl 2. ii8–12. 16 indexed citations

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Chapman, Fiona, et al.. (1996). Cost effectiveness of a single-function treatment center for cataract surgery. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 22(7). 940–946. 22 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Liam, et al.. (1994). Is health care a commodity: how will purchasing improve the National Health Service?. PubMed. 16(3). 256–62. 9 indexed citations

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McAvoy, Brian & Liam Donaldson. (1990). Health care for Asians. Oxford University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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