Lisa Arai

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Lisa Arai is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lisa Arai has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lisa Arai's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (8 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (8 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (8 papers). Lisa Arai is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (8 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (8 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (8 papers). Lisa Arai collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada. Lisa Arai's co-authors include Helen Roberts, Jennie Popay, Mark Petticrew, Nicky Britten, Amanda Sowden, Mark Rodgers, Patricia J Lucas, Catherine Law, Janis Baird and Katrina Roen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Lisa Arai

36 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systema... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 500 1000 1.5k
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. Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews: A product from the ESRC Methods Programme
    2006 1.7k citations Jennie Popay, Helen Roberts et al. profile →
  2. Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in sytematic reviews
    2006 629 citations Jennie Popay, Helen Roberts 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
Lisa Arai United Kingdom 19 1.4k 813 757 586 386 40 4.0k
Nicki Thorogood United Kingdom 13 1.5k 1.1× 962 1.2× 699 0.9× 678 1.2× 524 1.4× 33 4.2k
Martin Dempster United Kingdom 35 1.3k 0.9× 777 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 500 0.9× 434 1.1× 162 4.6k
Carmen G. Loiselle Canada 26 1.4k 1.0× 710 0.9× 520 0.7× 617 1.1× 320 0.8× 97 3.5k
Pierre Dagenais Canada 16 1.1k 0.8× 776 1.0× 673 0.9× 371 0.6× 286 0.7× 66 4.1k
Karen Willis Australia 32 1.5k 1.1× 602 0.7× 819 1.1× 553 0.9× 310 0.8× 143 3.7k
Shona Agarwal United Kingdom 12 1.6k 1.1× 765 0.9× 507 0.7× 592 1.0× 282 0.7× 17 3.8k
Tina Koch Australia 35 1.5k 1.1× 684 0.8× 714 0.9× 859 1.5× 342 0.9× 85 4.5k
Felicity Boardman United Kingdom 19 1.2k 0.9× 837 1.0× 780 1.0× 461 0.8× 525 1.4× 61 4.3k
Alan Pearson Australia 34 2.1k 1.6× 940 1.2× 578 0.8× 574 1.0× 390 1.0× 167 5.4k
Rachel Shaw United Kingdom 31 1.3k 0.9× 676 0.8× 596 0.8× 697 1.2× 286 0.7× 128 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lisa Arai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lisa Arai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arai, Lisa, Terence Stephenson, & Helen Roberts. (2015). The unseen child and safeguarding: ‘Did not attend’ guidelines in the NHS. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 100(6). 517–520. 11 indexed citations
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Curtis, Katherine, Lisa Arai, Terence Stephenson, & Helen Roberts. (2015). What makes for a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ paediatric diabetes service from the viewpoint of children, young people, carers and clinicians? A synthesis of qualitative findings. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 100(9). 826–833. 12 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa. (2009). Teenage pregnancy. Bristol University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa. (2009). Teenage Pregnancy. Bristol University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa. (2009). What a Difference a Decade Makes: Rethinking Teenage Pregnancy as a Problem. Social Policy and Society. 8(2). 171–183. 38 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa. (2009). Teenage pregnancy. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Lucas, Patricia J, Janis Baird, Lisa Arai, Catherine Law, & Helen Roberts. (2007). Worked examples of alternative methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research in systematic reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 7(1). 4–4. 420 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa, Nicky Britten, Jennie Popay, et al.. (2007). Testing methodological developments in the conduct of narrative synthesis: a demonstration review of research on the implementation of smoke alarm interventions. Evidence & Policy. 3(3). 361–383. 128 indexed citations
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Roen, Katrina, Lisa Arai, Helen Clare Roberts, & Jennie Popay. (2006). Preventing children's injuries : exploring methodological issues in the systematic review of qualitative evidence.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations
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Lucas, Patricia J, Lisa Arai, Janis Baird, et al.. (2006). A systematic review of lay views about infant size and growth. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 92(2). 120–127. 32 indexed citations
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Roen, Katrina, Lisa Arai, Helen Roberts, & Jennie Popay. (2006). Extending systematic reviews to include evidence on implementation: Methodological work on a review of community-based initiatives to prevent injuries. Social Science & Medicine. 63(4). 1060–1071. 90 indexed citations
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Popay, Jennie, Helen Roberts, Amanda Sowden, et al.. (2006). Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in sytematic reviews. 629 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arai, Lisa, Katrina Roen, Helen Roberts, & Jennie Popay. (2005). It might work in Oklahoma but will it work in Oakhampton? Context and implementation in the effectiveness literature on domestic smoke detectors. Injury Prevention. 11(3). 148–151. 50 indexed citations
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Popay, Jennie, Katrina Roen, Helen Roberts, & Lisa Arai. (2002). Exploring methodological and practical issues in the systematic review of factors affecting the implementation of child injury prevention initiatives. 10(2). 94–104. 3 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa & Seeromanie Harding. (2002). UK-Born Black Caribbeans: Generational changes in health and well-being. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 3 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa & Seeromanie Harding. (2002). Health and social care services for minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom: a review of the literature on access and use. 5 indexed citations
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Arai, Lisa & Sue-Ann Harding. (2002). Access to and Use of Health Social and Other Services and Care by Minority Ethnic Populations in the United Kingdom: a literature review. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations

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