Louise Sparkes

800 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 573 citations indexed

About

Louise Sparkes is a scholar working on Physiology, Emergency Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Louise Sparkes has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 573 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Physiology, 4 papers in Emergency Medicine and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Louise Sparkes's work include Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (7 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (3 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (3 papers). Louise Sparkes is often cited by papers focused on Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (7 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (3 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (3 papers). Louise Sparkes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Louise Sparkes's co-authors include Simon Cooper, Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, Richard H. Osborne, Gerald R. Elsworth, Mélanie Hawkins, Crystal McPhee, Roy Batterham and Robyn Cant and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, BMC Public Health and Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Louise Sparkes

14 papers receiving 551 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Distribution of health literacy strengths and weaknesses across socio-demographic groups: a cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

2015 306 citations Alison Beauchamp, Rachelle Buchbinder et al. BMC Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louise Sparkes Australia	9	299	121	115	107	64	14	573
Baretta R. Casey United States	14	159 0.5×	124 1.0×	151 1.3×	57 0.5×	33 0.5×	24	609
John Unsworth United Kingdom	14	155 0.5×	62 0.5×	40 0.3×	45 0.4×	29 0.5×	50	484
Arunaz Kumar Australia	15	197 0.7×	168 1.4×	59 0.5×	42 0.4×	50 0.8×	43	591
Terry C. Wall United States	16	229 0.8×	44 0.4×	166 1.4×	25 0.2×	49 0.8×	33	730
Annie Lintzenich Andrews United States	15	190 0.6×	195 1.6×	79 0.7×	28 0.3×	78 1.2×	54	674
Satid Thammasitboon United States	14	156 0.5×	81 0.7×	99 0.9×	74 0.7×	92 1.4×	71	931
Christine Wilson Australia	12	130 0.4×	32 0.3×	100 0.9×	73 0.7×	42 0.7×	21	466
Michele M. Nypaver United States	15	148 0.5×	121 1.0×	111 1.0×	27 0.3×	187 2.9×	29	535
Masanobu Okayama Japan	13	158 0.5×	27 0.2×	93 0.8×	144 1.3×	43 0.7×	55	532
Ralph Riviello United States	12	110 0.4×	31 0.3×	41 0.4×	79 0.7×	73 1.1×	30	573

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louise Sparkes

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Valero, Yarmarly C. Guerra, Tavey Dorofaeff, M G Coulthard, et al.. (2022). Optimal dosing of cefotaxime and desacetylcefotaxime for critically ill paediatric patients. Can we use microsampling?. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 77(8). 2227–2237. 5 indexed citations

Waak, Michaela, Kristen Gibbons, Louise Sparkes, et al.. (2022). Real-time seizure detection in paediatric intensive care patients: the RESET child brain protocol. BMJ Open. 12(6). e059301–e059301. 2 indexed citations

Valero, Yarmarly C. Guerra, Tavey Dorofaeff, Jason A. Roberts, et al.. (2021). Development and validation of a UHPLC-MS/MS method to measure cefotaxime and metabolite desacetylcefotaxime in blood plasma: a pilot study suitable for capillary microsampling in critically ill children. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 413(17). 4483–4491. 3 indexed citations

Valero, Yarmarly C. Guerra, Tavey Dorofaeff, Lisa Parker, et al.. (2021). Microsampling to support pharmacokinetic clinical studies in pediatrics. Pediatric Research. 91(6). 1557–1561. 11 indexed citations

Connell, Clifford J., et al.. (2016). The effectiveness of education in the recognition and management of deteriorating patients: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today. 44. 133–145. 59 indexed citations

Sparkes, Louise, et al.. (2016). Enhancing the management of deteriorating patients with Australian on line e‐simulation software: Acceptability, transferability, and impact in Hong Kong. Nursing and Health Sciences. 18(3). 393–399. 11 indexed citations

Beauchamp, Alison, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sarity Dodson, et al.. (2015). Distribution of health literacy strengths and weaknesses across socio-demographic groups: a cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). BMC Public Health. 15(1). 678–678. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

Cooper, Simon, Robyn Cant, Louise Sparkes, et al.. (2015). The use and limits of eye-tracking in high-fidelity clinical scenarios: A pilot study. International Emergency Nursing. 25. 43–47. 24 indexed citations

Cooper, Simon, Linda Ross, Louise Sparkes, et al.. (2014). Can eye-tracking technology improve situational awareness and student feedback during simulation?. USC Research Bank (University of the Sunshine Coast). 1–39. 1 indexed citations

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O’Meara, Peter, Graham Munro, Brett Williams, et al.. (2014). Developing situation awareness amongst nursing and paramedicine students utilizing eye tracking technology and video debriefing techniques: A proof of concept paper. International Emergency Nursing. 23(2). 94–99. 58 indexed citations

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Beauchamp, Alison & Louise Sparkes. (2014). Health literacy and nursing.. PubMed. 21(9). 49–49. 5 indexed citations

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Cooper, Simon, Robyn Cant, & Louise Sparkes. (2013). Respiratory rate records: the repeated rate?. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 23(9-10). 1236–1238. 31 indexed citations

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Cooper, Simon, Robyn Cant, Jo Porter, et al.. (2012). Managing patient deterioration: assessing teamwork and individual performance. Emergency Medicine Journal. 30(5). 377–381. 49 indexed citations

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Missen, Karen, Louise Sparkes, Joanne E. Porter, Simon Cooper, & Tracy McConnell‐Henry. (2012). Developing team based acute care scenarios: A rural hospital experience. International Emergency Nursing. 21(3). 186–189. 8 indexed citations

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