Lucy O’Malley

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lucy O’Malley is a scholar working on Periodontics, General Health Professions and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy O’Malley has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Periodontics, 15 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lucy O’Malley's work include Dental Health and Care Utilization (18 papers), Dental Education, Practice, Research (7 papers) and Dental Radiography and Imaging (5 papers). Lucy O’Malley is often cited by papers focused on Dental Health and Care Utilization (18 papers), Dental Education, Practice, Research (7 papers) and Dental Radiography and Imaging (5 papers). Lucy O’Malley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Lucy O’Malley's co-authors include Anne‐Marie Glenny, Omar Kujan, G.R. Ogden, Paul Brocklehurst, Simon Shepherd, Richard Macey, Tanya Walsh, Jan Clarkson, Helen V Worthington and Rebecca P. George and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lucy O’Malley

37 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

2015 299 citations Helen V Worthington, Tanya Walsh et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
Prevalence of cognitive impairment following chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2022 101 citations Alexandra L. Whittaker, Rebecca P. George et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lucy O’Malley United Kingdom	14	573	221	206	184	160	39	1.2k
L.M.D. Macpherson United Kingdom	19	635 1.1×	344 1.6×	142 0.7×	55 0.3×	169 1.1×	36	1.3k
Richard Macey United Kingdom	17	563 1.0×	153 0.7×	170 0.8×	172 0.9×	136 0.8×	33	1.0k
María Gabriela Haye Biazevic Brazil	21	413 0.7×	253 1.1×	326 1.6×	36 0.2×	163 1.0×	96	1.3k
Harold D. Sgan‐Cohen Israel	25	1.0k 1.8×	118 0.5×	259 1.3×	106 0.6×	227 1.4×	92	1.8k
Linda M. Kaste United States	22	1.1k 2.0×	145 0.7×	306 1.5×	70 0.4×	300 1.9×	65	1.8k
C.W. Douglass United States	19	456 0.8×	118 0.5×	347 1.7×	29 0.2×	156 1.0×	31	1.3k
Edgard Michel‐Crosato Brazil	20	415 0.7×	80 0.4×	378 1.8×	37 0.2×	165 1.0×	130	1.2k
Roos Leroy Belgium	21	666 1.2×	35 0.2×	152 0.7×	43 0.2×	143 0.9×	73	1.1k
Mohd Masood Australia	21	699 1.2×	84 0.4×	276 1.3×	31 0.2×	195 1.2×	65	1.3k
Stanley Gelbier United Kingdom	20	1.0k 1.8×	294 1.3×	265 1.3×	21 0.1×	402 2.5×	151	1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucy O’Malley

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Feizollah, Ali, et al.. (2025). The Use of Natural Language Processing to Interpret Unstructured Patient Feedback on Health Services: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e72853–e72853. 1 indexed citations

O’Malley, Lucy, Jan Clarkson, Sharon R Lewis, Tanya Walsh, & Anne‐Marie Glenny. (2025). Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries. BDJ. 238(4). 241–242. 1 indexed citations

O’Malley, Lucy, et al.. (2025). Standard setting for dental knowledge tests: reproducibility of the modified Angoff and Ebel method across judges. BMC Medical Education. 25(1). 1426–1426.

Worthington, Helen V, Sharon R Lewis, Anne‐Marie Glenny, et al.. (2024). Topical silver diamine fluoride (SDF) for preventing and managing dental caries in children and adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2024(11). CD012718–CD012718. 6 indexed citations

O’Malley, Lucy, et al.. (2024). EFFECTIVENESS OF CLEAR ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS IN CORRECTING MALOCCLUSIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice. 25(1). 102081–102081. 7 indexed citations

Whittaker, Alexandra L., Rebecca P. George, & Lucy O’Malley. (2022). Prevalence of cognitive impairment following chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 2135–2135. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

O’Malley, Lucy, et al.. (2021). Assessing the reliability of automatic sentiment analysis tools on rating the sentiment of reviews of NHS dental practices in England. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0259797–e0259797. 6 indexed citations

O’Malley, Lucy, et al.. (2021). Dental fluorosis prevalence in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Dental Journal. 33(7). 404–412. 8 indexed citations

Sabbah, Wael, et al.. (2021). Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences. 16(5). 643–656. 30 indexed citations

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Macey, Richard, et al.. (2021). Factors influencing dental trainees' choice of training programme and working patterns: a mixed-methods study. BDJ. 230(6). 363–368. 5 indexed citations

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O’Malley, Lucy, et al.. (2020). A RAND/UCLA appropriateness method study to identify the dimensions of quality in primary dental care and quality measurement indicators. BDJ. 228(2). 83–88. 6 indexed citations

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Tickle, Martin, et al.. (2018). A systematic review of quality measures used in primary care dentistry. International Dental Journal. 69(4). 252–264. 22 indexed citations

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Goodwin, Tom, Hugh Devlin, Anne‐Marie Glenny, Lucy O’Malley, & Keith Horner. (2017). Guidelines on the timing and frequency of bitewing radiography: a systematic review. BDJ. 222(7). 519–526. 15 indexed citations

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O’Malley, Lucy, Debbie Bonetti, Pauline Adair, Pia‐Merete Jervøe‐Storm, & Philip M. Preshaw. (2016). Psychological interventions for improving adherence to oral hygiene instructions in adults with periodontal diseases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3 indexed citations

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O’Malley, Lucy, Pauline Adair, Girvan Burnside, et al.. (2016). An evaluation of a storybook targeting parental attitudes, intention, and self-efficacy to change their child’s oral health behavior.. Health Psychology. 36(2). 152–159. 12 indexed citations

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Bailey, Edmund, Martin Tickle, Stephen Campbell, & Lucy O’Malley. (2015). Systematic review of patient safety interventions in dentistry. BMC Oral Health. 15(1). 152–152. 54 indexed citations

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Brocklehurst, Paul, et al.. (2014). The development and piloting of a leadership questionnaire for general dental practitioners: preliminary results from the North West of England and Tokyo. BDJ. 217(9). E17–E17. 3 indexed citations

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O’Malley, Lucy. (2013). The Development and Evaluation of a novel health promotion intervention (Kitten’s First Tooth) to improve children’s oral health in a deprived area of North West England. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2 indexed citations

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Brocklehurst, P, Omar Kujan, Lucy O’Malley, et al.. (2013). Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD004150. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004150.pub4.. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 96 indexed citations

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Duijster, Denise, Lucy O’Malley, Sarah Elison, et al.. (2013). Family Relationships as an Explanatory Variable in Childhood Dental Caries: A Systematic Review of Measures. Caries Research. 47(Suppl. 1). 22–39. 19 indexed citations

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