Lucy Yardley

54.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
418 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

Lucy Yardley is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Applied Psychology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucy Yardley has authored 418 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in General Health Professions, 101 papers in Applied Psychology and 52 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Lucy Yardley's work include Digital Mental Health Interventions (67 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (55 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (52 papers). Lucy Yardley is often cited by papers focused on Digital Mental Health Interventions (67 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (55 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (52 papers). Lucy Yardley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Lucy Yardley's co-authors include Susan Michie, Leanne Morrison, Chris Todd, Judith Joseph, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, Paul Little, Thomas L. Webb, Klaus Hauer, Nina Beyer and Ingrid Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lucy Yardley

407 papers receiving 27.5k citations

Hit Papers

Using the Internet to Promote Health Behavior Change:... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2010 2005 2000 2019 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Using the Internet to Promote Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Theoretical Basis, Use of Behavior Change Techniques, and Mode of Delivery on Efficacy
    2010 1.8k citations Lucy Yardley et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  2. Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)
    2005 1.5k citations Lucy Yardley, Chris Todd et al. profile →
  3. Dilemmas in qualitative health research
    2000 1.3k citations Lucy Yardley profile →
  4. Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare
    2019 863 citations Lucy Yardley et al. BMJ Open profile →
  5. The Person-Based Approach to Intervention Development: Application to Digital Health-Related Behavior Change Interventions
    2015 839 citations Lucy Yardley, Leanne Morrison et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  6. Resisting medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine taking
    2005 687 citations Lucy Yardley et al. profile →
  7. Understanding and Promoting Effective Engagement With Digital Behavior Change Interventions
    2016 675 citations Lucy Yardley, Leanne Morrison et al. profile →
  8. Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology
    2004 659 citations David I. Marks, Lucy Yardley profile →
  9. Opportunities and Challenges for Smartphone Applications in Supporting Health Behavior change: Qualitative Study
    2013 636 citations Leanne Morrison, Lucy Yardley et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  10. The Short FES-I: a shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international to assess fear of falling
    2007 588 citations Lucy Yardley, Chris Todd et al. profile →
  11. Developing and Evaluating Digital Interventions to Promote Behavior Change in Health and Health Care: Recommendations Resulting From an International Workshop
    2017 579 citations Lucy Yardley et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  12. Factors associated with uptake of vaccination against pandemic influenza: A systematic review
    2011 510 citations Lucy Yardley et al. profile →
  13. Evaluating meta-ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research
    2011 471 citations Lucy Yardley et al. profile →
  14. Taxonomy of approaches to developing interventions to improve health: a systematic methods overview
    2019 292 citations Lucy Yardley et al. Pilot and Feasibility Studies profile →
  15. Guidance for reporting intervention development studies in health research (GUIDED): an evidence-based consensus study
    2020 223 citations Lucy Yardley et al. BMJ Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucy Yardley United Kingdom 78 7.8k 4.9k 4.7k 4.2k 3.7k 418 28.5k
Edward McAuley United States 99 4.1k 0.5× 3.6k 0.7× 6.4k 1.4× 5.4k 1.3× 4.5k 1.2× 473 41.3k
Henrica C. W. de Vet Netherlands 109 9.2k 1.2× 1.8k 0.4× 9.1k 1.9× 877 0.2× 7.3k 2.0× 521 68.8k
Teresa E. Seeman United States 114 13.3k 1.7× 1.6k 0.3× 6.3k 1.3× 2.1k 0.5× 6.2k 1.7× 463 64.7k
Lisa Berkman United States 108 16.0k 2.1× 4.4k 0.9× 7.2k 1.5× 1.5k 0.4× 5.2k 1.4× 388 57.0k
L.M. Bouter Netherlands 137 8.9k 1.1× 3.5k 0.7× 11.5k 2.5× 825 0.2× 9.4k 2.6× 652 88.8k
Caroline B. Terwee Netherlands 89 6.3k 0.8× 1.6k 0.3× 7.3k 1.6× 891 0.2× 5.8k 1.6× 386 48.6k
Dirk L. Knol Netherlands 72 4.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.2× 6.7k 1.4× 552 0.1× 3.5k 1.0× 308 36.3k
Jos W. R. Twisk Netherlands 94 4.6k 0.6× 803 0.2× 4.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.3× 6.7k 1.8× 801 36.9k
Joost Dekker Netherlands 110 4.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.2× 6.4k 1.4× 747 0.2× 5.0k 1.4× 900 53.6k
Sharon E. Straus Canada 88 13.1k 1.7× 1.2k 0.2× 3.3k 0.7× 656 0.2× 8.7k 2.4× 591 41.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucy Yardley

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

All Works

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Venekamp, Roderick P, Ben Ainsworth, Tammy Thomas, et al.. (2025). Saline nasal irrigation for acute sinusitis (SNIFS II): a randomised controlled pilot trial with nested process evaluation. BJGP Open. 9(3). BJGPO.2024.0307–BJGPO.2024.0307.
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Pinto, Cathryn, et al.. (2023). How do people with MND and caregivers experience a digital mental health intervention? A qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1083196–1083196. 6 indexed citations
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Yardley, Lucy, Sarah Denford, Atiya Kamal, et al.. (2023). The Agile Co-production and Evaluation framework for developing public health interventions, messaging and guidance. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1094753–1094753. 11 indexed citations
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Weir, Christopher J., Holly Ennis, Robin Williams, et al.. (2023). A complex ePrescribing-based Anti-Microbial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals combining technological and behavioural components: protocol for a feasibility trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 18–18. 2 indexed citations
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Love, Nicola, Derren Ready, Charlie Turner, et al.. (2022). The acceptability of testing contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases using serial, self-administered lateral flow devices as an alternative to self-isolation. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 71(8). 14 indexed citations
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Denford, Sarah, Katherine Morton, Helen Lambert, et al.. (2021). Understanding patterns of adherence to COVID-19 mitigation measures: a qualitative interview study. Journal of Public Health. 43(3). 508–516. 42 indexed citations
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Morton, Katherine, Lauren Towler, Sascha Miller, et al.. (2021). Infection control in the home: a qualitative study exploring perceptions and experiences of adhering to protective behaviours in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open. 11(12). e056161–e056161. 7 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Ben, Sascha Miller, Beth Stuart, et al.. (2021). Infection Control Behavior at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study of a Web-Based Behavioral Intervention (Germ Defence). Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(2). e22197–e22197. 15 indexed citations
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Weal, Mark, et al.. (2018). Peer-Based Social Media Features in Behavior Change Interventions: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(2). e20–e20. 63 indexed citations
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Morton, Katherine, Katherine Bradbury, Rebecca Band, et al.. (2018). Qualitative process study to explore the perceived burdens and benefits of a digital intervention for self-managing high blood pressure in Primary Care in the UK. BMJ Open. 8(5). e020843–e020843. 15 indexed citations
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Little, Paul, Beth Stuart, María Stokes, et al.. (2014). Alexander Technique and Supervised Physiotherapy Exercises in Back Pain (ASPEN) Feasibility Trial. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 20(5). A60–A60. 1 indexed citations
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Morrison, Leanne, et al.. (2013). Opportunities and challenges for smartphone applications in supporting health behavior change. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations
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Bishop, Felicity L., et al.. (2011). How Patients Choose Acupuncturists: A Mixed-Methods Project. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 17(1). 19–25. 19 indexed citations
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Bishop, Felicity L., Lucy Yardley, & George Lewith. (2010). Why Consumers Maintain Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use: A Qualitative Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 16(2). 175–182. 45 indexed citations
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Yardley, Lucy & Chris Todd. (2005). Encouraging positive attitudes to falls prevention in later life. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 16 indexed citations
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Marks, David I. & Lucy Yardley. (2004). Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yardley, Lucy & Adrian Furnham. (1999). Attitudes of Medical and Nonmedical Students Toward Orthodox and Complementary Therapies: Is Scientific Evidence Taken into Account?. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 5(3). 293–295. 15 indexed citations
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Thornton, A. R. D., et al.. (1987). The Objective Estimation of Loudness Discomfort Level using Auditory Brainstem Evoked Responses. Scandinavian Audiology. 16(4). 219–225. 12 indexed citations

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