Marcus Beasley

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Marcus Beasley is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pharmacology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Beasley has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 20 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Marcus Beasley's work include Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (26 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (19 papers) and Health, psychology, and well-being (8 papers). Marcus Beasley is often cited by papers focused on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (26 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (19 papers) and Health, psychology, and well-being (8 papers). Marcus Beasley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Marcus Beasley's co-authors include Gary J. Macfarlane, Gareth T. Jones, Piercarlo Sarzi‐Puttini, Fabiola Atzeni, John McBeth, Philip Keeley, Tatiana V. Macfarlane, Gordon Prescott, Karina Lovell and Elizabeth A. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Beasley

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in the General Population:... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. The Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in the General Population: A Comparison of the American College of Rheumatology 1990, 2010, and Modified 2010 Classification Criteria
    2014 343 citations Gareth T. Jones, Marcus Beasley 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
Marcus Beasley United Kingdom 17 567 566 154 140 120 43 1.1k
Vivien Nichols United Kingdom 13 418 0.7× 408 0.7× 146 0.9× 147 1.1× 80 0.7× 26 1.1k
John Quintner Australia 19 666 1.2× 359 0.6× 209 1.4× 191 1.4× 145 1.2× 47 1.2k
Terence W. Starz United States 15 812 1.4× 674 1.2× 180 1.2× 89 0.6× 125 1.0× 23 1.3k
Lennard Voogt Netherlands 15 764 1.3× 349 0.6× 111 0.7× 297 2.1× 169 1.4× 48 1.2k
Marloes Gerrits Netherlands 11 419 0.7× 343 0.6× 98 0.6× 188 1.3× 70 0.6× 18 1.1k
Terry H. Oh United States 17 474 0.8× 728 1.3× 121 0.8× 120 0.9× 81 0.7× 39 1.2k
Javier Martínez-Calderón Spain 19 920 1.6× 376 0.7× 142 0.9× 148 1.1× 318 2.6× 57 1.4k
Mary O. Whipple United States 18 496 0.9× 770 1.4× 161 1.0× 124 0.9× 68 0.6× 54 1.2k
Isabelle Richard France 19 647 1.1× 368 0.7× 139 0.9× 44 0.3× 123 1.0× 66 1.2k
Ming‐Chih Kao United States 20 669 1.2× 222 0.4× 88 0.6× 170 1.2× 159 1.3× 53 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcus Beasley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcus Beasley

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beasley, Marcus & Gary J. Macfarlane. (2025). Shifting the distribution of risk for high-impact chronic pain: Targets for population-level interventions. Journal of Pain. 37. 105573–105573.
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Imamura, Mari, Clare Robertson, Jemma Hudson, et al.. (2025). Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis. Health Technology Assessment. 29(20). 1–228. 1 indexed citations
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Robertson, Clare, Marcus Beasley, Martin Stevens, et al.. (2024). The experience of poor sleep in people with fibromyalgia: a qualitative meta-synthesis. Sleep Medicine. 115. S191–S192.
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Norwood, Patrícia, Marcus Beasley, Martin Stevens, et al.. (2024). Patient preferences for models of care for fibromyalgia: A discrete choice experiment. PLoS ONE. 19(6). e0305030–e0305030.
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Yimer, Belay Birlie, Mark Lunt, Marcus Beasley, Gary J. Macfarlane, & John McBeth. (2023). BayesGmed: An R-package for Bayesian causal mediation analysis. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287037–e0287037. 16 indexed citations
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Mallah, Narmeen, et al.. (2022). Association between alcohol consumption and chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 129(3). 355–365. 37 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nicky, et al.. (2022). UK healthcare services for people with fibromyalgia: results from two web-based national surveys (the PACFiND study). BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 989–989. 15 indexed citations
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Riddle, Daniel L., Gary J. Macfarlane, David Hamilton, Marcus Beasley, & Levent Dumenci. (2021). Cross-validation of good versus poor self-reported outcome trajectory types following knee arthroplasty. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 30(1). 61–68. 15 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Gary J., Marcus Beasley, Gareth T. Jones, & Cathy Stannard. (2020). The epidemiology of regular opioid use and its association with mortality: Prospective cohort study of 466 486 UK biobank participants. EClinicalMedicine. 21. 100321–100321. 33 indexed citations
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Beasley, Marcus, et al.. (2017). Treatment expectations but not preference affect outcome in a trial of CBT and exercise for pain. Canadian Journal of Pain. 1(1). 161–170. 20 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Gary J., Marcus Beasley, Blair H. Smith, Gareth T. Jones, & Tatiana V. Macfarlane. (2015). Can large surveys conducted on highly selected populations provide valid information on the epidemiology of common health conditions? An analysis of UK Biobank data on musculoskeletal pain. British Journal of Pain. 9(4). 203–212. 56 indexed citations
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Martin, Kathryn R., Marcus Beasley, Gary J. Macfarlane, & Daniel Whibley. (2014). Chronic pain predicts reduced physical activity in a large population cohort study. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 66. 2 indexed citations
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Bhattacharya, Sohinee, et al.. (2014). Maternal and perinatal risk factors for childhood cancer: record linkage study. BMJ Open. 4(1). e003656–e003656. 17 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Gary J. & Marcus Beasley. (2014). Moderate Alcohol Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk (and severity) of Chronic Widespread Pain: Results from a Population-Based Study. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 66. 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Tatiana V., Marcus Beasley, & Gary J. Macfarlane. (2014). Self-Reported Facial Pain in UK Biobank Study: Prevalence and Associated Factors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). e2–e2. 35 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Gary J., Marcus Beasley, Elizabeth A. Jones, et al.. (2011). The prevalence and management of low back pain across adulthood: Results from a population-based cross-sectional study (the MUSICIAN study). Pain. 153(1). 27–32. 123 indexed citations
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McBeth, John, Gordon Prescott, Graham Scotland, et al.. (2011). Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Exercise, or Both for Treating Chronic Widespread Pain. Archives of Internal Medicine. 172(1). 48–48. 102 indexed citations

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