Mark W. Skinner

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Mark W. Skinner is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark W. Skinner has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Demography, 29 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mark W. Skinner's work include Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (32 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (19 papers) and Rural development and sustainability (12 papers). Mark W. Skinner is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (32 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (19 papers) and Rural development and sustainability (12 papers). Mark W. Skinner collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Mark W. Skinner's co-authors include Barry Smit, Alun E. Joseph, Rachel Herron, Mark W. Rosenberg, Richard G. Kuhn, Gavin J. Andrews, Chris Furgal, Elizabeth M. Russell, Bruce M. Pavlik and Denise Cloutier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mark W. Skinner

81 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Adaptation options in agriculture to climate change: a ty... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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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. Adaptation options in agriculture to climate change: a typology
    2002 759 citations Mark W. Skinner 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
Mark W. Skinner Canada 27 625 601 598 579 445 84 2.6k
Marcus Taylor Canada 23 463 0.7× 1.0k 1.7× 123 0.2× 221 0.4× 551 1.2× 44 3.2k
Jane Dixon Australia 35 254 0.4× 374 0.6× 93 0.2× 642 1.1× 606 1.4× 116 3.7k
Lori M. Hunter United States 34 180 0.3× 2.6k 4.3× 444 0.7× 348 0.6× 321 0.7× 96 4.7k
Karen E. McNamara Australia 34 670 1.1× 2.4k 4.0× 734 1.2× 249 0.4× 256 0.6× 135 3.6k
Philip Brown New Zealand 29 154 0.2× 699 1.2× 186 0.3× 151 0.3× 206 0.5× 111 2.8k
Alberto Zezza United States 28 310 0.5× 782 1.3× 95 0.2× 548 0.9× 994 2.2× 89 3.4k
Tristan Pearce Canada 35 510 0.8× 2.1k 3.5× 140 0.2× 1.7k 2.9× 102 0.2× 69 3.6k
Cecilia Tacoli United Kingdom 24 166 0.3× 956 1.6× 212 0.4× 179 0.3× 370 0.8× 46 2.7k
Valerie Mueller United States 28 230 0.4× 2.2k 3.6× 296 0.5× 198 0.3× 348 0.8× 94 3.6k
Stephen Devereux United Kingdom 37 402 0.6× 1.5k 2.5× 115 0.2× 1.1k 2.0× 626 1.4× 150 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark W. Skinner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark W. Skinner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark W. Skinner

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

All Works

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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2025). On the prospect and precarity of rural older voluntarism. Geoforum. 168. 104480–104480.
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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2024). Rural family carer health work and ageing at home in New Brunswick, Canada. Journal of Rural Studies. 114. 103541–103541. 1 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2023). Bed flow priorities and the spatial and temporal dimensions of rural older adult care. Social Science & Medicine. 336. 116266–116266. 2 indexed citations
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Russell, Elizabeth M., et al.. (2023). On the triple exclusion of older adults during COVID-19: Technology, digital literacy and social isolation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 100511–100511. 38 indexed citations
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Herron, Rachel, Alisa Grigorovich, Rachel J. Bar, et al.. (2022). Dance Wherever You Are: The Evolution of Multimodal Delivery for Social Inclusion of Rural Older Adults. Innovation in Aging. 6(2). igab058–igab058. 8 indexed citations
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Fox, Mary, Souraya Sidani, Mark W. Skinner, et al.. (2021). Optimizing hospital-to-home transitions for older persons in rural communities: a participatory, multimethod study protocol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 81–81. 9 indexed citations
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Kontos, Pia, Alisa Grigorovich, Rachel J. Bar, et al.. (2020). Dancing With Dementia: Exploring the Embodied Dimensions of Creativity and Social Engagement. The Gerontologist. 61(5). 714–723. 38 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2020). Rural gerontological health: Emergent questions for research, policy and practice. Social Science & Medicine. 258. 113065–113065. 22 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., Rachel Herron, Rachel J. Bar, Pia Kontos, & Verena Menec. (2018). Improving social inclusion for people with dementia and carers through sharing dance: a qualitative sequential continuum of care pilot study protocol. BMJ Open. 8(11). e026912–e026912. 24 indexed citations
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Crooks, Valorie A., Melissa Giesbrecht, Heather Castleden, et al.. (2018). Community readiness and momentum: identifying and including community-driven variables in a mixed-method rural palliative care service siting model. BMC Palliative Care. 17(1). 59–59. 4 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., Gavin J. Andrews, & Malcolm P. Cutchin. (2017). Geographical Gerontology : Perspectives, Concepts, Approaches. Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln). 28 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Neil, Mark W. Skinner, Alun E. Joseph, Laura Ryser, & Greg Halseth. (2014). Place integration through efforts to support healthy aging in resource frontier communities: The role of voluntary sector leadership. Health & Place. 29. 132–139. 24 indexed citations
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Furgal, Chris, et al.. (2014). Investigating Environmental Determinants of Injury and Trauma in the Canadian North. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11(2). 1536–1548. 28 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2013). Visible Voices: Expressive arts with isolated seniors using trained volunteers. Arts & Health. 5(3). 230–237. 7 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2012). The weather-stains of care: Interpreting the meaning of bad weather for front-line health care workers in rural long-term care. Social Science & Medicine. 91. 194–201. 23 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., et al.. (2011). Supporting hospice volunteers and caregivers through community-based participatory research. Health & Social Care in the Community. 20(2). 190–198. 40 indexed citations
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Skinner, Mark W., Mark W. Rosenberg, Sarah Lovell, et al.. (2008). Services for seniors in small-town Canada: the paradox of community.. PubMed. 40(1). 81–101. 31 indexed citations

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