Mary Jo Grap

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Mary Jo Grap is a scholar working on Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Jo Grap has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 26 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mary Jo Grap's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (36 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (35 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (33 papers). Mary Jo Grap is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (36 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (35 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (33 papers). Mary Jo Grap collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Mary Jo Grap's co-authors include Curtis N. Sessler, Cindy L. Munro, R. K. Elswick, Gretchen M. Brophy, Pamela V. O’Neal, Eljim P. Tesoro, Michael A. E. Ramsay, Deborah J. Jones, Sandra C. Bryant and Janet B. Younger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and CHEST Journal.

In The Last Decade

Mary Jo Grap

94 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale: Validity and Relia... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. The Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale: Validity and Reliability in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients
    2002 2.5k citations Curtis N. Sessler, Mary Jo Grap et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers

Mary Jo Grap
Jesse B. Hall United States
Margaret A. Pisani United States
Nicola Latronico Italy
R. K. Elswick United States
Curtis N. Sessler United States
Jesse B. Hall United States
Bernard De Jonghe France
Yoanna Skrobik Canada
John W. Devlin United States
Gilles L. Fraser United States
Jesse B. Hall United States
Mary Jo Grap
Citations per year, relative to Mary Jo Grap Mary Jo Grap (= 1×) peers Jesse B. Hall

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mary Jo Grap

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Jo Grap

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mary Jo Grap. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mary Jo Grap 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 Mary Jo Grap. Mary Jo Grap 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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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2017). High-Frequency Ultrasound: Obtaining Optimal Images and the Effect of Image Artifacts on Image Quality. Advances in Wound Care. 6(11). 383–391. 4 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, Cindy L. Munro, Paul A. Wetzel, et al.. (2016). Stimulation of Critically Ill Patients: Relationship to Sedation. American Journal of Critical Care. 25(3). e48–e55. 3 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2016). Backrest Elevation and Tissue Interface Pressure by Anatomical Location During Mechanical Ventilation. American Journal of Critical Care. 25(3). e56–e63. 12 indexed citations
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Parker, Angela, et al.. (2015). Effects of position and operator on high-frequency ultrasound scan quality. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 31(3). 148–154. 9 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2014). Utility of High-Frequency Ultrasound. Plastic Surgical Nursing. 34(1). 34–38. 53 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2014). Patient ventilator asynchrony in critically ill adults: Frequency and types. Heart & Lung. 43(3). 231–243. 42 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, Cindy L. Munro, Paul A. Wetzel, et al.. (2012). Sedation in Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Comfort Outcomes. American Journal of Critical Care. 21(3). e53–e64. 40 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2010). Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: The Potential Critical Role of Emergency Medicine in Prevention. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 42(3). 353–362. 28 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2010). Actigraphy: Analyzing patient movement. Heart & Lung. 40(3). e52–e59. 11 indexed citations
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Puntillo, Kathleen, Chris Pasero, Denise Li, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of Pain in ICU Patients. CHEST Journal. 135(4). 1069–1074. 87 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (2007). Frequency and Predictors of Return to Incentive Spirometry Volume Baseline After Cardiac Surgery. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing. 22(1). 7–12. 7 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo & Cindy L. Munro. (2005). Quality Improvement in Backrest ElevationImproving Outcomes in Critical Care. AACN Advanced Critical Care. 16(2). 133–139.
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Burns, Suzanne M., et al.. (2005). Development of the American association of critical-care nurses' sedation assessment scale for critically ill patients.. PubMed. 14(6). 531–44. 27 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo & Cindy L. Munro. (2004). Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: evidence-based care. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 16(3). 349–358. 39 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo & Cindy L. Munro. (2003). Subject recruitment in critical care nursing research: a complex task in a complex environment. Heart & Lung. 32(3). 162–168. 25 indexed citations
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Munjas, Barbara A., et al.. (2003). The Effects of Preparatory Sensory Information on ICU Patients. Journal of Medical Systems. 27(2). 191–204. 8 indexed citations
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Sessler, Curtis N., Mary Jo Grap, Gretchen M. Brophy, et al.. (2002). The Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale: Validity and Reliability in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(10). 1338–1344. 2499 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (1995). Effects of Auditory Stimuli on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 27(6). 348–354. 12 indexed citations
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Younger, Janet B., et al.. (1995). The relationship of health locus of control and cardiac rehabilitation to mastery of illness‐related stress. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 22(2). 294–299. 23 indexed citations
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Grap, Mary Jo, et al.. (1991). Personality hardiness, ways of coping, social support and burnout in critical care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 16(7). 850–857. 91 indexed citations

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