Melvin Swanson

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Melvin Swanson is a scholar working on Surgery, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin Swanson has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in General Health Professions and 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Melvin Swanson's work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (12 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (9 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (8 papers). Melvin Swanson is often cited by papers focused on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (12 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (9 papers) and Patient Safety and Medication Errors (8 papers). Melvin Swanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Sudan and Israel. Melvin Swanson's co-authors include Walter J. Pories, Kenneth G. MacDonald, Hisham A. Barakat, Patricia G. Morris, Martha Keehner Engelke, Jeanette M. Dolezal, Lynis Dohm, Stuart Long, G. Lynis Dohm and Sudesh Kataria and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes Care, Cancer and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Melvin Swanson

104 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

Who Would Have Thought It? An Operation Proves to Be the Most Effective Therapy for Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

1995 1.6k citations Walter J. Pories, Melvin Swanson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvin Swanson United States	35	3.2k	2.0k	1.1k	832	704	106	6.4k
Ronette L. Kolotkin United States	45	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	2.6k 3.1×	2.2k 3.2×	124	9.1k
Kathleen M. Fox United States	41	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	100 0.1×	589 0.8×	169	9.3k
Milada Cvancarova Småstuen Norway	37	1.2k 0.4×	649 0.3×	474 0.4×	196 0.2×	859 1.2×	241	5.5k
Charles Taft Sweden	34	1.3k 0.4×	545 0.3×	453 0.4×	514 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	82	6.1k
Nerys Woolacott United Kingdom	36	1.3k 0.4×	978 0.5×	211 0.2×	279 0.3×	1.8k 2.5×	99	6.2k
Charlotte Glümer Denmark	42	747 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	213 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	133	6.0k
Ylva Trolle Lagerros Sweden	39	818 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	278 0.3×	250 0.3×	1.3k 1.9×	173	4.8k
Zachary J. Ward United States	29	726 0.2×	651 0.3×	372 0.3×	449 0.5×	1.8k 2.5×	74	4.4k
Virginia P. Quinn United States	49	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	250 0.2×	147 0.2×	1.1k 1.6×	143	8.8k
Heather Orpana Canada	29	530 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	357 0.3×	488 0.6×	1.4k 2.0×	93	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Melvin Swanson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melvin Swanson

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Swanson, Melvin, et al.. (2020). Understanding the peer, manager, and system influence on patient safety. Nursing Management. 51(12). 36–42. 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Lee Ann, Ann M. Schreier, Melvin Swanson, & Sheila H. Ridner. (2020). Dimensions of Distress in Lung Cancer. Oncology nursing forum. 47(6). 732–738. 2 indexed citations

Schreier, Ann M., et al.. (2020). A complex population: Nurse's professional preparedness to care for medical-surgical patients with mental illness. Applied Nursing Research. 52. 151232–151232. 11 indexed citations

Swanson, Melvin, et al.. (2019). Growing Your Own: Will Your Associate Degree Nursing Student Consider a Future Faculty Role?. Nursing Education Perspectives. 40(2). 71–78. 3 indexed citations

Schreier, Ann M., et al.. (2018). Majority of female bariatric patients retain an obese identity 18–30 months after surgery. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity. 25(2). 357–364. 14 indexed citations

Engelke, Martha Keehner, et al.. (2017). Effects of Tactile Desensitization on Postoperative Pain After Amputation Surgery. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 33(5). 689–698. 3 indexed citations

Herring, Christine, et al.. (2017). Medication Simulation Affects Health Provider Students' Attitudes About Adherence and Concordance. Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 12(5). 308–313. 2 indexed citations

Pratt, Keeley J., Angela L. Lamson, Suzanne Lazorick, et al.. (2011). A Biopsychosocial Pilot Study of Overweight Youth and Care Providers' Perceptions of Quality of Life. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 26(6). e61–e68. 6 indexed citations

Engelke, Martha Keehner, et al.. (2009). The Front Line of Patient Safety. Quality Management in Health Care. 18(1). 40–47. 23 indexed citations

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Engelke, Martha Keehner, et al.. (2008). School Nurse Case Management for Children With Chronic Illness: Health, Academic, and Quality of Life Outcomes. The Journal of School Nursing. 24(4). 205–214. 63 indexed citations

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Pokorny, Marie E., et al.. (2008). Challenges in Caring for Morbidly Obese Patients. Home Healthcare Nurse. 27(1). 43–52. 8 indexed citations

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Jesse, D. Elizabeth & Melvin Swanson. (2007). Risks and Resources Associated With Antepartum Risk for Depression Among Rural Southern Women. Nursing Research. 56(6). 378–386. 56 indexed citations

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Jesse, D. Elizabeth, Jacqueline A. Walcott‐McQuigg, Anne Mariella, & Melvin Swanson. (2005). Risks and Protective Factors Associated With Symptoms of Depression in Low‐Income African American and Caucasian Women During Pregnancy. Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health. 50(5). 405–410. 94 indexed citations

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Engelke, Martha Keehner, et al.. (2004). Does the School Nurse‐to‐Student Ratio Make a Difference?. Journal of School Health. 74(1). 6–9. 59 indexed citations

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Ng, Peter, et al.. (2000). Anterior thoracotomy wound complications in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 69(5). 1338–1340. 23 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Kenneth G., et al.. (1997). The Workup for Bariatric Surgery Does Not Require a Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Series. Obesity Surgery. 7(1). 16–18. 40 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Kenneth G., et al.. (1997). The gastric bypass operation reduces the progression and mortality of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 1(3). 213–220. 359 indexed citations

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Bode, Arthur P., S. Holme, W. Andrew Heaton, & Melvin Swanson. (1991). Extended Storage of Platelets in an Artificial Medium with the Platelet Activation Inhibitors Prostaglandin E₁ and Theophylline¹. Vox Sanguinis. 60(2). 105–112. 32 indexed citations

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Mackersie, Robert C., Sheldon R. Furst, James W. Davis, et al.. (1990). The asymptomatic patient with suspected myocardial contusion. The American Journal of Surgery. 160(6). 638–643. 45 indexed citations

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Kataria, Sudesh, et al.. (1987). Persistence of sleep disturbances in preschool children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 110(4). 642–646. 218 indexed citations

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