Michael Coffey

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Coffey is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Coffey has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in General Health Professions, 34 papers in Clinical Psychology and 10 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Coffey's work include Mental Health and Patient Involvement (26 papers), Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (14 papers) and Psychiatric care and mental health services (11 papers). Michael Coffey is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Patient Involvement (26 papers), Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (14 papers) and Psychiatric care and mental health services (11 papers). Michael Coffey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Michael Coffey's co-authors include Steven Jones, Graham Thornicroft, Graham Dunn, Ben Hannigan, Jeanette Hewitt, Alan Simpson, Mick Coleman, Sally Barlow, Aled Jones and Alison Faulkner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Coffey

70 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Brief Mental Health Outcome Scale 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750
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. A Brief Mental Health Outcome Scale
    1995 861 citations Michael Coffey 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
Michael Coffey United Kingdom 23 1.1k 839 705 371 259 71 2.3k
Tim Weaver United Kingdom 30 1.4k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 775 1.1× 470 1.3× 273 1.1× 110 3.1k
Scot McNary United States 26 944 0.9× 552 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 583 1.6× 215 0.8× 43 2.6k
Johnny Downs United Kingdom 26 885 0.8× 334 0.4× 837 1.2× 371 1.0× 187 0.7× 113 2.2k
Dirk Heider Germany 24 1.2k 1.1× 571 0.7× 669 0.9× 617 1.7× 86 0.3× 40 2.4k
William C. Torrey United States 30 1.3k 1.2× 1.7k 2.1× 974 1.4× 923 2.5× 271 1.0× 81 3.1k
Naotaka Shinfuku Japan 23 999 0.9× 352 0.4× 710 1.0× 347 0.9× 157 0.6× 81 2.2k
Steve Balsis United States 24 1.1k 1.0× 357 0.4× 683 1.0× 277 0.7× 239 0.9× 59 2.3k
Amy N. Cohen United States 22 806 0.7× 733 0.9× 693 1.0× 366 1.0× 95 0.4× 62 1.9k
Peter Ellis New Zealand 24 771 0.7× 537 0.6× 418 0.6× 384 1.0× 86 0.3× 72 2.1k
Abraham Rudnick Canada 20 570 0.5× 600 0.7× 351 0.5× 249 0.7× 205 0.8× 122 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Coffey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Coffey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Edwards, Deborah, Sally Anstey, Michael Coffey, et al.. (2021). End of life care for people with severe mental illness: Mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis (the MENLOC study). Palliative Medicine. 35(10). 1747–1760. 21 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael, et al.. (2018). Quality of life, recovery and decision-making: a mixed methods study of mental health recovery in social care. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 54(6). 715–723. 17 indexed citations
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Hannigan, Ben, Alan Simpson, Michael Coffey, Sally Barlow, & Aled Jones. (2018). Care Coordination as Imagined, Care Coordination as Done: Findings from a Cross-national Mental Health Systems Study. International Journal of Integrated Care. 18(3). 12–12. 42 indexed citations
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Sayers, Dave, et al.. (2017). Speeding up or reaching out?. Journal of Language and Politics. 388–411. 3 indexed citations
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Simpson, Alan, Ben Hannigan, Michael Coffey, et al.. (2016). Recovery-focused care planning and coordination in England and Wales: a cross-national mixed methods comparative case study. BMC Psychiatry. 16(1). 147–147. 69 indexed citations
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Simpson, Alan, Ben Hannigan, Michael Coffey, et al.. (2015). Study protocol: cross-national comparative case study of recovery-focused mental health care planning and coordination (COCAPP). BMC Psychiatry. 15(1). 145–145. 10 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael & Ben Hannigan. (2013). New roles for nurses as approved mental health professionals in England and Wales. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 50(10). 1423–1430. 17 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael, et al.. (2010). Forensic mental health nursing : ethics, debates, and dilemmas. Cronfa (Swansea University). 1 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael. (2010). Personal Recovery and Mental Illness: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 17(8). 757–758. 31 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael. (2009). Youth Homelessness Matters: Postcards from the USA. Parity. 22(8). 17. 1 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael. (2006). Whatever happened to the revolution?: ... Activism and the early days of youth refuges in NSW. Parity. 19(10). 23. 2 indexed citations
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Bradshaw, Richard L., et al.. (2005). Modernising prison mental health care.. PubMed. 20(8). 20–2. 1 indexed citations
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Hewitt, Jeanette & Michael Coffey. (2005). Therapeutic working relationships with people with schizophrenia: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 52(5). 561–570. 99 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael, et al.. (2003). Breaking the Jobless/Homeless Cycle: 'Foyers': In the Australian Context. Parity. 16(7). 7. 2 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael, et al.. (2002). Compelled to interact: forensic community mental health nurses’ and service users’ relationships. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 9(5). 553–562. 10 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael & Mick Coleman. (2001). The relationship between support and stress in forensic community mental health nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 34(3). 397–407. 92 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael, et al.. (2000). Forensic mental health nursing : current approaches. 7 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael. (1999). Stress and burnout in forensic community mental health nurses: an investigation of its causes and effects. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 6(6). 433–443. 61 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael. (1998). Provision of out‐of‐hours support to a forensic population: strategies and research potential. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 5(5). 367–376. 4 indexed citations
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Coffey, Michael, et al.. (1997). The Irish in America. 3 indexed citations

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