Murna Downs

4.5k total citations
70 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Murna Downs is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Murna Downs has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in General Health Professions, 27 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Murna Downs's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (26 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (24 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (19 papers). Murna Downs is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (26 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (24 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (19 papers). Murna Downs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Murna Downs's co-authors include Gill Hubbard, Susan Tester, Steve Iliffe, Michelle Bryans, Jane Wilcock, Stephen Turner, John Keady, Ailsa Cook, Enid Levin and Ronan E. O’Carroll and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Murna Downs

70 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murna Downs United Kingdom 32 1.6k 1.5k 680 429 406 70 2.9k
Carole Cohen Canada 25 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 511 0.8× 569 1.3× 667 1.6× 70 3.0k
Jan R. Oyebode United Kingdom 32 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 489 0.7× 810 1.9× 698 1.7× 135 2.9k
Julian C. Hughes United Kingdom 28 1.5k 0.9× 826 0.6× 1.6k 2.3× 776 1.8× 265 0.7× 107 3.2k
Betty S. Black United States 34 1.6k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 862 1.3× 630 1.5× 407 1.0× 67 3.1k
Esme Moniz‐Cook United Kingdom 40 2.3k 1.4× 2.8k 1.9× 722 1.1× 976 2.3× 574 1.4× 123 4.6k
Renée Romeo United Kingdom 33 815 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 532 0.8× 1.0k 2.4× 252 0.6× 80 3.3k
Jan A. Eefsting Netherlands 28 1.1k 0.7× 867 0.6× 535 0.8× 401 0.9× 175 0.4× 53 2.0k
Carol J. Whitlatch United States 30 1.9k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 704 1.0× 795 1.9× 1.1k 2.8× 72 3.1k
Dianne Gove United Kingdom 20 1.1k 0.7× 832 0.6× 891 1.3× 413 1.0× 207 0.5× 47 2.0k
Jennifer H. Lingler United States 26 665 0.4× 801 0.5× 582 0.9× 406 0.9× 250 0.6× 106 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Murna Downs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murna Downs

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

All Works

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Downs, Murna, et al.. (2020). A qualitative study exploring nursing home nurses’ experiences of training in person centred dementia care on burnout. Nurse Education in Practice. 44. 102745–102745. 6 indexed citations
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Sampson, Elizabeth L, Alexandra Feast, Katherine Froggatt, et al.. (2019). Evidence-based intervention to reduce avoidable hospital admissions in care home residents (the Better Health in Residents in Care Homes (BHiRCH) study): protocol for a pilot cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open. 9(5). e026510–e026510. 10 indexed citations
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Downs, Murna & Lindsey Collins. (2015). Person-centred communication in dementia care. Nursing Standard. 30(11). 37–41. 41 indexed citations
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Gove, Dianne, Murna Downs, M. Vernooij‐Dassen, & Neil Small. (2015). Stigma and GPs’ perceptions of dementia. Aging & Mental Health. 20(4). 391–400. 63 indexed citations
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Clare, Linda, Rhiannon Whitaker, Catherine Quinn, et al.. (2012). AwareCare: Development and validation of an observational measure of awareness in people with severe dementia. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 22(1). 113–133. 25 indexed citations
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Clare, Linda, Bob Woods, Rhiannon Whitaker, Barbara A. Wilson, & Murna Downs. (2010). Development of an awareness-based intervention to enhance quality of life in severe dementia: trial platform. Trials. 11(1). 73–73. 10 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Deborah, Barbara Purves, & Murna Downs. (2009). Decision-Making, Personhood and Dementia : Exploring the Interface. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 15 indexed citations
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Small, Neil, Katherine Froggatt, & Murna Downs. (2007). Living and dying with dementia : dialogues about palliative care.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 40 indexed citations
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Vincent, John A. C., Chris Phillipson, & Murna Downs. (2006). The Futures of Old Age. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 32 indexed citations
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Murphy, Joan, Susan Tester, Gill Hubbard, Murna Downs, & Charlotte Macdonald. (2005). Enabling frail older people with a communication difficulty to express their views: the use of Talking Matstm as an interview tool. Health & Social Care in the Community. 13(2). 95–107. 71 indexed citations
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Wilcock, Jane, Steve Iliffe, Kate Walters, et al.. (2003). The Development of an Evidence-based Curriculum for Dementia Care Training in General Practice. UCL Discovery (University College London). 9 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Gill, Murna Downs, & Susan Tester. (2003). Including older people with dementia in research: Challenges and strategies. Aging & Mental Health. 7(5). 351–362. 180 indexed citations
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Iliffe, Steve, Jane Wilcock, Stephen Turner, Michelle Bryans, & Murna Downs. (2002). Educational interventions for dementia care: their development and content. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Iliffe, Steve, Murna Downs, Stephen Turner, Michelle Bryans, & Jane Wilcock. (2001). An intervention to improve primary care practitioners' response to people with dementia and their families. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Cook, Ailsa, Catherine A. Niven, & Murna Downs. (1999). Assessing the pain of people with cognitive impairment. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 14(6). 421–425. 72 indexed citations

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