Nick Webborn

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Nick Webborn is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Webborn has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 32 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 27 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nick Webborn's work include Sports injuries and prevention (44 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (32 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (27 papers). Nick Webborn is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (44 papers), Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (32 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (27 papers). Nick Webborn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Nick Webborn's co-authors include Peter Van de Vliet, Stuart E. Willick, Carolyn A. Emery, Cheri Blauwet, Martin Schwellnus, Peter Watt, Jaap Stomphorst, Wayne Derman, Esmé Jordaan and Victoria L. Goosey‐Tolfrey and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Nick Webborn

77 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2023 70 citations Nick Webborn, Carolyn A. Emery et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick Webborn United Kingdom	30	1.4k	882	674	541	524	82	2.4k
Pierre A. d’Hemecourt United States	26	721 0.5×	287 0.3×	256 0.4×	234 0.4×	588 1.1×	90	2.5k
Conor Gissane United Kingdom	36	2.2k 1.6×	805 0.9×	172 0.3×	261 0.5×	915 1.7×	108	3.9k
Fernando Idoate Spain	23	925 0.6×	201 0.2×	135 0.2×	832 1.5×	268 0.5×	52	2.3k
Mathew G Wilson United Kingdom	34	1.0k 0.7×	323 0.4×	145 0.2×	575 1.1×	2.5k 4.9×	109	4.0k
Karen Hind United Kingdom	25	1.2k 0.8×	366 0.4×	139 0.2×	1.1k 2.1×	225 0.4×	97	2.3k
David Gerrard New Zealand	21	953 0.7×	406 0.5×	83 0.1×	210 0.4×	307 0.6×	34	1.6k
Viswanath B. Unnithan United Kingdom	30	1.1k 0.8×	245 0.3×	101 0.1×	517 1.0×	343 0.7×	113	3.1k
Jeffrey J. Hébert Australia	30	572 0.4×	346 0.4×	820 1.2×	320 0.6×	82 0.2×	105	2.7k
Matthew J. Delmonico United States	25	639 0.4×	344 0.4×	98 0.1×	2.6k 4.7×	305 0.6×	63	3.8k
Thomas H. Mercer United Kingdom	31	383 0.3×	127 0.1×	286 0.4×	452 0.8×	290 0.6×	93	2.5k

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Hoekstra, Sven P., James A. King, Scott A. Willis, et al.. (2024). The effect of home‐based neuromuscular electrical stimulation‐resistance training and protein supplementation on lean mass in persons with spinal cord injury: A pilot study. Physiological Reports. 12(19). e70073–e70073. 4 indexed citations

Derman, Wayne, Phoebe Runciman, Maaike M. Eken, et al.. (2024). Incidence of injury and illness at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games held in a closed-loop environment: a prospective cohort study of 7332 athlete days. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 58(15). 836–843. 3 indexed citations

Verhagen, Evert, Juliana M. Ocarino, Kristina Fagher, et al.. (2024). Periodic health evaluation in Para athletes: a position statement based on expert consensus. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 10(4). e001946–e001946. 4 indexed citations

Derman, Wayne, Phoebe Runciman, Maaike M. Eken, et al.. (2022). Incidence and burden of injury at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games held during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 66 045 athlete days. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(1). 63–70. 18 indexed citations

Derman, Wayne, Phoebe Runciman, Maaike M. Eken, et al.. (2022). Incidence and burden of illness at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games held during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 66 045 athlete days. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(1). 55–62. 19 indexed citations

Weiler, Richard, Cheri Blauwet, David D. Clarke, et al.. (2021). Infographic. The first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport Group. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 56(7). 417–418. 1 indexed citations

Derman, Wayne, Marelise Badenhorst, Cheri Blauwet, et al.. (2021). Para sport translation of the IOC consensus on recording and reporting of data for injury and illness in sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55(19). 1068–1076. 43 indexed citations

Hosokawa, Yuri, Paolo Emilio Adami, Cheri Blauwet, et al.. (2021). Prehospital management of exertional heat stroke at sports competitions for Paralympic athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 56(11). 599–604. 14 indexed citations

Weiler, Richard, Cheri Blauwet, David D. Clarke, et al.. (2021). Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55(21). 1187–1195. 25 indexed citations

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Derman, Wayne, Phoebe Runciman, Esmé Jordaan, et al.. (2019). High incidence of injuries at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games: a prospective cohort study of 6804 athlete days. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(1). 38–43. 50 indexed citations

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Derman, Wayne, Phoebe Runciman, Esmé Jordaan, et al.. (2019). Incidence rate and burden of illness at the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(17). 1099–1104. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Wayne Derman, James Kissick, et al.. (2019). Injury epidemiology and preparedness in powerlifting at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: An analysis of 1410 athlete‐days. Translational Sports Medicine. 2(6). 358–369. 11 indexed citations

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Tuakli‐Wosornu, Yetsa A., et al.. (2018). Acute and Chronic Musculoskeletal Injury in Para Sport. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 29(2). 205–243. 29 indexed citations

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Smith, Angela D., et al.. (2017). Early Sports Specialization: An International Perspective. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 16(6). 439–442. 15 indexed citations

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Schwellnus, Martin, Wayne Derman, Esmé Jordaan, et al.. (2013). Factors associated with illness in athletes participating in the London 2012 Paralympic Games: a prospective cohort study involving 49 910 athlete-days. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 47(7). 433–440. 60 indexed citations

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Willick, Stuart E., Nick Webborn, Carolyn A. Emery, et al.. (2013). The epidemiology of injuries at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 47(7). 426–432. 145 indexed citations

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Derman, Wayne, Martin Schwellnus, Esmé Jordaan, et al.. (2013). Illness and injury in athletes during the competition period at the London 2012 Paralympic Games: development and implementation of a web-based surveillance system (WEB-IISS) for team medical staff. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 47(7). 420–425. 112 indexed citations

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Webborn, Nick & Peter Van de Vliet. (2012). Paralympic medicine. The Lancet. 380(9836). 65–71. 75 indexed citations

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Webborn, Nick. (2011). "What Do You Mean, A Wheelchair Athlete?". Current Sports Medicine Reports. 10(5). 246–247. 3 indexed citations

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Castle, Paul C., Richard Mackenzie, Neil Maxwell, Nick Webborn, & Peter Watt. (2009). Heat acclimation improves intermittent sprint performance in the heat, but additional pre-cooling is not further ergogenic. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 2 indexed citations

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