Nicola Roberts

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nicola Roberts is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Roberts has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 17 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Roberts's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (16 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (11 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (10 papers). Nicola Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (16 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (11 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (10 papers). Nicola Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Nicola Roberts's co-authors include Martyn R Partridge, Irem Patel, Susan Kerr, Sheree Smith, Carol Kelly, Lindsay Welch, Kate Lippiett, Emma Ray, M Sridhar and R. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Roberts

76 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Effects of Regular Physical Activity on the Immune System, Vaccination and Risk of Community-Acquired Infectious Disease in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola Roberts United Kingdom	25	486	404	371	225	210	81	1.8k
Reem Malouf United Kingdom	33	569 1.2×	439 1.1×	297 0.8×	324 1.4×	173 0.8×	62	3.2k
Zhangsheng Yu United States	28	364 0.7×	232 0.6×	355 1.0×	374 1.7×	363 1.7×	118	2.9k
Muhammad Usman Ali Canada	24	249 0.5×	324 0.8×	347 0.9×	290 1.3×	92 0.4×	82	2.0k
Lazaros Belbasis Greece	21	339 0.7×	397 1.0×	175 0.5×	217 1.0×	286 1.4×	32	2.9k
Shuko Lee United States	23	250 0.5×	217 0.5×	212 0.6×	171 0.8×	282 1.3×	75	2.3k
Momir Polenaković North Macedonia	19	230 0.5×	261 0.6×	168 0.5×	233 1.0×	261 1.2×	151	2.0k
Shabei Xu China	21	274 0.6×	152 0.4×	242 0.7×	372 1.7×	119 0.6×	63	1.9k
Minal Patel United States	21	243 0.5×	409 1.0×	420 1.1×	73 0.3×	232 1.1×	114	1.6k
Patrick Richard United States	19	177 0.4×	553 1.4×	667 1.8×	190 0.8×	175 0.8×	48	2.9k
Jobayer Hossain United States	29	361 0.7×	606 1.5×	400 1.1×	104 0.5×	402 1.9×	149	2.8k

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Clarke, Stuart C., et al.. (2025). Is videoconference pulmonary rehabilitation associated with improvements in knowledge in people living with COPD? A propensity-matched service-evaluation. Chronic Respiratory Disease. 22. 4083735215–4083735215. 1 indexed citations

Man, William D‐C, Emma Chaplin, Enya Daynes, et al.. (2023). British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation. Thorax. 78(Suppl 5). s2–s15. 35 indexed citations

Finlayson, Janet, et al.. (2023). Parental home‐based pulse oximetry monitoring for adults with intellectual disabilities at risk of serious respiratory problems including COVID‐19: a brief report. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 67(7). 690–699.

Kelly, Carol, Sheree Smith, Karen Heslop-Marshall, et al.. (2022). Need and baseline for harmonising nursing education in respiratory care: preliminary results of a global survey. Breathe. 18(3). 210172–210172. 3 indexed citations

Blackstock, Felicity & Nicola Roberts. (2021). Using Telemedicine to Provide Education for the Symptomatic Patient with Chronic Respiratory Disease. Life. 11(12). 1317–1317. 6 indexed citations

Roberts, Nicola, Kareena McAloney‐Kocaman, Kate Lippiett, et al.. (2021). Mental health of respiratory nurses working during the Covid-19 crisis. Nursing times. 117(12). 26–28. 2 indexed citations

Roberts, Nicola, Carol Kelly, Kate Lippiett, Emma Ray, & Lindsay Welch. (2021). Experiences of nurses caring for respiratory patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: an online survey study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8(1). e000987–e000987. 22 indexed citations

Welch, Lindsay, Nicola Roberts, Kate Lippiett, Emma Ray, & Carol Kelly. (2021). A negotiation of respiratory risk in the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Edge Hill University Research Information Repository (Edge Hill University). OA1504–OA1504. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Nicola, Lisa Kidd, Kim Kirkwood, Jane Cross, & Martyn R Partridge. (2018). A systematic review of the content and delivery of education in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes. Respiratory Medicine. 145. 161–181. 28 indexed citations

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Roberts, Nicola, et al.. (2013). Barriers to the implementation of self management support in long term lung conditions. London Journal of Primary Care. 5(1). 35–47. 18 indexed citations

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Coker, Robina K, et al.. (2010). S54 Characterising sarcoidosis using a web-based registry: a pilot study. Thorax. 65(Suppl 4). A26–A27. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Susan, et al.. (2009). Education and training. Thorax. 64(Suppl 4). A166–A167. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Nicola, Gareth Evans, P. Blenkhorn, & Martyn R Partridge. (2009). Development of an electronic pictorial asthma action plan and its use in primary care. Patient Education and Counseling. 80(1). 141–146. 26 indexed citations

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Roberts, Nicola, et al.. (2008). The development and comprehensibility of a pictorial asthma action plan. Patient Education and Counseling. 74(1). 12–18. 44 indexed citations

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Roberts, Nicola, et al.. (2008). Nebulisers or spacers for the administration of bronchodilators to those with asthma attending emergency departments?. Respiratory Medicine. 102(7). 993–998. 19 indexed citations

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Roberts, Nicola, et al.. (2007). The effect of telephone reminders on attendance in respiratory outpatient clinics. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 12(2). 69–72. 38 indexed citations

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Roberts, Nicola, David S. Robinson, & Martyn R Partridge. (2006). How is difficult asthma managed?. European Respiratory Journal. 28(5). 968–973. 19 indexed citations

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Heron, Nicola M., Malcolm Anderson, David P. Blowers, et al.. (2005). SAR and inhibitor complex structure determination of a novel class of potent and specific Aurora kinase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(5). 1320–1323. 101 indexed citations

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Alcaraz, Lilian, Andrew Baxter, Keith Bowers, et al.. (2003). Novel P2X7 receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(22). 4043–4046. 52 indexed citations

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Partington, M. W. & Nicola Roberts. (1969). The heights and weights of Indian and Eskimo school children on James Bay and Hudson Bay.. PubMed Central. 100(11). 502–9. 15 indexed citations

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