Patricia McInerney

23.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
43 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Patricia McInerney is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia McInerney has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Patricia McInerney's work include Delphi Technique in Research (10 papers), Health Sciences Research and Education (7 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (7 papers). Patricia McInerney is often cited by papers focused on Delphi Technique in Research (10 papers), Health Sciences Research and Education (7 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (7 papers). Patricia McInerney collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Canada. Patricia McInerney's co-authors include Micah D.J. Peters, Hanan Khalil, Christina Godfrey, Cássia Baldini Soares, Deborah Parker, Andrea C. Tricco, Danielle Pollock, Zachary Munn, Lyndsay Alexander and Casey Marnie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and Journal of Advanced Nursing.

In The Last Decade

Patricia McInerney

42 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2020 2015 2021 2022 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews
    2015 5.0k citations Micah D.J. Peters, Christina Godfrey et al. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare profile →
  2. Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews
    2020 3.4k citations Micah D.J. Peters, Casey Marnie et al. JBI Evidence Synthesis profile →
  3. The Joanna Briggs Institute reviewers' manual 2015: methodology for JBI scoping reviews
    2015 918 citations Micah D.J. Peters, Christina Godfrey et al. profile →
  4. Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews
    2021 799 citations Micah D.J. Peters, Casey Marnie et al. JBI Evidence Implementation profile →
  5. Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews
    2022 762 citations Danielle Pollock, Micah D.J. Peters et al. JBI Evidence Synthesis profile →
  6. Best practice guidance and reporting items for the development of scoping review protocols
    2022 566 citations Micah D.J. Peters, Christina Godfrey et al. JBI Evidence Synthesis profile →
  7. An Evidence‐Based Approach to Scoping Reviews
    2016 443 citations Hanan Khalil, Micah D.J. Peters et al. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing profile →
  8. Undertaking a scoping review: A practical guide for nursing and midwifery students, clinicians, researchers, and academics
    2021 431 citations Danielle Pollock, Ellen Davies et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →
  9. Moving from consultation to co-creation with knowledge users in scoping reviews: guidance from the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group
    2022 84 citations Danielle Pollock, Lyndsay Alexander et al. JBI Evidence Synthesis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patricia McInerney South Africa 17 3.8k 2.6k 1.8k 1.4k 1.1k 43 13.3k
Hanan Khalil Australia 25 4.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 137 16.0k
Edoardo Aromataris Australia 35 3.4k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 128 16.6k
Frances Griffiths United Kingdom 37 4.5k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 954 0.9× 245 11.1k
Cătălin Tufănaru Australia 19 2.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 48 13.8k
Christina Godfrey Canada 28 4.6k 1.2× 3.2k 1.2× 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 99 16.4k
Angela Harden United Kingdom 38 4.3k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 132 11.3k
Kelly K. O’Brien Canada 35 4.3k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 151 16.2k
Cindy Stern Australia 25 2.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 110 11.7k
Robin Whittemore United States 48 4.4k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.6× 193 14.7k
Danielle Levac Canada 24 4.3k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 62 15.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Khalil, Hanan, Danielle Pollock, Patricia McInerney, et al.. (2024). Automation tools to support undertaking scoping reviews. Research Synthesis Methods. 15(6). 839–850. 10 indexed citations
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Alexander, Lyndsay, Kay Cooper, Micah D.J. Peters, et al.. (2024). Large scoping reviews: managing volume and potential chaos in a pool of evidence sources. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 170. 111343–111343. 12 indexed citations
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Pollock, Danielle, Micah D.J. Peters, Hanan Khalil, et al.. (2022). Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 21(3). 520–532. 762 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peters, Micah D.J., Christina Godfrey, Patricia McInerney, et al.. (2022). Best practice guidance and reporting items for the development of scoping review protocols. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 20(4). 953–968. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pollock, Danielle, Lyndsay Alexander, Zachary Munn, et al.. (2022). Moving from consultation to co-creation with knowledge users in scoping reviews: guidance from the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 20(4). 969–979. 84 indexed citations breakdown →
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McInerney, Patricia, et al.. (2022). A phenomenographic study exploring the conceptions of stakeholders on their teaching and learning roles in nursing education. BMC Medical Education. 22(1). 404–404. 5 indexed citations
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Khalil, Hanan, Micah D.J. Peters, Patricia McInerney, et al.. (2022). The role of scoping reviews in reducing research waste. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 152. 30–35. 20 indexed citations
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Pollock, Danielle, Ellen Davies, Micah D.J. Peters, et al.. (2021). Undertaking a scoping review: A practical guide for nursing and midwifery students, clinicians, researchers, and academics. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(4). 2102–2113. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peters, Micah D.J., Casey Marnie, Andrea C. Tricco, et al.. (2021). Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Implementation. 19(1). 3–10. 799 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khalil, Hanan, Patricia McInerney, Danielle Pollock, et al.. (2021). Practical guide to undertaking scoping reviews for pharmacy clinicians, researchers and policymakers. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 47(2). 129–134. 13 indexed citations
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Peters, Micah D.J., Casey Marnie, Andrea C. Tricco, et al.. (2020). Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 18(10). 2119–2126. 3426 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khalil, Hanan, Micah D.J. Peters, Andrea C. Tricco, et al.. (2020). Conducting high quality scoping reviews-challenges and solutions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 130. 156–160. 183 indexed citations
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McInerney, Patricia, et al.. (2020). Volunteering, health and the homeless – the cost of establishing a student-run primary healthcare clinic serving the inner-city homeless in South Africa. BMC Health Services Research. 20(1). 202–202. 5 indexed citations
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McInerney, Patricia, et al.. (2019). Educational antimicrobial stewardship programs in medical schools. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. Publish Ahead of Print(5). 1028–1035. 1 indexed citations
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Khalil, Hanan, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the JBI scoping reviews methodology by current users. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. 18(1). 95–100. 62 indexed citations
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Peters, Micah D.J., Christina Godfrey, Hanan Khalil, et al.. (2015). Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. 13(3). 141–146. 5042 indexed citations breakdown →
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McInerney, Patricia, et al.. (2015). Patients’ involvement in improvement initiatives: a qualitative systematic review. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 13(10). 232–290. 38 indexed citations
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McInerney, Patricia, et al.. (2012). Patientsʼ involvement in their own care through quality improvement initiatives: a systematic review of qualitative and opinion evidence. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 10(57). 3936–3948. 1 indexed citations
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McInerney, Patricia. (2004). Evidence‐Based Nursing and Midwifery: The State of the Science in South Africa. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 1(4). 207–208. 5 indexed citations

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