Philip Ley

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Philip Ley is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Family Practice and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Ley has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 7 papers in Family Practice and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Philip Ley's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (11 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (6 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (5 papers). Philip Ley is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (11 papers), Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (6 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (5 papers). Philip Ley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Philip Ley's co-authors include Tony Florio, John Kincey, M. S. Spelman, Peter Bradshaw, Clive Skilbeck, Kelly M. McMasters, Alison L. Laidley, David J. Carlson, Terre Q. McGlothin and Todd M. Tuttle and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Surgery, The British Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Philip Ley

45 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Communicating with Patients: Improving Communication, Satisfaction and Compliance

1988 432 citations Philip Ley profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philip Ley United Kingdom	26	1.5k	518	497	435	362	47	3.3k
Sharon J. Rolnick United States	30	731 0.5×	309 0.6×	140 0.3×	333 0.8×	816 2.3×	79	3.3k
Donna B. Jeffe United States	42	1.2k 0.8×	965 1.9×	307 0.6×	427 1.0×	1.9k 5.2×	221	6.3k
Sarah M. Greene United States	35	2.1k 1.4×	216 0.4×	60 0.1×	250 0.6×	1.0k 2.8×	87	4.6k
Stephen J. Zyzanski United States	46	3.0k 2.0×	68 0.1×	222 0.4×	490 1.1×	1.8k 4.8×	147	7.2k
Alfred C. Marcus United States	37	2.0k 1.3×	97 0.2×	130 0.3×	182 0.4×	1.2k 3.3×	85	5.5k
Ilmo Keskimäki Finland	29	867 0.6×	82 0.2×	326 0.7×	516 1.2×	277 0.8×	162	2.9k
Stewart M. Dunn Australia	45	3.0k 2.0×	52 0.1×	265 0.5×	316 0.7×	2.2k 6.1×	91	6.5k
Frits B. Lammes Netherlands	29	1.9k 1.3×	42 0.1×	91 0.2×	499 1.1×	1.1k 3.0×	61	4.1k
Jo Brett United Kingdom	26	3.5k 2.3×	96 0.2×	109 0.2×	251 0.6×	943 2.6×	60	5.8k
Vickie L. Shavers United States	28	1.1k 0.7×	302 0.6×	220 0.4×	301 0.7×	1.1k 3.0×	37	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Philip Ley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Ley

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

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Wong, Sandra L., Celia Chao, Michael J. Edwards, et al.. (2002). Frequency of sentinel lymph node metastases in patients with favorable breast cancer histologic subtypes. The American Journal of Surgery. 184(6). 492–498. 49 indexed citations

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Wong, Sandra L., Michael J. Edwards, Celia Chao, et al.. (2002). The effect of prior breast biopsy method and concurrent definitive breast procedure on success and accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 9(3). 272–277. 76 indexed citations

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McMasters, Kelly M., Sandra L. Wong, Celia Chao, et al.. (2001). Defining the Optimal Surgeon Experience for Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: A Model for Implementation of New Surgical Techniques. Annals of Surgery. 234(3). 292–300. 170 indexed citations

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McMasters, Kelly M., Sandra L. Wong, Robert C.G. Martin, et al.. (2001). Dermal Injection of Radioactive Colloid Is Superior to Peritumoral Injection for Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Results of a Multiinstitutional Study. Annals of Surgery. 233(5). 676–687. 226 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip. (1988). Communicating with Patients: Improving Communication, Satisfaction and Compliance. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ley, Philip. (1984). Some tests of the hypothesis that obesity is a defence against depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 22(2). 197–199. 2 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip. (1982). Satisfaction, compliance and communication. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 21(4). 241–254. 360 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip. (1981). Professional non‐compliance: A neglected problem. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 20(3). 151–154. 19 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, et al.. (1976). Improving doctor-patient communication in general practice.. PubMed. 26(171). 720–4. 55 indexed citations

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Kincey, John, Peter Bradshaw, & Philip Ley. (1975). Patients' satisfaction and reported acceptance of advice in general practice.. PubMed. 25(157). 558–66. 159 indexed citations

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Mumford, J.M., et al.. (1973). PERSONALITY, PAIN PERCEPTION AND PAIN TOLERANCE. British Journal of Psychology. 64(1). 105–107. 16 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, et al.. (1973). COMPREHENSIBILITY OF THE LITERATURE GIVEN TO CHILDREN AT A DENTAL HOSPITAL*. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 33(1). 23–26. 9 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, et al.. (1972). The comprehensibility of some X-ray leaflets. Journal of the Institute of Health Education. 10(1-4). 47–55. 20 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip. (1972). The Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Some New Thoughts. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 121(560). 41–43. 1 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, et al.. (1972). A State-Dependent Learning Effect Produced by Amylobarbitone Sodium. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 120(558). 511–515. 9 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, et al.. (1967). Communicating with the patient. 154 indexed citations

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Spelman, M. S., et al.. (1967). How do we improve doctor-patient communications in our hospitals?. PubMed. 45(4). 28–9. 15 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, et al.. (1966). PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF BLOOD PRESSURE. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2(24). 1138–1140. 3 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip, Colleen Hayward, & M. S. Spelman. (1966). AN ADJECTIVE RANKING TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING ATTITUDE. Applied Psychology. 15(2). 42–45. 1 indexed citations

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Ley, Philip & M. S. Spelman. (1965). Communications in an Out‐patient Setting. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 4(2). 114–116. 123 indexed citations

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