Rachel French

848 total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 557 citations indexed

About

Rachel French is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel French has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 557 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 15 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rachel French's work include Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (16 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (11 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (7 papers). Rachel French is often cited by papers focused on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (16 papers), Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (11 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (7 papers). Rachel French collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Rachel French's co-authors include Matthew D. McHugh, Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Brendan Martin, Maryann Alexander, Karen B. Lasater, Kyrani Reneau, Shoshana V. Aronowitz, Eileen T. Lake and Kathleen O’Rourke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Medical Care and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rachel French

37 papers receiving 535 citations

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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.

Chronic hospital nurse understaffing meets COVID-19: an observational study

2020 211 citations Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel French United States	10	269	117	111	102	88	40	557
Eileen T. Lake United States	15	426 1.6×	126 1.1×	82 0.7×	129 1.3×	107 1.2×	39	856
Heather Brom United States	17	419 1.6×	108 0.9×	73 0.7×	97 1.0×	33 0.4×	42	606
Julia Lukewich Canada	14	437 1.6×	148 1.3×	171 1.5×	57 0.6×	64 0.7×	64	723
Matthew D. McHugh United States	13	468 1.7×	215 1.8×	103 0.9×	61 0.6×	66 0.8×	26	873
Janice Smolowitz United States	12	345 1.3×	83 0.7×	95 0.9×	42 0.4×	63 0.7×	29	629
Ged Williams Australia	13	211 0.8×	102 0.9×	124 1.1×	50 0.5×	96 1.1×	72	599
Margaret Keatings Canada	11	376 1.4×	105 0.9×	74 0.7×	49 0.5×	98 1.1×	29	629
Rebecca S. Miltner United States	16	405 1.5×	133 1.1×	106 1.0×	62 0.6×	32 0.4×	61	732
Kim Schafer Astroth United States	14	234 0.9×	89 0.8×	96 0.9×	61 0.6×	89 1.0×	51	607
Kelly D. Stamp United States	13	189 0.7×	44 0.4×	58 0.5×	105 1.0×	95 1.1×	34	607

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel French

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20 of 20 papers shown

French, Rachel, et al.. (2025). Exploring Preferences for Communication and Care Among Hospitalized Patients With Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 19(4). 423–429.

French, Rachel, Nicole H. O’Donnell, Jeanmarie Perrone, et al.. (2025). A qualitative study exploring the feasibility and acceptability of embedding an overdose prevention sites in a U.S. hospital. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 170. 209620–209620.

Aronowitz, Shoshana V., et al.. (2024). Barriers and facilitators to implementing CareConnect: A telehealth, low-barrier buprenorphine bridge clinic in Philadelphia. International Journal of Drug Policy. 133. 104569–104569. 4 indexed citations

French, Rachel, et al.. (2024). Nurses in health policy: Lessons learned from one cohort of the American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholars Program. Nursing Outlook. 72(5). 102175–102175.

Aronowitz, Shoshana V., et al.. (2024). Mapping Buprenorphine Access at Philadelphia Pharmacies. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 18(3). 269–273. 1 indexed citations

Stewart, Rebecca E., Rachel French, Ali Tarhini, et al.. (2023). “There’s absolutely no downside to this, I mean, except community opposition:” A qualitative study of the acceptability of vending machines for harm reduction. Harm Reduction Journal. 20(1). 25–25. 14 indexed citations

French, Rachel, et al.. (2023). A Promising Approach to Addressing the Needs of Patients with Endocarditis Secondary to Injection Drug Use: A Case Report. Health & Social Work. 49(1). 55–58. 1 indexed citations

French, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Perspectives and corrective processes: Evaluating social justice in a nursing PhD program. Nursing Outlook. 71(4). 101990–101990. 2 indexed citations

French, Rachel, et al.. (2023). “I wouldn’t need Narcan for myself, but I can have it for somebody else:” perceptions of harm reduction among hospitalized patients with OUD. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 18(1). 41–41. 3 indexed citations

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French, Rachel, Julie Worley, Margaret Lowenstein, et al.. (2023). Adapting psychotherapy in collaborative care for treating opioid use disorder and co-occurring psychiatric conditions in primary care.. Families Systems & Health. 41(3). 377–388. 1 indexed citations

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French, Rachel, et al.. (2023). “I Just Need Proper Treatment”: Being Hospitalized for Endocarditis among Individuals Who Inject Drugs Being Hospitalized for Endocarditis. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38(11). 2470–2477. 4 indexed citations

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Campbell, Kristen, Patrick K. Dooley, Nicole H. O’Donnell, et al.. (2022). Integrating peer support services into primary care-based OUD treatment: Lessons from the Penn integrated model. Healthcare. 10(3). 100641–100641. 6 indexed citations

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French, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Care Quality, Patient Safety, and Nurse Outcomes at Hospitals Serving Economically Disadvantaged Patients: A Case for Investment in Nursing. Policy Politics & Nursing Practice. 23(1). 5–14. 4 indexed citations

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Lake, Eileen T., Sara B. Holland, Jessica G. Smith, et al.. (2021). Hospital nurses' moral distress and mental health during COVID‐19. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78(3). 799–809. 7 indexed citations

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Carthon, J. Margo Brooks, Heather Brom, Matthew D. McHugh, et al.. (2021). Racial Disparities in Stroke Readmissions Reduced in Hospitals With Better Nurse Staffing. Nursing Research. 71(1). 33–42. 11 indexed citations

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French, Rachel, et al.. (2021). A free mailed naloxone program in Philadelphia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Drug Policy. 94. 103199–103199. 23 indexed citations

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French, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Conflating Race and Genetics Among Newborns With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. JAMA Pediatrics. 176(1). 12–12. 3 indexed citations

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Dierkes, Andrew, Amelia E. Schlak, Rachel French, Matthew D. McHugh, & Linda H. Aiken. (2021). Why Some Nurses Obtain Specialty Certification and Others Do Not. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 51(5). 249–256. 15 indexed citations

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Giordano, Nicholas A., Rachel French, Marguerite Daus, et al.. (2021). Comparing medication adherence using a smartphone application and electronic monitoring among patients with acute coronary syndrome. Applied Nursing Research. 60. 151448–151448. 2 indexed citations

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Lake, Eileen T., Rachel French, Kathleen O’Rourke, Jordan Sanders, & Sindhu K. Srinivas. (2019). Linking the work environment to missed nursing care in labour and delivery. Journal of Nursing Management. 28(8). 1901–1908. 58 indexed citations

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