Rachel Walker

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Rachel Walker is a scholar working on Occupational Therapy, Surgery and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Walker has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Occupational Therapy, 30 papers in Surgery and 24 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Rachel Walker's work include Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management (42 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (23 papers) and Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases (13 papers). Rachel Walker is often cited by papers focused on Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management (42 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (23 papers) and Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases (13 papers). Rachel Walker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Rachel Walker's co-authors include Marie Cooke, Debra Creedy, Amanda Henderson, Brigid M. Gillespie, Wendy Chaboyer, Lukman Thalib, Sharon Latimer, G. R. Murray, Henri Mathé and Leanne M. Aitken and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Walker

97 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Pressure injuries in Australian public hospitals: A cost of illness study

2022 80 citations Son Nghiem, Jill Campbell et al. International Journal of Nursing Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Walker Australia	23	430	426	331	256	247	100	1.6k
Tom O’Connor Ireland	23	560 1.3×	340 0.8×	422 1.3×	348 1.4×	176 0.7×	113	1.7k
Mohammad Saleh Jordan	18	394 0.9×	165 0.4×	225 0.7×	177 0.7×	109 0.4×	63	1.1k
Emily Haesler Australia	26	712 1.7×	526 1.2×	566 1.7×	640 2.5×	371 1.5×	95	2.3k
Steven Ersser United Kingdom	27	175 0.4×	154 0.4×	116 0.4×	449 1.8×	218 0.9×	85	2.2k
Rick Wiechula Australia	19	66 0.2×	158 0.4×	132 0.4×	616 2.4×	335 1.4×	64	1.4k
Harald S. Miedema Netherlands	27	186 0.4×	364 0.9×	44 0.1×	477 1.9×	112 0.5×	84	2.0k
Lis Adamsen Denmark	34	77 0.2×	226 0.5×	184 0.6×	409 1.6×	386 1.6×	84	3.2k
S Bond United Kingdom	15	130 0.3×	114 0.3×	91 0.3×	436 1.7×	128 0.5×	25	1.1k
Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani Japan	22	82 0.2×	84 0.2×	79 0.2×	832 3.3×	468 1.9×	170	1.9k
Joanne Brooke United Kingdom	19	199 0.5×	97 0.2×	91 0.3×	288 1.1×	163 0.7×	66	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Walker

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Latimer, Sharon, Rachel Walker, Jayne Hewitt, et al.. (2025). Testing the study protocol and interrater reliability of a new end-of-life wound assessment tool: a feasibility study. BMC Palliative Care. 24(1). 216–216. 1 indexed citations

Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2024). Risk factors for surgical site infections following hepatobiliary surgery: An umbrella review and meta-analyses. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 51(1). 109468–109468. 2 indexed citations

Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2024). Inter‐device agreement of sacral subepidermal oedema measurement in healthy adults during prolonged 60° head of bed elevation. Nursing Open. 11(2). e2103–e2103. 2 indexed citations

Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2024). Prophylactic dressings to prevent sacral pressure injuries in adult patients admitted to intensive care units: A three-arm feasibility randomized controlled trial. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 84. 103746–103746. 3 indexed citations

Larsen, Emily, Nicole Marsh, Claire M. Rickard, et al.. (2024). Health-related quality of life and experience measures, to assess patients’ experiences of peripheral intravenous catheters: a secondary data analysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 22(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2024). Prophylactic dressings for preventing sacral pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: A randomised feasibility trial. Australian Critical Care. 38(2). 101133–101133. 2 indexed citations

Walker, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Risk factors predicting hospital-acquired pressure injury in adult patients: An overview of reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 150. 104642–104642. 22 indexed citations

Tobiano, Georgia, Wendy Chaboyer, Joan Carlini, et al.. (2023). Development and validation of a survey designed to measure patient experience of and preference for surgical wound care discharge education: A pilot study. Journal of Tissue Viability. 32(3). 442–448. 1 indexed citations

Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2023). Medical and surgical nurses' approach to patient pressure injury prevention education: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 32(19-20). 6951–6966. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Rachel, Wendy Chaboyer, Marie Cooke, et al.. (2023). EffEctiveness of Prophylactic fOam dressings in the prevention of saCral pressure injuries in at-risk hospitalised patients: the EEPOC trial. Trials. 24(1). 70–70. 7 indexed citations

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Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2023). The effect of prolonged 60° head of bed elevation on sacral subepidermal oedema in healthy adults: A quantitative prospective exploratory study. International Wound Journal. 20(9). 3619–3627. 1 indexed citations

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Latimer, Sharon, et al.. (2022). Moisture accumulation detection technologies for identifying pressure injuries: a literature review. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 30(4). 3 indexed citations

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Nghiem, Son, Jill Campbell, Rachel Walker, Joshua Byrnes, & Wendy Chaboyer. (2022). Pressure injuries in Australian public hospitals: A cost of illness study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 130. 104191–104191. 80 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walker, Rachel, et al.. (2022). Process evaluations undertaken alongside randomised controlled trials in the hospital setting: A scoping review. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 26. 100894–100894. 8 indexed citations

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Alberto, Laura, Andrea P. Marshall, Rachel Walker, Fernando Pálizas, & Leanne M. Aitken. (2021). Sensitivity and specificity of a quick sequential [Sepsis‐Related] organ failure assessment sepsis screening tool. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 75(12). e14874–e14874. 2 indexed citations

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Alberto, Laura, Andrea P. Marshall, Rachel Walker, Fernando Pálizas, & Leanne M. Aitken. (2021). Improving sepsis screening and care in a developing nation health setting: A description of implementation. Nursing and Health Sciences. 23(4). 936–947. 2 indexed citations

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Fulbrook, Paul, Michelle Barakat‐Johnson, Jill Campbell, et al.. (2021). Pressure injury prevention practice in Australian intensive care units: A national cross-sectional survey. Australian Critical Care. 36(2). 186–194. 7 indexed citations

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Carlini, Joan, Emma Harbeck, Brigid M. Gillespie, et al.. (2020). Patient involvement in surgical wound care research: A scoping review. International Wound Journal. 17(5). 1462–1482. 14 indexed citations

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Walker, Rachel, et al.. (2014). Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers (Protocol). QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Gaggioli, Andrea, Francesca Morganti, Rachel Walker, et al.. (2004). Training with Computer-Supported Motor Imagery in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 7(3). 327–332. 42 indexed citations

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