Ratna Sohanpal

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ratna Sohanpal is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ratna Sohanpal has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in General Health Professions, 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ratna Sohanpal's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (17 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (11 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (10 papers). Ratna Sohanpal is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (17 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (11 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (10 papers). Ratna Sohanpal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Ratna Sohanpal's co-authors include Stephanie Taylor, Liz Steed, Chris Griffiths, Robert Walton, Marcello Bertotti, Caroline Frostick, Carol Rivas, Patrick Hutt, Elizabeth A. Edwards and Dawn Carnes and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Thorax.

In The Last Decade

Ratna Sohanpal

41 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps
    2016 303 citations Elizabeth A. Edwards, Jim Lumsden et al. BMJ Open profile →

Peers

Ratna Sohanpal
Veronika Williams United Kingdom
Hongdao Meng United States
Christina Aggar Australia
Meredith Mealer United States
Chris Keyworth United Kingdom
Debbie Massey Australia
Anne‐Marie Boylan United Kingdom
Kalpa Kharicha United Kingdom
Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi Iran
Karin Axelsson Sweden
Veronika Williams United Kingdom
Ratna Sohanpal
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Countries citing papers authored by Ratna Sohanpal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ratna Sohanpal

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

All Works

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Relton, Clare, Lars G. Hemkens, Merrick Zwarenstein, et al.. (2024). Randomised trials conducted using cohorts: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 14(3). e075601–e075601. 6 indexed citations
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Wileman, Vari, Vernon Rowland, Moira Kelly, et al.. (2023). Implementing psychological interventions delivered by respiratory professionals for people with COPD. A stakeholder interview study. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 33(1). 35–35. 4 indexed citations
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Jumbe, Sandra, Vichithranie Madurasinghe, Florian Tomini, et al.. (2022). STOP— a training intervention to optimise treatment for smoking cessation in community pharmacies: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 212–212. 2 indexed citations
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Jumbe, Sandra, Vichithranie Madurasinghe, Liz Steed, et al.. (2019). Evaluating NHS Stop Smoking Service engagement in community pharmacies using simulated smokers: fidelity assessment of a theory-based intervention. BMJ Open. 9(5). e026841–e026841. 9 indexed citations
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Bertotti, Marcello, Caroline Frostick, Patrick Hutt, Ratna Sohanpal, & Dawn Carnes. (2017). A realist evaluation of social prescribing: an exploration into the context and mechanisms underpinning a pathway linking primary care with the voluntary sector. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 19(3). 232–245. 116 indexed citations
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Carnes, Dawn, Ratna Sohanpal, Caroline Frostick, et al.. (2017). The impact of a social prescribing service on patients in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 835–835. 104 indexed citations
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Madurasinghe, Vichithranie, Ratna Sohanpal, Liz Steed, et al.. (2017). Smoking treatment optimisation in pharmacies (STOP): a cluster randomised pilot trial of a training intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 3(1). 1–1. 10 indexed citations
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Steed, Liz, Ratna Sohanpal, W. R. L. James, et al.. (2017). Equipping community pharmacy workers as agents for health behaviour change: developing and testing a theory-based smoking cessation intervention. BMJ Open. 7(8). e015637–e015637. 20 indexed citations
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Sohanpal, Ratna, Carol Rivas, Liz Steed, et al.. (2016). Understanding recruitment and retention in the NHS community pharmacy stop smoking service: perceptions of smoking cessation advisers. BMJ Open. 6(7). e010921–e010921. 22 indexed citations
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Edwards, Elizabeth A., Jim Lumsden, Carol Rivas, et al.. (2016). Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012447–e012447. 303 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pinnock, Hilary & Ratna Sohanpal. (2016). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Reduced Nihilism, But There is Still a Ways to Go. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 3(3). 605–609. 7 indexed citations
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Sohanpal, Ratna, et al.. (2015). “Test me and treat me”—attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 5(7). e007401–e007401. 39 indexed citations
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Taylor, Stephanie, Ratna Sohanpal, Stephen Bremner, et al.. (2012). Self-management support for moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial. British Journal of General Practice. 62(603). e687–e695. 44 indexed citations
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Bourke, Liam, Ratna Sohanpal, Veronica Nanton, et al.. (2012). A qualitative study evaluating experiences of a lifestyle intervention in men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen suppression therapy. Trials. 13(1). 208–208. 44 indexed citations
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Pau, Allan, et al.. (2004). Emotional intelligence and stress coping in dental undergraduates — a qualitative study. BDJ. 197(4). 205–209. 73 indexed citations

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