Ray Fitzpatrick

42.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
421 papers, 31.1k citations indexed

About

Ray Fitzpatrick is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Fitzpatrick has authored 421 papers receiving a total of 31.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in General Health Professions, 84 papers in Surgery and 77 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ray Fitzpatrick's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (71 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (41 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (34 papers). Ray Fitzpatrick is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (71 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (41 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (34 papers). Ray Fitzpatrick collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Ray Fitzpatrick's co-authors include Jill Dawson, Andrew Carr, Crispin Jenkinson, Viv Peto, Crispin Jenkinson, Richard Greenhall, David G. Murray, David W. Murray, Kirstie Haywood and Helen Doll and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ray Fitzpatrick

410 papers receiving 29.8k citations

Hit Papers

Questionnaire on the perceptions of patients about total ... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1998 2007 1996 1997 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Questionnaire on the perceptions of patients about total knee replacement
    1998 2.1k citations Jill Dawson, Ray Fitzpatrick et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume profile →
  2. The use of the Oxford hip and knee scores
    2007 1.1k citations Ray Fitzpatrick, Andrew Carr et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume profile →
  3. QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF PATIENTS ABOUT TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
    1996 1.0k citations Jill Dawson, Ray Fitzpatrick et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume profile →
  4. The Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39): development and validation of a Parkinson's disease summary index score
    1997 955 citations Crispin Jenkinson, Ray Fitzpatrick et al. Age and Ageing profile →
  5. The development and validation of a short measure of functioning and well being for individuals with Parkinson's disease
    1995 908 citations Crispin Jenkinson, Ray Fitzpatrick et al. Quality of Life Research profile →
  6. Primary total hip replacement surgery: a systematic review of outcomes and modelling of cost-effectiveness associated with different prostheses.
    1998 857 citations Ray Fitzpatrick, Jill Dawson et al. PubMed profile →
  7. Questionnaire on the perceptions of patients about total knee replacement
    1998 779 citations Jill Dawson, Ray Fitzpatrick et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume profile →
  8. Measuring the impact of MS on walking ability
    2003 657 citations Ray Fitzpatrick et al. profile →
  9. Evaluating patient-based outcome measures for use in clinical trials.
    1998 639 citations Ray Fitzpatrick et al. PubMed profile →
  10. QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF PATIENTS ABOUT SHOULDER SURGERY
    1996 562 citations Jill Dawson, Ray Fitzpatrick et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume profile →
  11. Quality of life measures in health care. I: Applications and issues in assessment.
    1992 535 citations Ray Fitzpatrick et al. BMJ profile →
  12. The routine use of patient reported outcome measures in healthcare settings
    2010 516 citations Jill Dawson, Helen Doll et al. BMJ profile →
  13. Effect of telehealth on use of secondary care and mortality: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
    2012 401 citations Adam Steventon, Martin Bardsley et al. profile →
  14. Exploring barriers to participation and adoption of telehealth and telecare within the Whole System Demonstrator trial: a qualitative study
    2012 338 citations Anne Rogers, Shashivadan P. Hirani et al. profile →
  15. Routine follow up of breast cancer in primary care: randomised trial
    1996 304 citations Elizabeth A. Grunfeld, David Mant et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ray Fitzpatrick United Kingdom 84 9.9k 6.1k 4.1k 3.8k 3.5k 421 31.1k
Claire Bombardier Canada 93 14.4k 1.5× 5.3k 0.9× 5.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.4× 3.3k 1.0× 345 55.6k
Caroline B. Terwee Netherlands 89 11.0k 1.1× 6.3k 1.0× 4.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.5× 4.5k 1.3× 386 48.6k
Françis Guillemin France 63 5.7k 0.6× 4.5k 0.7× 3.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 457 33.0k
Neil K. Aaronson Netherlands 105 8.0k 0.8× 6.3k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 4.7k 1.3× 463 47.4k
Thomas D. Koepsell United States 91 3.6k 0.4× 4.3k 0.7× 4.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 335 28.9k
Alejandro R. Jadad Canada 46 5.9k 0.6× 3.9k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 143 28.6k
Crispin Jenkinson United Kingdom 54 5.9k 0.6× 2.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 163 26.5k
Dorcas Beaton Canada 58 12.5k 1.3× 4.5k 0.7× 5.3k 1.3× 795 0.2× 1.8k 0.5× 291 33.2k
David L. Sackett Canada 63 4.5k 0.5× 10.9k 1.8× 3.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 4.8k 1.4× 197 36.9k
Monika Bullinger Germany 70 5.2k 0.5× 4.7k 0.8× 3.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 2.7k 0.8× 304 34.1k

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All Works

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Cook, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Reliability and validity of the FORUM-P and FORUM-C: two novel instruments for outcome measurement in forensic mental health. Psychology Crime and Law. 30(2). 150–165. 3 indexed citations
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Judge, Andrew, Andrew Carr, Andrew Price, et al.. (2020). The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(4). 1–188. 15 indexed citations
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Fellmeth, Gracia, Emma Plugge, Verena I. Carrara, et al.. (2018). Migrant perinatal depression study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border. BMJ Open. 8(1). e017129–e017129. 18 indexed citations
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Hooft, Janneke van ’t, Chris Gale, Ray Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2017). Developing a pre-eclampsia core outcome set. Round 1 results: 283 healthcare professionals, 41 researchers and 112 patients from 55 countries participated. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 124. 151–152. 1 indexed citations
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Peters, Michele, Helen Crocker, Crispin Jenkinson, Helen Doll, & Ray Fitzpatrick. (2014). The routine collection of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for long-term conditions in primary care: a cohort survey. BMJ Open. 4(2). e003968–e003968. 72 indexed citations
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Steventon, Adam, Martin Bardsley, John Billings, et al.. (2013). Effect of telecare on use of health and social care services: findings from the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial. Age and Ageing. 42(4). 501–508. 82 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Ray, et al.. (2013). Transfers of women planning birth in midwifery units: data from the Birthplace prospective cohort study (vol 119, pg 1081, 2012). British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 120. 790–790. 1 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Julia, et al.. (2012). Patients' experience of dangerous and severe personality disorder services: qualitative interview study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 200(3). 252–253. 7 indexed citations
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Plugge, Emma, et al.. (2011). Changes in health-related quality of life following imprisonment in 92 women in England: a three month follow-up study. International Journal for Equity in Health. 10(1). 21–21. 12 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Ray, Julie A. Chambers, Tom Burns, et al.. (2010). A systematic review of outcome measures used in forensic mental health research with consensus panel opinion. Health Technology Assessment. 14(18). 1–94. 59 indexed citations
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Tan, Jacinta, Anne Stewart, Ray Fitzpatrick, & Tony Hope. (2009). Attitudes of patients with anorexia nervosa to compulsory treatment and coercion. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 33(1). 13–19. 85 indexed citations
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Yiend, Jenny, Barbara Barrett, Tom Burns, et al.. (2009). Outcome measures used in forensic mental health research: a structured review. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 19(1). 9–27. 35 indexed citations
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Haywood, Kirstie, Andrew Garratt, & Ray Fitzpatrick. (2005). Quality of life in older people: A structured review of generic self-assessed health instruments. Quality of Life Research. 14(7). 1651–1668. 321 indexed citations
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Tan, Jacinta, Tony Hope, Anne Stewart, & Ray Fitzpatrick. (2003). Control and compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: The views of patients and parents. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 26(6). 627–645. 78 indexed citations
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Dawson, Jill, Ray Fitzpatrick, & Andrew Carr. (1999). The assessment of shoulder instability. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 81(3). 420–426. 175 indexed citations
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Dawson, Jill, Ray Fitzpatrick, David G. Murray, & Andrew Carr. (1998). Questionnaire on the perceptions of patients about total knee replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume. 80(1). 63–69. 2142 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grunfeld, Elizabeth A., David Mant, P Yudkin, et al.. (1996). Routine follow up of breast cancer in primary care: randomised trial. BMJ. 313(7058). 665–669. 304 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fitzpatrick, Ray. (1996). Quality of Life and Health: Concepts, Methods and Applications. BMJ. 313(7051). 239.1–239.1. 8 indexed citations
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Newman, Stanton, et al.. (1989). The origins of depressed mood in rheumatoid arthritis.. PubMed. 16(6). 740–4. 85 indexed citations

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