Richard Smiley

2.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
22 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Richard Smiley is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Smiley has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Richard Smiley's work include Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (6 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (5 papers) and Nursing education and management (4 papers). Richard Smiley is often cited by papers focused on Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (6 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (5 papers) and Nursing education and management (4 papers). Richard Smiley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Romania. Richard Smiley's co-authors include Maryann Alexander, Jennifer Hayden, Suzan Kardong‐Edgren, Pamela R. Jeffries, Kyrani Reneau, Nicole Kaminski-Ozturk, Richard L. Allgeyer, Brendan Martin, Charlie O’Hara and Emilie Shireman and has published in prestigious journals such as Technometrics, Anesthesia & Analgesia and American Journal of Perinatology.

In The Last Decade

Richard Smiley

20 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The NCSBN National Simulation Study: A Longitudinal, Randomized, Controlled Study Replacing Clinical Hours with Simulation in Prelicensure Nursing Education

2014 781 citations Jennifer Hayden, Richard Smiley et al. Journal of Nursing Regulation profile →
The 2017 National Nursing Workforce Survey

2018 241 citations Richard Smiley, Emilie Shireman et al. Journal of Nursing Regulation profile →
The 2020 National Nursing Workforce Survey

2021 210 citations Richard Smiley, Richard L. Allgeyer et al. Journal of Nursing Regulation profile →
The 2022 National Nursing Workforce Survey

2023 161 citations Richard Smiley, Richard L. Allgeyer et al. Journal of Nursing Regulation profile →
Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Burnout and Stress Among U.S. Nurses

2023 131 citations Brendan Martin, Nicole Kaminski-Ozturk et al. Journal of Nursing Regulation profile →

Peers

Richard Smiley

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Maryann Alexander United States

Kerry Reid‐Searl Australia

Joanne Disch United States

Julie Scholes United Kingdom

Sandra Dunn Australia

Linda R. Cronenwett United States

Kathie Lasater United States

Riitta Meretoja Finland

Jacinthe Pépin Canada

Dori Taylor Sullivan United States

Maryann Alexander United States

Richard Smiley

980 ×1.0

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985 ×1.4

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574 ×1.1

PHEOH

583 ×1.3

EMS

535 ×1.3

Citations per year, relative to Richard Smiley Richard Smiley (= 1×) peers Maryann Alexander

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Smiley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Smiley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Smiley

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smiley, Richard, Nicole Kaminski-Ozturk, Richard L. Allgeyer, et al.. (2025). The 2024 National Nursing Workforce Survey. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 16(1). S1–S88. 5 indexed citations

Zhong, Elizabeth H., Richard Smiley, Charlie O’Hara, & Brendan Martin. (2024). Healthcare on the Go: A Comparative Analysis Profiling the Travel Nurse Workforce in the United States. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 15(1). 88–97. 9 indexed citations

Smiley, Richard, et al.. (2024). The Registered Nurse Workforce: Examining Nurses’ Practice Patterns, Workloads, and Burnout by Race and Ethnicity. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 15(1). 65–79. 4 indexed citations

Martin, Brendan, Nicole Kaminski-Ozturk, Richard Smiley, et al.. (2023). Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nursing Education: A National Study of Prelicensure RN Programs. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 14(1). S1–S67. 26 indexed citations

Smiley, Richard & Brendan Martin. (2023). Simulation in Nursing Education: Advancements in Regulation, 2014–2022. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 14(2). 5–9. 7 indexed citations

Smiley, Richard, Richard L. Allgeyer, Rayna Letourneau, et al.. (2023). The 2022 National Nursing Workforce Survey. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 14(1). S1–S90. 161 indexed citations breakdown →

Martin, Brendan, Nicole Kaminski-Ozturk, Charlie O’Hara, & Richard Smiley. (2023). Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Burnout and Stress Among U.S. Nurses. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 14(1). 4–12. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

Alexander, Maryann, Brendan Martin, Nicole Kaminski-Ozturk, Elizabeth H. Zhong, & Richard Smiley. (2021). Envisioning the Future of Nursing Regulation Through Research: A Global Agenda. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 12(3). 5–10. 6 indexed citations

Smiley, Richard, et al.. (2021). The 2020 National Nursing Workforce Survey. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 12(1). S1–S96. 210 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smiley, Richard & Kyrani Reneau. (2020). Outcomes of Substance Use Disorder Monitoring Programs for Nurses. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 11(2). 28–35. 12 indexed citations

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Smiley, Richard. (2019). Survey of Simulation Use in Prelicensure Nursing Programs: Changes and Advancements, 2010–2017. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 9(4). 48–61. 40 indexed citations

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Smiley, Richard, et al.. (2018). The 2017 National Nursing Workforce Survey. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 9(3). S1–S88. 241 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smiley, Richard & Carey McCarthy. (2016). A Mixed-Methods Study of Gender Differences in Nurse Reporting and Nurse Discipline. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 7(3). 33–40. 5 indexed citations

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Hayden, Jennifer, et al.. (2014). Reliability and Validity Testing of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument for Use in the NCSBN National Simulation Study. Nursing Education Perspectives. 35(4). 244–252. 101 indexed citations

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Hayden, Jennifer, et al.. (2014). Simulation in Nursing Education: Current Regulations and Practices. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 5(2). 25–30. 62 indexed citations

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Hayden, Jennifer, Richard Smiley, Maryann Alexander, Suzan Kardong‐Edgren, & Pamela R. Jeffries. (2014). The NCSBN National Simulation Study: A Longitudinal, Randomized, Controlled Study Replacing Clinical Hours with Simulation in Prelicensure Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 5(2). S3–S40. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weng, Chunhua, et al.. (2013). Impact of Cervical Effacement and Fetal Station on Progress during the First Stage of Labor: A Biexponential Model. American Journal of Perinatology. 31(9). 745–752. 3 indexed citations

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Coe, Michael, et al.. (2011). An Investigation of the Impact of the 6+1 Trait Writing Model on Grade 5 Student Writing Achievement. Final Report. NCEE 2012-4010.. 12 indexed citations

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Smiley, Richard. (1991). Beating Your Competition Through Quality. Technometrics. 33(1). 116–117. 1 indexed citations

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Dickstein, Marc L., Richard Smiley, & Bard C. Cosman. (1990). Ampullary Hypertrophy. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 70(4). 460–460. 2 indexed citations

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