Rob McCarney

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rob McCarney is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob McCarney has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Rob McCarney's work include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (7 papers), Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (5 papers) and Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications (3 papers). Rob McCarney is often cited by papers focused on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (7 papers), Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (5 papers) and Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications (3 papers). Rob McCarney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Rob McCarney's co-authors include Peter Fisher, Robbert van Haselen, James Warner, Steve Iliffe, Mark Griffin, Andrew J. Vickers, Richard Grieve, David Wonderling, Claire Smith and Catherine Zollman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Advanced Nursing, BMC Medical Research Methodology and International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Rob McCarney

14 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial

2007 1.2k citations Rob McCarney, James Warner et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rob McCarney United Kingdom	7	377	261	202	179	171	14	1.7k
Robbert van Haselen United Kingdom	19	942 2.5×	312 1.2×	249 1.2×	252 1.4×	250 1.5×	67	2.5k
Alice Jones Hong Kong	29	458 1.2×	337 1.3×	213 1.1×	72 0.4×	281 1.6×	131	3.5k
Mei‐Ling Yeh Taiwan	30	728 1.9×	260 1.0×	334 1.7×	226 1.3×	328 1.9×	118	2.7k
Anna Hart United Kingdom	23	189 0.5×	154 0.6×	108 0.5×	101 0.6×	121 0.7×	59	1.6k
Yingchun Zeng China	28	189 0.5×	271 1.0×	214 1.1×	76 0.4×	389 2.3×	85	2.4k
Félix Gutzwiller Switzerland	20	155 0.4×	160 0.6×	313 1.5×	409 2.3×	306 1.8×	113	2.2k
Huey‐Shyan Lin Taiwan	27	97 0.3×	209 0.8×	353 1.7×	109 0.6×	149 0.9×	97	2.3k
Chiehfeng Chen Taiwan	23	153 0.4×	112 0.4×	218 1.1×	96 0.5×	170 1.0×	130	1.6k
Andy S. K. Cheng Hong Kong	28	165 0.4×	182 0.7×	578 2.9×	134 0.7×	313 1.8×	152	3.0k
Robert A. de Bie Netherlands	15	167 0.4×	368 1.4×	226 1.1×	97 0.5×	282 1.6×	26	2.6k

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McCarney, Rob, Peter Fisher, Steve Iliffe, Mark Griffin, & J. O. Warner. (2009). Ginkgo Biloba trial: response by McCarney et al.. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 24(2). 213–213. 1 indexed citations

McCarney, Rob, Peter Fisher, Steve Iliffe, et al.. (2008). Ginkgo biloba for mild to moderate dementia in a community setting: a pragmatic, randomised, parallel‐group, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 23(12). 1222–1230. 48 indexed citations

McCarney, Rob, James Warner, Steve Iliffe, et al.. (2007). The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 7(1). 30–30. 1177 indexed citations breakdown →

Fisher, Peter, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of specific and non-specific effects in homeopathy: Feasibility study for a randomised trial. Homeopathy. 95(4). 215–222. 29 indexed citations

Wonderling, David, Andrew J. Vickers, Richard Grieve, & Rob McCarney. (2005). primary care trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised. 2 indexed citations

Fisher, Peter, Robbert van Haselen, Kate Hardy, Saul Berkovitz, & Rob McCarney. (2004). Effectiveness Gaps: A New Concept for Evaluating Health Service and Research Needs Applied to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(4). 627–632. 54 indexed citations

Wonderling, David, Andrew J. Vickers, Richard Grieve, & Rob McCarney. (2004). Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care. BMJ. 328(7442). 747–747. 114 indexed citations

Haselen, Robbert van, et al.. (2004). Effectiveness Gaps: A New Concept for Evaluating Health Service and Research Needs Applied to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(4). 627–632. 2 indexed citations

Vickers, Andrew J., Rebecca Rees, Catherine Zollman, et al.. (2004). Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care: large, pragmatic, randomised trial. BMJ. 328(7442). 744–744. 210 indexed citations

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Bedson, John, Rob McCarney, & Peter Croft. (2004). Labelling chronic illness in primary care: a good or a bad thing?. PubMed. 54(509). 932–8. 28 indexed citations

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Smith, Claire, Nadia Ellis, Peter Fisher, et al.. (2004). care: large, pragmatic, randomised trial Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary. 1 indexed citations

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Vickers, Andrew J. & Rob McCarney. (2003). Use of a single global assessment to reduce missing data in a clinical trial with follow-up at one year. Controlled Clinical Trials. 24(6). 731–735. 5 indexed citations

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McCarney, Rob. (2002). Understanding the Placebo Effect in Complementary Medicine Theory, Practice and Research. Homeopathy. 91(1). 56–57. 4 indexed citations

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McCarney, Rob, et al.. (2000). The introduction of a routine monitoring system in primary care for patients with a first episode of cardiovascular disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 31(6). 1376–1382. 2 indexed citations

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