Rob Polson

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rob Polson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Polson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Health Professions, 6 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rob Polson's work include COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 papers), Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (3 papers) and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (3 papers). Rob Polson is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 and Mental Health (5 papers), Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (3 papers) and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (3 papers). Rob Polson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. Rob Polson's co-authors include Stephen J Leslie, Mark Grindle, Johannes H. De Kock, Chris O’Malley, Liz Ellis, Helen Ann Latham, Trish Gorely, Tara Cusack, M. Cunningham and Heather Strachan and has published in prestigious journals such as BMC Public Health, BMJ Open and International Journal of Nursing Studies.

In The Last Decade

Rob Polson

18 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. A rapid review of the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers: implications for supporting psychological well-being
    2021 540 citations Johannes H. De Kock, Helen Ann Latham et al. BMC Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rob Polson United Kingdom 9 715 460 109 104 94 18 1.1k
Aziz Kamran Iran 13 309 0.4× 385 0.8× 106 1.0× 73 0.7× 60 0.6× 58 841
Esther Murray United Kingdom 8 397 0.6× 498 1.1× 81 0.7× 130 1.3× 94 1.0× 15 817
Stephanie Veazie United States 12 397 0.6× 253 0.6× 84 0.8× 255 2.5× 200 2.1× 28 1.3k
Natasha Smallwood Australia 20 485 0.7× 382 0.8× 60 0.6× 325 3.1× 144 1.5× 101 1.2k
Peter Baltrus United States 20 390 0.5× 244 0.5× 127 1.2× 288 2.8× 115 1.2× 47 1.2k
Federica Dellafiore Italy 19 429 0.6× 289 0.6× 102 0.9× 102 1.0× 98 1.0× 100 1.5k
Allison A. Norful United States 20 868 1.2× 309 0.7× 84 0.8× 197 1.9× 66 0.7× 65 1.2k
Enriqueta Pujol‐Ribera Spain 19 525 0.7× 243 0.5× 170 1.6× 202 1.9× 25 0.3× 64 1.3k
Chris Keyworth United Kingdom 19 518 0.7× 216 0.5× 72 0.7× 238 2.3× 44 0.5× 65 1.2k
Kien Trung Nguyen Vietnam 9 470 0.7× 381 0.8× 78 0.7× 73 0.7× 45 0.5× 39 944

Countries citing papers authored by Rob Polson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Polson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Polson

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Hubbard, Gill, et al.. (2023). Behavioural Sciences Contribution to Suppressing Transmission of Covid-19 in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 31(1). 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Macaden, Leah, et al.. (2022). The characteristics of effective technology-enabled dementia education: a systematic review and mixed research synthesis. Systematic Reviews. 11(1). 34–34. 7 indexed citations
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Schoultz, Mariyana, Michelle Beattie, Leah Macaden, et al.. (2022). Psychological first aid for workers in care and nursing homes: systematic review. BMC Nursing. 21(1). 96–96. 8 indexed citations
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Macaden, Leah, et al.. (2021). Establishing the effectiveness of technology-enabled dementia education for health and social care practitioners: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 252–252. 20 indexed citations
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Kock, Johannes H. De, Helen Ann Latham, Stephen J Leslie, et al.. (2021). A rapid review of the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers: implications for supporting psychological well-being. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 104–104. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Polson, Rob, et al.. (2021). Digital Storytelling Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Modification: A Scoping Review. The International Journal of Health Wellness and Society. 11(1). 209–224. 3 indexed citations
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Leslie, Stephen J, et al.. (2020). Establishing the efficacy of interventions to improve health literacy and health behaviours: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1040–1040. 147 indexed citations
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Polson, Rob, et al.. (2020). Digital Technology Interventions for Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 9(3). e21061–e21061. 101 indexed citations
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Heaton, Janet, Rob Polson, Raymond Bond, et al.. (2020). Systematic Review of Clinical Decision Support Systems for Prehospital Acute Coronary Syndrome Identification. Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 19(3). 119–125. 15 indexed citations
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Kock, Johannes H. De, Helen Ann Latham, Stephen J Leslie, et al.. (2020). A rapid review of the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers: implications for supporting psychological well-being . Research Square. 2 indexed citations
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Kock, Johannes H. De, Helen Ann Latham, Stephen J Leslie, et al.. (2020). A rapid review of the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of health and social care workers: implications for psychological interventions. Research Square. 2 indexed citations
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Torrens, Claire, Pauline Campbell, Gaylor Hoskins, et al.. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the advanced nurse practitioner role in primary care settings: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 104. 103443–103443. 163 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Gill, Trish Gorely, Gözde Özakinci, Rob Polson, & Liz Forbat. (2016). A systematic review and narrative summary of family-based smoking cessation interventions to help adults quit smoking. BMC Family Practice. 17(1). 73–73. 35 indexed citations
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Jones, Jenny, Rob Polson, Stephen J Leslie, et al.. (2015). Protocol for a systematic review of screening tools for fear of recurrent illness in common life-threatening diseases. Systematic Reviews. 4(1). 10–10. 3 indexed citations
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Sampson, Rod, Jamie G. Cooper, Rosaline S. Barbour, Rob Polson, & Philip Wilson. (2015). Patients’ perspectives on the medical primary–secondary care interface: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. BMJ Open. 5(10). e008708–e008708. 61 indexed citations

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