Ruth Abrams

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Ruth Abrams is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Abrams has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Clinical Psychology and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ruth Abrams's work include Primary Care and Health Outcomes (11 papers), Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (9 papers) and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (7 papers). Ruth Abrams is often cited by papers focused on Primary Care and Health Outcomes (11 papers), Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (9 papers) and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (7 papers). Ruth Abrams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Ruth Abrams's co-authors include JACOB È. FINESINGER, Sophie Park, Nia Roberts, Anne‐Marie Boylan, Stephanie Tierney, Geoff Wong, Kamal R Mahtani, Harley C. Shands, Jill Maben and Stanley Cobb and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Abrams

49 papers receiving 782 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.

Supporting social prescribing in primary care by linking people to local assets: a realist review

2020 160 citations Stephanie Tierney, Geoff Wong et al. BMC Medicine profile →
‘You can't walk through water without getting wet’ UK nurses’ distress and psychological health needs during the Covid-19 pandemic: A longitudinal interview study

2022 79 citations Jill Maben, Ruth Abrams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruth Abrams United Kingdom	15	416	193	169	157	96	58	862
Lee A. Schmidt United States	16	364 0.9×	451 2.3×	117 0.7×	339 2.2×	46 0.5×	33	963
Hannah M. O’Rourke Canada	13	550 1.3×	132 0.7×	161 1.0×	147 0.9×	28 0.3×	66	1.0k
Alexis Foster United Kingdom	14	350 0.8×	94 0.5×	53 0.3×	196 1.2×	31 0.3×	35	782
Tamara A. Baker United States	13	266 0.6×	114 0.6×	263 1.6×	141 0.9×	54 0.6×	48	744
Brenda Sabo Canada	13	343 0.8×	233 1.2×	84 0.5×	162 1.0×	72 0.8×	24	709
Emily Wood United Kingdom	18	463 1.1×	249 1.3×	72 0.4×	124 0.8×	32 0.3×	56	941
Madineh Jasemi Iran	16	308 0.7×	165 0.9×	121 0.7×	220 1.4×	69 0.7×	62	818
Arne Rehnsfeldt Sweden	20	488 1.2×	366 1.9×	209 1.2×	554 3.5×	126 1.3×	51	1.2k
Prevan Moodley South Africa	5	249 0.6×	182 0.9×	150 0.9×	158 1.0×	64 0.7×	15	782
Phyllis Montgomery Canada	19	321 0.8×	342 1.8×	202 1.2×	276 1.8×	57 0.6×	79	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Abrams

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20 of 20 papers shown

Abrams, Ruth, Claire Goodman, Lee Ingle, et al.. (2025). Understanding and improving compound pressures in general practice: a realist review protocol. BJGP Open. BJGPO.2025.0073–BJGPO.2025.0073.

Abrams, Ruth, et al.. (2025). Mobilising knowledge with nurses practicing during the Covid-19 pandemic: Prioritising strategies for enhancing nurses’ psychological wellbeing in the workplace. Wellbeing Space and Society. 8. 100237–100237.

Abrams, Ruth, et al.. (2024). Implementing and sustaining dementia care coordinators across integrated care systems: a realist evaluation. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 584–584. 2 indexed citations

Abrams, Ruth, et al.. (2024). Navigating the Labour Market: Women Job Seekers’ Mobilisation of a Postfeminist Sensibility. Work Employment and Society. 39(1). 3–23. 1 indexed citations

Maben, Jill, Ruth Abrams, Ruth Harris, et al.. (2024). ‘There was a pivotal moment’. The dynamics, transitions, adaptations and trajectories of nursing at the front-line in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0295394–e0295394. 4 indexed citations

Rowland, Emma, Ruth Abrams, Ruth Harris, et al.. (2023). ‘Pretty cathartic actually’: Reflections on the attempt to reduce re‐traumatization of researchers and nurses taking part in a longitudinal interview study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79(11). 4196–4206. 6 indexed citations

Abrams, Ruth, et al.. (2023). UK general practice service delivery research priorities: an adapted James Lind Alliance approach. British Journal of General Practice. 74(738). e9–e16. 3 indexed citations

Ramsay, Angus I. G., et al.. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on patient engagement with primary healthcare: lessons from the saudi primary care setting. BMC Primary Care. 24(1). 177–177. 2 indexed citations

Abrams, Ruth, Emma Rowland, Ruth Harris, et al.. (2023). Speaking up during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Nurses' experiences of organizational disregard and silence. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79(6). 2189–2199. 20 indexed citations

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Maben, Jill, Justin Avery Aunger, Ruth Abrams, et al.. (2023). Interventions to address unprofessional behaviours between staff in acute care: what works for whom and why? A realist review. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 403–403. 14 indexed citations

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Abrams, Ruth, Claire Duddy, Nina Fudge, et al.. (2022). Community pharmacy and general practice collaborative and integrated working: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open. 12(12). e067034–e067034. 3 indexed citations

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Abrams, Ruth, et al.. (2022). Causal explanations for patient engagement with primary care services in Saudi Arabia: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open. 12(4). e055959–e055959. 1 indexed citations

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Maben, Jill, Justin Avery Aunger, Ruth Abrams, et al.. (2022). Why do acute healthcare staff engage in unprofessional behaviours towards each other and how can these behaviours be reduced? A realist review protocol. BMJ Open. 12(7). e061771–e061771. 5 indexed citations

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Maben, Jill, et al.. (2021). Living life in limbo: experiences of healthcare professionals during the HCPC fitness to practice investigation process in the UK. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 839–839. 10 indexed citations

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Abrams, Ruth, et al.. (2020). How useful is home visit delegation in general practice? A realist review. View. 1 indexed citations

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Abrams, Ruth, Geoff Wong, Kamal R Mahtani, et al.. (2020). Delegating home visits in general practice: a realist review on the impact on GP workload and patient care. British Journal of General Practice. 70(695). e412–e420. 15 indexed citations

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Tierney, Stephanie, Geoff Wong, Nia Roberts, et al.. (2020). Supporting social prescribing in primary care by linking people to local assets: a realist review. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 49–49. 160 indexed citations breakdown →

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Park, Sophie, Ruth Abrams, Geoff Wong, et al.. (2019). Reorganisation of general practice: be careful what you wish for. British Journal of General Practice. 69(687). 517–518. 10 indexed citations

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Khan, Asif, Mihir Parikh, Abu Minhajuddin, et al.. (2019). Opioid prescribing practices in a pediatric burn tertiary care facility: Is it time to change?. Burns. 46(1). 219–224. 8 indexed citations

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Abrams, Ruth, G. Wong, Kamal R Mahtani, et al.. (2018). Understanding the impact of delegated home visiting services accessed via general practice by community-dwelling patients: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open. 8(11). e024876–e024876. 19 indexed citations

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