Ryan McNeil

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Ryan McNeil is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan McNeil has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Epidemiology, 79 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 53 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ryan McNeil's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (102 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (72 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (44 papers). Ryan McNeil is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (102 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (72 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (44 papers). Ryan McNeil collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Ryan McNeil's co-authors include Thomas Kerr, Jade Boyd, Will Small, Alexandra B. Collins, Samara Mayer, Evan Wood, Geoff Bardwell, Mary Clare Kennedy, Andrew Ivsins and Manal Guirguis‐Younger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Ryan McNeil

128 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Tackling the overdose crisis: The role of safe supply 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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. Tackling the overdose crisis: The role of safe supply
    2020 159 citations Andrew Ivsins, Jade Boyd et al. International Journal of Drug Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryan McNeil Canada 41 3.1k 2.8k 1.7k 698 563 132 4.7k
Kanna Hayashi Canada 32 3.0k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 662 0.4× 507 0.7× 818 1.5× 275 4.1k
Kora DeBeck Canada 31 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 632 0.9× 623 1.1× 202 3.6k
Carol Strıke Canada 37 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 594 0.9× 805 1.4× 219 4.2k
Leo Beletsky United States 35 2.9k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 737 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 604 1.1× 166 4.6k
Steven P. Kurtz United States 37 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 819 0.5× 944 1.4× 991 1.8× 110 4.1k
Will Small Canada 46 4.6k 1.5× 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 1.6k 2.9× 137 5.6k
Nickolas Zaller United States 36 2.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 895 0.5× 885 1.3× 1.1k 1.9× 153 4.1k
M‐J Milloy Canada 40 4.6k 1.5× 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 776 1.1× 2.3k 4.1× 308 6.5k
Bernie Pauly Canada 39 1.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.6× 469 0.7× 167 0.3× 180 4.4k
Brendan Saloner United States 36 2.4k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 462 0.7× 160 0.3× 208 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan McNeil

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan McNeil

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fleming, Taylor, Jade Boyd, Marilou Gagnon, Thomas Kerr, & Ryan McNeil. (2024). Using drugs alone in single room occupancy housing: Understanding environmental drivers of overdose risk. International Journal of Drug Policy. 128. 104444–104444. 6 indexed citations
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Fleming, Taylor, et al.. (2024). Perceptions of prospective pharmaceutical stimulant substitution treatments among people who use illicit stimulants in Vancouver, Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy. 125. 104336–104336.
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McNeil, Ryan, et al.. (2024). ‘It just doesn't stop’: Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Drug and Alcohol Review. 44(2). 602–612. 1 indexed citations
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Fleming, Taylor, Alexandra B. Collins, Jade Boyd, Kelly R. Knight, & Ryan McNeil. (2023). “It's no foundation, there's no stabilization, you're just scattered”: A qualitative study of the institutional circuit of recently-evicted people who use drugs. Social Science & Medicine. 324. 115886–115886. 14 indexed citations
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Olding, Michelle, Jade Boyd, Thomas Kerr, & Ryan McNeil. (2023). “We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites. Health & Place. 83. 103067–103067. 7 indexed citations
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Mayer, Samara, et al.. (2023). Women's experiences in injectable opioid agonist treatment programs in Vancouver, Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy. 117. 104054–104054. 8 indexed citations
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Mayer, Samara, et al.. (2023). Emergency department experiences of people who use drugs who left or were discharged from hospital against medical advice. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0282215–e0282215. 23 indexed citations
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Friedman, Joseph, Philippe Bourgois, Shoshana V. Aronowitz, et al.. (2023). Rethinking urban-rural designations in public health surveillance of the overdose crisis and crafting an agenda for future monitoring. International Journal of Drug Policy. 118. 104072–104072. 1 indexed citations
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Sue, Kimberly L., Marek C. Chawarski, Leslie Curry, et al.. (2023). Perspectives of Clinicians and Staff at Community-Based Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings on Linkages With Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine Programs. JAMA Network Open. 6(5). e2312718–e2312718. 1 indexed citations
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Fleming, Taylor, Alexandra B. Collins, Geoff Bardwell, et al.. (2021). A qualitative investigation of HIV treatment dispensing models and impacts on adherence among people living with HIV who use drugs. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0246999–e0246999. 4 indexed citations
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Fleming, Taylor, Alexandra B. Collins, Geoff Bardwell, et al.. (2020). Home and health among people living with HIV who use drugs: A qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 80. 102729–102729. 5 indexed citations
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Ivsins, Andrew, Jade Boyd, Leo Beletsky, & Ryan McNeil. (2020). Tackling the overdose crisis: The role of safe supply. International Journal of Drug Policy. 80. 102769–102769. 159 indexed citations breakdown →
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Closson, Kalysha, et al.. (2016). Meaningful engagement of people living with HIV who use drugs: methodology for the design of a Peer Research Associate (PRA) hiring model. Harm Reduction Journal. 13(1). 26–26. 22 indexed citations
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Reimer‐Kirkham, Sheryl, Kelli Stajduhar, Bernie Pauly, et al.. (2016). Death Is a Social Justice Issue. Advances in Nursing Science. 39(4). 293–307. 60 indexed citations
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Stajduhar, Kelli, Ashley Mollison, Ryan McNeil, et al.. (2016). RF2-C Barriers to Accessing Palliative Care for Structurally Vulnerable Populations. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 52(6). e30–e30. 1 indexed citations
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McNeil, Ryan, Hannah L. F. Cooper, Will Small, & Thomas Kerr. (2015). Area restrictions, risk, harm, and health care access among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A spatially oriented qualitative study. Health & Place. 35. 70–78. 46 indexed citations
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McNeil, Ryan & Will Small. (2014). ‘Safer environment interventions’: A qualitative synthesis of the experiences and perceptions of people who inject drugs. Social Science & Medicine. 106. 151–158. 146 indexed citations
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