Sally Brailsford

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sally Brailsford is a scholar working on Emergency Medical Services, Management Science and Operations Research and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally Brailsford has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Emergency Medical Services, 48 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 36 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Sally Brailsford's work include Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization (51 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (25 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (22 papers). Sally Brailsford is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization (51 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (25 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (22 papers). Sally Brailsford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Colombia. Sally Brailsford's co-authors include Paul Harper, Andrés F. Osorio, Brijesh Patel, Honora Smith, Korina Katsaliaki, Navonil Mustafee, Barbara M. Smith, Martin Pitt, Jan Vissers and Tillal Eldabi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Sally Brailsford

124 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Hybrid simulation modelling in operational research: A state-of-the-art review
    2018 265 citations Sally Brailsford, Tillal Eldabi et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sally Brailsford United Kingdom 32 1.5k 1.2k 998 588 472 128 3.9k
Erik Hollnagel Sweden 49 1.2k 0.8× 934 0.8× 386 0.4× 309 0.5× 175 0.4× 230 9.8k
Michael Pidd United Kingdom 29 798 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 500 0.5× 1.2k 2.0× 176 0.4× 116 4.1k
Navonil Mustafee United Kingdom 27 606 0.4× 831 0.7× 372 0.4× 523 0.9× 135 0.3× 168 2.9k
Tillal Eldabi United Kingdom 27 686 0.5× 786 0.7× 431 0.4× 621 1.1× 140 0.3× 129 2.9k
Diwakar Gupta United States 32 1.7k 1.1× 645 0.5× 890 0.9× 1.9k 3.2× 247 0.5× 97 4.0k
Paul Harper United Kingdom 30 1.7k 1.1× 607 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 296 0.5× 43 0.1× 114 3.3k
Stewart Robinson United Kingdom 36 613 0.4× 2.1k 1.8× 334 0.3× 1.4k 2.5× 149 0.3× 161 4.7k
Erwin W. Hans Netherlands 30 1.8k 1.2× 776 0.7× 546 0.5× 486 0.8× 72 0.2× 93 3.0k
Jeroen Beliën Belgium 27 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 378 0.4× 403 0.7× 287 0.6× 84 4.0k
Sheldon H. Jacobson United States 30 826 0.5× 991 0.8× 682 0.7× 476 0.8× 39 0.1× 222 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sally Brailsford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sally Brailsford

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All Works

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England, Tracey, Sally Brailsford, Christopher Burton, et al.. (2025). A new approach to getting simulation models used in healthcare: An example from emergency care. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 76(12). 2579–2590. 1 indexed citations
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Beliën, Jeroen, Sally Brailsford, Erik Demeulemeester, et al.. (2024). Fifty years of operational research applied to healthcare. European Journal of Operational Research. 326(2). 189–206. 2 indexed citations
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Albert, Laura A., Julia A. Bennell, Sally Brailsford, et al.. (2024). Commentary on Carroll & Esposito Amideo “Gender Equality: Opportunities and challenges for the OR community”. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75(6). 1030–1042. 2 indexed citations
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Walsh, Bronagh, Carole Fogg, Tracey England, et al.. (2024). Impact of frailty in older people on health care demand: simulation modelling of population dynamics to inform service planning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(44). 1–140. 4 indexed citations
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England, Tracey, Sally Brailsford, Andrew Street, et al.. (2023). Examining the effect of interventions in emergency care for older people using a system dynamics decision support tool. Age and Ageing. 52(1). 2 indexed citations
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Conroy, Simon, Sally Brailsford, Christopher Burton, et al.. (2023). Identifying models of care to improve outcomes for older people with urgent care needs: a mixed methods approach to develop a system dynamics model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(14). 1–183. 9 indexed citations
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Bayer, Steffen, et al.. (2021). The agency role of simulation models in model-building groups. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 73(7). 1423–1443. 1 indexed citations
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Eldabi, Tillal, Sally Brailsford, Anatoli Djanatliev, et al.. (2018). Hybrid simulation challenges and opportunities: a life-cycle approach. Winter Simulation Conference. 1500–1514. 11 indexed citations
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Osorio, Andrés F., Sally Brailsford, & Honora Smith. (2017). Whole blood or apheresis donations? A multi-objective stochastic optimization approach. European Journal of Operational Research. 266(1). 193–204. 49 indexed citations
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Brailsford, Sally, Michael Carter, & Sheldon H. Jacobson. (2017). Five decades of healthcare simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 365–384. 7 indexed citations
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Osorio, Andrés F., et al.. (2016). Simulation-optimization model for production planning in the blood supply chain. Health Care Management Science. 20(4). 548–564. 90 indexed citations
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Osorio, Andrés F., Sally Brailsford, & Honora Smith. (2015). A structured review of quantitative models in the blood supply chain: a taxonomic framework for decision-making. International Journal of Production Research. 53(24). 7191–7212. 168 indexed citations
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Brailsford, Sally. (2015). Hybrid simulation in healthcare: new concepts and new tools. Winter Simulation Conference. 1645–1653. 10 indexed citations
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Brailsford, Sally, et al.. (2014). A bi-objective optimization model for technology selection and donor’s assignment in the blood supply chain. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 12(30). 9–9. 7 indexed citations
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Viana, Joe, et al.. (2012). A multi-paradigm, whole system view of health and social care for age-related macular degeneration. Winter Simulation Conference. 95. 24 indexed citations
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Brailsford, Sally, et al.. (2012). Using system dynamics to model the social care system: simulation modeling as the catalyst in linking demography to care delivery. Winter Simulation Conference. 94. 6 indexed citations
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Brailsford, Sally & Paul Harper. (2007). Operational Research for Health Policy: Making Better Decisions. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 11 indexed citations
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Rauner, Marion S., Sally Brailsford, & Steffen Fleßa. (2003). Using discrete-event simulation to select affordable intervention programs for vertical HIV transmission in developing countries. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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