Sally Thorne

20.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
234 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Sally Thorne is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally Thorne has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in General Health Professions, 75 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sally Thorne's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (58 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (41 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (27 papers). Sally Thorne is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (58 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (41 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (27 papers). Sally Thorne collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Denmark. Sally Thorne's co-authors include Sheryl Reimer‐Kirkham, Barbara Paterson, Carole A. Robinson, Trisha Greenhalgh, Kirsti Malterud, Connie Canam, Carol Jillings, Cynthia K. Russell, T. Gregory Hislop and Margaret H. Kearney and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Advanced Nursing.

In The Last Decade

Sally Thorne

221 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Analytic Challenge in... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 1997 2000 2018 2016 400 800 1.2k
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. The Analytic Challenge in Interpretive Description
    2004 1.2k citations Sally Thorne et al. profile →
  2. Interpretive description: A noncategorical qualitative alternative for developing nursing knowledge
    1997 1.2k citations Sally Thorne et al. profile →
  3. Data analysis in qualitative research
    2000 798 citations Sally Thorne profile →
  4. Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews?
    2018 643 citations Trisha Greenhalgh, Sally Thorne et al. European Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  5. Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice
    2016 633 citations Sally Thorne profile →
  6. Qualitative Metasynthesis: Reflections on Methodological Orientation and Ideological Agenda
    2004 586 citations Sally Thorne et al. Qualitative Health Research profile →
  7. Meta-Study of Qualitative Health Research
    2001 525 citations Sally Thorne et al. profile →
  8. Interpretive description: A flexible qualitative methodology for medical education research
    2020 337 citations Sally Thorne et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Sally Thorne 4.9k 3.1k 2.4k 2.0k 1.4k 234 13.2k
Amanda Sowden 4.4k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 117 15.5k
Alicia O’Cathain 8.0k 1.6× 3.5k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 189 18.1k
Nicky Britten 7.0k 1.4× 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 193 17.1k
Catherine Pope 8.4k 1.7× 4.4k 1.4× 2.9k 1.2× 2.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 195 21.1k
Patricia M. Davidson 5.4k 1.1× 4.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 786 18.2k
Matthew W. Kreuter 7.1k 1.4× 3.7k 1.2× 3.5k 1.5× 1.8k 0.9× 781 0.6× 198 18.5k
Robert M. Kaplan 6.0k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 404 22.2k
Mary Dixon‐Woods 8.8k 1.8× 4.8k 1.6× 2.2k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 2.0k 1.4× 214 22.0k
Laurence Moore 6.6k 1.3× 3.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 2.2k 1.1× 993 0.7× 235 19.2k
Kirsti Malterud 6.1k 1.2× 3.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 3.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.0× 197 17.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Howard, A. Fuchsia, Sally Thorne, Rakesh C. Arora, et al.. (2025). The role of family caregivers in critical illness survivor recovery at home: A qualitative study. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 31(1). 34–45.
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Pesut, Barbara & Sally Thorne. (2025). The moral web of accessibility to medical assistance in dying: Reflections from the Canadian context. Nursing Ethics. 32(2). 360–372.
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Howard, A. Fuchsia, Sally Thorne, Omar Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Relationship between critical illness recovery and social determinants of health: a multiperspective qualitative study in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 14(11). e089086–e089086. 1 indexed citations
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Pesut, Barbara & Sally Thorne. (2023). Reflections on the relational ontology of medical assistance in dying. Nursing Philosophy. 24(4). e12438–e12438. 2 indexed citations
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Lambert, Leah K., Tara C. Horrill, Annette J. Browne, et al.. (2023). Health and healthcare equity within the Canadian cancer care sector: a rapid scoping review. International Journal for Equity in Health. 22(1). 20–20. 11 indexed citations
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Sawatzky, Richard, et al.. (2023). Voices lost: where is the person in evaluating a palliative approach to care?. Palliative Care and Social Practice. 17. 386490833–386490833.
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Chiu, Patrick, Sally Thorne, Kara Schick‐Makaroff, & Greta G. Cummings. (2022). Theory utilization in applied qualitative nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78(12). 4034–4041. 11 indexed citations
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Balneaves, Lynda G., Sally Thorne, Carolyn Gotay, et al.. (2021). The Effect of a Complementary Therapy Education Seminar on Support Persons of Individuals with Cancer. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 27(4). 365–372. 3 indexed citations
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Lauck, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Promoting cardiovascular nursing practice and research: A model for a university joint appointment. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 31(3-4). 311–317. 3 indexed citations
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Greenhalgh, Trisha, Sally Thorne, & Kirsti Malterud. (2018). Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews?. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 48(6). e12931–e12931. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Handberg, Charlotte, Sally Thorne, Julie Midtgaard, Claus Vinther Nielsen, & Kirsten Lomborg. (2014). Revisiting Symbolic Interactionism as a Theoretical Framework Beyond the Grounded Theory Tradition. Qualitative Health Research. 25(8). 1023–1032. 57 indexed citations
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Stajduhar, Kelli, Sally Thorne, Liza McGuinness, & Charmaine Kim‐Sing. (2010). Patient perceptions of helpful communication in the context of advanced cancer. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 19(13-14). 2039–2047. 49 indexed citations
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Thorne, Sally. (2008). Discourse - Chronic Disease Management: What is the Concept?. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 40(3). 7–15. 2 indexed citations
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Thorne, Sally. (2006). Patient—Provider Communication in Chronic Illness. Family & Community Health. 29(Supplement). 4S–11S. 38 indexed citations
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Thorne, Sally, et al.. (2002). Ethical Dimensions in the Borderland Between Conventional and Complementary/Alternative Medicine. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 8(6). 907–915. 14 indexed citations
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Thorne, Sally & Virginia E. Hayes. (1997). Nursing praxis : knowledge and action. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 120 indexed citations
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Thorne, Sally, et al.. (1997). Deconstructing the gender neutrality of chronic illness and disability. Health Care For Women International. 18(1). 1–16. 31 indexed citations
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Robinson, Carole A. & Sally Thorne. (1988). Dilemmas of Ethics andValidity in QualitativeNursing Research. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 20(1). 65–76. 7 indexed citations

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