Sam Creavin

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sam Creavin is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Creavin has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sam Creavin's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (12 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (4 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (4 papers). Sam Creavin is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (12 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (4 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (4 papers). Sam Creavin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Netherlands. Sam Creavin's co-authors include Sarah Cullum, Anna H Noel-Storr, Daniel Davis, Carol Brayne, Susanna Wisniewski, Dane Rayment, Anish Patel, Demitra Tsivos, Emma Phillips and Thomas Hampton and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ and BMC Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sam Creavin

29 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. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations
    2016 593 citations Sam Creavin, Susanna Wisniewski et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
  2. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for the detection of prostate cancer in symptomatic patients
    2022 95 citations Samuel WD Merriel, Sam Creavin et al. BMC Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Creavin United Kingdom 9 516 175 144 135 133 30 1.2k
Renata Kochhann Brazil 16 572 1.1× 174 1.0× 152 1.1× 71 0.5× 207 1.6× 57 1.4k
Emma Phillips Australia 12 480 0.9× 163 0.9× 137 1.0× 130 1.0× 102 0.8× 26 1.3k
Chwee von Sanden Australia 10 499 1.0× 217 1.2× 132 0.9× 75 0.6× 118 0.9× 13 1.3k
Jana Prokein Germany 18 328 0.6× 181 1.0× 125 0.9× 86 0.6× 79 0.6× 29 970
Mari Kasai Japan 16 508 1.0× 119 0.7× 82 0.6× 98 0.7× 109 0.8× 70 957
Kristin Martin‐Cook United States 18 577 1.1× 174 1.0× 260 1.8× 75 0.6× 146 1.1× 28 1.2k
Susanna Wisniewski United Kingdom 5 307 0.6× 127 0.7× 93 0.6× 82 0.6× 89 0.7× 6 788
Jung Jae Lee South Korea 23 598 1.2× 190 1.1× 208 1.4× 87 0.6× 184 1.4× 82 1.8k
Suresh Sahadevan Singapore 18 534 1.0× 244 1.4× 193 1.3× 186 1.4× 91 0.7× 26 1.1k
Eleonora Lacorte Italy 21 422 0.8× 180 1.0× 126 0.9× 89 0.7× 125 0.9× 68 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Creavin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Creavin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Creavin

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

All Works

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Creavin, Sam, Mark Fish, Sarah Cullum, et al.. (2025). Informant accuracy of IQCODE, AD8 and GPCOGi for diagnosis of dementia: does your friend know best?. BMC Primary Care. 26(1). 112–112. 1 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, Samuel WD Merriel, Steven Moore, et al.. (2024). What helps or hinders the communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care? A systematic review with narrative synthesis. British Journal of General Practice. 75(750). e20–e27. 1 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, et al.. (2023). Inequality in uptake of bowel cancer screening by deprivation, ethnicity and smoking status: cross-sectional study in 86 850 citizens. Journal of Public Health. 45(4). 904–911. 6 indexed citations
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Blair, Peter S, Grace Young, Clare Clement, et al.. (2023). A multifaceted intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing among CHIldren with acute COugh and respiratory tract infection: the CHICO cluster RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 27(32). 1–110. 2 indexed citations
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Blair, Peter S, Jenny Ingram, Clare Clement, et al.. (2022). Can primary care research be conducted more efficiently using routinely reported practice-level data: a cluster randomised controlled trial conducted in England?. BMJ Open. 12(7). e061574–e061574. 1 indexed citations
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Merriel, Samuel WD, et al.. (2022). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) for the detection of prostate cancer in symptomatic patients. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 54–54. 95 indexed citations breakdown →
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Creavin, Sam, Judy Haworth, Mark Fish, et al.. (2021). Clinical judgment of GPs for the diagnosis of dementia: a diagnostic test accuracy study. BJGP Open. 5(5). BJGPO.2021.0058–BJGPO.2021.0058. 7 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, Sarah Cullum, Judy Haworth, et al.. (2016). Towards improving diagnosis of memory loss in general practice: TIMeLi diagnostic test accuracy study protocol. BMC Family Practice. 17(1). 119–119. 3 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, Susanna Wisniewski, Anna H Noel-Storr, et al.. (2016). Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016(4). CD011145–CD011145. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Creavin, Sam, et al.. (2014). Why can't my child see 3D television?. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 75(8). 457–460. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Sara, et al.. (2012). There is no association between a measure of clinical care and the response rate of GPs to postal surveys: A methodological study. European Journal of General Practice. 18(3). 154–158. 4 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, et al.. (2012). Carotid artery dissection presenting with isolated headache and Horner syndrome after minor head injury. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 30(9). 2103.e5–2103.e7. 7 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, John Gallacher, Janet Pickering, et al.. (2012). High caloric intake, poor cognition and dementia: the Caerphilly Prospective Study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 27(3). 197–203. 4 indexed citations
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Lefroy, Janet, Caragh Brosnan, & Sam Creavin. (2011). Some like it hot: medical student views on choosing the emotional level of a simulation. Medical Education. 45(4). 354–361. 12 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, et al.. (2011). Do GPs respond to postal questionnaire surveys? A comprehensive review of primary care literature. Family Practice. 28(4). 461–467. 61 indexed citations
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Creavin, Sam, et al.. (2009). Co‐occurrence and associations of pain and fatigue in a community sample of Dutch adults. European Journal of Pain. 14(3). 327–334. 39 indexed citations

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