Sam Watson

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sam Watson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Watson has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in General Health Professions, 22 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 15 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sam Watson's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (12 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (12 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers). Sam Watson is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (12 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (12 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers). Sam Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Sam Watson's co-authors include Richard Lilford, Yen‐Fu Chen, Jo Sartori, Robert Ndugwa, Alex Ezeh, David Satterthwaite, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, G. J. Meléndez‐Torres, Blessing Mberu and Anthony Capon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Sam Watson

75 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

2016 460 citations Yen‐Fu Chen, Jo Sartori et al. profile →
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study

2010 368 citations Sam Watson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Watson United Kingdom	20	467	307	279	268	267	89	2.0k
Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos United States	29	822 1.8×	153 0.5×	319 1.1×	208 0.8×	641 2.4×	220	3.7k
Monica Lakhanpaul United Kingdom	31	623 1.3×	158 0.5×	439 1.6×	290 1.1×	800 3.0×	173	3.1k
Hugh Waters United States	32	1.1k 2.4×	300 1.0×	191 0.7×	259 1.0×	826 3.1×	68	3.0k
Olakunle Alonge United States	24	826 1.8×	123 0.4×	278 1.0×	111 0.4×	386 1.4×	81	2.1k
Syed Mohamed Aljunid Malaysia	29	837 1.8×	214 0.7×	128 0.5×	147 0.5×	387 1.4×	193	3.2k
Jamison Dt	21	349 0.7×	105 0.3×	106 0.4×	273 1.0×	425 1.6×	128	1.9k
Charles Hongoro South Africa	21	576 1.2×	179 0.6×	51 0.2×	94 0.4×	526 2.0×	76	1.6k
Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi Iran	22	789 1.7×	78 0.3×	71 0.3×	105 0.4×	264 1.0×	201	2.1k
Catherine Kyobutungi Kenya	36	1.2k 2.6×	52 0.2×	113 0.4×	1.1k 4.1×	923 3.5×	132	4.6k
Eme Owoaje Nigeria	28	624 1.3×	55 0.2×	88 0.3×	212 0.8×	298 1.1×	121	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Watson

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

All Works

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Hemming, Karla, Jacqueline Thompson, Richard Hooper, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for the content of statistical analysis plans in clinical trials: protocol for an extension to cluster randomized trials. Trials. 26(1). 72–72. 1 indexed citations

Watson, Sam & Thomas A. Smith. (2025). Design and Analysis of Randomized Trials to Estimate Spatio-Temporally Heterogeneous Treatment Effects. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 1–11.

Anderson, Matthew, et al.. (2024). Discovering nurse mode: A phenomenological study of nursing student role micro-transitions. Nurse Education in Practice. 80. 104101–104101. 6 indexed citations

Choudhury, Sopna, Onaedo Ilozumba, Paramjit Gill, et al.. (2024). A randomised Trial of Autologous Blood products, leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF), to promote ulcer healing in LEprosy: The TABLE trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(5). e0012088–e0012088. 3 indexed citations

Hemming, Karla, Jacqueline Thompson, Monica Taljaard, et al.. (2024). Re-analysis of data from cluster randomised trials to explore the impact of model choice on estimates of odds ratios: study protocol. Trials. 25(1). 818–818. 2 indexed citations

Dhital, Rolina, Onaedo Ilozumba, Paramjit Gill, et al.. (2023). Autologous blood products: Leucocyte and Platelets Rich Fibrin (L-PRF) and Platelets Rich Plasma (PRP) gel to promote cutaneous ulcer healing – a systematic review. BMJ Open. 13(12). e073209–e073209. 7 indexed citations

Watson, Sam, Joshua Akinyemi, & Karla Hemming. (2023). Permutation‐based multiple testing corrections for P$$ P $$‐values and confidence intervals for cluster randomized trials. Statistics in Medicine. 42(21). 3786–3803. 3 indexed citations

Darlong, Joydeepa, Onaedo Ilozumba, Sopna Choudhury, et al.. (2023). An evaluation protocol of ‘Replicability Model’ project for detection and treatment of leprosy and related disability in Chhattisgarh, India. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0275763–e0275763.

Watson, Sam, Alan Girling, & Karla Hemming. (2023). Optimal study designs for cluster randomised trials: An overview of methods and results. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 32(11). 2135–2157. 4 indexed citations

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Darlong, Joydeepa, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of plantar ulcer and its risk factors in leprosy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. 16(1). 77–77.

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Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo, et al.. (2023). Community and facility-level barriers to achieving UHC in Kono District, Sierra Leone and Maryland County, Liberia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). e0002045–e0002045.

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Watson, Sam, et al.. (2021). Outcomes for surgical procedures funded by the English health service but carried out in public versus independent hospitals: a database study. BMJ Quality & Safety. 31(7). 515–525. 9 indexed citations

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Aujla, Navneet, Eme Owoaje, Olufunke Fayehun, et al.. (2021). Development of a video-observation method for examining doctors’ clinical and interpersonal skills in a hospital outpatient clinic in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 488–488. 2 indexed citations

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Watson, Sam, Mohammad Yunus, ASG Faruque, et al.. (2021). A comparison of traditional diarrhoea measurement methods with microbiological and biochemical indicators: A cross-sectional observational study in the Cox's Bazar displaced persons camp. EClinicalMedicine. 42. 101205–101205. 8 indexed citations

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Choudhury, Sopna, Paramjit Gill, Frances Griffiths, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of a self-help intervention to promote the health and wellbeing of marginalised people including those living with leprosy in Nepal: a prospective, observational, cluster-based, cohort study with controls. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 873–873. 7 indexed citations

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Gallier, Suzy, Felicity Evison, Kelly Ann Schmidtke, et al.. (2021). Examining organisational responses to performance-based financial incentive systems: a case study using NHS staff influenza vaccination rates from 2012/2013 to 2019/2020. BMJ Quality & Safety. 31(9). 642–651. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Yen‐Fu, Xavier Armoiry, Nicholas Cowley, et al.. (2019). Magnitude and modifiers of the weekend effect in hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 9(6). e025764–e025764. 38 indexed citations

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Bion, Julian, Cassie Aldridge, Alan Girling, et al.. (2017). Two-epoch cross-sectional case record review protocol comparing quality of care of hospital emergency admissions at weekends versus weekdays. BMJ Open. 7(12). e018747–e018747. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Yen‐Fu, Amunpreet Boyal, Elizabeth Sutton, et al.. (2016). Additional file 1: of The magnitude and mechanisms of the weekend effect in hospital admissions: A protocol for a mixed methods review incorporating a systematic review and framework synthesis. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Sam, et al.. (1996). Postmodernism and social policy: a contradiction in terms?. Journal of Social Policy. 321–346. 2 indexed citations

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