Sandra Atkinson

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sandra Atkinson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Atkinson has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Atkinson's work include Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (4 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (2 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 papers). Sandra Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (4 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (2 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 papers). Sandra Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Canada. Sandra Atkinson's co-authors include Carmel Bradshaw, Owen Doody, Patricia McNamara, Maria Noonan, Maebh Barry, Louise Murphy, Mairead Moloney, Pauline Meskell, Kathleen Markey and Liz Kingston and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Nurse Education Today and Midwifery.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Atkinson

10 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Employing a Qualitative Description Approach in Health Care Research

2017 1.5k citations Carmel Bradshaw, Sandra Atkinson et al. Global Qualitative Nursing Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Atkinson Ireland	8	515	398	387	212	196	12	1.6k
Carmel Bradshaw Ireland	15	668 1.3×	628 1.6×	447 1.2×	235 1.1×	238 1.2×	34	2.1k
Abbas Heydari Iran	23	531 1.0×	365 0.9×	360 0.9×	168 0.8×	154 0.8×	164	1.8k
Winsome St John Australia	22	359 0.7×	420 1.1×	437 1.1×	202 1.0×	236 1.2×	64	1.4k
Lucylynn Lizarondo Australia	18	852 1.7×	489 1.2×	252 0.7×	182 0.9×	170 0.9×	88	2.0k
Sheri Price Canada	24	877 1.7×	573 1.4×	341 0.9×	306 1.4×	159 0.8×	89	2.0k
Marcia A. Petrini China	21	363 0.7×	293 0.7×	358 0.9×	359 1.7×	171 0.9×	67	1.5k
Ruth Ludwick United States	16	468 0.9×	325 0.8×	283 0.7×	156 0.7×	118 0.6×	80	1.4k
Karin Blomberg Sweden	23	722 1.4×	502 1.3×	229 0.6×	121 0.6×	135 0.7×	100	1.7k
Eileen Savage Ireland	24	600 1.2×	481 1.2×	395 1.0×	177 0.8×	347 1.8×	107	1.9k
Jennifer Baumbusch Canada	24	924 1.8×	342 0.9×	308 0.8×	306 1.4×	119 0.6×	112	2.0k

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12 of 12 papers shown

Atkinson, Sandra, et al.. (2025). An exploration of an interprofessional approach to perinatal mental health education: A qualitative descriptive study. Midwifery. 148. 104507–104507.

Noonan, Maria, Melissa Brown, Kevin Johnson, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a video-based educational intervention on perinatal mental health related stigma reduction strategies for healthcare professionals: A single group pre-test-post-test pilot study. Midwifery. 136. 104089–104089. 3 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Carmel, et al.. (2023). Midwifery students’ experiences of their clinical internship placement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: A qualitative descriptive study. Midwifery. 127. 103861–103861.

Moloney, Mairead, Louise Murphy, Liz Kingston, et al.. (2022). Final year undergraduate nursing and midwifery students’ perspectives on simulation-based education: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nursing. 21(1). 299–299. 14 indexed citations

Atkinson, Sandra, et al.. (2022). “Stranger in a mask” midwives’ experiences of providing perinatal bereavement care to parents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: A qualitative descriptive study. Midwifery. 111. 103356–103356. 16 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Carmel, et al.. (2020). Women's experience of obstetric anal sphincter injury following childbirth: An integrated review.. Midwifery. 91. 102820–102820. 18 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Carmel, Maebh Barry, Maria Noonan, Sylvia Murphy Tighe, & Sandra Atkinson. (2018). Preparing midwifery students for practice: The value of elective placements in enhancing midwifery practice. Midwifery. 59. 112–114. 6 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Carmel, Sandra Atkinson, & Owen Doody. (2017). Employing a Qualitative Description Approach in Health Care Research. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 4. 2310334922–2310334922. 1518 indexed citations breakdown →

Atkinson, Sandra & Patricia McNamara. (2016). Unconscious collusion: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the maternity care experiences of women with obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m²). Midwifery. 49. 54–64. 29 indexed citations

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Barry, Maebh, et al.. (2016). Exploring perinatal death with midwifery students' using a collaborative art project. Nurse Education Today. 48. 1–6. 14 indexed citations

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Bradshaw, Carmel, Maria Noonan, Maebh Barry, & Sandra Atkinson. (2012). Working and learning: Post-registration student midwives' experience of the competency assessment process. Midwifery. 29(5). 519–525. 11 indexed citations

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Tang, Patrick, Donald E. Low, Sandra Atkinson, et al.. (2003). Investigation of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Identified as Erythromycin Intermediate by the Vitek-1 System: Comparison with Results Obtained with the Vitek-2 and Phoenix Systems. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41(10). 4823–4825. 8 indexed citations

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