Sandra Kippen

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sandra Kippen is a scholar working on Education, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Kippen has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Education, 4 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Kippen's work include Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (4 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Applications (2 papers). Sandra Kippen is often cited by papers focused on Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (4 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (4 papers) and Qualitative Research Methods and Applications (2 papers). Sandra Kippen collaborates with scholars based in Australia. Sandra Kippen's co-authors include Erica L. James, Virginia Dickson‐Swift, Pranee Liamputtong, Bernadette Ward, Jessica A. Collins, Fiona Judd, Pamela Snow, Glenda Verrinder, Mary Fraser and Roger Burt and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Qualitative Health Research and Environmental Health.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Kippen

18 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Doing sensitive research: what challenges do qualitative ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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. Doing sensitive research: what challenges do qualitative researchers face?
    2007 502 citations Virginia Dickson‐Swift, Erica L. James et al. Qualitative 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
Sandra Kippen Australia 11 927 420 368 182 159 23 1.5k
Mary K. Zimmerman United States 16 795 0.9× 319 0.8× 195 0.5× 155 0.9× 190 1.2× 31 1.5k
Melanie Mauthner United Kingdom 13 588 0.6× 223 0.5× 176 0.5× 115 0.6× 272 1.7× 24 1.1k
Kathryn Backett‐Milburn United Kingdom 27 1.3k 1.4× 603 1.4× 416 1.1× 345 1.9× 418 2.6× 55 2.4k
Denise Gastaldo Canada 24 625 0.7× 798 1.9× 448 1.2× 262 1.4× 125 0.8× 98 1.8k
Kay Cook Australia 19 444 0.5× 331 0.8× 477 1.3× 148 0.8× 214 1.3× 100 1.5k
Holly Skodol Wilson United States 22 507 0.5× 566 1.3× 381 1.0× 222 1.2× 199 1.3× 70 1.7k
Suruchi Thapar‐Björkert Sweden 17 558 0.6× 221 0.5× 243 0.7× 95 0.5× 60 0.4× 55 1.0k
Judith G. Gonyea United States 21 961 1.0× 793 1.9× 554 1.5× 197 1.1× 113 0.7× 62 1.9k
Ilona Ostner Germany 13 535 0.6× 383 0.9× 94 0.3× 108 0.6× 179 1.1× 43 1.2k
Angélica Orb Australia 11 350 0.4× 414 1.0× 314 0.9× 169 0.9× 124 0.8× 18 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandra Kippen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Kippen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Collins, Jessica A., Bernadette Ward, Pamela Snow, Sandra Kippen, & Fiona Judd. (2016). Compositional, Contextual, and Collective Community Factors in Mental Health and Well-Being in Australian Rural Communities. Qualitative Health Research. 27(5). 677–687. 40 indexed citations
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, et al.. (2009). A non‐residential alternative to off campus writers’ retreats for academics. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 33(3). 229–239. 29 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra, et al.. (2009). Suicide on the Bendigo Goldfields 1860-1880. 7. 60. 1 indexed citations
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, Erica L. James, Sandra Kippen, & Pranee Liamputtong. (2009). Researching sensitive topics: qualitative research as emotion work. Qualitative Research. 9(1). 61–79. 341 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra, et al.. (2008). 'A Social Disease with Medical Aspects': Miners' Phthisis and the Politics of Occupational Health in Bendigo, 1880s - 1910. 6. 70. 2 indexed citations
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Katscherian, Dianne, et al.. (2008). Dietary changes arising from Listeriosis awareness among pregnant women in the Loddon-Mallee Region of Victoria. Environmental Health. 8(4). 19. 1 indexed citations
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, Erica L. James, Sandra Kippen, & Pranee Liamputtong. (2007). Doing sensitive research: what challenges do qualitative researchers face?. Qualitative Research. 7(3). 327–353. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, et al.. (2007). Developing a sociological imagination : Teaching introductory sociology to nurses.
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, Erica L. James, Sandra Kippen, & Pranee Liamputtong. (2006). Blurring Boundaries in Qualitative Health Research on Sensitive Topics. Qualitative Health Research. 16(6). 853–871. 214 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra, et al.. (2006). Enhancing Indigenous Participation in Higher Education Health Courses in Rural Victoria. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. 35(1). 1–10. 22 indexed citations
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, Erica L. James, & Sandra Kippen. (2005). The experience of living with a problem gambler: Spouses and partners speak out. Journal of Gambling Issues. 76 indexed citations
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, Erica L. James, & Sandra Kippen. (2005). Do university ethics committees adequately protect public health researchers?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 29(6). 576–579. 27 indexed citations
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Dickson‐Swift, Virginia, Erica L. James, & Sandra Kippen. (2005). HRECs have an important role to play in researcher safety. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 29(6). 581–582. 3 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra, et al.. (2004). Radical Reformers: The Role of Medical Men in Improving Working Conditions in the Bendigo Goldmines, 1890-1910. 2. 75. 1 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra, Glenda Verrinder, & Bernadette Ward. (2004). Reflecting on Online Teaching and Learning. Academic exchange quarterly. 8(4). 7–11.
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James, Erica L., et al.. (2004). The Timed Up and Go Test: Unable to predict falls on the acute medical ward. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 50(4). 249–251. 30 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra. (2003). Teacher reflection and theories of learning online. 4(1). 6 indexed citations
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Burt, Roger & Sandra Kippen. (2001). Rational Choice and a Lifetime in Metal Mining: Employment Decisions by Nineteenth-Century Cornish Miners. International Review of Social History. 46(1). 45–75. 3 indexed citations
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Kippen, Sandra. (1995). The social and political meaning of the silent epidemic of miners' phthisis, Bendigo 1860–1960. Social Science & Medicine. 41(4). 491–499. 5 indexed citations

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