Sandra Zelinsky

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 943 citations indexed

About

Sandra Zelinsky is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Zelinsky has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 943 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 5 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sandra Zelinsky's work include Mental Health and Patient Involvement (12 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (7 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (7 papers). Sandra Zelinsky is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Patient Involvement (12 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (7 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (7 papers). Sandra Zelinsky collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Sandra Zelinsky's co-authors include Maria Santana, Hude Quan, Kimberly Manalili, Rachel Jolley, Mingshan Lu, Nancy Marlett, Diane Lorenzetti, Tamara L. McCarron, Thomas Noseworthy and Sadia Ahmed and has published in prestigious journals such as Quality of Life Research, BMJ Open and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Zelinsky

23 papers receiving 917 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.

How to practice person‐centred care: A conceptual framework

2017 565 citations Maria Santana, Kimberly Manalili et al. Health Expectations profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Zelinsky Canada	11	574	209	114	87	87	25	943
Birgitte Nørgaard Denmark	16	416 0.7×	224 1.1×	98 0.9×	69 0.8×	74 0.9×	80	805
Carol Fancott Canada	10	670 1.2×	215 1.0×	50 0.4×	77 0.9×	55 0.6×	29	1.1k
Michael Lin United States	15	555 1.0×	130 0.6×	76 0.7×	110 1.3×	90 1.0×	21	991
Elizabeth N. Chapman United States	6	312 0.5×	268 1.3×	72 0.6×	66 0.8×	62 0.7×	9	950
Kimberly Manalili Canada	10	614 1.1×	258 1.2×	38 0.3×	102 1.2×	82 0.9×	20	985
Kathryn Goggins United States	20	642 1.1×	137 0.7×	70 0.6×	111 1.3×	42 0.5×	37	1.1k
Elizabeth Tant United States	7	670 1.2×	273 1.3×	49 0.4×	138 1.6×	61 0.7×	16	1.3k
Laura Boland Canada	21	976 1.7×	577 2.8×	122 1.1×	81 0.9×	103 1.2×	47	1.6k
Barbara Kimmel United States	10	626 1.1×	189 0.9×	38 0.3×	117 1.3×	68 0.8×	22	1.1k
Lisa Opipari‐Arrigan United States	14	544 0.9×	191 0.9×	111 1.0×	110 1.3×	168 1.9×	21	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Zelinsky

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Marshall, Deborah A., Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci, Elena Lopatina, et al.. (2025). A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program ( HSIF NCTP ). Learning Health Systems. 9(4). e70025–e70025.

Marshall, Deborah A., Nitya Suryaprakash, Danielle C. Lavallee, et al.. (2024). Studying How Patient Engagement Influences Research: A Mixed Methods Study. Patient. 17(4). 379–395. 4 indexed citations

Roberts, Natasha, et al.. (2024). Patient engagement in quality of life research. Quality of Life Research. 33(10). 2781–2782.

Santana, Maria, et al.. (2023). Operationalizing the principles of patient engagement through a Patient Advisory Council: Lessons and recommendations. Health Expectations. 27(1). e13909–e13909. 8 indexed citations

Marshall, Deborah A., Nitya Suryaprakash, Danielle C. Lavallee, et al.. (2023). Exploring the outcomes of research engagement using the observation method in an online setting. BMJ Open. 13(11). e073953–e073953. 2 indexed citations

Marshall, Deborah A., Nitya Suryaprakash, Stirling Bryan, et al.. (2023). Measuring the Impact of Patient Engagement in Health Research: An Exploratory Study Using Multiple Survey Tools. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 7(2). 177–187. 6 indexed citations

Ahmed, Sadia, et al.. (2023). Working together in health research: a mixed-methods patient engagement evaluation. Research Involvement and Engagement. 9(1). 62–62. 16 indexed citations

Santana, Maria, Sadia Ahmed, Sandra Zelinsky, et al.. (2023). Co-developing patient and family engagement indicators for health system improvement with healthcare system stakeholders: a consensus study. BMJ Open. 13(2). e067609–e067609. 5 indexed citations

Rohatinsky, Noelle, Sandra Zelinsky, Michael T. Dolinger, et al.. (2023). Crohn’s Disease Patient Experiences and Preferences With Disease Monitoring: An International Qualitative Study. Crohn s & Colitis 360. 5(2). otad012–otad012. 10 indexed citations

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Rohatinsky, Noelle, Raza Mirza, Olga Kits, et al.. (2022). Patient-Centered Access to IBD Care: A Qualitative Study. Crohn s & Colitis 360. 5(1). otac045–otac045. 7 indexed citations

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Zelinsky, Sandra, Kate Mason, Gail MacKean, et al.. (2021). IMPROVING PATIENT PARTICIPATION IN LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH: AN INNOVATIVE PATIENT-LED PATIENT-ORIENTED QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT TO UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATIONS AND BARRIERS TO GETTING AND STAYING INVOLVED IN THE IMAGINE SPOR STUDY. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 27(Supplement_1). S50–S50. 1 indexed citations

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Moayyedi, Paul, Glenda MacQueen, Çharles N. Bernstein, et al.. (2020). IMAGINE Network’s Mind And Gut Interactions Cohort (MAGIC) Study: a protocol for a prospective observational multicentre cohort study in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. BMJ Open. 10(10). e041733–e041733. 11 indexed citations

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Santana, Maria, Kimberly Manalili, Sandra Zelinsky, et al.. (2020). Improving the quality of person-centred healthcare from the patient perspective: development of person-centred quality indicators. BMJ Open. 10(10). e037323–e037323. 21 indexed citations

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Santana, Maria, Sandra Zelinsky, Sadia Ahmed, et al.. (2020). Patients, clinicians and researchers working together to improve cardiovascular health: a qualitative study of barriers and priorities for patient-oriented research. BMJ Open. 10(2). e031187–e031187. 14 indexed citations

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Santana, Maria, Sadia Ahmed, Diane Lorenzetti, et al.. (2019). Measuring patient-centred system performance: a scoping review of patient-centred care quality indicators. BMJ Open. 9(1). e023596–e023596. 53 indexed citations

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McCarron, Tamara L., Karen A. Moffat, Sandra Zelinsky, et al.. (2019). Understanding patient engagement in health system decision-making: a co-designed scoping review. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 97–97. 50 indexed citations

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Gillis, Chelsia, Marlyn Gill, Nancy Marlett, et al.. (2017). Patients as partners in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A qualitative patient-led study. BMJ Open. 7(6). e017002–e017002. 103 indexed citations

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Santana, Maria, Kimberly Manalili, Rachel Jolley, et al.. (2017). How to practice person‐centred care: A conceptual framework. Health Expectations. 21(2). 429–440. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gill, Marlyn, Sandra Zelinsky, Chelsia Gillis, & Susan Nguyen. (2016). ERAS From the Patient Perspective. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations

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Zelinsky, Sandra, et al.. (2014). Understanding Safe Surgery Checklist Experiences of Surgical Patients in Alberta. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations

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