Sara Brookes

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sara Brookes is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Urology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Brookes has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 15 papers in Urology and 13 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Sara Brookes's work include Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (15 papers), Pelvic floor disorders treatments (13 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers). Sara Brookes is often cited by papers focused on Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (15 papers), Pelvic floor disorders treatments (13 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers). Sara Brookes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Sara Brookes's co-authors include T. J. Peters, Paul A. Mulheran, George Davey Smith, Matthias Egger, Paul Abrams, Jenny Donovan, Simon Jackson, Elise Whitley, Jane Blazeby and Angus McNair and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Annals of Surgery and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Sara Brookes

50 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Brookes United Kingdom	22	674	627	616	560	310	51	2.6k
Richard T. Meenan United States	26	243 0.4×	493 0.8×	351 0.6×	307 0.5×	486 1.6×	93	2.3k
Tavs Folmer Andersen Denmark	16	522 0.8×	424 0.7×	298 0.5×	561 1.0×	702 2.3×	35	3.3k
Sian Noble United Kingdom	29	445 0.7×	173 0.3×	162 0.3×	354 0.6×	340 1.1×	89	2.3k
Donna K. McClish United States	33	1.2k 1.9×	913 1.5×	1.9k 3.1×	237 0.4×	911 2.9×	86	5.1k
S. Mehta United States	25	1.8k 2.7×	221 0.4×	377 0.6×	2.0k 3.5×	59 0.2×	36	4.2k
Kerry Avery United Kingdom	34	2.6k 3.8×	1.1k 1.8×	2.4k 3.9×	1.2k 2.1×	699 2.3×	103	5.3k
Richard Farmer United Kingdom	33	186 0.3×	358 0.6×	274 0.4×	330 0.6×	279 0.9×	91	3.3k
Marco H. Blanker Netherlands	25	417 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	791 1.3×	414 0.7×	407 1.3×	146	2.4k
Andrew Elders United Kingdom	29	1.2k 1.8×	178 0.3×	984 1.6×	255 0.5×	457 1.5×	81	3.1k
Fiona Stewart United Kingdom	33	1.2k 1.7×	314 0.5×	382 0.6×	1.6k 2.9×	572 1.8×	114	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Brookes

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Lane, J. Athene, Hilary Taylor, Grace Young, et al.. (2020). Thulium laser transurethral vaporesection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction: the UNBLOCS RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 24(41). 1–96. 8 indexed citations

Thorn, Joanna, Charlotte Davies, Sara Brookes, et al.. (2020). Content of Health Economics Analysis Plans (HEAPs) for Trial-Based Economic Evaluations: Expert Delphi Consensus Survey. Value in Health. 24(4). 539–547. 26 indexed citations

Brookes, Sara, et al.. (2018). Impact of question order on prioritisation of outcomes in the development of a core outcome set: a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 19(1). 66–66. 24 indexed citations

Taylor, Hilary, Paul Abrams, Sara Brookes, et al.. (2017). A randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of thulium laser transurethral vaporesection of the prostate (ThuVARP) versus transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in the National Health Service (NHS) – the UNBLOCS trial: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 18(1). 179–179. 9 indexed citations

Thorn, Joanna, Sara Brookes, Colin Ridyard, et al.. (2017). Core Items for a Standardized Resource Use Measure: Expert Delphi Consensus Survey. Value in Health. 21(6). 640–649. 42 indexed citations

Hay, Alastair D, Paul Little, Anthony Harnden, et al.. (2017). Effect of Oral Prednisolone on Symptom Duration and Severity in Nonasthmatic Adults With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection. JAMA. 318(8). 721–721. 33 indexed citations

Brookes, Sara, Rhiannon Macefield, Paula Williamson, et al.. (2016). Three nested randomized controlled trials of peer-only or multiple stakeholder group feedback within Delphi surveys during core outcome and information set development. Trials. 17(1). 409–409. 75 indexed citations

Coulman, Karen, James Hopkins, Katie Whale, et al.. (2016). A Comparison of Health Professionals’ and Patients’ Views of the Importance of Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 26(11). 2738–2746. 40 indexed citations

Riley, Ruth, Sara Brookes, Dyfrig Hughes, et al.. (2015). Identification Of Items For A Standardised Resource-Use Measure: Review Of Current Instruments. Value in Health. 18(7). A688–A688. 12 indexed citations

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Blazeby, Jane, Sean Strong, Jenny Donovan, et al.. (2014). Feasibility RCT of definitive chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy and surgery for oesophageal squamous cell cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 111(2). 234–240. 27 indexed citations

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Blencowe, Natalie, Angus McNair, Christopher Davis, Sara Brookes, & Jane Blazeby. (2012). Standards of Outcome Reporting in Surgical Oncology: A Case Study in Esophageal Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 19(13). 4012–4018. 16 indexed citations

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Wylde, Vikki, Rachael Gooberman‐Hill, Jeremy Horwood, et al.. (2011). The effect of local anaesthetic wound infiltration on chronic pain after lower limb joint replacement: A protocol for a double-blind randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 12(1). 53–53. 23 indexed citations

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McNair, Angus, et al.. (2010). Optimising methods for communicating survival data to patients undergoing cancer surgery. European Journal of Cancer. 46(18). 3192–3199. 10 indexed citations

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Brookes, Sara, Jenny Donovan, Melissa Wright, Simon Jackson, & Paul Abrams. (2004). A scored form of the Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms questionnaire: Data from a randomized controlled trial of surgery for women with stress incontinence. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 191(1). 73–82. 220 indexed citations

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Ben‐Shlomo, Yoav, U Fallon, Jonathan A C Sterne, & Sara Brookes. (2004). Do medical students with A-level mathematics have a better understanding of the principles behind evidence-based medicine?. Medical Teacher. 26(8). 731–733. 11 indexed citations

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Brookes, Sara, et al.. (2002). Sexual dysfunction in men after treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms: evidence from randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 324(7345). 1059.1–1059.1. 118 indexed citations

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Lewis, et al.. (2000). Gender dependence of the association of infrainguinal graft failure with lipid metabolism. British journal of surgery. 87. 651–651.

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Jackson, Simon, Angela Shepherd, Sara Brookes, & Paul Abrams. (1999). The effect of oestrogen supplementation on post‐menopausal urinary stress incontinence: a double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 106(7). 711–718. 125 indexed citations

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George, Sarah J., et al.. (1998). Venous allografts prepared from stripped long saphenous vein. Is there a need for antibiotic sterilisation?. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 15(5). 444–448. 5 indexed citations

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Irvine, C., S.E.A. Cole, Paul Foley, et al.. (1998). Unilateral asymptomatic carotid disease does not require surgery. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 16(3). 245–253. 13 indexed citations

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