Sara Macdonald

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Sara Macdonald is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Macdonald has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in General Health Professions, 21 papers in Epidemiology and 19 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sara Macdonald's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (16 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (15 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (10 papers). Sara Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (16 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (15 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (10 papers). Sara Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Sara Macdonald's co-authors include Una Macleod, Elizabeth Mitchell, Frances S Mair, A J Ramirez, Caroline Burgess, Carl May, David Weller, Neil Campbell, Víctor M. Montori and Katie Gallacher and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sara Macdonald

72 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Rethinking the patient: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness

2014 456 citations Carl May, David T. Eton et al. BMC Health Services Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Macdonald United Kingdom	23	764	725	544	397	369	76	2.3k
Linda Martin Netherlands	20	521 0.7×	495 0.7×	460 0.8×	331 0.8×	152 0.4×	55	2.5k
Peter Murchie United Kingdom	30	756 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	366 0.7×	577 1.5×	323 0.9×	149	3.0k
Rebecca Anhang Price United States	21	1.2k 1.6×	435 0.6×	295 0.5×	576 1.5×	414 1.1×	68	2.2k
Catherine L. Saunders United Kingdom	26	703 0.9×	573 0.8×	322 0.6×	404 1.0×	335 0.9×	92	2.0k
Mohsen Asadi‐Lari Iran	22	598 0.8×	324 0.4×	237 0.4×	441 1.1×	222 0.6×	97	2.0k
Stephanie Stock Germany	26	1.2k 1.6×	228 0.3×	438 0.8×	662 1.7×	558 1.5×	190	3.1k
Lena Ring Sweden	26	739 1.0×	342 0.5×	328 0.6×	657 1.7×	460 1.2×	53	3.6k
Bijal A. Balasubramanian United States	31	1.5k 1.9×	591 0.8×	536 1.0×	499 1.3×	421 1.1×	112	2.9k
Janel Hanmer United States	23	675 0.9×	380 0.5×	297 0.5×	909 2.3×	724 2.0×	85	2.9k
Mireia Espallargues Spain	26	751 1.0×	299 0.4×	563 1.0×	407 1.0×	600 1.6×	128	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Macdonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Macdonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Macdonald

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fraser, Simon, Nick Francis, Sara Macdonald, et al.. (2025). Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation?. PubMed. 15. 2613296973–2613296973.

Olaoye, Omotayo & Sara Macdonald. (2024). A systematic review of interventions to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Africa. Public Health. 234. 47–57. 3 indexed citations

Jani, Bhautesh, Michael Sullivan, Peter Hanlon, et al.. (2023). Personalised lung cancer risk stratification and lung cancer screening: do general practice electronic medical records have a role?. British Journal of Cancer. 129(12). 1968–1977. 2 indexed citations

McLoone, Philip, Bhautesh Jani, Stefan Siebert, et al.. (2023). Classification of long-term condition patterns in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with adverse health events: a UK Biobank cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 2583115720–2583115720. 2 indexed citations

Robb, Kathryn A., Ben Young, Colin McCowan, et al.. (2023). Increasing uptake of FIT colorectal screening: protocol for the TEMPO randomised controlled trial testing a suggested deadline and a planning tool. BMJ Open. 13(5). e066136–e066136. 5 indexed citations

Mair, Frances S, et al.. (2022). Long-term conditions, multimorbidity and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank cohort. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 2583077227–2583077227. 5 indexed citations

Macdonald, Sara, Ronan E. O’Carroll, Rory C. O’Connor, et al.. (2022). What are common barriers and helpful solutions to colorectal cancer screening? A cross-sectional survey to develop intervention content for a planning support tool. BMJ Open. 12(9). e062738–e062738. 10 indexed citations

McQueenie, Ross, Bhautesh Jani, Stefan Siebert, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of chronic pain in LTCs and multimorbidity: A cross-sectional study using UK Biobank. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 2572972974–2572972974. 32 indexed citations

Isaacs, Anna, Nicola Burns, Sara Macdonald, & Catherine O’Donnell. (2020). ‘I don’t think there’s anything I can do which can keep me healthy’: how the UK immigration and asylum system shapes the health & wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Critical Public Health. 32(3). 422–432. 9 indexed citations

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Foster, Hamish, Keith Moffat, Nicola Burns, et al.. (2020). What do we know about demand, use and outcomes in primary care out-of-hours services? A systematic scoping review of international literature. BMJ Open. 10(1). e033481–e033481. 20 indexed citations

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McQueenie, Ross, Barbara I. Nicholl, Bhautesh Jani, et al.. (2020). Patterns of multimorbidity and their effects on adverse outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a study of 5658 UK Biobank participants. BMJ Open. 10(11). e038829–e038829. 27 indexed citations

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Bikker, Annemieke, Sara Macdonald, Kathryn A. Robb, et al.. (2019). Perceived colorectal cancer candidacy and the role of candidacy in colorectal cancer screening. Health Risk & Society. 21(7-8). 352–372. 11 indexed citations

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Hanlon, Peter, Sara Macdonald, Karen Wood, Linda Allan, & Sally‐Ann Cooper. (2018). Long-term condition management in adults with intellectual disability in primary care: a systematic review. BJGP Open. 2(1). bjgpopen18X101445–bjgpopen18X101445. 24 indexed citations

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Blane, David, Philip McLoone, David Morrison, Sara Macdonald, & Catherine O’Donnell. (2017). Patient and practice characteristics predicting attendance and completion at a specialist weight management service in the UK: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 7(11). e018286–e018286. 25 indexed citations

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Blane, David, Sara Macdonald, David Morrison, & Catherine O’Donnell. (2017). The role of primary care in adult weight management: qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in weight management services. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 764–764. 18 indexed citations

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Lowrie, Richard, Rosalind Lees, Chris Johnson, et al.. (2015). Research is ‘a step into the unknown’: an exploration of pharmacists’ perceptions of factors impacting on research participation in the NHS. BMJ Open. 5(12). e009180–e009180. 22 indexed citations

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Browne, Susan, Sara Macdonald, Carl May, Una Macleod, & Frances S Mair. (2014). Patient, Carer and Professional Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Quality Care in Advanced Heart Failure. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e93288–e93288. 80 indexed citations

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Gallacher, Katie, Bhautesh Jani, Deborah Morrison, et al.. (2013). Qualitative systematic reviews of treatment burden in stroke, heart failure and diabetes - Methodological challenges and solutions. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 13(1). 10–10. 68 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Sara, Graham Watt, & Una Macleod. (2012). In search of the cancer candidate: can lay epidemiology help?. Sociology of Health & Illness. 35(4). 575–591. 19 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Sara, Jill Morrison, Margaret Maxwell, et al.. (2009). ‘A coal face option’: GPs' perspectives on the rise in antidepressant prescribing. British Journal of General Practice. 59(566). e299–e307. 27 indexed citations

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