Sarah Brearley

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sarah Brearley is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Brearley has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 17 papers in Surgery and 17 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sarah Brearley's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (31 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (14 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (12 papers). Sarah Brearley is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (31 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (14 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (12 papers). Sarah Brearley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Sarah Brearley's co-authors include Sheila Payne, Lukas Radbruch, Saskia Jünger, Jenny Brine, Alex Molassiotis, Carole Farrell, M H Simms, P W Dykes, Mark Pilling and P C Hawker and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, British Journal of Cancer and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Brearley

76 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Guidance on Conducting and REporting DElphi Studies (CRED... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 250 500 750 1000
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. Guidance on Conducting and REporting DElphi Studies (CREDES) in palliative care: Recommendations based on a methodological systematic review
    2017 1.0k citations Sheila Payne, Sarah Brearley et al. Palliative Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Brearley United Kingdom 28 1.2k 740 685 625 511 79 3.2k
Susan C. McMillan United States 36 2.0k 1.6× 649 0.9× 712 1.0× 361 0.6× 1.5k 2.8× 142 4.2k
WY Cheung United Kingdom 25 415 0.3× 252 0.3× 720 1.1× 726 1.2× 183 0.4× 73 2.5k
Jennifer L. Steel United States 43 699 0.6× 433 0.6× 403 0.6× 1.3k 2.1× 1.4k 2.8× 121 5.4k
Karin Helweg‐Larsen Denmark 27 452 0.4× 424 0.6× 528 0.8× 321 0.5× 278 0.5× 113 4.0k
Sara Brookes United Kingdom 25 587 0.5× 891 1.2× 512 0.7× 798 1.3× 255 0.5× 46 3.2k
Lena Ring Sweden 26 657 0.5× 271 0.4× 739 1.1× 346 0.6× 342 0.7× 53 3.6k
John E. Ware United States 12 461 0.4× 292 0.4× 1.3k 1.8× 612 1.0× 227 0.4× 19 4.4k
Gwen Uman United States 35 1.0k 0.8× 341 0.5× 693 1.0× 359 0.6× 726 1.4× 77 3.2k
Todd Rockwood United States 27 417 0.3× 385 0.5× 527 0.8× 2.5k 3.9× 480 0.9× 81 4.1k
Kathryn Fitch United States 16 685 0.6× 275 0.4× 566 0.8× 327 0.5× 322 0.6× 33 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Brearley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Brearley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Brearley

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

All Works

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Walshe, Catherine, Céu Mateus, Sandra Varey, et al.. (2023). ‘Thank goodness you’re here’. Exploring the impact on patients, family carers and staff of enhanced 7-day specialist palliative care services: A mixed methods study. Palliative Medicine. 37(10). 1484–1497. 1 indexed citations
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Krige, Anton, Sarah Brearley, Céu Mateus, Gordon Carlson, & Steven Lane. (2022). A comparison between thoracic epidural analgesia and rectus sheath catheter analgesia after open midline major abdominal surgery: randomized clinical trial. BJS Open. 6(3). 10 indexed citations
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Todd, Stuart, et al.. (2019). Forgotten lives, hidden Deaths : people with ID living in and dying in non‐ID care settings. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).
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Moens, Katrien, Irene J Higginson, Richard Harding, et al.. (2014). Are There Differences in the Prevalence of Palliative Care-Related Problems in People Living With Advanced Cancer and Eight Non-Cancer Conditions? A Systematic Review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 48(4). 660–677. 307 indexed citations
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Payne, Sheila, et al.. (2014). Current debates on end-of-life sedation: an international expert elicitation study. Supportive Care in Cancer. 22(8). 2141–2149. 50 indexed citations
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Loučka, Martin, et al.. (2014). Place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: a population based comparative study using death certificates data. BMC Palliative Care. 13(1). 13–13. 17 indexed citations
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Jarrett, Nikki, Ian Scott, Julia Addington‐Hall, et al.. (2013). Informing future research priorities into the psychological and social problems faced by cancer survivors: A rapid review and synthesis of the literature. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 17(5). 510–520. 47 indexed citations
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Farrell, Carole, Sarah Brearley, Mark Pilling, & Alex Molassiotis. (2012). The impact of chemotherapy-related nausea on patients' nutritional status, psychological distress and quality of life. Supportive Care in Cancer. 21(1). 59–66. 114 indexed citations
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Payne, Sheila, Sarah Brearley, Christine Milligan, et al.. (2012). The perspectives of bereaved family carers on dying at home: the study protocol of ‘unpacking the home: family carers’ reflections on dying at home. BMC Palliative Care. 11(1). 23–23. 12 indexed citations
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Ellis, Jackie, Sarah Brearley, O. Craven, & Alex Molassiotis. (2012). Understanding the Symptom Experience of Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers in the First Year Following Diagnosis: Findings from a Qualitative Longitudinal Study. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 44(1). 60–67. 14 indexed citations
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Brearley, Sarah, Z. Stamataki, Julia Addington‐Hall, et al.. (2011). The physical and practical problems experienced by cancer survivors: A rapid review and synthesis of the literature. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 15(3). 204–212. 97 indexed citations
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Molassiotis, Alex, Sarah Brearley, & Z. Stamataki. (2010). Use of antiemetics in the management of chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in current UK practice. Supportive Care in Cancer. 19(7). 949–956. 16 indexed citations
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Brearley, Sarah, et al.. (2009). Clinical features of oral chemotherapy: results of a longitudinal prospective study of breast and colorectal cancer patients receiving capecitabine in the UK. European Journal of Cancer Care. 19(4). 425–433. 5 indexed citations
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Brearley, Sarah, et al.. (1989). Policy statement on postgraduate medical education. Medical Education. 23(4). 339–347. 5 indexed citations
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Brearley, Sarah, et al.. (1986). The importance of laparotomy in the diagnosis and management of intestinal bleeding of obscure origin.. PubMed. 68(5). 245–8. 8 indexed citations
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Morris, David L., P C Hawker, Sarah Brearley, et al.. (1984). Optimal timing of operation for bleeding peptic ulcer: prospective randomised trial.. BMJ. 288(6426). 1277–1280. 102 indexed citations
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Brearley, Sarah, et al.. (1983). Deaths associated with intrauterine contraceptive devices. BMJ. 287(6408). 1880.4–1881. 1 indexed citations

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