Sarah Gentry

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sarah Gentry is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Gentry has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Physiology, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Sarah Gentry's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (14 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (5 papers). Sarah Gentry is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (14 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (5 papers). Sarah Gentry collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Croatia and Singapore. Sarah Gentry's co-authors include Caitlin Notley, Lorainne Tudor Car, Josip Car, Anneliese Lilienthal, A. Gauthier, Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou, Nabil Zary, David Wortley, Linda Bauld and Jonathan Livingstone‐Banks and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Gentry

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Serious Gaming and Gamification Education in Health Profe... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 100 200 300
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. Serious Gaming and Gamification Education in Health Professions: Systematic Review
    2019 350 citations Sarah Gentry, A. Gauthier et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  2. Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness during COVID-19 physical distancing measures: A rapid systematic review
    2021 169 citations Christopher Y. K. Williams, A Townson et al. PLoS ONE 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 Gentry United Kingdom 14 395 280 233 189 171 33 1.3k
Melinda J. Ickes United States 16 471 1.2× 342 1.2× 370 1.6× 97 0.5× 125 0.7× 78 1.1k
Stephen Zwolinsky United Kingdom 16 344 0.9× 215 0.8× 305 1.3× 210 1.1× 98 0.6× 43 1.1k
Hannah Littlecott United Kingdom 18 293 0.7× 582 2.1× 389 1.7× 60 0.3× 334 2.0× 40 1.5k
Lise Rénaud Canada 17 289 0.7× 374 1.3× 348 1.5× 136 0.7× 69 0.4× 58 1000
Heather L. Gainforth Canada 21 361 0.9× 700 2.5× 321 1.4× 198 1.0× 222 1.3× 86 1.9k
Brit I. Saksvig United States 17 281 0.7× 423 1.5× 784 3.4× 131 0.7× 161 0.9× 26 1.2k
Theodora Pouliou United Kingdom 14 283 0.7× 533 1.9× 707 3.0× 196 1.0× 203 1.2× 26 1.5k
William Bellew Australia 24 628 1.6× 350 1.3× 757 3.2× 129 0.7× 120 0.7× 65 1.6k
Rick Petosa United States 24 543 1.4× 490 1.8× 475 2.0× 101 0.5× 231 1.4× 67 1.6k
Joel E. Williams United States 20 627 1.6× 367 1.3× 889 3.8× 179 0.9× 160 0.9× 50 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Gentry

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Gentry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Gentry

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

All Works

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Notley, Caitlin, Sarah Gentry, Jonathan Livingstone‐Banks, et al.. (2025). Incentives for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(5). CD004307–CD004307. 7 indexed citations
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Clark, Lucy, Allan Clark, Emma Ward, et al.. (2024). Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Emergency Medicine Journal. 41(5). 276–282. 16 indexed citations
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Williams, Christopher Y. K., A Townson, Milan Kapur, et al.. (2021). Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness during COVID-19 physical distancing measures: A rapid systematic review. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0247139–e0247139. 169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brown, Tracey, Sarah Gentry, Linda Bauld, et al.. (2020). Systematic Review of Behaviour Change Techniques within Interventions to Reduce Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure for Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(21). 7731–7731. 7 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah, Emma Ward, Lynne Dawkins, Richard Holland, & Caitlin Notley. (2020). Reported patterns of vaping to support long-term abstinence from smoking: a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of vapers. Harm Reduction Journal. 17(1). 70–70. 10 indexed citations
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Mytton, Oliver, Sarah Gentry, J. L. Allen, et al.. (2020). Managing intensive care admissions when there are not enough beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Thorax. 76(3). 302–312. 69 indexed citations
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Notley, Caitlin, Sarah Gentry, Jonathan Livingstone‐Banks, et al.. (2019). Incentives for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019(7). 171 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Smoking cessation for cancer prevention: Can incentives play a role? Evidence from a Cochrane review. British Journal of Cancer. 121. 9–9. 7 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah, A. Gauthier, David Wortley, et al.. (2019). Serious Gaming and Gamification Education in Health Professions: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(3). e12994–e12994. 350 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Ting, et al.. (2019). Online Information on Electronic Cigarettes: Comparative Study of Relevant Websites From Baidu and Google Search Engines. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(1). e14725–e14725. 12 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah, et al.. (2018). Effectiveness of a voluntary family befriending service: a mixed methods evaluation using the Donabedian model. Public Health. 160. 87–93. 13 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah, et al.. (2017). How can researchers generate meaningful public health policy impact? A meta-ethnography of case studies. The Lancet. 390. S39–S39. 1 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah & Padmanabhan Badrinath. (2017). Defining Health in the Era of Value-based Care: Lessons from England of Relevance to Other Health Systems. Cureus. 9(3). e1079–e1079. 41 indexed citations
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Gentry, Sarah, J.V. Craig, Richard Holland, & Caitlin Notley. (2017). Smoking cessation for substance misusers: A systematic review of qualitative studies on participant and provider beliefs and perceptions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 180. 178–192. 32 indexed citations
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Ohly, Heather, Sarah Gentry, Rachel Wigglesworth, et al.. (2016). A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 1051–1051. 152 indexed citations
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Ohly, Heather, Sarah Gentry, Rachel Wigglesworth, et al.. (2016). Erratum to: A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 6 indexed citations

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