Sean P. Clarke

15.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
145 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Sean P. Clarke is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Research and Theory and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean P. Clarke has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in General Health Professions, 42 papers in Research and Theory and 33 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Sean P. Clarke's work include Nursing education and management (42 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (31 papers) and Nursing Roles and Practices (26 papers). Sean P. Clarke is often cited by papers focused on Nursing education and management (42 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (31 papers) and Nursing Roles and Practices (26 papers). Sean P. Clarke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Sean P. Clarke's co-authors include Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Eileen T. Lake, Peter Van Bogaert, Anne Marie Rafferty, Lusine Poghosyan, Julie Sochalski, Delfino Vargas Chanes, Doris C. Vahey and Maria Schubert and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Sean P. Clarke

143 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Nurses’ Reports On Hospital Care In Five Countries 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2004 2008 2009 2010 400 800 1.2k
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. Nurses’ Reports On Hospital Care In Five Countries
    2001 1.3k citations Linda H. Aiken, Sean P. Clarke et al. profile →
  2. Nurse Burnout and Patient Satisfaction
    2004 785 citations Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane et al. profile →
  3. Effects of Hospital Care Environment on Patient Mortality and Nurse Outcomes
    2008 733 citations Linda H. Aiken, Sean P. Clarke et al. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration profile →
  4. Effects of Hospital Care Environment on Patient Mortality and Nurse Outcomes
    2009 635 citations Linda H. Aiken, Sean P. Clarke et al. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration profile →
  5. Nurse burnout and quality of care: Cross‐national investigation in six countries
    2010 450 citations Sean P. Clarke, Linda H. Aiken et al. profile →
  6. Importance of work environments on hospital outcomes in nine countries
    2011 365 citations Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane et al. International Journal for Quality in Health Care profile →
  7. Effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction and patient safety outcomes
    2017 356 citations Sean P. Clarke et al. Nursing Outlook profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sean P. Clarke United States 49 7.7k 3.2k 2.4k 1.3k 1.3k 145 11.8k
Anne Marie Rafferty United Kingdom 38 6.9k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 164 10.7k
Jane Ball United Kingdom 32 5.1k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 808 0.6× 109 7.5k
Peter I. Buerhaus United States 48 5.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 2.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 514 0.4× 178 8.8k
Beatrice J. Kalisch United States 42 3.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 910 0.7× 143 6.6k
Koen Van den Heede Belgium 26 3.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 849 0.6× 582 0.4× 133 6.1k
P. Anne Scott Ireland 31 4.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 647 0.5× 685 0.5× 98 6.6k
Teresa Moreno‐Casbas Spain 22 3.8k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 671 0.5× 614 0.5× 84 5.7k
Carol Tishelman Sweden 44 4.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.3× 953 0.4× 643 0.5× 697 0.5× 182 8.8k
Alison Kitson Australia 51 8.7k 1.1× 749 0.2× 557 0.2× 461 0.3× 808 0.6× 255 13.0k
Linda O’Brien‐Pallas Canada 35 3.3k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 289 0.2× 389 0.3× 77 4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferris, H., et al.. (2025). Preoperative Anaemia Increases the Likelihood of 1‐Year Mortality After Hip Fracture. Advances in Orthopedics. 2025(1). 5526883–5526883. 1 indexed citations
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Clarke, Sean P.. (2024). The PhD in nursing—Questions about a credential at a crossroads. Nursing Outlook. 72(3). 102203–102203. 5 indexed citations
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Lavoie, Patrick, et al.. (2021). Nurses' experience of handoffs on four Canadian medical and surgical units: A shared accountability for knowing and safeguarding the patient. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(10). 4156–4169. 8 indexed citations
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Cohen, Catherine C., Hilary Barnes, Peter I. Buerhaus, et al.. (2020). Top priorities for the next decade of nursing health services research. Nursing Outlook. 69(3). 265–275. 12 indexed citations
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Lavoie, Patrick, et al.. (2020). Nursing handoffs and clinical judgments regarding patient risk of deterioration: A mixed‐methods study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(19-20). 3790–3801. 13 indexed citations
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Duffield, Christine, Michael Roche, Di Twigg, et al.. (2018). Adding unregulated nursing support workers to ward staffing: Exploration of a natural experiment. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(19-20). 3768–3779. 21 indexed citations
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Déry, Johanne, Sean P. Clarke, Danielle D’Amour, & Régis Blais. (2016). Education and Role Title as Predictors of Enacted (Actual) Scope of Practice in Generalist Nurses in a Pediatric Academic Health Sciences Center. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 46(5). 265–270. 9 indexed citations
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Duffield, Christine, Michael Roche, Di Twigg, Anne Williams, & Sean P. Clarke. (2016). A protocol to assess the impact of adding nursing support workers to ward staffing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 72(9). 2218–2225. 10 indexed citations
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Logan, Sarah, et al.. (2016). Risk Factors and Best Practices for the Prevention of Post-Cardiac Surgery Surgical Site Infections in a Tertiary Care Centre.. PubMed. 26(4). 19–26. 3 indexed citations
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O’Keefe-McCarthy, Sheila, Michael McGillion, Sean P. Clarke, & Judith McFetridge-Durdle. (2014). Pain and Anxiety in Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Awaiting Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 30(6). 546–557. 8 indexed citations
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Jordan, Joanne L., et al.. (2012). Factors that impact on protocolized weaning from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults & children: a Cochrane qualitative synthesis (protocol). 5. 1 indexed citations
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D’Amour, Danielle, Carl‐Ardy Dubois, Johanne Déry, et al.. (2012). Measuring Actual Scope of Nursing Practice. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 42(5). 248–255. 59 indexed citations
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Schubert, Maria, Tracy R. Glass, Sean P. Clarke, et al.. (2008). Rationing of nursing care and its relationship to patient outcomes: the Swiss extension of the International Hospital Outcomes Study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 20(4). 227–237. 307 indexed citations
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Clarke, Sean P., et al.. (2007). Rapid-fire strategies for regulatory readiness. Nursing Management. 38(11). 28–33. 1 indexed citations
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Kagan, Sarah H., Sean P. Clarke, & Mary Beth Happ. (2004). Surgeons' and nurses' use of e-mail communication with head and neck cancer patients. Head & Neck. 27(2). 108–113. 11 indexed citations
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Aiken, Linda H., Sean P. Clarke, Douglas M. Sloane, Julie Sochalski, & Jeffrey H. Silber. (2003). Racial Differences in Rates of Traumatic Lumbar Puncture. JAMA. 289(5). 549–549. 2 indexed citations
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Clarke, Sean P., Douglas M. Sloane, & Linda H. Aiken. (2002). Needlestick injuries to nurses, in context.. PubMed. 8(1). 1–4. 12 indexed citations
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Aiken, Linda H., Sean P. Clarke, Douglas M. Sloane, & Julie Sochalski. (2001). Cause for concern: nurses' reports of hospital care in five countries.. PubMed. 6(8). 1–4. 35 indexed citations
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MacNamara, Elizabeth, Sean P. Clarke, & SR McCann. (1984). Provision of leucocyte poor blood at the bedside.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 37(6). 669–672. 11 indexed citations

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