Shane Sinclair

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
96 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Shane Sinclair is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Shane Sinclair has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 42 papers in Clinical Psychology and 41 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Shane Sinclair's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (42 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (25 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (24 papers). Shane Sinclair is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (42 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (25 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (24 papers). Shane Sinclair collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Shane Sinclair's co-authors include Thomas F. Hack, Harvey Max Chochinov, Susan McClement, Shelley Raffin‐Bouchal, Neil A. Hagen, Shelley Raffin Bouchal, Lorraine Smith‐MacDonald, Lorraine Venturato, Shelagh McConnell and Jane Kondejewski and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Shane Sinclair

88 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Compassion fatigue: A meta-narrative review of the healthcare literature

2017 343 citations Shane Sinclair, Shelley Raffin‐Bouchal et al. profile →
Compassion: a scoping review of the healthcare literature

2016 315 citations Shane Sinclair, Shelagh McConnell et al. profile →
Sympathy, empathy, and compassion: A grounded theory study of palliative care patients’ understandings, experiences, and preferences

2016 311 citations Shane Sinclair, Thomas F. Hack et al. profile →
Compassion in healthcare: an updated scoping review of the literature

2022 90 citations Priya Jaggi, Shane Sinclair et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Shane Sinclair	2.1k	2.0k	1.8k	958	737	96	4.5k
Farr A. Curlin	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	403 0.5×	152	4.5k
Virginia P. Tilden	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	629 0.7×	129 0.2×	89	3.6k
Päivi Åstedt‐Kurki	1.5k 0.7×	999 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	273 0.3×	223 0.3×	173	3.8k
Carolyn S. Dewa	1.6k 0.7×	791 0.4×	3.3k 1.9×	287 0.3×	592 0.8×	174	5.6k
Virginia Schmied	2.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	289 0.3×	1.2k 1.7×	259	8.2k
Saffron Karlsen	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	776 0.8×	242 0.3×	67	4.6k
Jane S. Norbeck	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	649 0.7×	244 0.3×	45	3.6k
Sara Carmel	790 0.4×	850 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	719 0.8×	257 0.3×	132	3.2k
Judith E. Hupcey	934 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	991 0.6×	199 0.2×	198 0.3×	96	3.3k
Pamela G. Reed	1.4k 0.7×	882 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.7×	188 0.3×	107	3.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bouchal, Shelley Raffin, et al.. (2025). The Discourse of Medical Assistance in Dying and Its Relationship With Hospice Palliative Care in Canada: An Integrative Literature Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 82(3). 2067–2083.

Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2024). The experiences of living with multiple myeloma and a palliative approach to care: A grounded theory study. Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal. 34(4). 539–549.

Soto‐Rubio, Ana, Yolanda Andreu, Beatriz Gil‐Juliá, et al.. (2024). Adaptation and validation of a patient‐reported compassion measure in the Spanish population: The Spanish version of the Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire (SCQesp). Research in Nursing & Health. 47(3). 344–355. 2 indexed citations

Soto‐Rubio, Ana, et al.. (2024). Patient-reported assessment of compassion in Spanish: a systematic review. Frontiers in Medicine. 11. 1352694–1352694. 1 indexed citations

Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2023). The incidence of VP shunt infection in a middle-income nation: a retrospective analysis of a pediatric population. Frontiers in Surgery. 10. 1304105–1304105. 4 indexed citations

Tang, Patricia A., et al.. (2023). Navigating the Cancer Journey Using Web-Based Information: Grounded Theory Emerging From the Lived Experience of Cancer Patients and Informal Caregivers With Implications for Web-Based Content Design. JMIR Cancer. 9. e41740–e41740. 7 indexed citations

Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2022). Western Canadian dairy farmers' perspectives on the provision of outdoor access for dairy cows and on the perceptions of other stakeholders. Journal of Dairy Science. 105(5). 4461–4473. 10 indexed citations

Tang, Patricia A., et al.. (2022). Examining the Development of Information Needs Assessment Questionnaires in Oncology: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(9). e35639–e35639. 2 indexed citations

Hui, Ada, et al.. (2022). Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition. Journal of Mental Health. 33(1). 31–39. 10 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2022). What is the Most Valid and Reliable Compassion Measure in Healthcare? An Updated Comprehensive and Critical Review. Patient. 15(4). 399–421. 18 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Shane, Thomas F. Hack, Cara C. MacInnis, et al.. (2021). Development and validation of a patient-reported measure of compassion in healthcare: the Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire (SCQ). BMJ Open. 11(6). e045988–e045988. 30 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2021). Perspectives of Western Canadian dairy farmers on providing outdoor access for dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 104(9). 10158–10170. 17 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2020). Information Access and Use by Patients With Cancer and Their Friends and Family: Development of a Grounded Theory. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(10). e20510–e20510. 11 indexed citations

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Ordons, Amanda L. Roze des, et al.. (2019). Development of a Clinical Guide for Identifying Spiritual Distress in Family Members of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 23(2). 171–178. 6 indexed citations

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Ordons, Amanda L. Roze des, et al.. (2019). Spiritual Distress in Family Members of Critically Ill Patients: Perceptions and Experiences. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 23(2). 198–210. 12 indexed citations

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Singh, Pavneet, Shelley Raffin‐Bouchal, Susan McClement, et al.. (2018). Healthcare providers’ perspectives on perceived barriers and facilitators of compassion: Results from a grounded theory study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(9-10). 2083–2097. 42 indexed citations

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Singh, Pavneet, Kathryn King‐Shier, & Shane Sinclair. (2018). The colours and contours of compassion: A systematic review of the perspectives of compassion among ethnically diverse patients and healthcare providers. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197261–e0197261. 31 indexed citations

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Ordons, Amanda Roze des, Tasnim Sinuff, Henry T. Stelfox, Jane Kondejewski, & Shane Sinclair. (2018). Spiritual Distress Within Inpatient Settings - A Scoping Review of Patient and Family Experiences. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 56(6). e141–e141. 1 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Shane, et al.. (2015). Patient and healthcare perspectives on the importance and efficacy of addressing spiritual issues within an interdisciplinary bone marrow transplant clinic: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 5(11). e009392–e009392. 24 indexed citations

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Chochinov, Harvey Max, Thomas Hassard, Susan McClement, et al.. (2009). The Landscape of Distress in the Terminally Ill. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 38(5). 641–649. 116 indexed citations

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