Sharon Newnam

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sharon Newnam is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon Newnam has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 59 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 19 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sharon Newnam's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (65 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (59 papers) and Risk and Safety Analysis (15 papers). Sharon Newnam is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (65 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (59 papers) and Risk and Safety Analysis (15 papers). Sharon Newnam collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Sharon Newnam's co-authors include Barry C. Watson, Natassia Goode, Will Murray, Alex Collie, Mark Griffin, D.M. Sheppard, Mark Stevenson, Claire Mason, Khic-Houy Prang and Ioni Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Psychology and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Sharon Newnam

99 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions in Return-to-Work for Musculoskeletal, Pain-Related and Mental Health Conditions: An Update of the Evidence and Messages for Practitioners

2017 295 citations Alex Collie, Sharon Newnam et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharon Newnam Australia	24	894	824	444	411	319	105	1.9k
Simo Salminen Finland	26	1.2k 1.4×	422 0.5×	372 0.8×	362 0.9×	532 1.7×	87	2.1k
Yueng-Hsiang Huang United States	32	1.6k 1.8×	505 0.6×	732 1.6×	493 1.2×	951 3.0×	92	3.1k
Jeremy D. Davey Australia	27	340 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	447 1.0×	152 0.4×	139 0.4×	172	2.2k
Philip Bigelow Canada	28	873 1.0×	133 0.2×	244 0.5×	309 0.8×	365 1.1×	83	2.1k
Natassia Goode Australia	25	1.1k 1.2×	454 0.6×	673 1.5×	57 0.1×	592 1.9×	86	2.0k
Allard E. Dembe United States	23	826 0.9×	254 0.3×	350 0.8×	818 2.0×	142 0.4×	65	2.4k
Roger Haslam United Kingdom	33	2.1k 2.4×	311 0.4×	927 2.1×	366 0.9×	1.1k 3.4×	111	3.9k
Pete Kines Denmark	28	1.7k 2.0×	283 0.3×	342 0.8×	253 0.6×	1.0k 3.2×	62	2.2k
Anjum Naweed Australia	20	403 0.5×	232 0.3×	525 1.2×	96 0.2×	193 0.6×	108	1.2k
Xiuwen Sue Dong United States	23	1.2k 1.4×	390 0.5×	221 0.5×	354 0.9×	390 1.2×	50	1.7k

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Casey, Tristan, et al.. (2025). Work-related violence interventions in the disability sector: A systematic review and systems mapping exercise. Safety Science. 184. 106765–106765.

Xia, Ting, Elizabeth Pritchard, Caryn van Vreden, et al.. (2024). Factors associated with psychological distress among australian truck drivers: The role of personal, occupation, work, lifestyle, and health risk factors. Journal of Transport & Health. 41. 101973–101973.

Newnam, Sharon, et al.. (2024). What is needed to address psychosocial hazards in road transport? Using implementation science to understand the gaps. Applied Ergonomics. 122. 104398–104398. 2 indexed citations

Newnam, Sharon, et al.. (2024). A novel learner driver first aid eLearning program: a mixed-method pre-post pilot test and evaluation. BMC Emergency Medicine. 24(1). 137–137.

Sze, N.N., et al.. (2023). Do footbridge and underpass improve pedestrian safety? A Hong Kong case study using three-dimensional digital map of pedestrian network. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 186. 107064–107064. 11 indexed citations

Pritchard, Elizabeth, Caryn van Vreden, Ting Xia, et al.. (2023). Impact of work and coping factors on mental health: Australian truck drivers’ perspective. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1090–1090. 9 indexed citations

Newnam, Sharon, et al.. (2022). Examining Coroners’ Recommendations for Health and Safety Management of Ageing Heavy Vehicle Drivers: A STAMP Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23). 16112–16112. 1 indexed citations

Newnam, Sharon, Renée M. St. Louis, Amanda N. Stephens, & D.M. Sheppard. (2022). Applying systems thinking to improve the safety of work-related drivers: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Safety Research. 83. 410–417. 5 indexed citations

Newnam, Sharon, et al.. (2020). Systems-thinking in action: Results from implementation and evaluation of the patient handling injuries review of systems Toolkit. Safety Science. 134. 105086–105086. 9 indexed citations

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Ward, Nicholas, Barry C. Watson, David A. Sleet, et al.. (2019). Traffic Safety Culture. 10 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, Natassia Goode, Paul M. Salmon, & Mark Stevenson. (2017). Reforming the road freight transportation system using systems thinking: An investigation of Coronial inquests in Australia. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 101. 28–36. 58 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, Ioni Lewis, & Barry C. Watson. (2012). Occupational driver safety : conceptualising a leadership-based intervention to improve safe driving performance. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 21 indexed citations

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Soole, David W., Ioni Lewis, Judy Fleiter, Sharon Newnam, & Angela Watson. (2011). Improving self-report measures of speeding. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, Ioni Lewis, & Barry C. Watson. (2010). Supervisory safety practices in the work-related driving context. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, Mark Griffin, & Claire Mason. (2008). Safety in work vehicles: A multilevel study linking safety values and individual predictors to work-related driving crashes.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 93(3). 632–644. 87 indexed citations

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Vingilis, Evelyn, et al.. (2007). Descriptive and a process evaluation of a shared care program. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, Mark Griffin, & Claire Mason. (2005). Using a conceptual framework to investigate the factors influencing safety performance in a work vehicle. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, et al.. (2004). Fleet safety countermeasures in a large Australian fleet. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Murray, Will, Sharon Newnam, Barry C. Watson, Jeremy D. Davey, & Cynthia C. Schonfeld. (2003). Evaluating and improving fleet safety in Australia. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 58 indexed citations

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Newnam, Sharon, Barry C. Watson, & Will Murray. (2002). A comparison of the Factors Influencing the Safety of Work-Related Drivers in Work and Personal Vehicles. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 6(1). 179–186. 41 indexed citations

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