Sheila Macphail

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Sheila Macphail is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila Macphail has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sheila Macphail's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (4 papers), Electrolyte and hormonal disorders (2 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (2 papers). Sheila Macphail is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (4 papers), Electrolyte and hormonal disorders (2 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (2 papers). Sheila Macphail collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Canada. Sheila Macphail's co-authors include Richard Thomson, Joanne Lally, Madeleine J. Murtagh, L Stobbart, David Tomson, Adrian Edwards, Glyn Elwyn, Amy Lloyd, Kate Brain and Natalie Joseph‐Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, BMJ and American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In The Last Decade

Sheila Macphail

12 papers receiving 749 citations

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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.

Implementing shared decision making in the NHS: lessons from the MAGIC programme

2017 330 citations Natalie Joseph‐Williams, Amy Lloyd et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheila Macphail United Kingdom	9	299	263	225	158	138	12	774
Alison Volpe Holmes United States	15	156 0.5×	252 1.0×	35 0.2×	504 3.2×	57 0.4×	27	775
Nonna Heiskanen Finland	15	232 0.8×	269 1.0×	530 2.4×	555 3.5×	19 0.1×	25	1.1k
Alex Sandro Rolland Souza Brazil	18	179 0.6×	269 1.0×	525 2.3×	504 3.2×	44 0.3×	126	1.1k
Lisa Smith United States	11	98 0.3×	74 0.3×	166 0.7×	145 0.9×	11 0.1×	27	658
Sarah Vause United Kingdom	14	95 0.3×	166 0.6×	240 1.1×	257 1.6×	27 0.2×	45	641
Samantha Garbers United States	11	162 0.5×	208 0.8×	272 1.2×	215 1.4×	67 0.5×	17	725
Mark P. Hehir Ireland	17	56 0.2×	392 1.5×	697 3.1×	432 2.7×	24 0.2×	54	1.1k
Tamara Poljičanin Croatia	11	79 0.3×	41 0.2×	51 0.2×	34 0.2×	22 0.2×	51	507
Ellen Mason United States	13	176 0.6×	204 0.8×	73 0.3×	100 0.6×	33 0.2×	29	831
Maxwell Brinsmead Australia	9	76 0.3×	211 0.8×	196 0.9×	156 1.0×	9 0.1×	11	469

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheila Macphail

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Joseph‐Williams, Natalie, Amy Lloyd, Adrian Edwards, et al.. (2017). Implementing shared decision making in the NHS: lessons from the MAGIC programme. BMJ. 357. j1744–j1744. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

Lally, Joanne, Richard G. Thomson, Sheila Macphail, & Catherine Exley. (2014). Pain relief in labour: a qualitative study to determine how to support women to make decisions about pain relief in labour. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14(1). 6–6. 42 indexed citations

Lally, Joanne, Madeleine J. Murtagh, Sheila Macphail, & Richard Thomson. (2008). More in hope than expectation: a systematic review of women's expectations and experience of pain relief in labour. BMC Medicine. 6(1). 7–7. 175 indexed citations

Macphail, Sheila & Kate Talks. (2004). Massive post-partum haemorrhage and management of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 14(2). 123–131. 27 indexed citations

Bell, Ruth, Louise Parker, Sheila Macphail, & Chris Wright. (2004). Trends in the cause of late fetal death, 1982–2000. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 111(12). 1400–1407. 23 indexed citations

McFarland, Robert, Andrew A.M. Morris, Robert W. Taylor, et al.. (2002). Multiple neonatal deaths due to a homoplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutation. Nature Genetics. 30(2). 145–146. 136 indexed citations

Morrow, Robert J., et al.. (1995). Midtrimester Thoracoamniotic Shunting for the Treatment of Fetal Hydrops. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 10(2). 92–94. 12 indexed citations

Thomas, Trevor H., et al.. (1994). A serial study of erythrocyte sodium pump kinetics and sodium content in the puerperium. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 170(2). 693–698. 4 indexed citations

Macphail, Sheila, Trevor H. Thomas, Robert W. Wilkinson, John M. Davison, & W. Dunlop. (1993). Erythrocyte sodium lithium countertransport in normal and hypertensive pregnancy: relation to haemodynamic changes. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 100(7). 673–678. 3 indexed citations

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Walkinshaw, Stephen, Helen Cameron, Sheila Macphail, & Stephen Robson. (1992). The prediction of fetal compromise and acidosis by biophysical profile scoring in the small for gestational age fetus. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 20(3). 227–232. 6 indexed citations

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Macphail, Sheila & S Walkinshaw. (1988). Fetal supraventricular tachycardia: detection by routine auscultation and successful in‐utero management. Case report. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 95(10). 1073–1076. 8 indexed citations

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Macphail, Sheila, et al.. (1988). The value of hysteroscopy in postmenopausal and perimenopausal bleeding. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 8(4). 332–336. 8 indexed citations

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