Simon Lewin

65.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
246 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Simon Lewin is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Lewin has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in General Health Professions, 62 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 51 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Simon Lewin's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (76 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (55 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (47 papers). Simon Lewin is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (76 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (55 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (47 papers). Simon Lewin collaborates with scholars based in Norway, South Africa and United Kingdom. Simon Lewin's co-authors include Claire Glenton, Atle Fretheim, Andrew D Oxman, John N. Lavis, Jane Noyes, Jimmy Volmink, Christopher J. Colvin, Arash Rashidian, Merrick Zwarenstein and Andrew Booth and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Lewin

239 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases
    2010 795 citations Simon Lewin, Susan Munabi-Babigumira et al. profile →
  2. Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt
    2008 782 citations Salla Atkins, Simon Lewin et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  3. Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research
    2007 769 citations Simon Lewin, Atle Fretheim et al. profile →
  4. Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations
    2012 752 citations Simon Lewin et al. profile →
  5. Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series
    2018 723 citations Simon Lewin, Andrew Booth et al. profile →
  6. Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)
    2015 607 citations Simon Lewin, Claire Glenton et al. profile →
  7. Use of qualitative methods alongside randomised controlled trials of complex healthcare interventions: methodological study
    2009 509 citations Simon Lewin, Claire Glenton et al. profile →
  8. Non-specialist health worker interventions for the care of mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders in low- and middle-income countries
    2013 431 citations Simon Lewin et al. profile →
  9. Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table
    2018 375 citations Simon Lewin, Meghan A. Bohren et al. profile →
  10. Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of lay health worker programmes to improve access to maternal and child health: qualitative evidence synthesis
    2013 373 citations Claire Glenton, Simon Lewin et al. profile →
  11. Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group guidance series—paper 3: methods for assessing methodological limitations, data extraction and synthesis, and confidence in synthesized qualitative findings
    2017 333 citations Jane Noyes, Andrew Booth et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  12. Purposive sampling in a qualitative evidence synthesis: a worked example from a synthesis on parental perceptions of vaccination communication
    2019 305 citations Heather Ames, Claire Glenton et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology profile →
  13. The GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework for health system and public health decisions
    2018 207 citations Jenny Moberg, Andrew D Oxman et al. Health Research Policy and Systems profile →
  14. Factors affecting the implementation of childhood vaccination communication strategies in Nigeria: a qualitative study
    2017 82 citations Afiong Oku, Angela Oyo‐Ita et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Lewin 8.5k 3.9k 3.2k 2.4k 2.2k 246 17.7k
Rifat Atun 6.9k 0.8× 4.1k 1.0× 3.4k 1.1× 3.6k 1.5× 3.5k 1.6× 442 22.6k
Azeem Majeed 7.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 3.8k 1.2× 3.4k 1.4× 3.9k 1.7× 714 23.2k
Laura J. Damschroder 15.5k 1.8× 1.6k 0.4× 4.6k 1.4× 2.9k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 162 23.6k
Merrick Zwarenstein 8.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 4.5k 1.4× 2.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 299 17.7k
Mark A. Schuster 5.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 2.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 327 15.0k
Vivian Welch 4.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 3.8k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 297 26.4k
Stephen Tollman 3.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 311 11.0k
Michele Heisler 6.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 3.6k 1.6× 330 16.2k
John F. Steiner 4.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 2.2k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 3.9k 1.8× 329 18.6k
Dean T. Jamison 3.6k 0.4× 2.9k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 185 16.4k

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All Works

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Arikpo, Dachi, Emmanuel Effa, Moriam Chibuzor, et al.. (2025). User experiences of qualitative evidence in the GRADE evidence-to-decision framework: findings from Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 190. 112060–112060.
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Lewin, Simon, Étienne V Langlois, Özge Tunçalp, & Anayda Portela. (2024). Assessing unConventional Evidence (ACE) tool: development and content of a tool to assess the strengths and limitations of ‘unconventional’ source materials. Health Research Policy and Systems. 22(1). 2–2. 2 indexed citations
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Ames, Heather, Emma F. France, Sara Cooper, et al.. (2024). Assessing qualitative data richness and thickness: Development of an evidence‐based tool for use in qualitative evidence synthesis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(7). e12059–e12059. 4 indexed citations
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Mugisha, Michael, Ronald Ssenyonga, Christopher James Rose, et al.. (2023). Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention: A prospective meta‐analysis. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 16(3). 321–331. 2 indexed citations
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Mugisha, Michael, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Matt Oxman, et al.. (2023). Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention on the ability of students in Rwanda to think critically about health choices: A cluster‐randomized trial. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 16(3). 264–274. 5 indexed citations
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Kaseje, Margaret, Michael Mugisha, Ronald Ssenyonga, et al.. (2023). Effects of the informed health choices secondary school intervention on the ability of students in Kenya to think critically about health choices: A cluster‐randomized trial. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 16(3). 275–284. 6 indexed citations
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Wainwright, Megan, Özge Tunçalp, Andrew Booth, et al.. (2023). The use of GRADE-CERQual in qualitative evidence synthesis: an evaluation of fidelity and reporting. Health Research Policy and Systems. 21(1). 77–77. 17 indexed citations
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Glenton, Claire, Simon Lewin, Soo Downe, et al.. (2022). Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Qualitative Evidence Syntheses, Differences From Reviews of Intervention Effectiveness and Implications for Guidance. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 21. 17 indexed citations
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Toews, Ingrid, Julia Stadelmaier, Guido Schwarzer, et al.. (2021). Subsequent full publication of qualitative studies presented at United Kingdom Royal College of Nursing Research Conference 2015 and 2016: A follow‐up study. Research Synthesis Methods. 13(4). 434–446.
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Odendaal, Willem, Simon Lewin, Brian McKinstry, et al.. (2020). Using a mHealth system to recall and refer existing clients and refer community members with health concerns to primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a feasibility study. Global Health Action. 13(1). 1717410–1717410. 12 indexed citations
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White, Patrick, Gill Gilworth, Simon Lewin, et al.. (2019). <p>Improving uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD with lay health workers: feasibility of a clinical trial</p>. International Journal of COPD. Volume 14. 631–643. 16 indexed citations
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Nsangi, Allen, Daniel Semakula, Claire Glenton, et al.. (2019). Informed health choices intervention to teach primary school children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: process evaluation. BMJ Open. 9(9). e030787–e030787. 20 indexed citations
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Lewin, Simon, Claire Glenton, Theresa A Lawrie, et al.. (2019). Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) for Guidelines: Paper 2 – Using qualitative evidence synthesis findings to inform evidence-to-decision frameworks and recommendations. Health Research Policy and Systems. 17(1). 75–75. 24 indexed citations
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Muloliwa, Artur Manuel, Julie Cliff, Afiong Oku, et al.. (2017). Using the COMMVAC taxonomy to map vaccination communication interventions in Mozambique. Global Health Action. 10(1). 1321313–1321313. 3 indexed citations
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Odendaal, Willem, Salla Atkins, & Simon Lewin. (2016). Multiple and mixed methods in formative evaluation: Is more better? Reflections from a South African study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 16(1). 173–173. 8 indexed citations
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Oxman, Andrew D, Per Olav Vandvik, John N. Lavis, Atle Fretheim, & Simon Lewin. (2009). SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 2: Improving how your organisation supports the use of research evidence to inform policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems. 7(S1). S2–S2. 46 indexed citations
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Lavis, John N., Andrew D Oxman, Simon Lewin, & Atle Fretheim. (2009). SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP). Health Research Policy and Systems. 7(S1). I1–I1. 201 indexed citations
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Lewin, Simon, et al.. (1996). RISK PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS FLOODING AND ENVIRONMENT IN LOW INCOME URBAN COMMUNITIES: A CASE-STUDY IN INDORE, INDIA. Epidemiology. 7(Supplement). S38–S38. 2 indexed citations

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