Stephen Brealey

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen Brealey is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Brealey has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Stephen Brealey's work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (21 papers), Radiology practices and education (20 papers) and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (18 papers). Stephen Brealey is often cited by papers focused on Shoulder Injury and Treatment (21 papers), Radiology practices and education (20 papers) and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (18 papers). Stephen Brealey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Korea. Stephen Brealey's co-authors include Catherine Hewitt, Simon Gilbody, David Richards, Amar Rangan, Andy Scally, Ada Keding, Helen HG Handoll, David Torgerson, Lorna Goodchild and Belén Corbacho and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Brealey

80 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Screening for Depression in Medical Settings with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ): A Diagnostic Meta-Analysis

2007 1.0k citations Simon Gilbody, David Richards et al. profile →
Surgical vs Nonsurgical Treatment of Adults With Displaced Fractures of the Proximal Humerus

2015 347 citations Amar Rangan, Helen HG Handoll et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Radiological outcome of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial 2026 ·The Bone & Joint Journal ·Joseph Dias, Stephen Brealey, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, (unknown), Kanagaratnam Jeyapalan, (unknown), Caroline Fairhurst, (unknown), Joanne Laycock, Liz Cook, Matthew L. Costa, (unknown), Stephen Hodgson	1
2	Evaluating an intervention to improve the safety and experience of transitions from hospital to home for older people (Your Care Needs You): a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation 2023 ·Trials ·Rebecca Lawton, Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Gerry Richardson, Sarah Cockayne, (unknown), Laura Mandefield, Stephen Brealey, Jane O’Hara, Robbie Foy, Laura Sheard, Alison Cracknell, (unknown), Catherine Hewitt	4
3	One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture 2022 ·The Bone & Joint Journal ·Nick Johnson, Caroline Fairhurst, Stephen Brealey, Liz Cook, Euan Stirling, Matthew L. Costa, Pip Divall, Stephen Hodgson, Amar Rangan, Joseph Dias	4
4	Cost-effectiveness of surgery versus cast immobilization for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist 2021 ·The Bone & Joint Journal ·Sebastian Hinde, Gerry Richardson, Caroline Fairhurst, Stephen Brealey, Liz Cook, (unknown), Matthew L. Costa, Joseph Dias	7
5	Cost-effectiveness of surgical treatments compared with early structured physiotherapy in secondary care for adults with primary frozen shoulder 2021 ·Bone & Joint Open ·Belén Corbacho, Stephen Brealey, Ada Keding, Gerry Richardson, David Torgerson, Catherine Hewitt, Catriona McDaid, Amar Rangan, (unknown)	7
6	The impact of surgeon and patient treatment preferences in an orthopaedic trauma surgery trial 2019 ·Trials ·Ada Keding, Helen HG Handoll, Stephen Brealey, Laura Jefferson, Catherine Hewitt, Belén Corbacho, David Torgerson, Amar Rangan	9
7	Physiotherapy for primary frozen shoulder in secondary care: Developing and implementing stand-alone and post operative protocols for UK FROST and inferences for wider practice 2019 ·Physiotherapy ·(unknown), Lorna Goodchild, Stephen Brealey, Sarah E Lamb, Amar Rangan	15
8	Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Acupuncture, Counselling and Usual Care in Treating Patients with Depression: The Results of the ACUDep Trial 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Eldon Spackman, Stewart Richmond, Mark Sculpher, Martin Bland, Stephen Brealey, Rhian Gabe, Ann Hopton, Ada Keding, Harriet Lansdown, (unknown), David Torgerson, Ian Watt, Hugh MacPherson	25
9	Acupuncture and Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: A Randomised Controlled Trial 2013 ·PLoS Medicine ·Hugh MacPherson, Stewart Richmond, Martin Bland, Stephen Brealey, Rhian Gabe, Ann Hopton, Ada Keding, Harriet Lansdown, (unknown), Mark Sculpher, Eldon Spackman, David Torgerson, Ian Watt	106
10	Methods to identify postnatal depression in primary care: an integrated evidence synthesis and value of information analysis 2009 ·Health Technology Assessment ·Catherine Hewitt, Simon Gilbody, Stephen Brealey, Mike Paulden, Stephen Palmer, Rachel Mann, (unknown), Jane Morrell, Michael Barkham, Katrina Light, David Richards	267
11	Bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity of radiographers' plain radiograph reporting in clinical practice 2009 ·British Journal of Radiology ·Stephen Brealey, Catherine Hewitt, Andy Scally, Seokyung Hahn, Christine Godfrey, (unknown)	10
12	Acupuncture for pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: a pilot study for an open parallel-arm randomised controlled trial 2009 ·BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ·Harriet Lansdown, Katie Howard, Stephen Brealey, Hugh MacPherson	20
13	Protocol for the ProFHER (PROximal Fracture of the Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation) trial: a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of surgical versus non-surgical treatment for proximal fracture of the humerus in adults 2009 ·BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ·Helen HG Handoll, Stephen Brealey, Amar Rangan, David Torgerson, L Dennis, Alison Armstrong, Ling‐Hsiang Chuang, Ben Cross, Jo C Dumville, Sarah M. Gardner, Lorna Goodchild, Sharon Hamilton, Catherine Hewitt, Rajan Madhok, Nicola Maffulli, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John R. Williams, Gill Worthy	38
14	Are you reading what we are reading? The effect of who interprets medical images on estimates of diagnostic test accuracy in systematic reviews 2007 ·British Journal of Radiology ·Stephen Brealey, Marie Westwood	19
15	Accuracy of radiographer plain radiograph reporting in clinical practice: a meta-analysis 2005 ·Clinical Radiology ·Stephen Brealey, Andy Scally, Seokyung Hahn, (unknown), Christine Godfrey, A Coomarasamy	101
16	The effect of introducing radiographer reporting on the availability of reports for Accident and Emergency and General Practitioner examinations: a time-series analysis 2005 ·British Journal of Radiology ·Stephen Brealey, Paul Scuffham	14
17	Accident and Emergency and General Practitioner plain radiograph reporting by radiographers and radiologists: a quasi-randomized controlled trial 2003 ·British Journal of Radiology ·Stephen Brealey, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Leslie G. Ford, Niall G. Warnock, Russell Mannion, (unknown)	32
18	Methodological standards in radiographer plain film reading performance studies 2002 ·British Journal of Radiology ·Stephen Brealey, Andy Scally, (unknown)	34
19	Quality assurance in radiographic reporting: a proposed framework 2001 ·Radiography ·Stephen Brealey	14
20	What is evidence based medicine? An emerging science not fashionable rhetoric 2001 ·Radiography ·Stephen Brealey	6

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