Stephen R. Connor

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen R. Connor is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen R. Connor has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 29 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Stephen R. Connor's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (82 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (30 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (23 papers). Stephen R. Connor is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (82 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (30 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (23 papers). Stephen R. Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Uganda. Stephen R. Connor's co-authors include Carol Spence, Joan M. Teno, David Clark, Thomas J. Lynch, Julia Downing, Kathryn Fitch, Bruce Pyenson, Joan Marston, Ramona L. Rhodes and David Casarett and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen R. Connor

89 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Mapping Levels of Palliative Care Development: A Global Update

2012 353 citations Stephen R. Connor, David Clark et al. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management profile →
Mapping Levels of Palliative Care Development in 198 Countries: The Situation in 2017

2019 205 citations David Clark, David Clelland et al. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management profile →
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority

2024 31 citations Stephen R. Connor, William E. Rosa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen R. Connor United States	33	3.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	450	95	3.7k
Ira Byock United States	29	3.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	911 0.9×	917 2.0×	85	4.1k
Kirsty Boyd United Kingdom	33	3.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	472 1.0×	97	4.6k
Michael W. Rabow United States	33	2.6k 0.9×	636 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	954 0.9×	761 1.7×	130	3.7k
Barbara Kreling United States	14	2.7k 0.9×	927 0.8×	752 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	300 0.7×	20	3.5k
Julia Downing Uganda	33	2.4k 0.8×	641 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	769 0.7×	392 0.9×	148	3.4k
Leslie Blackhall United States	26	3.1k 1.0×	937 0.9×	718 0.7×	2.0k 2.0×	272 0.6×	67	4.3k
Siew Tzuh Tang Taiwan	34	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	995 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	884 2.0×	141	3.7k
Janet Bull United States	25	2.4k 0.8×	866 0.8×	650 0.6×	904 0.9×	458 1.0×	79	3.7k
Alvin H. Moss United States	38	3.4k 1.1×	661 0.6×	887 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	151 0.3×	139	5.5k
Bárbara Gomes United Kingdom	33	5.3k 1.7×	2.2k 2.0×	1.4k 1.3×	2.3k 2.2×	748 1.7×	96	6.5k

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Tripodoro, Vilma, et al.. (2025). 35 Years of Palliative Care Progress: What Lies Ahead for Society Engagement?. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 70(5). e291–e298.

Connor, Stephen R., Eduardo Garralda, Vilma Tripodoro, & Carlos Centeno. (2025). Estimating the Number of Services & Patients Receiving Specialized Palliative Care Globally in 2025. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 70(5). 422–426. 1 indexed citations

Knaul, Felícia Marie, Héctor Arreola‐Ornelas, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, et al.. (2024). Distributed Opioids in Morphine Equivalent: A Global Measure of Availability for Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 69(2). 204–215. 3 indexed citations

Reid, Eleanor, et al.. (2024). It Takes a Village: Bringing Palliative Care to Ethiopia. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 27(7). 842–845. 1 indexed citations

Corless, Inge B., et al.. (2023). Supporting the Bereaved in the COVID-19 Era: A Scoping Review of Interventions. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 92(4). 1882–1902. 2 indexed citations

Connor, Stephen R., et al.. (2023). Impact of Community Palliative Care on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(15). 6443–6443. 5 indexed citations

Lohman, Diederik, James F. Cleary, Stephen R. Connor, et al.. (2022). Advancing Global Palliative Care Over Two Decades: Health System Integration, Access to Essential Medicines, and Pediatrics. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 64(1). 58–69. 10 indexed citations

Okhuysen‐Cawley, Regina, Julia Downing, Stephen R. Connor, et al.. (2022). The COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Ripple Effects in Pediatric Palliative Care. Children. 9(5). 642–642.

Rosa, William E., Andrew S. Epstein, Stephen R. Connor, et al.. (2022). The 2nd Annual US Celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day: A virtual coming together to support equity in palliative care access. Palliative & Supportive Care. 20(3). 307–312. 2 indexed citations

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Finkelstein, Eric, Afsan Bhadelia, Cynthia Goh, et al.. (2021). Cross Country Comparison of Expert Assessments of the Quality of Death and Dying 2021. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 63(4). e419–e429. 122 indexed citations

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Connor, Stephen R., Carlos Centeno, Eduardo Garralda, David Clelland, & David Clark. (2020). Estimating the Number of Patients Receiving Specialized Palliative Care Globally in 2017. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 61(4). 812–816. 23 indexed citations

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Muir, J. Cameron, et al.. (2018). A Systematic Assessment and Monitoring Intervention to Improve Pain Management and Quality Reporting Among Home Hospice Patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 56(6). 957–961. 3 indexed citations

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Connor, Stephen R., et al.. (2017). Palliative Care—Albania. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 55(2). S14–S18. 6 indexed citations

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Connor, Stephen R., Julia Downing, & Joan Marston. (2016). Estimating the Global Need for Palliative Care for Children: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 53(2). 171–177. 198 indexed citations

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Fine, Perry G., David H. Bradshaw, Mitchell J. Cohen, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of the Performance Improvement CME Paradigm for Pain Management in the Long-Term Care Setting. Pain Medicine. 15(3). 403–409. 4 indexed citations

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Boyden, Jackelyn Y., et al.. (2014). Nebulized Medications for the Treatment of Dyspnea: A Literature Review. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. 28(1). 1–19. 40 indexed citations

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Cleary, James F., Henry Ddungu, Sandra R. Distelhorst, et al.. (2013). Supportive and palliative care for metastatic breast cancer: Resource allocations in low- and middle-income countries. A Breast Health Global Initiative 2013 consensus statement. The Breast. 22(5). 616–627. 42 indexed citations

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Payne, Sheila, et al.. (2012). Supportive, palliative, and end-of-life care for patients with cancer in Asia: resource-stratified guidelines from the Asian Oncology Summit 2012. The Lancet Oncology. 13(11). e492–e500. 27 indexed citations

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Miller, Susan C., Dan K. Kiely, Joan M. Teno, Stephen R. Connor, & Susan L. Mitchell. (2008). Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia: Does Volume Make a Difference?. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 35(3). 283–291. 9 indexed citations

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Goodlin, Sarah J., et al.. (2005). Hospice Care for Heart Failure Patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 29(5). 525–528. 38 indexed citations

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