Steven J. Spear

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Steven J. Spear is a scholar working on Emergency Medical Services, Management Information Systems and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven J. Spear has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Emergency Medical Services, 3 papers in Management Information Systems and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Steven J. Spear's work include Patient Safety and Medication Errors (5 papers), Quality and Supply Management (3 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (2 papers). Steven J. Spear is often cited by papers focused on Patient Safety and Medication Errors (5 papers), Quality and Supply Management (3 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (2 papers). Steven J. Spear collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Steven J. Spear's co-authors include H. Kent Bowen, Anita L. Tucker, Amy C. Edmondson, Mark Schmidhofer, Gail A. Wolf, Elizabeth Armstrong, Elizabeth Newbronner, Jennifer A. Klaber Moffett, Gordon Waddell and Karen Croucher and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Academic Medicine and Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Steven J. Spear

16 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System

1999 920 citations Steven J. Spear, H. Kent Bowen Harvard business review profile →

Peers

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Korina Katsaliaki Greece

Ronald Batenburg Netherlands

Ruth Boaden United Kingdom

Craig M. Froehle United States

Kathleen L. McFadden United States

Bozena Poksińska Sweden

Richard M.J. Bohmer United States

Aravind Chandrasekaran United States

Charles R. Gowen United States

Mats Brommels Sweden

Korina Katsaliaki Greece

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Countries citing papers authored by Steven J. Spear

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven J. Spear

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven J. Spear

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven J. Spear. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven J. Spear based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Steven J. Spear. Steven J. Spear is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Spear, Steven J.. (2010). The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

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Southwick, Frederick S. & Steven J. Spear. (2009). Commentary: “Who Was Caring for Mary?” Revisited: A Call for All Academic Physicians Caring for Patients to Focus on Systems and Quality Improvement. Academic Medicine. 84(12). 1648–1650. 3 indexed citations

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Spear, Steven J.. (2006). Fixing Healthcare from the Inside: Teaching Residents to Heal Broken Delivery Processes As They Heal Sick Patients. Academic Medicine. 81(Suppl). S144–S149. 22 indexed citations

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Tucker, Anita L. & Steven J. Spear. (2006). Operational Failures and Interruptions in Hospital Nursing. Health Services Research. 41(3p1). 643–662. 296 indexed citations

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Shannon, Richard P., et al.. (2006). Using Real-Time Problem Solving to Eliminate Central Line Infections. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 32(9). 479–487. 51 indexed citations

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Spear, Steven J.. (2005). Fixing health care from the inside, today.. PubMed. 83(9). 78–91, 158. 243 indexed citations

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Spear, Steven J. & Mark Schmidhofer. (2005). Ambiguity and Workarounds as Contributors to Medical Error. Annals of Internal Medicine. 142(8). 627–630. 100 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Elizabeth, et al.. (2004). Medical Education as a Process Management Problem. Academic Medicine. 79(8). 721–728. 75 indexed citations

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Spear, Steven J.. (2004). Learning to lead at Toyota.. PubMed. 82(5). 78–86, 151. 234 indexed citations

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Wolf, Gail A., et al.. (2003). Driving Improvement in Patient Care. JONA The Journal of Nursing Administration. 33(11). 585–595. 80 indexed citations

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Spear, Steven J.. (2002). The essence of just-in-time: Embedding diagnostic tests in work-systems to achieve operational excellence. Production Planning & Control. 13(8). 754–767. 17 indexed citations

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Tucker, Anita L., Amy C. Edmondson, & Steven J. Spear. (2002). When problem solving prevents organizational learning. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 15(2). 122–137. 196 indexed citations

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Tucker, Anita L., Amy C. Edmondson, & Steven J. Spear. (2001). FRONT-LINE PROBLEM SOLVING: THE RESPONSES OF HOSPITAL NURSES TO WORK SYSTEM FAILURES.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2001(1). C1–C6. 3 indexed citations

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Moffett, Jennifer A. Klaber, Elizabeth Newbronner, Gordon Waddell, Karen Croucher, & Steven J. Spear. (2000). Public perceptions about low back pain and its management: a gap between expectations and reality?. Health Expectations. 3(3). 161–168. 76 indexed citations

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Spear, Steven J. & H. Kent Bowen. (1999). Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System. Harvard business review. 77(5). 96–106. 920 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bowen, H. Kent & Steven J. Spear. (1999). The toyota production system: an example of managing complex social/technical systems. 5 rules for designing, operating, and improving activities, activity-connections, and flow-paths. 23 indexed citations

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