Tara Coughlan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Tara Coughlan is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Tara Coughlan has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 20 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Tara Coughlan's work include Hip and Femur Fractures (15 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (15 papers) and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (10 papers). Tara Coughlan is often cited by papers focused on Hip and Femur Fractures (15 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (15 papers) and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (10 papers). Tara Coughlan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Tara Coughlan's co-authors include Frances Dockery, Desmond O’Neill, Rónán Collins, David Jenkins, Michael Oddy, Andy Tyerman, Seán Kennelly, Robert Briggs, H. Ferris and Louise Brent and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Tara Coughlan

62 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Social adjustment after closed head injury: a further follow-up seven years after injury.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tara Coughlan Ireland	21	490	304	285	246	241	65	1.7k
Joseph Kwan United Kingdom	29	1.2k 2.5×	359 1.2×	126 0.4×	138 0.6×	252 1.0×	97	2.6k
Jennifer J Watts Australia	23	274 0.6×	441 1.5×	151 0.5×	355 1.4×	129 0.5×	76	1.9k
Rameela Chandrasekhar United States	26	200 0.4×	168 0.6×	146 0.5×	348 1.4×	258 1.1×	67	2.7k
Thibault Mura France	31	447 0.9×	292 1.0×	59 0.2×	339 1.4×	197 0.8×	141	2.7k
Penelope M. A. Brasher Canada	23	216 0.4×	141 0.5×	232 0.8×	360 1.5×	158 0.7×	59	1.8k
Leah Passmore United States	16	187 0.4×	103 0.3×	122 0.4×	396 1.6×	113 0.5×	21	2.1k
Addie Middleton United States	23	206 0.4×	747 2.5×	91 0.3×	264 1.1×	121 0.5×	60	2.3k
Geoffrey Cloud United Kingdom	29	1.0k 2.1×	402 1.3×	182 0.6×	365 1.5×	350 1.5×	93	2.7k
Nicolas R. Thompson United States	23	332 0.7×	320 1.1×	84 0.3×	363 1.5×	124 0.5×	129	2.0k
Damian Jenkinson United Kingdom	14	697 1.4×	108 0.4×	122 0.4×	175 0.7×	176 0.7×	26	1.7k

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Ferris, H., Mary E. Walsh, Niamh A. Merriman, et al.. (2025). Identifying frailty in acutely hospitalised patients with hip fracture: are the clinical frailty scale and irish hip fracture database frailty index comparable for predicting adverse outcomes?. European Geriatric Medicine. 17(1). 129–138.

Ferris, H., et al.. (2025). Preoperative Anaemia Increases the Likelihood of 1‐Year Mortality After Hip Fracture. Advances in Orthopedics. 2025(1). 5526883–5526883. 1 indexed citations

Ferris, H., et al.. (2023). 1 year mortality after hip fracture in an Irish urban trauma centre. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 24(1). 487–487. 8 indexed citations

Walsh, Mary E., et al.. (2022). Development of a Frailty Index in the Irish Hip Fracture Database. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 143(7). 4447–4454. 2 indexed citations

Ferris, H., et al.. (2021). Discharge destination after hip fracture: findings from the Irish hip fracture database. European Geriatric Medicine. 13(2). 415–424. 15 indexed citations

Fallon, Aoife, et al.. (2021). Hospitalised older people with covid-19: One month outcomes. 114(2). 1 indexed citations

Walsh, Mary E., H. Ferris, Tara Coughlan, et al.. (2020). Trends in hip fracture care in the Republic of Ireland from 2013 to 2018: results from the Irish Hip Fracture Database. Osteoporosis International. 32(4). 727–736. 27 indexed citations

Tobin, W. Oliver, James S. O’Donnell, Rachel T. McGrath, et al.. (2017). Profile of von Willebrand factor antigen and von Willebrand factor propeptide in an overall TIA and ischaemic stroke population and amongst subtypes. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 375. 404–410. 14 indexed citations

Kok, Hong Kuan, Rónán Collins, Tara Coughlan, et al.. (2016). Added Value of Stroke Protocol MRI Following Negative Initial CT in the Acute Stroke Setting.. PubMed. 108(10). 302–4. 1 indexed citations

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Briggs, Robert, et al.. (2015). Acute hospital care: how much activity is attributable to caring for patients with dementia?. QJM. 109(1). 41–44. 26 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Tara & Frances Dockery. (2014). Osteoporosis and fracture risk in older people. Clinical Medicine. 14(2). 187–191. 253 indexed citations

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Kennelly, Seán, Brendan Drumm, Tara Coughlan, et al.. (2014). Characteristics and outcomes of older persons attending the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study. QJM. 107(12). 977–987. 30 indexed citations

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Briggs, Robert, Tara Coughlan, Rónán Collins, Desmond O’Neill, & Seán Kennelly. (2013). Nursing home residents attending the emergency department: clinical characteristics and outcomes. QJM. 106(9). 803–808. 79 indexed citations

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Kinsella, J. A., W. Oliver Tobin, Sean Tierney, et al.. (2013). Increased platelet activation in early symptomatic vs. asymptomatic carotid stenosis and relationship with microembolic status: results from the Platelets and Carotid Stenosis Study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 11(7). 1407–1416. 17 indexed citations

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Bradley, David, Simon Cronin, Justin Kinsella, et al.. (2013). Frequent inaccuracies in ABCD2 scoring in non-stroke specialists' referrals to a daily Rapid Access Stroke Prevention service. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 332(1-2). 30–34. 17 indexed citations

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O’Dwyer, Laurence, Franck Lamberton, Arun L.W. Bokde, et al.. (2012). Using Support Vector Machines with Multiple Indices of Diffusion for Automated Classification of Mild Cognitive Impairment. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32441–e32441. 75 indexed citations

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Kinsella, Justin, W. Oliver Tobin, Dermot Cox, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of Ex Vivo High On-treatment Platelet Reactivity on Antiplatelet Therapy after Transient Ischemic Attack or Ischemic Stroke on the PFA-100® and VerifyNow®. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 22(7). e84–e92. 23 indexed citations

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Collins, Rónán, et al.. (2012). Subtle memory and attentional deficits revealed in an Irish stroke patient sample using domain-specific cognitive tasks. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 34(8). 864–875. 13 indexed citations

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Donnellan, Claire, et al.. (2012). Mapping patients’ experiences after stroke onto a patient-focused intervention framework. Disability and Rehabilitation. 35(6). 483–491. 20 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Tara & Desmond O’Neill. (2001). General hospital resources consumed by an elderly population awaiting long-term care.. PubMed. 94(7). 206–8. 10 indexed citations

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