Tim Ensor

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Tim Ensor is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Ensor has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 60 papers in General Health Professions and 52 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Tim Ensor's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (67 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (52 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (42 papers). Tim Ensor is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (67 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (52 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (42 papers). Tim Ensor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and Nigeria. Tim Ensor's co-authors include Sophie Witter, Josephine Borghi, Robert A. Berenson, Timothy Lake, Robert Hurley, Marsha R. Gold, Suresh Tiwari, Rosemary Morgan, Craig Lissner and Barbara McPake and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Tim Ensor

108 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Overcoming barriers to health service access: influencing the demand side

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Ensor United Kingdom	33	2.4k	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	557	115	4.0k
Josephine Borghi United Kingdom	32	3.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	134	4.7k
Manuela De Allegri Germany	38	2.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	480 0.9×	184	4.5k
Sophie Witter United Kingdom	43	2.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	453 0.8×	191	5.1k
Irène Akua Agyepong Ghana	39	2.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	418 0.8×	149	5.4k
Barbara McPake United Kingdom	37	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	310 0.6×	171	5.5k
Magnus Lindelöw United States	25	2.5k 1.0×	3.0k 1.6×	3.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.3×	495 0.9×	72	5.4k
Di McIntyre South Africa	41	3.2k 1.4×	3.4k 1.8×	2.9k 1.8×	1.9k 1.7×	488 0.9×	138	6.9k
Bart Criel Belgium	38	2.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	243 0.4×	193	4.3k
Asha George United States	38	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	836 0.5×	403 0.4×	927 1.7×	167	4.8k
Mylène Lagarde United Kingdom	29	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	961 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	578 1.0×	86	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Ensor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Ensor

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Novignon, Jacob, et al.. (2024). Adolescent mental health services in West Africa: a comparative analysis of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 18(1). 130–130. 1 indexed citations

Agwu, Prince, Chinyere Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe, et al.. (2024). Informal–Formal Healthcare Services Delivery Nexus in Nigeria’s Urban Slums: A Reconnaissance Study. Journal of Social Service Research. 50(4). 711–724. 2 indexed citations

Gnanaraj, Jesudian, Anurag Mishra, Lovenish Bains, et al.. (2023). Gasless laparoscopy in rural India-registry outcomes and evaluation of the learning curve. Surgical Endoscopy. 37(11). 8227–8235. 1 indexed citations

Bewick, Bridgette M., et al.. (2023). Systematic review of intervention functions, theoretical constructs and cultural adaptations of school-based smoking prevention interventions in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Open. 13(2). e066613–e066613. 3 indexed citations

Dawkins, Bryony, Tim Ensor, Jesudian Gnanaraj, et al.. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of gasless laparoscopy as a means to increase provision of minimally invasive surgery for abdominal conditions in rural North-East India. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0271559–e0271559. 1 indexed citations

Ezumah, Nkoli, Ana Manzano, Uchenna Ezenwaka, et al.. (2021). Role of trust in sustaining provision and uptake of maternal and child healthcare: Evidence from a national programme in Nigeria. Social Science & Medicine. 293. 114644–114644. 20 indexed citations

Bolton, William, Anurag Mishra, Lovenish Bains, et al.. (2021). Clinical effectiveness of gasless laparoscopic surgery for abdominal conditions: systematic review and meta-analysis. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(12). 6427–6437. 15 indexed citations

Virk, Amrit, William Bolton, Jenny Scott, et al.. (2021). What factors shape surgical access in West Africa? A qualitative study exploring patient and provider experiences of managing injuries in Sierra Leone. BMJ Open. 11(3). e042402–e042402. 8 indexed citations

Ebenso, Bassey, Chinyere Mbachu, Enyi Etiaba, et al.. (2020). Which mechanisms explain the motivation of primary health workers? Insights from the realist evaluation of a maternal and child health programme in Nigeria. BMJ Global Health. 5(8). e002408–e002408. 17 indexed citations

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Mirzoev, Tolib, Enyi Etiaba, Bassey Ebenso, et al.. (2020). Tracing theories in realist evaluations of large-scale health programmes in low- and middle-income countries: experience from Nigeria. Health Policy and Planning. 35(9). 1244–1253. 9 indexed citations

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Ensor, Tim, et al.. (2020). Factors influencing use of essential surgical services in North-East India: a cross-sectional study of obstetric and gynaecological surgery. BMJ Open. 10(10). e038470–e038470. 4 indexed citations

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Uzochukwu, Benjamin, Tolib Mirzoev, Chinyere Okeke, et al.. (2020). Did an Intervention Programme Aimed at Strengthening the Maternal and Child Health Services in Nigeria Improve the Completeness of Routine Health Data Within the Health Management Information System?. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11(7). 937–946. 3 indexed citations

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Ebenso, Bassey, Ana Manzano, Benjamin Uzochukwu, et al.. (2018). Dealing with context in logic model development: Reflections from a realist evaluation of a community health worker programme in Nigeria. Evaluation and Program Planning. 73. 97–110. 41 indexed citations

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Hunter, Benjamin M., et al.. (2012). Demand-side financing measures to increase maternal health service utilisation and improve health outcomes: a systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 10(Supplement). 1–19. 4 indexed citations

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Ensor, Tim, et al.. (2007). Regulating health care in low- and middle-income countries: Broadening the policy response in resource constrained environments. Social Science & Medicine. 65(2). 355–366. 43 indexed citations

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Witter, Sophie, Tim Ensor, Robin N. Thompson, & Matthew Jowett. (2000). Health Economics for Developing Countries. A Practical Guide.. Queen Margaret University Publications Repository (Queen Margaret University). 28 indexed citations

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Ensor, Tim. (1999). Developing health insurance in transitional Asia. Social Science & Medicine. 48(7). 871–879. 32 indexed citations

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Gold, Marsha R., Robert Hurley, Timothy Lake, Tim Ensor, & Robert A. Berenson. (1995). A National Survey of the Arrangements Managed-Care Plans Make with Physicians. Mathematica Policy Research Reports. 4 indexed citations

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Gold, Marsha R., Robert Hurley, Timothy Lake, Tim Ensor, & Robert A. Berenson. (1995). A National Survey of the Arrangements Managed-Care Plans Make with Physicians. New England Journal of Medicine. 333(25). 1678–1683. 238 indexed citations

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Ensor, Tim & Christine Godfrey. (1993). Modelling the interactions between alcohol, crime and the criminal justice system. Addiction. 88(4). 477–487. 28 indexed citations

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