Tjerk van der Schaaf

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 911 citations indexed

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Tjerk van der Schaaf is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Emergency Medical Services and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Tjerk van der Schaaf has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 7 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 7 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Tjerk van der Schaaf's work include Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (7 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (7 papers). Tjerk van der Schaaf is often cited by papers focused on Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (7 papers) and Occupational Health and Safety Research (7 papers). Tjerk van der Schaaf collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United States. Tjerk van der Schaaf's co-authors include Peter Hibbert, Richard Thomson, Pierre Lewalle, Heather Sherman, W. B. Runciman, Lisette Kanse, Linda Wright, Christel G. Rutte, Jan de Jonge and G. Castro and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Social Science & Medicine and Reliability Engineering & System Safety.

In The Last Decade

Tjerk van der Schaaf

14 papers receiving 842 citations

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Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: key concepts and terms

2009 379 citations W. B. Runciman, Peter Hibbert et al. International Journal for Quality in Health Care profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tjerk van der Schaaf Netherlands	9	458	314	236	166	148	14	911
Jane Carthey United Kingdom	14	767 1.7×	276 0.9×	242 1.0×	158 1.0×	147 1.0×	27	1.4k
Sally Taylor‐Adams United Kingdom	10	358 0.8×	214 0.7×	174 0.7×	110 0.7×	138 0.9×	12	636
Mingming Zhang China	13	422 0.9×	347 1.1×	140 0.6×	202 1.2×	105 0.7×	36	899
Erik Stalhandske United States	11	511 1.1×	265 0.8×	104 0.4×	187 1.1×	35 0.2×	14	962
Alyson Falwell United States	8	823 1.8×	539 1.7×	546 2.3×	278 1.7×	80 0.5×	11	1.2k
T.W. van der Schaaf Netherlands	11	347 0.8×	166 0.5×	117 0.5×	117 0.7×	77 0.5×	27	602
Joseph DeRosier United States	12	524 1.1×	238 0.8×	85 0.4×	167 1.0×	35 0.2×	15	1.0k
Karin Pukk Härenstam Sweden	14	374 0.8×	219 0.7×	79 0.3×	121 0.7×	99 0.7×	52	881
Anam Parand United Kingdom	17	303 0.7×	157 0.5×	124 0.5×	228 1.4×	55 0.4×	25	937
Denham L. Phipps United Kingdom	22	747 1.6×	313 1.0×	210 0.9×	179 1.1×	71 0.5×	65	1.6k

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Schaaf, Tjerk van der, et al.. (2012). Risk analysis and user satisfaction after implementation of computerized physician order entry in Dutch hospitals. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 35(2). 195–201. 9 indexed citations

Schaaf, Tjerk van der, et al.. (2010). Defining near misses: Towards a sharpened definition based on empirical data about error handling processes. Social Science & Medicine. 70(9). 1301–1308. 38 indexed citations

Jonge, Jan de, et al.. (2010). Prospective risk analysis prior to retrospective incident reporting and analysis as a means to enhance incident reporting behaviour: A quasi-experimental field study. Social Science & Medicine. 70(9). 1309–1316. 14 indexed citations

Runciman, W. B., Peter Hibbert, Richard Thomson, et al.. (2009). Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: key concepts and terms. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 21(1). 18–26. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

Schaaf, Tjerk van der, et al.. (2009). Integration of prospective and retrospective methods for risk analysis in hospitals. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 21(6). 427–432. 34 indexed citations

Sherman, Heather, G. Castro, Martin Fletcher, et al.. (2009). Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: the conceptual framework. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 21(1). 2–8. 197 indexed citations

Schaaf, Tjerk van der, et al.. (2005). Biases in a medical incident causation database: a quantitative evaluation using PRISMA-Medical. 175–181. 1 indexed citations

Schaaf, Tjerk van der & Lisette Kanse. (2004). CHECKING FOR BIASES IN INCIDENT REPORTING. IN: ACCIDENT PRECURSOR ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT: REDUCING TECHNOLOGICAL RISK THROUGH DILIGENCE. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Linda & Tjerk van der Schaaf. (2004). Accident versus near miss causation: a critical review of the literature, an empirical test in the UK railway domain, and their implications for other sectors. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 111(1-3). 105–110. 102 indexed citations

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Schaaf, Tjerk van der & Lisette Kanse. (2003). Biases in incident reporting databases: an empirical study in the chemical process industry. Safety Science. 42(1). 57–67. 106 indexed citations

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Schaaf, Tjerk van der, et al.. (2002). PRISMA as a quality tool for promoting customer satisfaction in the telecommunications industry. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 75(3). 303–311. 5 indexed citations

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Kanse, Lisette & Tjerk van der Schaaf. (2001). Human recovery of failures in the chemical process industry. 323–332. 1 indexed citations

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Kanse, Lisette & Tjerk van der Schaaf. (2001). Recovery From Failures in the Chemical Process Industry. 5(3). 199–211. 23 indexed citations

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Schaaf, Tjerk van der. (1974). THE KREEKRAKDAM BRIDGES ON THE NEW SCHELDT-RHINE CANAL (NETHERLANDS). 39(11). 1 indexed citations

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