Tom Swinson

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Tom Swinson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Swinson has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in General Health Professions, 3 papers in Occupational Therapy and 3 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Tom Swinson's work include Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers), Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (3 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 papers). Tom Swinson is often cited by papers focused on Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers), Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (3 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 papers). Tom Swinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Ireland. Tom Swinson's co-authors include Derek M. Griffith, Linda J Lux, Siobhan C. Maty, Liza Zinola Webb, A Jackman, Meera Viswanathan, Carmen D. Samuel‐Hodge, Martin Orrell, Alice Ammerman and Scott D. Rhodes and has published in prestigious journals such as International Psychogeriatrics, BMC Geriatrics and British Journal of Occupational Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Tom Swinson

10 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Community-based participatory research: assessing the evidence.

2004 823 citations Meera Viswanathan, Alice Ammerman et al. PubMed profile →
Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2016 274 citations Sandeep Toot, Tom Swinson et al. International Psychogeriatrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Swinson United Kingdom	8	884	221	210	209	134	11	1.3k
Bruna Moretti Luchesi Brazil	16	507 0.6×	228 1.0×	208 1.0×	195 0.9×	215 1.6×	97	1.2k
Célia Pereira Caldas Brazil	21	887 1.0×	174 0.8×	128 0.6×	225 1.1×	124 0.9×	148	1.3k
Ellen McCreedy United States	18	628 0.7×	251 1.1×	286 1.4×	337 1.6×	239 1.8×	55	1.3k
Philip M. Alberti United States	16	397 0.4×	153 0.7×	124 0.6×	116 0.6×	177 1.3×	34	859
Jill Thompson United Kingdom	22	732 0.8×	196 0.9×	324 1.5×	217 1.0×	300 2.2×	61	1.5k
Jeffrey Borkan United States	21	523 0.6×	122 0.6×	233 1.1×	446 2.1×	81 0.6×	46	1.4k
Susan J. Woolford United States	20	688 0.8×	162 0.7×	102 0.5×	807 3.9×	310 2.3×	68	1.6k
Susan McLaren United Kingdom	21	573 0.6×	170 0.8×	241 1.1×	144 0.7×	268 2.0×	57	1.4k
Kezia Scales United States	16	529 0.6×	129 0.6×	232 1.1×	125 0.6×	100 0.7×	27	786
Lorraine Hicking-Woodison	3	491 0.6×	95 0.4×	60 0.3×	221 1.1×	177 1.3×	5	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Swinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Swinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Swinson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tom Swinson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tom Swinson 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 Tom Swinson. Tom Swinson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Woolham, John, Tom Swinson, Jennifer Lynch, et al.. (2025). Practitioners as researchers – experiences of four people working in hybrid roles in two local authorities and a university. Social Work Education. 45(3). 821–839.

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Walton, Holly, Ildikó Tombor, Jane Burgess, et al.. (2019). Measuring fidelity of delivery of the Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia-UK intervention. BMC Geriatrics. 19(1). 364–364. 15 indexed citations

3.

Swinson, Tom, Jennifer Wenborn, & Paul Sugarhood. (2019). Green walking groups: A mixed-methods review of the mental health outcomes for adults with mental health problems. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 83(3). 162–171. 7 indexed citations

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Walton, Holly, Ildikó Tombor, Jane Burgess, et al.. (2017). Assessing fidelity of delivery of the Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD-UK) intervention. European Health Psychologist. 19. 1071. 1 indexed citations

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Wenborn, Jennifer, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of the ‘Ladder to the Moon, Culture Change Studio Engagement Programme’ staff training: Two quasi‐experimental case studies. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 12(3). 17 indexed citations

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Wenborn, Jennifer, Becky Field, Sinéad M. Hynes, et al.. (2017). Enablers and challenges to occupational therapists’ research engagement: A qualitative study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 80(11). 642–650. 16 indexed citations

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Toot, Sandeep, Tom Swinson, Mike Devine, David Challis, & Martin Orrell. (2016). Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Psychogeriatrics. 29(2). 195–208. 274 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swinson, Tom, Jennifer Wenborn, Sinéad M. Hynes, et al.. (2016). Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: A national survey of United Kingdom occupational therapy practice. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 79(2). 85–91. 11 indexed citations

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Wenborn, Jennifer, et al.. (2013). Valuing active life in dementia (VALID): community occupational therapy in dementia. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Viswanathan, Meera, Alice Ammerman, E. Eng, et al.. (2004). Community-based participatory research: assessing the evidence.. PubMed. 1–8. 823 indexed citations breakdown →

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Viswanathan, Meera, Alice Ammerman, E. Eng, et al.. (2004). Community‐Based Participatory Research: Assessing the Evidence: Summary. 109 indexed citations

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