Tom W. Reader

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Tom W. Reader is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Social Psychology and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom W. Reader has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 20 papers in Social Psychology and 19 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Tom W. Reader's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (33 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (19 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (17 papers). Tom W. Reader is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (33 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (19 papers) and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (17 papers). Tom W. Reader collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Australia. Tom W. Reader's co-authors include Alex Gillespie, Brian H. Cuthbertson, Rhona Flin, Kathryn Mearns, Jane Roberts, Mark C. Noort, Barry Kirwan, Kristina Lauche, Steven Shorrock and Stephen J. Brett and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Tom W. Reader

66 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Patient complaints in healthcare systems: a systematic review and coding taxonomy

2014 280 citations Tom W. Reader, Alex Gillespie et al. BMJ Quality & Safety profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom W. Reader United Kingdom	25	736	687	576	483	383	71	2.5k
René Amalberti France	26	650 0.9×	515 0.7×	642 1.1×	371 0.8×	347 0.9×	70	2.5k
Robyn Clay‐Williams Australia	24	311 0.4×	991 1.4×	494 0.9×	187 0.4×	98 0.3×	127	2.3k
Carl Macrae United Kingdom	22	429 0.6×	286 0.4×	638 1.1×	334 0.7×	145 0.4×	63	1.5k
Ann Schoofs Hundt United States	26	535 0.7×	1.2k 1.8×	1.4k 2.4×	236 0.5×	66 0.2×	66	4.0k
Barbara A. Mark United States	31	554 0.8×	1.7k 2.5×	908 1.6×	221 0.5×	96 0.3×	96	3.3k
Karina Aase Norway	25	389 0.5×	934 1.4×	537 0.9×	172 0.4×	50 0.1×	88	2.0k
Tanja Manser Switzerland	39	665 0.9×	1.6k 2.4×	2.1k 3.6×	674 1.4×	88 0.2×	133	5.3k
Sallie J. Weaver United States	26	403 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	1.4k 2.4×	521 1.1×	46 0.1×	88	4.3k
Mats Brommels Sweden	29	128 0.2×	1.2k 1.8×	483 0.8×	201 0.4×	172 0.4×	121	3.5k
Siri Wiig Norway	28	570 0.8×	970 1.4×	676 1.2×	206 0.4×	58 0.2×	154	2.3k

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Reader, Tom W., et al.. (2025). Safety Listening in High‐Risk Situations: A Qualitative Analysis of Responses to Safety Voice in Aviation. Risk Analysis. 45(11). 3700–3723.

Sabherwal, Anandita, Ganga Shreedhar, & Tom W. Reader. (2025). Cultural shift for pro-environmental behavioural change: Developing and validating the Environmental Culture in Organisations (ECO) scale. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 104. 102597–102597.

Bunt, Harry, et al.. (2025). Validating the use of large language models for psychological text classification. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 3. 1 indexed citations

Reader, Tom W., et al.. (2024). Safety Listening in Organizations: An Integrated Conceptual Review. Organizational Psychology Review. 15(1). 93–124. 6 indexed citations

Gillespie, Alex, et al.. (2023). It depends who you ask: Divergences in staff and external stakeholder narratives about the causes of a healthcare failure. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 31(4). 752–766. 1 indexed citations

Bell, Sigall K., Fabienne Bourgeois, Alex Gillespie, et al.. (2022). Patient Identification of Diagnostic Safety Blindspots and Participation in “Good Catches” Through Shared Visit Notes. Milbank Quarterly. 100(4). 1121–1165. 19 indexed citations

Reader, Tom W. & Alex Gillespie. (2022). Developing a battery of measures for unobtrusive indicators of organisational culture: a research note. Journal of Risk Research. 26(1). 1–18. 5 indexed citations

Horne, Robert, Yogini Jani, Tom W. Reader, et al.. (2021). Understanding decisions about antibiotic prescribing in ICU: an application of the Necessity Concerns Framework. BMJ Quality & Safety. 31(3). 199–210. 41 indexed citations

Noort, Mark C., Tom W. Reader, & Alex Gillespie. (2021). Sounds of silence: Data for analysing muted safety voice in speech. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37. 107186–107186. 1 indexed citations

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Noort, Mark C., Tom W. Reader, & Alex Gillespie. (2021). Cockpit voice recorder transcript data: Capturing safety voice and safety listening during historic aviation accidents. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 39. 107602–107602. 3 indexed citations

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Noort, Mark C., Tom W. Reader, & Alex Gillespie. (2021). Safety voice and safety listening during aviation accidents: Cockpit voice recordings reveal that speaking-up to power is not enough. Safety Science. 139. 105260–105260. 28 indexed citations

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Noort, Mark C., Tom W. Reader, & Alex Gillespie. (2019). Speaking up to prevent harm: A systematic review of the safety voice literature. Safety Science. 117. 375–387. 99 indexed citations

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Noort, Mark C., Tom W. Reader, & Alex Gillespie. (2019). Walking the Plank: An Experimental Paradigm to Investigate Safety Voice. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 668–668. 15 indexed citations

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Kapur, Narinder, Anam Parand, Tayana Soukup, Tom W. Reader, & Nick Sevdalis. (2016). Aviation and healthcare: a comparative review with implications for patient safety. JRSM Open. 7(1). 442841636–442841636. 139 indexed citations

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Heasman, Brett & Tom W. Reader. (2015). What can acute medicine learn from qualitative methods?. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 21(5). 460–466. 5 indexed citations

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Reader, Tom W. & Alex Gillespie. (2013). Patient neglect in healthcare institutions: a systematic review and conceptual model. BMC Health Services Research. 13(1). 156–156. 115 indexed citations

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Reader, Tom W. & Brian H. Cuthbertson. (2011). Teamwork and team training in the ICU: Where do the similarities with aviation end?. Critical Care. 15(6). 313–313. 29 indexed citations

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Reader, Tom W., Rhona Flin, & Brian H. Cuthbertson. (2011). Team leadership in the intensive care unit: The perspective of specialists*. Critical Care Medicine. 39(7). 1683–1691. 41 indexed citations

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Reader, Tom W., Rhona Flin, & Brian H. Cuthbertson. (2007). Communication skills and error in the intensive care unit. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 13(6). 732–736. 146 indexed citations

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Reader, Tom W., Rhona Flin, Kristina Lauche, & Brian H. Cuthbertson. (2006). Non-technical skills in the intensive care unit. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 96(5). 551–559. 203 indexed citations

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