Vari Drennan

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Vari Drennan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vari Drennan has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in General Health Professions, 29 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 26 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Vari Drennan's work include Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (43 papers), Nursing Roles and Practices (35 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (28 papers). Vari Drennan is often cited by papers focused on Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (43 papers), Nursing Roles and Practices (35 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (28 papers). Vari Drennan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Qatar. Vari Drennan's co-authors include Fiona Ross, Steve Iliffe, Claire Goodman, Mary Halter, Ruth Harris, Robert Grant, Jill Manthorpe, Heather Gage, Laura Cole and Simon de Lusignan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vari Drennan

175 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vari Drennan United Kingdom	31	2.1k	582	416	415	365	184	3.2k
Sue Latter United Kingdom	32	1.4k 0.6×	539 0.9×	353 0.8×	265 0.6×	338 0.9×	104	2.9k
Allison Williams Australia	30	850 0.4×	448 0.8×	408 1.0×	479 1.2×	479 1.3×	90	2.8k
Barbara G. Bokhour United States	35	1.7k 0.8×	722 1.2×	354 0.9×	131 0.3×	233 0.6×	153	3.7k
Ruth Martin‐Misener Canada	36	2.8k 1.3×	974 1.7×	332 0.8×	599 1.4×	327 0.9×	192	4.0k
H. Shonna Yin United States	35	1.9k 0.9×	673 1.2×	338 0.8×	315 0.8×	387 1.1×	112	3.7k
Julienne Meyer United Kingdom	29	2.2k 1.0×	803 1.4×	362 0.9×	120 0.3×	402 1.1×	151	3.2k
Benard P. Dreyer United States	44	2.6k 1.2×	634 1.1×	1.2k 2.8×	342 0.8×	346 0.9×	141	6.3k
Michael Simon Switzerland	30	1.9k 0.9×	360 0.6×	303 0.7×	495 1.2×	187 0.5×	148	3.4k
Miranda Laurant Netherlands	26	2.7k 1.3×	628 1.1×	375 0.9×	526 1.3×	130 0.4×	93	3.9k
Karen Spilsbury United Kingdom	25	1.7k 0.8×	459 0.8×	338 0.8×	148 0.4×	262 0.7×	106	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vari Drennan

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Frost, Rachael, S. L. Gibson, Christina Avgerinou, et al.. (2025). Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 15(1). e086642–e086642.

Drennan, Vari, et al.. (2025). Distinctive features of district nursing in contrast to nursing in other settings: a discussion. British Journal of Community Nursing. 30(3). 115–116. 1 indexed citations

Frost, Rachael, Louise Marston, Sarah Gibson, et al.. (2025). A personalised health intervention to maintain independence in older people with mild frailty: a process evaluation within the HomeHealth RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 1–23. 1 indexed citations

Serfaty, Marc, Gloria Laycock, Chris R. Brewin, et al.. (2025). The VIP trial: a randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness of a Victim Improvement Package (VIP) for the reduction of continued symptoms of depression or anxiety in older victims of community crime in an English city. BMJ Open. 15(7). e095184–e095184.

Blay, Nicole, et al.. (2024). Community Nursing: A Time and Motion Study of Community Nurses' Work and Workload. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81(7). 3868–3878. 1 indexed citations

Frost, Rachael, Christina Avgerinou, Claire Goodman, et al.. (2023). Enabling health and maintaining independence for older people at home (HomeHealth trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 402. S42–S42. 1 indexed citations

Drennan, Vari, et al.. (2021). Are advanced clinical practice roles in England’s National Health Service a remedy for workforce problems? A qualitative study of senior staff perspectives. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 27(2). 96–105. 11 indexed citations

Halter, Mary, Vari Drennan, Christopher Wang, et al.. (2020). Comparing physician associates and foundation year two doctors-in-training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England: a mixed-methods study of processes and outcomes. BMJ Open. 10(9). e037557–e037557. 17 indexed citations

Drennan, Vari, Mary Halter, Carly Wheeler, et al.. (2019). The role of physician associates in secondary care: the PA-SCER mixed-methods study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(19). 1–158. 12 indexed citations

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Drennan, Vari, Kate Walters, Christina Avgerinou, et al.. (2018). Moving upstream in health promoting policies for older people with early frailty in England? A policy analysis. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 23(3). 168–175. 11 indexed citations

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Halter, Mary, Carly Wheeler, Ferruccio Pelone, et al.. (2018). Contribution of physician assistants/associates to secondary care: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 8(6). e019573–e019573. 34 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Carly, Mary Halter, Vari Drennan, et al.. (2017). Physician associates working in secondary care teams in England: Interprofessional implications from a national survey. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 31(6). 774–776. 8 indexed citations

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Drennan, Vari, Claire Goodman, Christine Norton, & Amanda Wells. (2011). Incontinence: enhancing care in women's prisons.. PubMed. 107(17). 18–9. 4 indexed citations

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Drennan, Vari, Claire Goodman, Christine Norton, & Amanda Wells. (2010). Incontinence in women prisoners: an exploration of the issues. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66(9). 1953–1967. 8 indexed citations

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Drennan, Vari, et al.. (2007). Mothers' views of the health visiting service in the UK: a web-based survey.. PubMed. 80(8). 22–6. 7 indexed citations

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Ross, Fiona M., et al.. (2006). School nurses' contribution to young people's future health.. PubMed. 101(47). 19–20. 4 indexed citations

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Drennan, Vari. (2004). Sustaining public health activities by community practitioners and health visitors. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Iliffe, Steve, et al.. (2003). A picture of health. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 24. 1 indexed citations

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Iliffe, Steve, Penny Lenihan, Paul Wallace, et al.. (2002). Applying community-oriented primary care methods in British general practice: a case study.. PubMed. 52(481). 646–51. 14 indexed citations

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Drennan, Vari, et al.. (1999). Community care. Blurred vision.. PubMed. 109(5667). 22–3. 1 indexed citations

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