William Spence

1.7k total citations
49 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William Spence is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, William Spence has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in William Spence's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (17 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (15 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (6 papers). William Spence is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (17 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (15 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (6 papers). William Spence collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malaysia and Ireland. William Spence's co-authors include S.E. Solomonidis, J. P. Paul, Kevin Kelleher, Dimitrios P. Apatsidis, William Ion, John G. Buckley, James Cho‐Hong Goh, Scott Telfer, Liang Yang and Mariëtta L. van der Linden and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biomechanics, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Gait & Posture.

In The Last Decade

William Spence

46 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Spence United Kingdom 19 658 175 173 151 133 49 1.2k
Raymond W. McGorry United States 23 515 0.8× 193 1.1× 112 0.6× 160 1.1× 132 1.0× 77 1.7k
Elizabeth Russell Esposito United States 22 831 1.3× 317 1.8× 231 1.3× 59 0.4× 177 1.3× 60 1.3k
Tilak Dutta Canada 17 242 0.4× 76 0.4× 66 0.4× 67 0.4× 89 0.7× 65 935
Jan Andrysek Canada 18 691 1.1× 159 0.9× 145 0.8× 36 0.2× 263 2.0× 87 1.1k
David C. Morgenroth United States 18 1.1k 1.7× 366 2.1× 220 1.3× 81 0.5× 79 0.6× 50 1.6k
Martin Grimmer Germany 18 1.3k 2.0× 84 0.5× 73 0.4× 98 0.6× 110 0.8× 46 1.6k
Bonita Sawatzky Canada 21 268 0.4× 246 1.4× 128 0.7× 454 3.0× 481 3.6× 88 1.4k
Martin Ferguson-Pell Canada 21 359 0.5× 371 2.1× 157 0.9× 243 1.6× 111 0.8× 74 1.5k
Shu Nishiguchi Japan 22 513 0.8× 280 1.6× 70 0.4× 46 0.3× 379 2.8× 66 2.2k
Stefania Fatone United States 24 1.1k 1.7× 381 2.2× 414 2.4× 178 1.2× 444 3.3× 92 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Spence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Spence

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spence, William, et al.. (2024). The Surgical Education Checklist as an Adjunct to Training in the Operating Theatre: The Surgeons’ Experience. Journal of surgical education. 82(2). 103377–103377.
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Hartman, Mark E., et al.. (2018). Police Academy Training, Performance, and Learning. Behavior Analysis in Practice. 12(2). 353–372. 25 indexed citations
3.
Spence, William, et al.. (2017). Perceptions of smoking cessation among Glasgow's Chinese community. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 3(October). 127–127. 6 indexed citations
4.
Richardson, Alison, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of an Activity Monitor for the Objective Measurement of Free-Living Physical Activity in Children With Cerebral Palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 94(12). 2549–2558. 19 indexed citations
5.
Ferguson, Morag & William Spence. (2012). Towards a definition: what does ‘health promotion’ mean to speech and language therapists?. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 47(5). 522–533. 11 indexed citations
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Spence, William, et al.. (2012). Validity of method to quantify transtibial amputees free-living prosthetic wearing times and physical activity levels when using suction suspension sockets. The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 49(3). 427–427. 3 indexed citations
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Kelleher, Kevin, William Spence, S.E. Solomonidis, & Dimitrios P. Apatsidis. (2010). The characterisation of gait patterns of people with multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation. 32(15). 1242–1250. 111 indexed citations
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Wet, Carl de, William Spence, Robert Mash, P. Johnson, & Paul Bowie. (2010). The development and psychometric evaluation of a safety climate measure for primary care. BMJ Quality & Safety. 19(6). 578–584. 50 indexed citations
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Kelleher, Kevin, William Spence, S.E. Solomonidis, & Dimitrios P. Apatsidis. (2010). The effect of textured insoles on gait patterns of people with multiple sclerosis. Gait & Posture. 32(1). 67–71. 62 indexed citations
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Telfer, Scott, S.E. Solomonidis, & William Spence. (2009). An investigation of teaching staff members' and parents' views on the current state of adaptive seating technology and provision. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology. 5(1). 14–24. 8 indexed citations
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Kelleher, Kevin, William Spence, S.E. Solomonidis, & Dimitrios P. Apatsidis. (2009). Ambulatory rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation. 31(20). 1625–1632. 25 indexed citations
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Spence, William, et al.. (2004). Long-term monitoring of activity in the below knee amputee. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 22(4). 362–9. 1 indexed citations
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Ansari, Walid El, et al.. (2003). New skills for a new age: leading the introduction of public health concepts in healthcare curricula. Public Health. 117(2). 77–87. 21 indexed citations
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Douglas, Tania S., S.E. Solomonidis, W.A. Sandham, & William Spence. (2002). Ultrasound image matching using genetic algorithms. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 40(2). 168–172. 5 indexed citations
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Douglas, Tania S., S.E. Solomonidis, W.A. Sandham, & William Spence. (2002). Ultrasound imaging in lower limb prosthetics. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 10(1). 11–21. 32 indexed citations
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Linden, Mariëtta L. van der, S.E. Solomonidis, William Spence, Ning Li, & J. P. Paul. (1999). A methodology for studying the effects of various types of prosthetic feet on the biomechanics of trans-femoral amputee gait. Journal of Biomechanics. 32(9). 877–889. 62 indexed citations
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Buckley, John G., William Spence, & S.E. Solomonidis. (1997). Energy cost of walking: Comparison of “intelligent prosthesis” with conventional mechanism. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 78(3). 330–333. 86 indexed citations
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Spence, William, et al.. (1993). Design specification of a walk mat system for the measurement of temporal and distance parameters of gait. Gait & Posture. 1(2). 119–120. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Liang, S.E. Solomonidis, William Spence, & J. P. Paul. (1991). The influence of limb alignment on the gait of above-knee amputees. Journal of Biomechanics. 24(11). 981–997. 50 indexed citations
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Spence, William, et al.. (1987). Repeatability of kinetic and kinematic measurements in gait studies of the lower limb amputee. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 11(2). 55–64. 52 indexed citations

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