Woan Shin Tan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Woan Shin Tan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Woan Shin Tan has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in General Health Professions, 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Woan Shin Tan's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (19 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (16 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (8 papers). Woan Shin Tan is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (19 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (16 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (8 papers). Woan Shin Tan collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and United States. Woan Shin Tan's co-authors include Andy Hau Yan Ho, Josip Car, Chan Kee Low, Bee Hoon Heng, Gerónimo Jiménez, Amrit Virk, Lixia Ge, Karen Sui Geok Chua, Charis Wei Ling Ng and Yew Yoong Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Woan Shin Tan

47 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Overview of Systematic Reviews of Advance Care Planning: ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Overview of Systematic Reviews of Advance Care Planning: Summary of Evidence and Global Lessons
    2018 328 citations Woan Shin Tan, Chan Kee Low et al. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Woan Shin Tan Singapore 17 574 460 192 182 141 51 1.1k
Lisa Jane Brighton United Kingdom 18 667 1.2× 384 0.8× 223 1.2× 181 1.0× 157 1.1× 42 1.1k
Peter Pype Belgium 22 668 1.2× 712 1.5× 222 1.2× 104 0.6× 139 1.0× 124 1.4k
Evan Bollens‐Lund United States 19 454 0.8× 520 1.1× 163 0.8× 100 0.5× 77 0.5× 45 975
Anna E Bone United Kingdom 16 1.1k 1.9× 663 1.4× 371 1.9× 240 1.3× 163 1.2× 38 1.6k
Amy Berman United States 13 357 0.6× 475 1.0× 123 0.6× 103 0.6× 72 0.5× 22 951
Michelle Myall United Kingdom 16 342 0.6× 683 1.5× 120 0.6× 72 0.4× 105 0.7× 36 1.2k
Kennedy Nkhoma United Kingdom 12 538 0.9× 273 0.6× 190 1.0× 87 0.5× 161 1.1× 41 953
Atsushi Asai Japan 18 646 1.1× 508 1.1× 163 0.8× 75 0.4× 111 0.8× 79 1.1k
Emma Carduff United Kingdom 16 530 0.9× 355 0.8× 280 1.5× 85 0.5× 124 0.9× 40 988
Bridget Johnston United Kingdom 22 1.1k 2.0× 617 1.3× 536 2.8× 200 1.1× 218 1.5× 116 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Woan Shin Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Woan Shin Tan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Woan Shin Tan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lun, Penny, Lay Khoon Lau, Woan Shin Tan, et al.. (2025). Developing a Delphi Consensus on the Domains and Conduct of Brief Geriatric Assessments in Singapore. Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research. 29(2). 177–184.
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Ge, Lixia, et al.. (2025). Development and validation of the multi-dimensional health resilience scale for community-dwelling adults. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1452738–1452738.
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Ng, Sheryl Hui-Xian, et al.. (2024). The PROgnostic ModEl for chronic lung disease (PRO-MEL): development and temporal validation. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 24(1). 429–429. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei Ting, et al.. (2024). Communities of Care Approach: Developing a Place-based Model of Care and Building Partnerships in the Communities in Central Singapore. International Journal of Integrated Care. 24(2). 6–6. 3 indexed citations
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Ge, Lixia, et al.. (2023). Perceived Roles and Barriers in Delivering Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Study of Health and Social Care Professionals. International Journal of Integrated Care. 23(4). 5–5. 3 indexed citations
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Ge, Lixia, et al.. (2023). Risk factors for incident falls in Singaporean community-dwelling adult men and women: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 13(3). e057931–e057931. 3 indexed citations
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Ge, Lixia, et al.. (2021). Building community resilience beyond COVID-19: The Singapore way. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 7. 100091–100091. 67 indexed citations
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Yip, Wanfen, Lixia Ge, Bee Hoon Heng, & Woan Shin Tan. (2021). Association between patient-reported functional measures and incident falls. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5201–5201. 6 indexed citations
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Ng, Sheryl Hui-Xian, Cécile Kremer, Woan Shin Tan, et al.. (2021). Estimating Transmission Parameters for COVID-19 Clusters by Using Symptom Onset Data, Singapore, January–April 2020. Emerging infectious diseases. 27(2). 582–585. 7 indexed citations
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Griva, Konstadina, Mark Jean Aan Koh, Elaine Lum, et al.. (2020). Creating a Smartphone App for Caregivers of Children With Atopic Dermatitis With Caregivers, Health Care Professionals, and Digital Health Experts: Participatory Co-Design. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(10). e16898–e16898. 24 indexed citations
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Ho, Andy Hau Yan, et al.. (2020). Sustainable implementation of advance care planning in Asia: An interpretive-systemic framework for national development. Palliative & Supportive Care. 19(1). 82–92. 11 indexed citations
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Tan, Woan Shin, et al.. (2020). Deaths in dementia: a scoping review of prognostic variables. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 11(3). 242–252. 7 indexed citations
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Lall, Priya, et al.. (2020). Competing expectations: Advance care planning from the perspectives of doctors and nurses in the South-East Asian context. Death Studies. 46(7). 1716–1727. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhilian, Monika Semwal, William Ong, et al.. (2019). Digital Health Professions Education on Diabetes Management: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(2). e12997–e12997. 31 indexed citations
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Tan, Woan Shin, Ram Bajpai, Andy Hau Yan Ho, Chan Kee Low, & Josip Car. (2019). Retrospective cohort analysis of real-life decisions about end-of-life care preferences in a Southeast Asian country. BMJ Open. 9(2). e024662–e024662. 14 indexed citations
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Tan, Woan Shin, Ram Bajpai, Chan Kee Low, Andy Hau Yan Ho, & Josip Car. (2018). Using Routinely Collected Data to Ascertain Concordance With Advance Care Planning Preferences. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 56(5). 659–666.e2. 6 indexed citations
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Tan, Woan Shin, et al.. (2012). Derivation and Validation of a Risk Index to Predict All-Cause Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2(2). 88–95. 4 indexed citations

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