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55
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356

Bridget Young publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bridget Young sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 222 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Bridget Young D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bridget Young sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bridget Young is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on topics related to clinical research, public health, and health systems.

Their research publications include a range of recent papers, such as:

  • The research burden of randomized controlled trial participation: a systematic thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence (2020), published in BMC Medicine
  • Conservative treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis in children: the CONTRACT feasibility study, including feasibility RCT (2021), published in Health Technology Assessment
  • Ketogenic diets as an adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma (KEATING): a randomized, mixed methods, feasibility study (2020), published in Journal of Neuro-Oncology
  • Why trials lose participants: A multitrial investigation of participants' perspectives using the theoretical domains framework (2021), published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Patient participation in Delphi surveys to develop core outcome sets: systematic review (2021), published in BMJ Open

Bridget Young collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Frances Sherratt
  • Paula Williamson
  • Mary Gemma Cherry
  • Eilis Kennedy
  • Joanne Patterson

The primary venues for Bridget Young's work reflect a consistent engagement with journals related to clinical and health research:

  • BMJ Open
  • Trials
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Bone & Joint Open

The major fields and subfields of study associated with their research encompass:

  • Medicine
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Surgery

The research topics covered in Bridget Young's work address various aspects of health and clinical research, such as:

  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Best Publications

  • Synthesising qualitative and quantitative evidence: A review of possible methods:

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Shona Agarwal;David Jones;Bridget Young

  • The COMET Handbook: Version 1.0

    Paula R. Williamson;Douglas G. Altman;Heather Bagley;Karen L. Barnes

  • How can systematic reviews incorporate qualitative research? A critical perspective:

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Sheila Bonas;Andrew Booth;David R. Jones

  • Synthesising qualitative and quantitative evidence: A review of possible methods

    M Dixon-Woods;S Agarwal;D Jones;A Sutton

  • Appraising qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a quantitative and qualitative comparison of three methods

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Alex Sutton;Rachel L. Shaw;Tina Miller

  • Maximising the impact of qualitative research in feasibility studies for randomised controlled trials: guidance for researchers.

    Alicia O'Cathain;Pat Hoddinott;Simon Lewin;Kate Thomas

  • Integrative approaches to qualitative and quantitative evidence

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Shona Agarwal;Bridget Young;David Jones

  • Parenting in a crisis: conceptualising mothers of children with cancer

    Bridget Young;Mary Dixon-Woods;Michelle Findlay;David Heney

  • Interventions to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials: a survey and workshop to assess current practice and future priorities.

    Peter Bower;Valerie Brueton;Carrol Gamble;Shaun Treweek

  • Managing communication with young people who have a potentially life threatening chronic illness: qualitative study of patients and parents

    Bridget Young;Mary Dixon-Woods;Kate C Windridge;David Heney

  • Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies

    Rachel L Shaw;Andrew Booth;Alex J Sutton;Tina Miller

  • Creativity in clinical communication: from communication skills to skilled communication.

    Peter Salmon;Bridget Young

  • Parents' accounts of obtaining a diagnosis of childhood cancer.

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Michelle Findlay;Bridget Young;Helen Cox

  • Development of the Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences to code health providers' responses (VR-CoDES-P) to patient cues and concerns.

    Lidia Del Piccolo;Hanneke de Haes;Cathy Heaven;Jesse Jansen

  • A systematic review and evaluation of the use of tumour markers in paediatric oncology: Ewing's sarcoma and neuroblastoma.

    Richard D. Riley;S.A. Burchill;Keith R. Abrams;David Heney

  • A patient and public involvement (PPI) toolkit for meaningful and flexible involvement in clinical trials – a work in progress

    Heather J. Bagley;Hannah Short;Nicola L. Harman;Helen R. Hickey

  • Dependence and caring in clinical communication: The relevance of attachment and other theories

    Peter Salmon;Bridget Young

  • How do parents experience being asked to enter a child in a randomised controlled trial

    Valerie Shilling;Bridget Young

  • Factors affecting recruitment into depression trials: Systematic review, meta-synthesis and conceptual framework.

    Adwoa Hughes-Morley;Bridget Young;Waquas Waheed;Nicola Small

  • What Difference Does Patient and Public Involvement Make and What Are Its Pathways to Impact? Qualitative Study of Patients and Researchers from a Cohort of Randomised Clinical Trials.

    Louise Dudley;Carrol Gamble;Jennifer Preston;Deborah Buck

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula R Williamson
Paula R Williamson University of Liverpool
Peter Salmon
Peter Salmon University of Liverpool
Mary Dixon-Woods
Mary Dixon-Woods University of Cambridge
Peter Bower
Peter Bower University of Manchester
Jane M Blazeby
Jane M Blazeby University of Bristol
Philippe Ravaud
Philippe Ravaud Université Paris Cité
David R. Jones
David R. Jones Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher University of Liverpool
Terry Jones
Terry Jones University of California, Davis
Mike Clarke
Mike Clarke Queen's University Belfast

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