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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
55303
World Ranking
519
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Catherine Pope is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and health professions, with a focus on the intersection of healthcare delivery, policy, and patient experience.

The scientist has authored numerous papers covering topics such as emergency and acute care, mental health and patient involvement, telemedicine and telehealth implementation, primary care outcomes, healthcare systems and technology, art therapy and mental health, and health policy implementation science.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Planning and Evaluating Remote Consultation Services: A New Conceptual Framework Incorporating Complexity and Practical Ethics" (2021, Frontiers in Digital Health)
  • "What would it take to meaningfully attend to ethnicity and race in health research? Learning from a trial intervention development study" (2022, Sociology of Health & Illness)
  • "Black, Asian and minority ethnic women's experiences of maternity services in the UK: A qualitative evidence synthesis" (2022, Journal of Advanced Nursing)
  • "Tailored implementation of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy in the multinational context of the ImpleMentAll project: a study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial" (2020, Trials)
  • "Uncovering the processes of knowledge transformation: the example of local evidence-informed policy-making in United Kingdom healthcare" (2020, Health Research Policy and Systems)

Catherine Pope frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Jennifer MacLellan, Amadea Turk, Kamal R Mahtani, Stephanie Tierney, and Helen Atherton.

Their publication record includes multiple articles in the following venues:

  • Sociology of Health & Illness
  • Health and Social Care Delivery Research
  • BMJ Open
  • British Journal of General Practice
  • BMJ Quality & Safety

Their main fields of study are Medicine and Health Professions, with specific subfields focused on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

Catherine Pope has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Analysing qualitative data

    Catherine Pope;Sue Ziebland;Nicholas Mays

  • Qualitative research in health care

    Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays

  • Qualitative research in health care: Assessing quality in qualitative research

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Rigour and qualitative research.

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach: an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research.

    Catherine Pope;Nick Mays

  • Systematically reviewing qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform management and policy-making in the health field

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope;Jennie Popay

  • Normalisation process theory: A framework for developing, evaluating and implementing complex interventions

    Elizabeth Murray;Shaun Treweek;Catherine Pope;Anne MacFarlane

  • Using meta ethnography to synthesise qualitative research: a worked example.

    Nicky Britten;Rona Campbell;Catherine Pope;Jenny Donovan

  • Evaluating meta-ethnography: a synthesis of qualitative research on lay experiences of diabetes and diabetes care

    Rona Campbell;Pandora Pound;Catherine Pope;Nicky Britten

  • Resisting medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine taking

    Pandora Pound;Nicky Britten;Myfanwy Morgan;Lucy Yardley

  • Qualitative Research: Observational methods in health care settings

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Qualitative methods in research on healthcare quality

    C Pope;P van Royen;R Baker

  • Ethical Issues: Qualitative Research in Health Care 3rd Edn.

    Dawn Goodwin;N. Mays;C. Pope

  • Evaluating meta-ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research.

    Rona M Campbell;Pandora Pound;M Morgan;Gavin Daker-White

  • Qualitative methods in health research

    Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays

  • Patients' help-seeking experiences and delay in cancer presentation: a qualitative synthesis

    Lucy K Smith;Catherine Pope;Johannes L Botha

  • Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance

    Maggie Cunningham;Nicola Ring;Isabelle Uny

  • Synthesizing qualitative and quantitative health evidence: a guide to methods

    Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays;Jennie Popay

  • Thou shalt versus thou shalt not: a meta-synthesis of GPs' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines.

    Benedicte Carlsen;Claire Glenton;Catherine Pope

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • Observational methods inhealth caresettings

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Evaluating meta ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research (poster presentation)

    Rona M Campbell;Pandora Pound;C Pope;Jenny L Donovan

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy Yardley
Lucy Yardley University of Bristol
Nicholas Mays
Nicholas Mays London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Carl May
Carl May London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nicky Britten
Nicky Britten University of Exeter
Rona Campbell
Rona Campbell University of Bristol
Myfanwy Morgan
Myfanwy Morgan King's College London
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
Jeffrey Braithwaite
Jeffrey Braithwaite Macquarie University
Jenny L Donovan
Jenny L Donovan University of Bristol
Simon Lewin
Simon Lewin South African Medical Research Council

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