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D-Index
103
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47064
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7256
National Ranking
704

Martin Roland publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Roland sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 449 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Martin Roland D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Roland sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Martin Roland is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on health professions and medicine, with substantial contributions to general health professions and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The scientist's work covers several interconnected topics including primary care and health outcomes, healthcare cost, quality, and practices, as well as healthcare policy and management. Other notable areas include chronic disease management strategies, global health workforce issues, ethics in medical practice, and medieval European history and architecture.

Martin Roland has published frequently in several academic journals and venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMJ
  • heiDOK - The Heidelberg Document Repository (Heidelberg University)
  • International Journal for Equity in Health

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on integrated care, social prescribing, and the evaluation of healthcare quality measures. Selected papers include:

  • Development and validation of the Cambridge Multimorbidity Score, 2020, Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Integrated Care in England - what can we Learn from a Decade of National Pilot Programmes?, 2021, International Journal of Integrated Care
  • Social Prescribing - Transforming the Relationship between Physicians and Their Patients, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Covid 19: a fork in the road for general practice, 2020, BMJ
  • Estimated impact from the withdrawal of primary care financial incentives on selected indicators of quality of care in Scotland: controlled interrupted time series analysis, 2023, BMJ

Martin Roland collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Nicolette Sheridan, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Matire Harwood, Tom Love, and Timothy Kenealy, each appearing as a co-author on multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • A study of the natural history of back pain. Part I: development of a reliable and sensitive measure of disability in low-back pain.

    Martin Roland;Richard Morris

  • The Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire.

    Martin Roland;Jeremy Fairbank

  • Defining Comorbidity: Implications for Understanding Health and Health Services

    Jose M. Valderas;Barbara Starfield;Bonnie Sibbald;Chris Salisbury

  • Defining quality of care

    S.M Campbell;M.O Roland;S.A Buetow

  • Outcome measures for low back pain research. A proposal for standardized use.

    Richard A. Deyo;Michele Battie;A. J. H. M. Beurskens;Claire Bombardier

  • Pay-for-Performance Programs in Family Practices in the United Kingdom

    Tim Doran;Catherine Fullwood;Hugh Gravelle;David Reeves

  • Linking physicians' pay to the quality of care--a major experiment in the United kingdom.

    Martin Roland

  • What are pragmatic trials

    Martin Roland;David J Torgerson

  • Understanding controlled trials: Why are randomised controlled trials important?

    Bonnie Sibbald;Martin Roland

  • Effects of Pay for Performance on the Quality of Primary Care in England

    Stephen M. Campbell;David Reeves;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Bonnie Sibbald

  • Judging nudging: can nudging improve population health?

    Theresa M Marteau;David Ogilvie;Martin Roland;Marc Suhrcke

  • Randomised controlled trial comparing cost effectiveness of general practitioners and nurse practitioners in primary care

    Venning P;Durie Ae;Roland M;Roberts C

  • A study of the natural history of low-back pain. Part II: development of guidelines for trials of treatment in primary care.

    Martin Roland;Richard Morris

  • Public acceptability of government intervention to change health-related behaviours: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

    Stephanie Diepeveen;Tom Ling;Marc Suhrcke;Marc Suhrcke;Martin Roland

  • The expanding role of primary care in cancer control

    Greg Rubin;Annette Berendsen;S Michael Crawford;Rachel Dommett

  • Identifying predictors of high quality care in English general practice: observational study.

    S. M. Campbell;M. Hann;J. Hacker;C. Burns

  • Quality of primary care in England with the introduction of pay for performance

    Stephen Campbell;David Reeves;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Elizabeth Middleton

  • Impact of case management (Evercare) on frail elderly patients: controlled before and after analysis of quantitative outcome data

    Hugh Gravelle;Mark Dusheiko;Rod Sheaff;Penny Sargent

  • Effect of financial incentives on incentivised and non-incentivised clinical activities: longitudinal analysis of data from the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework

    Tim Doran;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Jose M Valderas;Stephen Campbell

  • Public Acceptability of Government Intervention to Change Health-Related Behaviours

    Stephanie Diepeveen;Tom Ling;Marc Suhrcke;Martin Roland

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Campbell
Stephen Campbell University of Manchester
Marc N. Elliott
Marc N. Elliott RAND Corporation
Ruth McDonald
Ruth McDonald University of Manchester
Peter Bower
Peter Bower University of Manchester
Ellen Nolte
Ellen Nolte London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ruth Boaden
Ruth Boaden University of Manchester
Matt Sutton
Matt Sutton University of Manchester
Anne Rogers
Anne Rogers University of Southampton
Paul G. Shekelle
Paul G. Shekelle RAND Corporation
Linda Gask
Linda Gask University of Manchester

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