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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
80
Citations
39315
World Ranking
372
National Ranking
63

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Mary Dixon-Woods is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields with a focus on health professions and medicine, contributing extensively to the understanding and improvement of healthcare systems.

The primary fields of study encompass Health Professions and Medicine. More specifically, their subfields of research include General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Emergency Medical Services, Clinical Psychology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. These subfields indicate a broad approach to healthcare research, touching on both clinical and systemic aspects.

The main topics of work explored by Mary Dixon-Woods cover areas such as Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Cost, Quality, and Practices, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Patient Safety and Medication Errors, and the Delphi Technique in Research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • BMJ
  • BMJ Open
  • BMJ Quality & Safety
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Mary Dixon-Woods are:

  • A qualitative study of experiences of NHS mental healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic (2021, BMC Psychiatry)
  • Remote care for mental health: qualitative study with service users, carers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, BMJ Open)
  • A modified Delphi study to identify the features of high quality measurement plans for healthcare improvement projects (2020, BMC Medical Research Methodology)
  • Clinical negligence costs: taking action to safeguard NHS sustainability (2020, BMJ)
  • Seven features of safety in maternity units: a framework based on multisite ethnography and stakeholder consultation (2020, BMJ Quality & Safety)

Frequent collaborators in research include Graham Martin, Tim Draycott, Janet Willars, Akbar Ansari, and Jenni Burt. These collaborations suggest consistent interdisciplinary work and partnerships focused on health services and policy research.

In addition to articles, Mary Dixon-Woods has contributed to academic books, including a publication titled Collaboration-Based Approaches released by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Mary Dixon-Woods has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom, distinctions that align with their broad contributions in health and social science research.

Best Publications

  • Better reporting of interventions: Template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

    Tammy C Hoffmann;Paul P Glasziou;Isabelle Boutron;Ruairidh Milne

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

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

  • Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Debbie Cavers;Shona Agarwal;Ellen Annandale

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

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

  • The problem of appraising qualitative research

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Rachel L. Shaw;Shona Agarwal;Jonathan A. Smith

  • Demystifying theory and its use in improvement

    Frank Davidoff;Mary Dixon-Woods;Laura C. Leviton;Susan Michie

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

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

  • Explaining Michigan: Developing an Ex Post Theory of a Quality Improvement Program

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Charles L. Bosk;Emma Louise Aveling;Christine A. Goeschel

  • Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation's programme evaluations and relevant literature.

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Sarah McNicol;Graham Martin

  • 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

  • Using framework-based synthesis for conducting reviews of qualitative studies

    Mary Dixon-Woods

  • Culture and behaviour in the English National Health Service: overview of lessons from a large multimethod study

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Richard Baker;Kathryn Charles;Jeremy Dawson

  • Reality check for checklists.

    Charles L Bosk;Mary Dixon-Woods;Christine A Goeschel;Peter J Pronovost

  • Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration

    Karla Hemming;Monica Taljaard;Monica Taljaard;Joanne E McKenzie;Richard Hooper

  • Including qualitative research in systematic reviews: opportunities and problems

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Ray Fitzpatrick;Karen Roberts

  • 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

  • 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

  • The problem with root cause analysis

    Mohammad Farhad Peerally;Susan Carr;Justin Waring;Mary Dixon-Woods

  • The social licence for research: why care.data ran into trouble

    Pam Carter;Graeme T Laurie;Mary Dixon-Woods

  • Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies

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

  • How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types.

    Margareth Crisóstomo Portela;Peter J Pronovost;Thomas Woodcock;Pam Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham P. Martin
Graham P. Martin University of Cambridge
Bridget Young
Bridget Young University of Liverpool
Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft Queen Mary University of London
Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston University of Aberdeen
Martin D. Tobin
Martin D. Tobin University of Leicester
Jonathan A. Smith
Jonathan A. Smith Birkbeck, University of London
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Jeremy Dawson
Jeremy Dawson University of Sheffield
Alan Bryman
Alan Bryman University of Leicester
Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth University of Sheffield

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