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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
76
Citations
34458
World Ranking
488
National Ranking
82

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Best Publications

  • Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in sytematic reviews

    Jennie Popay;Helen M. Roberts;Amanda Sowden;Mark Petticrew

  • Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic Reviews. A Product from the ESRC Methods Programme. Version 1

    jennie popay;Helen Roberts;Amanda Sowden;Mark Petticrew

  • Qualitative interviews in medical research.

    Nicky Britten

  • 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

  • Using Reflexivity to Optimize Teamwork in Qualitative Research

    Christine A. Barry;Nicky Britten;Nick Barber;Colin Bradley

  • Patients' unvoiced agendas in general practice consultations: qualitative study

    Christine A Barry;Colin P Bradley;Nicky Britten;Fiona A Stevenson

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

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

  • Qualitative research and evidence based medicine

    Judith Green;Nicky Britten

  • Giving voice to the lifeworld. More humane, more effective medical care? A qualitative study of doctor-patient communication in general practice.

    Christine A Barry;Fiona A Stevenson;Nicky Britten;Nick Barber

  • Misunderstandings in prescribing decisions in general practice: qualitative study

    Nicky Britten;Fiona A Stevenson;Christine A Barry;Nick Barber

  • Influence of patients' expectations on antibiotic management of acute lower respiratory tract illness in general practice: questionnaire study.

    John Macfarlane;William Holmes;Rosamund Macfarlane;Nicky Britten

  • Hearing children's voices: methodological issues in conducting focus groups with children aged 7-11 years:

    Myfanwy Morgan;Sara Gibbs;Krista Maxwell;Nicky Britten

  • Doctor-patient communication about drugs: the evidence for shared decision making.

    Fiona A Stevenson;Christine A Barry;Nicky Britten;Nick Barber

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

    Maggie Cunningham;Nicola Ring;Isabelle Uny

  • Solutions to problematic polypharmacy: learning from the expertise of patients.

    Joanne Reeve;Michelle Dickenson;Jim Harris;Ed Ranson

  • Testing methodological guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews: effectiveness of interventions to promote smoke alarm ownership and function.

    Mark Rodgers;Amanda Sowden;Mark Petticrew;Lisa Arai

  • A systematic review of the research on communication between patients and health care professionals about medicines: the consequences for concordance.

    Fiona A. Stevenson;Kate Cox;Nicky Britten;Yenal Dundar

  • Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of person-centred care in different healthcare contexts

    Lucy Moore;Nicky Britten;Doris Lydahl;Öncel Naldemirci

  • The influence of patients' hopes of receiving a prescription on doctors' perceptions and the decision to prescribe: a questionnaire survey

    Nicky Britten;Obioha Ukoumunne

  • 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

Fiona Stevenson
Fiona Stevenson University College London
Catherine Pope
Catherine Pope University of Oxford
Myfanwy Morgan
Myfanwy Morgan King's College London
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Rona Campbell
Rona Campbell University of Bristol
Simon Lewin
Simon Lewin South African Medical Research Council
Jenny L Donovan
Jenny L Donovan University of Bristol
Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth University of Sheffield
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University

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