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40106
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12479
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Rob Horne 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 Rob Horne sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 383 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rob Horne 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 Rob Horne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rob Horne is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on family practice, general health professions, economics and econometrics, epidemiology, and infectious diseases. Their research publications emphasize several key topics including medication adherence and compliance, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, patient-provider communication in healthcare, antibiotic use and resistance, pharmaceutical practices and patient outcomes, pneumonia and respiratory infections, as well as tuberculosis research and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of clinically relevant and methodological themes. Some notable publications include:

  • Antipsychotic dose reduction and discontinuation versus maintenance treatment in people with schizophrenia and other recurrent psychotic disorders in England (the RADAR trial): an open, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial (2023, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Understanding decisions about antibiotic prescribing in ICU: an application of the Necessity Concerns Framework (2021, BMJ Quality & Safety)
  • INHALE: the impact of using FilmArray Pneumonia Panel molecular diagnostics for hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia on antimicrobial stewardship and patient outcomes in UK Critical Care-study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2021, Trials)
  • A Systematic Review of Nudge Interventions to Optimize Medication Prescribing (2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology)
  • Validation of the Arabic version of medication adherence report scale questionnaire and beliefs about medication-specific questionnaire: A factor analysis study (2022, PLoS ONE)

Rob Horne has frequently collaborated with a core group of co-authors, including Zoé Paskins, Clare Jinks, Laurna Bullock, Zoe Moon, and Terence W O'Neill, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist's research outputs have been published in various scholarly venues, with repeated contributions to journals such as BMJ Open, NIHR Open Research, Lara D. Veeken, PsycTESTS Dataset, and Patient Education and Counseling. These illustrate a consistent engagement with both clinical and health services research communities.

Best Publications

  • The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R)

    Rona Moss-Morris;John Weinman;Keith J. Petrie;Robert Horne

  • The beliefs about medicines questionnaire: The development and evaluation of a new method for assessing the cognitive representation of medication

    Robert Horne;John Weinman;Maittew Hankins

  • Patients' beliefs about prescribed medicines and their role in adherence to treatment in chronic physical illness

    Robert Horne;John Weinman

  • The illness perception questionnaire: A new method for assessing the cognitive representation of illness

    John Weinman;Keith J. Petrie;Rona Moss-morris;Rob Horne

  • Understanding Patients’ Adherence-Related Beliefs about Medicines Prescribed for Long-Term Conditions: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Necessity-Concerns Framework

    Rob Horne;Sarah C. E. Chapman;Rhian Parham;Nick Freemantle

  • Self-regulation and Self-management in Asthma: Exploring The Role of Illness Perceptions and Treatment Beliefs in Explaining Non-adherence to Preventer Medication

    Robert Horne;John Weinman

  • Culture and health

    A David Napier;Clyde Ancarno;Beverley Butler;Joseph Calabrese

  • Compliance, Adherence, and Concordance: Implications for Asthma Treatment

    Robert Horne

  • The use and reporting of cluster analysis in health psychology: A review

    Jane. Clatworthy;Deanna. Buick;Matthew. Hankins;Matthew. Hankins;John. Weinman

  • Understanding different beliefs held by adherers, unintentional nonadherers, and intentional nonadherers: application of the Necessity-Concerns Framework.

    Sarah Clifford;Nick Barber;Rob Horne

  • British HIV Association guidelines for the treatment of HIV-1-positive adults with antiretroviral therapy 2012

    Ian Williams;Duncan Churchill;Jane Anderson;Marta Boffito

  • Beliefs about medicines predict refill adherence to inhaled corticosteroids.

    Tanja T. Menckeberg;Marcel L. Bouvy;Madelon Bracke;Ad A. Kaptein

  • Representations of medication and treatment: Advances in theory and measurement

    Robert Horne

  • Patients' interpretation of symptoms as a cause of delay in reaching hospital during acute myocardial infarction.

    R. Horne;Delyth H. James;K. Petrie;J. Weinman

  • Patients’ problems with new medication for chronic conditions

    N Barber;J Parsons;S Clifford;R Darracott

  • The Satisfaction with Information about Medicines Scale (SIMS): a new measurement tool for audit and research

    R Horne;M Hankins;R Jenkins

  • Illness perceptions of low back pain patients in primary care: what are they, do they change and are they associated with outcome?

    Nadine E. Foster;Annette Bishop;Elaine Thomas;Chris Main

  • Factors associated with cardiac rehabilitation attendance: a systematic review of the literature.

    A F Cooper;G Jackson;J Weinman;R Horne

  • Compliance in asthma

    G.M. Cochrane;R. Horne;P. Chanez

  • Factors Associated With Non-Adherence to Oral Medication for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review

    C A Jackson;J Clatworthy;Andrew Robinson;Rob Horne

Frequent Co-Authors

John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Keith J. Petrie
Keith J. Petrie University of Auckland
Martin Fisher
Martin Fisher University of Sussex
Nick Freemantle
Nick Freemantle University College London
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
Judith M. Bliss
Judith M. Bliss Institute of Cancer Research
Paul Dieppe
Paul Dieppe University of Exeter
Rona Moss-Morris
Rona Moss-Morris King's College London
Alan Winston
Alan Winston Imperial College London
Howard Leventhal
Howard Leventhal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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