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Sabina De Geest 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 Sabina De Geest sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 460 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sabina De Geest 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 Sabina De Geest sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sabina De Geest is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has an extensive publication record primarily within the fields of medicine and health professions. Their research work spans various subfields including general health professions, transplantation, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and family practice.

The primary topics covered in Sabina De Geest's research include:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

De Geest has contributed to multiple scholarly articles, among which the following recent papers stand out:

  • Core components and impact of nurse-led integrated care models for home-dwelling older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • Clinicians and patients perspectives on follow-up care and eHealth support after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A mixed-methods contextual analysis as part of the SMILe study, 2020, European Journal of Oncology Nursing
  • Powering Swiss health care for the future: implementation science to bridge "the valley of death", 2020, Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Unraveling implementation context: the Basel Approach for coNtextual ANAlysis (BANANA) in implementation science and its application in the SMILe project, 2022, Implementation Science Communications
  • Positive effect of the INTERCARE nurse-led model on reducing nursing home transfers: A nonrandomized stepped-wedge design, 2022, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

De Geest frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, including:

  • Oriol Manuel
  • Kris Denhaerynck
  • Fabienne Dobbels
  • Juliane Mielke
  • Sonja Beckmann

Publications by De Geest often appear in journals with significant activity from them, including:

  • Journal of Nursing Scholarship
  • Transplant International
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

In addition to journal articles, De Geest has contributed to book publications, such as a forthcoming title titled Medications for Older Persons, to be published by Elsevier BV in 2025.

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action:

    Sabina De Geest;Eduardo Sabaté

  • A new taxonomy for describing and defining adherence to medications

    Bernard Vrijens;Sabina De Geest;Sabina De Geest;Dyfrig A. Hughes;Kardas Przemyslaw

  • Critique on the conceptualisation of quality of life: a review and evaluation of different conceptual approaches.

    Philip Moons;Werner Budts;Sabina De Geest;Sabina De Geest

  • Prevalence, determinants, and outcomes of nonadherence to imatinib therapy in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: the ADAGIO study

    Lucien Noens;Marie Anne Van Lierde;Robrecht De Bock;Gregor Verhoef

  • Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in European hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study

    Dietmar Ausserhofer;Britta Zander;Reinhard Busse;Maria Schubert

  • Prevalence and Consequences of Nonadherence to Hemodialysis Regimens

    Kris Denhaerynck;Dominique Manhaeve;Fabienne Dobbels;Daniela Garzoni

  • A nurse-led interdisciplinary intervention program for delirium in elderly hip-fracture patients.

    Koen Milisen;Marquis D. Foreman;Ivo L. Abraham;Sabina De Geest

  • Prevalence, consequences, and determinants of nonadherence in adult renal transplant patients: a literature review.

    Kris Denhaerynck;Fabienne Dobbels;Irina Cleemput;Ariane Desmyttere

  • Rationing of nursing care and its relationship to patient outcomes: the Swiss extension of the International Hospital Outcomes Study

    Maria Schubert;Tracy R. Glass;Sean P. Clarke;Linda H. Aiken

  • Incidence, determinants, and consequences of subclinical noncompliance with immunosuppressive therapy in renal transplant recipients.

    Sabina De Geest;Liesbeth Borgermans;Hilde Gemoets;Ivo Abraham;Ivo Abraham

  • Growing pains: Non‐adherence with the immunosuppressive regimen in adolescent transplant recipients

    Fabienne Dobbels;Rita Van Damme-Lombaert;Johan Vanhaecke;Sabina De Geest;Sabina De Geest

  • Identification and Assessment of Adherence-Enhancing Interventions in Studies Assessing Medication Adherence Through Electronically Compiled Drug Dosing Histories: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

    Jenny Demonceau;Todd Ruppar;Todd Ruppar;Paulus Kristanto;Dyfrig A. Hughes

  • Practical Recommendations for Long-term Management of Modifiable Risks in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients: A Guidance Report and Clinical Checklist by the Consensus on Managing Modifiable Risk in Transplantation (COMMIT) Group.

    James M. Neuberger;Wolf O. Bechstein;Dirk R.J. Kuypers;Patrizia Burra

  • Validation of the Basel Extent of Rationing of Nursing Care instrument.

    Maria Schubert;Tracy R. Glass;Sean P. Clarke;Bianca Schaffert-Witvliet

  • ESPACOMP Medication Adherence Reporting Guideline (EMERGE).

    Sabina De Geest;Leah L Zullig;Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob;Remon Helmy

  • Pretransplant predictors of posttransplant adherence and clinical outcome: an evidence base for pretransplant psychosocial screening.

    Fabienne Dobbels;Johan Vanhaecke;Lieven Dupont;Frederik Nevens

  • Falls and consequent injuries in hospitalized patients: effects of an interdisciplinary falls prevention program

    René Schwendimann;Hugo Bühler;Sabina De Geest;Sabina De Geest;Koen Milisen

  • The association of patient safety climate and nurse-related organizational factors with selected patient outcomes: a cross-sectional survey.

    Dietmar Ausserhofer;Maria Schubert;Mario Desmedt;Mary A. Blegen

  • Interventions to improve medication‐adherence after transplantation: a systematic review

    Leentje De Bleser;Michelle Matteson;Fabienne Dobbels;Cynthia Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Gewillig
Marc Gewillig KU Leuven
Heiner C. Bucher
Heiner C. Bucher University Hospital of Basel
Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Anne-Mieke Vandamme Rega Institute for Medical Research
Tiny Jaarsma
Tiny Jaarsma Linköping University
Lieven Dupont
Lieven Dupont KU Leuven
Anna Wirz-Justice
Anna Wirz-Justice University of Basel
Stephanie J. Lee
Stephanie J. Lee Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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