2026 Sally C. Brailsford: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	39	5613	5209	938	872	150	7418

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Overview

Sally C. Brailsford is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, focusing on topics related to healthcare operations, aging populations, and economic evaluations within health systems.

The main topics of their work include:

Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
Frailty in Older Adults
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
Complex Systems and Decision Making
Nutrition and Health in Aging
Healthcare Policy and Management

The subfields within which they have contributed are:

Emergency Medical Services
Economics and Econometrics
Management Science and Operations Research
Geriatrics and Gerontology
General Health Professions

Their research has been published frequently in several academic venues. Notable journals include:

Journal of the Operational Research Society
Age and Ageing
Health Systems
Health and Social Care Delivery Research
Decision Support Systems

Significant recent papers by Sally C. Brailsford include:

"Frailty transitions and prevalence in an ageing population: longitudinal analysis of primary care data from an open cohort of adults aged 50 and over in England, 2006-2017" (2023, Age and Ageing)
"Improving healthcare access management by predicting patient no-show behaviour" (2020, Decision Support Systems)
"The dynamics of frailty development and progression in older adults in primary care in England (2006-2017): a retrospective cohort profile" (2022, BMC Geriatrics)
"The economic impact and cost-effectiveness of combined vector-control and dengue vaccination strategies in Thailand: results from a dynamic transmission model" (2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
"Primary and secondary care service use and costs associated with frailty in an ageing population: longitudinal analysis of an English primary care cohort of adults aged 50 and over, 2006-2017" (2024, Age and Ageing)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Bronagh Walsh
Tracey England
Steffen Bayer
Carole Fogg
Scott Harris

Best Publications

Constraint satisfaction problems: Algorithms and applications

Sally C. Brailsford;Chris N. Potts;Barbara M. Smith

589
Citations
An analysis of the academic literature on simulation and modelling in health care

Sally C. Brailsford;Paul R. Harper;Brijesh Patel;Martin A. Pitt

579
Citations
Using industrial processes to improve patient care

Terry Young;Sally Brailsford;Con Connell;Ruth Davies

420
Citations
Hybrid simulation modelling in operational research: A state-of-the-art review

Sally C. Brailsford;Tillal Eldabi;Martin H. Kunc;Navonil Mustafee

387
Citations
Emergency and on-demand health care: modelling a large complex system

Sally C. Brailsford;Valerie A. Lattimer;P. Tarnaras;J. C. Turnbull

373
Citations
OR in healthcare: A European perspective

Sally C. Brailsford;Jan Vissers;Jan Vissers

317
Citations
A comparison of discrete event simulation and system dynamics for modelling health care systems

S.C. Brailsford;N.A. Hilton

302
Citations
A structured review of quantitative models in the blood supply chain: a taxonomic framework for decision-making

Andres F. Osorio;Sally C. Brailsford;Honora K. Smith

263
Citations
Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain

Korina Katsaliaki;Sally C. Brailsford

238
Citations
Tutorial: Advances and challenges in healthcare simulation modeling

S.C. Brailsford

217
Citations
The progressive party problem: Integer linear programming and constraint programming compared

Barbara M. Smith;Sally C. Brailsford;Peter M. Hubbard;H. Paul Williams

171
Citations
Towards the holy grail: combining system dynamics and discrete-event simulation in healthcare

Sally C. Brailsford;Shivam M. Desai;Joe Viana

171
Citations
Advances and challenges in healthcare simulation modeling: tutorial

Sally C. Brailsford

166
Citations
Combining discrete-event simulation and system dynamics in a healthcare setting: a composite model for Chlamydia infection

J. Viana;Sally Brailsford;V. Harindra;Paul Robert Harper

141
Citations
Simulation-optimization model for production planning in the blood supply chain.

Andres F. Osorio;Andres F. Osorio;Sally C. Brailsford;Honora K. Smith;Sonia P. Forero-Matiz

138
Citations
Reviewing emergency care systems I: insights from system dynamics modelling.

V Lattimer;S Brailsford;J Turnbull;P Tarnaras

136
Citations
Towards incorporating human behaviour in models of health care systems: an approach using discrete event simulation

Sally C. Brailsford;Bernd Schmidt

133
Citations
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions

K. Cooper;Sally C. Brailsford;Ruth Davies

129
Citations
Overcoming the barriers to implementation of operations research simulation models in healthcare.

Sally Brailsford

117
Citations
Simulation in health-care: lessons from other sectors

Mohsen Jahangirian;Aisha Naseer;Lampros Stergioulas;Terry Young

106
Citations
System dynamics: what's in it for healthcare simulation modelers

Sally C. Brailsford

20
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Gerard University of Southampton

External Links

Wikipedia of Sally C. Brailsford Personal website of Sally C. Brailsford Google Scholar page

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