Mel Hall

1.8k citations

44 papers · 1.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

Oral Surgery top 5%
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
Periodontics top 5%
- Dental Health and Care Utilization

Papers in

Developmental and Educational Psychology 6
- Reading and Literacy Development 4
Literature and Literary Theory 5
- Literacy, Media, and Education 4

Co-authors: R C Pattinson (1 shared paper)Linda L. Lawrence (1 shared paper)Robert Pokras (1 shared paper)Pat Sikes (8 shared papers)Zoe Marshman (8 shared papers)Fiona Gilchrist (3 shared papers)Jenny Marie Porritt (2 shared papers)Heather M. Buchanan (1 shared paper)
Journals: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2 papers)International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry (2 papers)BMJ Open (1 paper)Epidemiology and Infection (1 paper)Journal of Tourism History (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States South Africa

In The Last Decade

Mel Hall

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Mel Hall's Hit Papers

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Ambulatory surgery in the United States, 1994. 1997 · 406 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

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1	Ambulatory surgery in the United States, 1994. PubMed ·L J Kozak, Mel Hall, Robert Pokras, Linda L. Lawrence Hit paper breakdown →	1997	406
2	Near misses: a useful adjunct to maternal death enquiries British Medical Bulletin ·R C Pattinson, Mel Hall	2003	222
3	An outbreak of Salmonella saint-paul infection associated with beansprouts Epidemiology and Infection ·M. O'Mahony, John M Cowden, Bobby P. Smyth, D. Lynch, Mel Hall, B. Rowe, E. Louise Teare, R.E. Tettmar	1990	129
4	Assessing children's dental anxiety: a systematic review of current measures Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology ·Jenny Marie Porritt, Heather M. Buchanan, Mel Hall, Fiona Gilchrist, Zoe Marshman	2012	121
5	Escherichia coli O157 incident associated with a farm open to members of the public. PubMed ·Milne Lm, A Plom, I Strudley, Pritchard Gc, R. Crooks, Mel Hall, Georgia J Duckworth, M D Susman	1999	51
6	Development of the Malocclusion Impact Questionnaire (MIQ) to measure the oral health-related quality of life of young people with malocclusion: part 1 – qualitative inquiry Journal of Orthodontics ·Neil Patel, Samantha J Hodges, Mel Hall, Philip Edward Benson, Zoe Marshman, Susan J. Cunningham	2016	51
7	Oral health research with children International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry ·Zoe Marshman, Mel Hall	2008	49
8	The impact of parental young onset dementia on children and young people's educational careers British Educational Research Journal ·Pat Sikes, Mel Hall	2018	39
9	'I felt weird and wobbly.' Child-reported impacts associated with a dental general anaesthetic BDJ ·HELEN D. RODD, Mel Hall, Chris Deery, Fiona Gilchrist, Barry Gibson, Zoe Marshman	2014	29
10	“It was then that I thought ‘whaat? This is not my Dad”: The implications of the ‘still the same person’ narrative for children and young people who have a parent with dementia Dementia ·Pat Sikes, Mel Hall	2016	28
11	“It Would Be Easier If She’d Died”: Young People With Parents With Dementia Articulating Inadmissible Stories Qualitative Health Research ·Mel Hall, Pat Sikes	2017	25
12	‘Every time I see him he’s the worst he’s ever been and the best he’ll ever be’: grief and sadness in children and young people who have a parent with dementia Mortality ·Pat Sikes, Mel Hall	2017	25
13	From “What the Hell Is Going on?” to the “Mushy Middle Ground” to “Getting Used to a New Normal”: Young People’s Biographical Narratives Around Navigating Parental Dementia Illness Crisis & Loss ·Mel Hall, Pat Sikes	2016	21
14	Children's and Adolescents’ Perspectives on Cleft Lip and/or Palate The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal ·Mel Hall, Allison James, HELEN D. RODD +1 other	2012	19
15	The management of dental caries in primary teeth - involving service providers and users in the design of a trial Trials ·Zoe Marshman, Nicola Innes, Chris Deery, Mel Hall, Chris Speed, Gail V. A. Douglas, Jan Clarkson, HELEN D. RODD	2012	16
16	“No-one would sleep if we didn’t have books!”: Understanding shared reading as family practice and family display Journal of Early Childhood Research ·Mel Hall, Rachael Levy, Jenny Preece	2018	15
17	Reducing Serious Safety Events and Priority Hospital-Acquired Conditions in a Pediatric Hospital with the Implementation of a Patient Safety Program The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety ·Amber R. Phipps, Melisa Paradis, Kimberly A. Peterson, Jill Jensen, Katie R. Nielsen, Mel Hall, Kari A. Simonsen, Bridget M. Norton	2018	14
18	Does the British Orthodontic Society orthognathic DVD aid a prospective patient’s decision making? A qualitative study Journal of Orthodontics ·Andrew Mark Cursiter Flett, Mel Hall, Caroline McCarthy, Zoe Marshman, Philip Edward Benson	2013	14
19	‘It’s just limboland’: Parental dementia and young people’s life courses The Sociological Review ·Mel Hall, Pat Sikes	2019	14
20	Examining the Links between Parents’ Relationships with Reading and Shared Reading with their Pre-School Children White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·Rachael Levy, Mel Hall, Jenny Preece	2018	13

About Mel Hall

Mel Hall is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science, Education and Clinical Psychology, having authored 44 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Family Support in Illness (7 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (4 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (4 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (4 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (3 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (2 papers) and Participatory Visual Research Methods (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oral Surgery (135 citations), Periodontics (59 citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (229 citations), Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (63 citations) and Endocrinology (60 citations). Mel Hall has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include R C Pattinson, Linda L. Lawrence, Robert Pokras, Pat Sikes, Zoe Marshman, Fiona Gilchrist, Jenny Marie Porritt, Heather M. Buchanan, HELEN D. RODD and Rachael Levy. Their work appears in journals such as Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, BMJ Open, Epidemiology and Infection and Journal of Tourism History.

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