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Biography

Dr Steven James work as a Diabetes Educator in healthcare systems, and at non-governmental organisations, has seen him continuously provide a consultancy service surrounding diabetes prevention, management and education. This has involved working with patients, across varying age ranges (adult and paediatric), in-addition to colleagues and health professionals in all clinical streams. He has been present on relevant government, non-government, and pharmaceutical company advisory committees, written many publications for various Australian and international peer reviewed journals, and been involved in guideline development.

Of Steven's publications in SciVal, his field-weighted citation impact from 2014 to 2024 was 18.97 which puts him in 1797% over the world average in all subject areas; 7.1% of these publications are in the 1% most cited publications world-wide, and 21.4% in the 10% most cited publications worldwide (field weighted). Overall, his publications have been cited by researchers in 160 countries, from institutions and organizations such as the Karolinska Institute, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Oxford University, Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins University, illustrating the reach of his research. 57.8% of my publications have involved international collaboration, 61.5% have received social media attention, and there have been 82 news mentions (United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Australia, China and others). Finally, his work has been considered in 19 policy documents (the World Health Organization, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Arbeitsgemmeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medlizinschen Fachgesellscaften, guidelines in PubMed Central and others), illustrating the reach beyond academia.

Professional memberships

  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Registered Nurse
  • International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (also an Advisory Board member)

Organisational Affiliations

Senior Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health - Nursing

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (Australia, Melbourne)

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University (Australia, Richmond) - UWS