Alison Gustafson

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alison Gustafson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Gustafson has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 27 papers in General Health Professions and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alison Gustafson's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (39 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (24 papers) and Consumer Retail Behavior Studies (9 papers). Alison Gustafson is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (39 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (24 papers) and Consumer Retail Behavior Studies (9 papers). Alison Gustafson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Singapore. Alison Gustafson's co-authors include Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B. Jilcott, Scott Hankins, Olga Khavjou, Deborah F. Tate, Eric Finkelstein, Alice S. Ammerman, Sarah Lewis, Jared T. McGuirt and Thomas C. Keyserling and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nutrients and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Alison Gustafson

45 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Farmers’ market use is associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in diverse southern rural communities

2014 283 citations Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Alison Gustafson et al. Nutrition Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Gustafson United States	19	848	510	227	178	166	48	1.5k
Diana Cassady United States	20	1.0k 1.2×	417 0.8×	209 0.9×	186 1.0×	208 1.3×	44	1.9k
Leia Minaker Canada	25	847 1.0×	383 0.8×	226 1.0×	116 0.7×	141 0.8×	107	1.7k
Punam Ohri‐Vachaspati United States	28	1.4k 1.6×	789 1.5×	243 1.1×	305 1.7×	87 0.5×	123	2.1k
Maartje P. Poelman Netherlands	22	884 1.0×	316 0.6×	103 0.5×	131 0.7×	121 0.7×	86	1.6k
Allison Karpyn United States	24	1.7k 2.0×	902 1.8×	390 1.7×	207 1.2×	230 1.4×	76	2.7k
Jared T. McGuirt United States	25	919 1.1×	663 1.3×	482 2.1×	174 1.0×	100 0.6×	73	1.7k
Dana Lee Olstad Canada	25	1.3k 1.5×	524 1.0×	98 0.4×	290 1.6×	85 0.5×	111	2.1k
Stephanie B. Jilcott United States	21	807 1.0×	459 0.9×	197 0.9×	135 0.8×	71 0.4×	39	1.2k
Stephanie Jilcott Pitts United States	28	1.4k 1.7×	902 1.8×	537 2.4×	253 1.4×	193 1.2×	125	2.5k
Sean C. Lucan United States	26	984 1.2×	397 0.8×	240 1.1×	256 1.4×	73 0.4×	55	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Gustafson

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Lauckner, Carolyn, et al.. (2025). Development of a statewide network hub for screening, referral, and enrollment into food as medicine programs across Kentucky. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1502858–1502858. 2 indexed citations

Luecking, Courtney, et al.. (2025). Fresh funds for moms: feasibility of a 12-week online food as medicine grocery prescription program for women with food insecurity and gestational diabetes. Frontiers in Health Services. 5. 1625558–1625558.

McGuirt, Jared T., Elizabeth Anderson Steeves, Jeffrey D. Labban, et al.. (2024). Multi-Method Formative Evaluation of a Digital Online Grocery Shopping Assistant Among Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Participants. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 56(8). 556–568.

Steeves, Elizabeth Anderson, et al.. (2024). Barriers and Facilitators to Online Grocery Shopping Among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants: A Mixed Method Study. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 63(5). 585–604.

McGuirt, Jared T., Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Jeffrey D. Labban, et al.. (2022). Evidence of Geospatial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to Online Grocery Shopping for Fresh and Frozen Produce in North Carolina. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 122(11). 2106–2114. 13 indexed citations

Trude, Angela, et al.. (2022). Barriers and Facilitators of Online Grocery Services: Perceptions from Rural and Urban Grocery Store Managers. Nutrients. 14(18). 3794–3794. 5 indexed citations

Slone, Stacey, et al.. (2022). The Impact of a Grocery Store Closure in One Rural Highly Obese Appalachian Community on Shopping Behavior and Dietary Intake. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3506–3506. 11 indexed citations

Cardarelli, Kathryn, et al.. (2021). Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adults in rural Appalachia. Preventive Medicine Reports. 24. 101642–101642. 4 indexed citations

Gustafson, Alison, et al.. (2021). Community-Based Efforts Aim to Improve the Food Environment within a Highly Obese Rural Appalachian County. Nutrients. 13(7). 2200–2200. 6 indexed citations

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Pitts, Stephanie Jilcott, et al.. (2020). Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Grocery Shopping among Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Participants in Eastern North Carolina. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4(5). nzaa076–nzaa076. 46 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Alison, et al.. (2019). Community-Wide Efforts to Improve the Consumer Food Environment and Physical Activity Resources in Rural Kentucky. Preventing Chronic Disease. 16. E07–E07. 6 indexed citations

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Pitts, Stephanie Jilcott, Shu Wen Ng, Jonathan L. Blitstein, Alison Gustafson, & Mihai Niculescu. (2018). Online grocery shopping: promise and pitfalls for healthier food and beverage purchases. Public Health Nutrition. 21(18). 3360–3376. 93 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Alison. (2017). Shopping pattern and food purchase differences among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households and Non-supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports. 7. 152–157. 18 indexed citations

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Pitts, Stephanie Jilcott, Alison Gustafson, Qiang Wu, et al.. (2014). Farmers’ market use is associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in diverse southern rural communities. Nutrition Journal. 13(1). 1–1. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gustafson, Alison, et al.. (2013). Food venue choice, consumer food environment, but not food venue availability within daily travel patterns are associated with dietary intake among adults, Lexington Kentucky 2011. Nutrition Journal. 12(1). 17–17. 113 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Alison, et al.. (2012). Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 688–688. 42 indexed citations

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Samuel‐Hodge, Carmen D., Beverly A. Garcia, Larry F. Johnston, et al.. (2011). Rationale, design, and sample characteristics of a practical randomized trial to assess a weight loss intervention for low-income women: The Weight-Wise II Program. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 33(1). 93–103. 19 indexed citations

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Samuel‐Hodge, Carmen D., Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, Thomas C. Keyserling, et al.. (2010). Peer Reviewed: Optimized Probability Sampling of Study Sites to Improve Generalizability in a Multisite Intervention Trial. Preventing Chronic Disease. 7(1). 510–3. 3 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Alison, Olga Khavjou, Sally C. Stearns, et al.. (2009). Cost-effectiveness of a behavioral weight loss intervention for low-income women: The Weight-Wise Program. Preventive Medicine. 49(5). 390–395. 20 indexed citations

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Gustafson, Alison, David N. Cavallo, & Amy Paxton. (2007). Linking Homegrown and Locally Produced Fruits and Vegetables to Improving Access and Intake in Communities through Policy and Environmental Change. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 107(4). 584–585. 9 indexed citations

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