Brian E. Saelens

44.9k citations

316 papers · 34.1k indexed · 17 hit papers · h-index 85

Impact in

Transportation top 0.01%
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.02%
- Urban Green Space and Health

Papers in

Transportation 169
- Urban Transport and Accessibility 169
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 209
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 196

Co-authors: James F. Sallis Lawrence D. Frank Terry L. Conway James E. Chapman Susan Handy Kelli L. Cain Jacqueline Kerr Karen Glanz
Journals: American Journal of Preventive Medicine (17 papers)International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (15 papers)Preventive Medicine (15 papers)Journal of Physical Activity and Health (14 papers)Health & Place (14 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Australia

In The Last Decade

Brian E. Saelens

313 papers receiving 32.1k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Disease 2012 · 943 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Circulation
2009 British Journal of Sports Medicine
2009 Social Science & Medicine
2008 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2008 American Journal of Public Health
2007 PEDIATRICS
2007 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2007 Social Science & Medicine
2007 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2006 Journal of the American Planning Association
2006 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2005 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005 American Journal of Health Promotion
2003 Annals of Behavioral Medicine
2003 American Journal of Public Health
2000 Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
1998 PEDIATRICS

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Crime-related perceptions and walking for recreation inside and outside one's home neighborhood Health & Place ·Caterina G. Roman, A. Borets, Loki Natarajan, Terry L. Conway, Sunčana Franić, Ralph B. Taylor, Kelli L. Cain, Scott C. Roesch, Marc A. Adams, Brian E. Saelens, Abby C. King, Lawrence D. Frank, Karen Glanz, James F. Sallis	2024	4
2	The Automatic Context Measurement Tool (ACMT) to Compile Participant-Specific Built and Social Environment Measures for Health Research: Development and Usability Study JMIR Formative Research ·Heiner Meier, Lina María González, WANGZhi-ren, Brian E. Saelens, Sean D. Mooney, Stephen J. Mooney	2024	0
3	Differences in elementary-age children’s accelerometer - measured physical activity between school and summer: three-year findings from the What’s UP (Undermining Prevention) with summer observational cohort study International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Michael W. Beets, Sarah Burkart, Christopher D. Pfledderer, Elizabeth L. Adams, R. Glenn Weaver, Bridget Armstrong, Keith Brazendale, Helga Winkler, Alexander C. McLain, A Narantuya, Russell R. Pate, Andrew T. Kaczynski, Amanda J. Fairchild, Brian E. Saelens, Hannah Parker	2024	2
4	Impact of a light rail transit line on physical activity: Findings from the longitudinal Travel Assessment and Community (TRAC) study Journal of Transport & Health ·Brian E. Saelens, Philip M. Hurvitz, Chuan Zhou, Trina Colburn, Jacques-Emmanuel AYEL, Anne Vernez Moudon	2022	0
5	Environmental data and methods from the Accumulating Data to Optimally Predict Obesity Treatment (ADOPT) core measures environmental working group Data in Brief ·滢博李, David G. Stinchcomb, Tiffany M. Powell‐Wiley, Danielle M. Ostendorf, Brian E. Saelens, Amy A. Gorin, Shannon N. Zenk, David Berrigan	2022	15
6	Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the efficacy of a family‐based treatment programme for paediatric obesity Pediatric Obesity ·М А Лаврикова, Lauren A. Fowler, Eny Etika Raisha, Richard I. Stein, Rachel P. Kolko, Brian E. Saelens, R. Robinson Welch, Michael G. Perri, Leonard H. Epstein, Denise E. Wilfley	2021	10
7	Crime and physical activity measures from the SAFE and Fit Environments Study (SAFE): Psychometric properties across age groups Preventive Medicine Reports ·Scott C. Roesch, Sunčana Franić, Caterina G. Roman, Terry L. Conway, Ralph B. Taylor, Brian E. Saelens, Marc A. Adams, Kelli L. Cain, Loki Natarajan, James F. Sallis	2021	2
8	When physical activity meets the physical environment: precision health insights from the intersection Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine ·Luisa V. Giles, Michael S. Koehle, Brian E. Saelens, Hind Sbihi, Chris Carlsten	2021	20
9	Impact of a year‐round school calendar on children's BMI and fitness: Final outcomes from a natural experiment Pediatric Obesity ·R. Glenn Weaver, Ethan T. Hunt, Bridget Armstrong, Michael W. Beets, Keith Brazendale, Gabrielle Turner‐McGrievy, Russell R. Pate, Alberto Maydeu‐Olivares, Brian E. Saelens, Shawn D. Youngstedt, Roddrick Dugger, Hannah Parker, Lauren von Klinggraeff, Alexis Jones, Jen Hofmann, Ayrles F. B. Silva	2021	11
10	The impact of summer vacation on children’s obesogenic behaviors and body mass index: a natural experiment International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·R. Glenn Weaver, Bridget Armstrong, Ethan T. Hunt, Michael W. Beets, Keith Brazendale, Roddrick Dugger, Gabrielle Turner‐McGrievy, Russell R. Pate, Alberto Maydeu‐Olivares, Brian E. Saelens, Shawn D. Youngstedt	2020	36
11	Impact of a sweetened beverage tax on beverage prices in Seattle, WA Economics & Human Biology ·Jessica C. Jones‐Smith, Ling Qing-dong, Vanessa M. Oddo, Stephen E. Laney, Marian L. Neuhouser, Philip M. Hurvitz, Brian E. Saelens, Nadine Chan	2020	24
12	Two Approaches to Increase Physical Activity for Preschool Children in Child Care Centers: A Matched-Pair Cluster-Randomized Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Pooja S. Tandon, Katherine Downing, Brian E. Saelens, Dimitri Christakis	2019	11
13	A Comparison of Preschoolers’ Physical Activity Indoors versus Outdoors at Child Care International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Pooja S. Tandon, Brian E. Saelens, Chuan Zhou, Dimitri Christakis	2018	47
14	Changes in children’s sleep and physical activity during a 1-week versus a 3-week break from school: a natural experiment SLEEP ·R. Glenn Weaver, Michael W. Beets, Michelle Perry, Ethan T. Hunt, Keith Brazendale, Lucy Mallar, Gabrielle Turner‐McGrievy, Russell R. Pate, Shawn D. Youngstedt, Brian E. Saelens, Alberto Maydeu‐Olivares	2018	28
15	Parent Rules, Barriers, and Places for Youth Physical Activity Vary by Neighborhood Walkability and Income Children Youth and Environments ·Dragan Hamović, Terry L. Conway, Brian E. Saelens, Lawrence D. Frank, Kelli L. Cain, James F. Sallis	2015	2
16	Modeling GPS-Based Walking Activity and Its Association with Objectively Measured Built Environment Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board ·Eric Howard, Bumjoon Kang, Philip M. Hurvitz, Anne Vernez Moudon, Brian E. Saelens	2014	1
17	Community Food Environment, Home Food Environment, and Fruit and Vegetable Intake of Children and Adolescents Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ·Ding Ding, James F. Sallis, Gregory J. Norman, Brian E. Saelens, Sion Kim Harris, Jacqueline Kerr, Dori E. Rosenberg, Nefertiti Durant, Karen Glanz	2011	138
18	Built Environment Correlates of Walking Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Brian E. Saelens, Susan Handy Hit paper breakdown →	2008	1507
19	Home Environmental Influences on Children’s Television Watching from Early to Middle Childhood Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics ·Brian E. Saelens, James F. Sallis, Philip R. Nader, Shelia L. Broyles, Charles C. Berry, Howard Taras	2002	151
20	Assessment of Physical Activity by Self-Report: Status, Limitations, and Future Directions Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport ·James F. Sallis, Brian E. Saelens Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1837

About Brian E. Saelens

Brian E. Saelens is a scholar working on Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Speech and Hearing, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 316 papers that have together received 34.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (196 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (169 papers), Physical Activity and Health (74 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (49 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (46 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (35 papers), Noise Effects and Management (33 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Transportation (17.5k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (8.0k citations), Speech and Hearing (3.9k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (15.7k citations) and Health (3.3k citations). Brian E. Saelens has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include James F. Sallis, Lawrence D. Frank, Terry L. Conway, James E. Chapman, Susan Handy, Kelli L. Cain, Jacqueline Kerr, Karen Glanz, Leonard H. Epstein and Diana Chen. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Preventive Medicine, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Preventive Medicine, Journal of Physical Activity and Health and Health & Place.

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