Cheryl Achterberg

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Cheryl Achterberg is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheryl Achterberg has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in Education and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Cheryl Achterberg's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (12 papers) and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (9 papers). Cheryl Achterberg is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (12 papers) and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (9 papers). Cheryl Achterberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Philippines. Cheryl Achterberg's co-authors include R. AbuSabha, Marilyn S. Townsend, Janet M Peerson, Suzanne P. Murphy, Leslie Lytle, Carla K. Miller, Elaine McDonnell, Sheila Fleischhacker, Barbara Shannon and Katherine L. Cason and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, American Journal of Public Health and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cheryl Achterberg

68 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Food Insecurity Is Positi... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Food Insecurity Is Positively Related to Overweight in Women
    2001 612 citations Marilyn S. Townsend, Janet M Peerson et al. Journal of Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cheryl Achterberg United States 21 1.1k 915 386 265 187 76 2.0k
Jean Anliker United States 28 1.5k 1.4× 887 1.0× 289 0.7× 212 0.8× 249 1.3× 50 2.0k
Garry Auld United States 26 1.0k 0.9× 514 0.6× 284 0.7× 175 0.7× 215 1.1× 95 1.9k
Marilyn S. Townsend United States 24 1.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.6× 560 1.5× 272 1.0× 233 1.2× 71 2.5k
Leslie Cunningham‐Sabo United States 24 1.1k 1.0× 619 0.7× 237 0.6× 168 0.6× 218 1.2× 70 1.6k
Michelle Zive United States 26 2.0k 1.9× 856 0.9× 337 0.9× 170 0.6× 264 1.4× 57 2.6k
Sonya J. Jones United States 21 1.3k 1.2× 1.8k 2.0× 650 1.7× 165 0.6× 179 1.0× 54 2.6k
Marsha Davis United States 20 1.2k 1.1× 655 0.7× 156 0.4× 134 0.5× 202 1.1× 45 1.7k
Meizi He United States 23 1.3k 1.2× 495 0.5× 212 0.5× 180 0.7× 163 0.9× 59 2.0k
Erica L. Kenney United States 21 1.1k 1.0× 747 0.8× 377 1.0× 181 0.7× 212 1.1× 88 1.8k
Raymond R. Hyatt United States 26 1.4k 1.3× 778 0.9× 181 0.5× 222 0.8× 388 2.1× 54 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheryl Achterberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheryl Achterberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheryl Achterberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheryl Achterberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheryl Achterberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cheryl Achterberg. Cheryl Achterberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (2017). A Perspective. Nutrition Today. 52(2). S6–S13. 1 indexed citations
2.
Achterberg, Cheryl. (2006). Honors Assessment and Evaluation. Insecta mundi. 7(1). 37. 3 indexed citations
3.
Achterberg, Cheryl. (2005). The Ages of Imitation, Authenticity and Originality. Insecta mundi. 6(1). 41. 1 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (2005). What is an Honors Student. Insecta mundi. 6(1). 75. 20 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (2004). Differences Between an Honors Program and Honors College: A Case Study. Insecta mundi. 5(1). 87. 1 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (2004). Honors In Research: Twenty Years Later. Insecta mundi. 5(1). 33. 3 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl, et al.. (2002). Student-Led Quality Teams In the Classroom. Insecta mundi. 3(1). 75. 1 indexed citations
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Townsend, Marilyn S., et al.. (2001). Food Insecurity Is Positively Related to Overweight in Women. Journal of Nutrition. 131(6). 1738–1745. 612 indexed citations breakdown →
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AbuSabha, R., et al.. (2001). Dietary Fat Reduction Strategies Used by a Group of Adults Aged 50 years and Older. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 101(9). 1024–1030. 16 indexed citations
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Miller, Carla K. & Cheryl Achterberg. (2000). Reliability and Validity of a Nutrition and Food-Label Knowledge Test for Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Nutrition Education. 32(1). 43–48. 18 indexed citations
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AbuSabha, R., et al.. (1998). Evaluation of Nutrition Education in WIC. Evaluation of Nutrition Education in a Supplemental Food and Nutrition Program in New Mexico.. Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences. 90(4). 98–104. 3 indexed citations
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Miller, Carla K., Claudia Probart, & Cheryl Achterberg. (1997). Knowledge and Misconceptions About the Food Label Among Women With Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. The Diabetes Educator. 23(4). 425–432. 30 indexed citations
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Probart, Claudia, et al.. (1997). Evaluation of Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Nutrition Curriculum in Middle Schools. Journal of Nutrition Education. 29(4). 203–209. 12 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (1994). Evaluation of Dietary Guideline Bulletins Revised for a Low Literate Audience.. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 32(4). 1 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (1994). Qualitative Research: What Do We Know about Teaching Good Nutritional Habits?. Journal of Nutrition. 124(9 Suppl). 1808S–1812S. 17 indexed citations
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Williams, Jerome D., et al.. (1993). Target Marketing of Food Products to Ethnic Minority Youth. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 699(1). 107–114. 8 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl, et al.. (1993). Food and Nutrition Messages in Film. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 699(1). 295–297. 3 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (1992). A perspective: challenges of teaching the dietary guidelines graphic.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 64(4). 23–26. 4 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl. (1990). Evaluating content of a nutrition education message.. 51(4). 478–480. 1 indexed citations
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Achterberg, Cheryl, et al.. (1990). Developing a working philosophy of nutrition education. Journal of Nutrition Education. 22(4). 189–193. 12 indexed citations

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