Christopher C. Cushing

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher C. Cushing is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher C. Cushing has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Clinical Psychology, 32 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 25 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Christopher C. Cushing's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (27 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (16 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers). Christopher C. Cushing is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (27 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (16 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers). Christopher C. Cushing collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Christopher C. Cushing's co-authors include Ric G. Steele, Chad D. Jensen, Erin E. Brannon, David A. Fedele, Adrian Ortega, Christina M. Amaro, Brandon S. Aylward, Alyssa Fritz, James T. Craig and Carolina M. Bejarano and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and The Journal of Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher C. Cushing

82 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mobile Health Interventions for Improving Health Outcomes... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Mobile Health Interventions for Improving Health Outcomes in Youth
    2017 236 citations David A. Fedele, Christopher C. Cushing et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher C. Cushing United States 23 620 605 465 373 356 87 1.9k
Cecilia Fabrizio United States 10 836 1.3× 639 1.1× 516 1.1× 215 0.6× 324 0.9× 20 2.7k
Megan Freund Australia 26 765 1.2× 675 1.1× 680 1.5× 197 0.5× 169 0.5× 84 2.1k
Joanna Buscemi United States 26 781 1.3× 498 0.8× 986 2.1× 363 1.0× 279 0.8× 112 2.3k
Diane Weiner United States 6 773 1.2× 591 1.0× 500 1.1× 190 0.5× 292 0.8× 9 2.5k
Michelle L. Rogers United States 21 467 0.8× 410 0.7× 602 1.3× 139 0.4× 265 0.7× 68 1.9k
Albert J. Bellg United States 9 1.0k 1.6× 571 0.9× 499 1.1× 406 1.1× 237 0.7× 14 2.8k
Denise Ernst United States 15 1.3k 2.0× 718 1.2× 606 1.3× 528 1.4× 241 0.7× 17 3.2k
Roy F. Oman United States 30 1.4k 2.2× 740 1.2× 543 1.2× 282 0.8× 165 0.5× 95 3.0k
Patrick Callaghan United Kingdom 29 925 1.5× 1.0k 1.7× 299 0.6× 219 0.6× 148 0.4× 110 2.6k
Jari Villberg Finland 25 517 0.8× 335 0.6× 809 1.7× 137 0.4× 269 0.8× 90 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher C. Cushing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher C. Cushing

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All Works

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Coller, Ryan J., Jens C. Eickhoff, Paul J. Chung, et al.. (2025). Preventing respiratory illness in cerebral palsy: Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 20(6). e0325970–e0325970.
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Davis, Ann M., Paul M. Darden, Christopher C. Cushing, et al.. (2025). A family-based behavioral group obesity randomized control feasibility trial across a clinical trials network: a focus on contact hours. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 50(3). 280–288. 1 indexed citations
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Simon, Stacey L., et al.. (2024). The critical need for expert oversight of ChatGPT: Prompt engineering for safeguarding child healthcare information. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 49(11). 812–817. 3 indexed citations
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Bakula, Dana M., Jason Van Allen, Christopher C. Cushing, et al.. (2024). Systematic review and meta analysis of psychological interventions to prevent or treat pediatric chronic disease in rural communities. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 50(7). 579–595. 1 indexed citations
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Bejarano, Carolina M., et al.. (2023). Hedonic Appetite, Affect, and Loss of Control Eating: Macrotemporal and Microtemporal Associations in Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 48(5). 448–457. 2 indexed citations
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Lerner, Carlos, Paul J. Chung, Thomas S. Klitzner, et al.. (2023). Adaptive Intervention to Prevent Respiratory Illness in Cerebral Palsy: Protocol for a Feasibility Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e49705–e49705. 2 indexed citations
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Patton, Susana R., Christopher C. Cushing, & Amy Hughes Lansing. (2022). Applying Behavioral Economics Theories to Interventions for Persons with Diabetes. Current Diabetes Reports. 22(5). 219–226. 6 indexed citations
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Coller, Ryan J., Carlos Lerner, Paul J. Chung, et al.. (2022). Caregiving and Confidence to Avoid Hospitalization for Children with Medical Complexity. The Journal of Pediatrics. 247. 109–115.e2. 6 indexed citations
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Ortega, Adrian, et al.. (2021). Meta-Analysis of Adherence Promotion Interventions in Pediatric Asthma. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 46(10). 1195–1212. 12 indexed citations
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Cushing, Christopher C., et al.. (2021). Daily adherence variability and psychosocial differences in adolescents with asthma: a pilot study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 45(1). 148–158. 6 indexed citations
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Cushing, Christopher C., et al.. (2021). Adaptive mHealth Intervention for Adolescent Physical Activity Promotion. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 46(5). 536–546. 16 indexed citations
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Lim, Irene Isabel P., Christopher C. Cushing, Todd Jenkins, et al.. (2021). Prospective quality of life outcomes in pediatric fecal incontinence following bowel management. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 56(8). 1459–1464. 12 indexed citations
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Fedele, David A., Christopher C. Cushing, Susana R. Patton, et al.. (2020). Adaptive Mobile Health Intervention for Adolescents with Asthma: Iterative User-Centered Development. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(5). e18400–e18400. 8 indexed citations
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Cushing, Christopher C., David A. Fedele, & William T. Riley. (2019). Introduction to the Coordinated Special Issue on eHealth/mHealth in Pediatric Psychology. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 44(3). 259–262. 7 indexed citations
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Cushing, Christopher C., et al.. (2018). Parents’ Perspectives on the Theoretical Domains Framework Elements Needed in a Pediatric Health Behavior App: A Crowdsourced Social Validity Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 6(12). e192–e192. 9 indexed citations
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Cushing, Christopher C., Chad D. Jensen, Mary Beth Miller, & Thad R. Leffingwell. (2014). Meta-analysis of motivational interviewing for adolescent health behavior: Efficacy beyond substance use.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 82(6). 1212–1218. 75 indexed citations
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Cushing, Christopher C., Ryan W. Walters, & Lesa Hoffman. (2013). Aggregated N-of-1 Randomized Controlled Trials: Modern Data Analytics Applied to a Clinically Valid Method of Intervention Effectiveness. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 39(2). 138–150. 27 indexed citations
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Steele, Ric G., Brandon S. Aylward, Chad D. Jensen, et al.. (2011). Comparison of a Family-Based Group Intervention for Youths with Obesity to a Brief Individual Family Intervention: A Practical Clinical Trial of Positively Fit. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 37(1). 53–63. 53 indexed citations

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