Colin Bell

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Colin Bell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Bell has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 51 papers in General Health Professions and 29 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Colin Bell's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (88 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (29 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (26 papers). Colin Bell is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (88 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (29 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (26 papers). Colin Bell collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Fiji and United States. Colin Bell's co-authors include Boyd Swinburn, Robert Scragg, MaryFran Sowers, Peter Kremer, Andrea de Silva, Steven Allender, Jillian Whelan, Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers and Cherie Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Colin Bell

137 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Diabetes, and Ethnicity in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

2004 767 citations Colin Bell et al. profile →
Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers

2020 665 citations Phillip Baker, Priscila Machado et al. Obesity Reviews profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in the Central Division of Fiji 2024 ·Proceedings of The Nutrition Society ·(unknown), José Luis Santos, (unknown), Daisy H. Coyle, Gade Waqa, (unknown), Colin Bell, Briar McKenzie	2
2	A protocol of a pilot randomised trial (Action-RESPOND) to support rural and regional communities with implementing community-based systems thinking obesity prevention initiatives 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·Sze Lin Yoong, Andrew Brown, Gloria K. W. Leung, (unknown), Jennifer David, Joshua Hayward, Claudia Strugnell, Colin Bell, Vicki Brown, Michelle Jackson, Steven Allender	0
3	Three-year behavioural, health-related quality of life, and body mass index outcomes from the RESPOND randomized trial 2024 ·Public Health ·Steven Allender, Cadeyrn J. Gaskin, Denise Becker, Michelle Jackson, Liliana Orellana, Joshua Hayward, Colin Bell, Melanie Nichols, Vicki Brown, (unknown), Marj Moodie, André Peeters, Andrew Brown, Jillian Whelan, Boyd Swinburn, Claudia Strugnell	3
4	Double‐ and triple‐duty actions in childhood for addressing the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: A scoping review 2023 ·Obesity Reviews ·(unknown), Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Liliana Orellana, Camila Corvalán, Colin Bell	13
5	How healthy and affordable are foods and beverages sold in school canteens? A cross-sectional study comparing menus from Victorian primary schools 2023 ·Public Health Nutrition ·(unknown), Miranda R. Blake, Laura Alston, Melanie Nichols, Colin Bell, Penny Fraser, Ha Le, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Kristy A. Bolton	6
6	Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness: a cross-sectional study 2023 ·Public Health Nutrition ·(unknown), Claudia Strugnell, Denise Becker, Jillian Whelan, Joshua Hayward, Melanie Nichols, Andrew Brown, Vicki Brown, Steven Allender, Colin Bell, (unknown), Liliana Orellana, Laura Alston	3
7	Perceived impacts of COVID-19 and bushfires on the implementation of an obesity prevention trial in Northeast Victoria, Australia 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·Jillian Whelan, (unknown), Penny Fraser, Steven Allender, Michelle Jackson, Claudia Strugnell, Colin Bell	2
8	Lived experience of participants who engaged in the co‐creation of initiatives to improve children's health in a rural Australian community 2023 ·Australian Journal of Rural Health ·Carmen Vargas, (unknown), Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, (unknown), Melanie Cree‐Green, (unknown), Michelle Jackson, Colin Bell, Jillian Whelan	4
9	Co-creation Approach in Practice: Naming a Cafe Located within a Rural Health Service Provides Added Value to a Health Strategy 2023 ·Advances in Public Health ·Carmen Vargas, (unknown), (unknown), Colin Bell, Jillian Whelan	2
10	Combining systems thinking approaches and implementation science constructs within community-based prevention: a systematic review 2023 ·Health Research Policy and Systems ·Jillian Whelan, Penny Fraser, Kristy A. Bolton, Penelope Love, Claudia Strugnell, Tara Boelsen‐Robinson, Miranda R. Blake, (unknown), Steven Allender, Colin Bell	15
11	A mixed‐methods evaluation of a health‐promoting café located in a small health service in rural Victoria, Australia 2022 ·Australian Journal of Rural Health ·Jillian Whelan, Penelope Love, R. John Aitken, Lynne Millar, (unknown), (unknown), Steven Allender, Colin Bell	4
12	Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevention Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (RESPOND): protocol and baseline outcomes for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised prevention trial 2022 ·BMJ Open ·Jillian Whelan, Joshua Hayward, Melanie Nichols, Andrew Brown, Liliana Orellana, Vicki Brown, Denise Becker, Colin Bell, Boyd Swinburn, Anna Peeters, Marj Moodie, (unknown), (unknown), Steven Allender, Claudia Strugnell	18
13	The Public Health 12 framework: interpreting the ‘Meadows 12 places to act in a system’ for use in public health 2022 ·Archives of Public Health ·Kristy A. Bolton, Jillian Whelan, Penny Fraser, Colin Bell, Steven Allender, Andrew Brown	24
14	Protocol for the measurement of changes in knowledge and engagement in the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial for childhood obesity prevention in Australia: (Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (RESPOND)) 2020 ·Trials ·Jillian Whelan, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Ariella R. Korn, Andrew Brown, Liliana Orellana, Joshua Hayward, Vicki Brown, Colin Bell, Marj Moodie, Anna Peeters, Melanie Nichols	10
15	Collaboration for clinical innovation: a nursing and engineering alliance for better patient care 2020 ·Journal of research in nursing ·Rachael Andrews, Sarah L. Greasley, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colin Bell, Paul White	4
16	Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers breakdown → 2020 ·Obesity Reviews ·Phillip Baker, Priscila Machado, Thiago M. Santos, Katherine Sievert, Kathryn Backholer, Michalis Hadjikakou, Cherie Russell, Oliver Huse, Colin Bell, Gyorgy Scrinis, Anthony Worsley, Sharon Friel, Mark Lawrence	665
17	Measuring Rural Food Environments for Local Action in Australia: A Systematic Critical Synthesis Review 2019 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Penelope Love, Jillian Whelan, Colin Bell, (unknown)	12
18	A rural community moves closer to sustainable obesity prevention - an exploration of community readiness pre and post a community-based participatory intervention 2019 ·BMC Public Health ·Jillian Whelan, Penelope Love, Lynne Millar, Steven Allender, (unknown), Colin Bell	19
19	You Can’t Find Healthy Food in the Bush: Poor Accessibility, Availability and Adequacy of Food in Rural Australia 2018 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Jillian Whelan, Lynne Millar, Colin Bell, Cherie Russell, (unknown), Steven Allender, Penelope Love	54
20	Healthy Diets in Rural Victoria—Cheaper than Unhealthy Alternatives, Yet Unaffordable 2018 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Penelope Love, Jillian Whelan, Colin Bell, (unknown), Cherie Russell, Meron Lewis, Amanda Lee	30

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