David Pearson

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

David Pearson is a scholar working on Food Science, Plant Science and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pearson has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Food Science, 48 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Pearson's work include Organic Food and Agriculture (39 papers), Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (37 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (17 papers). David Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Organic Food and Agriculture (39 papers), Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (37 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (17 papers). David Pearson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. David Pearson's co-authors include Joanna Henryks, Gamithri Gayana Karunasena, Parves Sultan, Sharon Friel, Mark Lawrence, Chris Firth, Annet C. Hoek, Damian Maye, Jayanath Ananda and Stephen W. James and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

David Pearson

100 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Intention-behaviour gap and perceived behavioural control-behaviour gap in theory of planned behaviour: moderating roles of communication, satisfaction and trust in organic food consumption

2019 323 citations David Pearson, Joanna Henryks et al. Food Quality and Preference profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David Pearson	1.3k	1.2k	861	374	345	110	2.8k
José María Gil Roig	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	277 0.7×	120 0.3×	281	5.3k
Hamid El Bilali	1.2k 0.9×	990 0.8×	266 0.3×	383 1.0×	265 0.8×	138	4.0k
Hans De Steur	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	506 0.6×	161 0.4×	67 0.2×	158	3.6k
Luca Secondi	1.7k 1.3×	526 0.4×	633 0.7×	190 0.5×	761 2.2×	52	2.7k
A. Meybeck	1.5k 1.2×	847 0.7×	187 0.2×	193 0.5×	449 1.3×	41	3.7k
Francesco Caracciolo	835 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	721 0.8×	229 0.6×	100 0.3×	139	3.3k
Carl Johan Lagerkvist	612 0.5×	956 0.8×	589 0.7×	370 1.0×	34 0.1×	142	3.4k
Jutta Roosen	893 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	952 1.1×	386 1.0×	34 0.1×	135	4.2k
Elin Röös	1.1k 0.8×	751 0.6×	220 0.3×	399 1.1×	128 0.4×	90	3.5k
H. Aiking	1.5k 1.2×	659 0.5×	402 0.5×	588 1.6×	52 0.2×	83	4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pearson

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Kansal, Monika, Ann Mitsis, Amlan Haque, Jayanath Ananda, & David Pearson. (2025). Understanding household food waste using a psychographic segmentation: the cautious-engage-creative framework. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management. 32(4). 338–361. 2 indexed citations

Ananda, Jayanath, et al.. (2024). The Last Bite: Exploring behavioural and situational factors influencing leftover food waste in households. Food Quality and Preference. 123. 105327–105327. 6 indexed citations

Kitchen, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Virtual Reality CPR Training Improves Knowledge Acquisition of Critical Tasks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1).

Karunasena, Gamithri Gayana, et al.. (2024). A Systematic Review of Pre-Post Studies Testing Behaviour Change Interventions to Reduce Consumer Food Waste in the Household. Sustainability. 16(5). 1963–1963. 8 indexed citations

Ananda, Jayanath, et al.. (2024). Leftover love: Exploring the behavioural heterogeneity of household meal wasters. Food Quality and Preference. 123. 105316–105316. 4 indexed citations

Naweed, Anjum, et al.. (2024). Food waste tectonics: Points of friction between policy push and practice pull in council-led household-food-waste interventions in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management. 357. 120717–120717. 3 indexed citations

Ananda, Jayanath, Gamithri Gayana Karunasena, Monika Kansal, Ann Mitsis, & David Pearson. (2023). Quantifying the effects of food management routines on household food waste. Journal of Cleaner Production. 391. 136230–136230. 28 indexed citations

Naweed, Anjum, et al.. (2022). Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Using Post-Kerbside Organics Treatment Systems to Engage Australian Communities with Pro-Environmental Household Food Waste Behaviours. Sustainability. 14(14). 8699–8699. 11 indexed citations

Borg, Kim, Mark Boulet, Gamithri Gayana Karunasena, & David Pearson. (2022). Segmenting households based on food waste behaviours and waste audit outcomes: Introducing Over Providers, Under Planners and Considerate Planners. Journal of Cleaner Production. 351. 131589–131589. 23 indexed citations

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Ananda, Jayanath, Gamithri Gayana Karunasena, & David Pearson. (2022). Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed household food management and food waste behavior? A natural experiment using propensity score matching. Journal of Environmental Management. 328. 116887–116887. 21 indexed citations

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Liang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2021). “It is hard to say ‘no’ to someone who wants to help”: An exemplary model of corporate volunteer management and its challenges. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 32(4). 531–553. 2 indexed citations

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Ananda, Jayanath, Gamithri Gayana Karunasena, Ann Mitsis, Monika Kansal, & David Pearson. (2021). Analysing behavioural and socio-demographic factors and practices influencing Australian household food waste. Journal of Cleaner Production. 306. 127280–127280. 68 indexed citations

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Karunasena, Gamithri Gayana, Jayanath Ananda, & David Pearson. (2021). Generational differences in food management skills and their impact on food waste in households. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 175. 105890–105890. 63 indexed citations

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Hoek, Annet C., David Pearson, Stephen W. James, Mark Lawrence, & Sharon Friel. (2016). Shrinking the food-print: A qualitative study into consumer perceptions, experiences and attitudes towards healthy and environmentally friendly food behaviours. Appetite. 108. 117–131. 258 indexed citations

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Turner, Bethaney, et al.. (2014). Planning for Regional Food Security: A case-study of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). University of Canberra Research Portal. 4. 20–46. 1 indexed citations

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Pearson, David, et al.. (2014). The Current Status and Potential of Local Food in South Korea. Acquire (CQUniversity). 4. 61–78. 2 indexed citations

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Pearson, David & Michelle Minehan. (2013). Food waste in Australian households: Why does it occur?. Acquire (CQUniversity). 3. 118–132. 62 indexed citations

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Pearson, David & Alison Bailey. (2012). Exploring the market potential of 'local'in food systems. CentAUR (University of Reading). 2(1). 82–103. 5 indexed citations

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Henryks, Joanna & David Pearson. (2010). Misreading between the lines: consumer confusion over organic food labelling. University of Canberra Research Portal. 37(3). 73–86. 24 indexed citations

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Pearson, David. (1965). The investment game. 3 indexed citations

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