Douglas E. Levy

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Douglas E. Levy is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas E. Levy has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Physiology, 52 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 42 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Douglas E. Levy's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (63 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (44 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers). Douglas E. Levy is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (63 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (44 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers). Douglas E. Levy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Douglas E. Levy's co-authors include Anne N. Thorndike, Alexandra E. Shields, Jason Riis, Lillian Sonnenberg, Nancy A. Rigotti, David Blumenthal, Karen Donelan, Eric G. Campbell, Catherine M. DesRoches and Ashish K. Jha and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Douglas E. Levy

132 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas E. Levy United States	32	1.4k	1.1k	893	647	408	144	4.2k
Alexandra E. Shields United States	32	897 0.7×	566 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	1.7k 2.7×	780 1.9×	86	5.9k
Majid Ezzati United States	21	2.1k 1.5×	892 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	81 0.1×	589 1.4×	25	7.0k
Derek Yach South Africa	32	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	136 0.2×	1.2k 2.9×	145	5.8k
Lars Weinehall Sweden	43	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	70 0.1×	290 0.7×	170	6.0k
Lauren Ball Australia	29	1.1k 0.8×	759 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	861 1.3×	72 0.2×	190	3.6k
Claire Palermo Australia	33	1.9k 1.4×	442 0.4×	1.7k 1.9×	472 0.7×	202 0.5×	226	4.3k
J. Michael McGinnis United States	29	3.0k 2.2×	1.7k 1.6×	3.9k 4.4×	310 0.5×	465 1.1×	112	9.5k
Sara Kirk Canada	39	2.3k 1.7×	669 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	103 0.2×	173 0.4×	187	4.8k
Darrell J. Gaskin United States	39	1.3k 0.9×	762 0.7×	2.5k 2.8×	260 0.4×	185 0.5×	136	7.2k
Timothy Armstrong Switzerland	11	2.2k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.3×	108 0.2×	521 1.3×	12	5.2k

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Aschbrenner, Kelly A., Callie Walsh‐Bailey, Travis P. Baggett, et al.. (2025). Practical considerations for engaging staff in resource-constrained healthcare settings in implementation research: A qualitative focus group and consensus building study. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 9(1). e65–e65.

Kruse, Gina, G. B. Chadwick, Víctor Méndez Muñoz, et al.. (2025). US state implementation of policies restricting sales of flavoured E-cigarettes: a qualitative analysis. Tobacco Control. tc–2025.

Flores, Efrén J., Yuchiao Chang, Bianca Porneala, et al.. (2025). Sociodemographic and Health Care Factors Associated With Enrollment in a Randomized Clinical Trial Integrating Tobacco Cessation Into Lung Cancer Screening. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 22(12). 1465–1472.

Pachucki, Mark C., et al.. (2024). Network spillover effects associated with the ChooseWell 365 workplace randomized controlled trial to promote healthy food choices. Social Science & Medicine. 355. 117033–117033. 1 indexed citations

Sewpaul, Ronel, Douglas E. Levy, Nancy A. Rigotti, et al.. (2024). The impact of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation on lung cancer and stroke incidence among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a simulation modeling study. BMJ Global Health. 9(12). e017049–e017049. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Natalie, Douglas E. Levy, Jennifer Falbe, Jonathan Purtle, & Jamie F. Chriqui. (2024). Design considerations for developing measures of policy implementation in quantitative evaluations of public health policy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1322702–1322702. 2 indexed citations

Rigotti, Nancy A., Yuchiao Chang, Douglas E. Levy, et al.. (2024). Association Between Smoking Abstinence and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms After Hospital Discharge: The Helping HAND 4 Trial. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 19(1). 4–11. 1 indexed citations

Sewpaul, Ronel, Stavroula A. Chrysanthopoulou, Douglas E. Levy, et al.. (2024). Tobacco smoking, smoking cessation and life expectancy among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a simulation modelling study. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 27(6). e26315–e26315. 3 indexed citations

Levy, Douglas E., et al.. (2023). Challenges and recommendations for measuring time devoted to implementation and intervention activities in health equity-focused, resource-constrained settings: a qualitative analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 108–108. 1 indexed citations

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Levy, Douglas E., et al.. (2023). Underlying patterns of the co-occurrence of tobacco use and mental health among youth. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 46(4). 668–679. 3 indexed citations

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McCurley, Jessica L., et al.. (2023). Food Insecurity and Diet Quality Among Adults on Medicaid With and Without a Mental Illness Diagnosis. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123(10). 1470–1478.e2. 1 indexed citations

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Merino, Jordi, Hassan S. Dashti, Douglas E. Levy, et al.. (2023). Genetic predisposition to macronutrient preference and workplace food choices. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(6). 2606–2611.

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Levy, Douglas E., et al.. (2023). Employees’ Baseline Food Choices and the Effect of a Workplace Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating: Secondary Analysis of the ChooseWell 365 Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123(11). 1586–1595.e4. 3 indexed citations

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Wexler, Deborah J., Yuchiao Chang, Douglas E. Levy, et al.. (2022). Results of a 2‐year lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes: the Reach Ahead for Lifestyle and Health‐Diabetes randomized controlled trial. Obesity. 30(10). 1938–1950. 4 indexed citations

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Levy, Douglas E., et al.. (2022). Health Literacy, Numeracy, and Health Promotion: A Secondary Analysis of the Choosewell 365 Workplace Trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 63(1). 93–101. 8 indexed citations

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Park, Elyse R., Jordan M. Neil, Irina Gonzalez, et al.. (2022). Leveraging the Clinical Timepoints in Lung Cancer Screening to Engage Individuals in Tobacco Treatment. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 6(6). 4 indexed citations

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Dashti, Hassan S., Douglas E. Levy, Marie‐France Hivert, et al.. (2021). Genetic risk for obesity and the effectiveness of the ChooseWell 365 workplace intervention to prevent weight gain and improve dietary choices. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(1). 180–188. 4 indexed citations

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Dashti, Hassan S., Marie‐France Hivert, Douglas E. Levy, et al.. (2020). Polygenic risk score for obesity and the quality, quantity, and timing of workplace food purchases: A secondary analysis from the ChooseWell 365 randomized trial. PLoS Medicine. 17(7). e1003219–e1003219. 19 indexed citations

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Levy, Douglas E., Vidit Munshi, Jeffrey M. Ashburner, et al.. (2015). Health IT-assisted population-based preventive cancer screening: a cost analysis.. PubMed. 21(12). 885–91. 2 indexed citations

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Shields, Alexandra E., Douglas E. Levy, David Blumenthal, et al.. (2008). Primary care physicians' willingness to offer a new genetic test to tailor smoking treatment, according to test characteristics. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 10(6). 1037–1045. 15 indexed citations

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