Harry Rutter

15.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
216 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Harry Rutter is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry Rutter has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 69 papers in General Health Professions and 44 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Harry Rutter's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (97 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (44 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (40 papers). Harry Rutter is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (97 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (44 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (40 papers). Harry Rutter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and France. Harry Rutter's co-authors include Jeroen Lakerveld, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Ketevan Glonti, Johannes Brug, Nick Cavill, Jean‐Michel Oppert, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Oliver Mytton, Sofie Compernolle and Charlie Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Harry Rutter

208 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health

2017 711 citations Harry Rutter, Natalie Savona et al. profile →
Successful behavior change in obesity interventions in adults: a systematic review of self-regulation mediators

2015 450 citations Harry Rutter et al. profile →
Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project

2014 285 citations Harry Rutter et al. BMC Public Health profile →
Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review

2021 131 citations Matt Egan, Martin White et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harry Rutter United Kingdom	45	3.2k	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	1.0k	216	7.7k
Gavin Turrell Australia	53	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	232	9.3k
Jennifer S. Mindell United Kingdom	46	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	222	7.6k
Chris Rissel Australia	58	3.7k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	2.4k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	553 0.5×	433	12.3k
Christopher Millett United Kingdom	59	3.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.7×	812 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	593 0.6×	345	11.8k
Amy A. Eyler United States	30	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.9×	589 0.6×	136	5.3k
Lisa M. Powell United States	52	6.5k 2.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	323 0.3×	189	9.4k
Frank J. van Lenthe Netherlands	54	4.2k 1.3×	3.4k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.3k 2.1×	1.1k 1.0×	269	11.1k
Jeroen Lakerveld Netherlands	40	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	819 0.8×	181	5.8k
Olga L. Sarmiento Colombia	50	4.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	2.9k 2.7×	1.4k 1.4×	243	9.1k
Steven Allender Australia	49	3.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	489 0.3×	1.9k 1.7×	433 0.4×	279	10.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Øverby, Nina Cecilie, Frøydis Nordgård Vik, Anine Christine Medin, et al.. (2025). Implementation strategies: lessons learned during an e-learning intervention to improve dietary behaviors and feeding practices in early childhood education and care. BMC Nutrition. 11(1). 7–7.

Stronks, Karien, Morten Hulvej Rod, Harry Rutter, & Naja Hulvej Rod. (2025). Towards a complex systems model of evidence for public health. BMJ Global Health. 10(10). e021061–e021061.

Blanchard, Laurence, Gemma Bridge, Julia Bidonde, et al.. (2025). The Effectiveness of Partnerships With Commercial Actors to Improve Food Environments: A Systematic Review. Obesity Reviews. 26(10). e13952–e13952.

Rogers, Nina, Steven Cummins, Catrin Jones, et al.. (2024). Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK soft drinks industry levy came into force: controlled interrupted time series analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2011–2019). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(9). 578–584. 8 indexed citations

Fabbri, Alice, Adam Bertscher, Anna Gilmore, et al.. (2024). Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK: a complex systems approach. Health Promotion International. 39(6). 5 indexed citations

Gilmore, Anna, et al.. (2024). Aligning rhetoric with reality: a qualitative analysis of multistakeholder initiatives in the global food system. Health Promotion International. 39(6). 1 indexed citations

Milton, Karen, Harry Rutter, Harriet Koorts, & Leandro García. (2024). A Conceptual Primer on the Potential of Adaptive Policies to Reduce Physical Inactivity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(9). 872–878. 1 indexed citations

Blanchard, Laurence, Cherry Law, María Jesús Vega‐Salas, et al.. (2024). The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and policy processes of regulatory, voluntary and partnership policies to improve food environments: an evidence synthesis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–173. 10 indexed citations

Banik, Anna, Knut‐Inge Klepp, Cécile Knai, et al.. (2023). Adolescents' capacity to take action on obesity: A concurrent controlled before‐and‐after study of the European CO‐CREATE project. Obesity Reviews. 24(S2). e13622–e13622.

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Klepp, Knut‐Inge, Harry Rutter, Arnfinn Helleve, et al.. (2023). The development of the NOURISHING and MOVING benchmarking tools to monitor and evaluate national governments' nutrition and physical activity policies to address obesity in the European region. Obesity Reviews. 24(S1). e13541–e13541. 7 indexed citations

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Klepp, Knut‐Inge, Arnfinn Helleve, Hannah Brinsden, et al.. (2023). Overweight and obesity prevention for and with adolescents: The “Confronting obesity: Co‐creating policy with youth” (CO‐CREATE) project. Obesity Reviews. 24(S1). e13540–e13540. 21 indexed citations

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Łuszczyńska, Aleksandra, et al.. (2023). Designing a youth‐led Dialogue Forum tool: The CO‐CREATE experience. Obesity Reviews. 24(S2). e13611–e13611. 3 indexed citations

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Banik, Anna, Cécile Knai, Knut‐Inge Klepp, et al.. (2023). What policies are there and what policies are missing? A Photovoice study of adolescents' perspectives on obesity‐prevention policies in their local environment. Obesity Reviews. 24(S2). e13617–e13617. 8 indexed citations

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Helleve, Arnfinn, Gerd Flodgren, Laurence Blanchard, et al.. (2023). Youth involvement in policy processes in public health, education, and social work: Protocol for a scoping review. Obesity Reviews. 24(S1). e13544–e13544. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, Edward, Michelle Collinson, Amanda Farrin, et al.. (2020). Measuring commissioners’ willingness-to-pay for community based childhood obesity prevention programmes using a discrete choice experiment. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1535–1535. 7 indexed citations

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Coleman, Susanne, Jane Nixon, Linda Sharples, et al.. (2019). A systematic review and meta‐analysis estimating the population prevalence of comorbidities in children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years. Obesity Reviews. 20(10). 1341–1349. 109 indexed citations

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Bird, Emma, Jane Powell, David Ogilvie, Anna Goodman, & Harry Rutter. (2014). Health economic assessment of walking and cycling interventions in the physical environment: Interim findings from the iConnect study. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 2 indexed citations

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Wijnhoven, Trudy, J.M.A. van Raaij, Angela Spinelli, et al.. (2012). WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative 2008: weight, height and body mass index in 6–9‐year‐old children. Pediatric Obesity. 8(2). 79–97. 151 indexed citations

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Rito, Ana Isabel, Trudy Wijnhoven, Harry Rutter, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of obesity among Portuguese children (6–8 years old) using three definition criteria: COSI Portugal, 2008. Pediatric Obesity. 7(6). 413–422. 44 indexed citations

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Rutter, Harry. (2008). Data briefing. Child obesity worst in deprived areas.. PubMed. 21–21. 4 indexed citations

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