Heather Ward

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Heather Ward is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Ward has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 11 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Heather Ward's work include Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (15 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (15 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (12 papers). Heather Ward is often cited by papers focused on Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (15 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (15 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (12 papers). Heather Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Heather Ward's co-authors include Kay‐Tee Khaw, Rajiv Chowdhury, Oscar H. Franco, Francesca L. Crowe, Samantha Warnakula, Laura Johnson, Nita G. Forouhi, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, John Danesh and Setor K. Kunutsor and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and CHEST Journal.

In The Last Decade

Heather Ward

76 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk

2014 812 citations Rajiv Chowdhury, Samantha Warnakula et al. profile →
Impact of low health literacy on patients’ health outcomes: a multicenter cohort study

2022 184 citations Heather Ward et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Ward United Kingdom	29	1.1k	796	700	374	310	77	3.1k
Mark Hudes United States	35	912 0.8×	741 0.9×	679 1.0×	207 0.6×	293 0.9×	74	4.0k
Suzy Oakes United Kingdom	16	968 0.9×	432 0.5×	823 1.2×	257 0.7×	341 1.1×	19	2.8k
Martin Kohlmeier United States	30	643 0.6×	675 0.8×	645 0.9×	214 0.6×	231 0.7×	104	2.9k
Fariba Kolahdooz Canada	36	769 0.7×	456 0.6×	705 1.0×	294 0.8×	489 1.6×	100	3.3k
Nathalie Druesne‐Pecollo France	30	1.4k 1.3×	534 0.7×	561 0.8×	508 1.4×	521 1.7×	81	3.6k
Walter C. Willett United States	14	1.5k 1.4×	537 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	499 1.3×	313 1.0×	21	4.2k
Paige Miller United States	28	1.6k 1.5×	695 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	207 0.6×	290 0.9×	53	3.8k
Antonio Mistretta Italy	33	1.5k 1.3×	439 0.6×	917 1.3×	278 0.7×	504 1.6×	83	3.6k
Nobuo Yoshiike Japan	33	1.4k 1.2×	704 0.9×	695 1.0×	153 0.4×	193 0.6×	127	3.6k
Guy Fagherazzi France	34	1.0k 0.9×	412 0.5×	804 1.1×	298 0.8×	338 1.1×	183	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Ward

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Ward

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Ward

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Ward. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Ward based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heather Ward. Heather Ward is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pearson‐Stuttard, Jonathan, Nikos Papadimitriou, Georgios Markozannes, et al.. (2021). Type 2 Diabetes and Cancer: An Umbrella Review of Observational and Mendelian Randomization Studies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(6). 1218–1228. 143 indexed citations

Tupper, Susan, Heather Ward, & Jasneet Parmar. (2020). Family Presence in Long-Term Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Call to Action for Policy, Practice, and Research. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 23(4). 335–339. 25 indexed citations

Thani, Asma Al, Hadi Abderrahim, Nahla Afifi, et al.. (2015). The Qatar Biobank: background and methods. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 1208–1208. 111 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Rajiv, Sarah Stevens, Donal Gorman, et al.. (2012). Association between fish consumption, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, and risk of cerebrovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 345(oct30 3). e6698–e6698. 264 indexed citations

Reid, John, Robert Skomro, David Cotton, et al.. (2011). Pregnant Women with Gestational Hypertension May Have a High Frequency of Sleep Disordered Breathing. SLEEP. 34(8). 1033–1038. 63 indexed citations

Miras, Alexander D. & Heather Ward. (2010). Encephalopathy following diabetic ketoacidosis in a type 1 diabetes patient. Practical Diabetes International. 27(2). 76–76. 3 indexed citations

Ward, Heather, Robert Luben, Nicholas J. Wareham, & Kay‐Tee Khaw. (2010). CHD risk in relation to alcohol intake from categorical and open-ended dietary instruments. Public Health Nutrition. 14(3). 402–409. 6 indexed citations

Ward, Heather & Gunter Kuhnle. (2010). Phytoestrogen consumption and association with breast, prostate and colorectal cancer in EPIC Norfolk. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 501(1). 170–175. 32 indexed citations

Harder, Sheri, et al.. (2009). OCCULT PRESENTATION OF ADULT LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS WITH EXTRAPULMONIC MANIFESTATIONS. CHEST Journal. 136(4). 54S–54S. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather, Panagiota N. Mitrou, Richard Bowman, et al.. (2009). APOE Genotype, Lipids, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk. Archives of Internal Medicine. 169(15). 1424–1424. 62 indexed citations

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Skomro, Robert, et al.. (2007). An Empirical Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Trial for Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Canadian Respiratory Journal. 14(3). 159–163. 10 indexed citations

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Christie, Nicola, S Cairns, Elizabeth Towner, & Heather Ward. (2007). How exposure information can enhance our understanding of child traffic “death leagues”. Injury Prevention. 13(2). 125–129. 28 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather, et al.. (2007). An exploration of socioeconomic variation in lifestyle factors and adiposity in the Ontario Food Survey through structural equation modeling. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 4(1). 8–8. 15 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather, et al.. (2007). Adiposity, education and weight loss effort are independently associated with energy reporting quality in the Ontario Food Survey. Public Health Nutrition. 10(8). 803–809. 5 indexed citations

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Towner, Elizabeth & Heather Ward. (1998). Prevention of injuries to children and young people: the way ahead for the UK. Injury Prevention. 4(suppl 1). S17–S25. 29 indexed citations

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Roberts, Ian, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, & Heather Ward. (1998). Childhood injuries: extent of the problem, epidemiological trends, and costs. Injury Prevention. 4(suppl 1). S10–S16. 61 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather. (1997). Should injury prevention programmes be targeted?. Injury Prevention. 3(3). 160–162. 7 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather, et al.. (1990). URBAN SAFETY PROJECT. 3: OVERALL EVALUATION OF AREA WIDE SCHEMES. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 10 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather, et al.. (1988). URBAN SAFETY PROJECT.: 1, INTERIM RESULTS FOR AREA WIDE SCHEMES. 2 indexed citations

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Ward, Heather, et al.. (1981). Application of low-cost road accident countermeasures according to an area-wide strategy. Traffic engineering & control. 22(11). 567–574. 9 indexed citations

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