Heather Wardle

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Heather Wardle is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Wardle has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Clinical Psychology, 21 papers in General Health Professions and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Heather Wardle's work include Gambling Behavior and Treatments (76 papers), Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (19 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (17 papers). Heather Wardle is often cited by papers focused on Gambling Behavior and Treatments (76 papers), Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (19 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (17 papers). Heather Wardle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Heather Wardle's co-authors include Jim Orford, Kerry Sproston, Mark D. Griffiths, Bob Erens, Griffiths, Gerda Reith, Robert D. Rogers, Rachel A. Volberg, David Zendle and Erika Langham and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Environmental Health Perspectives and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Heather Wardle

88 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a sy... 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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.

  1. The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2024 61 citations Heather Wardle, Virve Marionneau et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather Wardle United Kingdom 28 2.2k 454 344 305 256 91 2.7k
Debi A. LaPlante United States 30 2.6k 1.2× 651 1.4× 356 1.0× 468 1.5× 430 1.7× 95 3.4k
Nigel E. Turner Canada 28 1.7k 0.8× 472 1.0× 327 1.0× 214 0.7× 524 2.0× 125 2.5k
Max Abbott New Zealand 40 3.2k 1.5× 540 1.2× 708 2.1× 257 0.8× 447 1.7× 115 3.9k
Kerry Sproston United Kingdom 19 1.4k 0.6× 409 0.9× 588 1.7× 526 1.7× 153 0.6× 34 2.3k
Marie‐Cecile O. Tidwell United States 25 2.2k 1.0× 361 0.8× 426 1.2× 232 0.8× 343 1.3× 31 2.7k
Nicki A. Dowling Australia 38 4.0k 1.8× 636 1.4× 824 2.4× 271 0.9× 494 1.9× 159 4.7k
Erika Langham Australia 18 1.2k 0.6× 190 0.4× 308 0.9× 137 0.4× 239 0.9× 46 1.4k
Charles Livingstone Australia 21 905 0.4× 210 0.5× 337 1.0× 153 0.5× 265 1.0× 71 1.3k
Rachel A. Volberg United States 42 5.4k 2.4× 531 1.2× 628 1.8× 464 1.5× 549 2.1× 132 5.6k
Dean R. Gerstein United States 27 761 0.3× 415 0.9× 699 2.0× 242 0.8× 1.4k 5.4× 81 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Wardle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Wardle

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Wardle. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Wardle 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 Wardle. Heather Wardle is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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White, James, Christopher J. Weir, Andrew Stoddart, et al.. (2025). Preventing gambling-related harm among adolescents (PRoGRAM-A): an embedded multi-modal process evaluation in a pilot cluster random control trial. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 2327–2327. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Ashley, Nathan Critchlow, Christopher Bunn, et al.. (2025). Changes and continuities in gambling careers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study of regular sports bettors in Britain. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 63–63.
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Dobbie, Fiona, Heather Wardle, Christopher J. Weir, et al.. (2024). Protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of PRoGRAM-A (preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents): a secondary school-based social network intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 10(1). 109–109. 3 indexed citations
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Norrie, Caroline, Liz Riley, James Shearer, et al.. (2023). Gambling Harms in Adult Social Care: Developing an ‘Introductory’ Question to Identify Gambling Harms Among Service Users. The British Journal of Social Work. 53(8). 3584–3607. 2 indexed citations
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Boy, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 12(4). 983–991. 2 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather, et al.. (2023). Gambling consumption and harm: a systematic review of the evidence. Addiction Research & Theory. 32(3). 194–203. 9 indexed citations
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Ukhova, Daria, Virve Marionneau, Janne Nikkinen, & Heather Wardle. (2023). Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends. The Lancet Public Health. 9(1). e57–e67. 31 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather, et al.. (2021). The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling. The Lancet Public Health. 6(1). e2–e3. 34 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather, Nathan Critchlow, Ashley Brown, et al.. (2021). The impact of the initial Covid-19 lockdown upon regular sports bettors in Britain: Findings from a cross-sectional online study. Addictive Behaviors. 118. 106876–106876. 36 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather & Sally McManus. (2021). Suicidality and gambling among young adults in Great Britain: results from a cross-sectional online survey. The Lancet Public Health. 6(1). e39–e49. 51 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather. (2018). Learning lessons: The need for effective evaluation of regulatory change. International Journal of Drug Policy. 53. 123–124. 3 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather, et al.. (2014). Gambling behaviour in England and Scotland: Findings from the Health Survey for England 2012 and Scottish Health Survey 2012. PRISM (University of Calgary). 13 indexed citations
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McAloney‐Kocaman, Kareena, Hilary Graham, Catherine Law, Lucinda Platt, & Heather Wardle. (2014). Inter-generational concordance of smoking status between mothers and young people aged 10–15 in the UK. Public Health. 128(9). 831–833. 1 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather, et al.. (2013). Examining machine gambling in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations
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Wardle, Heather, et al.. (2011). The Comparative Effectiveness of Regulatory Approaches and The Impact of Advertising on Propensity for Problem Gambling. Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen). 15 indexed citations
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Orford, Jim, Heather Wardle, Mark D. Griffiths, Kerry Sproston, & Bob Erens. (2010). The role of social factors in gambling: evidence from the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey. Community Work & Family. 13(3). 257–271. 80 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Mark D., Heather Wardle, Jim Orford, Kerry Sproston, & Bob Erens. (2008). Sociodemographic Correlates of Internet Gambling: Findings from the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 12(2). 199–202. 221 indexed citations

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