Helen Brown

4.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
90 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Helen Brown is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Brown has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 32 papers in Physiology and 26 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Helen Brown's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (34 papers), Physical Activity and Health (29 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (24 papers). Helen Brown is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (34 papers), Physical Activity and Health (29 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (24 papers). Helen Brown collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Helen Brown's co-authors include Anna Timperio, Kylie D. Hesketh, Amanda Watson, Jo Salmon, Nicola D. Ridgers, Lisa M. Barnett, Philip J. Morgan, David R. Lubans, Samuel K. Lai and Clare Hume and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Helen Brown

83 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Correlates of Gross Motor Competence in Children and Adol... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2017 2016 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Correlates of Gross Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2016 563 citations Lisa M. Barnett, Samuel K. Lai et al. Sports Medicine profile →
  2. Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on academic and physical activity outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2017 485 citations Amanda Watson, Anna Timperio et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  3. Fundamental Movement Skills: An Important Focus
    2016 265 citations Lisa M. Barnett, David R. Lubans et al. profile →
  4. The Use of Digital Platforms for Adults’ and Adolescents’ Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Our Life at Home): Survey Study
    2021 139 citations Kate Parker, Nicola D. Ridgers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helen Brown Australia 26 1.6k 1.3k 787 610 486 90 3.1k
Patti‐Jean Naylor Canada 33 1.6k 1.1× 2.5k 2.0× 1.3k 1.6× 463 0.8× 1.1k 2.2× 141 4.2k
Leigh M. Vanderloo Canada 26 976 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 832 1.1× 597 1.0× 476 1.0× 143 3.5k
Matthew Kwan Canada 25 909 0.6× 808 0.6× 816 1.0× 396 0.6× 510 1.0× 101 2.8k
Richard Larouche Canada 26 850 0.5× 2.5k 2.0× 1.4k 1.7× 533 0.9× 657 1.4× 92 4.3k
Catherine Woods Ireland 33 537 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 394 0.6× 823 1.7× 168 3.5k
Simon J. Sebire United Kingdom 34 915 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 650 1.1× 596 1.2× 105 3.6k
Yngvar Ommundsen Norway 41 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 779 1.0× 448 0.7× 496 1.0× 122 4.2k
Amy S. Ha Hong Kong 23 760 0.5× 569 0.5× 586 0.7× 440 0.7× 187 0.4× 67 2.0k
Jennifer Huberty United States 31 748 0.5× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 323 0.5× 941 1.9× 189 3.8k
Robert P. Pangrazi United States 29 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 422 0.7× 507 1.0× 82 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Brown

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jones, Luke, et al.. (2025). “Well, it must be tough to coach them…”: problematising gendered discourses and responsiveness in sports coaching. Sports Coaching Review. 1–21. 1 indexed citations
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Robinson, Suzanne, Sean Randall, George Mnatzaganian, et al.. (2025). Global comparison of the economic costs of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 15(1). e084917–e084917. 4 indexed citations
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Hammarberg, Karin, Mridula Bandyopadhyay, Hau Nguyen, et al.. (2024). Development and Evaluation of 4 Short, Animated Videos for Women in Midlife Promoting Positive Health Behaviors: Survey Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. e60949–e60949. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Helen, et al.. (2022). Abstracts of the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, 18–19 August 2022. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 28(4). iii–lxxi. 1 indexed citations
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Verswijveren, Simone J.J.M., Nicola D. Ridgers, Josep Antoni Martín Fernández, et al.. (2022). Intervention effects on children’s movement behaviour accumulation as a result of the Transform-Us! school- and home-based cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19(1). 76–76. 10 indexed citations
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Parker, Kate, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon, et al.. (2021). Correlates of dual trajectories of physical activity and sedentary time in youth: The UP & DOWN longitudinal study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 31(5). 1126–1134. 5 indexed citations
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Best, Stephanie, Helen Brown, Zornitza Stark, et al.. (2021). Teamwork in clinical genomics: A dynamic sociotechnical healthcare setting. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 27(6). 1369–1380. 12 indexed citations
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Parker, Kate, Jo Salmon, Sarah A. Costigan, et al.. (2019). Activity-related behavior typologies in youth: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 16(1). 44–44. 37 indexed citations
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Parker, Kate, Jo Salmon, Karen Villanueva, et al.. (2019). Ecological correlates of activity-related behavior typologies among adolescents. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 1041–1041. 16 indexed citations
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Ridgers, Nicola D., Anna Timperio, Helen Brown, et al.. (2018). Wearable Activity Tracker Use Among Australian Adolescents: Usability and Acceptability Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 6(4). e86–e86. 90 indexed citations
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Hinkley, Trina, Helen Brown, Valerie Carson, & Megan Teychenne. (2018). Cross sectional associations of screen time and outdoor play with social skills in preschool children. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0193700–e0193700. 122 indexed citations
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Hinkley, Trina, et al.. (2017). What mums think matters: A mediating model of maternal perceptions of the impact of screen time on preschoolers' actual screen time. Preventive Medicine Reports. 6. 339–345. 20 indexed citations
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Watson, Amanda, et al.. (2017). Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on academic and physical activity outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 14(1). 114–114. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karp, Grace Goc, Susan Houge Mackenzie, Julie S. Son, Helen Brown, & Anne L. Kern. (2016). Facilitating collaborative interdisciplinary research: exploring process and implications for leisure scholars. Leisure/Loisir. 40(2). 201–223. 2 indexed citations
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Morgan, Philip J., Rachel A. Jones, Clare E. Collins, et al.. (2016). Practicalities and Research Considerations for Conducting Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions with Families. Children. 3(4). 24–24. 18 indexed citations
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Mesagno, Christopher, et al.. (2016). Facebook use and its relationship with sport anxiety. Journal of Sports Sciences. 35(8). 756–761. 25 indexed citations
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Barnett, Lisa M., Samuel K. Lai, Sanne L. C. Veldman, et al.. (2016). Correlates of Gross Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine. 46(11). 1663–1688. 563 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hardy, Louise L., Andrew P. Hills, Anna Timperio, et al.. (2012). A hitchhiker's guide to assessing sedentary behaviour among young people: Deciding what method to use. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 16(1). 28–35. 54 indexed citations

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