Jane Wardle

85.7k total citations · 14 hit papers
656 papers, 61.5k citations indexed

About

Jane Wardle is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane Wardle has authored 656 papers receiving a total of 61.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 244 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 191 papers in Oncology and 145 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jane Wardle's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (205 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (128 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (118 papers). Jane Wardle is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (205 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (128 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (118 papers). Jane Wardle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Jane Wardle's co-authors include Andrew Steptoe, Jo Waller, Susan Carnell, Lucy Cooke, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, E. Leigh Gibson, Laura A.V. Marlow, Tessa M. Pollard, Christian von Wagner and Fiona Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jane Wardle

653 papers receiving 58.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

2013 1.7k citations Andrew Steptoe, Panayotes Demakakos et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Development of a Measure of the Motives Underlying the Selection of Food: the Food Choice Questionnaire

1995 1.6k citations Andrew Steptoe, Jane Wardle et al. Appetite profile →
Development of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire

2001 1.3k citations Jane Wardle, Saskia C. Sanderson et al. profile →
How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world

2009 1.2k citations Jane Wardle et al. profile →
Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in prevention of colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

2010 1.2k citations Jane Wardle, Jack Cuzick et al. profile →
Gender differences in food choice: The contribution of health beliefs and dieting

2004 1.0k citations Jane Wardle, Anne M. Haase et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine profile →
Socioeconomic Status and Adiposity in Childhood: A Systematic Review of Cross‐sectional Studies 1990–2005

2008 712 citations Jane Wardle et al. profile →
Do stress-related psychosocial factors contribute to cancer incidence and survival?

2008 693 citations Mark Hamer, Jane Wardle et al. profile →
Nutrition knowledge and food intake

2000 684 citations Jane Wardle, Jo Waller et al. Appetite profile →
Stress and Food Choice: A Laboratory Study

2000 636 citations Jane Wardle, E. Leigh Gibson et al. profile →
Positive affect and health-related neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and inflammatory processes

2005 547 citations Andrew Steptoe, Jane Wardle et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Evidence for a strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment

2008 486 citations Jane Wardle, Susan Carnell et al. profile →
Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

2015 469 citations Helen Croker, Jane Wardle et al. profile →
Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’ and general practice

2012 333 citations Benjamin Gardner, Jane Wardle et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jane Wardle United Kingdom	126	24.0k	15.9k	10.7k	10.5k	6.0k	656	61.5k
Kenneth F. Schulz United States	79	16.6k 0.7×	7.2k 0.5×	5.7k 0.5×	11.1k 1.1×	2.9k 0.5×	216	102.7k
Cathy D. Sherbourne United States	73	8.2k 0.3×	13.0k 0.8×	4.9k 0.5×	16.3k 1.6×	2.8k 0.5×	270	82.3k
Susan Michie United Kingdom	101	16.4k 0.7×	10.0k 0.6×	3.1k 0.3×	34.6k 3.3×	16.5k 2.7×	592	82.6k
Michael Marmot United Kingdom	157	16.4k 0.7×	9.0k 0.6×	3.4k 0.3×	44.4k 4.2×	2.2k 0.4×	879	102.1k
Katherine M. Flegal United States	86	40.3k 1.7×	10.1k 0.6×	2.8k 0.3×	12.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.3×	164	87.7k
Andrew D Oxman Norway	93	18.1k 0.8×	4.8k 0.3×	6.4k 0.6×	19.4k 1.9×	1.6k 0.3×	300	107.1k
Ron D. Hays United States	129	7.8k 0.3×	7.1k 0.4×	4.9k 0.5×	18.7k 1.8×	1.9k 0.3×	937	70.4k
John E. Ware United States	65	7.4k 0.3×	9.6k 0.6×	4.5k 0.4×	16.2k 1.6×	2.3k 0.4×	132	76.0k
Kurt Kroenke United States	114	15.2k 0.6×	42.0k 2.6×	5.1k 0.5×	23.9k 2.3×	9.9k 1.6×	453	120.1k
Andrew Steptoe United Kingdom	130	9.3k 0.4×	14.4k 0.9×	1.8k 0.2×	16.4k 1.6×	6.4k 1.1×	935	71.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jane Wardle

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Pugh, Gemma, et al.. (2016). Health Behavior Change Interventions for Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 5(2). 91–105. 59 indexed citations

Kliemann, Nathalie, Jane Wardle, Fiona Johnson, & Helen Croker. (2016). Reliability and validity of a revised version of the General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 70(10). 1174–1180. 124 indexed citations

Lyratzopoulos, Georgios, Pang-Hsiang Liu, Gary Abel, Jane Wardle, & Nancy L. Keating. (2015). The Association between Fatalistic Beliefs and Late Stage at Diagnosis of Lung and Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(4). 720–726. 50 indexed citations

Smith, Lee, Mark Hamer, Marcella Ucci, et al.. (2015). Weekday and weekend patterns of objectively measured sitting, standing, and stepping in a sample of office-based workers: the active buildings study. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 9–9. 124 indexed citations

Xavier, André Junqueira, Eleonora d’Orsi, Jane Wardle, et al.. (2013). Internet Use and Cancer-Preventive Behaviors in Older Adults: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(11). 2066–2074. 64 indexed citations

Wardle, Jane. (2009). Is obesity an eating disorder. European Health Psychologist. 11(3). 52–55. 3 indexed citations

Carnell, Susan & Jane Wardle. (2009). Appetitive traits in children. New evidence for associations with weight and a common, obesity-associated genetic variant. Appetite. 53(2). 260–263. 47 indexed citations

Marlow, Laura A.V., Jane Wardle, & Jo Waller. (2009). Attitudes to HPV vaccination among ethnic minority mothers in the UK: An exploratory qualitative study. Human Vaccines. 5(2). 105–110. 49 indexed citations

Sanderson, Saskia C. & Jane Wardle. (2008). Associations between Anticipated Reactions to Genetic Test Results and Interest in Genetic Testing: Will Self-Selection Reduce the Potential for Harm?. Genetic Testing. 12(1). 59–66. 30 indexed citations

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Cuzick, Jack, et al.. (2006). New dimensions in cervical cancer screening. UCL Discovery (University College London). 34 indexed citations

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Steptoe, Andrew, Jane Wardle, & Michael Marmot. (2005). Positive affect and health-related neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and inflammatory processes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(18). 6508–6512. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wardle, Jane. (2005). The triple whammy. Psychologist. 11 indexed citations

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Wardle, Jane, et al.. (2004). Gender differences in food choice: The contribution of health beliefs and dieting. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 27(2). 107–116. 1023 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wardle, Jane, Andrew Steptoe, Gabriel Guliš, et al.. (2004). Depression, perceived control, and life satisfaction in university students from Central-Eastern and Western Europe. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 11(1). 27–36. 101 indexed citations

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McCaffery, Kirsten, Jane Wardle, & Jo Waller. (2003). Knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions in relation to the early detection of colorectal cancer in the United Kingdom. Preventive Medicine. 36(5). 525–535. 206 indexed citations

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Wardle, Jane, et al.. (2003). Modifying children's food preferences: the effects of exposure and reward on acceptance of an unfamiliar vegetable. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 57(2). 341–348. 474 indexed citations

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Wardle, Jane. (2000). Public health psychology: Expanding the horizons of health psychology. British Journal of Health Psychology. 5(4). 329–336. 11 indexed citations

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Wardle, Jane. (1990). Behaviour Therapy and Benzodiazepines: Allies or Antagonists?. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 156(2). 163–168. 53 indexed citations

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Pearce, Shirley & Jane Wardle. (1990). The practice of behavioural medicine. Psicothema. 2(1). 135–136. 27 indexed citations

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Ogden, Jane & Jane Wardle. (1990). Cognitive restraint and sensitivity to cues for hunger and satiety. Physiology & Behavior. 47(3). 477–481. 49 indexed citations

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