Jason P. Block

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
135 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Jason P. Block is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason P. Block has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jason P. Block's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (73 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (34 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (31 papers). Jason P. Block is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (73 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (34 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (31 papers). Jason P. Block collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Jason P. Block's co-authors include Karen B. DeSalvo, Richard Scribner, Lin Ding, John Z. Ayanian, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Yulei He, Sara N. Bleich, Christina A. Roberto, A. James O’Malley and S. V. Subramanian and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jason P. Block

124 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Fast food, race/ethnicity, and income

2004 661 citations Jason P. Block et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →
Data-driven identification of post-acute SARS-CoV-2 infection subphenotypes

2022 108 citations Jason P. Block, Mark G. Weiner et al. profile →
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Post-acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in New York: an EHR-Based Cohort Study from the RECOVER Program

2023 70 citations Mark G. Weiner, Thomas W. Carton et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jason P. Block	2.2k	774	449	413	367	135	3.9k
Amelia A. Lake	2.6k 1.2×	968 1.3×	530 1.2×	282 0.7×	432 1.2×	99	4.0k
Angela Odoms‐Young	2.6k 1.2×	1.8k 2.3×	560 1.2×	546 1.3×	457 1.2×	107	4.4k
Sara Kirk	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	726 1.6×	739 1.8×	669 1.8×	187	4.8k
Kathryn Backholer	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	349 0.8×	533 1.3×	756 2.1×	198	5.5k
Thandi Puoane	1.5k 0.7×	933 1.2×	345 0.8×	425 1.0×	350 1.0×	121	3.5k
Tamara Dubowitz	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	266 0.6×	143 0.3×	268 0.7×	110	3.4k
Jennifer Utter	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 2.6×	420 1.0×	636 1.7×	109	4.1k
Katrina Giskes	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	379 0.8×	175 0.4×	879 2.4×	65	3.7k
Thomas C. Keyserling	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	211 0.5×	402 1.0×	516 1.4×	106	3.2k
Latetia V. Moore	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	252 0.6×	176 0.4×	540 1.5×	62	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rifas‐Shiman, Sheryl L., Jessica G. Young, Matthew F. Daley, et al.. (2025). Comparative BMI-z Changes With Initiation and Adherence to Antidepressant Medications Among Youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Rifas‐Shiman, Sheryl L., Joshua Petimar, Jessica G. Young, et al.. (2025). Comparative Weight Change With Initiation and Adherence to Common Medications for Type 2 Diabetes. Obesity. 33(11). 2205–2213.

Young, Jessica G., Joshua Petimar, Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman, et al.. (2025). Long‐Term Medication‐Induced Weight Change Across Common Antiseizure Medications: A Target Trial Emulation Study. Obesity. 33(12). 2355–2364.

Petimar, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Associations of the Philadelphia sweetened beverage tax with changes in adult body weight: an interrupted time series analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 39. 100906–100906. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Pi‐I D., S. L. Rifas‐Shiman, John D. Merriman, et al.. (2024). Trends of Antihypertensive Prescription Among US Adults From 2010 to 2019 and Changes Following Treatment Guidelines: Analysis of Multicenter Electronic Health Records. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(9). e032197–e032197. 3 indexed citations

Petimar, Joshua, Jessica G. Young, Yu Han, et al.. (2024). Medication-Induced Weight Change Across Common Antidepressant Treatments. Annals of Internal Medicine. 177(8). 993–1003. 15 indexed citations

Lorman, Vitaly, Suchitra Rao, Ravi Jhaveri, et al.. (2023). Understanding pediatric long COVID using a tree-based scan statistic approach: an EHR-based cohort study from the RECOVER Program. JAMIA Open. 6(1). ooad016–ooad016. 4 indexed citations

Block, Jason P., et al.. (2023). Developing Effective Strategies for Obesity Prevention. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 52(2). 469–482. 2 indexed citations

Dupuis, Roxanne, Jason P. Block, Jessica L. Barrett, et al.. (2023). Cost Effectiveness of Calorie Labeling at Large Fast-Food Chains Across the U.S.. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 66(1). 128–137. 8 indexed citations

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Petimar, Joshua, et al.. (2022). Nutritional Composition and Purchasing Patterns of Supermarket Prepared Foods Over Time. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 64(2). 213–220. 6 indexed citations

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Rifas‐Shiman, Sheryl L., Izzuddin M. Aris, L. Charles Bailey, et al.. (2022). Changes in obesity and BMI among children and adolescents with selected chronic conditions during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Obesity. 30(10). 1932–1937. 7 indexed citations

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Cleveland, Lauren P., et al.. (2022). Obesity prevention across the US: A review of state‐level policies from 2009 to 2019. Obesity Science & Practice. 9(2). 95–102. 11 indexed citations

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Wiltz, Jennifer L., Amy K. Feehan, Noelle‐Angelique Molinari, et al.. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Treatment of COVID-19 — United States, March 2020–August 2021. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 71(3). 96–102. 77 indexed citations

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Kraus, Emily M., Kenneth A. Scott, Dawn Heisey‐Grove, et al.. (2021). A Governance Framework to Integrate Longitudinal Clinical and Community Data in a Distributed Data Network: The Childhood Obesity Data Initiative. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 28(2). E421–E429. 1 indexed citations

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King, Raymond J., Dawn Heisey‐Grove, Kenneth A. Scott, et al.. (2021). The Childhood Obesity Data Initiative: A Case Study in Implementing Clinical-Community Infrastructure Enhancements to Support Health Services Research and Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 28(2). E430–E440. 6 indexed citations

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Barg, Frances K., Aviva A. Musicus, Karen Glanz, et al.. (2020). A Qualitative Study of Parents With Children 6 to 12 Years Old: Use of Restaurant Calorie Labels to Inform the Development of a Messaging Campaign. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 120(11). 1884–1892.e4. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Pi‐I D., Matthew F. Daley, Janne Boone‐Heinonen, et al.. (2019). Comparing Prescribing and Dispensing Data of the PCORnet Common Data Model Within PCORnet Antibiotics and Childhood Growth Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 11–11. 12 indexed citations

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Cleveland, Lauren P., et al.. (2019). Federal calorie labelling compliance at US chain restaurants. Obesity Science & Practice. 6(2). 207–214. 14 indexed citations

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Block, Jason P.. (2013). Consumers' estimation of calorie content at fast food restaurants. 141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 2 - November 6, 2013). 1 indexed citations

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Block, Jason P. & Walter C. Willett. (2013). Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Not a 'Holy Grail' But a Cup at Least Half; Comment on 'Food Taxes: A New Holy Grail?'. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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