Jean Adams

14.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
306 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Jean Adams is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Adams has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 74 papers in General Health Professions and 42 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Jean Adams's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (145 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (78 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (68 papers). Jean Adams is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (145 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (78 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (68 papers). Jean Adams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Jean Adams's co-authors include Martin White, Emma L. Giles, Falko F. Sniehotta, Elaine McColl, Esther van Sluijs, Rebecca Love, Daniel Nettle, Shannon Robalino, Wendy Wrieden and Susanna Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jean Adams

289 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

Searching and synthesising ‘grey literature’ and ‘grey information’ in public health: critical reflections on three case studies

2016 356 citations Jean Adams, Amelia A. Lake et al. profile →
Are school‐based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A meta‐analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer‐assessed activity

2019 261 citations Jean Adams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean Adams United Kingdom	49	3.8k	1.8k	1.1k	935	792	306	8.6k
Steven Allender Australia	49	3.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.8×	1.9k 1.7×	600 0.6×	809 1.0×	279	10.4k
Harry Rutter United Kingdom	45	3.2k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	455 0.5×	703 0.9×	216	7.7k
Michael P. Kelly United Kingdom	44	2.1k 0.6×	3.0k 1.7×	611 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	905 1.1×	201	7.5k
Gordon Willis United States	36	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	607 0.6×	916 1.2×	94	8.9k
Glorian Sorensen United States	51	2.5k 0.6×	4.1k 2.3×	1.7k 1.6×	646 0.7×	676 0.9×	177	8.9k
John Cawley United States	48	4.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	387 0.4×	734 0.9×	164	9.6k
Douglas A. Luke United States	47	1.7k 0.4×	3.3k 1.9×	1.7k 1.6×	463 0.5×	715 0.9×	180	8.6k
Carlene Wilson Australia	45	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	850 0.8×	578 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	275	7.3k
Jeffery Sobal United States	54	5.7k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	749 0.8×	2.4k 3.1×	204	12.7k
J. Jaime Miranda Peru	52	3.2k 0.8×	2.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	282 0.3×	671 0.8×	441	12.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jean Adams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean Adams

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Hoenink, Jody C., Yuru Huang, Matthew Keeble, et al.. (2025). Physical and online food outlet availability and its influence on out-of-home dietary behaviours in Great Britain: A repeated cross-sectional study. SSM - Population Health. 30. 101773–101773. 1 indexed citations

Gómez‐Donoso, Clara, Sadika Akhter, Adrian J. Cameron, et al.. (2025). Industry responses to unhealthy food retail promotion restrictions: a thematic analysis of two public consultations in Scotland. Public Health Nutrition. 28(1). e128–e128.

White, Christine M., Jean Adams, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2025). Perceived healthiness of sugary drinks and related social norms among adults in five countries: evidence from the International Food Policy Study. Nutrition Journal. 24(1). 19–19. 1 indexed citations

Sawyer, Alexia, Kelly Parsons, Jean Adams, et al.. (2025). Towards a collaborative interdisciplinary systems approach to urban food system transformation: a case study from the Mandala research consortium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1935). 20240155–20240155. 1 indexed citations

Adams, Jean, Fumiaki Imamura, Anwesha Lahiri, et al.. (2025). Quantification of regional variation in ultra-processed food consumption and its sociodemographic correlates across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: insights from the South Asia Biobank. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 39. 100633–100633.

Rogers, Nina, Steven Cummins, Catrin Jones, et al.. (2024). Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK soft drinks industry levy came into force: controlled interrupted time series analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2011–2019). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(9). 578–584. 8 indexed citations

Mytton, Oliver, Nina Rogers, Tom Bishop, et al.. (2024). Development of an approach to forecast future takeaway outlet growth around schools and population exposure to takeaways in England. International Journal of Health Geographics. 23(1). 24–24. 1 indexed citations

Cummins, Steven, Laura Cornelsen, Jean Adams, et al.. (2024). Social inequalities in the use of online food delivery services and associations with weight status: cross-sectional analysis of survey and consumer data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e000487–e000487. 1 indexed citations

Hassan, Shahizan, Claire Thompson, Jean Adams, et al.. (2024). The adoption and implementation of local government planning policy to manage hot food takeaways near schools in England: A qualitative process evaluation. Social Science & Medicine. 362. 117431–117431. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Michael, Steven Cummins, Yuru Huang, et al.. (2024). Changes in the number of new takeaway food outlets associated with adoption of management zones around schools: A natural experimental evaluation in England. SSM - Population Health. 26. 101646–101646. 7 indexed citations

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Jones, Andy, Jean Adams, Tom Bishop, et al.. (2023). Kilocalorie labelling in the out-of-home sector: an observational study of business practices and consumer behaviour prior to implementation of the mandatory calorie labelling policy in England, 2022. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1088–1088. 8 indexed citations

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Foley, Louise, et al.. (2023). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of financial incentives to promote alternative travel modes to the car. Journal of Transport & Health. 32. 101673–101673. 6 indexed citations

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Yau, Amy, Cherry Law, Laura Cornelsen, et al.. (2023). Association Between Household Online Grocery Delivery Service Use and Food and Drink Purchase Behavior in England: Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e41540–e41540. 3 indexed citations

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Hoenink, Jody C., Thomas Burgoine, Søren Brage, et al.. (2023). The moderating role of eating behaviour traits in the association between exposure to hot food takeaway outlets and body fatness. International Journal of Obesity. 47(6). 496–504. 5 indexed citations

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Yau, Amy, Jean Adams, E. Boyland, et al.. (2021). Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data. BMJ Open. 11(4). e048139–e048139. 17 indexed citations

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Costa, Sílvia, David Bann, Sara E. Benjamin‐Neelon, Jean Adams, & William Johnson. (2020). Associations of childcare type, age at start, and intensity with body mass index trajectories from 10 to 42 years of age in the 1970 British Cohort Study. Pediatric Obesity. 15(9). e12644–e12644.

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Mills, Susanna, et al.. (2020). Perceptions of ‘Home Cooking’: A Qualitative Analysis from the United Kingdom and United States. Nutrients. 12(1). 198–198. 32 indexed citations

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Hunter, Ruth F., Aisling Gough, Jennifer Murray, et al.. (2019). A loyalty scheme to encourage physical activity in office workers: a cluster RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(15). 1–114. 8 indexed citations

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Yau, Amy, Jean Adams, Martin White, & Mary Nicolaou. (2019). Differences in diet quality and socioeconomic patterning of diet quality across ethnic groups: cross-sectional data from the HELIUS Dietary Patterns study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 74(3). 387–396. 30 indexed citations

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Penney, Tarra L., et al.. (2019). Understanding changes in soft drinks marketing after introduction of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: developing a theory of change by use of concept mapping and stakeholder interviews. The Lancet. 394. S40–S40. 1 indexed citations

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