Joan Higgins

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Joan Higgins is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Higgins has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Joan Higgins's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (11 papers) and Community Health and Development (10 papers). Joan Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (11 papers) and Community Health and Development (10 papers). Joan Higgins collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. Joan Higgins's co-authors include Patti‐Jean Naylor, Deborah L. Begoray, Ryan E. Rhodes, Heather McKay, Viviene A. Temple, Lindsay Nettlefold, Douglas Race, Maureen C. Ashe, Nicola Madge and Michael Rutter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Joan Higgins

75 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Implementation of school based physical activity interventions: A systematic review

2015 356 citations Patti‐Jean Naylor, Lindsay Nettlefold et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Higgins Canada	22	782	576	333	295	274	77	2.0k
Jascha de Nooijer Netherlands	29	1.0k 1.3×	770 1.3×	535 1.6×	75 0.3×	286 1.0×	75	2.8k
Bethany A. Bell United States	28	597 0.8×	613 1.1×	293 0.9×	176 0.6×	110 0.4×	91	2.2k
Jeanne P. Goldberg United States	28	1.0k 1.3×	2.8k 4.8×	261 0.8×	160 0.5×	481 1.8×	90	4.3k
Maria Koelen Netherlands	33	1.3k 1.7×	935 1.6×	286 0.9×	73 0.2×	301 1.1×	148	3.1k
Dina L. G. Borzekowski United States	32	848 1.1×	939 1.6×	1.1k 3.4×	98 0.3×	454 1.7×	78	3.7k
Chris Y. Lovato Canada	30	727 0.9×	657 1.1×	508 1.5×	47 0.2×	930 3.4×	86	2.7k
Lesley King Australia	36	1.3k 1.6×	2.1k 3.7×	582 1.7×	453 1.5×	306 1.1×	137	4.4k
Ashlesha Datar United States	25	594 0.8×	1.5k 2.6×	270 0.8×	271 0.9×	199 0.7×	80	2.7k
Susan E. Middlestadt United States	31	1.1k 1.4×	442 0.8×	581 1.7×	95 0.3×	309 1.1×	100	3.0k
Janice M. Prochaska United States	27	883 1.1×	501 0.9×	244 0.7×	97 0.3×	341 1.2×	66	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Higgins

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Higgins, Joan, et al.. (2021). Working Out with F.I.D.O. (Frequency, Intensity, Duration, & Outcomes): A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. 3 indexed citations

Naylor, Patti‐Jean, et al.. (2019). Way2Go! Social marketing for girls' active transportation to school. Preventive Medicine Reports. 14. 100828–100828. 12 indexed citations

Martin, Wanda, Joan Higgins, Bernie Pauly, & Marjorie MacDonald. (2017). “Layers of translation” - evidence literacy in public health practice: a qualitative secondary analysis. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 803–803. 7 indexed citations

Higgins, Joan, et al.. (2015). Interpretive by Design: Engaging a Community to Create Interpretive Park Signage. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 33(3). 1 indexed citations

Amed, Shazhan, et al.. (2015). Creating a collective impact on childhood obesity: Lessons from the SCOPE initiative. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 106(6). e426–e433. 21 indexed citations

Voss, Christine, et al.. (2015). Differences in adolescents' physical activity from school-travel between urban and suburban neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver, Canada. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 170–173. 11 indexed citations

Begoray, Deborah L., et al.. (2015). Puppets on a String? How Young Adolescents Explore Gender and Health in Advertising. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 6 indexed citations

Voss, Christine, Gavin Sandercock, Joan Higgins, et al.. (2014). A cross-cultural comparison of body composition, physical fitness and physical activity between regional samples of Canadian and English children and adolescents. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 105(4). e245–e250. 15 indexed citations

Higgins, Joan, et al.. (2013). Walking Sole Mates: Dogs Motivating, Enabling and Supporting Guardians' Physical Activity. Anthrozoös. 26(2). 237–252. 30 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joan & Deborah L. Begoray. (2012). Exploring the Borderlands between Media and Health: Conceptualizing ‘Critical Media Health Literacy’. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 40 indexed citations

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Temple, Viviene A., Ryan E. Rhodes, & Joan Higgins. (2011). Unleashing Physical Activity: An Observational Study of Park Use, Dog Walking, and Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 8(6). 766–774. 53 indexed citations

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Young, Lynne & Joan Higgins. (2010). Using participatory research to challenge the status quo for women’s cardiovascular health. Nursing Inquiry. 17(4). 346–358. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Allan D., Deborah L. Begoray, Marjorie MacDonald, et al.. (2010). Developing and evaluating a relevant and feasible instrument for measuring health literacy of Canadian high school students. Health Promotion International. 25(4). 444–452. 99 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joan, et al.. (2006). The Health Buck Stops Where? Thematic Framing of Health Discourse to Understand the Context for CVD Prevention. Journal of Health Communication. 11(3). 343–358. 34 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joan, et al.. (2002). Treating patients abroad. Worlds apart.. PubMed. 112(5787). 24–6. 1 indexed citations

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Bosma, T. Laine & Joan Higgins. (2002). Primary care trusts. No can do.. PubMed. 112(5793). 26–7. 3 indexed citations

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Frankish, C. James, et al.. (2002). Social and political factors influencing the functioning of regional health boards in British Columbia (Canada). Health Policy. 61(2). 125–151. 9 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joan. (1998). Social Marketing and MARTIN: Tools for Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Qualitative Data. Qualitative Health Research. 8(6). 867–876. 6 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joan & Rose Wiles. (1992). Study of patients who chose private health care for treatment.. PubMed. 42(361). 326–9. 13 indexed citations

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Higgins, Joan. (1982). Public Welfare: The Road to Freedom?. Journal of Social Policy. 11(2). 177–199. 2 indexed citations

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