John Kearney

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

John Kearney is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kearney has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 32 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in John Kearney's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (60 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (31 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (29 papers). John Kearney is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (60 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (31 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (29 papers). John Kearney collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Spain. John Kearney's co-authors include Michael J. Gibney, Miguel Ángel Martínez‐González, J. Alfredo Martínéz, Jokin de Irala, Katherine M. Younger, Roslyn C. Tarrant, FB Hu, J. J. Varo Cenarruzabeitia, Clare Corish and Margaret Sheridan‐Pereira and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

John Kearney

129 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Food consumption trends and drivers 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 400 800 1.2k
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. Food consumption trends and drivers
    2010 1.3k citations John Kearney profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Kearney Ireland 32 2.2k 1.1k 834 590 552 137 5.0k
João Breda Denmark 37 2.6k 1.2× 932 0.9× 875 1.0× 831 1.4× 432 0.8× 158 5.0k
Katia Castetbon France 42 3.9k 1.7× 979 0.9× 923 1.1× 1.2k 2.1× 400 0.7× 206 6.2k
Ruopeng An United States 49 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 667 1.1× 422 0.8× 221 7.0k
Susan I. Barr Canada 40 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 485 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 354 0.6× 160 5.6k
Kellie Casavale United States 14 2.9k 1.3× 844 0.8× 725 0.9× 911 1.5× 304 0.6× 46 4.3k
Inga Þórsdóttir Iceland 38 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 566 0.7× 1.3k 2.3× 578 1.0× 154 4.7k
Ashkan Afshin United States 27 3.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 935 1.1× 701 1.2× 310 0.6× 47 5.7k
Mauro Fisberg Brazil 37 2.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 2.1× 403 0.7× 289 4.9k
Peter Clarys Belgium 45 2.1k 1.0× 2.2k 2.1× 936 1.1× 279 0.5× 205 0.4× 241 8.3k
Nathalie Michels Belgium 39 2.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 504 0.6× 575 1.0× 397 0.7× 190 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John Kearney

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Kearney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Kearney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Kearney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Kearney 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 John Kearney. John Kearney 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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Nugent, Anne P., Laura Kehoe, Janette Walton, et al.. (2025). Iodine intake and status of school-age girls in Ireland. European Journal of Nutrition. 64(5). 214–214.
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Kirwan, Laura, Janette Walton, Albert Flynn, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Food Consumption in Ireland—Informing a Transition to Sustainable Diets. Nutrients. 15(4). 981–981. 10 indexed citations
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Kearney, John, et al.. (2023). Perceptions of healthy and sustainable eating: A qualitative study of Irish adults. Appetite. 192. 107096–107096. 6 indexed citations
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Kehoe, Laura, et al.. (2022). Adolescent overweight and obesity in Ireland—Trends and sociodemographic associations between 1990 and 2020. Pediatric Obesity. 18(2). e12988–e12988. 11 indexed citations
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Walton, Janette, et al.. (2022). Food neophobia across the life course: Pooling data from five national cross-sectional surveys in Ireland. Appetite. 171. 105941–105941. 45 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Sinéad N., et al.. (2021). Food neophobia and its relationship with dietary variety and quality in Irish adults: Findings from a national cross-sectional study. Appetite. 169. 105859–105859. 23 indexed citations
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Nugent, Anne P., Laura Kehoe, Albert Flynn, et al.. (2020). Dietary fat intakes in Irish children: changes between 2005 and 2019. Public Health Nutrition. 24(5). 802–812. 4 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Elizabeth, et al.. (2020). Eating behaviour styles in Irish teens: a cross-sectional study. Public Health Nutrition. 24(8). 2144–2152. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qianling, et al.. (2020). Breastfeeding practices 2008–2009 among Chinese mothers living in Ireland: a mixed methods study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20(1). 51–51. 6 indexed citations
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Corish, Clare, et al.. (2020). Associations between the Home Environment, Feeding Practices and Children’s Intakes of Fruit, Vegetables and Confectionary/Sugar-Sweetened Beverages. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(13). 4837–4837. 34 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qianling, et al.. (2020). Are Maternal Feeding Practices and Mealtime Emotions Associated with Toddlers’ Food Neophobia? A Follow-Up to the DIT-Coombe Hospital Birth Cohort in Ireland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(22). 8401–8401. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qianling, et al.. (2020). Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) towards Diet and Health among International Students in Dublin: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(9). 3182–3182. 18 indexed citations
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Shan, Liran Christine, L. Kirsty Pourshahidi, M. Barbara E. Livingstone, et al.. (2018). How do adults define the treats they give to children? A thematic analysis. Appetite. 133. 115–122. 10 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Aileen, et al.. (2018). The factors associated with food fussiness in Irish school-aged children. Public Health Nutrition. 22(1). 164–174. 19 indexed citations
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Kearney, John, et al.. (2014). Six months of exclusive breastfeeding recommendation: how applicable is the universal exclusive breastfeeding recommendation policy?. African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development. 14(4). 9071–9084. 1 indexed citations
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Patterson, Emma, Julia Wärnberǵ, John Kearney, & Michael Sjöstróm. (2009). The tracking of dietary intakes of children and adolescents in Sweden over six years: the European Youth Heart Study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 6(1). 91–91. 55 indexed citations
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Tarrant, Roslyn C. & John Kearney. (2008). Breastfeeding Practices in Ireland: a Review. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations
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Santos, José Luis, et al.. (2001). Prevalence of physical activity during leisure time in the European Union. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 33(7). 1142–1146. 297 indexed citations

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