John Wiggers

15.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
420 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

John Wiggers is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Wiggers has authored 420 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in General Health Professions, 170 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 122 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John Wiggers's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (132 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (78 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (69 papers). John Wiggers is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (132 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (78 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (69 papers). John Wiggers collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. John Wiggers's co-authors include Luke Wolfenden, Elizabeth Campbell, Sze Lin Yoong, Jenny Bowman, Nicole Nathan, Rachel Sutherland, Megan Freund, Karen Gillham, Christopher Williams and Rebecca Wyse and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

John Wiggers

412 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

Systematic Review of Universal Resilience-Focused Interventions Targeting Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the School Setting

2017 359 citations Julia Dray, Jenny Bowman et al. profile →
Designing and undertaking randomised implementation trials: guide for researchers

2021 136 citations Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Wiggers Australia	48	4.0k	4.0k	2.4k	1.3k	1.2k	420	10.1k
Luke Wolfenden Australia	55	5.5k 1.4×	4.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	706 0.6×	482	11.4k
Paul A. Estabrooks United States	61	4.4k 1.1×	5.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	939 0.8×	303	12.8k
Janis Baird United Kingdom	37	4.2k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	138	13.1k
Frank J. van Lenthe Netherlands	54	4.2k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	971 0.7×	456 0.4×	269	11.1k
Edwin B. Fisher United States	54	2.1k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	225	11.5k
Melbourne F. Hovell United States	57	3.4k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	6.1k 2.5×	1.3k 0.9×	869 0.7×	342	12.4k
Mohammad Siahpush United States	52	3.2k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	743 0.6×	178	10.4k
Laura Linnan United States	40	2.5k 0.6×	3.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	138	8.5k
Scott T. Leatherdale Canada	47	3.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	3.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	832 0.7×	410	8.3k
Paul J. Veugelers Canada	53	4.1k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	741 0.6×	235	10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by John Wiggers

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Wiggers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Wiggers

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Kamper, Steven J., Rebecca K Hodder, Robin Haskins, et al.. (2025). Healthy Lifestyle Care vs Guideline-Based Care for Low Back Pain. JAMA Network Open. 8(1). e2453807–e2453807. 3 indexed citations

Doherty, Emma, et al.. (2024). Pregnant Women’s Receipt of Comprehensive Guideline Recommended Antenatal Care for Smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(2). 300–307.

Anderson, Amy, Madeleine Hinwood, Luke Wolfenden, et al.. (2024). Examining Changes in Implementation of Priority Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practices, and Related Barriers, Over Time in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care Services: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Childhood Obesity. 21(3). 227–236. 1 indexed citations

Doherty, Emma, John Wiggers, Nicole Nathan, et al.. (2022). Iterative delivery of an implementation support package to increase and sustain the routine provision of antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster trial. BMJ Open. 12(7). e063486–e063486. 1 indexed citations

Atorkey, Prince, et al.. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators to the Uptake of Online and Telephone Services Targeting Health Risk Behaviours among Vocational Education Students: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(17). 9336–9336. 2 indexed citations

Sutherland, Rachel, Meghan Finch, Sze Lin Yoong, et al.. (2021). A cluster randomised controlled trial of a secondary school intervention to reduce intake of sugar‐sweetened beverages: Mid‐intervention impact of switchURsip environmental strategies. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 33(1). 176–186. 8 indexed citations

Mclaughlin, Matthew, Tessa Delaney, Alix Hall, et al.. (2021). Associations Between Digital Health Intervention Engagement, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(2). e23180–e23180. 60 indexed citations

Crooks, Kristy, et al.. (2021). Development and implementation of a shared governance model in a mainstream health unit: a case study of embedding Aboriginal voices in organisational decision making. Australian Health Review. 46(2). 178–184. 11 indexed citations

Hollis, Jenna, Emma Doherty, Julia Dray, et al.. (2020). Are antenatal interventions effective in improving multiple health behaviours among pregnant women? A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 9(1). 204–204. 3 indexed citations

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Horodyska, Karolina, Monika Boberska, John Wiggers, et al.. (2019). Perceptions of Physical Activity Promotion, Transportation Support, Physical Activity, and Body Mass: an Insight into Parent-Child Dyadic Processes. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 26(3). 255–265. 12 indexed citations

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Byaruhanga, Judith, et al.. (2019). Cost Per Participant Recruited From Rural and Remote Areas Into a Smoking Cessation Trial Via Online or Traditional Strategies: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(11). e14911–e14911. 17 indexed citations

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Jones, Jannah, Tara Clinton‐McHarg, Luke Wolfenden, et al.. (2019). Implementation of policies and practices to increase physical activity among children attending centre‐based childcare: A cross‐sectional study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 31(2). 207–215. 10 indexed citations

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Reilly, Kathryn, Sze Lin Yoong, Rachel Sutherland, et al.. (2019). Secondary school implementation of a healthy eating policy. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 32(1). 21–25. 6 indexed citations

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Hodder, Rebecca K, Megan Freund, Jenny Bowman, et al.. (2018). Differential intervention effectiveness of a universal school-based resilience intervention in reducing adolescent substance use within student subgroups: exploratory assessment within a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 8(8). e021047–e021047. 5 indexed citations

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Reilly, Kathryn, Penny Reeves, Sze Lin Yoong, et al.. (2018). Economic analysis of three interventions of different intensity in improving school implementation of a government healthy canteen policy in Australia: costs, incremental and relative cost effectiveness. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 378–378. 28 indexed citations

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Kamper, Steven J., Zoe A Michaleff, Paul Campbell, et al.. (2018). Back pain, mental health and substance use are associated in adolescents. Journal of Public Health. 41(3). 487–493. 19 indexed citations

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Lee, Hopin, John Wiggers, Steven J. Kamper, et al.. (2017). Mechanism evaluation of a lifestyle intervention for patients with musculoskeletal pain who are overweight or obese: protocol for a causal mediation analysis. BMJ Open. 7(6). e014652–e014652. 13 indexed citations

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Wolfenden, Luke, Christopher Williams, John Wiggers, Nicole Nathan, & Sze Lin Yoong. (2016). Improving the translation of health promotion interventions using effectiveness–implementation hybrid designs in program evaluations. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 27(3). 204–207. 41 indexed citations

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Daly, Justine, Lisa Mackenzie, Megan Freund, et al.. (2015). Interventions by Health Care Professionals Who Provide Routine Child Health Care to Reduce Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children. JAMA Pediatrics. 170(2). 138–138. 26 indexed citations

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Wye, Paula, et al.. (2014). Observation of the extent of smoking in a mental health inpatient facility with a smoke-free policy. BMC Psychiatry. 14(1). 94–94. 12 indexed citations

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