Karen Witten

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Karen Witten is a scholar working on Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Witten has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Transportation, 37 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Karen Witten's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (81 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (26 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (22 papers). Karen Witten is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (81 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (26 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (22 papers). Karen Witten collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. Karen Witten's co-authors include Robin Kearns, Jamie Pearce, Tony Blakely, Melody Smith, Suzanne Mavoa, Rosemary Hiscock, Tim McCreanor, Penelope Carroll, Hannah Badland and Alistair Woodward and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Karen Witten

136 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport – an update and new findings on health equity

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Kathryn M. Neckerman United States

Sarah Foster Australia

Hayley Christian Australia

Jason Gilliland Canada

Hannah Badland Australia

Gavin R. McCormack Canada

Kristen Day United States

Suzanne Mavoa Australia

Gavin Turrell Australia

Chanam Lee United States

Kathryn M. Neckerman United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Witten

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20 of 20 papers shown

Witten, Karen, et al.. (2025). Placemaking for tenant wellbeing: Exploring the decision-making of public and community housing providers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellbeing Space and Society. 8. 100258–100258. 1 indexed citations

Derr, Victoria, et al.. (2025). Youth arts pedagogy for climate justice: radical relationality and interspecies poiesis in a yet-to-be-known world. Children s Geographies. 23(2). 141–156. 1 indexed citations

Witten, Karen, et al.. (2024). Challenging the inequities of ebike access: An investigation of a community-led intervention in a lower-income neighbourhood in Aotearoa - New Zealand. Journal of Transport & Health. 39. 101891–101891.

Field, Adrian, et al.. (2024). Street redesign, active mobility and well‐being for Pacific elders. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 20(4). 484–506.

Hosking, Jamie, Hamish Mackie, Bert van der Werf, et al.. (2023). Effects of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets suburban street retrofit on traffic speed and volume: Controlled before-after study. Journal of Transport & Health. 30. 101601–101601. 5 indexed citations

Kearns, Robin, et al.. (2021). Density in the Suburbs: Families with Children Adapting to Living in a Medium Density Social Housing Development. Urban Policy and Research. 39(4). 397–413. 3 indexed citations

Egli, Victoria, Sandra Mandic, Tessa Pocock, et al.. (2021). Understanding children’s perceptions of, and priorities for, healthy neighbourhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand: study protocol for a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 11(6). e047368–e047368. 4 indexed citations

Carroll, Penelope, Karen Witten, & Cameron Duff. (2020). “How can we make it work for you?” Enabling sporting assemblages for disabled young people. Social Science & Medicine. 288. 113213–113213. 13 indexed citations

Smith, Melody, Alana Cavadino, Deborah Raphael, et al.. (2019). Children’s Transport Built Environments: A Mixed Methods Study of Associations between Perceived and Objective Measures and Relationships with Parent Licence for Independent Mobility in Auckland, New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(8). 1361–1361. 37 indexed citations

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Hinckson, Erica, Ester Cerin, Suzanne Mavoa, et al.. (2017). What are the associations between neighbourhood walkability and sedentary time in New Zealand adults? The URBAN cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 7(10). e016128–e016128. 18 indexed citations

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Witten, Karen, Robin Kearns, Penelope Carroll, & Lanuola Asiasiga. (2017). Children’s everyday encounters and affective relations with place: experiences of hyperdiversity in Auckland neighbourhoods. Social & Cultural Geography. 20(9). 1233–1250. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, Melody, Penelope Carroll, Erika Ikeda, et al.. (2016). Neighbourhoods for Active Kids: study protocol for a cross-sectional examination of neighbourhood features and children's physical activity, active travel, independent mobility and body size. BMJ Open. 6(8). e013377–e013377. 40 indexed citations

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Ergler, Christina R., Robin Kearns, Karen Witten, & Gina Porter. (2016). Digital methodologies and practices in children's geographies. Children s Geographies. 14(2). 129–140. 37 indexed citations

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Kerr, Justin, et al.. (2013). Using sensecam images to assess the environment. 84–85. 1 indexed citations

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Witten, Karen, et al.. (2011). SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL TRAVEL: THE DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL MODES AND CO2 EMISSIONS OF NEW ZEALAND HOUSEHOLDS. 172. 10 indexed citations

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Lin, En‐Yi, Karen Witten, Sally Casswell, & Ru Quan You. (2011). Neighbourhood matters: Perceptions of neighbourhood cohesiveness and associations with alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use. Drug and Alcohol Review. 31(4). 402–412. 32 indexed citations

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Witten, Karen, et al.. (2010). What becomes of social science knowledge: New Zealand researchers' experiences of knowledge transfer modes and audiences. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 5(1). 3–12. 5 indexed citations

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Carroll, Penelope, et al.. (2010). The use of social science research to inform policy development: case studies from recent immigration policy. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 5(1). 13–25. 10 indexed citations

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Rose, Emily, Karen Witten, & Tim McCreanor. (2009). Transport related social exclusion in New Zealand: evidence and challenges. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 4(3). 191–203. 27 indexed citations

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Kearns, Robin, Tim McCreanor, & Karen Witten. (2005). Linking health, place and healthy communities. Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears (Universitat de les Illes Balears). 5(5). 189–203. 1 indexed citations

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