Karien Stronks

42.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
495 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Karien Stronks is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Karien Stronks has authored 495 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in General Health Professions, 158 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 123 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Karien Stronks's work include Health disparities and outcomes (118 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (89 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (57 papers). Karien Stronks is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (118 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (89 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (57 papers). Karien Stronks collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Karien Stronks's co-authors include Charles Agyemang, Johan P. Mackenbach, Anton E. Kunst, H. van de Mheen, Mary Nicolaou, Marieke B. Snijder, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed, H. Dike van de Mheen, Johan P. Mackenbach and Vera Nierkens and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Karien Stronks

476 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

Concepts and definitions of healthy ageing: a systematic review and synthesis of theoretical models

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Author						Papers	Cites
Karien Stronks	4.4k	3.3k	2.9k	2.2k	1.6k	495	12.9k
Marilyn A. Winkleby	3.8k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	169	12.7k
Martin White	6.4k 1.4×	6.4k 1.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	399	20.7k
Déborah Carvalho Malta	6.6k 1.5×	5.8k 1.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	749	16.7k
Kenneth A. Wallston	7.0k 1.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	3.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	239	20.0k
Catarina I. Kiefe	3.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	331	16.3k
Ali Montazeri	3.8k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	711	18.5k
Peter Craig	7.5k 1.7×	3.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	114	17.6k
Sherman A. James	4.2k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	148	11.1k
Kevin Fiscella	7.5k 1.7×	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	339	16.7k
Simon Gilbody	6.2k 1.4×	3.7k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	8.0k 3.7×	1.7k 1.1×	331	24.7k

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Stronks, Karien, Morten Hulvej Rod, Harry Rutter, & Naja Hulvej Rod. (2025). Towards a complex systems model of evidence for public health. BMJ Global Health. 10(10). e021061–e021061.

Galenkamp, Henrike, Anitra D.M. Koopman, Judith Esi van der Zwan, et al.. (2025). Cohort Profile Update: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(3).

Stronks, Karien, et al.. (2024). Mapping complex public health problems with causal loop diagrams. International Journal of Epidemiology. 53(4). 13 indexed citations

Nusselder, Wilma J., Di Long, Wilma Waterlander, Karien Stronks, & Hendriek C. Boshuizen. (2024). Estimating the contribution of overweight and obesity to ethnic inequalities in cardio-metabolic diseases in the Netherlands: a simulation study. Public Health. 232. 45–51. 1 indexed citations

Motazedi, Ehsan, Henrike Galenkamp, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, et al.. (2023). Socioeconomic Inequalities in Type 2 Diabetes: Mediation Through Status Anxiety?. International Journal of Public Health. 68. 1606069–1606069. 3 indexed citations

Chilunga, Felix P., Lenny Stoeldraijer, Charles Agyemang, et al.. (2022). Inequalities in COVID-19 deaths by migration background during the first wave, interwave period and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a closed cohort study of 17 million inhabitants of the Netherlands. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 77(1). 9–16. 10 indexed citations

Poelman, Maartje P., Mary Nicolaou, S. Dijkstra, et al.. (2021). Does the neighbourhood food environment contribute to ethnic differences in diet quality? Results from the HELIUS study in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Public Health Nutrition. 24(15). 5101–5112. 6 indexed citations

Boateng, Daniel, Karlijn Meeks, Erik Beune, et al.. (2021). Association between Practising Religion and Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Ghanaian Non-Migrants and Migrants in Europe: The RODAM Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(5). 2451–2451. 2 indexed citations

Agyemang, Charles, Daniel Boateng, Ina Danquah, et al.. (2021). Rural and urban migration to Europe in relation to cardiovascular disease risk: does it matter where you migrate from?. Public Health. 196. 172–178. 3 indexed citations

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Schreuders, Michael, Karien Stronks, & Anton E. Kunst. (2020). Using the realist approach to unravel the complexity of health programmes: the evaluation of smoke-free school policies as a case study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(1). 51–55.

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Danquah, Ina, Juliet Addo, Daniel Boateng, et al.. (2019). Early-life factors are associated with waist circumference and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: The RODAM Study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10848–10848. 12 indexed citations

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Boateng, Daniel, Cecilia Galbete, Mary Nicolaou, et al.. (2019). Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Predicted 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Ghanaian Populations: the Research on Obesity and Diabetes in African Migrants (RODAM) Study. Journal of Nutrition. 149(5). 755–769. 20 indexed citations

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Mackenbach, Joreintje D., S. Dijkstra, Joline W. J. Beulens, et al.. (2019). Socioeconomic and ethnic differences in the relation between dietary costs and dietary quality: the HELIUS study. Nutrition Journal. 18(1). 21–21. 21 indexed citations

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Beune, Erik, Pythia T. Nieuwkerk, Karien Stronks, et al.. (2018). Medication non-adherence and blood pressure control among hypertensive migrant and non-migrant populations of sub-Saharan African origin: the RODAM study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 33(2). 131–148. 6 indexed citations

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Gibson-Smith, Deborah, Mariska Bot, Marieke B. Snijder, et al.. (2018). The relation between obesity and depressed mood in a multi-ethnic population. The HELIUS study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 53(6). 629–638. 26 indexed citations

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Jambroes, Mariëlle, et al.. (2016). Capaciteit van de jeugdgezondheidszorg in Nederland : Omvang, samensteling en regionale verschillen. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).

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Ikram, Umar, Marieke B. Snijder, Matty A. S. de Wit, et al.. (2016). Perceived ethnic discrimination and depressive symptoms: the buffering effects of ethnic identity, religion and ethnic social network. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51(5). 679–688. 59 indexed citations

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Osei-Kwasi, Hibbah, Mary Nicolaou, Katie Powell, et al.. (2016). Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing dietary behaviour in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 13(1). 85–85. 68 indexed citations

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Castetbon, Katia, Christophe Enaux, Mary Nicolaou, et al.. (2016). Socioeconomic Indicators Are Independently Associated with Nutrient Intake in French Adults: A DEDIPAC Study. Nutrients. 8(3). 158–158. 51 indexed citations

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Stronks, Karien, et al.. (2014). Gezondheid van bewoners van aandachtswijken in 2004-2011. Leidt een betere wijk tot een betere gezondheid?. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations

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