Kristen Day

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kristen Day is a scholar working on Transportation, Sociology and Political Science and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristen Day has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Transportation, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Kristen Day's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (21 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (11 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (6 papers). Kristen Day is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (21 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (11 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (6 papers). Kristen Day collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Kristen Day's co-authors include Ann Forsyth, Marlon G. Boarnet, Mariela Alfonzo, Ross C. Brownson, James F. Sallis, Christine M. Hoehner, Craig L. Anderson, D. Carreon, Tracy McMillan and Michael Oakes and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Preventive Medicine, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kristen Day

57 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring the Built Environment for Physical Activity 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750 1000
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. Measuring the Built Environment for Physical Activity
    2009 1.0k citations Kristen Day, Ann Forsyth et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →

Peers

Kristen Day
Terri Pikora Australia
Karen Villanueva Australia
Chanam Lee United States
Suzanne Mavoa Australia
Barbara B. Brown United States
Richard Killingsworth United States
Sarah Foster Australia
Michael D. M. Bader United States
Nancy Humpel Australia
Gavin R. McCormack Canada
Terri Pikora Australia
Kristen Day
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Countries citing papers authored by Kristen Day

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kristen Day

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kristen Day. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kristen Day. The network helps show where Kristen Day may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristen Day

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kristen Day. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kristen Day 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 Kristen Day. Kristen Day 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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Day, Kristen. (2016). Built environmental correlates of physical activity in China: A review. Preventive Medicine Reports. 3. 303–316. 93 indexed citations
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Alfonzo, Mariela, Zhan Guo, Lin Lin, & Kristen Day. (2014). Walking, obesity and urban design in Chinese neighborhoods. Preventive Medicine. 69. S79–S85. 55 indexed citations
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Duncan, Dustin T., Seann D. Regan, Donna Shelley, et al.. (2014). Application of global positioning system methods for the study of obesity and hypertension risk among low-income housing residents in New York City: a spatial feasibility study. Geospatial health. 9(1). 57–57. 29 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen, et al.. (2014). Does Bus Rapid Transit Promote Walking? An Examination of New York City’s Select Bus Service. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 11(8). 1512–1516. 10 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen, et al.. (2013). Evaluating Automated Anti-Icing Technology to Reduce Traffic Collisions. 2 indexed citations
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Boarnet, Marlon G., et al.. (2006). Evaluation of the California Safe Routes to School Legislation: Urban Form Changes and Children's Active Transportation to School. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 9 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen, Marlon G. Boarnet, Mariela Alfonzo, & Ann Forsyth. (2006). The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to Measure Built Environments. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 30(2). 144–152. 270 indexed citations
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Boarnet, Marlon G., Kristen Day, Mariela Alfonzo, Ann Forsyth, & Michael Oakes. (2006). The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to Measure Built Environments. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 30(2). 153–159.e43. 153 indexed citations
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McMillan, Tracy, Kristen Day, Marlon G. Boarnet, Mariela Alfonzo, & Craig L. Anderson. (2006). Johnny Walks to School—Does Jane? Sex Differences in Children's Active Travel to School. Children Youth and Environments. 16(1). 75–89. 139 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen. (2006). Active Living and Social Justice: Planning for Physical Activity in Low-income, Black, and Latino Communities. Journal of the American Planning Association. 72(1). 88–99. 127 indexed citations
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Boarnet, Marlon G., Kristen Day, Craig L. Anderson, Tracy McMillan, & Mariela Alfonzo. (2005). California's Safe Routes to School Program. Journal of the American Planning Association. 71(3). 18 indexed citations
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Boarnet, Marlon G., Craig L. Anderson, Kristen Day, Tracy McMillan, & Mariela Alfonzo. (2005). Evaluation of the California Safe Routes to School legislation. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 28(2). 134–140. 355 indexed citations
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Otto, Catherine M, Michael J. Beach, Jennifer Roberts, et al.. (2004). Surveillance data from public spa inspections - United States, May-September 2002.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 53(25). 553–555. 11 indexed citations
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Boarnet, Marlon G., Kristen Day, & Craig Anderson. (2003). Evaluation of the California Safe Routes to School Construction Program. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations
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Anderson, Craig L., et al.. (2002). Walking and Automobile Traffic Near Schools: Data to SUpport An Evaluation Of School Pedestrian Safety Programs. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 11 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen, et al.. (2000). The Therapeutic Design of Environments for People With Dementia. The Gerontologist. 40(4). 397–416. 396 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen. (1999). Introducing gender to the critique of privatized public space. Journal of Urban Design. 4(2). 155–178. 33 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen. (1999). Review of A. Madanipour's Design of urban space: An inquiry into a socio-spatial process. Journal of the American Planning Association. 65(1). 122–123. 1 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen. (1999). Strangers in the night: Women's fear of sexual assault on urban college campuses. 16(4). 289–312. 57 indexed citations
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Day, Kristen, et al.. (1994). Emerging trends in environments for people with dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer s Care and Related Disorders & Research. 9(1). 3–11. 5 indexed citations

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