Laura Alston

1.3k total citations
81 papers, 753 citations indexed

About

Laura Alston is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Alston has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 753 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in General Health Professions, 36 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Laura Alston's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (22 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers). Laura Alston is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (22 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers). Laura Alston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Laura Alston's co-authors include Steven Allender, Melanie Nichols, Karen L. Peterson, Vincent L. Versace, Stephanie R. Partridge, Katherine Kent, Claudia Strugnell, Anna Wong Shee, Kathryn Backholer and Hannah Beks and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Laura Alston

74 papers receiving 744 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Alston Australia	17	315	307	110	73	69	81	753
Mohsen Asadi-Lari Iran	14	147 0.5×	271 0.9×	63 0.6×	29 0.4×	121 1.8×	32	844
Anthony Ofosu Ghana	15	201 0.6×	215 0.7×	171 1.6×	27 0.4×	36 0.5×	55	809
Rachel L. J. Thornton United States	15	268 0.9×	539 1.8×	53 0.5×	39 0.5×	215 3.1×	40	1.0k
Kamisha Hamilton Escoto United States	14	301 1.0×	318 1.0×	174 1.6×	57 0.8×	38 0.6×	24	941
Jan M Stratil Germany	18	324 1.0×	478 1.6×	37 0.3×	54 0.7×	54 0.8×	53	1.1k
Awad Mataria Egypt	16	161 0.5×	456 1.5×	50 0.5×	57 0.8×	50 0.7×	54	974
Amani Siyam Switzerland	10	264 0.8×	316 1.0×	138 1.3×	49 0.7×	24 0.3×	17	948
Anna Bergström Sweden	20	221 0.7×	314 1.0×	59 0.5×	271 3.7×	36 0.5×	55	1.3k
Albino Kalolo Tanzania	14	200 0.6×	339 1.1×	28 0.3×	45 0.6×	70 1.0×	45	867
Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh Palestinian Territory	15	175 0.6×	140 0.5×	20 0.2×	110 1.5×	65 0.9×	46	687

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Zorbas, Christina, Laura Alston, Tracy Schumacher, et al.. (2025). A Human‐Centred Co‐Design Framework for Developing a Web‐Based Platform to Engage With Rural Australian Communities: Addressing the Complex Issue of Healthy Food Access. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 33(2). e70028–e70028. 1 indexed citations

Marshall, Skye, Charlene Wright, Lucy Leigh, et al.. (2025). Association of rurality status with all-cause and cancer-specific survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis adjusting for clinical factors, demographics, and geographical remoteness. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 66. 101744–101744.

Malakellis, Mary, et al.. (2025). Spread and Scale-Up of a Region-Wide Telehealth Navigation Service in a Rural Context: Qualitative Process Evaluation. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e64734–e64734.

Livingstone, Katherine M., Jonathan C Rawstorn, Stephanie R. Partridge, et al.. (2024). Determining the feasibility of a codesigned and personalised intervention (Veg4Me) to improve vegetable intake in young adults living in rural Australian communities: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 14(1). e078001–e078001. 3 indexed citations

Shee, Anna Wong, Michael Field, Laura Alston, et al.. (2024). Rural healthcare workforce preparation, response, and work during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Lessons learned from in-depth interviews with rural health service leaders. Health Policy. 145. 105085–105085. 2 indexed citations

Alston, Laura, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Rashmi Pant, et al.. (2024). Use of Guideline-Recommended Heart Failure Drugs in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Global Heart. 19(1). 74–74. 1 indexed citations

Alston, Laura, Hannah Beks, Kevin Mc Namara, et al.. (2023). The application of spatial measures to analyse health service accessibility in Australia: a systematic review and recommendations for future practice. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 330–330. 23 indexed citations

Alston, Laura, Melanie Nichols, Steven Allender, et al.. (2023). Dietary patterns in rural and metropolitan Australia: a cross-sectional study exploring dietary patterns, inflammation and association with cardiovascular disease risk factors. BMJ Open. 13(6). e069475–e069475. 9 indexed citations

Schumacher, Tracy, Leanne Brown, Susan Heaney, et al.. (2023). Development of a Scoring Tool for Australian Rural Food Retail Environments. Nutrients. 15(21). 4660–4660. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Miranda R., Laura Alston, Melanie Nichols, et al.. (2023). How healthy and affordable are foods and beverages sold in school canteens? A cross-sectional study comparing menus from Victorian primary schools. Public Health Nutrition. 26(11). 2559–2572. 6 indexed citations

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Strugnell, Claudia, Denise Becker, Jillian Whelan, et al.. (2023). Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness: a cross-sectional study. Public Health Nutrition. 26(6). 1185–1193. 3 indexed citations

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Malakellis, Mary, Anna Wong Shee, Laura Alston, et al.. (2023). A qualitative system model to describe the causes and drivers of frequent potentially avoidable presentations to the emergency department. Heliyon. 9(11). e21304–e21304. 1 indexed citations

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Beks, Hannah, et al.. (2023). An underutilised resource: The evolving role of clinical nurses contributing to rural health research. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 32(1). 193–197. 1 indexed citations

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King, Olivia, Anton Isaacs, Laura Alston, et al.. (2023). The Community, the Workplace, and Public Health Measures: A Qualitative Study of Factors that Impacted the Wellbeing of Rural Health Service Staff in Victoria, Australia, during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Health & Social Care in the Community. 2023. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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Whelan, Jillian, Julie Brimblecombe, Meaghan S Christian, et al.. (2023). CO-Creation and Evaluation of Food Environments to Advance Community Health (COACH). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100111–100111. 4 indexed citations

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Field, Michael, Olivia King, Anna Wong Shee, et al.. (2022). Rural health service leaders co‐design state‐wide research addressing an emerging health issue: A case report. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 30(6). 884–890. 3 indexed citations

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Shee, Anna Wong, Kristen Glenister, Carol McKinstry, et al.. (2022). What shapes research and research capacity building in rural health services? Context matters. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 30(3). 410–421. 23 indexed citations

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Beks, Hannah, Olivia King, Laura Alston, et al.. (2021). Community Health Programs Delivered Through Information and Communications Technology in High-Income Countries: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(3). e26515–e26515. 8 indexed citations

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Whelan, Jillian, Andrew Brown, Claudia Strugnell, et al.. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Food Supply and Demand in Australia: Utilising Group Model Building to Identify Retailer and Customer Perspectives. Nutrients. 13(2). 417–417. 35 indexed citations

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Alston, Laura, Kristy A. Bolton, Jillian Whelan, et al.. (2020). Retail initiatives to improve the healthiness of food environments in rural, regional and remote communities. The Medical Journal of Australia. 213. 5 indexed citations

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