Louise Thornton

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Louise Thornton is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Applied Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Louise Thornton has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Health Professions, 25 papers in Applied Psychology and 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Louise Thornton's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (22 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers). Louise Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (22 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers). Louise Thornton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Netherlands. Louise Thornton's co-authors include Frances Kay‐Lambkin, Amanda Baker, Terry J. Lewin, Brian Kelly, J. Douglas Sellman, Simon J. Adamson, Robyn Richmond, Sally Hunt, Philip J. Batterham and Alison L. Calear and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Epidemiology and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Louise Thornton

64 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

An improved brief measure of cannabis misuse: The Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R)☆

2010 642 citations Simon J. Adamson, Frances Kay‐Lambkin et al. Drug and Alcohol Dependence profile →
Recruiting for health, medical or psychosocial research using Facebook: Systematic review

2016 255 citations Louise Thornton, Frances Kay‐Lambkin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louise Thornton Australia	20	633	552	500	431	402	71	2.0k
Erin E. Bonar United States	27	643 1.0×	652 1.2×	808 1.6×	493 1.1×	408 1.0×	155	2.4k
Deborah D. Kloska United States	25	480 0.8×	340 0.6×	809 1.6×	336 0.8×	302 0.8×	38	1.8k
C. Debra M. Furr‐Holden United States	25	776 1.2×	425 0.8×	656 1.3×	258 0.6×	171 0.4×	84	2.2k
Arthur Guerra de Andrade Brazil	29	752 1.2×	641 1.2×	889 1.8×	277 0.6×	188 0.5×	148	2.8k
Rebecca J. Evans‐Polce United States	22	389 0.6×	466 0.8×	573 1.1×	223 0.5×	233 0.6×	77	1.8k
Audrey M. Shillington United States	30	783 1.2×	629 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	320 0.7×	346 0.9×	63	2.2k
José Ramón Fernández Hermida Spain	26	451 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	776 1.6×	164 0.4×	331 0.8×	136	2.3k
F. Curtis Breslin Canada	31	962 1.5×	498 0.9×	478 1.0×	270 0.6×	251 0.6×	72	2.6k
Ava Hamilton United States	22	391 0.6×	584 1.1×	429 0.9×	461 1.1×	95 0.2×	36	2.1k
Mallie J. Paschall United States	35	1.1k 1.8×	740 1.3×	1.5k 2.9×	241 0.6×	383 1.0×	109	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Louise Thornton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Louise Thornton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louise Thornton

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sunderland, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and developmental conditions in 5014 Australian adolescents, and their correlations with diet, other lifestyle behaviours and mental health. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 49(2). 100225–100225.

O’Dean, Siobhan, Scarlett Smout, Matthew Sunderland, et al.. (2024). Adolescent behavioural intentions: Secondary outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial of the Health4Life school-based lifestyle modification intervention. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 116(3). 432–445.

Thornton, Louise, Maree Teesson, Katrina E. Champion, et al.. (2024). The Triple E project: a factorial randomised controlled trial to enhance engagement with eHealth approaches to improve health risk behaviours among adolescents. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2697–2697.

Champion, Katrina E., Lauren A. Gardner, Louise Thornton, et al.. (2023). Parental Information Needs and Intervention Preferences for Preventing Multiple Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents: Cross-sectional Survey Among Parents. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 6. e42272–e42272. 5 indexed citations

Birrell, Louise, et al.. (2023). Evaluating a Peer-Support Mobile App for Mental Health and Substance Use Among Adolescents Over 12 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e45216–e45216. 6 indexed citations

Smout, Scarlett, Lauren A. Gardner, Katrina E. Champion, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of addictive eating behaviours in a large cohort of Australian adolescents. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 57(8). 1172–1183. 2 indexed citations

O’Dean, Siobhan, Matthew Sunderland, Scarlett Smout, et al.. (2023). Potential Mediators of a School-Based Digital Intervention Targeting Six Lifestyle Risk Behaviours in a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of Australian Adolescents. Prevention Science. 25(2). 347–357. 2 indexed citations

Birrell, Louise, et al.. (2023). Can we use ChatGPT for Mental Health and Substance Use Education? Examining Its Quality and Potential Harms. JMIR Medical Education. 9. e51243–e51243. 36 indexed citations

Gardner, Lauren A., Emily Stockings, Katrina E. Champion, et al.. (2023). Study protocol of the Our Futures Vaping Trial: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based eHealth intervention to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 683–683. 5 indexed citations

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Gardner, Lauren A., Siobhan O’Dean, Nicola C. Newton, et al.. (2023). Peer-Related Correlates of e-Cigarette Use in Australian Adolescents: a Cross-sectional Examination. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 23(1). 251–262. 1 indexed citations

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Parmenter, Belinda, Claire V. Burley, Katrina E. Champion, et al.. (2022). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Physical Activity in Healthy Young People: Systematic Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(10). e39085–e39085. 5 indexed citations

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Thornton, Louise, Lauren A. Gardner, Katrina E. Champion, et al.. (2021). A Multiple Health Behavior Change, Self-Monitoring Mobile App for Adolescents: Development and Usability Study of the Health4Life App. JMIR Formative Research. 5(4). e25513–e25513. 39 indexed citations

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Thornton, Louise, Katrina E. Champion, Annie Wescott, et al.. (2021). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Diet, Alcohol Use, and Tobacco Use: Systematic Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(2). e27337–e27337. 9 indexed citations

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Sanatkar, Samineh, Milena Heinsch, Peter Baldwin, et al.. (2021). Factors Predicting Trial Engagement, Treatment Satisfaction, and Health-Related Quality of Life During a Web-Based Treatment and Social Networking Trial for Binge Drinking and Depression in Young Adults: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health. 8(6). e23986–e23986. 4 indexed citations

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Thornton, Louise, Annie Wescott, Matthew Sunderland, et al.. (2020). Measurement properties of smartphone approaches to assess key lifestyle behaviours: protocol of a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 9(1). 127–127. 5 indexed citations

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Champion, Katrina E., Lauren A. Gardner, Cath Chapman, et al.. (2020). A Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Multiple Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Adolescents: Co-Design and User Testing of the Health4Life School-Based Program. JMIR Formative Research. 4(7). e19485–e19485. 28 indexed citations

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Gardner, Lauren A., Katrina E. Champion, Belinda Parmenter, et al.. (2020). Clustering of Six Key Risk Behaviors for Chronic Disease among Adolescent Females. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(19). 7211–7211. 10 indexed citations

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Newton, Nicola C., Cath Chapman, Tim Slade, et al.. (2018). Internet-Based Universal Prevention for Students and Parents to Prevent Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Adolescents: Protocol for the Randomized Controlled Trial of Climate Schools Plus. JMIR Research Protocols. 7(8). e10849–e10849. 5 indexed citations

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Thornton, Louise, Amanda Baker, Martin P. Johnson, & Terry J. Lewin. (2013). Perceived risk associated with tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use among people with and without psychotic disorders. Addictive Behaviors. 38(6). 2246–2251. 38 indexed citations

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Adamson, Simon J., Frances Kay‐Lambkin, Amanda Baker, et al.. (2010). An improved brief measure of cannabis misuse: The Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R)☆. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 110(1-2). 137–143. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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