Matt Egan

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Matt Egan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Egan has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in General Health Professions, 33 papers in Health and 25 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Matt Egan's work include Health disparities and outcomes (33 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (30 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (25 papers). Matt Egan is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (33 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (30 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (25 papers). Matt Egan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Matt Egan's co-authors include Mark Petticrew, Siân Thomas, Val Hamilton, Clare Bambra, Carol Tannahill, David Ogilvie, Ade Kearns, Mark Whitehead, Lyndal Bond and Margaret Whitehead and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matt Egan

115 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluation of public heal... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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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.

  1. Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review
    2021 131 citations Elizabeth McGill, Vanessa Er et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Matt Egan 1.7k 628 491 440 417 122 3.3k
Theo Lorenc 2.0k 1.2× 665 1.1× 649 1.3× 295 0.7× 740 1.8× 62 4.5k
Hans van Oers 1.2k 0.7× 421 0.7× 554 1.1× 253 0.6× 284 0.7× 178 3.1k
Katherine L. Frohlich 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 766 1.6× 335 0.8× 854 2.0× 98 3.8k
Lucie Richard 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 2.0× 741 1.5× 649 1.5× 520 1.2× 103 4.2k
Spencer Moore 970 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 578 1.2× 251 0.6× 778 1.9× 89 3.1k
Nancy Edwards 2.0k 1.2× 383 0.6× 857 1.7× 203 0.5× 499 1.2× 193 4.3k
Graham Moon 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 2.5× 790 1.6× 492 1.1× 903 2.2× 130 4.5k
S. V. Subramanian 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 2.7× 853 1.7× 432 1.0× 959 2.3× 105 4.4k
Nicholas Freudenberg 1.7k 1.0× 565 0.9× 457 0.9× 145 0.3× 1.0k 2.5× 74 3.4k
Piotr Wilk 1.7k 1.0× 574 0.9× 503 1.0× 153 0.3× 662 1.6× 120 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Matt Egan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Egan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Egan

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All Works

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Blanchard, Laurence, Gemma Bridge, Julia Bidonde, et al.. (2025). The Effectiveness of Partnerships With Commercial Actors to Improve Food Environments: A Systematic Review. Obesity Reviews. 26(10). e13952–e13952.
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Blanchard, Laurence, Cherry Law, María Jesús Vega‐Salas, et al.. (2024). The effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and policy processes of regulatory, voluntary and partnership policies to improve food environments: an evidence synthesis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–173. 10 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Niamh, Richard Purves, Rachel O’Donnell, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland including legal and structural differences: comparative interview analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(2). 1–42. 2 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Niamh, Matt Egan, Rachel O’Donnell, et al.. (2024). Public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland: the ExILEnS mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(2). 1–84.
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McGill, Elizabeth, Emma Halliday, Matt Egan, & Jennie Popay. (2023). Knowledge exchange in crisis settings: A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0282080–e0282080. 2 indexed citations
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Popay, Jennie, Emma Halliday, Rebecca Mead, et al.. (2023). Investigating health and social outcomes of the Big Local community empowerment initiative in England: a mixed method evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(9). 1–147. 4 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Rachel, et al.. (2022). How public health teams navigate their different roles in alcohol premises licensing: ExILEnS multistakeholder interview findings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–42. 10 indexed citations
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Vocht, Frank de, Cheryl McQuire, Philippa Williams, et al.. (2022). Impact of public health team engagement in alcohol licensing on health and crime outcomes in England and Scotland: A comparative timeseries study between 2012 and 2019. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 20. 100450–100450. 8 indexed citations
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Yau, Amy, Jean Adams, E. Boyland, et al.. (2021). Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data. BMJ Open. 11(4). e048139–e048139. 17 indexed citations
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Jago, Russell, Zoi Toumpakari, Matt Egan, et al.. (2021). Conceptualizing the commercial determinants of dietary behaviors associated with obesity: A systematic review using principles from critical interpretative synthesis. Obesity Science & Practice. 7(4). 473–486. 25 indexed citations
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Thompson, Claire, Christelle Clary, Vanessa Er, et al.. (2021). Media representations of opposition to the ‘junk food advertising ban’ on the Transport for London (TfL) network: A thematic content analysis of UK news and trade press. SSM - Population Health. 15. 100828–100828. 12 indexed citations
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McGill, Elizabeth, Dalya Marks, Vanessa Er, et al.. (2020). Qualitative process evaluation from a complex systems perspective: A systematic review and framework for public health evaluators. PLoS Medicine. 17(11). e1003368–e1003368. 67 indexed citations
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Vocht, Frank de, Cheryl McQuire, Alan Brennan, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the causal impact of individual alcohol licensing decisions on local health and crime using natural experiments with synthetic controls. Addiction. 115(11). 2021–2031. 28 indexed citations
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McGrath, Michael, Joanna Reynolds, Margaret Ogden, et al.. (2019). Identifying opportunities for engaging the ‘community’ in local alcohol decision-making: A literature review and synthesis. International Journal of Drug Policy. 74. 193–204. 17 indexed citations
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Vocht, Frank de, Jon Heron, Rona Campbell, et al.. (2016). Testing the impact of local alcohol licencing policies on reported crime rates in England. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 71(2). 137–145. 43 indexed citations
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Egan, Matt, Ade Kearns, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, et al.. (2016). Proportionate universalism in practice? A quasi-experimental study (GoWell) of a UK neighbourhood renewal programme's impact on health inequalities. Social Science & Medicine. 152. 41–49. 59 indexed citations
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