Melanie Nichols

8.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
93 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Melanie Nichols is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Nichols has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 35 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Melanie Nichols's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (49 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (15 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (15 papers). Melanie Nichols is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (49 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (15 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (15 papers). Melanie Nichols collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Melanie Nichols's co-authors include Mike Rayner, Nick Townsend, Peter Scarborough, Prachi Bhatnagar, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Steven Allender, Boyd Swinburn, Lynne Millar, Laura Alston and Paul Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Nichols

90 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Cardiovascular disease in Europe: epidemiological update 2016

2016 1.1k citations Nick Townsend, Prachi Bhatnagar et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Cardiovascular disease in Europe: epidemiological update

2013 1.1k citations Melanie Nichols, Nick Townsend et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Cardiovascular disease in Europe 2014: epidemiological update

2014 890 citations Melanie Nichols, Nick Townsend et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Quantifying the Association Between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

2016 467 citations Melanie Nichols, Mike Rayner et al. profile →
Cardiovascular disease in Europe — epidemiological update 2015

2015 416 citations Nick Townsend, Melanie Nichols et al. European Heart Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Nichols Australia	30	2.2k	1.7k	1.1k	937	730	93	6.4k
Nick Townsend United Kingdom	36	3.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	868 1.2×	111	8.9k
Olga Khavjou United States	24	3.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	972 0.8×	995 1.1×	873 1.2×	65	8.0k
Maurizio Ferrario Italy	40	2.3k 1.0×	938 0.6×	886 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	453 0.6×	270	6.5k
Dawei Xie United States	48	1.8k 0.8×	762 0.5×	844 0.7×	943 1.0×	499 0.7×	210	8.1k
Andrew E. Moran United States	39	3.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	726 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	498 0.7×	206	7.0k
Justin G. Trogdon United States	31	3.4k 1.5×	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.3k 1.8×	145	11.2k
Chi Pang Wen Taiwan	37	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	686 0.6×	773 0.8×	1.6k 2.2×	132	8.2k
Thomas A. Gaziano United States	50	2.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	854 0.9×	510 0.7×	160	8.3k
Mark D. Huffman United States	42	3.3k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	618 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	461 0.6×	250	7.8k
Tiffany M. Powell‐Wiley United States	37	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	663 0.6×	626 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	146	6.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Kibret, Kelemu Tilahun, Claudia Strugnell, Kathryn Backholer, et al.. (2024). Life‐course trajectories of body mass index and cardiovascular disease risks and health outcomes in adulthood: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 25(4). e13695–e13695. 8 indexed citations

Allender, Steven, Cadeyrn J. Gaskin, Denise Becker, et al.. (2024). Three-year behavioural, health-related quality of life, and body mass index outcomes from the RESPOND randomized trial. Public Health. 237. 344–353. 3 indexed citations

Nichols, Melanie, Marj Moodie, Boyd Swinburn, et al.. (2024). Are climate-change actions present in community-based obesity prevention interventions? Development and application of the DoublE-duty actions in CommunIty-baSed obesity InterVEntions (DECISIVE) framework. Journal of Public Health. 33(10). 2093–2104. 1 indexed citations

Nichols, Melanie, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Broader Benefits of Obesity Prevention Community-based Interventions From the Perspective of Multiple Stakeholders. Health Care Analysis. 33(2). 151–172. 1 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

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

Nichols, Melanie, et al.. (2023). High but decreasing prevalence of overweight in preschool children: encouragement for further action. BMJ. 383. e075736–e075736. 1 indexed citations

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

Whelan, Jillian, Joshua Hayward, Melanie Nichols, et al.. (2022). Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevention Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (RESPOND): protocol and baseline outcomes for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised prevention trial. BMJ Open. 12(9). e057187–e057187. 18 indexed citations

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Becker, Denise, Cadeyrn J. Gaskin, Melanie Nichols, et al.. (2022). Relationship between “Blue Space” Proximity and Children's Weight Status, Health Behaviors, and Health-Related Quality of Life among a Sample of Regional Victorian Primary School Children. Childhood Obesity. 18(7). 494–506. 5 indexed citations

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Brown, Andrew, Jillian Whelan, Kristy A. Bolton, et al.. (2021). A Theory of Change for Community-Based Systems Interventions to Prevent Obesity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 62(5). 786–794. 20 indexed citations

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Whelan, Jillian, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, et al.. (2020). Protocol for the measurement of changes in knowledge and engagement in the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial for childhood obesity prevention in Australia: (Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (RESPOND)). Trials. 21(1). 763–763. 10 indexed citations

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Townsend, Nick, et al.. (2019). Cardiovascular disease in Europe: epidemiological update 2016 (vol 37, pg 3232, 2017). European Heart Journal. 40. 189–189. 18 indexed citations

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Hoare, Erin, Lynne Millar, Matthew Fuller‐Tyszkiewicz, et al.. (2016). Depressive symptomatology, weight status and obesogenic risk among Australian adolescents: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(3). e010072–e010072. 30 indexed citations

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Luo, Wei, Thin Nguyen, Melanie Nichols, et al.. (2015). Is Demography Destiny? Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Accurately Predict Population Health Outcomes from a Minimal Demographic Dataset. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125602–e0125602. 20 indexed citations

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Millar, Lynne, et al.. (2015). The stability of weight status through the early to middle childhood years in Australia: a longitudinal study. BMJ Open. 5(4). e006963–e006963. 44 indexed citations

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Nichols, Melanie, Nick Townsend, Peter Scarborough, & Mike Rayner. (2013). Cardiovascular disease in Europe: epidemiological update. European Heart Journal. 34(39). 3028–3034. 1087 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wate, Jillian, Wendy Snowdon, Lynne Millar, et al.. (2013). Adolescent dietary patterns in Fiji and their relationships with standardized body mass index. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 10(1). 45–45. 42 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea de, Colin Bell, Peter Kremer, et al.. (2012). Process and Impact Evaluation of the Romp & Chomp Obesity Prevention Intervention in Early Childhood Settings: Lessons Learned from Implementation in Preschools and Long Day Care Settings. Childhood Obesity. 8(3). 205–215. 20 indexed citations

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Silva, Andrea de, Colin Bell, Peter Kremer, et al.. (2010). Reducing obesity in early childhood: results from Romp & Chomp, an Australian community-wide intervention program. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91(4). 831–840. 236 indexed citations

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