Melissa Fuster

858 total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 577 citations indexed

About

Melissa Fuster is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Fuster has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 577 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 22 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Melissa Fuster's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (17 papers) and Culinary Culture and Tourism (11 papers). Melissa Fuster is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (17 papers) and Culinary Culture and Tourism (11 papers). Melissa Fuster collaborates with scholars based in United States, El Salvador and Chile. Melissa Fuster's co-authors include Thomas W. Concannon, Kamal Patel, John B. Wong, Joseph Lau, Laurel K. Leslie, Tully Saunders, Terry T.‐K. Huang, Sandra E. Echeverría, Kevin D. Welch and Katarzyna Wyka and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, Nutrients and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Fuster

37 papers receiving 555 citations

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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.

A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

2014 330 citations Thomas W. Concannon, Melissa Fuster et al. Journal of General Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Fuster United States	10	319	197	68	62	54	52	577
Lisa Petermann Canada	8	505 1.6×	246 1.2×	71 1.0×	42 0.7×	51 0.9×	13	833
Laura Alston Australia	17	307 1.0×	315 1.6×	62 0.9×	53 0.9×	28 0.5×	81	753
Elizabeth Manafò Canada	12	653 2.0×	253 1.3×	69 1.0×	54 0.9×	69 1.3×	19	963
Maria Aline Siqueira Santos Brazil	14	281 0.9×	238 1.2×	27 0.4×	82 1.3×	83 1.5×	17	589
Peter von Philipsborn Germany	11	161 0.5×	291 1.5×	52 0.8×	63 1.0×	29 0.5×	48	591
Larissa Calancie United States	13	457 1.4×	164 0.8×	43 0.6×	28 0.5×	35 0.6×	41	710
Denise D. Payán United States	16	329 1.0×	194 1.0×	35 0.5×	40 0.6×	63 1.2×	45	587
Carolina Pérez‐Ferrer Mexico	13	203 0.6×	268 1.4×	51 0.8×	112 1.8×	24 0.4×	60	649
Ana Paula Belon Canada	12	227 0.7×	166 0.8×	36 0.5×	32 0.5×	74 1.4×	36	583
Yong Kang Cheah Malaysia	12	131 0.4×	259 1.3×	47 0.7×	36 0.6×	45 0.8×	101	640

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Fuster

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2025). Factors Associated with High Sugary Beverage Intake Among Children in Louisiana: A Survey of Caregivers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Nutrients. 17(5). 799–799. 1 indexed citations

Hofmann, Lawrence V., et al.. (2025). Assessment of Restaurant Beverage Offerings on Children’s Menus in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. AJPM Focus. 4(5). 100382–100382.

Leider, Julien, et al.. (2025). Changes in chain restaurant kids' meal beverage offerings on online ordering platforms after a healthy beverage default policy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Preventive Medicine Reports. 53. 103067–103067.

Gartner, Danielle R., et al.. (2025). Food Security Dimensions in US Disaster Plans: A Comparative Analysis of States and Territories. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 19. e107–e107.

Burt, Kate Gardner, Melissa Fuster, Sara C. Folta, et al.. (2024). The Dietetics Profession Privilege Scale: Development, Psychometric Testing, and Application Among a Diverse Cohort of Dietetics Professionals. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 125(3). 366–385.

Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2024). Bridging Implementation Science and Human-Centered Design: Developing Tailored Interventions for Healthier Eating in Restaurants. PubMed. 4(4). 446–458.

Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2023). Examining capabilities, opportunities, and motivations for healthy eating behaviors in Latin American restaurants: a quantitative application of the COM-B model to inform future interventions. BMC Nutrition. 9(1). 57–57. 5 indexed citations

Fuster, Melissa, Margaret A. Handley, Donald Rose, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the outcomes and implementation determinants of interventions co-developed using human-centered design to promote healthy eating in restaurants: an application of the consolidated framework for implementation research. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1150790–1150790. 2 indexed citations

Fuster, Melissa. (2023). Furthering nutrition equity through innovative and empathetic collaborations with the restaurant sector: Examples from Latin American restaurants. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1058859–1058859.

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Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2023). Time-Trends in Food Insecurity Among US-Born and Foreign-Born Hispanic Adults by Language Use: An Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data, 1999-2018. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 124(5). 583–593.e1. 1 indexed citations

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Singleton, Chelsea R., M. Pia Chaparro, K. O’Malley, Melissa Fuster, & Donald Rose. (2022). Emergency food distribution efforts in New Orleans, LA after Hurricane Ida. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 968552–968552. 5 indexed citations

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Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2022). Promoting healthy eating in Latin American restaurants: a qualitative survey of views held by owners and staff. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 843–843. 7 indexed citations

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Fuster, Melissa. (2021). Caribeños at the Table. University of North Carolina Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Terry T.‐K., Sandra E. Echeverría, Katarzyna Wyka, et al.. (2021). Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study. Journal of Nutritional Science. 10. e80–e80. 5 indexed citations

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Fuster, Melissa, Sandra E. Echeverría, Katarzyna Wyka, et al.. (2019). Black Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean Have Similar Rates of Diabetes but Africans Are Less Obese: the New York City Community Health Survey 2009–2013. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 6(3). 635–645. 16 indexed citations

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Wyka, Katarzyna, et al.. (2018). Foreign-Born Blacks Experience Lower Odds of Obesity but Higher Odds of Diabetes than US-Born Blacks in New York City. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 21(1). 47–55. 18 indexed citations

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Fuster, Melissa. (2015). Comparative analysis of dietary guidelines in the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean. Public Health Nutrition. 19(4). 607–615. 12 indexed citations

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Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2014). ¿Se considera la alimentación saludable parte de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional?: perspectivas desde comunidades pobres de El Salvador. Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana. 16(1). 11–24. 2 indexed citations

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Concannon, Thomas W., Melissa Fuster, Tully Saunders, et al.. (2014). A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 29(12). 1692–1701. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fuster, Melissa, et al.. (2013). Perceived Access and Actual Intake of Healthy Diets Among Households in Vulnerable Salvadoran Communities. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 45(6). 713–717. 4 indexed citations

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