Melody Smith

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Melody Smith is a scholar working on Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Melody Smith has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Transportation, 80 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 34 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Melody Smith's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (88 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (63 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (34 papers). Melody Smith is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (88 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (63 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (34 papers). Melody Smith collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. Melody Smith's co-authors include Hannah Badland, Grant Schofield, Karen Witten, Suzanne Mavoa, Mitch J. Duncan, Erica Hinckson, Gregory S. Kolt, Erika Ikeda, Lisa Mackay and Jamie Hosking and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Melody Smith

166 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport – an update and new findings on health equity

2017 593 citations Melody Smith, Jamie Hosking et al. profile →
Personal and work-related factors associated with nurse resilience: A systematic review

2019 290 citations Fiona Yu, Deborah Raphael et al. International Journal of Nursing Studies profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Melody Smith	2.6k	2.3k	1.2k	1.1k	881	174	5.8k
Alison Carver	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	832 0.7×	998 0.9×	492 0.6×	86	4.3k
Sonja Kahlmeier	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	859 1.0×	75	5.8k
Angie S Page	2.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.9×	599 0.6×	851 1.0×	99	6.0k
Dori E. Rosenberg	2.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.2×	2.7k 2.2×	704 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	141	7.3k
Kelli L. Cain	4.2k 1.6×	3.4k 1.5×	2.6k 2.1×	2.1k 2.0×	942 1.1×	117	8.3k
Olga L. Sarmiento	2.8k 1.1×	4.3k 1.9×	2.9k 2.4×	1.4k 1.4×	2.0k 2.3×	243	9.1k
Grant Schofield	1.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	3.0k 2.4×	919 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	210	7.8k
Delfien Van Dyck	4.5k 1.7×	3.0k 1.3×	2.6k 2.1×	2.4k 2.3×	1.0k 1.1×	186	8.2k
Harry Rutter	1.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	2.1k 2.4×	216	7.7k
Rachel Davey	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	803 0.8×	782 0.9×	168	4.8k

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Yu, Fiona, Deborah Raphael, Lisa Mackay, Melody Smith, & Ritin Fernandez. (2025). Personal and work-related factors associated with nurse resilience: An updated systematic review using meta-analysis and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 166. 105054–105054. 3 indexed citations

Marek, Lukáš, Sandra Mandic, John C. Spence, et al.. (2025). Access to Healthy Built and Natural Environments and Physical Activity and Screen Time in New Zealand Adolescents: A Geospatial Cross‐Sectional Study. GeoHealth. 9(1). e2024GH001101–e2024GH001101.

Cilliers, Elizelle Juaneé, et al.. (2024). Urban density and child health and wellbeing: A scoping review of the literature. Health & Place. 91. 103393–103393. 4 indexed citations

Bozovic, Tamara, Erica Hinckson, & Melody Smith. (2024). Pedestrian crossings: Design recommendations do not reflect users’ experiences in a car-dominated environment in Auckland, New Zealand. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 187. 104169–104169. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Melody, Alana Cavadino, Jinfeng Zhao, et al.. (2024). Socio-environmental factors associated with shifts in children's travel mode between 6 and 8 years. Journal of Transport & Health. 36. 101811–101811. 2 indexed citations

Mandic, Sandra, Enrique Garcíá Bengoechea, Kirsten J. Coppell, et al.. (2024). Travel to school patterns and perceptions of walking to school in New Zealand adolescents before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Transport & Health. 36. 101803–101803. 1 indexed citations

Hosking, Jamie, Hamish Mackie, Bert van der Werf, et al.. (2023). Effects of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets suburban street retrofit on traffic speed and volume: Controlled before-after study. Journal of Transport & Health. 30. 101601–101601. 5 indexed citations

Mandic, Sandra, Enrique Garcíá Bengoechea, Debbie Hopkins, et al.. (2023). Examining the transport to school patterns of New Zealand adolescents by home-to-school distance and settlement types. Journal of Transport & Health. 30. 101585–101585. 9 indexed citations

Smith, Melody, et al.. (2022). Junk food, sugary drinks and XL portion sizes: advertising on convenience stores near primary schools in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 18(1). 45–63. 3 indexed citations

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Wilson, Oliver W.A., Erika Ikeda, Erica Hinckson, et al.. (2022). Results from Aotearoa New Zealand's 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: A call to address inequities in health-promoting activities. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness. 21(1). 58–66. 18 indexed citations

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Coppell, Kirsten J., et al.. (2022). Adolescents’ School Travel and Unhealthy Snacking: Associations with School Transport Modes, Neighbourhood Deprivation, and Body Weight. Sustainability. 14(12). 7038–7038. 2 indexed citations

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Spencer, Grace, Melody Smith, Karen Hoare, Christa Fouché, & Jill Thompson. (2020). Health experiences of child migrants in the Western Pacific region. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 52(1). 25–37. 4 indexed citations

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Egli, Victoria, et al.. (2020). Policies to enable children’s voice for healthy neighbourhoods and communities: a systematic mapping review and case study. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 16(1). 18–44. 20 indexed citations

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Mavoa, Suzanne, et al.. (2020). The Association between Green Space and Adolescents’ Mental Well-Being: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(18). 6640–6640. 147 indexed citations

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Yu, Fiona, Alana Cavadino, Lisa Mackay, et al.. (2020). Physical activity and personal factors associated with nurse resilience in intensive care units. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(17-18). 3246–3262. 27 indexed citations

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Egli, Victoria, et al.. (2019). Disseminating research results to kids: practical tips from the Neighbourhoods for Active Kids study. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. 14(2). 257–275. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Melody, Alana Cavadino, Deborah Raphael, et al.. (2019). Children’s Transport Built Environments: A Mixed Methods Study of Associations between Perceived and Objective Measures and Relationships with Parent Licence for Independent Mobility in Auckland, New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(8). 1361–1361. 37 indexed citations

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Tautolo, El‐Shadan, et al.. (2018). Health literacy of Pacific mothers in New Zealand is associated with sociodemographic and non-communicable disease risk factors: surveys, focus groups and interviews.. Tuwhera (Auckland University of Technology). 21(2). 65–70. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Melody, S. Mark Taylor, Leon Iusitini, et al.. (2016). Accelerometer data treatment for adolescents: Fitting a piece of the puzzle. Preventive Medicine Reports. 5. 228–231. 15 indexed citations

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Schöeppe, Stephanie, Mitch J. Duncan, Hannah Badland, Melody Smith, & Matthew Browne. (2015). Associations between children׳s active travel and levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior. Journal of Transport & Health. 2(3). 336–342. 21 indexed citations

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