Michael Chaiton

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Chaiton is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Chaiton has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Physiology, 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 24 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Chaiton's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (77 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers). Michael Chaiton is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (77 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (14 papers). Michael Chaiton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Michael Chaiton's co-authors include Joanna E Cohen, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Robert Schwartz, Jürgen Rehm, Susan J. Bondy, Peter Selby, Erin K. O’Loughlin, Catherine M. Sabiston, Lori Diemert and Jennifer Brunet and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Chaiton

119 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Estimating the number of quit attempts it takes to quit smoking successfully in a longitudinal cohort of smokers

2016 303 citations Michael Chaiton, Lori Diemert et al. BMJ Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Chaiton Canada	30	1.6k	644	631	459	426	126	2.8k
Dennis R. Trinidad United States	31	2.0k 1.3×	743 1.2×	715 1.1×	555 1.2×	474 1.1×	82	3.5k
Caitlin Notley United Kingdom	25	1.3k 0.8×	667 1.0×	320 0.5×	495 1.1×	411 1.0×	134	2.3k
Pallav Pokhrel United States	29	1.3k 0.8×	517 0.8×	601 1.0×	591 1.3×	283 0.7×	120	2.7k
Jimi Huh United States	27	1.1k 0.7×	818 1.3×	623 1.0×	790 1.7×	366 0.9×	107	2.4k
Jennifer Irvin Vidrine United States	31	1.4k 0.9×	483 0.8×	503 0.8×	646 1.4×	780 1.8×	89	2.7k
Susanne E. Tanski United States	37	1.9k 1.2×	752 1.2×	402 0.6×	546 1.2×	447 1.0×	74	3.3k
Stuart G. Ferguson Australia	33	1.8k 1.2×	740 1.1×	492 0.8×	1.3k 2.9×	353 0.8×	158	3.5k
Nicole L. Nollen United States	34	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.9×	504 0.8×	553 1.2×	837 2.0×	121	3.5k
Erin L. Sutfin United States	34	2.2k 1.4×	865 1.3×	445 0.7×	892 1.9×	386 0.9×	116	3.6k
Alexander V. Prokhorov United States	33	2.3k 1.5×	945 1.5×	460 0.7×	863 1.9×	790 1.9×	121	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Chaiton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Chaiton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Chaiton

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sanchez, Sherald, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular health effects of vaping e-cigarettes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart. 111(13). 599–608. 3 indexed citations

Taylor, Emily, et al.. (2024). Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Food Literacy Measure for Use With Young People in Canada. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 125(7). 1009–1023.

Felsky, Daniel, et al.. (2024). A Systematic Review of Predictors of Vaping Cessation Among Young People. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(2). 169–178. 5 indexed citations

Hill, Sarah, Michael Chaiton, & Richard Edwards. (2023). Tobacco Industry “Transformation”—The Current State of Play. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 25(12). 1807–1809. 4 indexed citations

Chaiton, Michael, Susan J. Bondy, Joanna E Cohen, et al.. (2023). Smoking, e-cigarettes and the effect on respiratory symptomsamong a population sample of youth: Retrospective cohortstudy. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 21(January). 1–9. 10 indexed citations

Cunningham, John, et al.. (2023). Effect of Postal-Mailed Nicotine Patches on Tobacco Cessation Among Smokers in Rural Canada. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2325206–e2325206.

Schwartz, Robert, et al.. (2023). Perceptions of cigarette smoking and vaping among 2SLGBTQI+young adults in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Journal of LGBT Youth. 21(3). 574–589.

Mitsakakis, Nicholas, et al.. (2023). A Machine Learning Approach Reveals Distinct Predictors of Vaping Dependence for Adolescent Daily and Non-Daily Vapers in the COVID-19 Era. Healthcare. 11(10). 1465–1465. 2 indexed citations

Fong, Geoffrey T., Janet Chung‐Hall, Gang Meng, et al.. (2022). Impact of Canada’s menthol cigarette ban on quitting among menthol smokers: pooled analysis of pre–post evaluation from the ITC Project and the Ontario Menthol Ban Study and projections of impact in the USA. Tobacco Control. 32(6). 734–738. 21 indexed citations

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Eisenhauer, Elizabeth A., Robert S. Schwartz, Rob Cunningham, et al.. (2022). Perspective on Cancer Control: Whither the Tobacco Endgame for Canada?. Current Oncology. 29(3). 2081–2090. 1 indexed citations

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Chaiton, Michael, Daniel Grace, Rui Fu, et al.. (2021). Machine Learning Applications in Mental Health and Substance Use Research Among the LGBTQ2S+ Population: Scoping Review. JMIR Medical Informatics. 9(11). e28962–e28962. 10 indexed citations

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Chaiton, Michael, et al.. (2021). Are vaporizers a lower-risk alternative to smoking cannabis?. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 113(2). 293–296. 18 indexed citations

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Fu, Rui, Nicholas Mitsakakis, Tara Elton‐Marshall, et al.. (2021). Machine learning applications in tobacco research: a scoping review. Tobacco Control. 32(1). 99–109. 32 indexed citations

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Abramovich, Alex, Nelson Pang, Carmen H. Logie, et al.. (2021). Investigating the impacts of COVID-19 among LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0257693–e0257693. 38 indexed citations

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Chaiton, Michael, Lori Diemert, Joanna E Cohen, et al.. (2016). Estimating the number of quit attempts it takes to quit smoking successfully in a longitudinal cohort of smokers. BMJ Open. 6(6). e011045–e011045. 303 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Bo, Michael Chaiton, Lori Diemert, et al.. (2016). Health professional advice, use of medications and smoking cessation: A population-based prospective cohort study. Preventive Medicine. 91. 117–122. 7 indexed citations

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Samokhvalov, Andriy V., Peter Selby, Susan J. Bondy, et al.. (2013). Smokers who seek help in specialized cessation clinics: How special are they compared to smokers in general population?. The Journal of Smoking Cessation. 9(2). 76–84. 4 indexed citations

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Sabiston, Catherine M., Erin K. O’Loughlin, Jennifer Brunet, et al.. (2012). Linking depression symptom trajectories in adolescence to physical activity and team sports participation in young adults. Preventive Medicine. 56(2). 95–98. 57 indexed citations

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Brunet, Jennifer, Catherine M. Sabiston, Michael Chaiton, et al.. (2012). The association between past and current physical activity and depressive symptoms in young adults: a 10-year prospective study. Annals of Epidemiology. 23(1). 25–30. 73 indexed citations

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Chaiton, Michael, Joanna E Cohen, & John Frank. (2008). Population Health and the Hardcore Smoker: Geoffrey Rose Revisited. Journal of Public Health Policy. 29(3). 307–318. 30 indexed citations

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