Miranda Pallan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Miranda Pallan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pharmacy. According to data from OpenAlex, Miranda Pallan has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 21 papers in General Health Professions and 17 papers in Pharmacy. Recurrent topics in Miranda Pallan's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (49 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (17 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (12 papers). Miranda Pallan is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (49 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (17 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (12 papers). Miranda Pallan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Australia. Miranda Pallan's co-authors include Peymané Adab, Emma Lancashire, Emma Frew, Kar Keung Cheng, Joanne Clarke, Jayne Parry, Joan L. Duda, Tania Griffin, Li Bai and Rong Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Miranda Pallan

63 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study

2025 12 citations Victoria A. Goodyear, Peymané Adab et al. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe profile →

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Elizabeth R. Pulgarón United States

Lisa Bailey‐Davis United States

Deborah Slawson United States

Lauren Prosser Australia

Brit I. Saksvig United States

Sophie N. Ravanbakht United States

Parisa Amiri Iran

Rachel Jackson‐Leach United Kingdom

H. Mollie Grow United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miranda Pallan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pallan, Miranda, J. Pete Blair, J. M. White, et al.. (2025). Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity in UK Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 23(4). 484–492.

Kipping, Ruth, Sze Lin Yoong, Rebecca Langford, et al.. (2025). Adapting the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment: A Cross-Country Case Study of Improving Early Childhood Health Environments in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Childhood Obesity. 21(3). 200–212.

Goodyear, Victoria A., Peymané Adab, Hareth Al‐Janabi, et al.. (2025). School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 51. 101211–101211. 12 indexed citations breakdown →

Michail, Maria, et al.. (2024). Safeguarding in adolescent mental health research: navigating dilemmas and developing procedures. BMJ Open. 14(2). e076700–e076700. 3 indexed citations

Pallan, Miranda, Marie Murphy, Alice Sitch, et al.. (2024). National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 123–123. 2 indexed citations

Pallan, Miranda, et al.. (2023). Supporting healthcare professionals to address child weight with parents: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. 74(743). BJGP.2023.0238–BJGP.2023.0238. 3 indexed citations

Jolly, Kate, Tania Griffin, Manbinder Sidhu, et al.. (2020). A weight management programme for fathers of children aged 4–11 years: cultural adaptation and the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK feasibility RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 1–166. 5 indexed citations

Murphy, Marie, Miranda Pallan, Emma Lancashire, et al.. (2020). The Food provision, cUlture and Environment in secondary schooLs (FUEL) study: protocol of a mixed methods evaluation of national School Food Standards implementation in secondary schools and their impact on pupils’ dietary intake and dental health. BMJ Open. 10(10). e042931–e042931. 6 indexed citations

Bai, Li, Miranda Pallan, Karla Hemming, et al.. (2019). The CHIRPY DRAGON intervention in preventing obesity in Chinese primary-school--aged children: A cluster-randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 16(11). e1002971–e1002971. 55 indexed citations

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Hurley, Kiya, Miranda Pallan, Emma Lancashire, & Peymané Adab. (2018). An exploration of the longitudinal relation between parental feeding practices and child anthropometric adiposity measures from the West Midlands Active Lifestyle and Healthy Eating in Schoolchildren (WAVES) Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 108(6). 1316–1323. 3 indexed citations

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Farley, Amanda, et al.. (2018). Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to prevent weight gain over the Christmas holiday period: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 363. k4867–k4867. 45 indexed citations

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Canaway, Alastair, et al.. (2018). How does age affect the relationship between weight and health utility during the middle years of childhood?. Quality of Life Research. 27(6). 1455–1462. 10 indexed citations

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Bai, Li, Rong Lin, Wei Liu, et al.. (2017). Differences in perceived causes of childhood obesity between migrant and local communities in China: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177505–e0177505. 4 indexed citations

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Bai, Li, Peymané Adab, Miranda Pallan, et al.. (2017). Cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an obesity prevention programme for Chinese primary school-aged children: the CHIRPY DRAGON study protocol. BMJ Open. 7(11). e018415–e018415. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Rong Lin, Weijia Liu, et al.. (2016). Relationship between weight status and health-related quality of life in Chinese primary school children in Guangzhou: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 14(1). 166–166. 13 indexed citations

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Cézard, Geneviève, Narinder Bansal, Raj Bhopal, et al.. (2016). Adiposity and response to an obesity prevention intervention in Pakistani and Bangladeshi primary school boys and girls: a secondary analysis using the BEACHeS feasibility study. BMJ Open. 6(2). e007907–e007907. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Weijia, Wei Liu, Rong Lin, et al.. (2016). Socioeconomic determinants of childhood obesity among primary school children in Guangzhou, China. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 482–482. 48 indexed citations

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Clarke, Joanne, Tania Griffin, Emma Lancashire, et al.. (2015). Parent and child perceptions of school-based obesity prevention in England: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 1224–1224. 26 indexed citations

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Abdollahi, Morteza, et al.. (2014). Perceptions of Local Parents and School Staff on Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions in Iran. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Adab, Peymané, Miranda Pallan, Janet Cade, et al.. (2014). Preventing childhood obesity, phase II feasibility study focusing on South Asians: BEACHeS. BMJ Open. 4(4). e004579–e004579. 35 indexed citations

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