Nicholas D. Spence

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 790 citations indexed

About

Nicholas D. Spence is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas D. Spence has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 790 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Health, 15 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Nicholas D. Spence's work include Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (6 papers). Nicholas D. Spence is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (6 papers). Nicholas D. Spence collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and New Zealand. Nicholas D. Spence's co-authors include Maryam S. Farvid, Junaidah B. Barnett, Bernard Rosner, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Jerry P. White, Michelle D. Holmes, Dan Walters, Samantha Wells, Kathryn Graham and Laura Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas D. Spence

42 papers receiving 756 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

2021 266 citations Maryam S. Farvid, Elkhansa Sidahmed et al. European Journal of Epidemiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas D. Spence Canada	15	272	152	128	112	98	45	790
Ingrid Flight Australia	18	287 1.1×	160 1.1×	121 0.9×	116 1.0×	78 0.8×	48	1.4k
Osman Galal United States	18	463 1.7×	280 1.8×	54 0.4×	112 1.0×	59 0.6×	50	1.4k
Beti Thompson United States	25	259 1.0×	340 2.2×	121 0.9×	196 1.8×	149 1.5×	76	1.6k
Kathryn R. Koller United States	14	203 0.7×	189 1.2×	50 0.4×	223 2.0×	60 0.6×	57	924
Scarlett E. Hopkins United States	21	474 1.7×	379 2.5×	144 1.1×	291 2.6×	105 1.1×	70	1.3k
R. Patti Herring United States	11	563 2.1×	111 0.7×	75 0.6×	388 3.5×	61 0.6×	26	1.1k
Erin C Mullany United States	9	174 0.6×	111 0.7×	55 0.4×	145 1.3×	31 0.3×	10	643
Wenpeng You Australia	12	137 0.5×	86 0.6×	68 0.5×	60 0.5×	23 0.2×	49	588
Dena Herman United States	14	474 1.7×	539 3.5×	63 0.5×	92 0.8×	56 0.6×	27	1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas D. Spence

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Crooks, Kristy, Fatima Ahmed, Eric N. Liberda, et al.. (2025). We cannot repeat history again: a call to action to centre indigenous leadership as we prepare for the next pandemic. International Journal for Equity in Health. 24(1). 24–24.

Liberda, Eric N., Fatima Ahmed, Leonard J. S. Tsuji, et al.. (2024). Recognising the heterogeneity of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review across Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e001341–e001341. 1 indexed citations

Zuk, Aleksandra M., Fatima Ahmed, Nadia A. Charania, et al.. (2024). An Indigenous-led buprenorphine-naloxone treatment program to address opioid use in remote Northern Canada. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100190–100190. 3 indexed citations

Ahmed, Fatima, et al.. (2024). Adaptation in adversity: innovative approaches to food security amidst COVID-19 in a remote First Nations community in Canada. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3498–3498.

Spence, Nicholas D., Amanda S. Newton, Kathryn A. Ambler, et al.. (2022). Parents as Agents of Change in Managing Pediatric Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Psychoeducation Interventions. Childhood Obesity. 19(2). 71–87. 3 indexed citations

Farvid, Maryam S., et al.. (2021). Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. European Journal of Epidemiology. 36(9). 937–951. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

Spence, Nicholas D., Erica T. Warner, Maryam S. Farvid, et al.. (2021). Religious or spiritual coping, religious service attendance, and type 2 diabetes: A prospective study of women in the United States. Annals of Epidemiology. 67. 1–12. 3 indexed citations

Farvid, Maryam S., Nicholas D. Spence, Bernard Rosner, et al.. (2021). Post-diagnostic coffee and tea consumption and breast cancer survival. British Journal of Cancer. 124(11). 1873–1881. 14 indexed citations

Farvid, Maryam S., Junaidah B. Barnett, Nicholas D. Spence, Bernard Rosner, & Michelle D. Holmes. (2021). Types of carbohydrate intake and breast cancer survival. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(8). 4565–4577. 12 indexed citations

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Farvid, Maryam S., Junaidah B. Barnett, & Nicholas D. Spence. (2021). Fruit and vegetable consumption and incident breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. British Journal of Cancer. 125(2). 284–298. 44 indexed citations

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Spence, Nicholas D., Erica T. Warner, Maryam S. Farvid, et al.. (2021). The Association of Religion and Spirituality with Obesity and Weight Change in the USA: A Large-Scale Cohort Study. Journal of Religion and Health. 61(5). 4062–4080. 1 indexed citations

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Warner, Erica T., Ying Zhang, Yue Gu, et al.. (2020). Physical and sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence and leukocyte telomere length: A pooled analysis of the study on psychosocial stress, spirituality, and health. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0241363–e0241363. 7 indexed citations

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Spence, Nicholas D., Joseph A. Skelton, & Geoff D.C. Ball. (2019). A proposed standardized approach to studying attrition in pediatric weight management. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 14(1). 60–65. 8 indexed citations

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Nobles, James, Arnaldo Perez, Joseph A. Skelton, Nicholas D. Spence, & Geoff D.C. Ball. (2018). The engagement pathway: A conceptual framework of engagement-related terms in weight management. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 12(2). 133–138. 21 indexed citations

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Brown, Brandon, et al.. (2016). Why Do Some First Nations Communities Have Safe Water and Others Not? Socioeconomic Determinants of Drinking Water Risk. Global Journal of Health Science. 8(9). 99–99. 7 indexed citations

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Spence, Nicholas D.. (2015). Does Social Context Matter? Income Inequality, Racialized Identity, and Health Among Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples Using a Multilevel Approach. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 3(1). 21–34. 6 indexed citations

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Farmer, Anna, et al.. (2015). Tools and resources for preventing childhood obesity in primary care: A method of evaluation and preliminary assessment. Patient Education and Counseling. 99(5). 769–775. 5 indexed citations

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Spence, Nicholas D., et al.. (2014). An Examination of Marijuana Use Among a Vulnerable Population in Canada. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 1(4). 247–256. 11 indexed citations

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Walters, Dan, et al.. (2012). Multi-Barrier Protection of Drinking Water Systems in Ontario: A Comparison of First Nation and Non-First Nation Communities. International Indigenous Policy Journal. 3(3). 20 indexed citations

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Spence, Nicholas D., et al.. (2003). Paucity management practices in Australian non-profit human service organisations. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 2 indexed citations

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