Nicholas Freudenberg

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Freudenberg is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Freudenberg has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in General Health Professions, 22 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Freudenberg's work include Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (22 papers), Public Health Policies and Education (20 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (16 papers). Nicholas Freudenberg is often cited by papers focused on Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (22 papers), Public Health Policies and Education (20 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (16 papers). Nicholas Freudenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Nicholas Freudenberg's co-authors include Sandro Galea, David Vlahov, Jessica Ruglis, Jessie Daniels, Beth E. Richie, Tiffany Perkins, Juliana van Olphen, Danielle C. Ompad, Michèle J. Eliason and Marilyn J. D. Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Freudenberg

69 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Commercial determinants of health: future directions

2023 90 citations Sharon Friel, Jeff Collin et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Freudenberg United States	31	1.7k	1.0k	569	565	500	74	3.4k
Theo Lorenc United Kingdom	29	2.0k 1.2×	740 0.7×	413 0.7×	665 1.2×	292 0.6×	62	4.5k
Elizabeth M. Barbeau United States	33	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	897 1.6×	998 1.8×	226 0.5×	66	5.3k
Katherine L. Frohlich Canada	28	1.6k 0.9×	854 0.8×	308 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	226 0.5×	98	3.8k
Gavin J. Andrews Canada	39	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	688 1.2×	713 1.3×	146 0.3×	153	4.5k
A Becker United States	15	3.5k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	554 1.0×	705 1.2×	144 0.3×	31	5.3k
Jessica Allen United Kingdom	14	1.9k 1.1×	407 0.4×	832 1.5×	1.2k 2.1×	247 0.5×	28	3.7k
Piotr Wilk Canada	28	1.7k 1.0×	662 0.6×	701 1.2×	574 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	120	3.9k
Michelle C. Kegler United States	41	4.0k 2.3×	915 0.9×	688 1.2×	769 1.4×	275 0.6×	244	7.7k
Graham Moon United Kingdom	34	1.6k 1.0×	903 0.9×	299 0.5×	1.6k 2.8×	194 0.4×	130	4.5k
Shona Hilton United Kingdom	34	863 0.5×	692 0.7×	218 0.4×	623 1.1×	458 0.9×	122	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas Freudenberg

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Freudenberg

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Srebotnjak, Tanja, Christine Lin, Lawrence Grierson, et al.. (2025). Toward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here?. Milbank Quarterly. 103(2). 254–315.

Nyhan, Kate, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 19(4). e0300699–e0300699. 5 indexed citations

Nyhan, Kate, et al.. (2024). Corporate activities that influence population health: A scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology. medRxiv. 1 indexed citations

Friel, Sharon, Jeff Collin, Mike Daube, et al.. (2023). Commercial determinants of health: future directions. The Lancet. 401(10383). 1229–1240. 90 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Nan, Shu Xu, Omar El‐Shahawy, et al.. (2022). The Mediating Effect of E-Cigarette Harm Perception in the Relationship between E-Cigarette Advertising Exposure and E-Cigarette Use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(10). 6215–6215. 5 indexed citations

Franzosa, Emily, et al.. (2018). Rationale and Design of Distance-Based Training to Persuade Local Health Department Employees that Addressing Social Determinants of Health Is Their Job, Too. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 25(5). 448–453. 3 indexed citations

Smith, Katherine E., Lori Dorfman, Nicholas Freudenberg, et al.. (2016). Tobacco, Alcohol, and Processed Food Industries – Why Do Public Health Practitioners View Them So Differently?. Frontiers in Public Health. 4. 64–64. 24 indexed citations

Baum, Fran, David Sanders, M. Fisher, et al.. (2016). Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework. Globalization and Health. 12(1). 27–27. 61 indexed citations

Dinour, Lauren M., Amy Kwan, & Nicholas Freudenberg. (2016). Use of Comparative Case Study Methodology for US Public Health Policy Analysis: A Review. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 23(1). 81–89. 10 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Nicholas. (2012). The manufacture of lifestyle: The role of corporations in unhealthy living. Journal of Public Health Policy. 33(2). 244–256. 34 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Nicholas. (2012). Preventive Medicine in 2030. Preventive Medicine. 55(6). 577–578.

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Freudenberg, Nicholas, et al.. (2010). Reducing Drug Use, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk, and Recidivism Among Young Men Leaving Jail: Evaluation of the REAL MEN Re-entry Program. Journal of Adolescent Health. 47(5). 448–455. 40 indexed citations

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Ramaswamy, Megha & Nicholas Freudenberg. (2010). Sex partnerships, health, and social risks of young men leaving jail: analyzing data from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 689–689. 14 indexed citations

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Olphen, Juliana van, Michèle J. Eliason, Nicholas Freudenberg, & Marilyn J. D. Barnes. (2009). Nowhere to go: How stigma limits the options of female drug users after release from jail. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 4(1). 10–10. 188 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Nicholas, Sandro Galea, & Marianne C. Fahs. (2008). Changing Corporate Practices to Reduce Cancer Disparities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 19(1). 26–40. 6 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Nicholas, Sandro Galea, & David Vlahov. (2005). Beyond Urban Penalty and Urban Sprawl: Back to Living Conditions as the Focus of Urban Health. Journal of Community Health. 30(1). 1–11. 73 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Nicholas. (2004). Community Health Services for Returning Jail and Prison Inmates. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 10(3). 369–397. 18 indexed citations

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Vlahov, David, et al.. (2004). Cities and Health: History, Approaches, and Key Questions. Academic Medicine. 79(12). 1133–1138. 30 indexed citations

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Guttmacher, Sally, Lisa Lieberman, David M. Ward, et al.. (1995). Parents' Attitudes and Beliefs About HIV/AIDS Prevention with Condom Availability in New York City Public High Schools. Journal of School Health. 65(3). 101–106. 26 indexed citations

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Freudenberg, Nicholas. (1995). A new role for community organizations in the prevention and control of tuberculosis. Journal of Community Health. 20(1). 15–28. 7 indexed citations

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