Norah M. Nelson

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 830 citations indexed

About

Norah M. Nelson is a scholar working on Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Norah M. Nelson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 830 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Transportation, 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Norah M. Nelson's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (14 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (5 papers). Norah M. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (14 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (5 papers). Norah M. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Norah M. Nelson's co-authors include Catherine Woods, Niall M. Moyna, Donal J. O’Gorman, David A. Rowe, David McMinn, Nanette Mutrie, Mark A. Elliott, Catherine Millington, Catharine Ward Thompson and Claire Fitzsimons and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Norah M. Nelson

18 papers receiving 795 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.

Active commuting to school: how far is too far?

2008 461 citations Norah M. Nelson, Donal J. O’Gorman et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norah M. Nelson United Kingdom	10	445	412	156	147	98	18	830
Caroline Fusco Canada	17	616 1.4×	460 1.1×	186 1.2×	161 1.1×	120 1.2×	35	1.3k
Manuel Herrador‐Colmenero Spain	18	532 1.2×	453 1.1×	174 1.1×	182 1.2×	67 0.7×	61	977
Richard Prins Netherlands	20	573 1.3×	314 0.8×	114 0.7×	253 1.7×	217 2.2×	32	1.0k
Bonny Yee-Man Wong Hong Kong	17	296 0.7×	257 0.6×	119 0.8×	108 0.7×	57 0.6×	30	749
Pippa Griew United Kingdom	11	542 1.2×	583 1.4×	90 0.6×	382 2.6×	222 2.3×	11	1.2k
Emilio Villa‐González Spain	21	499 1.1×	638 1.5×	155 1.0×	357 2.4×	55 0.6×	77	1.2k
Michael A. Pratt United States	5	473 1.1×	471 1.1×	80 0.5×	375 2.6×	200 2.0×	8	987
Jessa K. Engelberg United States	9	264 0.6×	207 0.5×	104 0.7×	154 1.0×	154 1.6×	12	608
Sandy J. Slater United States	15	334 0.8×	428 1.0×	72 0.5×	360 2.4×	322 3.3×	30	1.1k
Femke De Meester Belgium	16	715 1.6×	583 1.4×	143 0.9×	439 3.0×	248 2.5×	19	1.2k

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18 of 18 papers shown

McMinn, David, David A. Rowe, Norah M. Nelson, et al.. (2014). Psychosocial factors related to children’s active school travel: A comparison of two European regions. International journal of exercise science. 7(1). 75–86. 4 indexed citations

Woods, Catherine & Norah M. Nelson. (2014). An evaluation of distance estimation accuracy and its relationship to transport mode for the home-to-school journey by adolescents. Journal of Transport & Health. 1(4). 274–278. 10 indexed citations

Dewhurst, Susan, et al.. (2013). Scottish Country Dance: Benefits to Functional Ability in Older Women. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 22(1). 146–153. 17 indexed citations

Rowe, David A., et al.. (2012). Predicting active school travel: The role of planned behavior and habit strength. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 9(1). 65–65. 69 indexed citations

McMinn, David, et al.. (2012). The effect of a school-based active commuting intervention on children's commuting physical activity and daily physical activity. Preventive Medicine. 54(5). 316–318. 30 indexed citations

McMinn, David, et al.. (2011). The Strathclyde Evaluation of Children's Active Travel (SE-CAT): study rationale and methods. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 958–958. 9 indexed citations

Rowe, David A., et al.. (2011). Active Travel in School Children: Role of Habit Strength in the Theory of Planned Behavior. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 43(5). 330–330. 1 indexed citations

McMinn, David, et al.. (2010). Perceived Barriers To Walking To School Among Parents Of 8-9 Year Old Children. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 42(5). 520–520. 1 indexed citations

Nelson, Norah M. & Catherine Woods. (2010). Neighborhood Perceptions and Active Commuting to School Among Adolescent Boys and Girls. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 7(2). 257–266. 47 indexed citations

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Rowe, David A., et al.. (2010). Reliability And Validity For Measures Of Children's Self-Efficacy For Walking To School. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 42(5). 522–523. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Norah M. & Catherine Woods. (2009). Obesogenic environments: Are neighbourhood environments that limit physical activity obesogenic?. Health & Place. 15(4). 917–924. 38 indexed citations

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Woods, Catherine, et al.. (2009). The Take PART Study (Physical Activity Research for Teenagers): Rationale and Methods. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 6(2). 170–177. 17 indexed citations

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Millington, Catherine, Catharine Ward Thompson, David A. Rowe, et al.. (2008). Development of the Scottish Walkability Assessment Tool (SWAT). Health & Place. 15(2). 474–481. 88 indexed citations

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Nelson, Norah M., Annemarie Wright, Ruth Lowry, & Nanette Mutrie. (2008). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Norah M., Annemarie Wright, Ruth Lowry, & Nanette Mutrie. (2008). Article Commentary: Where is the Theoretical Basis for Understanding and Measuring the Environment for Physical Activity?. Environmental Health Insights. 2. EHI.S1048–EHI.S1048. 30 indexed citations

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Nelson, Norah M., et al.. (2008). Active commuting to school: how far is too far?. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 5(1). 1–1. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nelson, Norah M. & Catherine Woods. (2007). Engineering children's physical activity: making active choices easy. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer. 160(2). 103–109. 5 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Kevin D., Donal J. O’Gorman, Sarah Hughes, et al.. (2006). Inflammatory Markers and Adhesion Molecules Correlate with BMI and Aerobic Fitness Levels in Irish Adolescents. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38(Supplement). S418–S418. 1 indexed citations

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