Phillippa Lally

7.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
64 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Phillippa Lally is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Oncology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Phillippa Lally has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Applied Psychology, 21 papers in Oncology and 19 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Phillippa Lally's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (27 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (19 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (14 papers). Phillippa Lally is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (27 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (19 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (14 papers). Phillippa Lally collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Netherlands. Phillippa Lally's co-authors include Benjamin Gardner, Jane Wardle, Gert‐Jan de Bruijn, Henry Potts, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, Charles Abraham, Amanda L. Rebar, Jennifer S. Labrecque, Wendy Wood and David T. Neal and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer, Scientific Reports and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Phillippa Lally

60 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the r... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2012 2011 2012 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world
    2009 1.2k citations Phillippa Lally, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld et al. profile →
  2. Towards parsimony in habit measurement: Testing the convergent and predictive validity of an automaticity subscale of the Self-Report Habit Index
    2012 599 citations Benjamin Gardner, Phillippa Lally et al. profile →
  3. Promoting habit formation
    2011 543 citations Phillippa Lally, Benjamin Gardner profile →
  4. Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’ and general practice
    2012 333 citations Benjamin Gardner, Phillippa Lally et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Phillippa Lally United Kingdom 23 2.3k 1.0k 867 826 771 64 4.6k
Kyra Hamilton Australia 42 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 958 1.1× 569 0.7× 919 1.2× 251 5.4k
Gert‐Jan de Bruijn Netherlands 37 2.7k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 1.0k 1.3× 867 1.1× 98 5.3k
Andrew Prestwich United Kingdom 33 2.1k 0.9× 910 0.9× 961 1.1× 708 0.9× 779 1.0× 78 4.7k
Barbara Mullan Australia 48 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.6× 1.3k 1.4× 543 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 256 7.8k
Britta Renner Germany 37 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 482 0.6× 814 1.1× 173 5.1k
Benjamin Schüz Germany 40 1.9k 0.8× 942 0.9× 736 0.8× 755 0.9× 644 0.8× 141 5.2k
Emely de Vet Netherlands 34 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 326 0.4× 553 0.7× 141 3.7k
Gerjo Kok Netherlands 27 1.9k 0.8× 876 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 722 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 71 6.7k
Gjalt-Jorn Peters Netherlands 25 1.2k 0.5× 604 0.6× 445 0.5× 285 0.3× 689 0.9× 82 4.0k
Sonia Lippke Germany 45 3.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 1.8k 2.2× 739 1.0× 257 7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Gardner, Benjamin, Amanda L. Rebar, Sanne de Wit, & Phillippa Lally. (2024). What is habit and how can it be used to change real‐world behaviour? Narrowing the theory‐reality gap. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 18(6). 22 indexed citations
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Jaiswal, Nishant, Olívia Wu, Arlene M. McGarty, et al.. (2024). Supporting active engagement of adults with intellectual disabilities in lifestyle modification interventions: a realist evidence synthesis of what works, for whom, in what context and why. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 68(4). 293–316. 2 indexed citations
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Gardner, Benjamin, Phillippa Lally, & Amanda L. Rebar. (2024). Can—and should—automaticity be self‐reported using a single item? A secondary analysis of 16 datasets. Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being. 16(4). 2438–2457. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Susan, Abi Fisher, Phillippa Lally, et al.. (2024). Perceiving a need for dietary change in adults living with and beyond cancer: A cross‐sectional study. Cancer Medicine. 13(4). e7073–e7073. 1 indexed citations
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Fisher, Abigail, et al.. (2024). Depressive Symptoms, Socioeconomic Position, and Mortality in Older People Living With and Beyond Cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine. 86(6). 523–530. 2 indexed citations
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Potthoff, Sebastian, Dominika Kwaśnicka, Leah Avery, et al.. (2022). Changing healthcare professionals' non-reflective processes to improve the quality of care. Social Science & Medicine. 298. 114840–114840. 22 indexed citations
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Gardner, Benjamin, Bas Verplanken, Phillippa Lally, et al.. (2022). Identifying as someone who avoids virus transmission strengthens physical distancing habit‐behaviour relationships: A longitudinal multi‐national study during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being. 14(4). 1464–1482. 5 indexed citations
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Gardner, Benjamin, Amanda L. Rebar, & Phillippa Lally. (2022). How does habit form? Guidelines for tracking real-world habit formation. Cogent Psychology. 9(1). 37 indexed citations
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Fildes, Alison, Phillippa Lally, Michelle Morris, Alexandra F. Dalton, & Helen Croker. (2022). Impact on purchasing behaviour of implementing ‘junk free checkouts’: A pre‐post study. Nutrition Bulletin. 47(3). 333–345. 4 indexed citations
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Rebar, Amanda L., Phillippa Lally, Bas Verplanken, et al.. (2022). Changes in virus-transmission habits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national, repeated measures study. Psychology and Health. 37(12). 1626–1645. 6 indexed citations
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Gardner, Benjamin, Madelynne A Arden, Daniel J. Brown, et al.. (2021). Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research. Psychology and Health. 38(4). 518–540. 59 indexed citations
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Gardner, Benjamin, Rebecca Richards, Phillippa Lally, et al.. (2021). Breaking habits or breaking habitual behaviours? Old habits as a neglected factor in weight loss maintenance. Appetite. 162. 105183–105183. 40 indexed citations
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Germeni, Evi, Arlene M. McGarty, Louisa Ells, et al.. (2021). Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 251–251. 3 indexed citations
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Grimmett, Chloe, Claire Foster, Katherine Bradbury, et al.. (2020). Exploring maintenance of physical activity behaviour change among people living with and beyond gastrointestinal cancer: a cross-sectional qualitative study and typology. BMJ Open. 10(10). e037136–e037136. 12 indexed citations
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Lally, Phillippa, et al.. (2012). Does intrinsic motivation strengthen physical activity habit? An exploratory study of self-determination and habit strength. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Gardner, Benjamin & Phillippa Lally. (2012). Does intrinsic motivation strengthen physical activity habit? Modeling relationships between self-determination, past behaviour, and habit strength. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 36(5). 488–497. 124 indexed citations
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Lally, Phillippa, Lucy Cooke, Laura McGowan, et al.. (2012). Parents’ misperceptions of social norms for pre-school children's snacking behaviour. Public Health Nutrition. 15(9). 1678–1682. 14 indexed citations
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Lally, Phillippa, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, Heidi Potts, & Jon Wardle. (2008). Can we model the habit formation process?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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