Rachel E. Laxer

847 total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 612 citations indexed

About

Rachel E. Laxer is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel E. Laxer has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 612 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rachel E. Laxer's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers), Health and Lifestyle Studies (6 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (5 papers). Rachel E. Laxer is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers), Health and Lifestyle Studies (6 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (5 papers). Rachel E. Laxer collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Rachel E. Laxer's co-authors include Scott T. Leatherdale, Ian Janssen, Joel A. Dubin, Guy Faulkner, Wei Qian, Karen A. Patte, Valerie Carson, Ruth A. Childs, Catherine M. Sabiston and Susan J. Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Rachel E. Laxer

26 papers receiving 599 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.

The COMPASS study: a longitudinal hierarchical research platform for evaluating natural experiments related to changes in school-level programs, policies and built environment resources

2014 236 citations Scott T. Leatherdale, Karen Brown et al. BMC Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel E. Laxer Canada	11	330	151	150	150	67	27	612
Nanette V. Lopez United States	15	355 1.1×	173 1.1×	129 0.9×	103 0.7×	57 0.9×	49	598
Anna Dzielska Poland	12	264 0.8×	192 1.3×	124 0.8×	100 0.7×	68 1.0×	48	568
Karly S. Geller United States	14	405 1.2×	93 0.6×	214 1.4×	228 1.5×	130 1.9×	31	736
Tandalayo Kidd United States	12	385 1.2×	145 1.0×	267 1.8×	101 0.7×	78 1.2×	65	669
Nataša Jan Belgium	17	740 2.2×	192 1.3×	256 1.7×	210 1.4×	96 1.4×	19	885
Mira Grieser United States	11	368 1.1×	60 0.4×	227 1.5×	222 1.5×	71 1.1×	16	748
Laurene Rehman Canada	16	362 1.1×	161 1.1×	154 1.0×	166 1.1×	43 0.6×	39	836
Frøydis Nordgård Vik Norway	19	728 2.2×	216 1.4×	256 1.7×	186 1.2×	86 1.3×	58	998
Leslie J. Sim	7	515 1.6×	139 0.9×	310 2.1×	113 0.8×	57 0.9×	22	755
R. Todd Bartee United States	13	541 1.6×	150 1.0×	356 2.4×	268 1.8×	78 1.2×	30	841

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Mitchell, Jessica, Markus J. Duncan, Jean‐Philippe Chaput, et al.. (2024). Inequities in sleep duration and quality among adolescents in Canada. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2644–2644. 2 indexed citations

Patte, Karen A., et al.. (2024). Inequities in dietary intake and eating behaviours among adolescents in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 115(3). 507–520. 2 indexed citations

Brown, Kevin A., Ana Cecilia Ulloa, Sarah A. Buchan, et al.. (2024). Association Between Use of a Voluntary Isolation Center and Reduced Household SARS-CoV-2 Transmission: A Matched Cohort Study From Toronto, Canada. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 80(1). 74–81.

Duncan, Markus J., Negin A. Riazi, Leigh M. Vanderloo, et al.. (2023). Physical activity and recreational screen time change among adolescents in Canada: Examining the impact of COVID-19 in worsening inequity. Preventive Medicine. 175. 107676–107676. 5 indexed citations

Pang, Michelle, Madelyn Law, Fiona Guerra, et al.. (2022). Rising through the pandemic: a scoping review of quality improvement in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 248–248. 7 indexed citations

Romano, Isabella, et al.. (2021). Bi-directional relationships between physical activity and mental health among a large sample of Canadian youth: a sex-stratified analysis of students in the COMPASS study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 18(1). 132–132. 21 indexed citations

Vine, Michelle M., et al.. (2021). Exploring Factors Contributing to the Implementation of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge: Surveys and Key Stakeholder Interviews with Program Providers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(21). 11108–11108. 2 indexed citations

Cole, Adam G., Rachel E. Laxer, Karen A. Patte, & Scott T. Leatherdale. (2021). Can We Reverse this Trend? Exploring Health and Risk Behaviours of Grade 12 Cohorts of Ontario Students from 2013–2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6). 3109–3109. 7 indexed citations

Vine, Michelle M., Scott T. Leatherdale, & Rachel E. Laxer. (2020). Priority setting for school nutrition research: developing a collaborative research agenda. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 111(6). 1020–1023. 4 indexed citations

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Vine, Michelle M., et al.. (2019). An early implementation assessment of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge: results from a survey of key stakeholders. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 1568–1568. 3 indexed citations

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Katapally, Tarun Reddy, et al.. (2018). Association entre le sentiment d’appartenance à l’école,la participation à l’intimidation et divers comportementsassociés au temps passé devant un écran chez les jeunesdans deux provinces canadiennes : une étude COMPASS. 38(10). 416–428. 2 indexed citations

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Laxer, Rachel E., Martin Cooke, Joel A. Dubin, et al.. (2018). Behavioural patterns only predict concurrent BMI status and not BMI trajectories in a sample of youth in Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190405–e0190405. 7 indexed citations

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Laxer, Rachel E., Ross C. Brownson, Joel A. Dubin, et al.. (2017). Clustering of risk-related modifiable behaviours and their association with overweight and obesity among a large sample of youth in the COMPASS study. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 102–102. 48 indexed citations

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Katapally, Tarun Reddy, Rachel E. Laxer, Wei Qian, & Scott T. Leatherdale. (2017). Do school physical activity policies and programs have a role in decreasing multiple screen time behaviours among youth?. Preventive Medicine. 110. 106–113. 13 indexed citations

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Patte, Karen A., Rachel E. Laxer, Wei Qian, & Scott T. Leatherdale. (2016). Weight Perception and Weight-control Intention among Youth in the COMPASS Study. American Journal of Health Behavior. 40(5). 614–623. 10 indexed citations

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Patte, Karen A., Rachel E. Laxer, Wei Qian, & Scott T. Leatherdale. (2016). An analysis of weight perception and physical activity and dietary behaviours among youth in the COMPASS study. SSM - Population Health. 2. 841–849. 37 indexed citations

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Cole, Adam G., Rachel E. Laxer, & Scott T. Leatherdale. (2015). Social Consequences of Overweight and Obesity among Ontario High School Students. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 39. S67–S67. 1 indexed citations

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Leatherdale, Scott T., Karen Brown, Valerie Carson, et al.. (2014). The COMPASS study: a longitudinal hierarchical research platform for evaluating natural experiments related to changes in school-level programs, policies and built environment resources. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 331–331. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leatherdale, Scott T. & Rachel E. Laxer. (2013). Reliability and validity of the weight status and dietary intake measures in the COMPASS questionnaire: are the self-reported measures of body mass index (BMI) and Canada’s food guide servings robust?. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 10(1). 42–42. 65 indexed citations

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Laxer, Rachel E. & Ian Janssen. (2013). The proportion of excessive fast-food consumption attributable to the neighbourhood food environment among youth living within 1 km of their school. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 39(4). 480–486. 38 indexed citations

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