Robert Merritt

10.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
96 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Merritt is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Merritt has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 26 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 22 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Robert Merritt's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (25 papers), Sodium Intake and Health (24 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (16 papers). Robert Merritt is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (25 papers), Sodium Intake and Health (24 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (16 papers). Robert Merritt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Uganda. Robert Merritt's co-authors include Quanhe Yang, Zefeng Zhang, Won Seok Choi, John P. Pierce, W. Dana Flanders, A. J. Farkas, Frank B. Hu, E A Gilpin, Corinne G. Husten and Cathleen Gillespie and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert Merritt

96 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Validation of susceptibility as a predictor of which adolescents take up smoking in the United States.

1996 893 citations John P. Pierce, Won Seok Choi et al. Health Psychology profile →
Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults

2014 667 citations Quanhe Yang, Zefeng Zhang et al. profile →
Trends in Cardiovascular Health Metrics and Associations With All-Cause and CVD Mortality Among US Adults

2012 608 citations Quanhe Yang, Mary E. Cogswell et al. profile →
Cigarette Smoking Among Adults, United States

2006 581 citations Robert Merritt et al. profile →
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance --- Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), United States, October 1, 2005--December 31, 2010.

2011 554 citations Bryan McNally, Robert Merritt et al. PubMed profile →
Depressive Symptoms and Mortality Among US Adults

2023 74 citations Zefeng Zhang, Sandra L. Jackson et al. JAMA Network Open profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Merritt United States	32	2.9k	2.6k	1.2k	1.2k	755	96	8.0k
Paul G. McGovern United States	52	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	2.6k 2.2×	1.9k 1.6×	568 0.8×	121	10.2k
Stephen Sidney United States	72	2.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.3×	4.0k 3.4×	1.6k 1.4×	285 0.4×	268	16.5k
Susan Z. Yanovski United States	52	3.1k 1.1×	6.0k 2.3×	1.6k 1.3×	734 0.6×	535 0.7×	132	15.6k
Barbara A. Bowman United States	34	2.3k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	216 0.3×	81	11.1k
Walter H. Ettinger United States	46	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	188 0.2×	84	10.2k
Daniel Mackay United Kingdom	53	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	146 0.2×	241	9.9k
David M. Homa United States	33	7.7k 2.7×	2.6k 1.0×	586 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	54	12.6k
Alison Avenell United Kingdom	60	4.1k 1.4×	2.6k 1.0×	669 0.6×	762 0.7×	565 0.7×	177	12.7k
Scott A. Lear Canada	44	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	201 0.3×	194	8.3k
Arun S. Karlamangla United States	60	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	846 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	255 0.3×	172	11.6k

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Jackson, Sandra L., et al.. (2024). Associations Between Health‐Related Social Needs and Cardiovascular Health Among US Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(23). e035863–e035863. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Quanhe, Wen Zhou, Xin Tong, Zefeng Zhang, & Robert Merritt. (2024). Predicted Heart Age and Life's Essential 8 Among U.S. Adults: NHANES 2015–March 2020. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 68(1). 98–106. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zefeng, Sandra L. Jackson, Cathleen Gillespie, Robert Merritt, & Quanhe Yang. (2023). Depressive Symptoms and Mortality Among US Adults. JAMA Network Open. 6(10). e2337011–e2337011. 74 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Quanhe, Xin Tong, Linda Schieb, Fátima Coronado, & Robert Merritt. (2023). Stroke Mortality Among Black and White Adults Aged ≥35 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2015–2021. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 72(16). 431–436. 16 indexed citations

Kraus, Emily M., Elin Begley, Robert Merritt, et al.. (2023). Fostering Governance and Information Partnerships for Chronic Disease Surveillance: The Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 30(2). 244–254. 4 indexed citations

Chan, Paul S., Robert Merritt, Anping Chang, et al.. (2022). Race and ethnicity data in the cardiac arrest registry to enhance survival: Insights from medicare self-reported data. Resuscitation. 180. 64–67. 10 indexed citations

Maalouf, Joyce, Mary E. Cogswell, Marlana Bates, et al.. (2017). Sodium, sugar, and fat content of complementary infant and toddler foods sold in the United States, 2015. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 105(6). 1443–1452. 50 indexed citations

Yang, Quanhe, Yuna Zhong, Cathleen Gillespie, et al.. (2017). Assessing potential population impact of statin treatment for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases in the USA: population-based modelling study. BMJ Open. 7(1). e011684–e011684. 20 indexed citations

Yang, Quanhe, Zefeng Zhang, Fleetwood Loustalot, et al.. (2017). Plasma trans-Fatty Acid Concentrations Continue to Be Associated with Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations among US Adults after Reductions in trans-Fatty Acid Intake. Journal of Nutrition. 147(5). 896–907. 22 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Leslie A., Stephen Bertke, Misty J. Hein, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health by Occupation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Among U.S. Workers Aged ≥45 Years. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 53(2). 152–161. 25 indexed citations

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Terry, Ana L, Mary E. Cogswell, Chia‐Yih Wang, et al.. (2016). Feasibility of collecting 24-h urine to monitor sodium intake in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104(2). 480–488. 17 indexed citations

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Maalouf, Joyce, Mary E. Cogswell, Keming Yuan, et al.. (2015). Top sources of dietary sodium from birth to age 24 mo, United States, 2003–2010. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 101(5). 1021–1028. 18 indexed citations

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Ahuja, Jaspreet K.C., Pamela Pehrsson, David B. Haytowitz, et al.. (2015). Sodium monitoring in commercially processed and restaurant foods. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 101(3). 622–631. 30 indexed citations

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Gunn, Julian, Barbara A. Bowman, Robert Merritt, et al.. (2013). Sodium Reduction Is a Public Health Priority: Reflections on the Institute of Medicine's Report, Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence. American Journal of Hypertension. 26(10). 1178–1180. 22 indexed citations

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Tynan, Michael A., et al.. (2009). Federal and state cigarette excise taxes - United States, 1995-2009.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 58(19). 524–527. 32 indexed citations

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Adams, E. Kathleen, et al.. (2002). Neonatal health care costs related to smoking during pregnancy. Health Economics. 11(3). 193–206. 94 indexed citations

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Merritt, Robert, et al.. (2002). Screening for Stroke in Sickle Cell Anemia: Comparison of Transcranial Doppler Imaging and Nonimaging US Techniques. Radiology. 222(3). 709–714. 31 indexed citations

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Siegel, Michael, Paul Mowery, Warren Strauss, et al.. (2000). Trends in adult cigarette smoking in California compared with the rest of the United States, 1978-1994. American Journal of Public Health. 90(3). 372–379. 52 indexed citations

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Ebrahim, Shahul H., Robert Merritt, & R. Louise Floyd. (2000). Smoking and women's health: opportunities to reduce the burden of smoking during pregnancy.. PubMed. 163(3). 288–9. 13 indexed citations

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Pierce, John P., Won Seok Choi, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, Arthur J. Farkas, & Robert Merritt. (1996). Validation of susceptibility as a predictor of which adolescents take up smoking in the United States.. Health Psychology. 15(5). 355–361. 59 indexed citations

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