Robyn Whittaker

12.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
151 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Robyn Whittaker is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Physiology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robyn Whittaker has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in General Health Professions, 62 papers in Physiology and 57 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robyn Whittaker's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (83 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (46 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (37 papers). Robyn Whittaker is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (83 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (46 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (37 papers). Robyn Whittaker collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. Robyn Whittaker's co-authors include Anthony Rodgers, Ralph Maddison, Chris Bullen, Hayden McRobbie, Rosie Dobson, Yulong Gu, Yannan Jiang, Leila Pfaeffli Dale, Artur Direito and Caroline Free and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robyn Whittaker

146 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation

2016 634 citations Robyn Whittaker, Hayden McRobbie et al. profile →
Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop): a single-blind, randomised trial

2011 581 citations Caroline Free, Robyn Whittaker et al. profile →
Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

2015 481 citations Robyn Whittaker, Anthony Rodgers et al. profile →
Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation

2019 302 citations Robyn Whittaker, Hayden McRobbie et al. profile →
Mobile Health (mHealth) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2021 134 citations Judith McCool, Rosie Dobson et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robyn Whittaker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robyn Whittaker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robyn Whittaker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robyn Whittaker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robyn Whittaker. Robyn Whittaker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Preferred format and strategies for seeking and trusting online health information: a survey of cardiology outpatient attendees across three New Zealand hospitals 2024 ·Journal of Primary Health Care ·Sue Wells, (unknown), Arier Lee, Andrew J. McLachlan, (unknown), Jane Clarke, (unknown), Robyn Whittaker, Matire Harwood, Jacqueline Cumming, (unknown)	0
2	Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health 2024 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Rosie Dobson, Robyn Whittaker, Lorien C. Abroms, Dale Bramley, Caroline Free, Hayden McRobbie, (unknown), Anthony Rodgers	0
3	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Access to and Interest in mHealth: National Web-based Cross-sectional Survey 2023 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·(unknown), Billie Bonevski, Kerry Hall, Joërg Mattes, Catherine Chamberlain, Jessica Bennett, Robyn Whittaker, Kerrin Palazzi, (unknown), Michelle Kennedy	7
4	The Use of Sensors to Detect Anxiety for In-the-Moment Intervention: Scoping Review 2023 ·JMIR Mental Health ·Rosie Dobson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Judith McCool, Robyn Whittaker	12
5	I Keep Looking at What I’m Doing to My Organs: Samoans’ Responses to Adapted Anti-Tobacco Television Advertisements 2021 ·Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Robyn Whittaker, (unknown), Judith McCool	1
6	Effectiveness of an optimized text message and Internet intervention for smoking cessation: A randomized controlled trial 2021 ·Addiction ·Amanda L. Graham, George D. Papandonatos, Sarah Cha, Michael S. Amato, Megan A Jacobs, Amy M. Cohn, Lorien C. Abroms, Robyn Whittaker	14
7	An Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in People With Heart Disease (Text4HeartII): Randomized Controlled Trial 2021 ·JMIR mhealth and uhealth ·Ralph Maddison, Yannan Jiang, Ralph Stewart, Tony Scott, Andrew Kerr, Robyn Whittaker, Jocelyne Benatar, Anna Rolleston, Paul A. Estabrooks, Leila Pfaeffli Dale	19
8	Optimizing Text Messages to Promote Engagement With Internet Smoking Cessation Treatment: Results From a Factorial Screening Experiment 2020 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Amanda L. Graham, George D. Papandonatos, Megan A Jacobs, Michael S. Amato, Sarah Cha, Amy M. Cohn, Lorien C. Abroms, Robyn Whittaker	19
9	A Mobile Social Network–Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Chinese Male Smokers: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial 2020 ·JMIR Research Protocols ·(unknown), Elsie Ho, Yannan Jiang, Robyn Whittaker, Tingzhong Yang, Chris Bullen	8
10	Mobile Social Network–Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Chinese Male Smokers: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial 2020 ·JMIR mhealth and uhealth ·(unknown), Elsie Ho, Yannan Jiang, Robyn Whittaker, Tingzhong Yang, Chris Bullen	25
11	Understanding End-User Perspectives of Mobile Pulmonary Rehabilitation (mPR): Cross-Sectional Survey and Interviews 2019 ·JMIR Formative Research ·Rosie Dobson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey Garrett, Gayl Humphrey, Julie Reeve, Merryn H. Tawhai, Denise Taylor, Jim Warren, Robyn Whittaker	14
12	Using codesign to develop a culturally tailored, behavior change mHealth intervention for indigenous and other priority communities: A case study in New Zealand 2018 ·Translational Behavioral Medicine ·Marjolein Verbiest, (unknown), (unknown), Ridvan Firestone, (unknown), Debbie Goodwin, (unknown), (unknown), Gayl Humphrey, Andrew Jull, (unknown), (unknown), Lisa Te Morenga, Robyn Whittaker, Cliona Ní Mhurchú	54
13	Co-designing an mHealth tool in the New Zealand Māori community with a “Kaupapa Māori” approach 2018 ·AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples ·Lisa Te Morenga, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Debbie Goodwin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gayl Humphrey, Andrew Jull, Robyn Whittaker, Marjolein Verbiest, Ridvan Firestone, Cliona Ní Mhurchú	41
14	A Co-Designed, Culturally-Tailored mHealth Tool to Support Healthy Lifestyles in Māori and Pasifika Communities in New Zealand: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial 2018 ·JMIR Research Protocols ·Marjolein Verbiest, (unknown), (unknown), Ridvan Firestone, (unknown), Deborah Goodwin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yannan Jiang, Andrew Jull, (unknown), (unknown), Lisa Te Morenga, (unknown), (unknown), Robyn Whittaker, Cliona Ní Mhurchú	8
15	Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial 2018 ·JMIR mhealth and uhealth ·Neill Bruce Baskerville, Laura Struik, G. Emmanuel Guindon, Cameron D. Norman, Robyn Whittaker, Catherine M. Burns, David Hammond, Darly Dash, Karen Brown	46
16	Developing and Pretesting a Text Messaging Program for Health Behavior Change: Recommended Steps 2015 ·JMIR mhealth and uhealth ·Lorien C. Abroms, Robyn Whittaker, Caroline Free, (unknown), Jennifer Schindler‐Ruwisch	116
17	Improving coronary heart disease self-management using mobile technologies (Text4Heart): a randomised controlled trial protocol 2014 ·Trials ·Leila Pfaeffli Dale, Robyn Whittaker, Yannan Jiang, Ralph Stewart, Anna Rolleston, Ralph Maddison	43
18	Acceptability and outcome of an Internet-based smoking cessation programme. 2010 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Hayden McRobbie, Chris Bullen, Robyn Whittaker, Denise P. Barlow	1
19	New Zealand smoking cessation guidelines. 2008 ·PubMed ·Hayden McRobbie, Chris Bullen, Marewa Glover, Robyn Whittaker, Mark Wallace‐Bell, (unknown)	89
20	Smoking cessation competencies for health workers in New Zealand. 2008 ·PubMed ·Chris Bullen, Natalie Walker, Robyn Whittaker, Hayden McRobbie, Marewa Glover, (unknown)	7

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