Sarah Foster

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
134 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Sarah Foster is a scholar working on Transportation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Foster has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Transportation, 56 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sarah Foster's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (71 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (49 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (26 papers). Sarah Foster is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (71 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (49 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (26 papers). Sarah Foster collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Sarah Foster's co-authors include Billie Giles‐Corti, Matthew Knuiman, Paula Hooper, Lisa Wood, Hayley Christian, Fiona Bull, Hannah Badland, Bryan Boruff, Gavin Turrell and Karen Villanueva and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Foster

126 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

City planning and population health: a global challenge

2016 865 citations Billie Giles‐Corti, Anne Vernez-Moudon et al. The Lancet profile →
The built environment, neighborhood crime and constrained physical activity: An exploration of inconsistent findings

2008 456 citations Sarah Foster, Billie Giles‐Corti profile →
Public green spaces and positive mental health – investigating the relationship between access, quantity and types of parks and mental wellbeing

2017 441 citations Lisa Wood, Paula Hooper et al. Health & Place profile →

Peers

Sarah Foster

TRANS

HTM

PHEOH

SPS

Hannah Badland Australia

Gina S. Lovasi United States

Gavin R. McCormack Canada

Kathryn M. Neckerman United States

Suzanne Mavoa Australia

Yan Kestens Canada

Anne Vernez Moudon United States

Andrew T. Kaczynski United States

Karen Witten New Zealand

Chanam Lee United States

Hannah Badland Australia

Sarah Foster

4.7k ×1.6

TRANS

2.7k ×1.0

HTM

1.9k ×1.7

PHEOH

854 ×0.8

SPS

1.1k ×1.1

Citations per year, relative to Sarah Foster Sarah Foster (= 1×) peers Hannah Badland

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Foster

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sarah Foster's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sarah Foster with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sarah Foster more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Foster

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sarah Foster. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sarah Foster. The network helps show where Sarah Foster may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Foster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah Foster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah Foster 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 Sarah Foster. Sarah Foster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Qian, et al.. (2025). Greenery from apartments: quantifying and comparing views with residents' perceptions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1).

Mavoa, Suzanne, et al.. (2025). Spatially consistent annual Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) data for Australian statistical areas, 1996–2021. Annals of Epidemiology. 110. 130–140.

Liu, Xinyang, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Clinician Training in Autism Screening, Care Management, and Patient Education. Open Journal of Pediatrics. 14(3). 488–513.

Winter, Dominic, et al.. (2024). What can TikTok tell us about the food practices of the residents of tiny apartments?. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 83(OCE1). 1 indexed citations

Hooper, Paula, et al.. (2023). The architecture of mental health: identifying the combination of apartment building design requirements for positive mental health outcomes. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 37. 100807–100807. 6 indexed citations

Foster, Sarah, et al.. (2022). Racial Disparities in the Provision of Pediatric Psychosocial End-of-Life Services: A Systematic Review. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(10). 1510–1517. 1 indexed citations

Giles‐Corti, Billie, Anne Vernez Moudon, Melanie Lowe, et al.. (2022). What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6). e919–e926. 77 indexed citations

Duschinsky, Robbie & Sarah Foster. (2021). Mentalizing and Epistemic Trust: The work of Peter Fonagy and colleagues at the Anna Freud Centre. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 1 indexed citations

Hooper, Paula, Sarah Foster, Nicole Edwards, et al.. (2020). Positive HABITATS for physical activity: Examining use of parks and its contribution to physical activity levels in mid-to older-aged adults. Health & Place. 63. 102308–102308. 45 indexed citations

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Henry, Nicola, et al.. (2020). Examining the relationship between urban liveability and gender-based violence: A systematic review.. Health & Place. 64. 102365–102365. 11 indexed citations

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Foster, Sarah, Clover Maitland, Paula Hooper, et al.. (2019). High Life Study protocol: a cross-sectional investigation of the influence of apartment building design policy on resident health and well-being. BMJ Open. 9(8). e029220–e029220. 28 indexed citations

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Maitland, Clover, Sarah Foster, Gareth Stratton, Rebecca Braham, & Michael Rosenberg. (2018). Capturing the geography of children’s active and sedentary behaviours at home: the HomeSPACE measurement tool. Children s Geographies. 17(3). 291–308. 9 indexed citations

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Wood, Lisa, et al.. (2016). What are the health, social and economic benefits of providing public housing and support to formerly homeless people?. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 19 indexed citations

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Giles‐Corti, Billie, Anne Vernez-Moudon, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, et al.. (2016). City planning and population health: a global challenge: urban design, transport, and health 1. The Lancet. 1 indexed citations

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Badland, Hannah, Sarah Foster, Rebecca Bentley, et al.. (2016). Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context. Health & Place. 43. 17–24. 30 indexed citations

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Christian, Hayley, Stephen R. Zubrick, Sarah Foster, et al.. (2015). The influence of the neighborhood physical environment on early child health and development: A review and call for research. Health & Place. 33. 25–36. 187 indexed citations

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Edwards, Nicole, Paula Hooper, Matthew Knuiman, Sarah Foster, & Billie Giles‐Corti. (2015). Associations between park features and adolescent park use for physical activity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 12(1). 21–21. 108 indexed citations

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Maitland, Clover, Gareth Stratton, Sarah Foster, Rebecca Braham, & Michael Rosenberg. (2014). The Dynamic Family Home: a qualitative exploration of physical environmental influences on children’s sedentary behaviour and physical activity within the home space. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 11(1). 157–157. 36 indexed citations

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Villanueva, Karen, Gavin Pereira, Matthew Knuiman, et al.. (2013). The impact of the built environment on health across the life course: design of a cross-sectional data linkage study. BMJ Open. 3(1). e002482–e002482. 90 indexed citations

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Hooper, Paula, Sarah Foster, Andrea Nathan, & Billie Giles‐Corti. (2012). Built environmental supports for walking. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 257–276. 7 indexed citations

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