Shannon N. Zenk

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Shannon N. Zenk is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Transportation and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Shannon N. Zenk has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 36 papers in Transportation and 31 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Shannon N. Zenk's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (70 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (36 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (31 papers). Shannon N. Zenk is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (70 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (36 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (31 papers). Shannon N. Zenk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Shannon N. Zenk's co-authors include Amy J. Schulz, Barbara A. Israel, Angela Odoms‐Young, Mark L. Wilson, Shuming Bao, Sherman A. James, Lisa M. Powell, Graciela Mentz, Stephen A. Matthews and Carmen Stokes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shannon N. Zenk

134 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit

2005 725 citations Shannon N. Zenk, Amy J. Schulz et al. profile →
Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study

2011 388 citations Shannon N. Zenk, Amy J. Schulz et al. Health & Place profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shannon N. Zenk United States	42	3.3k	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	906	137	6.4k
Kimberly B. Morland United States	20	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	692 0.6×	824 0.9×	32	4.8k
Latetia V. Moore United States	25	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	708 0.7×	539 0.6×	62	4.5k
Lisa M. Powell United States	52	6.5k 1.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	674 0.6×	512 0.6×	189	9.4k
Karen Lock United Kingdom	38	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	524 0.4×	428 0.4×	617 0.7×	121	6.1k
Joel Gittelsohn United States	60	6.8k 2.0×	5.3k 2.8×	544 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	881 1.0×	437	12.6k
Barbara Laraia United States	49	4.1k 1.2×	4.6k 2.4×	621 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	609 0.7×	165	10.0k
Manuel Franco Spain	34	1.7k 0.5×	989 0.5×	694 0.5×	535 0.5×	323 0.4×	167	4.5k
Glorian Sorensen United States	51	2.5k 0.7×	4.1k 2.1×	473 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	554 0.6×	177	8.9k
Alice S. Ammerman United States	51	5.0k 1.5×	3.9k 2.0×	465 0.3×	654 0.6×	753 0.8×	266	9.5k
Tamara Dubowitz United States	32	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	576 0.4×	738 0.7×	326 0.4×	110	3.4k

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Jones, Kelly, Varsha Vijay, & Shannon N. Zenk. (2024). SchoolHEAT: Racial and Ethnic Inequity in School Temperature. Journal of Urban Health. 101(6). 1166–1177.

Park, Chang Gi, Mary C. Kapella, Pamela Martyn‐Nemeth, et al.. (2023). Shift work domains and their interactions with empty calorie food/beverage consumption: A 14-day intensive longitudinal study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 141. 104490–104490. 3 indexed citations

Bianchi, Diana W., Janine A. Clayton, & Shannon N. Zenk. (2023). Addressing the Public Health Crisis of Maternal Mortality. JAMA. 330(18). 1729–1729. 8 indexed citations

Zhan, Liang, et al.. (2023). Neighborhood Perceptions Are Associated With Intrinsic Amygdala Activity and Resting-State Connectivity With Salience Network Nodes Among Older Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine. 86(2). 116–123. 1 indexed citations

Stinchcomb, David G., Tiffany M. Powell‐Wiley, Danielle M. Ostendorf, et al.. (2022). Environmental data and methods from the Accumulating Data to Optimally Predict Obesity Treatment (ADOPT) core measures environmental working group. Data in Brief. 41. 108002–108002. 15 indexed citations

Tamura, Kosuke, Valérie Mitchell, Billy S. Collins, et al.. (2021). Geospatial Analysis of Neighborhood Environmental Stress in Relation to Biological Markers of Cardiovascular Health and Health Behaviors in Women: Protocol for a Pilot Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(7). e29191–e29191. 2 indexed citations

Jones, Kelly, et al.. (2021). Observed physical activity among Latinx and White men and women on a new urban trail. Public Health Nursing. 39(2). 495–499. 1 indexed citations

Eisenberg, Yochai, Lisa M. Powell, Shannon N. Zenk, & Elizabeth Tarlov. (2020). Development of a Predictive Algorithm to Identify Adults With Mobility Limitations Using VA Health Care Administrative Data. Medical Care Research and Review. 78(5). 572–584. 1 indexed citations

Winkler, Megan R., Shannon N. Zenk, Bárbara Baquero, et al.. (2020). A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(20). 7591–7591. 35 indexed citations

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Giurgescu, Carmen, Liying Zhang, Rhonda Dailey, et al.. (2020). Prenatal cigarette smoking as a mediator between racism and depressive symptoms: The Biosocial Impact on Black Births Study. Public Health Nursing. 37(5). 740–749. 8 indexed citations

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Zenk, Shannon N., et al.. (2020). Did Playground Renovations Equitably Benefit Neighborhoods in Chicago?. Journal of Urban Health. 98(2). 248–258. 11 indexed citations

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Singleton, Chelsea R., et al.. (2017). Food and Beverage Availability in Small Food Stores Located in Healthy Food Financing Initiative Eligible Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(10). 1242–1242. 14 indexed citations

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Giurgescu, Carmen, et al.. (2016). Racial Discrimination and Psychological Wellbeing of Pregnant Women. MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. 42(1). 8–13. 22 indexed citations

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Qato, Dima M., et al.. (2016). The Availability Of Pharmacies And Pharmacy Services In The United States: 2007-2015. Value in Health. 19(3). A268–A268. 3 indexed citations

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Zenk, Shannon N.. (2015). Early Adoption and Perceptions of Chicago's New 606 Trail and Park System. 2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2015). 1 indexed citations

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Chaix, Basile, Kathy Bean, Mark Daniel, et al.. (2012). Associations of Supermarket Characteristics with Weight Status and Body Fat: A Multilevel Analysis of Individuals within Supermarkets (RECORD Study). PLoS ONE. 7(4). e32908–e32908. 113 indexed citations

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Ayala, Guadalupe X., Melissa N. Laska, Shannon N. Zenk, et al.. (2012). Stocking characteristics and perceived increases in sales among small food store managers/owners associated with the introduction of new food products approved by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Public Health Nutrition. 15(9). 1771–1779. 41 indexed citations

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Powell, Lisa M., Euna Han, Shannon N. Zenk, et al.. (2011). Field validation of secondary commercial data sources on the retail food outlet environment in the U.S.. Health & Place. 17(5). 1122–1131. 118 indexed citations

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Zenk, Shannon N., Amy J. Schulz, Graciela Mentz, et al.. (2006). Inter-rater and test–retest reliability: Methods and results for the neighborhood observational checklist. Health & Place. 13(2). 452–465. 59 indexed citations

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Zenk, Shannon N., et al.. (2005). Fruit and Vegetable Intake in African Americans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 29(1). 1–9. 308 indexed citations

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