Simon Murphy

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
198 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Simon Murphy is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Murphy has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in General Health Professions, 50 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 46 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Simon Murphy's work include School Health and Nursing Education (41 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (39 papers) and Community Health and Development (34 papers). Simon Murphy is often cited by papers focused on School Health and Nursing Education (41 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (39 papers) and Community Health and Development (34 papers). Simon Murphy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Simon Murphy's co-authors include Graham Moore, Laurence Moore, Chris Bonell, Rona Campbell, Adam Fletcher, Rhiannon Evans, Hannah Littlecott, Rebecca Langford, Kelli A. Komro and Lisa Gibbs and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Murphy

191 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well-being of students and their academic achievement

2014 515 citations Rebecca Langford, Chris Bonell et al. profile →
The World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 359 citations Rebecca Langford, Chris Bonell et al. BMC Public Health profile →
From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: Future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation

2018 244 citations Graham Moore, Rhiannon Evans et al. profile →
Is teachers’ mental health and wellbeing associated with students’ mental health and wellbeing?

2018 239 citations Rhiannon Evans, Rona Campbell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Murphy United Kingdom	41	2.4k	1.6k	1.4k	933	879	198	5.9k
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn Ireland	42	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	630 0.7×	826 0.9×	178	5.9k
Kelli A. Komro United States	40	3.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	673 0.7×	606 0.7×	152	6.5k
Oddrun Samdal Norway	38	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	903 1.0×	1.6k 1.8×	116	7.1k
Bente Wold Norway	39	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	708 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	111	5.8k
Jo Anne Grunbaum United States	36	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	483 0.5×	567 0.6×	80	6.9k
Mette Rasmussen Denmark	32	1.4k 0.6×	2.9k 1.8×	1.2k 0.9×	378 0.4×	634 0.7×	102	5.1k
Simon Denny New Zealand	33	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	509 0.5×	552 0.6×	138	5.1k
Paula Lozano United States	46	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	906 1.0×	435 0.5×	141	7.5k
Louise A. Rohrbach United States	40	2.1k 0.9×	568 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	499 0.5×	668 0.8×	105	4.7k
Graham Moore United Kingdom	40	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	877 0.6×	408 0.4×	396 0.5×	152	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Murphy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Murphy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Murphy

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Armitage, J. M., Gemma Lewis, Nicholas Page, et al.. (2025). Change over time in perceived schoolwork pressure and associations with emotional problems among 11–16‐year‐olds: A repeat cross‐sectional study in Wales, UK. JCPP Advances. 5(4). e70005–e70005. 1 indexed citations

Long, Sara, Jemma Hawkins, Simon Murphy, & Graham Moore. (2023). School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study. British Educational Research Journal. 49(4). 674–692. 4 indexed citations

Segrott, Jeremy, David Gillespie, Mandy Lau, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Programme in the UK at preventing substance misuse in 10–14 year-olds: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 12(2). e049647–e049647. 8 indexed citations

Warne, Naomi, Rhys Bevan Jones, Rachel Brown, et al.. (2022). Collecting genetic samples and linked mental health data from adolescents in schools: protocol coproduction and a mixed-methods pilot of feasibility and acceptability. BMJ Open. 12(2). e049283–e049283. 3 indexed citations

Anthony, Rebecca, Graham Moore, Nicholas Page, et al.. (2021). Measurement invariance of the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and latent mean differences (SWEMWBS) in young people by current care status. Quality of Life Research. 31(1). 205–213. 20 indexed citations

Gobat, Nina, Hannah Littlecott, Kirsten McEwan, et al.. (2021). Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: a case-study of innovative local practice within The School Health Research network. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 154–154. 10 indexed citations

Moore, Graham, Rebecca Anthony, Jemma Hawkins, et al.. (2020). Socioeconomic status, mental wellbeing and transition to secondary school: Analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children survey in Wales. British Educational Research Journal. 46(5). 1111–1130. 31 indexed citations

Simpson, Sharon, Lynsay Matthews, Juliana Pugmire, et al.. (2020). An app-, web- and social support-based weight loss intervention for adults with obesity: the HelpMeDoIt! feasibility RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(3). 1–270. 11 indexed citations

Murphy, Simon, Hannah Littlecott, Gillian Hewitt, et al.. (2018). A Transdisciplinary Complex Adaptive Systems (T-CAS) Approach to Developing a National School-Based Culture of Prevention for Health Improvement: the School Health Research Network (SHRN) in Wales. Prevention Science. 22(1). 50–61. 32 indexed citations

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Littlecott, Hannah, Sara Long, Jemma Hawkins, et al.. (2018). Health Improvement and Educational Attainment in Secondary Schools: Complementary or Competing Priorities? Exploratory Analyses From the School Health Research Network in Wales. Health Education & Behavior. 45(4). 635–644. 8 indexed citations

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Trickey, Heather, Gill Thomson, Aimee Grant, et al.. (2017). A realist review of one‐to‐one breastfeeding peer support experiments conducted in developed country settings. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 14(1). 48 indexed citations

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Langford, Rebecca, Chris Bonell, Hayley E Jones, et al.. (2015). The World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 130–130. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hewitt, Gillian, John Evans, Hannah Littlecott, et al.. (2015). Electronic-cigarette use among young people in Wales: evidence from two cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open. 5(4). e007072–e007072. 63 indexed citations

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Littlecott, Hannah, Graham Moore, Laurence Moore, Ronan A Lyons, & Simon Murphy. (2015). Association between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes in 9–11-year-old children. Public Health Nutrition. 19(9). 1575–1582. 33 indexed citations

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Segrott, Jeremy, David Gillespie, Jo Holliday, et al.. (2014). Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10–14 UK (SFP 10–14 UK). BMC Public Health. 14(1). 49–49. 11 indexed citations

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Jerzembek, Gabi & Simon Murphy. (2012). A narrative review of problem-based learning with school-aged children: implementation and outcomes. Educational Review. 65(2). 206–218. 36 indexed citations

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Moore, Graham, Laurence Moore, & Simon Murphy. (2011). Facilitating adherence to physical activity: exercise professionals' experiences of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales. a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 935–935. 47 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Rebecca, et al.. (2008). Strategies to Support Knowledge Translation and Exchange. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 15(3). 24. 3 indexed citations

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Moore, Graham, Katy Tapper, Simon Murphy, et al.. (2006). Validation of a self-completion measure of breakfast foods, snacks and fruits and vegetables consumed by 9- to 11-year-old schoolchildren. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 61(3). 420–430. 41 indexed citations

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Bennett, Paul J., et al.. (1997). Health locus of control and value for health in smokers and nonsmokers.. Health Psychology. 16(2). 179–182. 49 indexed citations

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