Simon Thornley

2.4k total citations
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Simon Thornley is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Thornley has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Simon Thornley's work include Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (12 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 papers). Simon Thornley is often cited by papers focused on Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (12 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 papers). Simon Thornley collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Simon Thornley's co-authors include Chris Bullen, Hayden McRobbie, Murray Laugesen, Ruey‐Bin Lin, Marewa Glover, Richard Marshall, Shanthi Ameratunga, M. G. Roberts, Alistair Woodward and Gerhard Sundborn and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMJ and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Simon Thornley

73 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Thornley New Zealand	21	637	563	205	176	156	75	1.7k
Richard J. Silverwood United Kingdom	27	424 0.7×	289 0.5×	141 0.7×	116 0.7×	63 0.4×	81	2.0k
Sheila Maria Alvim Matos Brazil	22	419 0.7×	961 1.7×	170 0.8×	53 0.3×	69 0.4×	93	2.1k
Jing Wu China	24	403 0.6×	576 1.0×	509 2.5×	277 1.6×	285 1.8×	137	2.7k
Anna Chu Canada	24	103 0.2×	352 0.6×	206 1.0×	75 0.4×	129 0.8×	94	1.8k
Anne Helms Andreasen Denmark	27	356 0.6×	473 0.8×	289 1.4×	101 0.6×	72 0.5×	82	2.6k
Sérgio Viana Peixoto Brazil	27	339 0.5×	488 0.9×	312 1.5×	45 0.3×	61 0.4×	147	2.2k
JS Thakur India	26	192 0.3×	480 0.9×	334 1.6×	40 0.2×	106 0.7×	77	2.0k
Leyla Mohadjer United States	12	365 0.6×	569 1.0×	332 1.6×	102 0.6×	60 0.4×	24	2.0k
Roopa Shivashankar India	25	171 0.3×	402 0.7×	393 1.9×	106 0.6×	52 0.3×	68	1.7k
Tanica Lyngdoh India	17	106 0.2×	339 0.6×	204 1.0×	258 1.5×	135 0.9×	40	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Whalley, Gillian, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Acute Rheumatic Fever Diagnosis on Rheumatic Heart Disease Severity. Global Heart. 20(1). 72–72.

Thornley, Simon, et al.. (2025). Is Scabies the Key to Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention? A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 67(1). 1–9.

Thornley, Simon, Gerhard Sundborn, Daniel Engelman, et al.. (2023). Children's scabies survey indicates high prevalence and misdiagnosis in Auckland educational institutions. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 59(12). 1296–1303. 4 indexed citations

McCarthy, James, et al.. (2022). High prevalence of scabies in Auckland pre-schools. New Zealand Medical Journal. 135(1560). 12–17. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Andrew, Simon Thornley, Arthur J. Morris, & Gerhard Sundborn. (2020). Should countries aim for elimination in the covid-19 pandemic?. BMJ. 370. m3410–m3410. 20 indexed citations

Thornley, Simon, et al.. (2019). How strong is the relationship between scabies and acute rheumatic fever? An analysis of neighbourhood factors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 56(4). 600–606. 7 indexed citations

Jackson, Catherine, et al.. (2019). Invasive pneumococcal disease and serotype emergence in the Auckland region during the vaccine era 2009–16. Journal of Primary Health Care. 11(1). 24–31. 3 indexed citations

Rodda, Simone N., et al.. (2019). I was truly addicted to sugar: A consumer-focused classification system of behaviour change strategies for sugar reduction. Appetite. 144. 104456–104456. 21 indexed citations

Schofield, Grant, et al.. (2019). Low-carbohydrate diets differing in carbohydrate restriction improve cardiometabolic and anthropometric markers in healthy adults: A randomised clinical trial. PeerJ. 7. e6273–e6273. 50 indexed citations

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Sundborn, Gerhard, Tony R. Merriman, Simon Thornley, P A Metcalf, & Rod Jackson. (2014). An 'end-game' for sugar sweetened beverages?. PubMed. 20(1). 22–30. 3 indexed citations

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Thornley, Simon, Richard Marshall, Rod Jackson, et al.. (2012). Is serum urate causally associated with incident cardiovascular disease?. Lara D. Veeken. 52(1). 135–142. 14 indexed citations

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Winnard, Doone, Cameron Wright, William J. Taylor, et al.. (2012). National prevalence of gout derived from administrative health data in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lara D. Veeken. 51(5). 901–909. 147 indexed citations

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Thornley, Simon, Kim N. Dirks, Richard Edwards, Alistair Woodward, & Richard Marshall. (2012). Indoor Air Pollution Levels Were Halved as a Result of a National Tobacco Ban in a New Zealand Prison. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 15(2). 343–347. 25 indexed citations

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Tin, Sandar Tin, Alistair Woodward, Simon Thornley, & Shanthi Ameratunga. (2011). Regional variations in pedal cyclist injuries in New Zealand: safety in numbers or risk in scarcity?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(4). 357–363. 22 indexed citations

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Thornley, Simon, Richard Marshall, Gary Jackson, et al.. (2010). Estimating diabetes prevalence in South Auckland: how accurate is a method that combines lists of linked health datasets?. PubMed. 123(1327). 76–86. 4 indexed citations

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McRobbie, Hayden, Simon Thornley, Chris Bullen, et al.. (2010). A randomized trial of the effects of two novel nicotine replacement therapies on tobacco withdrawal symptoms and user satisfaction. Addiction. 105(7). 1290–1298. 20 indexed citations

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Tin, Sandar Tin, et al.. (2009). Cyclists' attitudes toward policies encouraging bicycle travel: findings from the Taupo Bicycle Study in New Zealand. Health Promotion International. 25(1). 54–62. 34 indexed citations

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Thornley, Simon, Chris Bullen, & M. G. Roberts. (2008). Hepatitis B in a high prevalence New Zealand population: A mathematical model applied to infection control policy. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 254(3). 599–603. 124 indexed citations

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Thornley, Simon, Alistair Woodward, J Langley, Shanthi Ameratunga, & Anthony Rodgers. (2008). Conspicuity and bicycle crashes: preliminary findings of the Taupo Bicycle Study. Injury Prevention. 14(1). 11–18. 73 indexed citations

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Thornley, Simon, et al.. (2002). Translation: 'Perceptions of the Current State of the Japanese Legal System'; Interview with Koji Sato, Chairman of Japan's Judicial Reform Council. 4(1). 76. 1 indexed citations

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