Sisitha Jayasinghe

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 679 citations indexed

About

Sisitha Jayasinghe is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sisitha Jayasinghe has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 679 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Physiology and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sisitha Jayasinghe's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (9 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers). Sisitha Jayasinghe is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (9 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers). Sisitha Jayasinghe collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Sisitha Jayasinghe's co-authors include Anne I. Turner, Susan J. Torres, Muhammad Mohsen Hussein, Sarah J. Hall, Kylie Ball, Nina Smyth, Andrew P. Hills, Nuala M. Byrne, Kdk Ahuja and Caryl Nowson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Nutrients and British Journal Of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Sisitha Jayasinghe

44 papers receiving 665 citations

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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.

Psychological stress reactivity and future health and disease outcomes: A systematic review of prospective evidence

2020 312 citations Anne I. Turner, Sarah J. Hall et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sisitha Jayasinghe Australia	13	169	153	146	119	98	49	679
Nicolas J. C. Stapelberg Australia	14	116 0.7×	210 1.4×	193 1.3×	56 0.5×	40 0.4×	36	649
Aoife O’Donovan United States	6	217 1.3×	167 1.1×	71 0.5×	85 0.7×	40 0.4×	8	717
Mandy X. Hu Netherlands	10	52 0.3×	103 0.7×	140 1.0×	83 0.7×	64 0.7×	18	449
Kimmo Feldt Finland	9	188 1.1×	109 0.7×	50 0.3×	78 0.7×	118 1.2×	12	598
Saima Ali Pakistan	8	39 0.2×	132 0.9×	210 1.4×	98 0.8×	68 0.7×	32	1.3k
Stephen M. Carek United States	5	51 0.3×	183 1.2×	62 0.4×	205 1.7×	87 0.9×	17	629
L A Palinkas United States	11	84 0.5×	81 0.5×	226 1.5×	151 1.3×	83 0.8×	14	941
Jean‐Baptiste Bouillon‐Minois France	14	55 0.3×	181 1.2×	68 0.5×	111 0.9×	67 0.7×	60	778
Nicola J. Paine United Kingdom	14	70 0.4×	47 0.3×	154 1.1×	94 0.8×	48 0.5×	42	487
Danit Nitka Canada	5	43 0.3×	249 1.6×	73 0.5×	126 1.1×	163 1.7×	6	645

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jayasinghe, Sisitha, Nuala M. Byrne, & Andrew P. Hills. (2025). Cultural influences on dietary choices. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 90. 22–26. 13 indexed citations

Ahuja, Kdk, et al.. (2025). Body Composition Changes and Associations in Infants and Mothers During the First Year: Insights from a Pilot Study of the Baby-bod Project. Children. 12(1). 97–97.

Hills, Andrew P., et al.. (2025). Time to Focus on Movement and Active Play Across the First 2000 Days of Life. 3(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations

Jayasinghe, Sisitha, et al.. (2025). Agent-based modelling in active commuting research: a scoping review. Critical Public Health. 35(1).

Telford, Richard D., et al.. (2025). Do Physical Activity and Diet Independently Account for Variation in Body Fat in Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review Unpacking the Roles of Exercise and Diet in Childhood Obesity. Nutrients. 17(23). 3779–3779.

Beckett, Jeffrey M., et al.. (2024). Body composition assessment in 6-month-old infants: A comparison of two- and three-compartment models using data from the Baby-bod study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(11). 963–969. 1 indexed citations

Wickramasinghe, Pujitha, Shabina Ariff, Shane A. Norris, et al.. (2024). Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: a multicenter international study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(11). 943–951.

Hills, Andrew P., Shane A. Norris, Nuala M. Byrne, et al.. (2023). Body composition from birth to 2 years. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(11). 923–927. 2 indexed citations

Jayasinghe, Sisitha & Andrew P. Hills. (2023). Strategies to Improve Physical Activity and Nutrition Behaviours in Children and Adolescents: A Review. Nutrients. 15(15). 3370–3370. 7 indexed citations

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Jayasinghe, Sisitha, et al.. (2023). Active School Commuting in School Children: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Future Research Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(20). 6929–6929. 11 indexed citations

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Holloway, Timothy P., Sisitha Jayasinghe, Lisa Dalton, et al.. (2023). Enhancing Food Literacy and Food Security through School Gardening in Rural and Regional Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(18). 6794–6794. 7 indexed citations

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Holloway, Timothy P., Lisa Dalton, Roger Hughes, et al.. (2023). School Gardening and Health and Well-Being of School-Aged Children: A Realist Synthesis. Nutrients. 15(5). 1190–1190. 9 indexed citations

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Murray, Sandra, Meron Lewis, Timothy P. Holloway, et al.. (2023). Habitual Diets Are More Expensive than Recommended Healthy Diets. Nutrients. 15(18). 3908–3908. 2 indexed citations

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Hughes, Roger, Kdk Ahuja, Kira Patterson, et al.. (2023). An exploration of the determinants of overweight and obesity and the capacity to intervene in North‐West Tasmania: A stakeholder consultation. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 35(2). 385–392. 1 indexed citations

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Ofori, Emmanuel Kwaku, et al.. (2023). Biochemical markers of nephrotic syndrome: An observational, cross-sectional study. Heliyon. 9(4). e15198–e15198. 2 indexed citations

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Jayasinghe, Sisitha, Timothy P. Holloway, Kira Patterson, et al.. (2023). “An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure”: Proposal for a Social Prescribing Strategy for Obesity Prevention and Improvement in Health and Well-being. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e41280–e41280. 4 indexed citations

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Jayasinghe, Sisitha, Jeffrey M. Beckett, Kdk Ahuja, et al.. (2022). Gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention in Tasmanian women: The Baby-bod Study. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0264744–e0264744. 7 indexed citations

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Jayasinghe, Sisitha, et al.. (2021). WHO Child Growth Standards in context: The Baby–bod Project - Observational study in Tasmania. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 5(1). e001123–e001123. 2 indexed citations

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Jayasinghe, Sisitha, Sarah J. Hall, Susan J. Torres, & Anne I. Turner. (2021). Stress system dysfunction revealed by integrating reactivity of stress pathways to psychological stress in lean and overweight/obese men. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 322(2). R144–R151. 1 indexed citations

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Jayasinghe, Sisitha, et al.. (2020). Anthropometry-based prediction of body fat in infants from birth to 6 months: the Baby-bod study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 75(4). 715–723. 5 indexed citations

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