Sonja Kahlmeier

8.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
75 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Sonja Kahlmeier is a scholar working on Transportation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Kahlmeier has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Transportation, 36 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 32 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sonja Kahlmeier's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (39 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (33 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (31 papers). Sonja Kahlmeier is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (39 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (33 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (31 papers). Sonja Kahlmeier collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Spain. Sonja Kahlmeier's co-authors include Estelle V. Lambert, Harold W. Kohl, Shigeru Inoue, Cora L. Craig, Jasem Ramadan Alkandari, Thomas Götschi, Francesca Racioppi, Nick Cavill, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and Audrey de Nazelle and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Kahlmeier

72 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health

2012 2.1k citations Estelle V. Lambert, Sonja Kahlmeier et al. profile →
Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review

2015 582 citations Natalie Mueller, David Rojas‐Rueda et al. profile →
Systematic review and meta-analysis of reduction in all-cause mortality from walking and cycling and shape of dose response relationship

2014 380 citations Sonja Kahlmeier, Thomas Götschi et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
Can air pollution negate the health benefits of cycling and walking?

2016 299 citations Audrey de Nazelle, Thomas Götschi et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Commercial determinants of active travel: a crucial but overlooked barrier to health and sustainability 2025 ·The Lancet Planetary Health ·Carmen Jochem, Karim Abu‐Omar, (unknown), Adrian Bauman, Ding Ding, Sonja Kahlmeier, (unknown), (unknown), Birgit Wallmann-Sperlich, Jens Bucksch	0
2	Health in mobility planning: An assessment of how health is considered in Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans 2024 ·Journal of Transport & Health ·Dena Kasraian, (unknown), Ahmadreza Faghih-Imani, (unknown), Audrey de Nazelle, Dominic Stead, Sonja Kahlmeier	6
3	Mobilität und StadtGesundheit 2023 ·Das Gesundheitswesen ·Sonja Kahlmeier, Dirk Wittowsky, Rainer Fehr	0
4	Updating national physical activity guidelines based on the global WHO guidelines: experiences and challenges from Switzerland 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Sonja Kahlmeier, Anja Frei, Susi Kriemler, Claudio R. Nigg, Thomas Radtke, (unknown), Simon Endes	1
5	Advancing urban green and blue space contributions to public health 2023 ·The Lancet Public Health ·Ruth F. Hunter, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, (unknown), Niamh Murphy, Kelly O’Hara, Erja Rappe, James F. Sallis, Estelle V. Lambert, Olga L. Sarmiento, Takemi Sugiyama, Sonja Kahlmeier	54
6	Assessing the Policy Environment for Active Mobility in Cities—Development and Feasibility of the PASTA Cycling and Walking Policy Environment Score 2021 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Sonja Kahlmeier, Esther Anaya-Boig, Alberto Castro, Emilia Smeds, (unknown), Ulf Eriksson, Francesco Iacorossi, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Luc Int Panis, David Rojas‐Rueda, Sandra Wegener, Audrey de Nazelle	14
7	The price of precision: trade-offs between usability and validity in the World Health Organization Health Economic Assessment Tool for walking and cycling 2021 ·Public Health ·Robert Smith, Chloe Thomas, Hazel Squires, Thomas Götschi, Sonja Kahlmeier, Elizabeth Goyder	2
8	The development of the Comprehensive Analysis of Policy on Physical Activity (CAPPA) framework 2019 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Bojana Klepač Pogrmilović, Grant O’Sullivan, Karen Milton, Stuart Biddle, Adrian Bauman, William Bellew, Nick Cavill, Sonja Kahlmeier, Michael P. Kelly, Nanette Mutrie, Michael Pratt, Harry Rutter, Andrea Ramírez Varela, Catherine Woods, Željko Pedišić	49
9	The effects of transport mode use on self-perceived health, mental health, and social contact measures: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study 2018 ·Environment International ·Ione Ávila-Palència, Luc Int Panis, Evi Dons, Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen, Elisabeth Raser, Thomas Götschi, Regine Gerike, Christian Brand, Audrey de Nazelle, Julie Orjuela, Esther Anaya-Boig, Erik Stigell, Sonja Kahlmeier, Francesco Iacorossi, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	68
10	A global systematic scoping review of studies analysing indicators, development, and content of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies 2018 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Bojana Klepač Pogrmilović, Grant O’Sullivan, Karen Milton, Stuart Biddle, Adrian Bauman, Fiona Bull, Sonja Kahlmeier, Michael Pratt, Željko Pedišić	43
11	Health Impact Assessment of Cycling Network Expansions in European Cities 2017 ·Journal of Transport & Health ·Natalie Mueller, David Rojas‐Rueda, Maëlle Salmon, David Martínez, Christian Brand, Audrey de Nazelle, Regine Gerike, Thomas Götschi, Francesco Iacorossi, Luc Int Panis, Sonja Kahlmeier, Elisabeth Raser, Erik Stigell	7
12	Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in daily life: A comparative analysis of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) and the SenseWear armband 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Michelle Laeremans, Evi Dons, Ione Ávila-Palència, Glòria Carrasco‐Turigas, Julie Orjuela, Esther Anaya-Boig, Christian Brand, Tom Cole‐Hunter, Audrey de Nazelle, Thomas Götschi, Sonja Kahlmeier, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Arnout Standaert, Patrick De Boever, Luc Int Panis	55
13	Environments for physical activity in Europe: a review of evidence and examples of practice 2017 ·Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) ·Susana Aznar, Colin Baker, (unknown), (unknown), Diane Crone, Tabitha Dickson, Charlie Foster, (unknown), Μάριος Γούδας, (unknown), Sonja Kahlmeier, Nick Cavill	1
14	Health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for walking and for cycling. methods and user guide on physical activity, air pollution, injuries and carbon impact assessments 2017 ·Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) ·Sonja Kahlmeier, Thomas Götschi, Nick Cavill, (unknown), Christian Brand, David Rojas‐Rueda, James Woodcock, Paul Kelly, Christoph Lieb, Pekka Oja, Charlie Foster, Harry Rutter, Francesca Racioppi	39
15	Three types of scientific evidence to inform physical activity policy: results from a comparative scoping review 2016 ·International Journal of Public Health ·Alfred Rütten, Diana Schow, João Breda, Gauden Galea, Sonja Kahlmeier, Jean‐Michel Oppert, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Willem van Mechelen	32
16	National Policy on Physical Activity: The Development of a Policy Audit Tool 2014 ·Journal of Physical Activity and Health ·Fiona Bull, Karen Milton, Sonja Kahlmeier	41
17	Physical activity and health at the population level - the role of international networks 2014 ·Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) ·Brian Martin, Sonja Kahlmeier	3
18	Active Transport, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in Adults 2012 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Miriam Wanner, Thomas Götschi, Eva Martin‐Diener, Sonja Kahlmeier, Brian Martin	190
19	Do Health Benefits Outweigh the Costs of Mass Recreational Programs? An Economic Analysis of Four Ciclovía Programs 2011 ·Journal of Urban Health ·Felipe Montes, Olga L. Sarmiento, Roberto Zarama, Michael Pratt, Guijing Wang, Enrique Jacoby, Thomas L. Schmid, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Susan G. Zieff, J. A. Valdivia, Nick Cavill, Sonja Kahlmeier	67
20	Health economic assessment tool for cycling (HEAT for cycling) 2007 ·LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ·Harry Rutter, Nick Cavill, Sonja Kahlmeier, (unknown), Francesca Racioppi, Pekka Oja	18

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