Sparkle Springfield

722 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Sparkle Springfield is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sparkle Springfield has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sparkle Springfield's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (5 papers). Sparkle Springfield is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (5 papers). Sparkle Springfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Sparkle Springfield's co-authors include Christopher D. Gardner, Angela Odoms‐Young, Kristen Cunanan, Madeline A. Topf, Justin L. Sonnenburg, Erica D. Sonnenburg, Anthony Crimarco, Priya Fielding‐Singh, Hannah C. Wastyk and Matthew M. Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Sparkle Springfield

18 papers receiving 484 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.

Popular Dietary Patterns: Alignment With American Heart Association 2021 Dietary Guidance: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

2023 80 citations Christopher D. Gardner, Maya Vadiveloo et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sparkle Springfield United States	11	249	170	135	62	59	20	493
Giulia Pestoni Switzerland	14	309 1.2×	192 1.1×	91 0.7×	53 0.9×	80 1.4×	40	611
Genevieve James‐Martin Australia	12	133 0.5×	112 0.7×	77 0.6×	50 0.8×	31 0.5×	20	347
Patti Herring United States	10	234 0.9×	134 0.8×	109 0.8×	21 0.3×	30 0.5×	28	424
Max Zworth Canada	7	315 1.3×	99 0.6×	133 1.0×	38 0.6×	34 0.6×	7	442
Gina Segovia‐Siapco United States	15	384 1.5×	186 1.1×	161 1.2×	52 0.8×	9 0.2×	43	653
Nathalie Kliemann Brazil	13	397 1.6×	142 0.8×	18 0.1×	41 0.7×	45 0.8×	27	729
Claire Timon Ireland	13	257 1.0×	107 0.6×	24 0.2×	29 0.5×	24 0.4×	35	447
Gül Kızıltan Türkiye	14	167 0.7×	110 0.6×	64 0.5×	64 1.0×	9 0.2×	55	542
Chloe Panizza United States	9	226 0.9×	136 0.8×	21 0.2×	49 0.8×	10 0.2×	23	385
Polly Page United Kingdom	13	442 1.8×	165 1.0×	33 0.2×	57 0.9×	7 0.1×	27	718

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sparkle Springfield

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20 of 20 papers shown

Springfield, Sparkle, et al.. (2025). Barriers to Immunosuppressant Medication Adherence in Thoracic Transplant Recipients: Initial Findings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(7). 1090–1090.

Springfield, Sparkle, Cara Joyce, Yi‐Hsuan Wu, et al.. (2024). Diet Quality and Resilience through Adulthood: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the WELL for Life Study. Nutrients. 16(11). 1724–1724.

Krok‐Schoen, Jessica L., Michelle J. Naughton, Ashley S. Felix, et al.. (2023). Resiliency Among Women’s Health Initiative Women Aged 80 and Older by Race, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 78(9). 1445–1458. 4 indexed citations

Gardner, Christopher D., Maya Vadiveloo, Kristina Petersen, et al.. (2023). Popular Dietary Patterns: Alignment With American Heart Association 2021 Dietary Guidance: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 147(22). 1715–1730. 80 indexed citations breakdown →

Chrisinger, Benjamin W., Sparkle Springfield, Eric A. Whitsel, et al.. (2022). The Association of Neighborhood Changes with Health-Related Quality of Life in the Women’s Health Initiative. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9). 5309–5309. 6 indexed citations

Springfield, Sparkle, Feifei Qin, Haley Hedlin, et al.. (2022). Modifiable Resources and Resilience in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Older Women: Implications for Health Outcomes and Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(12). 7089–7089. 10 indexed citations

Luo, Juhua, Xiwei Chen, Hilary A. Tindle, et al.. (2020). Do health behaviors mediate associations between personality traits and diabetes incidence?. Annals of Epidemiology. 53. 7–13.e2. 4 indexed citations

Springfield, Sparkle, et al.. (2020). Meeting EAT-Lancet Food Consumption, Nutritional, and Environmental Health Standards: A U.S. Case Study across Racial and Ethnic Subgroups. Environmental Justice. 13(5). 160–172. 17 indexed citations

Singleton, Chelsea R., et al.. (2020). Examining disparities in diet quality between SNAP participants and non-participants using Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis. Preventive Medicine Reports. 19. 101134–101134. 18 indexed citations

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Crimarco, Anthony, Sparkle Springfield, Christina Petlura, et al.. (2020). A randomized crossover trial on the effect of plant-based compared with animal-based meat on trimethylamine-N-oxide and cardiovascular disease risk factors in generally healthy adults: Study With Appetizing Plantfood—Meat Eating Alternative Trial (SWAP-MEAT). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(5). 1188–1199. 185 indexed citations

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Springfield, Sparkle, Feifei Qin, Haley Hedlin, et al.. (2020). Resilience and CVD-protective Health Behaviors in Older Women: Examining Racial and Ethnic Differences in a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative. Nutrients. 12(7). 2107–2107. 20 indexed citations

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Springfield, Sparkle, et al.. (2020). The WELL diet score correlates with the alternative healthy eating index‐2010. Food Science & Nutrition. 8(6). 2710–2718. 8 indexed citations

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Thompson, Terry L., Chelsea R. Singleton, Sparkle Springfield, Roland J. Thorpe, & Angela Odoms‐Young. (2020). Differences in Nutrient Intake and Diet Quality Between Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Men in the United States. Public Health Reports. 135(3). 334–342. 21 indexed citations

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Kim, Eric S., Hilary A. Tindle, Laura D. Kubzansky, et al.. (2019). The Relation of Optimism to Relative Telomere Length in Older Men and Women. Psychosomatic Medicine. 82(2). 165–171. 10 indexed citations

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Springfield, Sparkle, Angela Odoms‐Young, Lisa Tussing‐Humphreys, Sally Freels, & Melinda Stolley. (2019). A Step toward Understanding Diet Quality in Urban African-American Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Baseline Data from the Moving Forward Study. Nutrition and Cancer. 71(1). 61–76. 7 indexed citations

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Springfield, Sparkle, Angela Odoms‐Young, Lisa Tussing‐Humphreys, Sally Freels, & Melinda Stolley. (2019). Adherence to American Cancer Society and American Institute of Cancer Research dietary guidelines in overweight African American breast cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 13(2). 257–268. 18 indexed citations

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Buscemi, Joanna, Oksana Pugach, Sparkle Springfield, et al.. (2018). Associations between fiber intake and Body Mass Index (BMI) among African-American women participating in a randomized weight loss and maintenance trial. Eating Behaviors. 29. 48–53. 12 indexed citations

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Stolley, Melinda, Patricia Sheean, Ben S. Gerber, et al.. (2017). Efficacy of a Weight Loss Intervention for African American Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 35(24). 2820–2828. 44 indexed citations

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Odoms‐Young, Angela, et al.. (2016). Retail Environments as a Venue for Obesity Prevention. Current Obesity Reports. 5(2). 184–191. 22 indexed citations

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Springfield, Sparkle, Joanna Buscemi, Marian Fitzgibbon, et al.. (2015). A randomized pilot study of a community-based weight loss intervention for African-American women: Rationale and study design of Doing Me! Sisters Standing Together for a Healthy Mind and Body. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 43. 200–208. 7 indexed citations

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