Stephan U Dombrowski

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
109 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Stephan U Dombrowski is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan U Dombrowski has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Applied Psychology, 41 papers in General Health Professions and 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Stephan U Dombrowski's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (39 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (21 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (15 papers). Stephan U Dombrowski is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (39 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (21 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (15 papers). Stephan U Dombrowski collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. Stephan U Dombrowski's co-authors include Falko F. Sniehotta, Martin White, Susan Michie, Dominika Kwaśnicka, Alison Avenell, David French, Alex Bishop, Vera Araújo‐Soares, Keegan Knittle and Marie Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephan U Dombrowski

100 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A refined taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to help people change their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours: The CALO-RE taxonomy

2011 1.2k citations Susan Michie, Falko F. Sniehotta et al. Psychology and Health profile →
Theoretical explanations for maintenance of behaviour change: a systematic review of behaviour theories

2016 868 citations Dominika Kwaśnicka, Stephan U Dombrowski et al. Health Psychology Review profile →
Long term maintenance of weight loss with non-surgical interventions in obese adults: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

2014 561 citations Stephan U Dombrowski, Keegan Knittle et al. profile →
Intervention strategies to improve nutrition and health behaviours before conception

2018 263 citations Stephan U Dombrowski, Falko F. Sniehotta et al. profile →
Using Smartphones and Health Apps to Change and Manage Health Behaviors: A Population-Based Survey

2017 260 citations Clemens Ernsting, Stephan U Dombrowski et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan U Dombrowski United Kingdom	33	2.3k	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	109	6.4k
James E. Cane United Kingdom	14	4.0k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	893 0.8×	19	8.4k
Belinda Borrelli United States	43	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	3.2k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	194	8.1k
Laura Linnan United States	40	3.5k 1.5×	968 0.5×	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	138	8.5k
Anke Oenema Netherlands	46	2.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	3.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	151	7.6k
Michael G. Goldstein United States	47	3.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	3.3k 2.3×	1.1k 0.9×	112	8.9k
Colin Greaves United Kingdom	34	1.8k 0.8×	842 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	775 0.7×	136	5.3k
Marci K. Campbell United States	51	3.6k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.8k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	821 0.7×	117	8.0k
Milagros C. Rosal United States	41	2.1k 0.9×	582 0.3×	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	994 0.8×	209	7.7k
Sara Wilcox United States	52	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	3.9k 2.3×	3.8k 2.6×	1.3k 1.1×	316	10.6k
Caroline E Wood United Kingdom	8	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	594 0.5×	16	5.5k

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Morris, Jacqui, Linda Irvine, Jenna Breckenridge, et al.. (2025). Keeping Active with Texting after Stroke (KATS): a single-arm feasibility and acceptability study of a behavioural intervention to promote community-based physical activity after stroke rehabilitation. BMJ Open. 15(2). e093838–e093838.

Hoddinott, Pat, Lisa Macaulay, Stephan U Dombrowski, et al.. (2024). Text Messages With Financial Incentives for Men With Obesity. JAMA. 332(1). 31–31. 4 indexed citations

Irvine, Linda, Jacqui Morris, Stephan U Dombrowski, et al.. (2023). Keeping Active with Texting after Stroke (KATS): development of a text message intervention to promote physical activity and exercise after stroke. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 105–105. 6 indexed citations

Morris, Jacqui, Linda Irvine, Tricia Tooman, et al.. (2023). WeWalk: walking with a buddy after stroke—a pilot study evaluating feasibility and acceptability of a person-centred dyadic behaviour change intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 10–10. 6 indexed citations

Clarke, Joanne, Stephan U Dombrowski, Pat Hoddinott, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA-feed) for improving breastfeeding initiation and continuation: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (Version 3.0). BMJ Open. 13(11). e075460–e075460.

Johnson, Debbie, Stephan U Dombrowski, Gill Thomson, et al.. (2023). Text message conversations between peer supporters and women to deliver infant feeding support using behaviour change techniques: A qualitative analysis. Midwifery. 127. 103838–103838. 2 indexed citations

Morris, Jacqui, Linda Irvine, Stephan U Dombrowski, et al.. (2022). We Walk: a person-centred, dyadic behaviour change intervention to promote physical activity through outdoor walking after stroke—an intervention development study. BMJ Open. 12(6). e058563–e058563. 13 indexed citations

Lades, Leonhard K., Lea Barbett, Michael Daly, & Stephan U Dombrowski. (2022). Self-control, goal interference, and the binge-watching experience: An event reconstruction study. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 7. 100220–100220. 6 indexed citations

Farquharson, Barbara, Marie Johnston, Brian Williams, et al.. (2022). Reducing patient delay in acute coronary syndrome: Randomized controlled trial testing effect of behaviour change intervention on intentions to seek help. British Journal of Health Psychology. 28(1). 188–207. 4 indexed citations

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Ingram, Jenny, Gill Thomson, Debbie Johnson, et al.. (2020). Women's and peer supporters' experiences of an assets‐based peer support intervention for increasing breastfeeding initiation and continuation: A qualitative study. Health Expectations. 23(3). 622–631. 18 indexed citations

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Clarke, Joanne, Jenny Ingram, Debbie Johnson, et al.. (2020). An assets-based intervention before and after birth to improve breastfeeding initiation and continuation: the ABA feasibility RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(7). 1–156. 5 indexed citations

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Dombrowski, Stephan U, Matthew McDonald, Marjon van der Pol, et al.. (2020). Game of Stones: feasibility randomised controlled trial of how to engage men with obesity in text message and incentive interventions for weight loss. BMJ Open. 10(2). e032653–e032653. 23 indexed citations

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Ernsting, Clemens, et al.. (2019). Associations of Health App Use and Perceived Effectiveness in People With Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes: Population-Based Survey. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 7(3). e12179–e12179. 55 indexed citations

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Sniehotta, Falko F., Elizabeth H. Evans, Kirby Sainsbury, et al.. (2019). Behavioural intervention for weight loss maintenance versus standard weight advice in adults with obesity: A randomised controlled trial in the UK (NULevel Trial). PLoS Medicine. 16(5). e1002793–e1002793. 41 indexed citations

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Clarke, Joanne, Jenny Ingram, Debbie Johnson, et al.. (2019). The ABA intervention for improving breastfeeding initiation and continuation: Feasibility study results. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 16(1). e12907–e12907. 13 indexed citations

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Kwaśnicka, Dominika, Stephan U Dombrowski, Martin White, & Falko F. Sniehotta. (2019). ‘It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle’: a longitudinal, data-prompted interview study of weight loss maintenance. Psychology and Health. 34(8). 963–982. 43 indexed citations

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Knittle, Keegan, Johanna Nurmi, Rik Crutzen, et al.. (2018). How can interventions increase motivation for physical activity? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review. 12(3). 211–230. 174 indexed citations

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Bull, Eleanor, Stephan U Dombrowski, Nicola McCleary, & Marie Johnston. (2014). Are interventions for low-income groups effective in changing healthy eating, physical activity and smoking behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 4(11). e006046–e006046. 105 indexed citations

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Michie, Susan, et al.. (2011). A refined taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to help people change their physical activity and healthy eating behaviours: The CALO-RE taxonomy. Psychology and Health. 26(11). 1479–1498. 1236 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dombrowski, Stephan U, et al.. (2010). Behavioural Interventions for Obese Adults with Additional Risk Factors for Morbidity: Systematic Review of Effects on Behaviour, Weight and Disease Risk Factors. Obesity Facts. 3(6). 377–396. 109 indexed citations

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