Steven Allender

18.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
279 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Steven Allender is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Allender has authored 279 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in General Health Professions, 124 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 39 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Steven Allender's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (113 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (74 papers) and Community Health and Development (53 papers). Steven Allender is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (113 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (74 papers) and Community Health and Development (53 papers). Steven Allender collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Steven Allender's co-authors include Charlie Foster, Mike Rayner, Peter Scarborough, Gill Cowburn, Boyd Swinburn, Melanie Nichols, Lynne Millar, Erin Hoare, Jillian Whelan and Alastair Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Steven Allender

268 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

European cardiovascular disease statistics 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2006 2008 2016 2011 250 500 750
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.

  1. European cardiovascular disease statistics
    2008 967 citations Steven Allender et al. profile →
  2. Understanding participation in sport and physical activity among children and adults: a review of qualitative studies
    2006 844 citations Steven Allender, Gill Cowburn et al. profile →
  3. Coronary heart disease statistics.
    2008 498 citations Steven Allender et al. profile →
  4. The associations between sedentary behaviour and mental health among adolescents: a systematic review
    2016 441 citations Steven Allender et al. profile →
  5. The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs
    2011 384 citations Steven Allender et al. profile →
  6. Co-creation, co-design, co-production for public health – a perspective on definitions and distinctions
    2022 301 citations Carmen Vargas, Jillian Whelan et al. Public Health Research & Practice profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven Allender Australia 49 3.9k 3.2k 1.9k 1.1k 983 279 10.4k
Brian Oldenburg Australia 57 2.7k 0.7× 4.7k 1.5× 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 682 0.7× 383 12.5k
J. Jaime Miranda Peru 52 3.2k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 441 12.0k
Anna Peeters Australia 51 4.7k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 860 0.9× 318 10.9k
Sara N. Bleich United States 50 6.1k 1.6× 3.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 458 0.4× 526 0.5× 230 11.6k
Leanne M Riley Switzerland 25 5.5k 1.4× 3.1k 1.0× 4.6k 2.5× 2.0k 1.8× 1.8k 1.8× 39 15.9k
Margaret Thorogood United Kingdom 62 4.6k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 340 0.3× 216 13.0k
Charlie Foster United Kingdom 57 5.3k 1.4× 2.9k 0.9× 5.1k 2.8× 795 0.7× 425 0.4× 244 14.0k
Marj Moodie Australia 49 4.2k 1.1× 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 416 0.4× 752 0.8× 249 8.2k
Mark Harris Australia 49 2.4k 0.6× 5.8k 1.8× 1.1k 0.6× 681 0.6× 657 0.7× 477 12.8k
Eric Finkelstein Singapore 60 7.4k 1.9× 4.2k 1.3× 2.7k 1.5× 2.2k 2.0× 729 0.7× 365 19.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Allender

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Allender

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nichols, Melanie, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Broader Benefits of Obesity Prevention Community-based Interventions From the Perspective of Multiple Stakeholders. Health Care Analysis. 33(2). 151–172. 1 indexed citations
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Strugnell, Claudia, et al.. (2023). Double‐ and triple‐duty actions in childhood for addressing the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: A scoping review. Obesity Reviews. 24(4). e13555–e13555. 13 indexed citations
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Alston, Laura, Melanie Nichols, Steven Allender, et al.. (2023). Dietary patterns in rural and metropolitan Australia: a cross-sectional study exploring dietary patterns, inflammation and association with cardiovascular disease risk factors. BMJ Open. 13(6). e069475–e069475. 9 indexed citations
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Backholer, Kathryn, et al.. (2023). Success of community-based system dynamics in prevention interventions: A systematic review of the literature. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1103834–1103834. 25 indexed citations
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Blake, Miranda R., Laura Alston, Melanie Nichols, et al.. (2023). How healthy and affordable are foods and beverages sold in school canteens? A cross-sectional study comparing menus from Victorian primary schools. Public Health Nutrition. 26(11). 2559–2572. 6 indexed citations
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Patrick, Rebecca, Claire Henderson‐Wilson, Joshua Hayward, et al.. (2023). Minding our futures: Understanding climate-related mental wellbeing using systems science. Health & Place. 84. 103134–103134. 4 indexed citations
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Hayward, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Systems thinking in local government: intervention design and adaptation in a community-based study. Health Research Policy and Systems. 21(1). 90–90. 6 indexed citations
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Klepp, Knut‐Inge, Arnfinn Helleve, Hannah Brinsden, et al.. (2023). Overweight and obesity prevention for and with adolescents: The “Confronting obesity: Co‐creating policy with youth” (CO‐CREATE) project. Obesity Reviews. 24(S1). e13540–e13540. 21 indexed citations
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Strugnell, Claudia, Denise Becker, Jillian Whelan, et al.. (2023). Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness: a cross-sectional study. Public Health Nutrition. 26(6). 1185–1193. 3 indexed citations
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Whelan, Jillian, Penny Fraser, Steven Allender, et al.. (2023). Perceived impacts of COVID-19 and bushfires on the implementation of an obesity prevention trial in Northeast Victoria, Australia. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287468–e0287468. 2 indexed citations
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Vargas, Carmen, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, et al.. (2023). Lived experience of participants who engaged in the co‐creation of initiatives to improve children's health in a rural Australian community. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 31(4). 659–669. 4 indexed citations
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Whelan, Jillian, Julie Brimblecombe, Meaghan S Christian, et al.. (2023). CO-Creation and Evaluation of Food Environments to Advance Community Health (COACH). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100111–100111. 4 indexed citations
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Vargas, Carmen, Jillian Whelan, Julie Brimblecombe, & Steven Allender. (2022). Co-creation, co-design, co-production for public health – a perspective on definitions and distinctions. Public Health Research & Practice. 32(2). 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Browne, Jennifer, Troy Walker, Andrew Brown, et al.. (2021). Systems thinking for Aboriginal Health: Understanding the value and acceptability of group model building approaches. SSM - Population Health. 15. 100874–100874. 21 indexed citations
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Haye, Kayla de la, et al.. (2019). Collaboration in Complex Systems: Multilevel Network Analysis for Community-Based Obesity Prevention Interventions. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12599–12599. 34 indexed citations
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Williams, Mandy, Bin Jalaludin, Steven Allender, et al.. (2019). Campbelltown – Changing our Future: study protocol for a whole of system approach to childhood obesity in South Western Sydney. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 1699–1699. 12 indexed citations
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Whelan, Jillian, Lynne Millar, Colin Bell, et al.. (2018). You Can’t Find Healthy Food in the Bush: Poor Accessibility, Availability and Adequacy of Food in Rural Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(10). 2316–2316. 54 indexed citations
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Venables, K M & Steven Allender. (2008). Quality of occupational health provision: two rating scales and their determinants. Occupational Medicine. 58(6). 439–442. 2 indexed citations
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Allender, Steven, Gill Cowburn, & Catherine Foster. (2005). Understanding participation in sport and physical activity amongst children and adults. Own your potential (DEAKIN). 4 indexed citations

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