Tim Lang

13.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Tim Lang is a scholar working on Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Lang has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Tim Lang's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (15 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (9 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (9 papers). Tim Lang is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (15 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (9 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (9 papers). Tim Lang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Tim Lang's co-authors include David Barling, Yiannis Gabriel, Martin Caraher, Dariush Mozaffarian, Sonia Y. Angell, Juan Á. Rivera, Pamela Mason, Geof Rayner, M. A. Heasman and Corinna Hawkes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, BMJ and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Tim Lang

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Role of government policy in nutrition—barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating

2018 310 citations Dariush Mozaffarian, Sonia Y. Angell et al. BMJ profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Lang United Kingdom	25	621	571	545	516	399	47	2.4k
Tim Lang United Kingdom	27	574 0.9×	756 1.3×	504 0.9×	255 0.5×	433 1.1×	73	2.5k
Mario Mazzocchi Italy	25	1.1k 1.8×	359 0.6×	561 1.0×	284 0.6×	324 0.8×	90	2.8k
W. Bruce Traill United Kingdom	28	972 1.6×	998 1.7×	749 1.4×	260 0.5×	222 0.6×	79	3.3k
Bhavani Shankar United Kingdom	30	986 1.6×	480 0.8×	289 0.5×	371 0.7×	490 1.2×	111	3.0k
Jane Kolodinsky United States	29	780 1.3×	703 1.2×	371 0.7×	115 0.2×	455 1.1×	154	2.7k
Rosemary Green United Kingdom	29	912 1.5×	400 0.7×	703 1.3×	1.5k 3.0×	329 0.8×	122	3.5k
Gyorgy Scrinis Australia	26	1.6k 2.6×	272 0.5×	572 1.0×	381 0.7×	216 0.5×	48	2.6k
Helen H. Jensen United States	32	758 1.2×	640 1.1×	504 0.9×	180 0.3×	691 1.7×	173	3.1k
Martin Caraher United Kingdom	32	2.2k 3.5×	650 1.1×	747 1.4×	213 0.4×	1.1k 2.8×	106	4.1k
William A. Masters United States	31	569 0.9×	237 0.4×	362 0.7×	624 1.2×	404 1.0×	161	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Lang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Lang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Lang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Lang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Lang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tim Lang. Tim Lang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dooren, Corné van, et al.. (2024). The planet on our plates: approaches to incorporate environmental sustainability within food-based dietary guidelines. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1223814–1223814. 7 indexed citations

Lang, Tim. (2022). UK food policy: implications for nutritionists. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 81(2). 176–189. 5 indexed citations

Böhm, Steffen, Marja Spierenburg, & Tim Lang. (2019). Fruits of our labour: Work and organisation in the global food system. Organization. 27(2). 195–212. 26 indexed citations

Lang, Tim. (2019). No-deal food planning in UK Brexit. The Lancet. 394(10201). 814–815. 4 indexed citations

Schalkwyk, May CI van, Pepita Barlow, David Stückler, et al.. (2019). Assessing the health effects of a “no deal” Brexit. BMJ. 366. l5300–l5300. 9 indexed citations

Mozaffarian, Dariush, Sonia Y. Angell, Tim Lang, & Juan Á. Rivera. (2018). Role of government policy in nutrition—barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating. BMJ. 361. k2426–k2426. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

Lang, Tim & Pamela Mason. (2017). Sustainable diet policy development: implications of multi-criteria and other approaches, 2008–2017. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 77(3). 331–346. 44 indexed citations

Lang, Tim & Christopher Kennedy. (2016). Assessing the Global Operational Footprint of Higher Education with Environmentally Extended Global Multiregional Input‐Output Models. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 20(3). 462–471. 14 indexed citations

Brinsden, Hannah & Tim Lang. (2015). Reflecting on ICN2: was it a game changer?. Archives of Public Health. 73(1). 42–42. 4 indexed citations

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Lang, Tim & Geof Rayner. (2015). Beyond the Golden Era of public health: charting a path from sanitarianism to ecological public health. Public Health. 129(10). 1369–1382. 18 indexed citations

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Caraher, Martin, et al.. (2013). A qualitative, cross cultural examination of attitudes and behaviour in relation to cooking habits in France and Britain. Appetite. 75. 71–81. 70 indexed citations

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Lang, Tim. (2009). What President Obama can do in the world. Public Health Nutrition. 12(4). 581–583. 1 indexed citations

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Lang, Tim. (2009). Reshaping the Food System for Ecological Public Health. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 4(3-4). 315–335. 66 indexed citations

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Barling, David, et al.. (2009). Traceability and ethical concerns in the UK wheat—bread chain: from food safety to provenance to transparency. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 7(4). 261–278. 34 indexed citations

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Millstone, Erik & Tim Lang. (2008). Risking regulatory capture at the UK's Food Standards Agency?. The Lancet. 372(9633). 94–95. 4 indexed citations

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Lang, Tim, et al.. (2007). Food-based dietary guidelines and implementation: lessons from four countries – Chile, Germany, New Zealand and South Africa. Public Health Nutrition. 11(8). 867–874. 38 indexed citations

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Wrieden, Wendy, Annie S. Anderson, Karen Valentine, et al.. (2007). The impact of a community-based food skills intervention on cooking confidence, food preparation methods and dietary choices – an exploratory trial. Public Health Nutrition. 10(2). 203–211. 152 indexed citations

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Rayner, Geof, Corinna Hawkes, Tim Lang, & Walden Bello. (2006). Trade liberalization and the diet transition: a public health response. Health Promotion International. 21(suppl_1). 67–74. 74 indexed citations

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Lang, Tim & Geof Rayner. (2005). Obesity: a growing issue for European policy?. Journal of European Social Policy. 15(4). 301–327. 32 indexed citations

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Lang, Tim, et al.. (1995). Off our trolleys? : food retailing and the hypermarket economy. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 41 indexed citations

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