W. Carlos Poston

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

W. Carlos Poston is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Carlos Poston has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in W. Carlos Poston's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers), Counseling Practices and Supervision (4 papers) and Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology (2 papers). W. Carlos Poston is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers), Counseling Practices and Supervision (4 papers) and Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology (2 papers). W. Carlos Poston collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. W. Carlos Poston's co-authors include William S. Harris, Christopher K. Haddock, Matthew W. Gillman, Nicolas Stettler, Shiriki Kumanyika, Yuling Hong, Alison E. Field, Ronny A. Bell, Cora E. Lewis and Barry A. Franklin and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, The FASEB Journal and The American Journal of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

W. Carlos Poston

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Population-Based Prevention of Obesity

2008 496 citations Shiriki Kumanyika, Eva Obarzanek et al. Circulation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Carlos Poston United States	9	471	265	242	237	180	13	1.1k
R. Sue Day United States	26	816 1.7×	123 0.5×	330 1.4×	330 1.4×	181 1.0×	63	1.9k
Paula A. Quatromoni United States	25	882 1.9×	271 1.0×	482 2.0×	128 0.5×	304 1.7×	59	1.6k
Karen Winters United States	11	517 1.1×	113 0.4×	413 1.7×	282 1.2×	261 1.4×	26	1.7k
Claudia Börnhorst Germany	24	1.1k 2.3×	219 0.8×	265 1.1×	236 1.0×	157 0.9×	64	1.5k
Bharathi Viswanathan Seychelles	18	287 0.6×	118 0.4×	178 0.7×	163 0.7×	183 1.0×	43	872
Yit Siew Chin Malaysia	22	623 1.3×	325 1.2×	193 0.8×	262 1.1×	231 1.3×	86	1.2k
Wan Ying Gan Malaysia	21	472 1.0×	149 0.6×	95 0.4×	180 0.8×	373 2.1×	82	1.3k
Katherine M. Livingstone Australia	27	1.1k 2.3×	382 1.4×	542 2.2×	216 0.9×	124 0.7×	117	1.9k
Louise M Aston United Kingdom	10	503 1.1×	172 0.6×	378 1.6×	175 0.7×	141 0.8×	13	1.1k
Sahasporn Paeratakul United States	14	1.6k 3.3×	391 1.5×	498 2.1×	420 1.8×	418 2.3×	15	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Carlos Poston

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Carlos Poston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. Carlos Poston. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W. Carlos Poston. The network helps show where W. Carlos Poston may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Carlos Poston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Carlos Poston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Carlos Poston 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 W. Carlos Poston. W. Carlos Poston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Hunter, Christine M., Alan L. Peterson, Lisa Alvarez, et al.. (2008). Weight Management Using the Internet. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 34(2). 119–126. 111 indexed citations

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Kumanyika, Shiriki, Eva Obarzanek, Nicolas Stettler, et al.. (2008). Population-Based Prevention of Obesity. Circulation. 118(4). 428–464. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harris, William S., W. Carlos Poston, & Christopher K. Haddock. (2007). Tissue n−3 and n−6 fatty acids and risk for coronary heart disease events. Atherosclerosis. 193(1). 1–10. 212 indexed citations

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Suminski, Richard R., et al.. (2007). Meteorological conditions are associated with physical activities performed in open-air settings. International Journal of Biometeorology. 52(3). 189–197. 75 indexed citations

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Johnston, Craig A., Chermaine Tyler, W. Carlos Poston, et al.. (2007). Weight Management for Mexican American Adolescents: School‐Based Program. The FASEB Journal. 21(5). 1 indexed citations

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Harris, William S., et al.. (2006). Tissue Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio and Risk for Coronary Artery Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 98(4). 19–26. 82 indexed citations

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Suminski, Richard R., et al.. (2006). An Observation Method for Determining the Number of Children and Adults Walking/Biking to Elementary School. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 3(1). 37–47. 8 indexed citations

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Taylor, Jane B., et al.. (2004). Saturation of tobacco smoking models and risk of alcohol and tobacco use among adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 35(3). 190–196. 19 indexed citations

9.

Haddock, C. Keith, et al.. (1995). Health Behaviors of Military Retirees: Incidence of Smoking and Alcohol Use. Military Medicine. 160(2). 74–77. 6 indexed citations

10.

Atkinson, Donald R., et al.. (1989). Ethnic group preferences for counselor characteristics.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 36(1). 68–72. 68 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Donald R., et al.. (1989). Ethnic group preferences for counselor characteristics.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 36(1). 68–72. 3 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Donald R., Michael J. Furlong, & W. Carlos Poston. (1986). Afro-American preferences for counselor characteristics.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 33(3). 326–330. 3 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Donald R., Michael J. Furlong, & W. Carlos Poston. (1986). Afro-American preferences for counselor characteristics.. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 33(3). 326–330. 65 indexed citations

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