Flora Douglas

2.3k citations
76 papers · 1.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 17

Impact in

Papers in

  • General Health Professions 31
    • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations 18
    • Homelessness and Social Issues 6
    • Community Health and Development 5
    • Health Policy Implementation Science 4
  • Pharmacy 12
    • Obesity and Health Practices 12
Co-authors
Jennie I. Macdiarmid (5 shared papers)Edwin van Teijlingen (26 shared papers)Nicola Torrance (9 shared papers)Alison Avenell (11 shared papers)Daryll Archibald (9 shared papers)Clare Robertson (9 shared papers)Fiona J. Stewart (8 shared papers)Dwayne Boyers (8 shared papers)
Journals
Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (6 papers)BMC Public Health (5 papers)Appetite (4 papers)European Journal of Public Health (3 papers)BMC Health Services Research (2 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesIreland

In The Last Decade

Flora Douglas

62 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Flora Douglas's Hit Papers

Eating like there's no tomorrow: Public awareness of the environmental impact of food and reluctance to eat less meat as part of a sustainable diet 2015 · 456 citations
4560+3+7Years since publication100200300400
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2015 Appetite

Peers

Flora Douglas
Comparison fields: 5 of 127
  • Pharmacy 221
  • Applied Psychology 87
  • General Health Professions 328
  • Ecology 341
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 150
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Flora Douglas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Eating like there's no tomorrow: Public awareness of the environmental impact of food and reluctance to eat less meat as part of a sustainable diet
Appetite ·Jennie I. Macdiarmid, Flora Douglas, Jonina Campbell
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2
Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity. A questionnaire survey
BMC Public Health ·Flora Douglas, Nicola Torrance, Edwin van Teijlingen, Serena Meloni, Ann Kerr
2006172
3
Systematic reviews of and integrated report on the quantitative, qualitative and economic evidence base for the management of obesity in men
Health Technology Assessment ·Clare Robertson, Daryll Archibald, Alison Avenell, Flora Douglas, Pat Hoddinott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Dwayne Boyers, Fiona J. Stewart, Charles Boachie, Evie Fioratou, David Wilkins, Tim Street, Paula Carroll, Colin Fowler
2014167
4
What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men
BMC Health Services Research ·Lynn M. Robertson, Flora Douglas, Anne Ludbrook, Garth Reid, Edwin van Teijlingen
2008109
5
More of the same? Conflicting perspectives of obesity causation and intervention amongst overweight people, health professionals and policy makers
Social Science & Medicine ·Joe Greener, Flora Douglas, Edwin van Teijlingen
2010102
6
Should weight loss and maintenance programmes be designed differently for men? A systematic review of long-term randomised controlled trials presenting data for men and women: The ROMEO project
Obesity Research & Clinical Practice ·Clare Robertson, Alison Avenell, Charles Boachie, Fiona J. Stewart, Daryll Archibald, Flora Douglas, Pat Hoddinott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Dwayne Boyers
201580
7
Resourcefulness, Desperation, Shame, Gratitude and Powerlessness: Common Themes Emerging from A Study of Food Bank Use in Northeast Scotland
AIMS Public Health ·Flora Douglas, Jennifer Sapko, Kirsty Kiezebrink, Janet Kyle
201558
8
Promoting physical activity in primary care settings: health visitors’ and practice nurses’ views and experiences
Journal of Advanced Nursing ·Flora Douglas, Edwin van Teijlingen, Nicola Torrance, Paul Fearn, Ann Kerr, Serena Meloni
200649
9
Clinical Effectiveness of Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance Interventions for Men: A Systematic Review of Men-Only Randomized Controlled Trials (The ROMEO Project)
American Journal of Men s Health ·Clare Robertson, Alison Avenell, Fiona J. Stewart, Daryll Archibald, Flora Douglas, Pat Hoddinott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Dwayne Boyers
201537
10
A qualitative evidence synthesis on the management of male obesity
BMJ Open ·Daryll Archibald, Flora Douglas, Pat Hoddinott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Fiona J. Stewart, Clare Robertson, Dwayne Boyers, Alison Avenell
201533
11
Health professionals’ experiences and perspectives on food insecurity and long‐term conditions: A qualitative investigation
Health & Social Care in the Community ·Flora Douglas, Kathryn Machray, Vikki Ann Entwistle
201928
12
The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity
Appetite ·Rebecca Ann Stone, Adrian Carl Brown, Flora Douglas, Mark Alan Green, Emma Hunter, Marta Lonnie, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Charlotte Alice Hardman
202424
13
Gaining pounds by losing pounds: preferences for lifestyle interventions to reduce obesity
Health Economics Policy and Law ·Mandy Ryan, Deokhee Yi, Alison Avenell, Flora Douglas, Lorna S. Aucott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Luke David Vale
201421
14
A qualitative investigation of lived experiences of long-term health condition management with people who are food insecure
BMC Public Health ·Flora Douglas, Emma MacIver, Chris Yuill
202019
15
Clinical governance and research ethics as barriers to UK low-risk population-based health research?
BMC Public Health ·Edwin van Teijlingen, Flora Douglas, Nicola Torrance
200817
16
“It’s a balance of just getting things right”:mothers’ views about pre-school childhood obesity and obesity prevention in Scotland
BMC Public Health ·Flora Douglas, Julia S Clark, Leone C. A. Craig, Jonina Campbell, Geraldine McNeill
201417
17
Using a realist approach to evaluate smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people
BMC Health Services Research ·Flora Douglas, Denise Gray, Edwin van Teijlingen
201017
18
Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions. What are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them?
Public Health Nutrition ·Jennie I. Macdiarmid, Jennifer Loe, Flora Douglas, Anne Ludbrook, Caroline V. Comerford, Geraldine McNeill
201014
19
It's making us look disgusting…and it makes me feel like a mink…it makes me feel depressed!: using photovoice to help ‘see’ and understand the perspectives of disadvantaged young people about the neighbourhood determinants of their mental well-being
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education ·Megan Watson, Flora Douglas
201213
20
Services just for men? Insights from a national study of the well men services pilots
BMC Public Health ·Flora Douglas, Joe Greener, Edwin van Teijlingen, Anne Ludbrook
201312

About Flora Douglas

Flora Douglas is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Health, having authored 76 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (18 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (12 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (11 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (6 papers), Community Health and Development (5 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (4 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacy (221 citations), Applied Psychology (87 citations), General Health Professions (328 citations), Ecology (341 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (150 citations). Flora Douglas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Jennie I. Macdiarmid, Edwin van Teijlingen, Nicola Torrance, Alison Avenell, Daryll Archibald, Clare Robertson, Fiona J. Stewart, Dwayne Boyers, Pat Hoddinott and Anne Ludbrook. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, BMC Public Health, Appetite, European Journal of Public Health and BMC Health Services Research.

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