Jolanda Maas

7.0k citations

59 papers · 5.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.1%
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
Speech and Hearing top 0.05%
- Noise Effects and Management

Papers in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 42
- Urban Green Space and Health 42
Speech and Hearing 14
- Noise Effects and Management 13

Co-authors: Peter Groenewegen (8 shared papers)Robert Verheij (6 shared papers)A.E. van den Berg (8 shared papers)S.M.E. van Dillen (1 shared paper)Magdalena van den Berg (10 shared papers)Mireille N. M. van Poppel (5 shared papers)Willem van Mechelen (5 shared papers)Wanda Wendel‐Vos (5 shared papers)
Journals: Urban forestry & urban greening (6 papers)International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (5 papers)Journal of Environmental Psychology (3 papers)Health & Place (3 papers)Environment International (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United Kingdom Spain

In The Last Decade

Jolanda Maas

58 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Jolanda Maas's Hit Papers

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Health benefits of green spaces in the living environment: A systematic review of epidemiological studies 2015 · 671 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Urban forestry & urban greening
2010 Social Science & Medicine
2008 Health & Place

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1	Social contacts as a possible mechanism behind the relation between green space and health Health & Place ·Jolanda Maas, S.M.E. van Dillen, Robert Verheij, Peter Groenewegen Hit paper breakdown →	2008	953
2	Green space as a buffer between stressful life events and health Social Science & Medicine ·A.E. van den Berg, Jolanda Maas, Robert Verheij, Peter Groenewegen Hit paper breakdown →	2010	912
3	Health benefits of green spaces in the living environment: A systematic review of epidemiological studies Urban forestry & urban greening ·Magdalena van den Berg, Wanda Wendel‐Vos, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Han C. G. Kemper, Willem van Mechelen, Jolanda Maas Hit paper breakdown →	2015	671
4	Physical activity as a possible mechanism behind the relationship between green space and health: A multilevel analysis BMC Public Health ·Jolanda Maas, Robert Verheij, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Peter Groenewegen	2008	333
5	Visiting green space is associated with mental health and vitality: A cross-sectional study in four european cities Health & Place ·Magdalena van den Berg, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Irene van Kamp, Sandra Andrušaitytė, Birutė Balsevičienė, Marta Cirach, Asta Danilevičiūtė, Naomi Ellis, Gemma Hurst, Daniel Masterson, Graham Smith, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Inga Uždanavičiūtė, Puck de Wit, Willem van Mechelen, Christopher Gidlow, Regina Gražulevičienė, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Hanneke Kruize, Jolanda Maas	2016	303
6	Is Green Space in the Living Environment Associated with People's Feelings of Social Safety? Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ·Jolanda Maas, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Marijke van Winsum-Westra, Robert Verheij, S. de Vries, Peter Groenewegen	2008	166
7	Do Physical Activity, Social Cohesion, and Loneliness Mediate the Association Between Time Spent Visiting Green Space and Mental Health? Environment and Behavior ·Magdalena M. van den Berg, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Irene van Kamp, Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Christopher Gidlow, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Regina Gražulevičienė, Willem van Mechelen, Hanneke Kruize, Jolanda Maas	2017	147
8	The relationship between natural outdoor environments and cognitive functioning and its mediators Environmental Research ·Wilma L. Zijlema, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Graham Smith, Marta Cirach, David Martínez, Payam Dadvand, Mireia Gascón, Marc V. Jones, Christopher Gidlow, Gemma Hurst, Daniel Masterson, Naomi Ellis, Magdalena van den Berg, Jolanda Maas, Irene van Kamp, Peter van den Hazel, Hanneke Kruize, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Jordi Júlvez	2017	114
9	Green Walls for a Restorative Classroom Environment: A Controlled Evaluation Study Environment and Behavior ·A.E. van den Berg, Janke E. Wesselius, Jolanda Maas, Karin Dijkstra	2016	107
10	Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Viewing Green and Built Settings: Differentiating Between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Magdalena van den Berg, Jolanda Maas, Rianne Muller, Anoek Braun, Wendy Kaandorp, René van Lien, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Willem van Mechelen, Agnes van den Berg	2015	101
11	Is a Green Residential Environment Better for Health? If So, Why? Annals of the Association of American Geographers ·Peter Groenewegen, A.E. van den Berg, Jolanda Maas, Robert Verheij, S. de Vries	2012	96
12	Green Schoolyards as Outdoor Learning Environments: Barriers and Solutions as Experienced by Primary School Teachers Frontiers in Psychology ·Janke E. van Dijk-Wesselius, A.E. van den Berg, Jolanda Maas, Dieuwke Hovinga	2020	85
13	Exploring mechanisms underlying the relationship between the natural outdoor environment and health and well-being – Results from the PHENOTYPE project Environment International ·Hanneke Kruize, Irene van Kamp, Magdalena van den Berg, Elise van Kempen, Wanda Wendel‐Vos, Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Wim Swart, Jolanda Maas, Christopher Gidlow, Graham Smith, Naomi Ellis, Gemma Hurst, Daniel Masterson, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Marta Cirach, Regina Gražulevičienė, Peter van den Hazel, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	2019	81
14	Momentary mood response to natural outdoor environments in four European cities Environment International ·Michelle C. Kondo, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, David Donaire-González, Edmund Seto, Antònia Valentín, Gemma Hurst, Glòria Carrasco‐Turigas, Daniel Masterson, Albert Ambrós, Naomi Ellis, Wim Swart, Nora Davis, Jolanda Maas, Michael Jerrett, Christopher Gidlow, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	2019	81
15	Neighbourhood green space, social environment and mental health: an examination in four European cities International Journal of Public Health ·Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Sigrid M. Mohnen, Mariël Droomers, Hanneke Kruize, Christopher Gidlow, Regina Gražulevičienė, Sandra Andrušaitytė, Jolanda Maas, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Daniel Masterson, Naomi Ellis, Elise van Kempen, Wim Hardyns, Karien Stronks, Peter Groenewegen	2017	75
16	Greenery in the university environment: Students’ preferences and perceived restoration likelihood PLoS ONE ·Nicole van den Bogerd, S. Dijkstra, Jacob C. Seidell, Jolanda Maas	2018	75
17	Schoolyard physical activity of 6–11 year old children assessed by GPS and accelerometry International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Dirk Dessing, Frank H. Pierik, R.P. Sterkenburg, Paula van Dommelen, Jolanda Maas, S.I. de Vries	2013	73
18	Active commuting through natural environments is associated with better mental health: Results from the PHENOTYPE project Environment International ·Wilma L. Zijlema, Ione Ávila-Palència, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Christopher Gidlow, Jolanda Maas, Hanneke Kruize, Sandra Andrušaitytė, Regina Gražulevičienė, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	2018	67
19	Greening the classroom: Three field experiments on the effects of indoor nature on students' attention, well-being, and perceived environmental quality Building and Environment ·Nicole van den Bogerd, S. Dijkstra, Karin Dijkstra, Michiel R. de Boer, Jacob C. Seidell, Sander L. Koole, Jolanda Maas	2020	65
20	Development of the natural environment scoring tool (NEST) Urban forestry & urban greening ·Christopher Gidlow, Elise van Kempen, Graham Smith, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Hanneke Kruize, Regina Gražulevičienė, Naomi Ellis, Gemma Hurst, Daniel Masterson, Marta Cirach, Magdalena van den Berg, Wim Smart, Audrius Dėdelė, Jolanda Maas, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	2017	62

About Jolanda Maas

Jolanda Maas is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Plant Science, Education and Environmental Engineering, having authored 59 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Urban Green Space and Health (42 papers), Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (14 papers), Noise Effects and Management (13 papers), Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (8 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 papers), Place Attachment and Urban Studies (5 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (4.1k citations), Speech and Hearing (1.1k citations), Transportation (643 citations), Environmental Engineering (904 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (1.0k citations). Jolanda Maas has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Peter Groenewegen, Robert Verheij, A.E. van den Berg, S.M.E. van Dillen, Magdalena van den Berg, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Willem van Mechelen, Wanda Wendel‐Vos, Han C. G. Kemper and Peter Spreeuwenberg. Their work appears in journals such as Urban forestry & urban greening, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Health & Place and Environment International.

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