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D-Index
113
Citations
77139
World Ranking
4829
National Ranking
10

Boyd Swinburn publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boyd Swinburn sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 666 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Boyd Swinburn D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boyd Swinburn sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Boyd Swinburn is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Ecology.

Their research covers several key topics, which include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Community Health and Development
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Swinburn has contributed to recent scholarly publications such as:

  • "The effect of food taxes and subsidies on population health and health costs: a modelling study" (2020, The Lancet Public Health)
  • "What is the impact of food reformulation on individuals' behaviour, nutrient intakes and health status? A systematic review of empirical evidence" (2020, Obesity Reviews)
  • "The need to reshape global food processing: a call to the United Nations Food Systems Summit" (2021, BMJ Global Health)
  • "Community Group Model Building as a Method for Engaging Participants and Mobilising Action in Public Health" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Toward healthy and sustainable diets for the 21st century: Importance of sociocultural and economic considerations" (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent collaborators include Sally Mackay, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Sarah Gerritsen, Steven Allender, and Gary Sacks. These co-authors have worked with Swinburn on numerous occasions, contributing to a network of research in public health and nutrition.

The venues where Swinburn most frequently publishes reflect a focus on environmental health, nutrition, and global health issues. These include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Globalization and Health
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments

    Boyd A Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Kevin D Hall;Klim McPherson

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Dissecting obesogenic environments: the development and application of a framework for identifying and prioritizing environmental interventions for obesity.

    Boyd Swinburn;Garry Egger;Fezeela Raza;Fezeela Raza

  • The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

    Boyd A Swinburn;Boyd A Swinburn;Vivica I Kraak;Steven Allender;Vincent J Atkins

  • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of excess weight gain and obesity

    Boyd Swinburn;I. Caterson;J. C. Seidell;W. P. T. James

  • Changing the future of obesity: Science, policy, and action

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Boyd A. Swinburn;David Levy;Rob Carter

  • Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight

    Kevin D Hall;Gary Sacks;Dhruva Chandramohan;Carson C Chow

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

    Tim Lobstein;Rachel Jackson-Leach;Marjory L Moodie;Kevin D Hall

  • How much physical activity is enough to prevent unhealthy weight gain? Outcome of the IASO 1st Stock Conference and consensus statement

    W. H. M. Saris;S. N. Blair;M. A. van Baak;S. B. Eaton

  • An ecological approach to the obesity pandemic

    Garry Egger;Boyd Swinburn

  • Patchy progress on obesity prevention: emerging examples, entrenched barriers, and new thinking

    Christina A. Roberto;Boyd Swinburn;Corinna Hawkes;Terry T.-K. Huang;Terry T.-K. Huang

  • The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic

    Lindsay M Jaacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;An Pan;Craig J McGowan

  • Low ratio of fat to carbohydrate oxidation as predictor of weight gain: study of 24-h RQ

    F. Zurlo;S. Lillioja;A. Esposito del Puente;B. L. Nyomba

  • Impaired glucose tolerance as a disorder of insulin action. Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies in Pima Indians

    Stephen Lillioja;David M. Mott;Barbara V. Howard;Peter H. Bennett

  • INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

    Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Shiriki Kumanyika

  • Preventive strategies against weight gain and obesity.

    Boyd Swinburn;G. Egger

  • Increased food energy supply is more than sufficient to explain the US epidemic of obesity.

    Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Eric Ravussin

  • Obesity prevention: a proposed framework for translating evidence into action.

    Boyd Swinburn;T. Gill;S. Kumanyika

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Sacks
Gary Sacks Deakin University
Stefanie Vandevijvere
Stefanie Vandevijvere University of Auckland
Wendy Snowdon
Wendy Snowdon Deakin University
Peter Kremer
Peter Kremer Deakin University
Steven Allender
Steven Allender Deakin University
Elizabeth Waters
Elizabeth Waters University of Melbourne
Bruce Neal
Bruce Neal George Institute for Global Health
Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Marita P. McCabe
Marita P. McCabe Swinburne University of Technology
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly University of Wollongong

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