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David Crawford

David Crawford

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
116
Citations
40917
World Ranking
4407
National Ranking
120

David Crawford 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 David Crawford sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 469 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Crawford 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 David Crawford sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Crawford is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, and Hematology.

Their research focuses on a variety of topics, with a significant emphasis on Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet. Other key topics include Urban Transport and Accessibility, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

David Crawford has published numerous papers, with several recent works as examples:

  • Are park availability and satisfaction with neighbourhood parks associated with physical activity and time spent outdoors? (2021, BMC Public Health)
  • Long-term outcomes (2 and 3.5 years post-intervention) of the INFANT early childhood intervention to improve health behaviors and reduce obesity: cluster randomised controlled trial follow-up (2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
  • Transform-Us! cluster RCT: 18-month and 30-month effects on children's physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk markers (2022, British Journal of Sports Medicine)
  • Influence of work hours and commute time on food practices: a longitudinal analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (2022, BMJ Open)
  • Adherence to the Australian dietary guidelines and development of depressive symptoms at 5 years follow-up amongst women in the READI cohort study (2020, Nutrition Journal)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kylie Ball (10 publications)
  • Sarah A. McNaughton (6 publications)
  • Jacob S. Alexander (6 publications)
  • Keith R. Berend (6 publications)
  • Karen E. Lamb (5 publications)

David Crawford's research regularly appears in a range of publication venues, including:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (4 publications)
  • Surgical Technology Online (4 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (3 publications)
  • Public Health Nutrition (3 publications)
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Physical activity and sedentary behavior: a population-based study of barriers, enjoyment, and preference.

    Jo Salmon;Neville Owen;David Crawford;Adrian Bauman

  • Perceptions about the local neighborhood and walking and cycling among children

    Anna Timperio;David Crawford;Amanda Telford;Jo Salmon

  • Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school.

    Anna Timperio;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon;Rebecca Roberts

  • Playing it safe: the influence of neighbourhood safety on children's physical activity. A review.

    Alison Carver;Anna Timperio;David Crawford

  • Preschool children and physical activity: a review of correlates.

    Trina Hinkley;David Crawford;Jo Salmon;Anthony D. Okely

  • Socioeconomic status and weight change in adults: a review.

    Kylie Ball;David Crawford

  • Associations Between the Home Food Environment and Obesity‐promoting Eating Behaviors in Adolescence

    Karen J. Campbell;David A. Crawford;Jo Salmon;Alison Carver

  • Family food environment and dietary behaviors likely to promote fatness in 5-6 year-old children.

    Karen Campbell;David Crawford;Kylie Ball

  • The effects of television advertisements for junk food versus nutritious food on children's food attitudes and preferences

    Helen G. Dixon;Maree L. Scully;Melanie A. Wakefield;Victoria M. White

  • A prospective examination of children's time spent outdoors, objectively measured physical activity and overweight.

    V Cleland;D Crawford;L A Baur;C Hume

  • The association between television viewing and overweight among Australian adults participating in varying levels of leisure-time physical activity

    Jo-Ann Salmon;A Bauman;David Crawford;Anna Timperio

  • Is healthy behavior contagious: associations of social norms with physical activity and healthy eating

    Kylie Ball;Robert W Jeffery;Gavin Abbott;Sarah A McNaughton

  • Socio-economic inequalities in women`s fruit and vegetable intakes: a multilevel study of individual, social and environmental mediators

    Kylie Ball;David Crawford;Gita Mishra

  • Understanding environmental influences on nutrition and physical activity behaviors: where should we look and what should we count?

    Kylie Ball;Anna F Timperio;David A Crawford

  • Do features of public open spaces vary according to neighbourhood socio-economic status?

    David Crawford;Anna Timperio;Billie Giles-Corti;Kylie Ball

  • An Index of Diet and Eating Patterns Is a Valid Measure of Diet Quality in an Australian Population

    Sarah A. McNaughton;Kylie Ball;David Crawford;Gita D. Mishra

  • Preschoolers' physical activity, screen time, and compliance with recommendations.

    Trina Hinkley;Jo Salmon;Anthony D Okely;David Crawford

  • Too fat to exercise? Obesity as a barrier to physical activity

    Kylie Ball;David Crawford;Neville Owen

  • Dietary Patterns of Adolescents and Risk of Obesity and Hypertension

    Sarah A. McNaughton;Kylie Ball;Gita D. Mishra;David A. Crawford

  • Television viewing habits associated with obesity risk factors: a survey of Melbourne schoolchildren.

    Jo Salmon;Karen J Campbell;David A Crawford

Frequent Co-Authors

Kylie Ball
Kylie Ball Deakin University
Jo Salmon
Jo Salmon Deakin University
Anna Timperio
Anna Timperio Deakin University
Anthony Worsley
Anthony Worsley Deakin University
Louise A. Baur
Louise A. Baur University of Sydney
Billie Giles-Corti
Billie Giles-Corti RMIT University
Johannes Brug
Johannes Brug Utrecht University
David W. Dunstan
David W. Dunstan Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Anthony D. Okely
Anthony D. Okely University of Wollongong
Gita D. Mishra
Gita D. Mishra University of Queensland

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