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Guadalupe X. Ayala publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guadalupe X. Ayala sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 213 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Guadalupe X. Ayala D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Guadalupe X. Ayala sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Guadalupe X. Ayala is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States and has a substantial body of work focused primarily on medicine and health professions. Their research spans over 51 publications in medicine and 30 in health professions, with significant contributions to several subfields including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, periodontics, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of health-related areas, notably obesity, physical activity, and diet, with 32 publications in this field. Other main topics include food security and health in diverse populations, dental health and care utilization, health and lifestyle studies, diabetes management and education, mobile health and mHealth applications, and consumer attitudes and food labeling.

Guadalupe X. Ayala has published regularly in various venues, with UNC Libraries hosting the largest number of their works (20 publications). Other frequent publication venues include the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (3 publications), Obesity Reviews (2 publications), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (2 publications), and Adolescents (2 publications).

Their recent papers include the following:

  • The social environment and childhood obesity: Implications for research and practice in the United States and countries in Latin America, 2021, Obesity Reviews
  • Factors predicting parent engagement in a family-based childhood obesity prevention and control program, 2023, BMC Public Health
  • Assessing Hispanic/Latino and Non-Hispanic White Social Determinants of Obesity Among a Community Sample of Residents in the Rural Southeast US, 2022, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • The Association of the Parent-Child Language Acculturation Gap with Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Hispanic/Latino Youth: Results from the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth), 2021, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • The El Valor de Nuestra Salud clustered randomized controlled trial store-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption, 2022, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Guadalupe X. Ayala has collaborated with a range of co-authors, frequently working with Elva M. Arredondo, John P. Elder, Alan M. Delamater, Carmen R. Isasi, and Krista M. Perreira. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary connections across the study of health behaviors and social determinants of health.

Best Publications

  • A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Acculturation and Diet among Latinos in the United States: Implications for Future Research

    Guadalupe X. Ayala;Barbara Baquero;Sylvia Klinger

  • Theories and intervention approaches to health-behavior change in primary care

    John P Elder;Guadalupe X Ayala;Stewart Harris

  • Is parenting style related to children's healthy eating and physical activity in Latino families?

    Elva M. Arredondo;John P. Elder;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Nadia Campbell

  • Parental influences on adolescent physical activity: a longitudinal study

    India J Ornelas;Krista M Perreira;Guadalupe X Ayala

  • Wearable Sensor/Device (Fitbit One) and SMS Text-Messaging Prompts to Increase Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Julie B. Wang;Lisa A. Cadmus-Bertram;Loki Natarajan;Martha M. White

  • Qualitative methods to ensure acceptability of behavioral and social interventions to the target population

    Guadalupe X. Ayala;John P. Elder

  • Health Communication in the Latino Community: Issues and Approaches

    John P. Elder;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Deborah M Parra-medina;Gregory A. Talavera

  • Realidad Latina: Latino adolescents, their school, and a university use photovoice to examine and address the influence of immigration.

    J Matt Streng;Scott D Rhodes;Guadalupe X Ayala;Eugenia Eng

  • Acculturation and physical activity among North Carolina Latina immigrants.

    Kelly R. Evenson;Olga L. Sarmiento;Guadalupe X. Ayala

  • Away-from-home Food Intake and Risk for Obesity: Examining the Influence of Context

    Guadalupe X. Ayala;Morgan Rogers;Elva M. Arredondo;Nadia R. Campbell

  • Outcome effectiveness of the lay health advisor model among Latinos in the United States: an examination by role

    Guadalupe X. Ayala;Lara Vaz;Jo Anne Earp;John P. Elder

  • Food-group and nutrient-density intakes by Hispanic and Latino backgrounds in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

    Anna Maria Siega-Riz;Daniela Sotres-Alvarez;Guadalupe X Ayala;Mindy Ginsberg

  • Results of a multi-level intervention to prevent and control childhood obesity among Latino children: the Aventuras Para Niños Study.

    Noe C. Crespo;Noe C. Crespo;John P. Elder;John P. Elder;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Donald J. Slymen

  • Individual, family, and community environmental correlates of obesity in Latino elementary school children.

    John P. Elder;Elva M. Arredondo;Nadia Campbell;Barbara Baquero

  • Restaurant and food shopping selections among Latino women in Southern California

    Guadalupe X. Ayala;Kristin Mueller;Eva Lopez-Madurga;Nadia R. Campbell

  • Is acculturation related to obesity in Hispanic/Latino adults? Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

    Carmen R. Isasi;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Daniela Sotres-Alvarez;Hala Madanat

  • Predictors of cigarette and alcohol susceptibility and use among Hispanic migrant adolescents

    John P. Elder;Nadia R. Campbell;Alan J. Litrownik;Guadalupe X. Ayala

  • Lessons learned from small store programs to increase healthy food access.

    Joel Gittelsohn;Melissa N. Laska;Allison Karpyn;Kristen Klingler

  • Interpersonal and print nutrition communication for a Spanish-dominant Latino population: Secretos de la Buena Vida.

    John P. Elder;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Nadia R. Campbell;Donald Slymen

  • Development and validation of a scale to measure Latino parenting strategies related to children's obesigenic behaviors. The parenting strategies for eating and activity scale (PEAS).

    Sandra E. Larios;Guadalupe X. Ayala;Elva M. Arredondo;Barbara Baquero

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Elder
John P. Elder San Diego State University
Thomas L. McKenzie
Thomas L. McKenzie San Diego State University
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University
James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis University of California, San Diego
Linda C. Gallo
Linda C. Gallo San Diego State University
Alan M. Delamater
Alan M. Delamater University of Miami
Krista M. Perreira
Krista M. Perreira University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mercedes R. Carnethon
Mercedes R. Carnethon Northwestern University
Alan J. Litrownik
Alan J. Litrownik San Diego State University
Linda Van Horn
Linda Van Horn Northwestern University

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