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Citations
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2273
National Ranking
18

Overview

Jasper Schipperijn is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within medicine and social sciences, including subfields such as transportation, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, health toxicology, mutagenesis, and general health professions.

Their work extensively covers the following main topics:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Hayley Christian, Stewart G. Trost, Andrea Nathan, Charlotte Skau Pawlowski, and Ester Cerin.

Publication venues where their work appears most regularly include:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Health & Place
  • BMJ Open

Recent papers authored by or linked to the research areas of Jasper Schipperijn include:

  • An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings from the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study, 2020, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity, 2021, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Physical Activity Promotion and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Building Synergies to Maximize Impact, 2021, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities, 2022, The Lancet Global Health

Best Publications

  • Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study

    James F Sallis;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Terry L Conway;Marc A Adams

  • Tools for mapping social values of urban woodlands and other green areas

    Liisa Tyrväinen;Kirsi Mäkinen;Jasper Schipperijn

  • Factors influencing the use of green space: Results from a Danish national representative survey

    Jasper Schipperijn;Ola Ekholm;Ulrika K. Stigsdotter;Mette Toftager

  • Health promoting outdoor environments - associations between green space, and health, health-related quality of life and stress based on a Danish national representative survey.

    Ulrika K Stigsdotter;Ola Ekholm;Jasper Schipperijn;Mette Toftager

  • The impact of interventions to promote physical activity in urban green space: A systematic review and recommendations for future research

    Ruth F Hunter;Hayley Christian;Jenny Veitch;Thomas Astell-Burt

  • Influences on the use of urban green space – A case study in Odense, Denmark

    Jasper Schipperijn;Ulrika K. Stigsdotter;Thomas B. Randrup;Jens Troelsen

  • Associations between physical activity and characteristics of urban green space

    Jasper Schipperijn;Peter Bentsen;Jens Troelsen;Mette Toftager

  • Urban Forests and Trees

    Cecil Konijnendijk;Kjell Nilsson;Thomas Randrup;Jasper Schipperijn

  • Use of Small Public Urban Green Spaces (SPUGS)

    Karin K. Peschardt;Jasper Schipperijn;Ulrika K. Stigsdotter

  • Forests, trees and human health.

    Kjell Nilsson;Marcus Sangster;Christos Gallis;Terry Hartig

  • International variation in neighborhood walkability, transit, and recreation environments using geographic information systems: the IPEN adult study.

    Marc A Adams;Lawrence D Frank;Lawrence D Frank;Jasper Schipperijn;Graham Smith

  • An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health

    Roy P Remme;Roy P Remme;Howard Frumkin;Anne D Guerry;Anne D Guerry;Abby C King

  • The Copenhagen Consensus Conference 2016: children, youth, and physical activity in schools and during leisure time

    Jens Bangsbo;Peter Krustrup;Peter Krustrup;Joan Duda;Charles H. Hillman

  • Perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes associated with adults׳ recreational walking: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries

    Takemi Sugiyama;Ester Cerin;Neville Owen;Adewale L Oyeyemi

  • Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings from the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study

    James F. Sallis;Ester Cerin;Jacqueline Kerr;Marc A. Adams

  • Association between neighborhood walkability and GPS-measured walking, bicycling and vehicle time in adolescents

    Jordan A. Carlson;Brian E. Saelens;Jacqueline Kerr;Jasper Schipperijn

  • A framework for using GPS data in physical activity and sedentary behavior studies.

    Marta M. Jankowska;Jasper Schipperijn;Jacqueline Kerr

  • Dynamic Accuracy of GPS Receivers for Use in Health Research: A Novel Method to Assess GPS Accuracy in Real-World Settings.

    Jasper Schipperijn;Jacqueline Kerr;Scott Duncan;Thomas Madsen

  • Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison.

    Jasper Schipperijn;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Marc A Adams;Rodrigo Reis;Rodrigo Reis

  • Distance to Green Space and Physical Activity: A Danish National Representative Survey

    Mette Toftager;Ola Ekholm;Jasper Schipperijn;Ulrika Stigsdotter

  • Eight investments that work for physical activity

    Karen Milton;Nick Cavill;Anna Chalkley;Charlie Foster

  • Correlates of agreement between accelerometry and self-reported physical activity

    Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Kelli L. Cain;Adewale L. Oyeyemi;Adewale L. Oyeyemi;Neville Owen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Lawrence D. Frank
Lawrence D. Frank University of California, San Diego
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis Washington University in St. Louis
Hayley Christian
Hayley Christian University of Western Australia
Pernille Due
Pernille Due University of Southern Denmark
Bjørn Evald Holstein
Bjørn Evald Holstein University of Southern Denmark
Nanne K. de Vries
Nanne K. de Vries Maastricht University
Lisa M. Powell
Lisa M. Powell University of Illinois at Chicago
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
Stef P. J. Kremers
Stef P. J. Kremers Maastricht University

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