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62
Citations
14072
World Ranking
1273
National Ranking
243

Overview

John Frank is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on public health and environmental health sciences. Their research spans various subfields, including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and biophysics.

John Frank's work addresses diverse topics primarily centered around health disparities and outcomes, electromagnetic fields and their biological effects, global public health policies and epidemiology, employment and welfare studies, as well as obesity, physical activity, diet, and food security in diverse populations. This multidisciplinary focus is reflected in their publication history and collaboration network.

The scientist has co-authored papers with frequent collaborators including Joel M. Moskowitz, Ronald L. Melnick, Andrew James Williams, Louise Marryat, and Laura C. Rosella.

John Frank has published several papers in well-regarded journals. Some notable recent publications include:

  • "The Social Determinants of Health: Time to Re-Think?" (2020) in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Open access publishing - noble intention, flawed reality" (2022) in Social Science & Medicine
  • "Electromagnetic fields, 5G and health: what about the precautionary principle?" (2021) in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Other frequently used publication venues by John Frank include BMJ Open, PLoS ONE, Canadian Journal of Public Health, Environment International, and Public Health, reflecting a broad engagement with international public health discourse.

The research topics predominantly covered by John Frank reflect a sustained interest in health disparities and outcomes, with 14 publications, and electromagnetic fields and biological effects, with 12 publications. The integration of global public health policies, epidemiology, and employment and welfare studies further shapes the scope of their scientific inquiry.

Best Publications

  • Workplace-Based Return-to-Work Interventions: A Systematic Review of the Quantitative Literature

    Renée-Louise Franche;Kimberley Cullen;Judy Clarke;Emma Irvin

  • A comparison of peak vs cumulative physical work exposure risk factors for the reporting of low back pain in the automotive industry.

    R. Norman;R. Wells;P. Neumann;J. Frank

  • Determinants of duration of disability and return‐to‐work after work‐related injury and illness: Challenges for future research

    Niklas Krause;John W. Frank;Lisa K. Dasinger;Terry J. Sullivan

  • Does how you do depend on how you think you'll do? A systematic review of the evidence for a relation between patients' recovery expectations and health outcomes

    Michael V. Mondloch;Donald C. Cole;John W. Frank

  • Disability resulting from occupational low back pain. Part II: What do we know about secondary prevention? A review of the scientific evidence on prevention after disability begins.

    John W. Frank;Ann-Sylvia Brooker;Suzanne E. DeMaio;Mickey S. Kerr

  • A systematic review of the prognosis of acute whiplash and a new conceptual framework to synthesize the literature.

    P Côté;J D Cassidy;L Carroll;J W Frank

  • Biomechanical and psychosocial risk factors for low back pain at work.

    M S Kerr;J W Frank;H S Shannon;R W Norman

  • Preventing disability from work-related low-back pain. New evidence gives new hope - If we can just get all the players onside

    John Frank;Sandra Sinclair;Sheilah Hogg-Johnson;Harry Shannon

  • An overview of prevention of multiple risk behaviour in adolescence and young adulthood.

    Caroline A. Jackson;Marion Henderson;John W. Frank;John W. Frank;Sally J. Haw;Sally J. Haw

  • Predictors of Low Back Pain Onset in a Prospective British Study

    Chris Power;John Frank;Clyde Hertzman;Gill Schierhout

  • MEASURING POPULATION HEALTH: A Review of Indicators

    Vera Etches;John Frank;Erica Di Ruggiero;Doug Manuel

  • Fostering Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Canada: Examining the Need for a Canadian Population and Public Health Evidence Centre and Research Network

    L. Kiefer;J. Frank;Ruggiero E. Di;M. Dobbins

  • Heterogeneities in Health Status and the Determinants of Population Health

    C. Hertzman;J. Frank;R. G. Evans

  • Effect of motor vehicle emissions on respiratory health in an urban area.

    David L Buckeridge;Richard Glazier;Bart J Harvey;Michael Escobar

  • Prognostic factors for time receiving workers' compensation benefits in a cohort of patients with low back pain.

    Greg McIntosh;John Frank;Sheilah Hogg-Johnson;Claire Bombardier

  • The association between neck pain intensity, physical functioning, depressive symptomatology and time-to-claim-closure after whiplash

    Pierre Côté;Sheilah Hogg-Johnson;J.David Cassidy;Linda Carroll

  • Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Mechanical Workplace Risk Factors and Low Back Pain

    Lauren E. Griffith;Harry S. Shannon;Richard P. Wells;Stephen D. Walter

  • The determinants of health from a historical perspective

    J W Frank;J F Mustard

  • Immigrants' duration of residence and adverse birth outcomes: a population-based study.

    M. L. Urquia;John Frank;R. Moineddin;R. H. Glazier

  • Group education interventions for people with low back pain: An overview of the literature

    Joanna E. Cohen;Vivek Goel;John W. Frank;Claire Bombardier

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Bombardier
Claire Bombardier University of Toronto
Martine Stead
Martine Stead University of Stirling
Richard H. Glazier
Richard H. Glazier University of Toronto
Amanda Amos
Amanda Amos University of Edinburgh
Jamie Pearce
Jamie Pearce University of Edinburgh
Alastair H. Leyland
Alastair H. Leyland University of Glasgow
Peter M. Smith
Peter M. Smith University of Toronto
Rahim Moineddin
Rahim Moineddin University of Toronto
Irene H. Yen
Irene H. Yen University of California, Merced
Anne Marie MacKintosh
Anne Marie MacKintosh University of Stirling

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