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Karen Lock 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 Karen Lock sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen Lock 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 Karen Lock sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karen Lock is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of public health, health professions, and various specialized subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, clinical psychology, health, and organizational behavior and human resource management.

The main topics covered in Karen Lock's work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

The scientist has authored multiple papers published across reputable venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review (2021), Social Science & Medicine
  • Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for London network: A controlled interrupted time series analysis (2022), PLoS Medicine
  • 'It All Kind of Links Really': Young People's Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health (2022), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Policy Process And Non-State Actors' Influence On The 2014 Mexican Soda Tax (2020), Health Policy and Planning
  • Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data (2021), BMJ Open

Karen Lock frequently co-authors with several colleagues, with notable collaboration counts including:

  • Matt Egan (15 joint publications)
  • Vanessa Er (12 joint publications)
  • Frank de Vocht (7 joint publications)
  • Martin White (6 joint publications)
  • Steven Cummins (6 joint publications)

The scientist's work appears regularly in specific publication venues such as:

  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (3 publications)
  • Social Science & Medicine (2 publications)
  • The Lancet (2 publications)
  • PLoS Medicine (1 publication)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1 publication)

Karen Lock's body of work spans diverse areas in medicine and health professions, with special attention to public health challenges related to nutrition, health policy, and disparities. The combination of interdisciplinary research themes and diverse collaboration networks underlines a comprehensive approach to advancing knowledge in health sciences.

Best Publications

  • The global burden of disease attributable to low consumption of fruit and vegetables: implications for the global strategy on diet

    Karen Lock;Joceline Pomerleau;Louise Causer;Dan R. Altmann

  • Improving the transition between paediatric and adult healthcare: a systematic review

    R Crowley;Ingrid Wolfe;K Lock;M McKee

  • Nutritional quality of organic foods: a systematic review

    Alan D Dangour;Sakhi K Dodhia;Arabella Hayter;Elizabeth Allen

  • Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture

    Sharon Friel;Alan D Dangour;Tara Garnett;Karen Lock

  • Getting children to eat more fruit and vegetables: a systematic review

    Cécile Knai;Joceline Pomerleau;Karen Lock;Martin McKee

  • Interventions Designed to Increase Adult Fruit and Vegetable Intake Can Be Effective: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Joceline Pomerleau;Karen Lock;Cécile Knai;Martin McKee

  • Do school based food and nutrition policies improve diet and reduce obesity

    Patricia Constante Jaime;Karen Lock

  • Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

    Victoria Miller;Salim Yusuf;Clara K. Chow;Mahshid Dehghan

  • Cycling for transport and public health: a systematic review of the effect of the environment on cycling.

    Simon D.S. Fraser;Karen Lock

  • Thinness, overweight and obesity in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents: CASPIAN Study.

    R. Kelishadi;G. Ardalan;R. Gheiratmand;R. Majdzadeh

  • Nutrition-related health effects of organic foods: a systematic review

    Alan D Dangour;Karen Lock;Arabella Hayter;Andrea Aikenhead

  • Population-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm: An overview of systematic reviews

    Fred Martineau;Elizabeth Tyner;Theo Lorenc;Mark Petticrew

  • Investigating Environmental Determinants of Diet, Physical Activity, and Overweight among Adults in Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Patrícia Constante Jaime;Ana Clara da Fonseca Leitão Duran;Flavia Mori Sarti;Karen Lock

  • Will European agricultural policy for school fruit and vegetables improve public health? A review of school fruit and vegetable programmes.

    Joia de Sa;Karen Lock

  • Environmental and societal influences acting on cardiovascular risk factors and disease at a population level: a review.

    Clara Kayei Chow;Karen Lock;Koon Teo;SV Subramanian

  • Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review.

    Elizabeth McGill;Vanessa Er;Tarra Penney;Matt Egan

  • Feeding the world healthily: the challenge of measuring the effects of agriculture on health

    Sophie Hawkesworth;Alan D. Dangour;Alan D. Dangour;Deborah Johnston;Deborah Johnston;Karen Lock;Karen Lock

  • Health, agricultural, and economic effects of adoption of healthy diet recommendations.

    Karen Lock;Richard D Smith;Alan D Dangour;Marcus Keogh-Brown

  • The challenge of measuring global fruit and vegetable intake.

    Joceline Pomerleau;Karen Lock;Martin McKee;Dan R. Altmann

  • Environmental profile of a community's health (EPOCH): An instrument to measure environmental determinants of cardiovascular health in five countries

    Clara K. Chow;Clara K. Chow;Karen Lock;Manisha Madhavan;Daniel J. Corsi

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ricardo Uauy
Ricardo Uauy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Matthew Hickman
Matthew Hickman University of Bristol
Cécile Knai
Cécile Knai London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alan Brennan
Alan Brennan University of Sheffield
Richard J. Hayes
Richard J. Hayes London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Angela Clow
Angela Clow University of Westminster

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