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D-Index
105
Citations
49308
World Ranking
6698
National Ranking
190

Kylie Ball 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 Kylie Ball sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 478 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kylie Ball 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 Kylie Ball sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kylie Ball is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their research spans a range of subfields including General Health Professions, Transportation, Physiology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their work covers several main topics of interest:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling

Kylie Ball has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Psychological stress reactivity and future health and disease outcomes: A systematic review of prospective evidence, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • What entices older adults to parks? Identification of park features that encourage park visitation, physical activity, and social interaction, 2021, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Designing parks for older adults: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews, 2020, Urban forestry & urban greening
  • The Role of a Food Literacy Intervention in Promoting Food Security and Food Literacy-OzHarvest's NEST Program, 2020, Nutrients
  • Methods for accounting for neighbourhood self-selection in physical activity and dietary behaviour research: a systematic review, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Rachelle Opie
  • David Crawford
  • Anna Timperio
  • Lukar Thornton
  • Megan Teychenne

Ball's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMJ Open
  • Urban forestry & urban greening

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

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

    Anna Timperio;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon;Rebecca Roberts

  • Where do children usually play? A qualitative study of parents' perceptions of influences on children's active free-play.

    Jenny Veitch;Sarah Bagley;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon

  • Physical activity and likelihood of depression in adults: a review.

    Megan Teychenne;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon

  • Perceived environmental aesthetics and convenience and company are associated with walking for exercise among Australian adults.

    Kylie Ball;Adrian Bauman;Eva Leslie;Neville Owen

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

    Kylie Ball;David Crawford

  • Sedentary behavior and depression among adults: a review.

    Megan Teychenne;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon

  • Psychological stress reactivity and future health and disease outcomes: A systematic review of prospective evidence

    Anne I. Turner;Nina Smyth;Sarah J. Hall;Susan J. Torres

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

    Karen Campbell;David Crawford;Kylie Ball

  • Deleterious associations of sitting time and television viewing time with cardiometabolic risk biomarkers: Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study 2004-2005.

    Alicia A. Thorp;Genevieve N. Healy;Genevieve N. Healy;Neville Owen;Neville Owen;J. O. Salmon;J. O. Salmon

  • 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

  • Children's perceptions of their home and neighborhood environments, and their association with objectively measured physical activity: a qualitative and quantitative study

    Clare Hume;Jo Salmon;Kylie Ball

  • 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

  • Why do women of low socioeconomic status have poorer dietary behaviours than women of higher socioeconomic status? A qualitative exploration.

    Victoria Inglis;Kylie Ball;David Crawford

Frequent Co-Authors

David Crawford
David Crawford Deakin University
Jo Salmon
Jo Salmon Deakin University
Anna Timperio
Anna Timperio Deakin University
Gita D. Mishra
Gita D. Mishra University of Queensland
Christopher Semsarian
Christopher Semsarian University of Sydney
Ester Cerin
Ester Cerin Australian Catholic University
Wendy J. Brown
Wendy J. Brown University of Queensland
Billie Giles-Corti
Billie Giles-Corti RMIT University
Simone Pettigrew
Simone Pettigrew George Institute for Global Health
Johannes Brug
Johannes Brug Utrecht University

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