D-Index & Metrics Best Publications
Social Sciences and Humanities
Belgium
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Medicine D-index 74 Citations 15,716 242 World Ranking 15390 National Ranking 195
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 74 Citations 15,766 249 World Ranking 296 National Ranking 3

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2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Public health

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Gerontology, Environmental health, Public health, Psychological intervention and Health promotion. Lea Maes has researched Gerontology in several fields, including Physical fitness, Demography, Sex factors, Social environment and Socioeconomic status. Her Environmental health study deals with El Niño intersecting with Developmental psychology.

Her Public health study combines topics in areas such as Cross-sectional study, Data quality and Epidemiology. Her Psychological intervention research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Overweight, Systematic review, Physical therapy, Health education and Cross-cultural studies. Her work carried out in the field of Health education brings together such families of science as Intervention, Physical education, Randomized controlled trial and Environmental exposure.

Her most cited work include:

  • Influence of mother's educational level on food parenting practices and food habits of young children. (328 citations)
  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Sample of 11-Year-Old Children in 9 European Countries: The Pro Children Cross-Sectional Survey (270 citations)
  • Effectiveness of school-based interventions in Europe to promote healthy nutrition in children and adolescents: systematic review of published and ‘grey’ literature (269 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary areas of study are Environmental health, Gerontology, Psychological intervention, Intervention and Public health. Environmental health connects with themes related to Pediatrics in her study. Lea Maes interconnects Cross-sectional study, Childhood obesity, Overweight, Demography and Socioeconomic status in the investigation of issues within Gerontology.

As part of one scientific family, Lea Maes deals mainly with the area of Demography, narrowing it down to issues related to the Obesity, and often Body mass index. Her work deals with themes such as Screen time, Health education and Health promotion, which intersect with Psychological intervention. The various areas that she examines in her Intervention study include Psychosocial, Physical therapy and Randomized controlled trial.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Environmental health (23.17%)
  • Gerontology (21.95%)
  • Psychological intervention (18.70%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2013-2019)?

  • Psychological intervention (18.70%)
  • Environmental health (23.17%)
  • Overweight (14.23%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Lea Maes focuses on Psychological intervention, Environmental health, Overweight, Intervention and Developmental psychology. Her Psychological intervention research integrates issues from Gerontology, Occupational health nursing, Health promotion, Screen time and Social influence. Her work in Gerontology addresses issues such as Peer review, which are connected to fields such as Ethnic group.

The Environmental health study combines topics in areas such as Childhood obesity, Local government and Pediatrics. In her research on the topic of Overweight, Underweight and Logistic regression is strongly related with Demography. Her Intervention research incorporates themes from Psychosocial, Randomized controlled trial, Applied psychology, Physical therapy and Process management.

Between 2013 and 2019, her most popular works were:

  • Trends in overweight prevalence among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds in 25 countries in Europe, Canada and USA from 2002 to 2010 (52 citations)
  • Social capital and adolescent smoking in schools and communities: a cross-classified multilevel analysis (41 citations)
  • A Conceptual Framework for Healthy Eating Behavior in Ecuadorian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study (37 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Public health

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Overweight, Obesity, Developmental psychology, Social psychology and Demography. Her Overweight research includes themes of Cross-sectional study, Physical therapy and Intervention. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including International Standard Classification of Education, D2 Test of Attention, Gerontology and Clinical psychology.

Her Obesity research includes elements of Recall and Environmental health. Her Environmental health study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Screen time, Dietary Sucrose, Pediatrics and Public health. Her Demography study incorporates themes from Logistic regression, Underweight and With snack.

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Best Publications

Influence of mother's educational level on food parenting practices and food habits of young children.

Carine A Vereecken;Els Keukelier;Lea Maes.
Appetite (2004)

524 Citations

Effectiveness of school-based interventions in Europe to promote healthy nutrition in children and adolescents: systematic review of published and ‘grey’ literature

Eveline Van Cauwenberghe;Lea Maes;Heleen Spittaels;Frank J. van Lenthe.
British Journal of Nutrition (2010)

520 Citations

Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Sample of 11-Year-Old Children in 9 European Countries: The Pro Children Cross-Sectional Survey

Agneta Yngve;Alexandra Wolf;Eric Poortvliet;Ibrahim Elmadfa.
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism (2005)

470 Citations

Relationship between the physical environment and different domains of physical activity in European adults: a systematic review

Veerle Van Holle;Benedicte Deforche;Benedicte Deforche;Jelle Van Cauwenberg;Liesbet Goubert.
BMC Public Health (2012)

367 Citations

School-based interventions promoting both physical activity and healthy eating in Europe: a systematic review within the HOPE project

I. De Bourdeaudhuij;E. Van Cauwenberghe;H. Spittaels;J.-M. Oppert.
Obesity Reviews (2011)

362 Citations

Television viewing behaviour and associations with food habits in different countries.

Carine A Vereecken;Joanna Todd;Chris Roberts;Caroline Mulvihill.
Public Health Nutrition (2006)

360 Citations

Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project

Johannes Brug;Maartje M. van Stralen;Saskia J. te Velde;Mai J. M. Chinapaw.
PLOS ONE (2012)

357 Citations

The relative influence of individual and contextual socio-economic status on consumption of fruit and soft drinks among adolescents in Europe

Carine A. Vereecken;Joanna Inchley;S.V. Subramanian;Anne Hublet.
European Journal of Public Health (2005)

352 Citations

A Belgian study on the reliability and relative validity of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children food-frequency questionnaire

Carine A Vereecken;Lea Maes.
Public Health Nutrition (2003)

321 Citations

Levels of physical activity and sedentary time among 10- to 12-year-old boys and girls across 5 European countries using accelerometers: an observational study within the ENERGY-project

Maïté Verloigne;Wendy van Lippevelde;Lea Maes;Mine Yildirim.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2012)

298 Citations

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