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D-Index
53
Citations
10436
World Ranking
2310
National Ranking
1120

Marc A. Adams 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 Marc A. Adams sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 134 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marc A. Adams 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 Marc A. Adams sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marc A. Adams is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research broadly addresses the intersections of health, urban environments, and physical activity, with a significant focus on how built environments impact health outcomes.

Their scholarly output includes recent papers such as:

  • Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings from the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study (2020, Annual Review of Public 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)
  • Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study (2022, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Creating healthy and sustainable cities: what gets measured, gets done (2022, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Training Computers to See the Built Environment Related to Physical Activity: Detection of Microscale Walkability Features Using Computer Vision (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Michael Todd
  • James F. Sallis
  • Christine B. Phillips
  • Siddhartha S. Angadi
  • Vincent Berardi

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • The Lancet Global Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Health & Place
  • Physiology
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Their research fields include Medicine as the primary discipline. Subfields encompass Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Transportation, Applied Psychology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

This body of work reflects an approach that integrates urban design, health behaviors, and technology to explore factors influencing physical activity and health outcomes within urban populations.

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

  • A Text Message-Based Intervention for Weight Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Kevin Patrick;Fred Raab;Marc A Adams;Lindsay Dillon

  • A review of eHealth interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change.

    Gregory J. Norman;Marion F. Zabinski;Marc A. Adams;Dori E. Rosenberg;Dori E. Rosenberg

  • 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

  • Contribution of streetscape audits to explanation of physical activity in four age groups based on the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS).

    Kelli L. Cain;Rachel A. Millstein;James F. Sallis;Terry L. Conway

  • International comparisons of the associations between objective measures of the built environment and transport-related walking and cycling: IPEN adult study

    Lars Breum Christiansen;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Hannah Badland;Jacqueline Kerr

  • Advancing Science and Policy Through a Coordinated International Study of Physical Activity and Built Environments: IPEN Adult Methods

    Jacqueline Kerr;James F Sallis;James F Sallis;Neville Owen;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

  • 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

  • Validation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) items using geographic information systems

    Marc A. Adams;Sherry Ryan;Jacqueline Kerr;James F. Sallis

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

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

  • Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities

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  • Comparison of older and newer generations of ActiGraph accelerometers with the normal filter and the low frequency extension

    Kelli L Cain;Kelli L Cain;Terry L Conway;Terry L Conway;Marc A Adams;Lisa E Husak;Lisa E Husak

  • Salad Bars and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Elementary Schools: A Plate Waste Study

    Marc A. Adams;Robin L. Pelletier;Michelle M. Zive;James F. Sallis

  • An Adaptive Physical Activity Intervention for Overweight Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marc A. Adams;Marc A. Adams;James F. Sallis;James F. Sallis;Gregory J. Norman;Melbourne F. Hovell

  • Steps/day translation of the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity guideline for children and adolescents

    Marc A Adams;William D Johnson;Catrine Tudor-Locke

  • Environmental and demographic correlates of bicycling.

    James F. Sallis;Terry L. Conway;Lianne I. Dillon;Lawrence D. Frank

  • Print versus a culturally-relevant Facebook and text message delivered intervention to promote physical activity in African American women: a randomized pilot trial

    Rodney P Joseph;Colleen Keller;Marc A Adams;Barbara E Ainsworth

  • Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study

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  • Neighborhood built environment and socio-economic status in relation to multiple health outcomes in adolescents.

    Javier Molina-García;Ana Queralt;Marc A. Adams;Terry L. Conway

  • Tutorial for Using Control Systems Engineering to Optimize Adaptive Mobile Health Interventions

    Eric B Hekler;Daniel E Rivera;Cesar A Martin;Cesar A Martin;Sayali S Phatak

  • Perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity in 11 countries: Do associations differ by country?

    Ding Ding;Ding Ding;Ding Ding;Marc A. Adams;Marc A. Adams;James F. Sallis;Gregory J. Norman

  • Neighborhood environment profiles related to physical activity and weight status: a latent profile analysis.

    Marc A. Adams;James F. Sallis;Jacqueline Kerr;Terry L. Conway

  • Associations of neighborhood characteristics with active park use: an observational study in two cities in the USA and Belgium.

    Delfien Van Dyck;Delfien Van Dyck;James F Sallis;Greet Cardon;Benedicte Deforche

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis University of California, San Diego
Ester Cerin
Ester Cerin Australian Catholic University
Lawrence D. Frank
Lawrence D. Frank University of California, San Diego
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)
Melbourne F. Hovell
Melbourne F. Hovell San Diego State University
Michael J. Todd
Michael J. Todd Cornell University
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis Washington University in St. Louis
Rachel Davey
Rachel Davey University of Canberra
Matthew P. Buman
Matthew P. Buman Arizona State University

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