Books

• Andrews G, Crooks V, Pearce J,  Messina J (eds), 2021. COVID-19 and Similar Futures: Pandemic Geographies. Springer International Publishing. pp290.
• Crooks V, Andrews G, Pearce J (eds), 2018. Routledge Handbook of Health Geography. Routledge. pp480.
• Barnett R, Moon G, Pearce J, Thompson L, Twigg L, 2016. Smoking Geographies: Space, Place and Tobacco. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Pearce J, Witten K (eds) 2010. Geographies of Obesity: Environmental understandings of the obesity epidemic. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Journal articles & book chapters

In Press

• Valiente R, Tunstall H, Kong A, Wilson L, Gillespie D, Angus C, Brennan A, Shortt N, Pearce J, 2024. Geographical differences in the financial impacts of different forms of tobacco licence fees on small retailers in Scotland. Tobacco Control. In Press.
• .Dimova E, Shortt NK, Smith M, Mitchell RJ, Lekkas P, Pearce J, Clemens TL, Emslie C, 2024. Public and professional stakeholders’ perceptions of alcohol marketing and availability policies: A qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy. In Press.
• Pan Z, Liu Y, Pearce J, Zheng C, 2024. Depression among older adults in China: Effects of urbanicity across the life course. Annals of American Association of Geographers. In Press
• Dimova E, Shortt N, Mitchell R, Lekkas P, Pearce J, Clemens T, Emslie C, 2024. “Availability is the poor cousin of marketing and pricing”: Qualitative study of stakeholders’ views on policy priorities around tobacco and alcohol availability. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. In Press.

2025

• Grivas A, Grover C, Tobin R, Llewellyn C, Oluwaseun Abubakar E, Zheng C, Dibben C, Marshall, A, Pearce J, Alex, B, 2025. Perceptions of Edinburgh: Capturing Neighbourhood Characteristics by Clustering Geoparsed Local News. Information Processing and Management, 103910.

2024

• Baranyi G, Buchanan CR, Conole E, Backhouse E, Maniega SM, Hernandez MV, Bastin ME, Wardlaw J, Deary IJ, Cox SR, Pearce J, 2024. Life-course neighbourhood deprivation and brain structure in older adults: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Molecular Psychiatry 29, 3483–94.
• Zheng C, MacRae C, Rowley-Abel L, Arakelyan S, Abubakar E, Dibben C, Guthrie B, Marshall A, Pearce J, 2024. The impact of place on multimorbidity: A systematic scoping review. Social Science & Medicine 117379.
• Zheng C, Feng Z, Pearce J, 2024. A longitudinal analysis of the impact of the local tobacco retail availability and neighbourhood deprivation on male smoking behaviours in Shanghai, China. Health & Place 85, 103171.
• Kock L, Shahab L, Moore G, Shortt N, Pearce J, Brown J, 2024. Assessing the profile of support for novel tobacco control policies targeting availability in Great Britain: a cross-sectional population survey. Tobacco Control 33, 221–231.
• Pearce J, Shortt N, 2024. Health geography in the time of Covid: Selected papers from the 19th International Medical Geography Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, July 2022. Social Science & Medicine, 116811.
• Zheng C, Pearce J, Feng, Z, 2024. The Potential Impacts of Spatial Restrictions on Tobacco Retail Provision in China: a Simulation Study in Shanghai. Tobacco Control 33, 503–510.
• Zheng C, Feng Z, Pearce J, 2024. Place-Based Approaches to Tobacco Control in China. In: Drummer T, Understanding Cancer Prevention through Geospatial Science: Putting Cancer in its Place. Springer. p. 177-201.
• Meng Y, Wong MS, Kwan M, Pearce J, Feng Z, 2024. Assessing multi-spatial driving factors of urban land use transformation in megacities: a case study of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from 2000 to 2018. Geo-spatial Information Science 27, 1090–1106.

2023

• Baranyi G, Conte F, Deary I, Shortt N, Ward Thompson C, Cox S, Pearce J, 2023. Neighbourhood deprivation across eight decades and late-life cognitive functioning in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: A life-course study. Age and Ageing 52.
• Tunstall H, Shortt N, Kong A, Pearce J, 2023. Is tobacco a driver of footfall amongst small retailers? A geographical analysis of tobacco purchasing using electronic point-of-sale data. Tobacco Control 32, 747–756.
• MacRae C, Mercer S, Lawson A, Marshall A, Pearce J, Abubakar E, Zheng C, van den Akker, M, Williams T, Swann O, Pollock L, Rawlings A, Fry R, Lyons RA, Lyons J, Mizen A, Dibben C, Guthrie B, 2023. Epidemiology of health and social care outcomes stratified by multimorbidity status in Wales examining household and area covariates: study protocol for a multilevel analysis. PLOS ONE 18; e0282867.
• Oberndorfer M, Leyland A, Pearce J, Grabovac G, Hannah M, Dorner T, 2023. Unequally Unequal? Contextual-level status inequality and social cohesion moderating the association between individual-level socioeconomic position and systemic chronic inflammation. Social Science & Medicine 333: 116185.
• McLachlan J, Cox SR, Pearce J, Valdés Hernández M, 2023. Long-term exposure to air pollution and cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Environmental Health 2:1205443.
• Dimova E, Lekkas P, Maxwell K, Clemens T, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Emslie C, Shortt N, 2023. Exploring the influence of local alcohol availability on drinking norms and practices: A qualitative scoping review. Drug and Alcohol Review 42, 691-703.

2022

• Baranyi G, Deary I, McCartney D, Harris S, Shortt N, Reis S, Russ T, Ward Thompson C, Vieno M, Cox S, Pearce J, 2022. Life course exposure to air pollution and biological ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Environment International 69, 107501.
• Zheng C, Feng Z, Pearce J, 2022. A cross-sectional analysis of socio-spatial patterning of tobacco retail in Shanghai, China. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 24, 2018-2025.
• Baranyi G, Sieber S, Pearce J, Cullati S, Dibben C, Cheval B, 2022. Lower social participation partly explains the association between perceived neighbourhood crime and depressive symptoms in adults aged 50 years or older: a longitudinal mediation analysis. Preventive Medicine 155, 106954.
• Caryl F, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, 2022. Inequalities in children’s exposure to alcohol retailing in Scotland: a GPS study. BMC Public Health 22, 1749.
• Baranyi G, Welstead M, Corley J, Deary I, Muniz-Terrera G, Redmond P, Shortt N, Taylor A, Ward Thompson C, Cox S, Pearce J, 2022. Is life-course neighbourhood deprivation associated with frailty and frailty progression from age 70 to 82 in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936? American Journal of Epidemiology 191,  1856–1866.
• Rautava S, Turta O, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Pearce J, Kawachi I, Rautava P, Lagström H, 2022. Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and childhood BMI trajectories from birth to age of 7 years: the Southwest Finland Birth Cohort. Epidemiology 33, 121-130.
• Wang R, Feng Z, Pearce J, 2022. Neighbourhood greenspace quantity, quality and socioeconomic inequalities in mental health. Cities 129, 103815.
• Huang B, Yao Z, Pearce J, Feng Z, Browne A; Pan Z, Liu Y, 2022. Non-linear association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in China. Landscape and Urban Planning 223, 104406.
• MacRae C, Fisken H, Lawrence E, Connor T, Pearce J, Marshall A, Lawson A, Dibben C, Mercer S, Guthrie B, 2022. Household and area determinants of emergency department use and hospitalisation in people with multimorbidity: a systematic review. BMJ Open 12:e063441.

2021

• Baranyi G, Di Marco M, Russ TC, Dibben C, Pearce J, 2021. The impact of local crime on mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine 282, 114106.
• Caryl FM, Pearce J, Reid G, Mitchell R, Shortt N, 2021. Simulating the density reduction and equity-impact of potential tobacco retail control policies. Tobacco Control 30, e2.
• Cherrie M, Curtis S, Baranyi G, Cunningham N, Dibben C, Bambra C, Pearce J, 2021. A data linkage study of the effects of the Great Recession and austerity on anti-depressant prescription usage. European Journal of Public Health 31, 297–303.
• Shortt N, Tunstall H, Mitchell R, Coombes E, Jones A, Reid G, Pearce J , 2021. Using point-of-sales data to examine tobacco pricing across neighbourhoods in Scotland. Tobacco Control 30, 168–176.
• Wang R, Feng Z, Pearce J, Zhou S, Zhang L, Liu Y, 2021. Dynamic greenspace exposure and residents’ mental health in Guangzhou, China: From over-head to eye-level perspective, from quantity to quality. Landscape and Urban Planning 215, 104230.
• Russ TC, Cherrie M, Dibben C, Tomlinson S,  Reis S,  Dragosits U, Vieno M, Beck R, Carnell E, Shortt N, Muniz-Terrera G, Redmond P, Taylor A, Clemens T, van Tongeren M, Agius R, Starr J, Deary I, Pearce J, 2021. Life course air pollution exposure and cognitive decline: modelled historical air pollution data and the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 79, 1063–1074
• Huang B, Huang C, Feng Z, Pearce J, Zhao H, Pane Z, Liu Y, 2021. Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 59, 126907.
• Wang R, Feng Z, Pearce J, Liu Y, Dong G, 2021. Are greenspace quantity and quality associated with mental health through different mechanisms in Guangzhou, China: A comparison study using street view data. Environmental Pollution 290, 117976.
• Curtis S, Cunningham N, Pearce J, Congdon P, Cherrie M, Atkinson S, 2021. Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of recession and austerity: a longitudinal study in England 2011-17. Social Science & Medicine 270, 113654.
• Wang R, Feng Z, Pearce J, Yao Y, Li X, Liu Y, 2021. The distribution of greenspace quantity and quality and their association with neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions in Guangzhou, China: A new approach using deep learning method and street view images. Sustainable Cities and Society 66, 102664.
• Horton M, Perman-Howe P, Angus C, Bishop J, Bogdanovica I, Brennan A, Britton J, Brose LS, Brown, J, Collin J, Dockrell M, Fitzgerald N, Friel S, Gillespie D, Gilmore A, Hill S, Knai C, Langley T, McNeill A, Moore G, Munafò M, Murray R, O’Connor R, Opazo-Breton M, Pearce J, Petticrew M, Reid G, Robson D, Rutter H, Shahab L, Shortt N, Smith K, Syrett K, Bauld L. 2021. The SPECTRUM Consortium: A new UK Prevention Research Partnership consortium focussed on the commercial determinants of health, the prevention of non-communicable diseases, and the reduction of health inequalities. Wellcome Open Research 6:6.

2020

• Baranyi G, Sieber S, Cullati S, Pearce J, Dibben C, Courvoisier D, 2020. The longitudinal association between perceived neighbourhood disorder, lack of social cohesion and depression in older age: An individual participant data meta-analysis from 16 high-income countries. American Journal of Epidemiology 189, 343-353.
• Niedzwiedz CL, Thomson KH, Bambra C, Pearce J, 2020. Regional employment and individual worklessness during the Great Recession and the health of the working-age population: cross-national analysis of 16 European countries. Social Science & Medicine 267, 112377.
• Moon G, Pearce J. 2020. Twenty-five years of Health & Place: citation classics, internationalism and interdisciplinarity. Health & Place 61, 102202.
• Caryl F, Shortt N, Pearce J, Reid G, Mitchell R, 2020. Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s exposure to tobacco retailing based on individual-level GPS data in Scotland. Tobacco Control 29, 367–373.
• Baranyi G, Cherrie M, Curtis S, Dibben C, Pearce J, 2020. Neighbourhood crime and psychotropic medications: A longitudinal data-linkage study of 130,000 Scottish adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 58, 638-647.
• Pearce J, Cherrie M, Best C, Eadie D, Stead M, Amos A, Currie D, Ozakinci G, MacGregor A, Haw S, 2020. How has the introduction of point-of-sale legislation affected the presence and visibility of tobacco retailing in Scotland? A longitudinal study. Tobacco Control 29:168–174.
• Baranyi G, Cherrie M, Curtis S, Dibben C, Pearce J, 2020. Changing levels of neighbourhood crime and mental health in Scotland: A natural experiment utilising self-reported and service use data in Scotland. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 74, 806–814.
• Cherrie M, Curtis S, Baranyi G, McTaggart S, Cunningham N, Licence K, Dibben C, Bambra C, Pearce J, 2020. Use of sequence analysis for classifying individual antidepressant trajectories to monitor population mental health. BMC Psychiatry 20:551.
• MacGregor A Delaney H, Amos A, Stead M, Eadie D, Pearce J, Ozakinci G, Haw S. 2020. “It’s like sludge green”: Young people’s perceptions of standardised tobacco packaging in the UK. Addiction 115, 1736-1744.
• Green M, Widener M, Darlington-Pollock F, Pearce J, 2020. The evolution of Health & Place: Text mining papers published between 1995 and 2018. Health & Place 61, 102207.
• Valiente R, Escobar F, Pearce J, Bilal U, Franco M, Sureda X, 2020. Mapping visibility of smokers across a large capital city. Environmental Research 180, 108888.
• Haw S, Currie D, Eadie D, Pearce J, MacGregor A, Stead M, et al. 2020. The impact of the point of sale tobacco display ban on young people in Scotland: before and after study. Public Health Research 8(1).
• Clemens T, Dibben C, Pearce J, Shortt N, 2020. Neighbourhood tobacco supply and individual maternal smoking during pregnancy: a fixed effects longitudinal analysis using routine data. Tobacco Control 29, 7-14.
• Jia P, Yu C, Remais J, Stein A,Liu Y, Brownson R, Lakerveld J, Wu T, Yang L, Smith M, Amer S, Pearce J, Kestens K, Kwan M, Lai S, Xu F, Chen X, Rundle A, Xiao Q, Xue H, Luo M, Zhao L, Cheng G, Yang S, Zhou X, Li Y, Panter J, Kingham S, Jones A, Johnson B, Shi X, Zhang L, Wang L, Wu J, Mavoa S, Toivonen T, Mwenda K, Wang Y, Verschuren M, Vermeulen R, James P, 2020. Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (ISLE-ReSt) Statement. Health & Place 61, 102243.
• Valiente R, Escobar F, Pearce J, Bilal U, Franco M, Sureda X, 2020. Estimating and mapping cigarette butt littering in urban environments: a GIS approach. Environment Research 183, 109142.
• Kuipers M, Best C, Wilson M, Currie D, Ozakinci G, MacKintosh AM, Stead M, Eadie D, MacGregor A, Pearce J, Amos A, Haw S, 2020. Adolescents’ perceptions of tobacco accessibility and smoking norms and attitudes in response to the tobacco point-of-sale display ban in Scotland: Results from the DISPLAY study. Tobacco Control 29, 348–356.

2019

• Badland H, Pearce J, 2019. Liveable for whom? Prospects of urban liveability to address health inequities. Social Science & Medicine 232, 94-105.
• Curtis S, Norman P, Cookson R, Cherrie M, Pearce J, 2019. Recession, local employment trends and change in self-reported health of individuals: a longitudinal study in England and Wales during the ‘great recession’ Health & Place 59, 102174.
• Cherrie M, Shortt N, Ward-Thompson C, Deary I, Pearce J, 2019. Association between activity space exposure to parks in childhood and adolescence and cognitive ageing in later life. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health 16(4), 632.
• Bambra C, Smith KE, Pearce J, 2019. Scaling up: the politics of health and place. Social Science & Medicine 232, 36-42.
• Baranyi G, Sieber S, Pearce J, Cheval B, Dibben C, Kliegel M, Cullati S, 2019. A longitudinal study of neighbourhood conditions and depression in ageing European adults: Do the associations vary by exposure to different childhood stressors? Preventive Medicine. 126, 105764.
• Huang B, Liu Y, Feng Z, Pearce J, Wang R, Zhang Y, Chen J, 2019. Residential exposure to natural outdoor environments and general health among older adults in Shanghai, China. International Journal of Health Equity 18:178.
• Valiente R, Sureda X, Bilal U, Navas-Acién A, Pearce J, Franco M, Escobar F, 2019. Regulating the local availability of tobacco retailing in Madrid, Spain: a GIS study to evaluate compliance. Tobacco Control 28, 325–333.
• Olsen J, Nicholls N, Moon G, Pearce J, Shortt, N, Mitchell R, 2019. Which urban land covers/uses are associated with residents’ mortality? A cross-sectional, ecological, pan-European study of 233 cities. BMJ Open 9, e033623.
• Curtis S, Pearce J, Cherrie M, Dibben C, Cunningham N, Bambra C, 2019. Changing labour market conditions during the ‘great recession’ and mental health in Scotland 2007-2011: an example using the Scottish Longitudinal Study and data for local areas in Scotland. Social Science & Medicine. 227, 1-9.
• Kenyon A, Pearce J, 2019. The socio-spatial distribution of walkable environments in urban Scotland: A case study from Glasgow and Edinburgh.The socio-spatial distribution of walkable environments in urban Scotland: A case study from Glasgow and Edinburgh. SSM – Population Health 9, 100461.

2018

• Cherrie M, Shortt N, Mitchell R, Taylor A, Redmond P, Ward Thompson C, Starr J, Deary I, Pearce J, 2018. Green space and cognitive ageing: a retrospective life course analysis in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Social Science & Medicine 196, 56–65.
• Pearce J, 2018. Complexity and uncertainty in geography of health research: incorporating life-course perspectives. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108, 1491-1498.
• Richardson EA, Shortt NK, Mitchell R, Pearce J. 2018. A sibling study of whether maternal exposure to different natural space types is related to birth weight. International Journal of Epidemiology 47, 146-155.
• Pearce J, Cherrie M, Shortt N, Deary I, Ward-Thompson C, 2018. Life course of place: a longitudinal study of mental health and place. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 43, 555–572.
• Best C, Haseen F, Currie D, Ozakinci G, Eadie, D, Stead M, MacKintosh A, Pearce J, MacGregor A, Amos A, Frank J, Haw S, 2018. Relationship between trying an electronic cigarette and subsequent cigarette experimentation in Scottish adolescents: a cohort study. Tobacco Control 27, 373-378.
• Shortt N, Rind E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Curtis S, 2018. Alcohol risk environments, vulnerability and social inequalities in alcohol consumption. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108, 1210–1227.
• Moon G, Barnett, Pearce J, Thompson L, Twigg L, 2018. The tobacco endgame: the neglected role of place and environment. Health & Place 53, 271-278.
• Tunstall H, Shortt NK, Niedzwiedz CL, Richardson E, Mitchell R, Pearce J, 2018. Tobacco outlet density and tobacco knowledge, beliefs, purchasing behaviours and price among adolescents in Scotland. Social Science & Medicine 206, 1-13.
• Sureda X, Carreñoa V, Espelt A, Villalbí J, Pearce J, Franco M. 2018. Alcohol in the city: wherever and whenever. Gaceta Sanitaria 32, 172–175.
• Timmins K, Green MA, Radley D, Morris MA, Pearce J. 2018. How has big data contributed to obesity research? A review of the literature. International Journal of Obesity 42, 1951–1962.
• Walker G, Mitchell G, Pearce J, 2018. Pollution & Inequality. In Davies S (ed) Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2017, Health Impacts of All Pollution – what do we know? Department of Health and Social Care.
• Eadie D, Best C, Stead M, MacKintosh AM, Critchlow N, Purves R, Pearce J, Currie D, Ozakinci G, Amos A, MacGregor A, Haw S, 2018. Assessing change in tobacco visibility at point-of-sale following a display ban. Tobacco Regulatory Science 4, 10-28.

2017

• Richardson E, Pearce J, Shortt N, Mitchell R, 2017. The role of local natural space in children’s social, emotional and behavioural development in Scotland: a longitudinal study. Environmental Research 158, 729–736.
• Sureda X, Espelt A, Villalbíb JR, Baranda L, Cebrecosa A, Pearce J, Franco M, 2017. Development and validation of OHCITIES an instrument for systematically assessing alcohol urban environments: The Heart Healthy Hoods project. BMJ Open 7:e017362.
• Richardson E, Moon G, Pearce J, Shortt N, Mitchell R, 2017. Multi-scalar influences on mortality change over time in 274 European cities. Social Science & Medicine 179, 45–51.
• Milojevic A, Niedzwiedz C, Pearce J, Milner J, MacKenzie I, Doherty R, Wilkinson P, 2017. Socio-economic and urban-rural differentials in exposure to air pollution and associated health impacts in England. Environmental Health 16:104.
• Pearce J, 2017. Health-related behaviors. In: Richardson D, Castree N, Goodchild M, Kobayashi A, Liu L, Marston R (eds). The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Wiley-Blackwell.

2016

• Shortt N, Pearce J, Smith K, Mitchell R, 2016. Taking health geography out of the academy: measuring academic impact. Social Science & Medicine 168, 265-272.
• van der Sluijs W, Haseen F, Miller M, MacGregor A, Sharp C, Amos A, Stead M, Eadie D, Pearce J, Frank J, Haw S. 2016. ‘It looks like an adult sweetie shop’: point-of-sale tobacco display exposure and brand awareness in Scottish secondary school students. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 18, 1981-1988.
• Niedzwiedz CL, Richardson EA, Tunstall H, Shortt NK, Mitchell RJ, Pearce J, 2016. The relationship between wealth and loneliness among older people across Europe: can social participation act as a buffer? Preventive Medicine 91, 24-31.
• Eadie D, Stead M, Mackintosh AM, Tisch C, Pearce J, van der Sluijs W, Amos A, Macgregor A, Haw S, 2016. Are retail outlets complying with national legislation to protect children from exposure to tobacco displays at point of sale? Early results from the first compliance study in the UK. PLOS ONE 11(3): e0152178.
• Niedzwiedz CL, Mitchell R, Shortt N, Pearce J, 2016. Social protection spending and inequalities in depressive symptoms across Europe. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 51, 1005–1014.
• Best C, Haseen F, van der Sluijs W, Ozakinci G, Currie D, Eadie D, Stead M, MacKintosh A, Pearce J, Tisch C, MacGregor A, Amos A, Frank J, Haw S. 2016. Relationship between e-cigarette point of sale recall and e-cigarette use in secondary school children: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 16:310.
• Pearce J, Rind E, Shortt N, Tisch C, Mitchell R, 2016. Tobacco retail environments and social inequalities in individual-level smoking and cessation among Scottish adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 18, 138-146.
• Stead M, Eadie D, MacKintosh AM, Best C, Miller M, Haseen F, Pearce J, Tisch C, Macdonald L, MacGregor A, Amos A, van der Sluijs W, Frank JW, Haw S, 2016. Young people’s exposure to point-of-sale tobacco products and promotions. Public Health 136, 48–56.
• Tunstall H, Richardson E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, 2016. Are migration patterns and mortality related among European regions? European Journal of Public Health 26, 724 – 726.
• Garthwaite K, Smith KE, Bambra C, Pearce J, 2016. Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities: Who are we researching for? Sociology of Health and Illness 38, 459-478.
• Best C, van der Sluijs W, Miller M, Haseen F, Eadie D, Stead M, MacKintosh AM, Pearce J, Tisch C, MacGregor A, Amos A, Frank J, Haw S, 2016. Does exposure to cigarette brands increase the likelihood of adolescent e-cigarette use? A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 6:e008734.
• Pearce J, Shortt N, Rind E, Mitchell R, 2016. Life course, green space and health: incorporating place into life course epidemiology. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13: 331.
• Shortt, N, Tisch C, Pearce J, Richardson E, Mitchell R, 2016. The density of tobacco retailers in both home and school environments and relationship with adolescent smoking behaviours in Scotland. Tobacco Control 25, 75-82.
• Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, 2016. Place, space and health inequalities. In: Smith K, Bambra C, Hill S (eds). Health Inequalities: Critical Perspectives. OUP: Oxford.

2015

• Tunstall H, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, 2015. Residential mobility and the association between physical environment disadvantage and general and mental health. Journal of Public Health 37, 563-572.
• Ivory V, Blakely T, Pearce J, Witten K, Bagheri N, Badland H, Schofield G, 2015. Could strength of exposure to the residential neighbourhood modify associations between walkability and physical activity? Social Science & Medicine 147, 232-241.
• Shortt N, Tisch C, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Richardson E, Hill, S, Collin J, 2015. A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between tobacco and alcohol outlet density and neighbourhood deprivation in Scotland. BMC Public Health 15:1014.
• Mitchell R, Richardson E, Shortt N, Pearce J, 2015. Neighbourhood environments and reduced socio-economic inequalities in mental wellbeing: an international study of urban dwellers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 49, 80–84.
• Oliver M, Witten K, Blakely T, Parker K, Badland H, Schofield G Ivory V, Pearce J, Mavoa S, Hinckson E, Sweetsur P, Kearns R, 2015. Neighbourhood built environment associations with body size in adults: Mediating effects of activity and sedentariness in a cross-sectional study of New Zealand adults. BMC Public Health 15:956.
• Ivory V, Russell M, Witten K, Hooper CM, Pearce J, Blakely T, 2015. What shape is your neighbourhood? Investigating the micro geographies of physical activity. Social Science and Medicine 133, 313–321.
• Tunstall H, Shortt N, Pearce J, Mitchell R, 2015. Difficult life events, selective migration and spatial inequalities in mental health in the UK. PLOS ONE 10(5): e0126567.
• Ball K, Lamb KE, Costa C, Cutumisu N, Ellaway A, Kamphuis CBM, Mentz G, Pearce J, Santana P, Santos R, Schulz AJ, Spence JC, Thornton LE, van Lenthe FJ, Zenk SN, 2015. Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and fruit and vegetable consumption: a seven countries comparison. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 12:68.
• Pearce J, 2015. Invited commentary: History of place, life course and health inequalities – historical geographical information systems and epidemiological research. American Journal of Epidemiology 181, 26–29.
• Day P, Pearce J, Pearson, A. 2015. A temporal analysis of the spatial clustering of food outlets around schools in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1966 to 2006. Public Health Nutrition 18, 135–142.
• Eadie D, Stead M, Mackintosh AM, Macdonald L, Purves R, Pearce J, Tisch C, van der Sluijs W, Amos A, Macgregor A, Haw S, 2015. E-cigarette marketing in UK stores: an observational audit and retailers’ views. BMJ Open 5:e008547.
• Rind E, Shortt N, Mitchell R, Richardson EA, Pearce J, 2015 Are income-related differences in active travel associated with physical environmental characteristics? A multi-level ecological approach. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 12:73.
• Richardson E, Hill S, Mitchell R, Pearce J, Shortt N, 2015. Is local alcohol outlet density related to alcohol-related morbidity and mortality in Scottish cities? Health and Place 33, 172–180.

2014

• Tunstall H, Mitchell R, Pearce J, Shortt NK, 2014. The general and mental health of movers to more- and less-disadvantaged socio-economic and physical environments within the UK. Social Science and Medicine 118, 97-107.
• Thornton L, Pearce J, Ball K, 2014. Socio-demographic factors associated with healthy eating and food security in socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in the United Kingdom and Victoria, Australia. Public Health Nutrition 17, 20-30.
• Richardson E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, Tunstall H, 2014. Have regional inequalities in life expectancy widened within the European Union between 1991 and 2008? European Journal of Public Health 24, 357-363.
• Shortt NK, Rind E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, 2014. Integrating environmental justice and socio-ecological models of health to understand population-level physical activity. Environment and Planning A 46, 1479–95.
• Ayuka F, Barnett R, Pearce J, 2014. Neighbourhood availability of alcohol outlets and hazardous alcohol consumption in New Zealand. Health and Place 29, 186-199.
• Pearson A, Telfar-Barnard L, Pearce J, Kingham S, Howden-Chapman P, 2014. Housing quality and resilience in New Zealand. Building Research and Information 42, 182-90.
• Haw, S, Amos A, Eadie D, Frank J, MacDonald L, MacIntosh A, McGregor A, Miller M, Pearce J, Sharp C, Stead M, Tisch C, van der Sluijs W, 2014. Determining the impact of smoking point of sale legislation among youth (DISPLAY) study: a protocol for an evaluation of public health policy. BMC Public Health 14:251.
• Pearce J, 2014. Geographies of health inequality. In Cockerham WC, Dingwall R, Quah SR, (eds), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Fischbacher CM, Brin G, Bansal N, Bhopal R, Pearce J, 2014. Measures of socioeconomic position are not consistently associated with ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease in Scotland: methods from the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS). International Journal of Epidemiology 43, 129-139.

2013

• Pearce J, 2013. Financial crisis, austerity policies and geographical inequalities in health. Environment and Planning A 45, 2030–2045.
• Ord K, Mitchell R, Pearce J, 2013. Is level of neighbourhood green space associated with physical activity in green space? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 10, 127.
• Richardson E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, 2013. A regional measure of multiple environmental deprivation: do relationships with health and health inequalities persist? Professional Geographer 65, 153-170.
• Pearson A, Pearce J, Kingham S, 2013. Deprived yet healthy: Neighbourhood-level resilience in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 91, 238-245.
• Richardson EA, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Kingham S, 2013. The role of physical activity in the relationship between urban green space and health. Public Health 127, 318-324.
• Pearce J, 2013. An environmental justice framework for understanding neighbourhood inequalities in health and well-being. In Van Ham M, Manley D, Maclennan D, Bailey N, Simpson L (eds). Neighbourhood effects or neighbourhood based problems? A policy context. Springer Press, p 89-111.
• Richardson E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, Shortt N, Tunstall H, 2013. Particulate air pollution and health inequalities: A Europe-wide ecological analysis. International Journal of Health Geographics. 12:34.
• Signal L, Walton M, Ni Mhurchu C, Maddison R, Bowers S, Carter K, Gorton D, Heta C, Lanumata T, McKerchar C, O’Dea D, Pearce J, 2013. A complex environmental approach to tackling ‘wicked’ problems in public health: a case study in enhancing food security and physical activity for Māori, Pacific and low-income people in New Zealand. Health Promotion International. 28, 84-94.

2012

• Pearce J, Barnett R, Moon G, 2012. Socio-spatial inequalities in health-related behaviours: pathways linking place and smoking. Progress in Human Geography 36, 3-21.
• Witten K, Blakely T, Bagheri N, Badland H, Ivory V, Pearce J, Mavoa S, Hinckson E, Schofield G, 2012. Neighborhood built environment and transport and leisure physical activity: Findings using objective exposure and outcome measures in New Zealand. Environmental Health Perspectives 120, 971-977.
• Pearce J, 2012. The ‘blemish of place’: stigma, geography and health inequalities. Social Science and Medicine 75, 1921-1924.
• Moon G, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2012. Smoking, ethnic residential segregation and ethnic diversity: a spatio-temporal analysis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102, 912-921.
• Thornton L, Pearce J, Macdonald L, Lamb K, Ellaway A, 2012. Does the choice of neighbourhood supermarket access measure influence associations with individual-level fruit and vegetable consumption? A case study from Glasgow. International Journal of Health Geographics 11:29.
• Shortt N, Richardson E, Pearce J, Mitchell R, 2012. Mortality inequalities by environment type in New Zealand Health and Place 18, 1132-1136.
• Ellaway A, Macdonald L, Lamb K, Thornton L, Day P, Pearce J, 2012. Do obesity-promoting food environments cluster around socially disadvantaged schools in Glasgow? Health and Place 18,1335-1340.
• Hiscock R, Moon G, Pearce J, Barnett R, Daley V, 2012. Do general medical practice characteristics influence the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs? A multilevel analysis. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 14, 703-710.

2011

• Richardson E, Pearce J, Kingham S, 2011. Is particulate air pollution associated with health and health inequalities in New Zealand? Health and Place 17, 1137–1143.
• Pearce J, Richardson EA, Mitchell RJ, Shortt NK, 2011. Environmental justice and health: a study of multiple environmental deprivation and geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 73, 410-420.
• Witten K, Pearce J, Day P, 2011. Neighbourhood Destination Accessibility Index: A GIS tool for measuring infrastructure support for neighbourhood physical activity. Environment and Planning A 43, 205-223.
• Thornton LE, Pearce J, Kavanagh A, 2011. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity: a glossary. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 8:71.
• Smith D, Pearce J, Harland K, 2011. Can a deterministic spatial microsimulation model provide reliable small-area estimates of health behaviours? An example of smoking prevalence in New Zealand. Health and Place 17, 618-624.
• Day P, Pearce J, 2011. Obesity-promoting food environments and the spatial clustering of food outlets around schools. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 40, 113–121.
• Pearce J, Maddison R, 2011. Do enhancements to the urban built environment improve physical activity levels among socially disadvantaged populations? International Journal for Equity in Health 10:28.
• Shortt N, Richardson E, Mitchell R, Pearce J, 2011. Re-engaging with the physical environment: a health related environmental classification of the UK. Area 43, 76-87.
• Miller LJ, Willis JA, Pearce J, Barnett R, Darlow BA, Scott RS, 2011. Urban-rural variation in childhood type 1 diabetes incidence, in Canterbury, New Zealand 1980 to 2004. Health and Place 17, 248–256.

2010

• Pearce J, Richardson EA, Mitchell RJ, Shortt NK, 2010. Environmental justice and health: The implications of the socio-spatial distribution of multiple environmental deprivation for health inequalities in the United Kingdom. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 35, 522-539.
• Richardson EA, Mitchell RJ, Shortt NK, Pearce J, Dawson TP, 2010. Developing summary measures of health-related multiple environmental deprivation for epidemiological research. Environment and Planning A 42, 1650-1668.
• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2010. Influence of selective migration patterns among smokers and nonsmokers on geographical inequalities in health. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100(2), 393–408.
• Moon G, Barnett R, Pearce J, 2010. Ethnic segregation and tobacco consumption: a multilevel repeated cross-sectional analysis of smoking prevalence. Environment and Planning A 42, 469-486.
• Wilson JG, Kingham S, Pearce J, 2010. Air pollution and restricted activity days among New Zealand school children and staff. International Journal of Environment and Pollution 41, 140-154.
• Richardson EA, Pearce J, Mitchell RJ, Day P, Kingham S, 2010. The association between green space and cause-specific mortality in urban New Zealand: an ecological analysis of green space utility. BMC Public Health 10(1):240.
• Pearce J, Day P, 2010. Neighbourhood histories and health: social deprivation and food retailing in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1966 to 2005. In Lake, A, Townshend T, Alvanides S (eds) Obesogenic Environments: complexities, perceptions and objective measures. Oxford: Blackwell, p.183-198.
• Rind E, Pearce J, 2010. The spatial distribution of camplyobacteriosis in New Zealand, 1997-2005. Epidemiology and Infection 138, 1359–1371.

2009

• Richardson EA, Mitchell RJ, Shortt NK, Pearce J, Dawson T, 2009. Evidence-based selection of environmental factors and datasets for measuring multiple environmental deprivation in epidemiological research. Environmental Health 8 (Suppl 1): S18.
• Hiscock R, Pearce J, Barnett R, Moon G, Daley V, 2009. Do smoking cessation programmes influence geographical inequalities in health? An evaluation of the impact of the PEGS programme in Christchurch, New Zealand. Tobacco Control 18, 371-376.
• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2009. Tackling global health inequalities: closing the health gap in a generation. Environment and Planning A 41, 1-6.
• Stevenson A, Pearce J, Blakely T, Ivory V, Witten K, 2009. Neighbourhoods and health: a review of the New Zealand literature. New Zealand Geographer 65, 211–221.
• Barnett R, Pearce J, Moon G, Elliott J, Barnett P, 2009. Assessing the effects of the 2004 New Zealand Smokefree Environment Legislation upon rates of hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 33, 515-20.
• Thompson L, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2009. Smoking: compliant and nomadic identities. Social and Cultural Geography 10, 565-581.
• Walton M, Pearce J, Day P, 2009. Examining the interaction between food outlets and outdoor food advertisements with primary school food environments. Health and Place 15, 811-818.
• Thompson L, Barnett R, Pearce J, 2009. Scared straight?: Fear-appeal anti-smoking campaigns, risk, self-efficacy and addiction. Health, Risk and Society 11, 181–196.
• Pearce J, Hiscock R, Moon G, Barnett R, 2009. The neighbourhood effects of geographical access to tobacco retailers on individual smoking behaviour. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 63, 69-77.
• Barnett R, Pearce J, Moon G, 2009. Is community inequality associated with smoking cessation in New Zealand, 1981-2006? Social Science and Medicine 68, 876-884.
• Miller L, Pearce J, Barnett R, Willis J, Darlow B, Scott R, 2009. Is population mixing associated with childhood Type 1 diabetes in Canterbury, New Zealand? Social Science and Medicine 68, 625-630.
• Pearce J, Hiscock R, Blakely T, Witten K, 2009. A national study of the association between neighbourhood access to fast food outlets and the diet and weight of local residents. Health and Place 15, 193-197.
• Pearce J, 2009, Regression, linear and non-linear. In: Thrift N, Kitchen R, The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. London: Elsevier, p.302-308.

2008

• Day P, Pearce J, Dorling D, 2008. Twelve worlds: A geo-demographic comparison of global inequalities in mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62, 1002-1010.
• Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R, Blakely T, 2008. Regional and urban-rural variations in the association of neighbourhood deprivation with community resource access: a national study. Environment and Planning A 40, 2469–2489.
• Witten K, Hiscock R, Pearce J, Blakely T, 2008. Neighbourhood access to public open space and the physical activity of residents: a national study. Preventive Medicine 47, 299-303.
• Pearce J, Mason K, Hiscock R, Day P, 2008. A national study of neighbourhood access to gambling opportunities and individual gambling behaviour. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62, 862-868.
• Hiscock R, Pearce J, Blakely T, Witten K, 2008. Is neighbourhood access to health care provision associated with individual-level utilisation and satisfaction? Health Services Research 43, 2183-2200.
• Pearce J, Tisch C, Barnett R, 2008. Have geographical inequalities in cause-specific mortality in New Zealand increased during the period 1980-2001? New Zealand Medical Journal 121 (1281), 15-27.
• Haynes R, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2008. Cancer survival in New Zealand: ethnic, social and geographical inequalities. Social Science and Medicine 67, 928-937.
• Lake I, Pearce J, Saville M, 2008. The seasonal variations of Cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand. Epidemiology and Infection 136, 1383-87.
• Pearce J, Hiscock R, Blakely T, Witten K, 2008. The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62, 198-200.
• Haynes R, Lake I, Kingham S, Sabel C, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2008. Influence of road curvature on fatal crashes in New Zealand. Accident Analysis and Prevention 40, 843-850.
• Pearce J, Kingham S, 2008. Environmental inequalities in New Zealand: a national study of air pollution and environmental justice. Geoforum 39, 980-993.
• Kingham S, Pearce J, Dorling D, Faulk M, 2008. The impact of the graduated driver license scheme on youth mortality in New Zealand. Journal of Transport Geography 16, 134–141.
• Pearce J, Day P, Witten K, 2008. Neighbourhood provision of food and alcohol retailing and social deprivation in urban New Zealand. Urban Policy and Research 26, 213-227.
• Willis, JA; Miller, LJ; Scott, RS, Darlow B, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2008. Increasing incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Canterbury children and adolescents and spatial-temporal clustering. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 79, S36-S36.
• Miller LJ, Pearce J, Willis JA, Barnett R, Darlow B, Scott R, 2008. Population mixing and Type 1 diabetes in Canterbury, New Zealand. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 79, S36-S37.

2007

• Thompson L, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2007. Moralising geographies: Stigma, smoking islands and responsible subjects. Area 39, 508-517.
• Dorling D, Mitchell R, Pearce J, 2007. An observational study: the global impact of income inequality on health by age. British Medical Journal 335, 873-875.
• Pearce J, Barnett R, Jones I, 2007. Have urban/rural inequalities in suicide in New Zealand grown during the period 1980-2001? Social Science and Medicine 65, 1807-1819.
• Pearce J, 2007. Incorporating geographies of health into public policy debates: The GeoHealth Laboratory. New Zealand Geographer 63, 149-153.
• Pearce J, 2007. Editorial: Investigating place effects on health: an Australasian perspective. Australasian Epidemiologist 14, 2-3.
• Kingham S, Pearce J, Zawar-Reza P, 2007. Driven to injustice? Environmental justice and vehicle pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Transportation Research D: Transport and Environment 12, 254-263.
• Pearce J, Blakely T, Witten K, Bartie P, 2007. Neighborhood deprivation and access to fast food retailing: a national study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 32, 375-382.
• Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R, Blakely T, 2007. Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources? International Journal of Epidemiology 36, 348-355.
• Miller L., Pearce J, Barnett R, 2007. The place of population mixing in the aetiology of disease: a New Zealand perspective. Australasian Epidemiologist 14, 12-15.
• Pearce J, Barnett R, Collings S, Jones I, 2007. Did geographical inequalities in suicide among males aged 15 to 44 in New Zealand increase during the period 1981-2001? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 41, 359-365.
• Cupples J, Guyatt V, Pearce J, 2007. “Put on a jacket, you wuss”: Cultural identities and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Environment and Planning A 39, 2883-2898.

2006

• Pearce J, Dorling D, Wheeler B, Barnett R, Rigby J, 2006. Geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001: the gap widens. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 30, 461-466.
• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2006, The place of population change in explaining geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, International Journal of Epidemiology 35, 1099-1100.
• Barnett R, Pearce J, Howes P, 2006. ‘Help, educate, encourage?’: Geographical variations in the provision and utilisation of diabetes education in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 63, 1228-1243.
• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2006, Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001, International Journal of Epidemiology 35, 597-603.
• Barnett R, Barnett P, Pearce J and Howes P, 2006, Preventing the human time bomb? Barriers to utilising diabetes education in Christchurch, New Zealand, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 30, 275-278.
• Pearce J, Kingham S, Zawar-Reza P, 2006, Every breath you take? Environmental justice and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand, Environment and Planning A, 38, 919-938.
• Pearce J, Witten K, Bartie P, 2006, Neighbourhoods and health: a GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 60, 389-395.
• Pearce J, Barnett R, Kingham S, 2006, Slip! Slap! Slop! Cutaneous malignant melanoma incidence and social status in New Zealand, 1995-2000, Health and Place 12, 239-252.

2005

• Wilson J G, Kingham S, Pearce J, Sturman A P, 2005. A review of intra-urban variations in particulate air pollution: implications for epidemiological research. Atmospheric Environment 39, 6444-6462.
• Zawar-Reza P, Kingham S, Pearce J, 2005, Evaluation of a year-long dispersion modelling of PM10 using the mesoscale model TAPM for Christchurch, New Zealand. Science of the Total Environment 349, 249-259.
• Pearce J, Boyle P, 2005, Is the urban excess in lung cancer in Scotland explained by patterns of smoking? Social Science and Medicine 60, 2833-2843.
• Pearce J, Boyle P, 2005, Examining the relationship between lung cancer and radon in small areas across Scotland. Health and Place 11, 275-282.
• Barnett R, Pearce J, Moon G, 2005, Does social inequality matter? Assessing the effects of changing ethnic socio-economic disparities on Maori smoking in New Zealand, 1981-96. Social Science and Medicine 60, 1515-1526.
• Wilson JG, Kingham S, Sturman A, Pearce J, 2005. Intraurban particulate air pollution and restricted activity days in New Zealand school children. Epidemiology 16, S136-S136 (Abstract).

2003

• Pearce J, Boyle P, Flowerdew R, 2003, Predicting smoking behaviour in census output areas across Scotland, Health and Place 9, 139-149.
• Pearce J, 2003, Emerging new research on the geography of health and impairment, Health and Place 9, 107-108.

2001

• Flowerdew R, Pearce J, 2001, Linking point and area data to model primary school performance indicators, Geographical and Environmental Modeling 5, 23-41.

2000

• Pearce J, 2000, Techniques for defining school catchment areas for comparison with census data, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 24, 283-303.