2025

✧ Miao C†, Chen X*, Zhang C (2025). Perceived built environment and non-motorist crashes: An exploration with street view imagery. Journal of Transport Geography, 128, 104363.

✧ Lyu W†, Chen X, Miao C†, Lin Q, Xiang X, Zhang G†, Xu R* (2025). Revisiting the modified retail food environment index (mRFEI): Examining food access inequities over a decade in the United States. Discover Public Health, 22(318).

Zhang G†, Osi A, Ghaffarzadegan N, Rahmandad H, Xu R^* (2025) identifying delayed human response to external risks: An econometric analysis of mobility change during a pandemic. BMC Medical Research Methodology.

Wang Y, Kuchmaner, CA, Xu X, Xu R (2026). Who Gets Heard? Analyzing online restaurant reviews to understand the representation of vulnerable consumers. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 89, 104566.

✧ Chacón V, Antrum C, Vaca MFG, Xu R, Caspi C. (2025). Associations between housing stability and food insecurity among US low-wage workers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 108123.

Bannor R†, Xu R, Kalinowski J, Leahey T, Caspi C, Idiong CI, …, Pagoto S (2025). Prevalence and predictors of posting health-related content among US Facebook users: A cross-sectional survey study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(6), 918.

Khati A, Copenhaver M, Xu R, Altice FL, Wickersham JA, Gautam K, …, Shrestha R (2025). Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) receipt and persistence among opioid-dependent people who inject drugs initiating PrEP for HIV prevention. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 173, 209693.

Miao C†, He S, Li Y, Zhang C (2025). A spatially-adapted SHAP approach for interpreting deep bike usage learning and prediction. In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2025), November 3-6, 2025, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Frazier C†, Miao C†, Shalin S, Jensen H, Frazier E (2026). A network-based cross-sectional study of geographic access disparities to Medicare-participating dermatologists in the United States. JAAD International, 24, 70–72.

Frazier C†, Miao C†, Evans MS, Frazier E (2025). A network‐based cross‐sectional geographic examination of access to pediatric dermatologists across the US. Pediatric Dermatology, 70026.

Adams A†, Gallaher A†, Ou A, Chen X, Li W, Zhang C, Mrozinski R, Ghosh D (2025). Mapping COVID-19: Applying ethical strategies in web mapping decisions. Cartographic Perspectives, (105), 67–75.

Chen X†, Mofrad M, Clements S†, Killion K, Johnson T††, Chen X, Zigmont D, Avelino D, Lituma-Solis B, Puglisi M, Duffy V, Chun O (2025). Developing and testing a user-focused, web GIS-based food asset map for an under-resourced community in Northeastern Connecticut. Nutrients, 17(5), 911.

Lin Q, Chen X, Xiang X, Lyu W†, Miao C†, Zhang G†, Xu R* (2025). Association of activity-based food environment index with obesity-related cancer mortality in the US. BMC Medicine, 23(1), 167.

Cui C, Han Z, Liu F, Ma J, Wang H, Chen X (2025). Improving service accessibility and equity for sustainable development goals without newly facilities by rural settlement reconstruction. Geography and Sustainability, 6(1)

Chen X* (2025). Food and space. In R. Richardson (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Wiley.

Chen X*, Miao C†, Lyu W†, Mai G, Xu R (2025). From space to context: Contextualizing the food environment with GeoAI. In X. Huang, S Wang, J Wilson, & Kedron Peter (Eds.), GeoAI and Human Geography, The Dawn of a New Spatial Intelligence. Springer.

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2024

✧ Miao C†, Chen X*, Zhang C (2024). Assessing network-based traffic crash risk using prospective space-time scan statistic method. Journal of Transport Geography, 119, 103958.

✧ Din A, Chen X* (2024). Leveraging accessibility modeling to improve housing equity for low-income renters: A case study in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Cities, 147, 104763.

Adams A†, Ghosh D, Chen X, Li W, Zhang C, Gallaher A†, Benitez Ou A (2024). Using geospatial visualizations to better understand public health data. In L. P. Cantwell-Jurkovic & T. E. Parece (Eds.), Spatial Literacy in Public Health. ACRL

Xu X, Wang Y, Xu R, Zhuang Y (2024). From consumption to online review posting: Examining the influential factors of conversion rate. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 28(4), 481-509.

Pagoto S, Xu R, Bannor R†, Idiong C, Goetz J, Fernandes D (2024). Comparing synchronous and asynchronous remotely delivered lifestyle interventions: Protocol for a randomized noninferiority trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), e65323.

Ndreka B†, Dipak D, Xu R (2024). Evaluating methods for estimating influence effects in social networks: A simulation study. Communications in Statistics.

Pagoto S, Goetz J, Xu R, Wang M, Palmer L, Lemon S (2024) Randomized non-inferiority trial comparing an asynchronous remotely-delivered versus clinic-delivered lifestyle intervention. International Journal of Obesity.

Pagoto S, Lueders N, Palmer L, Idiong C, Bannor R†, Xu R, Ingels S (2024). Designing and testing behavioral and health communication interventions for delivery in private Facebook groups: Best practices. JMIR Formative Research.

Song Y, Xu R, Huang YHC, Ni S, Fan Y (2024). Assessing the interplay between public attention and government responsiveness with digital trace data: Navigating leadership and followership in China’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Social Science Computer Review, 08944393241258217.

Narvaiz S, Lin Q, Rosenberg JM, Frank KA, Maroulis SJ, Wang W, Xu R (2024). konfound: An R sensitivity analysis package to quantify the robustness of causal inferences. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(95), 5779.

Rudin LR, Tetreault L, Xu R, Bauer KW, Pagoto SL, Duffy VB, …, Waring ME (2024). Sources and perceived credibility of child nutrition information in relation to maternal health literacy. Patient Education and Counseling, 108199.

Burkholder K, Bennett BL, McKee SL, Cohen JF, Xu R, Schwartz MB (2024). Participation in the US Department of Agriculture’s Summer Meal Programs: 2019–2021. Journal of School Health.

Li L, Li Q, Pei Z, Hao F, Chen X, Chen J (2024). Identifying tourism attractiveness based on intra-destination tourist behaviors: Evidence from Wi-Fi data. Current Issues in Tourism, 27 (19), 3131–3149.

Li G, Liu Z, Zhao Q, Zhang G†. (2024). Vertical intergovernmental environmental protection supervision authority changes and boundary pollution control: A case study of China. Economic Analysis and Policy, 84, 230–239. 

Zhang G†, Li J, Ma J, Liu Z. (2024). Pro-growth or limit-on: How environmental regulations affect residents’ well-being. Economic Analysis and Policy, 84, 1509–1520. 

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2023

✧ Xu R, Huang X, Zhang K, Lyu W†, Ghosh D, Li Z, Chen X* (2023). Activity-integrated food environment measures can predict cardiometabolic disorders in the United States. Nature Communications, 14(7326).

Lyu W†, Seok N†, Chen X, Xu R* (2023). Using crowdsourced food image data for assessing restaurant nutrition environment: A validation study. Nutrients, 15(19), 4287.

Cui Y†, Chen X*, Chen X, Zhang C. (2023). Competition, integration, or complementation? Exploring dock-based bike-sharing in New York City. The Professional Geographer, 75(1), 65-75.

Adams A†, Chen X*, Li W, Zhang C (2023). Normalizing the pandemic: Exploring the cartographic issues in state government COVID-19 dashboards. Journal of Maps, 19(1).

Yang Y, Chen X (equal contribution as 1^st author), Gao S, Li Z, Zhang Z, Zhao B (2023). Embracing geospatial analytical technologies in tourism studies. Information Technology & Tourism, 25, 137–150.

Han Z, Cui C, Kong Y, Chen Y, Li Q, Chen X (2023). Improving educational equity by maximizing service coverage in rural Changyuan, China: An evaluation-optimization-validation framework based on spatial accessibility to schools. Applied Geography, 152, 102891.

Jin A†, Chen X, Huang X, Li Z, Caspi C, Xu R* (2023). Selective daily mobility bias in the community food environment: Case of Greater Hartford, Connecticut. Nutrients, 15(2), 404.Books.

Gombi-Vaca MF, Xu R, Schwartz MB, Caspi CE (2023). Construct validity of the Charitable Food Nutrition Index. Preventive Medicine Reports, 36, 102515.

✧ Lim TY, Xu R, Ruktanonchai N, Saucedo O, Childs LM, Jalali MS, …, Ghaffarzadegan N (2023). Why similar policies resulted in different COVID-19 outcomes: How responsiveness and culture influenced mortality rates. Health Affairs, 42(12), 1637-1646.

Cabral J, Morzillo AT, Xu R (2023). A stakeholder network for managing multiple forest stressors and roadside forests. Society & Natural Resources, 1-18.

Pagoto S, Xu R, Bullard T, Foster GD, Bannor R†, Arcangel K, Divito J, Schroeder M, Cardel MI (2023). An evaluation of a personalized multi-component commercial digital weight management program. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Wang Y, Xu X, Kuchmaner CA, Xu R (2023). But it was supposed to be healthy! How expected and actual nutritional value affect the content and linguistic characteristics of online reviews for food products. Journal of Consumer Psychology.

Xu R, Bannor R†, Cardel MI, Foster GD, Pagoto S (2023). How much food tracking during a digital weight management program is enough to produce clinically significant weight loss? Obesity.

Cabral J, Morzillo AT, Xu R (2023). Forest stressors and roadside vegetation management in an exurban landscape. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 127954.

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