Human Behaviour-Change Project (including the APRICOT project)

Human Behaviour-Change Project (including the APRICOT project)

track_changes Track Tracking Be alerted when new articles are added in this gateway (manage your tracking alerts via your account) Stop tracking this gateway
Home Gateways Human Behaviour-Change Project (including the APRICOT project)
1-20 of 34 ARTICLES
Previous Next
 in 
Featured Article
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15900.1
Editorial metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
The Human Behaviour-Change Project: An artificial intelligence system to answer questions about changing behaviour
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
Susan Michie, James Thomas, Pol Mac Aonghusa, Robert West, Marie Johnston, Michael P. Kelly, John Shawe-Taylor, Janna Hastings, Francesca Bonin, Alison O’Mara-Eves
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 10 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25117.1
Study Protocol metrics
HIV prevention interventions for adolescent males in Sub-Saharan Africa (2000–2025): A systematic scoping review protocol for intervention design
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Erick Ndenga, Peter Kiprotich, Robinson Oyando, Christopher Odero, Jackob Kazungu, Samson Munala, Louisa Ndunyu, Pamela Munane, Eric Goosby, Collins Ouma
Peer Reviewers Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz Queiroz; Cyrus Mutie
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Fogarty International Center
PUBLISHED 10 Apr 2026
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25922.1
Open Letter metrics
The missing discipline in AI: a call for behavioural science
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Paul M Sacher, Susan Michie, Oliver P Hauser, Antoine Ferrère, Samuel Salzer, Amy Rodger, Jana Schaich Borg, Ganna Pogrebna, Susan A Murphy
Peer Reviewers Daniel Bafour‑Koduah; Sidra Sidra
PUBLISHED 26 Feb 2026
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24994.1
Study Protocol metrics
Advancing Behavioural and Social Sciences through Ontologies: Protocol for the APRICOT Project
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Susan Michie, Janna Hastings, William Hogan, Marta Marques, Robert West, Paulina Schenk, Maya Braun, Carolina Silva, Colbie Reed, Marie Johnston, Alexander Rothman
Peer Reviewers Mariam Ben Hassen; Sean Grant
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 22 Dec 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23879.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Linking behaviour change techniques to mechanisms of action: Using the Theory and Techniques Tool alongside the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Lisa Zhang, Paulina M. Schenk, Micaela Santilli, Alison J Wright, Marta M. Marques, Marie Johnston, Robert West, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Mor Peleg; Elin M Andersson; Chris Keyworth
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • National Institutes of Health award ‘Advancing Prevention Research in Cancer through Ontology Tools (APRICOT)’
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20012.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Predicting outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in novel scenarios using ontology-informed, interpretable machine learning
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Janna Hastings, Martin Glauer, Robert West, Anna Kleinau, James Thomas, Alison J. Wright, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Claudia F. Nisa; John Curtin; Kate Frazer
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 06 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24206.1
Research Article metrics
A Method for Evaluating the Interoperability of Ontology Classes in the Behavioural and Social Sciences
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Thomas L. Webb, Harriet M. Baird, Fatima S. Maikore, Robert West, Janna Hastings, Suvodeep Mazumdar, Vitaveska Lanfranchi, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Vojtech Svatek; Walter Terkaj
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • APRICOT grant from the US National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 22 Sep 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24283.1
Method Article metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
Use of an ontology-based framework for annotating reports of randomised trials of interventions aimed at reducing excessive driving speed: a feasibility study
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Amy Rodger, Shaun Helman, Robert West, Nia Coupe, Jack Hitchings, Sancha Martin
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 29 Aug 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24234.1
Research Article metrics
Annotating datasets in behavioural and social sciences to promote interoperability: development of the Schema for Ontology-based Dataset Annotation (SODA) version 1.0
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Robert West, Jamie Brown, Lion Shahab, Harriet Baird, Thomas Webb, Hazel Squires, Harry Tattan-Birch, Duncan Gillespie, Robin Purshouse, Alan Brennan, Suvodeep Mazumdar, Vitaveska Lamfranchi, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Anna Sofia Lippolis
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • Cancer Research UK
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 20 Aug 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24239.1
Research Article metrics
Development of an Ontology of Engagement with Behaviour Change Interventions
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved]
Ailbhe N. Finnerty Mutlu, Paulina M. Schenk, Emily J. Eymery, Candice Moore, Kirsty Atha, Emma Norris, Marta M. Marques, Micaela Santilli, Robert West, Janna Hastings, Lisa Zhang, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Brittany J. Johnson
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • NIH
PUBLISHED 04 Aug 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24408.1
Software Tool Article metrics
OntoSpreadEd: Developing Ontologies with a Dedicated Online Template Spreadsheet Editor
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Björn Gehrke, Maya Braun, Paulina Schenk, Robert West, Susan Michie, Janna Hastings
Peer Reviewers Ray Stefancsik; Arkalgud Ramaprasad
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Advancing Prevention Research In Cancer through Ontology Tools (APRICOT) Project
  • Human Behaviour-Change Project
PUBLISHED 25 Jul 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21252.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
An ontological framework for organising and describing behaviours: The Human Behaviour Ontology
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Paulina M. Schenk, Robert West, Oscar Castro, Emily Hayes, Janna Hastings, Marie Johnston, Marta M. Marques, Elizabeth Corker, Alison J. Wright, Gabriella Stuart, Lisa Zhang, Micaela Santilli, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Lauren Chan; Mor Peleg; Jennifer Inauen
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 30 Jun 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21664.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
From smoking cessation to physical activity: Can ontology-based methods for automated evidence synthesis generalise across behaviour change domains?
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Oscar Castro, Emma Norris, Alison J Wright, Emily Hayes, Ella Howes, Candice Moore, Robert West, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Thomas Gültzow; John Downey; Neil Howlett
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 24 Mar 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22788.1
Research Article metrics
Development of an Intervention Population Ontology for specifying the characteristics of intervention participants
[version 1; peer review: 2 not approved]
Alison J Wright, Ailbhe N Finnerty Mutlu, Emma Norris, Marta M. Marques, Janna Hastings, Robert West, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Muhammad Amith; Sumit Sharma
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 05 Mar 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23520.1
Editorial metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
The Human Behaviour-Change Project Phase 2: Advancing behavioural and social sciences through ontology tools
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
Susan Michie, Robert West, Janna Hastings, William Hogan, Marta M. Marques, Marie Johnston, Paulina Schenk, Alexander J. Rothman
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 19 Dec 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23236.1
Research Article metrics
Specifying the Schedule of Delivery of Interventions within the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Marta M Marques, Robert West, Candice Moore, Janna Hastings, Ailbhe Finnerty, Emily Hayes, Paulina Schenk, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Mor Peleg; Nikos Ntoumanis; Tamla Evans; Elin M Andersson; Jasmin Ma
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 09 Dec 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20000.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Using machine learning to extract information and predict outcomes from reports of randomised trials of smoking cessation interventions in the Human Behaviour-Change Project
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Robert West, Francesca Bonin, James Thomas, Alison J. Wright, Pol Mac Aonghusa, Martin Gleize, Yufang Hou, Alison O'Mara-Eves, Janna Hastings, Marie Johnston, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Justin White; Sheleigh Lawler and Hollie Bendotti; John Beverley; Kate Frazer
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 20 Nov 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23230.1
Open Letter metrics
The BSSO Foundry: A community of practice for ontologies in the behavioural and social sciences
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]
Janna Hastings, Lisa Zhang, Paulina Schenk, Robert West, Björn Gehrke, William R. Hogan, Bruce Chorpita, Marie Johnston, Marta M. Marques, Thomas L. Webb, Harriet M. Baird, Geert Crombez, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Melissa Haendel; Ray Stefancsik; Mark Musen; Muhammad Amith
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 07 Nov 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22551.1
Research Article metrics
Automated information extraction for behavioural interventions: evaluation and reflections on interdisciplinary AI development
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Ailbhe N Finnerty Mutlu, Ella Howes, Clement Veall, James Thomas, Alison O'Mara-Eves, Robert West, Marie Johnston, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Amy Bucher
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 29 Aug 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22480.1
Research Article metrics
The Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Toolkit: A novel resource for stakeholder engagement
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Alison J. Wright, Eva Jermutus, Ella Howes, Alison O'Mara-Eves, Clement Veall, Jennie Ives, Susan Michie
Peer Reviewers Ali Husnain; Alexandra Dima
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 29 Jul 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21388.1
Research Article metrics
Translating the behaviour change technique taxonomy version 1 into Spanish: Methodology and validation
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Oscar Castro, Gabriela Fajardo, Marie Johnston, Denise Laroze, Eduardo Leiva-Pinto, Oriana Figueroa, Elizabeth Corker, Jeanette A. Chacón-Candia, Giuliano Duarte
Peer Reviewers Jordi Fernandez Castro; Claudia Teran-Escobar
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 10 Jun 2024
1-20 of 34 ARTICLES
Previous Next
Gateway Areas

Are you a Wellcome-funded researcher?

If you are a previous or current Wellcome grant holder, sign up for information about developments, publishing and publications from Wellcome Open Research.

You must provide your first name
You must provide your last name
You must provide a valid email address
You must provide an institution.

Thank you!

We'll keep you updated on any major new updates to Wellcome Open Research

Sign In
If you've forgotten your password, please enter your email address below and we'll send you instructions on how to reset your password.

The email address should be the one you originally registered with F1000.
Email address not valid, please try again

You registered with F1000 via Google, so we cannot reset your password.

To sign in, please click here.

If you still need help with your Google account password, please click here.

You registered with F1000 via Facebook, so we cannot reset your password.

To sign in, please click here.

If you still need help with your Facebook account password, please click here.

Code not correct, please try again
Email us for further assistance.
Server error, please try again.