Topic · Physical Activity and Health
Most cited papers in Physical Activity and Health
What are the most cited papers in Physical Activity and Health?
The most cited paper in Physical Activity and Health is "International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity" (Cora L. Craig, Alison L. Marshall, MICHAEL SJ??STR??M et al., 2003), with 22,204 citations. Next come "World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour" (11,799) and "The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans" (9,860).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 1,686 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity Cora L. Craig, Alison L. Marshall, MICHAEL SJ??STR??M et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | Aug 2003 | 22,204 |
| 2 | World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour Fiona Bull et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine | 25 Nov 2020 | 11,799 |
| 3 | The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Katrina L. Piercy, Richard P. Troiano, Rachel Ballard et al. · JAMA | 12 Nov 2018 | 9,860 |
| 4 | ‘Small Changes' to Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors for Weight Management Andrew Peter Hills, Nuala Mary Byrne, Rachel C. Lindstrom et al. · Obesity Facts | 2013 | 9,508 |
| 5 | Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Melicia C. Whitt et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | Sep 2000 | 8,615 |
| 6 | Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma, Felipe Lobelo et al. · The Lancet | Jul 2012 | 8,429 |
| 7 | The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consensus for the Reporting of Behavior Change Interventions Susan G. Michie, Michelle Richardson, Marie Johnston et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine | 19 Mar 2013 | 8,236 |
| 8 | Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence Darren E. R. Warburton · Canadian Medical Association Journal | 13 Mar 2006 | 8,106 |
| 9 | Physical Activity in the United States Measured by Accelerometer Richard P. Troiano, David A. Berrigan, Kevin Wayne Dodd et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | 2008 | 7,824 |
| 10 | Physical activity and public health. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine Russell R. Pate · JAMA | Feb 1995 | 7,034 |
| 11 | Physical Activity and Public Health William L. Haskell, I‐Min Lee, Russell R. Pate et al. · Circulation | Aug 2007 | 6,569 |
| 12 | 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Stephen D. Herrmann et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | 16 Jun 2011 | 6,392 |
| 13 | Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality Julianne Holt‐Lunstad, Timothy B. Smith, Mark Douglas Baker et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science | Mar 2015 | 6,020 |
| 14 | Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects Pedro Curi Hallal, Lars Bo Andersen, Fiona Bull et al. · The Lancet | Jul 2012 | 5,885 |
| 15 | Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults Wojtek Jan Chodzko-Zajko, David N. Proctor, Maria A. Fiatarone Singh et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | 16 Jun 2009 | 5,186 |
| 16 | Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants Regina Guthold, Gretchen A Stevens, Leanne Margaret Riley et al. · The Lancet Global Health | 4 Sep 2018 | 5,031 |
| 17 | A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents James F. Sallis, Judith J. Prochaska, Wendell C. Taylor · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | May 2000 | 4,439 |
| 18 | Evidence Based Physical Activity for School-age Youth William B. Strong, Robert M. Malina, Cameron J.R. Blimkie et al. · The Journal of Pediatrics | Jun 2005 | 4,260 |
| 19 | Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not? Adrian Ernest Bauman, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, James F. Sallis et al. · The Lancet | Jul 2012 | 4,233 |
| 20 | Exercise Capacity and Mortality among Men Referred for Exercise Testing JONATHAN N. MYERS, Manish Prakash, Victor F. Froelicher et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Mar 2002 | 4,147 |
| 21 | Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Arthur S. Leon et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | 1993 | 4,140 |
| 22 | Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants Regina Guthold, Gretchen A Stevens, Leanne Margaret Riley et al. · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health | 21 Nov 2019 | 4,091 |
| 23 | Sedentary Behavior Research Network (SBRN) – Terminology Consensus Project process and outcome on behalf of SBRN Terminology Consensus Project Participants, Mark Stephen Tremblay, Salomé Aubert et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 31 May 2017 | 3,898 |
| 24 | Calibration of the Computer Science and Applications, Inc. accelerometer Patty S. Freedson, Edward L. Melanson, John R. Sirard · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | May 1998 | 3,889 |
| 25 | Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Bengt Saltin · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports | 25 Nov 2015 | 3,588 |
| 26 | Validity of the international physical activity questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review Paul Hong Lee, Duncan James Macfarlane, TH Lam et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 21 Oct 2011 | 3,494 |
| 27 | Predicting the Probability for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using the Timed Up & Go Test Anne Shumway‐Cook, Sandra Brauer, Marjorie Hines Woollacott · Physical Therapy | Sep 2000 | 3,393 |
| 28 | AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO CREATING ACTIVE LIVING COMMUNITIES James F. Sallis, Robert Cervero, William L. Ascher et al. · Annual Review of Public Health | 30 Sep 2005 | 3,365 |
| 29 | A comparison of direct versus self-report measures for assessing physical activity in adults: a systematic review Stéphanie A. Prince, Kristi B. Adamo, Meghan Hamel et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2008 | 3,254 |
| 30 | The physical activity scale for the elderly (PASE): Development and evaluation Richard A. Washburn, Kevin Smith, Alan M. Jette et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | Feb 1993 | 3,241 |
| 31 | Activity Recognition from User-Annotated Acceleration Data Ling Bao, STEPHEN S. INTILLE · Lecture notes in computer science | 2004 | 3,145 |
| 32 | Correlates of adults??? participation in physical activity: review and update Stewart Graeme Trost, Neville G. Owen, Adrian Ernest Bauman et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | Dec 2002 | 3,080 |
| 33 | The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health Harold Willis Kohl, Cora L. Craig, Estelle Victoria Lambert et al. · The Lancet | Jul 2012 | 3,074 |
| 34 | Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Quantitative Predictor of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Men and Women Satoru Kodama · JAMA | 19 May 2009 | 3,065 |
| 35 | Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults Miriam E. Nelson, W. Jack Rejeski, Steven N. Blair et al. · Circulation | Aug 2007 | 3,029 |
| 36 | Exercise, physical activity, and self-determination theory: A systematic review Pedro J. Teixeira, Eliana V. Carraça, David A. Markland et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2012 | 2,998 |
| 37 | A 30-s Chair-Stand Test as a Measure of Lower Body Strength in Community-Residing Older Adults C. Jessie Jones, Roberta E. Rikli, William C. Beam · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport | Jun 1999 | 2,990 |
| 38 | Exercise and well-being: a review of mental and physical health benefits associated with physical activity Frank J. Penedo, Jason R. Dahn · Current Opinion in Psychiatry | 4 Feb 2005 | 2,876 |
| 39 | A simple method to assess exercise behavior in the community. Gaston Godin, Roy Jesse Shephard | May 1969 | 2,835 |
| 40 | Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women Ulf Ekelund, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, Wendy J. Brown et al. · The Lancet | 28 Jul 2016 | 2,747 |
| 41 | Sedentary Time and Its Association With Risk for Disease Incidence, Mortality, and Hospitalization in Adults Aviroop Biswas, PAUL I. OH, Guy Faulkner et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine | 19 Jan 2015 | 2,740 |
| 42 | Calibration of two objective measures of physical activity for children Kelly R. Evenson, Diane Catellier, Karminder Gill et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences | 24 Oct 2008 | 2,719 |
| 43 | Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004 Charles Edwards Matthews, Kong Y. Chen, Patty S. Freedson et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology | 27 Feb 2008 | 2,683 |
| 44 | Appropriate Physical Activity Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults Joseph E. Donnelly, Steven N. Blair, John M. Jakicic et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | Feb 2009 | 2,677 |
| 45 | Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men Dariush Mozaffarian, Tao Hao, Eric B. Rimm et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 22 Jun 2011 | 2,561 |
| 46 | Physical activity and mental health in children and adolescents: a review of reviews Stuart Biddle, Mavis Asare · British Journal of Sports Medicine | Aug 2011 | 2,470 |
| 47 | Health benefits of physical activity Darren E. R. Warburton, Shannon S. D. Bredin · Current Opinion in Cardiology | 14 Jul 2017 | 2,463 |
| 48 | A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport Rochelle Eime, Janet A. Young, Jack T. Harvey et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2013 | 2,364 |
| 49 | Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: A meta-regression. Susan G. Michie, Charles Abraham, Craig J. Whittington et al. · Health Psychology | 2009 | 2,362 |
| 50 | Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) in Mobile Health: Key Components and Design Principles for Ongoing Health Behavior Support Inbal Billie Nahum-Shani, Shawna N. Smith, Bonnie J. Spring et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine | 23 Sep 2016 | 2,301 |
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