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Physical Activity and Health

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Physical Activity and Health is a topic indexed in ScholarIQ from OpenAlex.

What is known about Physical Activity and Health?

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This cluster of papers explores the effects of physical activity, exercise, and sedentary behavior on various health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, mental health, and chronic diseases. It also discusses intervention strategies and public health implications related to physical activity.

How many works does Physical Activity and Health have?

ScholarIQindexed works

Physical Activity and Health has 500 works in the ScholarIQ index. The count is the OpenAlex total, not the number of papers listed on this page.

What is the OpenAlex record for Physical Activity and Health?

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What are the most-cited papers on Physical Activity and Health?

ScholarIQmost cited works
World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Fiona Bull, Salih S Al-Ansari, Stuart Biddle, Katja Borodulin, Matthew P. Buman, Greet Cardon, Catherine Carty, Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Sébastien Chastin, Roger Chou, Paddy C. Dempsey, Loretta DiPietro, Ulf Ekelund, Joseph Firth, Christine M. Friedenreich, Leandro García, Muthoni Gichu, Russell Jago, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Estelle V. Lambert, Michael F. Leitzmann, Karen Milton, Francisco B. Ortega, Chathuranga Ranasinghe, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Anne Tiedemann, Richard P. Troiano, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Vicky Wari, Juana Willumsen
British Journal of Sports Medicine. 202011,383 CitationsOPEN ACCESS
Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities
Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Melicia C. Whitt, Melinda L. Irwin, Ann M. Swartz, Scott J. Strath, WILLIAM L. O BRIEN, David R. Bassett, Kathryn H. Schmitz, PATRICIA O. EMPLAINCOURT, David R. Jacobs, Arthur S. Leon
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 20008,570 Citations
Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities
Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Arthur S. Leon, David R. Jacobs, Henry J. Montoye, James F. Sallis, Ralph S. Paffenbarger
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 19934,122 Citations
Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults
Miriam E. Nelson, W. Jack Rejeski, Steven N. Blair, Pamela W. Duncan, James O. Judge, ­Abby C. King, Carol A. Macera, Carmen Castaneda‐Sceppa
Circulation. 20073,022 CitationsOPEN ACCESS
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, Morten Wang Fagerland, Neville Owen, Kenneth E. Powell, Adrian Bauman, I‐Min Lee
The Lancet. 20162,699 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Where is Physical Activity and Health research published, and who funds it?

ScholarIQvenues & funding sources

TOP FUNDERS

National Science Foundation—
NIH—
Wellcome Trust—
European Research Council—
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How much of the research on Physical Activity and Health is open access?

ScholarIQopen access share
47%OPEN ACCESS
Gold
0%
Green
13%
Hybrid
13%
Bronze
20%
Closed
53%

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