­Abby C. King

50.0k total citations · 12 hit papers
486 papers, 37.5k citations indexed

About

­Abby C. King is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, ­Abby C. King has authored 486 papers receiving a total of 37.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 249 papers in Physiology, 158 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 140 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in ­Abby C. King's work include Physical Activity and Health (218 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (144 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (81 papers) ­Abby C. King is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (218 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (144 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (81 papers) ­Abby C. King collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom ­Abby C. King's co-authors include William L. Haskell, W. Jack Rejeski, James F. Sallis, Cynthia M. Castro, Steven N. Blair, Anita L. Stewart, Miriam E. Nelson, Carol A. Macera, Sara Wilcox and Carmen Castaneda‐Sceppa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

­Abby C. King

474 papers receiving 35.5k citations

Hit Papers

Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults 1992 2026 2003 2014 2007 2007 2001 2014 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults
    2007 2.4k citations ­Abby C. King et al. Circulation profile →
  2. Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults
    2007 1.7k citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  3. CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Adults: outcomes for interventions
    2001 1.1k citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  4. Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Prevention of Major Mobility Disability in Older Adults
    2014 1.0k citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  5. Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women
    2007 696 citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  6. Large-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality
    2017 675 citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  7. Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial-ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women.
    2000 638 citations ­Abby C. King, Amy A. Eyler et al. profile →
  8. Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial–ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women.
    2000 538 citations ­Abby C. King, Amy A. Eyler et al. profile →
  9. Determinants of physical activity and interventions in adults
    1992 455 citations ­Abby C. King, Patricia M. Dubbert et al. profile →
  10. Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on 12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults and the Association With Genotype Pattern or Insulin Secretion
    2018 411 citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  11. A systematic review of physical activity and quality of life and well-being
    2020 296 citations ­Abby C. King et al. profile →
  12. The Scientific Foundation for the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition
    2018 247 citations ­Abby C. King, David M. Büchner et al. profile →

Peers

­Abby C. King
Barbara E. Ainsworth United States
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Belgium
I‐Min Lee United States
Jo Salmon Australia
Fiona Bull Australia
William L. Haskell United States
Russell R. Pate United States
Mark S. Tremblay Canada
Ulf Ekelund United Kingdom
Peter T. Katzmarzyk United States
Barbara E. Ainsworth United States
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Citations per year, relative to ­Abby C. King ­Abby C. King (= 1×) peers Barbara E. Ainsworth

Countries citing papers authored by ­Abby C. King

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Fields of papers citing papers by ­Abby C. King

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of ­Abby C. King

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of ­Abby C. King. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of ­Abby C. King based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with ­Abby C. King. ­Abby C. King is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kim, Daniel Seung, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Steven G. Hershman, et al.. (2025). Unlocking insights: Clinical associations from the largest 6-minute walk test collection via the my Heart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study, a fully digital smartphone platform. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 89. 45–52. 3 indexed citations
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Roman, Caterina G., Loki Natarajan, Terry L. Conway, et al.. (2024). Crime-related perceptions and walking for recreation inside and outside one's home neighborhood. Health & Place. 89. 103316–103316. 4 indexed citations
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Walker, Kenneth C., Ganesh Kumar, K. M. A. Aziz, et al.. (2024). Partnering with Communities to Understand Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Impacts on Access to Shared Micromobility. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(11). 1488–1488.
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Eyler, Amy A., Ross C. Brownson, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, et al.. (2024). Who Benefits? A Mixed Methods Study Assessing Community Use of a Major Metropolitan Park During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Urban Health. 101(4). 827–844. 2 indexed citations
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Bälter, Katarina, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Lifestyle Among Office Workers (the SOFIA Study): Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e57777–e57777. 1 indexed citations
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King, ­Abby C., et al.. (2023). How Can Sport-Based Interventions Improve Health among Women and Girls? A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(6). 4818–4818. 3 indexed citations
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Okop, Kufre, Peter Delobelle, Estelle V. Lambert, et al.. (2022). Implementing and Evaluating Community Health Worker-Led Cardiovascular Disease Risk Screening Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa Communities: A Participatory Implementation Research Protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(1). 298–298. 8 indexed citations
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Rosas, Lisa G., et al.. (2022). The “Our Voice” Method: Participatory Action Citizen Science Research to Advance Behavioral Health and Health Equity Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(22). 14773–14773. 12 indexed citations
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King, ­Abby C., et al.. (2022). Our Voice NOLA: Leveraging a Community Engaged Citizen Science Method to Contextualize the New Orleans Food Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(22). 14790–14790. 3 indexed citations
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Ayala, Guadalupe X., Rafael Monge‐Rojas, ­Abby C. King, Ruth F. Hunter, & Jerica M. Berge. (2021). Entorno social y obesidad infantil: implicaciones para la investigación y la práctica en Estados Unidos y en los países latinoamericanos. Obesity Reviews. 22(S5). e13350–e13350. 2 indexed citations
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King, ­Abby C., Diane K. King, Ann Banchoff, et al.. (2020). Employing Participatory Citizen Science Methods to Promote Age-Friendly Environments Worldwide. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(5). 1541–1541. 77 indexed citations
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Montes, Felipe, et al.. (2020). Social cohesion emerging from a community-based physical activity program: A temporal network analysis. Network Science. 9(1). 35–48. 8 indexed citations
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Wong, Jason, Carolyn A. Montgomery, Muhammad Morshed, et al.. (2017). P3.102 Infant outcomes of maternal syphilis cases diagnosed in british columbia, canada 2010–2016. HighWire Press Open Archive. A131.1–A131. 1 indexed citations
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Marcus, Bess H., David M. Williams, Patricia M. Dubbert, et al.. (2006). Physical Activity Intervention Studies. Circulation. 114(24). 2739–2752. 445 indexed citations
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Brownson, Ross C., et al.. (2000). Patterns and correlates of physical activity among US women 40 years and older. American Journal of Public Health. 90(2). 264–270. 326 indexed citations

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