Alan R. Barker

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Barker is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Barker has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 57 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 53 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Barker's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (60 papers), Sports Performance and Training (35 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (29 papers). Alan R. Barker is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (60 papers), Sports Performance and Training (35 papers) and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (29 papers). Alan R. Barker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Alan R. Barker's co-authors include Craig A. Williams, Neil Armstrong, Bert Bond, Kathryn L. Weston, Luis Gracia‐Marco, Andrew M. Jones, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Zoe L. Saynor, P.J. Oades and Andrew O. Agbaje and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Alan R. Barker

173 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan R. Barker United Kingdom	32	941	935	850	771	744	184	3.2k
J. Stray‐Gundersen United States	27	547 0.6×	653 0.7×	717 0.8×	388 0.5×	747 1.0×	78	3.2k
Mathew G Wilson United Kingdom	34	440 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	575 0.7×	129 0.2×	2.5k 3.4×	109	4.0k
Ralph Beneke Germany	33	2.0k 2.1×	2.2k 2.4×	657 0.8×	242 0.3×	836 1.1×	130	4.0k
Robert Ross United States	18	460 0.5×	277 0.3×	1.0k 1.2×	453 0.6×	585 0.8×	34	2.4k
R.J. Shephard Canada	23	337 0.4×	502 0.5×	995 1.2×	177 0.2×	276 0.4×	181	2.4k
Kent Adams United States	9	790 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	523 0.6×	124 0.2×	336 0.5×	30	3.0k
Alain Varray France	26	676 0.7×	261 0.3×	577 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	306 0.4×	88	2.2k
Michael Marfell-Jones Belgium	16	235 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	63 0.1×	248 0.3×	27	3.0k
Larry A. Wolfe Canada	34	447 0.5×	172 0.2×	426 0.5×	343 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	95	3.1k
Jacques Mercier France	26	545 0.6×	461 0.5×	553 0.7×	775 1.0×	292 0.4×	86	2.2k

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Lakka, Timo A., Sini Heinonen, Taisa Sallinen, et al.. (2025). Plasma fatty acid composition predicts bone mineral accrual from childhood to adolescence: the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 40(11). 1265–1277.

Barker, Alan R., Graham Stuart, Derek Tran, et al.. (2024). Percentage Predicted Peak Oxygen Consumption in People With Fontan Circulation: A Rapid Systematic Scoping Review and Validation Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(17). e034035–e034035. 1 indexed citations

Barker, Alan R., et al.. (2024). The Role of Diet in the Cardiovascular Health of Childhood Cancer Survivors—A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 16(9). 1315–1315. 2 indexed citations

Oliveira, Ricardo Santos, et al.. (2023). The effect of 4 weeks of high‐intensity interval training and 2 weeks of detraining on cardiovascular disease risk factors in male adolescents. Experimental Physiology. 108(4). 595–606. 4 indexed citations

Duncombe, Stephanie L., Michalis Stylianou, L. L. Price, Jacqueline L. Walker, & Alan R. Barker. (2023). Making a HIIT: Methods for quantifying intensity in high-intensity interval training in schools and validity of session rating of perceived exertion. Journal of Sports Sciences. 41(18). 1678–1686. 6 indexed citations

Potter, Julia M., et al.. (2023). Parental recommendations and exercise attitudes in congenital hearts. Cardiology in the Young. 34(3). 667–675. 3 indexed citations

Barker, Alan R., Graham Stuart, Derek Tran, et al.. (2022). Scaling Peak Oxygen Consumption for Body Size and Composition in People With a Fontan Circulation. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(24). e026181–e026181. 6 indexed citations

Duncombe, Stephanie L., Alan R. Barker, Bert Bond, et al.. (2022). School-based high-intensity interval training programs in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0266427–e0266427. 35 indexed citations

Dorobantu, Dan M., Guido Pieles, Graham Stuart, et al.. (2021). The role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in predicting mortality and morbidity in people with congenital heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 29(3). 513–533. 27 indexed citations

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Vlachopoulos, Dimitris, Alan R. Barker, Sarah A. Moore, et al.. (2021). The independent and interactive associations of physical activity intensity and vitamin D status with bone mineral density in prepubertal children: the PANIC Study. Osteoporosis International. 32(8). 1609–1620. 9 indexed citations

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Denford, Sarah, Narelle S. Cox, Kelly A. Mackintosh, et al.. (2020). Physical activity for cystic fibrosis: perceptions of people with cystic fibrosis, parents and healthcare professionals. ERJ Open Research. 6(3). 294–2019. 10 indexed citations

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Barker, Alan R., et al.. (2020). The influence of age and sex on cerebrovascular reactivity and ventilatory response to hypercapnia in children and adults. Experimental Physiology. 105(7). 1090–1101. 26 indexed citations

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Breese, Brynmor C., Zoe L. Saynor, Alan R. Barker, Neil Armstrong, & Craig A. Williams. (2019). Relationship between (non)linear phase II pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics with skeletal muscle oxygenation and age in 11–15 year olds. Experimental Physiology. 104(12). 1929–1941. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, Craig A., et al.. (2018). The Validation of Session Rating of Perceived Exertion for Quantifying Internal Training Load in Adolescent Distance Runners. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 14(3). 354–359. 15 indexed citations

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Agbaje, Andrew O., Eero A. Haapala, Niina Lintu, et al.. (2018). Peak oxygen uptake cut‐points to identify children at increased cardiometabolic risk – The PANIC Study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 29(1). 16–24. 20 indexed citations

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Robertson, Sam, et al.. (2017). Confirming the Value of Swimming-Performance Models for Adolescents. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 12(9). 1177–1185. 3 indexed citations

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Vlachopoulos, Dimitris, Alan R. Barker, Esther Ubago‐Guisado, et al.. (2017). The effect of 12-month participation in osteogenic and non-osteogenic sports on bone development in adolescent male athletes. The PRO-BONE study. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 21(4). 404–409. 36 indexed citations

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Barker, Alan R., Anne O’Donnell, Philip J. Thompson, et al.. (2013). Two phase 3 placebo-controlled trials of aztreonam lysine for inhalation (AZLI) for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB). European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). P4136–P4136. 10 indexed citations

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Bilton, Diana, Gregory Tino, Alan R. Barker, et al.. (2013). Inhaled mannitol for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis - results of a 12 month, multi-centre, double-blind, controlled study. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). 1966–1966. 2 indexed citations

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Stocks, James, Mark Brantly, Alan R. Barker, et al.. (2006). Multi-Center Study: The Biochemical Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of a New α₁-Proteinase Inhibitor, Zemaira. COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 3(1). 17–23. 40 indexed citations

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