Barbara Sternfeld

22.8k citations

261 papers · 16.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 73

Impact in

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 0.2%
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
Obstetrics and Gynecology top 0.2%
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management

Papers in

Complementary and alternative medicine 36
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology 32
Physiology 100
- Physical Activity and Health 79
- Nutrition and Health in Aging 18

Co-authors: Charles P. Quesenberry Karen A. Matthews Barbara E. Ainsworth Ellen B. Gold David R. Jacobs Bette J. Caan Gail A. Greendale Stephen Sidney
Journals: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (32 papers)Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society (17 papers)American Journal of Epidemiology (16 papers)Fertility and Sterility (12 papers)Obstetrics and Gynecology (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Norway

In The Last Decade

Barbara Sternfeld

257 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Changes in body composition and weight during the menopause transition 2019 · 267 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 JCI Insight
2009 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2006 American Journal of Public Health

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Barbara Sternfeld, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Associations between occupational physical activity and left ventricular structure and function over 25 years in CARDIA European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Tyler D. Quinn, Abbi D. Lane‐Cordova, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Barbara Sternfeld, David R. Jacobs, Peter Smith, Bethany Barone Gibbs	2023	6
2	The impact of breast cancer on physical activity from midlife to early older adulthood and predictors of change post-diagnosis Journal of Cancer Survivorship ·Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Barbara Sternfeld, Alicia Colvin, Alexander R. Lucas, Carrie Karvonen‐Gutierrez, Ellen B. Gold, Sybil L. Crawford, Gail A. Greendale, Nancy E. Avis	2020	2
3	Body mass index versus bioelectrical impedance analysis for classifying physical function impairment in a racially diverse cohort of midlife women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ·Bradley M. Appelhans, Brittney S. Lange‐Maia, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Carrie Karvonen‐Gutierrez, Kelly Karavolos, Sheila A. Dugan, Gail A. Greendale, Elizabeth Avery, Barbara Sternfeld, İmke Janssen, Howard M. Kravitz	2019	0
4	Clinical importance of non-participation in a maximal graded exercise test on risk of non-fatal and fatal cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: CARDIA study Preventive Medicine ·Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Kara M. Whitaker, Daniel Duprez, Barbara Sternfeld, Cora E. Lewis, Stephen Sidney, Gregory Knell, David R. Jacobs	2017	12
5	Exercise and Prognosis on the Basis of Clinicopathologic and Molecular Features in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: The LACE and Pathways Studies Cancer Research ·Lee W. Jones, Marilyn L. Kwan, Erin Weltzien, Sarat Chandarlapaty, Barbara Sternfeld, Carol Sweeney, Philip S. Bernard, Adrienne Castillo, Laurel A. Habel, Candyce H. Kroenke, Bryan Langholz, Balakhovskaia Aleksandra, Chau T. Dang, Britta Weigelt, Lawrence H. Kushi, Bette J. Caan	2016	42
6	Pooled Analysis of Six Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Vasomotor Symptoms Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Katherine A. Guthrie, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Kristine E. Ensrud, Hadine Joffe, Katherine M. Newton, Susan D. Reed, Bette J. Caan, Janet S. Carpenter, Lee S. Cohen, Ellen W. Freeman, Joseph C. Larson, JoAnn E. Manson, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Todd C. Skaar, Barbara Sternfeld, Garnet L. Anderson	2015	39
7	Placebo Improvement in Pharmacologic Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes Psychosomatic Medicine ·Ellen W. Freeman, Kristine E. Ensrud, Joseph C. Larson, Katherine A. Guthrie, Janet S. Carpenter, Hadine Joffe, Katherine M. Newton, Barbara Sternfeld, Andrea Z. LaCroix	2015	32
8	Convergent Validity of a Brief Self-reported Physical Activity Questionnaire Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Stephen Sidney, David R. Jacobs, Charles P. Quesenberry, Jared P. Reis, Yutaro Kaneko, Barbara Sternfeld	2014	59
9	Efficacy of yoga for vasomotor symptoms Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society ·Katherine M. Newton, Susan D. Reed, Katherine A. Guthrie, Karen J. Sherman, Cathryn Booth‐LaForce, Bette J. Caan, Barbara Sternfeld, Janet S. Carpenter, Lee A. Learman, Ellen W. Freeman, Lee S. Cohen, Hadine Joffe, Garnet L. Anderson, Joseph C. Larson, Julie Hunt, Kristine E. Ensrud, Andrea Z. LaCroix	2013	84
10	Vasomotor Symptoms and Insulin Resistance in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Rebecca C. Thurston, Samar R. El Khoudary, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Carolyn Crandall, Barbara Sternfeld, Hadine Joffe, Ellen B. Gold, Faith Selzer, Karen A. Matthews	2013	1
11	Association of Metabolic Risk with Longitudinal Physical Activity and Fitness: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders ·Sarah M. Camhi, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Stephanie T. Broyles, Timothy S. Church, Arlene Hankinson, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Barbara Sternfeld, Cora E. Lewis	2013	9
12	Preventive care and health behaviors among overweight/obese men in HMOs. PubMed ·W. Schwartz, Steven J. Jacobsen, M. V. Berezhiani, Mahadeva Ankaiah, Bette J. Caan, Barbara Sternfeld, Reina Haque	2012	4
13	Does accelerated reproductive aging underlie premenopausal risk for cardiovascular disease? Fertility and Sterility ·Maria E. Bleil, Nancy E. Adler, Steven E. Gregorich, Barbara Sternfeld, Mitchell P. Rosen, Marcelle I. Cedars	2012	5
14	Physical Activity and Survival in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative Cancer Prevention Research ·Melinda L. Irwin, Anne McTiernan, JoAnn E. Manson, Cynthia A. Thomson, Barbara Sternfeld, Marcia L. Stefanick, Jean Wactawski‐Wende, Lynette L. Craft, Dorothy S. Lane, Lisa W. Martin, Rowan T. Chlebowski	2011	226
15	Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Risk for Long-Term Diabetes and Dyslipidemia Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Erica T. Wang, Ronit Calderon‐Margalit, Marcelle I. Cedars, Martha L. Daviglus, Sharon Stein Merkin, Pamela J. Schreiner, Barbara Sternfeld, Melissa Wellons, Stephen M. Schwartz, Cora E. Lewis, O. Dale Williams, David S. Siscovick, Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo	2011	11
16	Fat mass modifies the association of fat-free mass with symptom-limited treadmill duration in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Na Zhu, David R. Jacobs, Stephen Sidney, Barbara Sternfeld, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Cora E. Lewis, Christina M. Shay, Anil K. Sood, Claude Bouchard	2011	9
17	Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Risk for Long-Term Diabetes and Dyslipidemia Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Erica T. Wang, Ronit Calderon‐Margalit, Marcelle I. Cedars, Martha L. Daviglus, Sharon Stein Merkin, Pamela J. Schreiner, Barbara Sternfeld, Melissa Wellons, Stephen M. Schwartz, Cora E. Lewis, O. Dale Williams, David S. Siscovick, Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo	2010	118
18	SNP-by-fitness and SNP-by-BMI interactions from seven candidate genes and incident hypertension after 20 years of follow-up: the CARDIA Fitness Study Journal of Human Hypertension ·Mark A. Sarzynski, Tuomo Rankinen, Barbara Sternfeld, Myriam Fornage, Stephen Sidney, Claude Bouchard	2010	8
19	Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity Journal of Clinical Oncology ·John P. Pierce, Marcia L. Stefanick, Shirley W. Flatt, Loki Natarajan, Barbara Sternfeld, Lisa Madlensky, Wael K. Al‐Delaimy, Cynthia A. Thomson, Sheila Kealey, Roman Hájek, Barbara A. Parker, Vicky A. Newman, Bette J. Caan, Cheryl L. Rock	2007	309
20	Cigarette smoking and submaximal exercise test duration in a biracial population of young adults Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Stephen Sidney, Barbara Sternfeld, Samuel S. Gidding, David R. Jacobs, Diane E. Bild, Albert Oberman, William L. Haskell, Richard S. Crow, Julius M. Gardin	1993	5

About Barbara Sternfeld

Barbara Sternfeld is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Physiology, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, having authored 261 papers that have together received 16.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Physical Activity and Health (79 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (56 papers), Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments (45 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (32 papers), Ovarian function and disorders (28 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (19 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (18 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (3.7k citations), Obstetrics and Gynecology (1.6k citations), Reproductive Medicine (1.5k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (5.2k citations) and Physiology (4.3k citations). Barbara Sternfeld has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Charles P. Quesenberry, Karen A. Matthews, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Ellen B. Gold, David R. Jacobs, Bette J. Caan, Gail A. Greendale, Stephen Sidney, Cora E. Lewis and Stephen Sidney. Their work appears in journals such as Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, American Journal of Epidemiology, Fertility and Sterility and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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