Benjamin Holfelder

804 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 577 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Holfelder is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Holfelder has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 577 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Holfelder's work include Children's Physical and Motor Development (13 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (8 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (5 papers). Benjamin Holfelder is often cited by papers focused on Children's Physical and Motor Development (13 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (8 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (5 papers). Benjamin Holfelder collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Canada. Benjamin Holfelder's co-authors include Nadja Schott, Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, Trina Hinkley, Natalie Lander, Dennis Dreiskämper, David F. Stodden, Lisa M. Barnett, Maike Tietjens, Katharina Utesch and Jill G. Zwicker and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Sports Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Holfelder

17 papers receiving 566 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Relationship of fundamental movement skills and physical activity in children and adolescents: A systematic review
    2014 308 citations Benjamin Holfelder, Nadja Schott Psychology of sport and exercise profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Holfelder Germany 9 447 170 156 141 132 17 577
Ilaria Masci Italy 10 445 1.0× 88 0.5× 160 1.0× 97 0.7× 162 1.2× 10 590
Ilana Santos de Oliveira Brazil 4 507 1.1× 173 1.0× 107 0.7× 153 1.1× 155 1.2× 8 560
Ilse Gentier Belgium 7 492 1.1× 110 0.6× 151 1.0× 170 1.2× 260 2.0× 9 629
Crystal F. Branta United States 8 478 1.1× 165 1.0× 111 0.7× 154 1.1× 110 0.8× 16 642
Larissa True United States 12 617 1.4× 287 1.7× 156 1.0× 183 1.3× 143 1.1× 29 715
Kara K. Palmer United States 14 508 1.1× 152 0.9× 143 0.9× 252 1.8× 111 0.8× 29 585
Alessandro Hervaldo Nicolai Ré Brazil 15 789 1.8× 244 1.4× 200 1.3× 213 1.5× 258 2.0× 48 1.0k
Marieke Westendorp Netherlands 6 330 0.7× 96 0.6× 193 1.2× 134 1.0× 84 0.6× 6 479
Thomas Kourtessis Greece 12 408 0.9× 68 0.4× 118 0.8× 168 1.2× 47 0.4× 34 604
Rafael dos Santos Henrique Brazil 13 754 1.7× 226 1.3× 146 0.9× 218 1.5× 252 1.9× 47 940

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All Works

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Holfelder, Benjamin & Nadja Schott. (2023). Associations Between Object Control Skills and Cognitive Functions in Boys, Younger and Older Men: Across-Sectional Study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 95(2). 489–498. 2 indexed citations
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Klotzbier, Thomas Jürgen, Benjamin Holfelder, & Nadja Schott. (2022). Associations of Motor Performance and Executive Functions: Comparing Children with Down Syndrome to Chronological and Mental Age-Matched Controls. Children. 9(1). 73–73. 7 indexed citations
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Holfelder, Benjamin, Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, & Nadja Schott. (2022). Dual-Task Interference in Children with Down Syndrome and Chronological and Mental Age-Matched Healthy Controls. Children. 9(2). 191–191. 6 indexed citations
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Holfelder, Benjamin & Nadja Schott. (2021). Object Control Skill Performance Across the Lifespan: A Cross Sectional Study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 93(4). 825–834. 4 indexed citations
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Tietjens, Maike, Lisa M. Barnett, Dennis Dreiskämper, et al.. (2020). Conceptualising and testing the relationship between actual and perceived motor performance: A cross-cultural comparison in children from Australia and Germany. Journal of Sports Sciences. 38(17). 1984–1996. 12 indexed citations
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Holfelder, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Hot and Cool Executive Function in Elite- and Amateur- Adolescent Athletes From Open and Closed Skills Sports. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 694–694. 45 indexed citations
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Klotzbier, Thomas Jürgen, et al.. (2020). Exploring motor-cognitive interference in children with Down syndrome using the Trail-Walking-Test. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 106. 103769–103769. 13 indexed citations
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Schott, Nadja, Natalie Lander, Maike Tietjens, et al.. (2019). The Stability of Perceived Motor Competence of Primary School Children from Two Countries over One Year. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 24(1). 74–80. 23 indexed citations
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Schott, Nadja, et al.. (2019). Effects of free weights and machine training on muscular strength in high-functioning older adults. Experimental Gerontology. 122. 15–24. 31 indexed citations
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Schott, Nadja, et al.. (2016). Effekte einer akuten Ausdauerbelastung auf die Inhibitionsfähigkeit bei Jugendlichen. Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research. 11(4). 401–415. 1 indexed citations
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Schott, Nadja & Benjamin Holfelder. (2015). Relationship between motor skill competency and executive function in children with Down's syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 59(9). 860–872. 72 indexed citations
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Schott, Nadja, et al.. (2014). Motor skill assessment in children with Down Syndrome: Relationship between performance-based and teacher-report measures. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 35(12). 3299–3312. 22 indexed citations
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Holfelder, Benjamin & Nadja Schott. (2014). Relationship of fundamental movement skills and physical activity in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Psychology of sport and exercise. 15(4). 382–391. 308 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holfelder, Benjamin, et al.. (2013). The Influence of Sex, Stroke and Distance on the Lactate Characteristics in High Performance Swimming. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77185–e77185. 15 indexed citations
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Stodden, David F. & Benjamin Holfelder. (2013). Kein Kind bleibt zurück. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie. 20(1). 10–17. 8 indexed citations
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Zwicker, Jill G. & Benjamin Holfelder. (2013). Motorische Ungeschicklichkeit aus der Perspektive der Neurowissenschaft. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie. 20(1). 5–9. 3 indexed citations

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