Carol Maher

18.8k total citations · 12 hit papers
243 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Carol Maher is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Maher has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 102 papers in Physiology and 76 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Carol Maher's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (119 papers), Physical Activity and Health (92 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (62 papers). Carol Maher is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (119 papers), Physical Activity and Health (92 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (62 papers). Carol Maher collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Carol Maher's co-authors include Tim Olds, Corneel Vandelanotte, Lucy K. Lewis, Dorothea Dumuid, Jillian Ryan, Rachel Curtis, Katia Ferrar, Sarah Edney, Peter T. Katzmarzyk and Lisa Matricciani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Carol Maher

223 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Are Health Behavior Change Interventions That Use Online Social Networks Effective? A Systematic Review
    2014 532 citations Carol Maher, Corneel Vandelanotte et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  2. Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: data from nine countries
    2011 467 citations Tim Olds, Carol Maher et al. profile →
  3. Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systematic reviews
    2023 402 citations Ben Singh, Tim Olds et al. profile →
  4. The validity of consumer-level, activity monitors in healthy adults worn in free-living conditions: a cross-sectional study
    2015 376 citations Ty Ferguson, Tim Olds et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  5. Compositional data analysis for physical activity, sedentary time and sleep research
    2017 339 citations Dorothea Dumuid, Ty Stanford et al. profile →
  6. Can Smartphone Apps Increase Physical Activity? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2018 304 citations Sarah Edney, Ronald C. Plotnikoff et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  7. Past, Present, and Future of eHealth and mHealth Research to Improve Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors
    2016 292 citations Corneel Vandelanotte, André Müller et al. profile →
  8. Measuring Engagement in eHealth and mHealth Behavior Change Interventions: Viewpoint of Methodologies
    2018 252 citations Camille E. Short, Ann DeSmet et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  9. Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    2022 245 citations Ty Ferguson, Tim Olds et al. profile →
  10. Does gamification increase engagement with online programs? A systematic review
    2017 231 citations Jillian Ryan, Sarah Edney et al. profile →
  11. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chatbots on lifestyle behaviours
    2023 82 citations Ben Singh, Tim Olds et al. npj Digital Medicine profile →
  12. Effectiveness of exercise for improving cognition, memory and executive function: a systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis
    2025 16 citations Ben Singh, Hunter Bennett et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Carol Maher 4.7k 3.4k 3.1k 1.6k 1.5k 243 10.7k
Donna Spruijt‐Metz 4.5k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 3.0k 2.0× 234 10.8k
Emmanuel Stamatakis 7.0k 1.5× 8.2k 2.4× 3.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 356 17.0k
Sarah Connor Gorber 7.8k 1.7× 5.5k 1.6× 2.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 53 13.8k
Louise C. Mâsse 6.5k 1.4× 5.8k 1.7× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.6k 1.7× 213 15.1k
Jennifer O’Loughlin 4.3k 0.9× 4.9k 1.4× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 345 12.0k
Kevin Patrick 4.3k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 4.3k 1.4× 2.1k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 200 10.9k
Greet Cardon 7.7k 1.7× 4.7k 1.4× 3.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 439 16.2k
Ronald C. Plotnikoff 6.2k 1.3× 6.6k 1.9× 4.8k 1.5× 3.7k 2.3× 2.2k 1.5× 420 17.5k
Gregory J. Norman 4.2k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 192 10.8k
Trish Gorely 6.1k 1.3× 4.8k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 150 11.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carol Maher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol Maher

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All Works

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Eglitis, Emily, et al.. (2025). Levelling-up summer: using summer holiday programs to support child health and wellbeing – a Delphi study. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 3782–3782.
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Singh, Ben, Hunter Bennett, Aaron Miatke, et al.. (2025). Systematic Umbrella Review and Meta-Meta-Analysis: Effectiveness of Physical Activity in Improving Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 65(2). 171–186. 3 indexed citations
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Eglitis, Emily, Catherine Simpson, Ben Singh, et al.. (2024). Effect of Summer Holiday Programs on Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Children. 11(8). 887–887. 2 indexed citations
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Thøgersen‐Ntoumani, Cecilie, Anne Grunseit, Andreas Holtermann, et al.. (2024). Promoting vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (vilpa) in middle-aged adults: an evaluation of the movsnax mobile app. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2182–2182.
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Singh, Ben, Cristina Cadenas‐Sánchez, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, et al.. (2024). Comparison of objectively measured and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness to predict all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies representing 35 cohorts and 3.8 million observations. Journal of sport and health science. 14. 100986–100986. 3 indexed citations
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Maher, Carol, Kylie A. Dankiw, Ben Singh, Svetlana Bogomolova, & Rachel Curtis. (2024). In-Home Evaluation of the Neo Care Artificial Intelligence Sound-Based Fall Detection System. Future Internet. 16(6). 197–197.
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Brinsley, Jacinta, Edward J. O’Connor, Ben Singh, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of Digital Lifestyle Interventions on Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Well-Being: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e56975–e56975. 3 indexed citations
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Singh, Ben, Mavra Ahmed, Amanda E. Staiano, et al.. (2024). A systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis of eHealth and mHealth interventions for improving lifestyle behaviours. npj Digital Medicine. 7(1). 179–179. 25 indexed citations
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Miatke, Aaron, Tim Olds, Carol Maher, et al.. (2023). The association between reallocations of time and health using compositional data analysis: a systematic scoping review with an interactive data exploration interface. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 20(1). 127–127. 30 indexed citations
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Maher, Carol, Ty Ferguson, Rachel Curtis, et al.. (2023). Weekly, Seasonal, and Festive Period Weight Gain Among Australian Adults. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2326038–e2326038. 2 indexed citations
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Kracht, Chelsea L., Melinda Hutchesson, Mavra Ahmed, et al.. (2021). E‐&mHealth interventions targeting nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and/or obesity among children: A scoping review of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses. Obesity Reviews. 22(12). e13331–e13331. 25 indexed citations
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Stamatakis, Emmanuel, Bo‐Huei Huang, Carol Maher, et al.. (2020). Untapping the Health Enhancing Potential of Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA): Rationale, Scoping Review, and a 4-Pillar Research Framework. Sports Medicine. 51(1). 1–10. 58 indexed citations
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Edney, Sarah, Jillian Ryan, Tim Olds, et al.. (2019). User Engagement and Attrition in an App-Based Physical Activity Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(11). e14645–e14645. 75 indexed citations
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Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Mikael Fogelholm, et al.. (2019). International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): Contributions to Understanding the Global Obesity Epidemic. Nutrients. 11(4). 848–848. 52 indexed citations
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Sanders, Ilea, Camille E. Short, Svetlana Bogomolova, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of Adopters of an Online Social Networking Physical Activity Mobile Phone App: Cluster Analysis. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 7(6). e12484–e12484. 12 indexed citations
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Jalo, Elli, Hanna Konttinen, Henna Vepsäläinen, et al.. (2019). Emotional Eating, Health Behaviours, and Obesity in Children: A 12-Country Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 11(2). 351–351. 48 indexed citations
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Vandelanotte, Corneel, Mitch J. Duncan, Carol Maher, et al.. (2018). The Effectiveness of a Web-Based Computer-Tailored Physical Activity Intervention Using Fitbit Activity Trackers: Randomized Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(12). e11321–e11321. 56 indexed citations
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Olds, Tim, et al.. (2010). Normative Data on the Sleep Habits of Australian Children and Adolescents. SLEEP. 4 indexed citations

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