Catherine E. Draper

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
145 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Catherine E. Draper is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine E. Draper has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 53 papers in General Health Professions and 30 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Catherine E. Draper's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (61 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (26 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (26 papers). Catherine E. Draper is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (61 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (26 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (26 papers). Catherine E. Draper collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia. Catherine E. Draper's co-authors include Shane A. Norris, Estelle V. Lambert, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Anniza de Villiers, Kathleen Kahn, Tracy Kolbe‐Alexander, Steven J. Howard, Nelia P. Steyn, Caylee J. Cook and Rhian Twine and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Catherine E. Draper

136 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Promoting healthy movement behaviours among children duri... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2022 2022 50 100 150 200
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. Promoting healthy movement behaviours among children during the COVID-19 pandemic
    2020 243 citations Hongyan Guan, Anthony D. Okely et al. profile →
  2. Global Changes in Child and Adolescent Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    2022 134 citations Kimberley D. Lakes, Catherine E. Draper et al. profile →
  3. Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under‐represented in research
    2022 89 citations Catherine E. Draper, Lisa M. Barnett et al. Infant and Child Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Catherine E. Draper South Africa 29 1.2k 767 614 454 435 145 2.8k
Ashlesha Datar United States 25 1.5k 1.3× 594 0.8× 271 0.4× 487 1.1× 330 0.8× 80 2.7k
Howard Taras United States 24 1.3k 1.1× 793 1.0× 298 0.5× 556 1.2× 348 0.8× 58 2.8k
Jessica S. Gubbels Netherlands 30 1.8k 1.5× 541 0.7× 462 0.8× 371 0.8× 389 0.9× 96 2.5k
Marieke De Craemer Belgium 25 1.7k 1.4× 653 0.9× 577 0.9× 356 0.8× 243 0.6× 95 2.4k
Shari L. Barkin United States 31 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 284 0.5× 319 0.7× 959 2.2× 127 3.4k
William F. Boyce Canada 24 2.1k 1.8× 861 1.1× 359 0.6× 285 0.6× 848 1.9× 36 3.7k
Carry M. Renders Netherlands 31 2.0k 1.7× 1.5k 1.9× 218 0.4× 293 0.6× 382 0.9× 135 4.1k
Eva Roos Finland 34 2.0k 1.7× 1.3k 1.7× 190 0.3× 426 0.9× 443 1.0× 140 4.0k
Richard R. Rosenkranz United States 30 1.7k 1.4× 953 1.2× 793 1.3× 145 0.3× 305 0.7× 145 3.3k
Catherine Chittleborough Australia 30 836 0.7× 646 0.8× 175 0.3× 272 0.6× 513 1.2× 96 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine E. Draper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cliff, Dylan P., Devan Antczak, Eivind Aadland, et al.. (2024). Optimal levels of sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity needed to support cognitive function in children of the early years. BMC Pediatrics. 24(1). 735–735. 2 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., et al.. (2024). Social Ecological Factors Influencing Children's School Readiness in Low-Income South African Communities. Early Education and Development. 36(4). 869–885.
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Jukes, Matthew, Sara Baker, Catherine E. Draper, et al.. (2024). Principles for Adapting Assessments of Executive Function across Cultural Contexts. Brain Sciences. 14(4). 318–318. 10 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., et al.. (2024). Young Children’s Mental Well-Being in Low-Income South African Settings: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 33(11). 3455–3471. 1 indexed citations
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Wickramasinghe, Pujitha, Hong Tang, Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, et al.. (2024). Urban Versus Rural Differences in Meeting 24‐h Movement Behaviour Guidelines Among 3–4‐Year‐Olds: An Analysis of SUNRISE Pilot Study Data From 10 Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Child Care Health and Development. 50(6). e70008–e70008. 1 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of behavioural interventions to influence COVID-19 outcomes: A scoping review. Preventive Medicine. 172. 107499–107499. 6 indexed citations
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Milosavljevic, Bosiljka, Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, et al.. (2023). Executive functioning skills and their environmental predictors among pre‐school aged children in South Africa and The Gambia. Developmental Science. 27(5). e13407–e13407. 4 indexed citations
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Cook, Caylee J., Steven J. Howard, Gaia Scerif, et al.. (2023). Executive function and pre-academic skills in preschoolers from South Africa. South African Journal of Childhood Education. 13(1). 3 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Sarah Louise Killeen, et al.. (2023). Evaluating implementation of the FIGO Nutrition Checklist for preconception and pregnancy within the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 160(S1). 68–79. 7 indexed citations
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Kariippanon, Katharina E., Hongyan Guan, Nicolás Aguilar-Farías, et al.. (2023). Voices of Children on Movement Behaviours in the Early Years: Reflections from Six Diverse Country Settings. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 22. 1 indexed citations
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Carson, Valerie, Catherine E. Draper, Anthony D. Okely, John J. Reilly, & Mark S. Tremblay. (2023). Future Directions for Movement Behavior Research in the Early Years. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(3). 218–221. 8 indexed citations
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Wright, Caradee Y., Thandi Kapwata, Caylee J. Cook, et al.. (2023). Inadequate Access to Potable Water Impacts Early Childhood Development in Low-Income Areas in Cape Town, South Africa. Annals of Global Health. 89(1). 2 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., et al.. (2023). The Role of Partnerships to Shift Power Asymmetries in Research with Vulnerable Communities: Reflections from an Early Childhood Development Project in South Africa. Journal of Cognition and Development. 25(2). 222–241. 3 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., Lisa M. Barnett, Caylee J. Cook, et al.. (2022). Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under‐represented in research. Infant and Child Development. 32(6). 89 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kehoe, Sarah H, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Lisa J. Ware, et al.. (2021). Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition: data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) pilot survey in urban Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition. 24(7). 1629–1637. 25 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., Simone A. Tomaz, Caylee J. Cook, et al.. (2020). Understanding the influence of 24-hour movement behaviours on the health and development of preschool children from low-income South African settings: the SUNRISE pilot study. South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 32(1). 1–7. 33 indexed citations
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Tomaz, Simone A., Justine Davies, Lisa K. Micklesfield, et al.. (2020). Self-Reported Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Levels and Correlates. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(17). 6325–6325. 8 indexed citations
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Howard, Steven J., Caylee J. Cook, Edward Melhuish, et al.. (2019). Challenging socioeconomic status: A cross‐cultural comparison of early executive function. Developmental Science. 23(1). e12854–e12854. 42 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., Simone A. Tomaz, Rachel A. Jones, et al.. (2018). Cross-sectional associations of physical activity and gross motor proficiency with adiposity in South African children of pre-school age. Public Health Nutrition. 22(4). 614–623. 12 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., Simone A. Tomaz, Matthew D. Stone, et al.. (2017). Developing Intervention Strategies to Optimise Body Composition in Early Childhood in South Africa. BioMed Research International. 2017. 1–13. 32 indexed citations

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