Charles E. Matthews

46.1k total citations · 19 hit papers
314 papers, 30.6k citations indexed

About

Charles E. Matthews is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles E. Matthews has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 30.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Physiology, 166 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 73 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Charles E. Matthews's work include Physical Activity and Health (174 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (139 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (51 papers). Charles E. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (174 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (139 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (51 papers). Charles E. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Charles E. Matthews's co-authors include Geneviève N. Healy, David W. Dunstan, Neville Owen, Maciej S. Buchowski, Richard P. Troiano, Patty S. Freedson, Steven C. Moore, Kong Y. Chen, Kathryn H. Schmitz and Kerry S. Courneya and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Charles E. Matthews

302 papers receiving 29.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors

2010 2.1k citations Charles E. Matthews et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004

2008 2.1k citations Charles E. Matthews et al. profile →
Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable

2019 1.7k citations Charles E. Matthews, Alpa V. Patel et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Too Much Sitting

2010 1.7k citations Neville Owen, Geneviève N. Healy et al. profile →
Validation of Accelerometer Wear and Nonwear Time Classification Algorithm

2010 1.3k citations Charles E. Matthews et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in US adults: NHANES 2003–06

2011 1.1k citations Geneviève N. Healy, Charles E. Matthews et al. profile →
Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality

2015 978 citations Hannah Arem, Steven C. Moore et al. profile →
Daily Sitting Time and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis

2013 639 citations Charles E. Matthews et al. profile →
Sedentary Behavior: Emerging Evidence for a New Health Risk

2010 604 citations Neville Owen, Geneviève N. Healy et al. profile →
Accelerometer Data Reduction: A Comparison of Four Reduction Algorithms on Select Outcome Variables

2005 549 citations Charles E. Matthews et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Best Practices for Using Physical Activity Monitors in Population-Based Research

2011 539 citations Charles E. Matthews et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control

2019 534 citations Alpa V. Patel, Steven C. Moore et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →
Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and cause-specific mortality in US adults

2012 511 citations Charles E. Matthews, Steven C. Moore et al. profile →
Measurement of Adults' Sedentary Time in Population-Based Studies

2011 500 citations Geneviève N. Healy, Bronwyn Clark et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →
Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis

2012 461 citations Steven C. Moore, Alpa V. Patel et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults

2020 427 citations Pedro F. Saint‐Maurice, Eric J. Shiroma et al. profile →
Association of Step Volume and Intensity With All-Cause Mortality in Older Women

2019 382 citations I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma et al. profile →
Trends in Sedentary Behavior Among the US Population, 2001-2016

2019 376 citations Charles E. Matthews, Yin Cao et al. profile →
Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia

2020 202 citations Kelly R. Evenson, I‐Min Lee et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Effects of Post-diagnosis Recreational Aerobic Exercise among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis 2025 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Oliver W.A. Wilson, Charles E. Matthews, (unknown), Yelena N. Tarasenko, Gisela Butera, Jessica Gorzelitz, Clyde B. Schechter, (unknown), Jinani Jayasekera	1
2	Leisure-time physical activity after diagnosis and survival by cancer type: a pooled analysis 2025 ·JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ·Erika Rees‐Punia, Lauren R. Teras, Christina C. Newton, Steven C. Moore, I‐Min Lee, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lorelei A. Mucci, Brigid M. Lynch, Meir J. Stampfer, (unknown), (unknown), Konrad H. Stopsack, Charles E. Matthews, Alpa V Patel	2
3	County-level residential segregation and sedentary behavior in US adults 2025 ·PubMed ·Mohammad Moniruzzaman, (unknown), (unknown), Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Kelly Jones, Pedro F. Saint‐Maurice, (unknown), David Berrigan, Charles E. Matthews, Kosuke Tamura	1
4	Identification and validation of poly-metabolite scores for diets high in ultra-processed food: An observational study and post-hoc randomized controlled crossover-feeding trial 2025 ·PLoS Medicine ·Leila Abar, (unknown), Sang‐Kyu Lee, Lisa Kahle, Steven C. Moore, Eleanor L. Watts, (unknown), Charles E. Matthews, Kirsten Herrick, Kevin D. Hall, Lauren E O’Connor, Neal D. Freedman, Rashmi Sinha, Hyokyoung G. Hong, Erikka Loftfield	2
5	Estimating cancer incidence attributable to physical inactivity in the United States 2025 ·Cancer ·Brigid M. Lynch, Julie K. Bassett, Roger L. Milne, Alpa V. Patel, Erika Rees‐Punia, I‐Min Lee, Steven C. Moore, Charles E. Matthews	3
6	Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of cancer: Findings from the Women's Health Accelerometry Collaboration cohort 2024 ·Preventive Medicine ·Carmen C. Cuthbertson, Kelly R. Evenson, (unknown), Christopher C. Moore, Annie Green Howard, Chongzhi Di, Humberto Parada, Charles E. Matthews, JoAnn E. Manson, Julie E. Buring, Eric J. Shiroma, Andrea Z. LaCroix, I‐Min Lee	2
7	Social, Behavioral, and Clinical Risk Factors Are Associated with Clonal Hematopoiesis 2024 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·(unknown), Aubrey K. Hubbard, Pedro F. Saint‐Maurice, (unknown), Yin Cao, Duc Tran, Kelly L. Bolton, Stephen J. Chanock, Charles E. Matthews, Steven C. Moore, Erikka Loftfield, Mitchell J. Machiela	1
8	Sleep and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in the UK Biobank 2024 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Joshua R. Freeman, Pedro F. Saint‐Maurice, (unknown), Charles E. Matthews, Rachael Z. Stolzenberg‐Solomon	6
9	The associations of muscle-strengthening exercise with recurrence and mortality among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review 2024 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Oliver W.A. Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica Gorzelitz, Gisela Butera, Charles E. Matthews, Jinani Jayasekera	5
10	Dose-response of accelerometer-measured physical activity, step count, and cancer risk in the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort analysis 2023 ·The Lancet ·(unknown), Scott R. Small, Ruth C. Travis, Charles E. Matthews, Aiden Doherty	11
11	Impact of Moderate–Vigorous Physical Activity Trajectories on Colon Cancer Risk over the Adult Life Course 2022 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·(unknown), Charles E. Matthews, Pedro F. Saint‐Maurice, Sarah Kozey Keadle	2
12	Lifetime high occupational physical activity and total and cause-specific mortality among 320 000 adults in the NIH-AARP study: a cohort study 2021 ·Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·David Martínez‐Gómez, Pieter Coenen, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Jorge Mota, Fernando Rodríguez‐Artalejo, Charles E. Matthews, Pedro F. Saint‐Maurice	16
13	Non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality from all-causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in the NIH-AARP diet and health study 2020 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Baruch Vainshelboim, Jonathan Myers, Charles E. Matthews	18
14	Physical Activity, Step Counts, and Grip Strength in the Chinese Children and Families Cohort Study 2020 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·David Berrigan, Ailing Liu, Britni R. Belcher, Ann Chao, Liwen Fang, Charles E. Matthews, Baohua Wang, Lınhong Wang, Ning Wang, Yu Wang, Lichen Yang, Martha S. Linet, Nancy Potischman	2
15	Targeting Reductions in Sitting Time to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health 2017 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Sarah Kozey Keadle, David E. Conroy, Matthew P. Buman, David W. Dunstan, Charles E. Matthews	111
16	Objective Measures of Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Biomarkers 2017 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·(unknown), Andrea K. Chomistek, Susan E. Hankinson, Junaidah B. Barnett, Jennifer Rood, Charles E. Matthews, Eric B. Rimm, Walter C. Willett, Frank B. Hu, Deirdre K. Tobias	30
17	Combined Impact of Health Behaviors on Mortality in Low-Income Americans 2016 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Shaneda Warren Andersen, Wei Zheng, Jennifer S. Sonderman, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Charles E. Matthews, Danxia Yu, Mark Steinwandel, Joseph K. McLaughlin, Margaret K. Hargreaves, William J. Blot	27
18	Physical Activity and Risk of Male Breast Cancer 2015 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Hannah Arem, Louise A. Brinton, Steven C. Moore, Susan M. Gapstur, Laurel A. Habel, Kenneth C. Johnson, Laurence N. Kolonel, Valerie McCormack, Karin B. Michels, Howard D. Sesso, Giske Ursin, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Elisabete Weiderpass, Michael B. Cook, Charles E. Matthews	2
19	Metabolomics in Epidemiology: Sources of Variability in Metabolite Measurements and Implications 2013 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Joshua N. Sampson, Simina M. Boca, Xiao Ou Shu, Rachael Z. Stolzenberg‐Solomon, Charles E. Matthews, Ann W. Hsing, Yu Ting Tan, Bu-Tian Ji, Wong‐Ho Chow, Qiuyin Cai, Da Ke Liu, Gong Yang, Yong‐Bing Xiang, Wei Zheng, Rashmi Sinha, Amanda J. Cross, Steven C. Moore	132
20	Relationship of Television Time with Accelerometer-Derived Sedentary Time 2010 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Bronwyn Clark, Geneviève N. Healy, Elisabeth Winkler, Paul A. Gardiner, Takemi Sugiyama, David W. Dunstan, Charles E. Matthews, Neville Owen	108

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