Erik A. Willis

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Erik A. Willis is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik A. Willis has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 30 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Erik A. Willis's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (40 papers), Physical Activity and Health (24 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 papers). Erik A. Willis is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (40 papers), Physical Activity and Health (24 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 papers). Erik A. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Erik A. Willis's co-authors include Joseph E. Donnelly, Lauren T. Ptomey, Richard A. Washburn, Jeffery J. Honas, Amanda N. Szabo‐Reed, Stephen D. Herrmann, Jaehoon Lee, David A. White, Zachary Zenko and Debra K. Sullivan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Diabetes and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Erik A. Willis

61 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: A third update of the energy costs of human activities

2024 132 citations Stephen D. Herrmann, Erik A. Willis et al. Journal of sport and health science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik A. Willis United States	21	604	520	189	140	118	66	1.2k
Verónica Cabanas‐Sánchez Spain	20	559 0.9×	581 1.1×	189 1.0×	110 0.8×	80 0.7×	73	1.1k
Vegar Rangul Norway	18	623 1.0×	735 1.4×	296 1.6×	170 1.2×	99 0.8×	39	1.6k
Maroje Sorić Croatia	17	872 1.4×	555 1.1×	284 1.5×	148 1.1×	71 0.6×	58	1.6k
Jeremy Pomeroy United States	19	658 1.1×	374 0.7×	229 1.2×	70 0.5×	83 0.7×	55	1.3k
Jarmo J. Malmberg Finland	8	492 0.8×	587 1.1×	184 1.0×	105 0.8×	72 0.6×	10	1.2k
Matti Santtila Finland	21	590 1.0×	772 1.5×	251 1.3×	132 0.9×	60 0.5×	61	2.1k
Amanda E. Paluch United States	17	523 0.9×	776 1.5×	233 1.2×	169 1.2×	60 0.5×	36	1.5k
Rebecca E. Hasson United States	18	450 0.7×	532 1.0×	238 1.3×	193 1.4×	48 0.4×	93	1.4k
Aírton José Rombaldi Brazil	22	382 0.6×	342 0.7×	297 1.6×	193 1.4×	223 1.9×	159	1.5k
Zhen‐Bo Cao China	24	645 1.1×	765 1.5×	182 1.0×	120 0.9×	66 0.6×	91	1.6k

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Armstrong, Bridget, Srihari Nelakuditi, J. W. White, et al.. (2025). Applying Behavioral Biometrics to Mobile Device Use Measurement in Children: Evaluating the Impact of Training Data Size, Proximity, and Type on Model Performance. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science.

Kipping, Ruth, Sze Lin Yoong, Rebecca Langford, et al.. (2025). Adapting the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment: A Cross-Country Case Study of Improving Early Childhood Health Environments in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Childhood Obesity. 21(3). 200–212.

Clarke‐Rubright, Emily K., et al.. (2025). The Interaction between Social Determinants of Health, Health Behaviors, and a Child’s Intellectual and Developmental Diagnoses. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. 10(2). 1 indexed citations

Willis, Erik A., Stephen D. Herrmann, Mary Hastert, et al.. (2024). Older Adult Compendium of Physical Activities: Energy costs of human activities in adults aged 60 and older. Journal of sport and health science. 13(1). 13–17. 20 indexed citations

Clarke‐Rubright, Emily K., et al.. (2024). Complementary feeding practices of caregivers of infants with Down syndrome as compared to caregivers of typically developing infants. Appetite. 198. 107356–107356. 1 indexed citations

Dooyema, Carrie, et al.. (2023). Multi-State Implementation of Go NAPSACC to Support Healthy Practices in the Early Care and Education Setting. Health Promotion Practice. 24(1_suppl). 145S–151S. 3 indexed citations

Neshteruk, Cody D., Erik A. Willis, Amber Vaughn, et al.. (2021). Implementation of a workplace physical activity intervention in child care: process evaluation results from the Care2BWell trial. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 11(7). 1430–1440. 5 indexed citations

Carlson, Jordan, et al.. (2021). A comparison of accelerometer cut-points for measuring physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents with Down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 120. 104126–104126. 4 indexed citations

Creasy, Seth A., Paul R. Hibbing, Kate Lyden, et al.. (2021). Temporal patterns of physical activity in successful weight loss maintainers. International Journal of Obesity. 45(9). 2074–2082. 12 indexed citations

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Linnan, Laura, Amber Vaughn, Philip M. Westgate, et al.. (2020). Results of caring and reaching for health (CARE): a cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing a worksite wellness intervention for child care staff. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 17(1). 64–64. 16 indexed citations

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Vaughn, Amber, Christina R. Studts, Byron J. Powell, et al.. (2019). The impact of basic vs. enhanced Go NAPSACC on child care centers’ healthy eating and physical activity practices: protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized trial. Implementation Science. 14(1). 101–101. 13 indexed citations

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Willis, Erik A., Seth A. Creasy, Jeffery J. Honas, Edward L. Melanson, & Joseph E. Donnelly. (2019). The effects of exercise session timing on weight loss and components of energy balance: midwest exercise trial 2. International Journal of Obesity. 44(1). 114–124. 64 indexed citations

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Fu, Emily, et al.. (2019). Development of the Physical Activity Tracking Preference Questionnaire. International journal of exercise science. 12(5). 297–309. 5 indexed citations

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Zenko, Zachary, Erik A. Willis, & David A. White. (2019). Proportion of Adults Meeting the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans According to Accelerometers. Frontiers in Public Health. 7. 135–135. 75 indexed citations

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Ptomey, Lauren T., Amanda N. Szabo‐Reed, Erik A. Willis, et al.. (2018). Changes in cognitive function after a 12-week exercise intervention in adults with Down syndrome. Disability and health journal. 11(3). 486–490. 59 indexed citations

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Ptomey, Lauren T., Cheryl Gibson, Erik A. Willis, et al.. (2015). Parents' perspective on weight management interventions for adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Disability and health journal. 9(1). 162–166. 9 indexed citations

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Ptomey, Lauren T., Felicia L. Steger, Matthew M. Schubert, et al.. (2015). Breakfast Intake and Composition Is Associated with Superior Academic Achievement in Elementary Schoolchildren. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 35(4). 326–333. 28 indexed citations

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Szabo‐Reed, Amanda N., Jaehoon Lee, Lauren T. Ptomey, et al.. (2015). Longitudinal Weight Loss Patterns and their Behavioral and Demographic Associations. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 50(1). 147–156. 19 indexed citations

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Willis, Erik A., Lauren T. Ptomey, Amanda N. Szabo‐Reed, et al.. (2015). Length of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity bouts and cardio-metabolic risk factors in elementary school children. Preventive Medicine. 73. 76–80. 20 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Stephen D., Laura E. Martin, Florence J. Breslin, et al.. (2013). Neuroimaging studies of factors related to exercise: Rationale and design of a 9month trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 37(1). 58–68. 2 indexed citations

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