J Womersley

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

J Womersley is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, J Womersley has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Physiology, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in J Womersley's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (7 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (4 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). J Womersley is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (7 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (4 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). J Womersley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and Australia. J Womersley's co-authors include J. V. G. A. Durnin, K. Boddy, George Davey Smith, Priscilla C. King, Kenneth D. Rosenberg, David Hume, Stuart J. Robertson, Michael R. Moore, W. Harper Gilmour and Douglas J. McCauley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physiology, British Journal of Pharmacology and British Journal Of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

J Womersley

23 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimat... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J Womersley United Kingdom 14 3.9k 1.4k 985 693 614 27 6.1k
Timothy G. Lohman United States 48 4.3k 1.1× 2.1k 1.5× 3.0k 3.0× 530 0.8× 386 0.6× 127 8.1k
Arthur D. Stewart United Kingdom 33 2.1k 0.6× 2.5k 1.7× 1.0k 1.1× 509 0.7× 358 0.6× 94 5.7k
Marta D. Van Loan United States 37 2.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.8× 400 0.6× 252 0.4× 95 5.7k
Roland L. Weinsier United States 38 2.0k 0.5× 370 0.3× 1.3k 1.3× 350 0.5× 387 0.6× 64 3.9k
Barbara L. Drinkwater United States 34 1.9k 0.5× 2.8k 1.9× 990 1.0× 715 1.0× 292 0.5× 79 5.1k
T. B. Harris United States 27 4.0k 1.0× 450 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 340 0.5× 265 0.4× 40 6.7k
Robert L. Mirwald Canada 35 2.0k 0.5× 4.1k 2.9× 1.6k 1.6× 253 0.4× 350 0.6× 65 6.7k
Joseph J. Kehayias United States 21 2.5k 0.6× 401 0.3× 468 0.5× 496 0.7× 255 0.4× 40 4.1k
Benedetta Bartali United States 39 3.6k 0.9× 757 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 334 0.5× 139 0.2× 51 7.1k
Debra A. Bemben United States 40 2.1k 0.5× 2.5k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 729 1.1× 1.8k 2.9× 153 7.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J Womersley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J Womersley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1997). The use of mapping in public health and planning health services. Journal of Public Health. 19(2). 139–147. 32 indexed citations
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Watt, GCM, Andrew J. Britton, W. Harper Gilmour, et al.. (1996). Is lead in tap water still a public health problem? An observational study in Glasgow. BMJ. 313(7063). 979–981. 29 indexed citations
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Womersley, J. (1996). The public health uses of the Scottish Community Health Index (CHI). Journal of Public Health. 18(4). 465–472. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, George Davey, et al.. (1994). Deprivation and mortality in Glasgow: changes from 1980 to 1992. BMJ. 309(6967). 1481–1482. 74 indexed citations
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Stone, David H., et al.. (1989). Declining prevalence of hydrocephalus. European Journal of Epidemiology. 5(3). 398–399. 7 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1987). Epidemiology of facial clefts.. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 62(7). 717–720. 71 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1986). Children with spina bifida: the role of the health visitor in tertiary prevention.. PubMed. 59(12). 380–91. 1 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1986). The Glasgow Health Visitor Developmental Screening Module. Journal of Public Health. 8(2). 111–23. 1 indexed citations
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Hume, David & J Womersley. (1985). Analysis of death rates in the population aged 60 years and over of Greater Glasgow by postcode sector of residence.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 39(4). 357–363. 10 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1985). The Standard Immunisation Recall System: should it be adopted now or in the future?. PubMed. 43(4). 167–71. 1 indexed citations
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Womersley, J & J. V. G. A. Durnin. (1977). A comparison of the skinfold method with extent of ‘overweight’ and various weight-height relationships in the assessment of obesity. British Journal Of Nutrition. 38(2). 271–284. 247 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1976). Influence of muscular development, obesity, and age on the fat-free mass of adults. Journal of Applied Physiology. 41(2). 223–229. 87 indexed citations
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Durnin, J. V. G. A. & J Womersley. (1974). Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness: measurements on 481 men and women aged from 16 to 72 Years. British Journal Of Nutrition. 32(1). 77–97. 5263 indexed citations breakdown →
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Durnin, J. V. G. A. & J Womersley. (1973). The metabolic effects, and the composition of the tissue lost, in weight reduction by obese patients on treatment with fenfluramine. British Journal of Pharmacology. 49(1). 115–120. 7 indexed citations
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Boddy, K., Priscilla C. King, J Womersley, & J. V. G. A. Durnin. (1973). Authors' Reply: Body Potassium and Fat-Free Mass. Clinical Science. 44(6). 622–625. 20 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1973). Total body fat, calculated from body density, and its relationship to skinfold thickness in 571 people aged 12-72 years.. PubMed. 32(1). 45A–45A. 37 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1972). Estimation of the fat-free mass of twenty subjects from measurements of total body potassium, body density, skinfold thickness, and height and weight.. PubMed. 31(1). 35A–35A. 12 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1972). Use and experience with feedback devices in lectures.. PubMed. 22(3). 162–6.
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1971). An experimental study on the variability of measurements of skinfold thicknesses by three observers on twenty-three young women and twenty-seven young men.. PubMed. 30(1). 9A–10A. 5 indexed citations
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Womersley, J, et al.. (1969). The relationship between skinfold thickness and body fat in adults of middle age.. PubMed. 200(2). 105P–106P. 30 indexed citations

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