John Babraj

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

John Babraj is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Babraj has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 23 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 18 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John Babraj's work include Sports Performance and Training (28 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (23 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (16 papers). John Babraj is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (28 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (23 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (16 papers). John Babraj collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. John Babraj's co-authors include Michael J. Rennie, Kenneth Smith, Henning Wackerhage, Daniel J. Cuthbertson, Philip J. Atherton, Thomas K. Waddell, Graham Leese, Niels Vollaard, Peter M. Taylor and Michael Kjær and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physiology and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

John Babraj

50 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Anabolic signaling deficits underlie amino acid resistance of wasting, aging muscle

2004 939 citations Daniel J. Cuthbertson, Kenneth Smith et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Babraj United Kingdom	25	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	788	53	4.1k
Hans C. Dreyer United States	28	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	847 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	795 1.0×	47	4.1k
Juha J. Hulmi Finland	35	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	741 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	809 1.0×	97	3.7k
Monica J. Hubal United States	26	896 0.5×	912 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 2.0×	66	4.1k
Vernon G. Coffey Australia	31	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	904 0.6×	992 0.7×	774 1.0×	62	3.0k
Donny M. Camera Australia	27	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	678 0.5×	797 0.6×	715 0.9×	65	3.1k
Philip M. Gallagher United States	27	996 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	617 0.8×	81	3.4k
Kristian Vissing Denmark	33	882 0.5×	843 0.5×	825 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	737 0.9×	72	3.0k
Keith Baar United States	27	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	500 0.3×	1.7k 1.3×	666 0.8×	60	3.3k
Christian Denis France	33	847 0.4×	992 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	956 0.7×	499 0.6×	82	3.5k
Ulrika Raue United States	26	910 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	450 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	735 0.9×	41	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by John Babraj

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McGregor, C. G.A., et al.. (2025). Effects of Intermittent Sprint-Based Heat Acclimation at Various Pedal Resistances on Physiological Responses During Incremental Exercise. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise. 8(1). 54–63.

Babraj, John, et al.. (2025). Muscle Oxygenation Response During Duplicate Sprints in Professional Football Players: An Original Investigation. PubMed. 4(4). 54–54.

Babraj, John, et al.. (2024). Impact of sprint interval training on post-fatigue mitochondrial rate in professional boxers. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 125(1). 261–271. 2 indexed citations

Hall, Andy, et al.. (2024). Training for Recovery: Impact of Sprint Interval Training on Recovery Dynamics and Aerobic Performance in Kickboxing Athletes. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise. 8(1). 73–82. 1 indexed citations

Babraj, John, et al.. (2023). Use of NIRS to explore skeletal muscle oxygenation during different training sessions in professional boxing. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 124(2). 595–606. 4 indexed citations

Babraj, John, et al.. (2018). Active Recovery Induces Greater Endurance Adaptations When Performing Sprint Interval Training. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 33(4). 922–930. 8 indexed citations

Babraj, John, et al.. (2017). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Babraj, John, et al.. (2017). Effects of in-season uphill sprinting on physical characteristics in semi-professional soccer players. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 57(3). 165–170. 11 indexed citations

Jakeman, John, et al.. (2017). Effect of an acute dose of omega-3 fish oil following exercise-induced muscle damage. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 117(3). 575–582. 44 indexed citations

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Babraj, John, et al.. (2016). Cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic performance adaptations to a 4-week sprint interval training in young healthy untrained females. Sport Sciences for Health. 13(1). 17–23. 14 indexed citations

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Babraj, John, et al.. (2015). Whole-Body Vibration Training and Its Application to Age-Related Performance Decrements. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 30(2). 555–560. 8 indexed citations

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Babraj, John, et al.. (2015). High-Intensity Cycling Training. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 29(8). 2229–2236. 34 indexed citations

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Lorimer, Ross & John Babraj. (2012). The Potential Influence of Perception of Achievement on Performance in Volitional Time-To-Exhaustion Cycle Ergometer Trials. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 27(6). 1546–1548.

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Miller, Benjamin F., Mette Hansen, Jens Lykkegaard Olesen, et al.. (2006). Tendon collagen synthesis at rest and after exercise in women. Journal of Applied Physiology. 102(2). 541–546. 138 indexed citations

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Cuthbertson, Daniel J., John Babraj, Kenneth Smith, et al.. (2005). Anabolic signaling and protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle after dynamic shortening or lengthening exercise. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 290(4). E731–E738. 137 indexed citations

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Miller, Benjamin F., Mette Hansen, Jens Lykkegaard Olesen, et al.. (2005). No effect of menstrual cycle on myofibrillar and connective tissue protein synthesis in contracting skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 290(1). E163–E168. 84 indexed citations

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Babraj, John, Daniel J. Cuthbertson, Kenneth Smith, et al.. (2005). Collagen synthesis in human musculoskeletal tissues and skin. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 289(5). E864–E869. 131 indexed citations

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Moore, Daniel R., Stuart M. Phillips, John Babraj, Kenneth Smith, & Michael J. Rennie. (2004). Myofibrillar and collagen protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle in young men after maximal shortening and lengthening contractions. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 288(6). E1153–E1159. 216 indexed citations

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Mittendorfer, Bettina, Jesper L. Andersen, Peter Plomgaard, et al.. (2004). Protein synthesis rates in human muscles: neither anatomical location nor fibre‐type composition are major determinants. The Journal of Physiology. 563(1). 203–211. 101 indexed citations

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Louis, Magali, Jacques Poortmans, Marc Francaux, et al.. (2003). No effect of creatine supplementation on human myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic protein synthesis after resistance exercise. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 285(5). E1089–E1094. 81 indexed citations

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