John Petkov

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John Petkov is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, John Petkov has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 9 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in John Petkov's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (6 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (6 papers). John Petkov is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (6 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (6 papers). John Petkov collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. John Petkov's co-authors include Tim Olds, Lisa Matricciani, Natalie Sinn, Sarah Blunden, Malcolm Battersby, Peter Harvey, Jonathan D. Buckley, Peter R.C. Howe, Alison M. Coates and Stuart Cathcart and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, CHEST Journal and British Journal Of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

John Petkov

43 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

In search of lost sleep: Secular trends in the sleep time of school-aged children and adolescents

2011 519 citations Lisa Matricciani, Tim Olds et al. Sleep Medicine Reviews profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Petkov	718	637	378	370	364	43	2.2k
Nicholas Jackson	810 1.1×	2.0k 3.1×	436 1.2×	839 2.3×	792 2.2×	171	3.9k
Catherine M. Stoney	575 0.8×	720 1.1×	650 1.7×	513 1.4×	296 0.8×	83	4.9k
Frances Taggart	935 1.3×	1.7k 2.6×	382 1.0×	419 1.1×	753 2.1×	13	2.5k
Kim Meredith‐Jones	788 1.1×	300 0.5×	205 0.5×	507 1.4×	121 0.3×	68	1.5k
Ed Peile	815 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	239 0.6×	306 0.8×	545 1.5×	12	1.7k
Lisa Matricciani	1.0k 1.4×	1.7k 2.7×	277 0.7×	300 0.8×	842 2.3×	41	2.5k
Magdalena Cuenca‐García	1.8k 2.5×	340 0.5×	562 1.5×	784 2.1×	122 0.3×	77	2.6k
Nina Kupper	293 0.4×	601 0.9×	431 1.1×	283 0.8×	178 0.5×	128	4.2k
Patrice G. Saab	281 0.4×	545 0.9×	631 1.7×	280 0.8×	309 0.8×	60	3.9k
Juan R. Ordoñana	319 0.4×	510 0.8×	174 0.5×	294 0.8×	246 0.7×	93	2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Petkov

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Petkov

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Hillier, Susan, et al.. (2017). A Range of Service Delivery Modes for Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder Are Effective: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatric Physical Therapy. 29(3). 230–236. 4 indexed citations

Ferrar, Katia, Carol Maher, John Petkov, & Tim Olds. (2014). Advancing Health-Related Cluster Analysis Methodology: Quantification of Pairwise Activity Cluster Similarities. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 12(3). 395–401. 1 indexed citations

Immink, Maarten A., Susan Hillier, & John Petkov. (2014). Randomized Controlled Trial of Yoga for Chronic Poststroke Hemiparesis: Motor Function, Mental Health, and Quality of Life Outcomes. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 21(3). 256–271. 60 indexed citations

Harvey, Peter, et al.. (2013). Chronic condition management and self-management in Aboriginal communities in South Australia: outcomes of a longitudinal study. Australian Health Review. 37(2). 246–250. 14 indexed citations

Olds, Tim, Nathan Daniell, John Petkov, & Arthur D. Stewart. (2013). Somatotyping using 3D anthropometry: a cluster analysis. Journal of Sports Sciences. 31(9). 936–944. 20 indexed citations

Olds, Tim, Samantha Thomas, Sophie Lewis, & John Petkov. (2013). Clustering of attitudes towards obesity: a mixed methods study of Australian parents and children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 10(1). 117–117. 13 indexed citations

Cathcart, Stuart, et al.. (2013). Brief Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 42(1). 1–15. 70 indexed citations

Schranz, Natasha, Grant R. Tomkinson, Natalie Parletta, John Petkov, & Tim Olds. (2013). Can resistance training change the strength, body composition and self-concept of overweight and obese adolescent males? A randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 48(20). 1482–1488. 55 indexed citations

Parletta, Natalie, et al.. (2013). Effects of fish oil supplementation on learning and behaviour of children from Australian Indigenous remote community schools: A randomised controlled trial. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 89(2-3). 71–79. 47 indexed citations

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Olds, Tim, et al.. (2012). Anthropometric estimates of total and regional body fat in children aged 6–17 years. Acta Paediatrica. 101(12). 1253–1259. 7 indexed citations

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Matricciani, Lisa, Tim Olds, & John Petkov. (2011). In search of lost sleep: Secular trends in the sleep time of school-aged children and adolescents. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 16(3). 203–211. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sinn, Natalie, Catherine M. Milte, Steven J. Street, et al.. (2011). Effects ofn-3 fatty acids, EPAv. DHA, on depressive symptoms, quality of life, memory and executive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a 6-month randomised controlled trial. British Journal Of Nutrition. 107(11). 1682–1693. 230 indexed citations

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Hillier, Susan, Louise Porter, Kate Jackson, & John Petkov. (2010). The Effects of Feldenkrais Classes on the Health and Function of an Ageing Australian Sample: A Pilot Study. 3(1). 3 indexed citations

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Williams, Marie, Paul Cafarella, Tim Olds, John Petkov, & Peter Frith. (2010). Affective Descriptors of the Sensation of Breathlessness Are More Highly Associated With Severity of Impairment Than Physical Descriptors in People With COPD. CHEST Journal. 138(2). 315–322. 33 indexed citations

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Williams, Marie, et al.. (2009). Quality of recalled dyspnoea is different from exerciseinduced dyspnoea: an experimental study. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 55(3). 177–183. 13 indexed citations

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Pettman, Tahna, Jonathan D. Buckley, Alison M. Coates, et al.. (2008). Prevalence and Interrelationships between Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors in Abdominally Obese Individuals. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 7(1). 31–36. 7 indexed citations

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Tsiros, Margarita D., Natalie Sinn, Leah Brennan, et al.. (2008). Cognitive behavioral therapy improves diet and body composition in overweight and obese adolescents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87(5). 1134–1140. 82 indexed citations

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Stomski, Norman J., Karen Grimmer, & John Petkov. (2008). A survey of the uptake and implementation of research evidence by South Australian acupuncturists in clinical practice: Attitudes and associated predictive factors. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 16(4). 199–205. 8 indexed citations

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Williams, Marie, et al.. (2006). Fifteen‐Count Breathlessness Score in adults with COPD. Respirology. 11(5). 627–632. 4 indexed citations

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Penman, Joy, et al.. (2005). The Influence of Student Characteristics and Study Approaches on Human Biosciences Performance Outcomes. Focus on Health Professional Education A Multi-Professional Journal. 7(2). 31–47. 3 indexed citations

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