John R. Best

11.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
152 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

John R. Best is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Best has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 35 papers in Clinical Psychology and 34 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in John R. Best's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (31 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (17 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (17 papers). John R. Best is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (31 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (17 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (17 papers). John R. Best collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. John R. Best's co-authors include Patricia H. Miller, Teresa Liu‐Ambrose, Jack A. Naglieri, Lara L. Jones, Jennifer C. Davis, Glenn J. Landry, Ryan S. Falck, Chun Liang Hsu, Rachel A. Crockett and Lindsay S. Nagamatsu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John R. Best

137 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

A Developmental Perspective on Executive Function

2010 1.7k citations John R. Best, Patricia H. Miller Child Development profile →
Relations between executive function and academic achievement from ages 5 to 17 in a large, representative national sample

2011 902 citations John R. Best, Patricia H. Miller et al. profile →
Effects of physical activity on children’s executive function: Contributions of experimental research on aerobic exercise

2010 750 citations John R. Best Developmental Review profile →
Executive functions after age 5: Changes and correlates

2009 674 citations John R. Best, Patricia H. Miller et al. Developmental Review profile →
Measuring sleep quality in older adults: a comparison using subjective and objective methods

2015 341 citations Glenn J. Landry, John R. Best et al. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience profile →
Impact of exercise training on physical and cognitive function among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 301 citations Ryan S. Falck, Jennifer C. Davis et al. Neurobiology of Aging profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John R. Best Canada	35	2.2k	2.0k	1.8k	1.5k	1.3k	152	7.8k
Jennifer L. Etnier United States	37	3.0k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	943 0.7×	109	9.7k
Markus Gerber Switzerland	52	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.7×	2.4k 1.9×	361	10.0k
Matthew B. Pontifex United States	45	3.3k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.6×	975 0.6×	684 0.5×	116	8.4k
Uwe Pühse Switzerland	46	1.3k 0.6×	938 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	204	7.1k
Phillip D. Tomporowski United States	38	4.0k 1.8×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	918 0.6×	591 0.5×	107	9.0k
Lauren B. Raine United States	36	2.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	533 0.4×	681 0.5×	96	6.4k
Jack A. Naglieri United States	41	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	185	7.4k
Serge Brand Switzerland	57	979 0.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	4.2k 2.8×	3.5k 2.8×	448	13.2k
Amanda N. Szabo‐Reed United States	30	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	612 0.4×	757 0.6×	74	8.6k
Paul D. Loprinzi United States	49	1.6k 0.7×	997 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	504	11.7k

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Best, John R., et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of pediatric OCD on family impairment: A consideration of parent, sibling, and affected-child perspectives. Journal of Affective Disorders. 366. 395–401.

Best, John R.. (2024). Individual socioeconomic status, neighborhood disadvantage, and cognitive aging: A longitudinal analysis of the CLSA. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(11). 3335–3345. 3 indexed citations

Falck, Ryan S., Chun Liang Hsu, John R. Best, et al.. (2024). Cross-sectional and longitudinal neural predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a 6-month randomized controlled trial. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 919–919. 5 indexed citations

Feldman, Howard, Ging‐Yuek Robin Hsiung, Haakon B. Nygaard, et al.. (2024). Personal value of Alzheimer's disease biomarker testing and result disclosure from the patient and care partner perspective. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 10(2). e12463–e12463. 5 indexed citations

Best, John R., et al.. (2023). Contributors to mental health resilience in middle-aged and older adults: an analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. International Psychogeriatrics. 36(10). 929–938. 10 indexed citations

Best, John R., et al.. (2023). Bidirectional associations between memory and depression moderated by sex and age: Findings from the CLSA. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 116. 105154–105154. 3 indexed citations

Cosco, Theodore D., John R. Best, Daniel Davis, et al.. (2021). What is the relationship between validated frailty scores and mortality for adults with COVID-19 in acute hospital care? A systematic review. Age and Ageing. 50(3). 608–616. 28 indexed citations

Hall, Peter A., et al.. (2021). Morphometry of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex is associated with eating dispositions in early adolescence: findings from a large population-based study. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 18(1). 6 indexed citations

Liu‐Ambrose, Teresa, Elizabeth Dao, Rachel A. Crockett, et al.. (2021). Reshaping the path of vascular cognitive impairment with resistance training: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 22(1). 217–217. 10 indexed citations

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Best, John R.. (2020). Physical fitness and age-related differences in cognition and cortical thickness in young adulthood.. Developmental Psychology. 56(10). 1984–1998. 5 indexed citations

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Davis, Jennifer C., et al.. (2019). Examining the Inter-relations of Depression, Physical Function, and Cognition with Subjective Sleep Parameters among Stroke Survivors: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 28(8). 2115–2123. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Linda, Eric C. Sayre, Hui Xie, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of a Community-Based Technology-Enabled Physical Activity Counseling Program for People With Knee Osteoarthritis: Proof-of-Concept Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(4). e159–e159. 51 indexed citations

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Best, John R., Caterina Rosano, Howard Aizenstein, et al.. (2017). Long-term changes in time spent walking and subsequent cognitive and structural brain changes in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. 57. 153–161. 39 indexed citations

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Davis, Jennifer C., Ging‐Yuek Robin Hsiung, Stirling Bryan, et al.. (2017). Economic evaluation of aerobic exercise training in older adults with vascular cognitive impairment: PROMoTE trial. BMJ Open. 7(3). e014387–e014387. 8 indexed citations

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Best, John R., Teresa Liu‐Ambrose, Robert M. Boudreau, et al.. (2016). An Evaluation of the Longitudinal, Bidirectional Associations Between Gait Speed and Cognition in Older Women and Men. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 71(12). 1616–1623. 101 indexed citations

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Nagamatsu, Lindsay S., Chun Liang Hsu, Jennifer C. Davis, John R. Best, & Teresa Liu‐Ambrose. (2016). White Matter Volume Mediates the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Mobility in Older Women. Experimental Aging Research. 42(5). 460–470. 1 indexed citations

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Landry, Glenn J., John R. Best, & Teresa Liu‐Ambrose. (2015). Measuring sleep quality in older adults: a comparison using subjective and objective methods. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 7. 166–166. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Best, John R.. (2010). Effects of physical activity on children’s executive function: Contributions of experimental research on aerobic exercise. Developmental Review. 30(4). 331–351. 750 indexed citations breakdown →

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Best, John R. & Patricia H. Miller. (2010). A Developmental Perspective on Executive Function. Child Development. 81(6). 1641–1660. 1715 indexed citations breakdown →

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Best, John R., et al.. (1987). A manual of credit & savings for the poor of developing countries.

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