Kieran Dowd

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kieran Dowd is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Kieran Dowd has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Physiology, 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Kieran Dowd's work include Physical Activity and Health (37 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 papers). Kieran Dowd is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (37 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 papers). Kieran Dowd collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Kieran Dowd's co-authors include Alan Donnelly, Deirdre M. Harrington, Ciarán MacDonncha, Cormac Powell, Brian P. Carson, Alan Bourke, Marie Murphy, Marco Alessandro Minetto, Ezio Ghigo and Janusz Maciaszek and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Kieran Dowd

41 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity measurement in adults: a DEDIPAC study

2018 246 citations Kieran Dowd, Robert Szeklicki et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kieran Dowd Ireland	15	705	600	262	185	114	45	1.0k
Verónica Cabanas‐Sánchez Spain	20	581 0.8×	559 0.9×	189 0.7×	200 1.1×	88 0.8×	73	1.1k
Bethany Howard Australia	12	675 1.0×	551 0.9×	265 1.0×	88 0.5×	75 0.7×	22	1.1k
Nicholas Beyler United States	11	702 1.0×	521 0.9×	222 0.8×	102 0.6×	182 1.6×	18	1.1k
Miguel A. Calabro United States	9	557 0.8×	572 1.0×	190 0.7×	147 0.8×	66 0.6×	16	948
Nathalie Duvigneaud Belgium	16	514 0.7×	474 0.8×	188 0.7×	152 0.8×	85 0.7×	25	1.2k
Lynn Matton Belgium	16	618 0.9×	609 1.0×	246 0.9×	198 1.1×	134 1.2×	26	1.2k
Wonwoo Byun United States	23	698 1.0×	913 1.5×	280 1.1×	518 2.8×	99 0.9×	60	1.6k
Cara L. Sidman United States	13	431 0.6×	352 0.6×	183 0.7×	136 0.7×	144 1.3×	28	754
Luís Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	13	456 0.6×	651 1.1×	397 1.5×	136 0.7×	48 0.4×	42	1.3k
Pauliina Husu Finland	19	850 1.2×	613 1.0×	219 0.8×	203 1.1×	106 0.9×	55	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kieran Dowd

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Liston, Katie, et al.. (2024). 239 The Influence of role models on participation in sport and physical activity among young males and females in Ireland. European Journal of Public Health. 34(Supplement_2).

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Loef, Bette, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of workplace interventions with digital elements to reduce sedentary behaviours in office employees: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 41–41. 13 indexed citations

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Liston, Katie, et al.. (2023). A Review of the Impact of Sporting Role Model-Led Interventions on Physical Activity and Sport Participation of Female Youth. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. 32(1). 1 indexed citations

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Hoye, Aurélie Van, Aoife Lane, Kieran Dowd, et al.. (2023). Health promoting sports clubs: from theoretical model to logic model. Health Promotion International. 38(2). 9 indexed citations

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Carlin, Angela, Tara Coppinger, Alan Donnelly, et al.. (2023). Results from Ireland North and South’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness. 22(1). 66–72. 1 indexed citations

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Hoye, Aurélie Van, Susanna Geidne, Anne Vuillemin, et al.. (2023). Health promoting sports federations: theoretical foundations and guidelines. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1147899–1147899. 6 indexed citations

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Verswijveren, Simone J.J.M., Alan Donnelly, Kieran Dowd, et al.. (2023). How are different clusters of physical activity, sedentary, sleep, smoking, alcohol, and dietary behaviors associated with cardiometabolic health in older adults? A cross-sectional latent class analysis. PubMed. 2(1). 16–16. 1 indexed citations

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Moyna, Niall M., Noel McCaffrey, Lisa Loughney, et al.. (2022). Study protocol for the investigation of the clinical effectiveness of a physical activity behaviour change intervention for individuals living with and beyond cancer. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 26. 100882–100882. 1 indexed citations

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Bort‐Roig, Judit, et al.. (2020). An mHealth Workplace-Based “Sit Less, Move More” Program: Impact on Employees’ Sedentary and Physical Activity Patterns at Work and Away from Work. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 8844–8844. 18 indexed citations

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Moyna, Niall M., Lorraine Boran, Leslie Daly, et al.. (2020). The effect of participating in MedEx Wellness, a community-based chronic disease exercise rehabilitation programme, on physical, clinical and psychological health: A study protocol for a cohort trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 19. 100591–100591. 3 indexed citations

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Bort‐Roig, Judit, et al.. (2020). Monitoring Occupational Sitting, Standing, and Stepping in Office Employees With the W@W-App and the MetaWearC Sensor: Validation Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(8). e15338–e15338. 5 indexed citations

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Félez-Nóbrega, Mireia, Judit Bort‐Roig, Kieran Dowd, Katrien Wijndaele, & Anna Puig‐Ribera. (2019). Validation study of the Spanish version of the Last-7-d Sedentary Time Questionnaire (SIT-Q-7d-Sp) in young adults. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217362–e0217362. 5 indexed citations

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Dowd, Kieran, et al.. (2019). Tracking of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(4). 446–454. 151 indexed citations

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Powell, Cormac, Leonard Browne, Brian P. Carson, et al.. (2019). Use of Compositional Data Analysis to Show Estimated Changes in Cardiometabolic Health by Reallocating Time to Light-Intensity Physical Activity in Older Adults. Sports Medicine. 50(1). 205–217. 39 indexed citations

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Dowd, Kieran, Robert Szeklicki, Marco Alessandro Minetto, et al.. (2018). A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity measurement in adults: a DEDIPAC study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 15(1). 15–15. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dowd, Kieran, Helen Purtill, Deirdre M. Harrington, et al.. (2017). Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females. Pediatric Exercise Science. 29(3). 427–433. 7 indexed citations

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Dowd, Kieran, et al.. (2015). The association between maternal perceptions of own weight status and weight status of her child: results from a national cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 101(1). 28–32. 6 indexed citations

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Harrington, Deirdre M., Suzanne Belton, Tara Coppinger, et al.. (2014). Results from Ireland’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 11(s1). S63–S68. 29 indexed citations

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Harrington, Deirdre M., Suzanne Belton, Tara Coppinger, et al.. (2014). Results from Ireland’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 11(s1). S63–S68. 4 indexed citations

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Harrington, Deirdre M., Kieran Dowd, Alan Bourke, & Alan Donnelly. (2011). Cross-Sectional analysis of levels and patterns of objectively measured sedentary time in adolescent females. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 8(1). 120–120. 58 indexed citations

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