Mark Hamer

49.4k total citations · 19 hit papers
513 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Mark Hamer is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Hamer has authored 513 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 239 papers in Physiology, 196 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 138 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mark Hamer's work include Physical Activity and Health (179 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (163 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (66 papers). Mark Hamer is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (179 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (163 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (66 papers). Mark Hamer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Mark Hamer's co-authors include Emmanuel Stamatakis, Andrew Steptoe, Yoichi Chida, G. David Batty, Mika Kivimäki, Y Chida, Gary O’Donovan, Jane Wardle, Lee Smith and Gerard J. Molloy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mark Hamer

500 papers receiving 28.3k 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.

The effects of acute psychological stress on circulating inflammatory factors in humans: A review and meta-analysis

2007 979 citations Andrew Steptoe, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Physical activity and risk of neurodegenerative disease: a systematic review of prospective evidence

2008 715 citations Mark Hamer, Y Chida profile →
Do stress-related psychosocial factors contribute to cancer incidence and survival?

2008 693 citations Mark Hamer, Andrew Steptoe et al. profile →
Active commuting and cardiovascular risk: A meta-analytic review

2007 535 citations Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Social Isolation and Loneliness

2013 465 citations Mark Hamer, Anne McMunn et al. profile →
Association between psychological distress and mortality: individual participant pooled analysis of 10 prospective cohort studies

2012 454 citations Emmanuel A. Stamatakis, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Metabolically Healthy Obesity and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

2012 439 citations Mark Hamer, Emmanuel Stamatakis profile →
Sitting Time, Physical Activity, and Risk of Mortality in Adults

2019 404 citations Emmanuel Stamatakis, Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK

2020 366 citations Mark Hamer, Mika Kivimäki et al. profile →
Metabolically healthy obesity and risk of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta‐analysis of prospective cohort studies

2014 351 citations Mika Kivimäki, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
How to reduce sitting time? A review of behaviour change strategies used in sedentary behaviour reduction interventions among adults

2015 348 citations Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Associations between social isolation, loneliness, and objective physical activity in older men and women

2019 325 citations Mark Hamer, Andrew Steptoe et al. profile →
The sedentary office: an expert statement on the growing case for change towards better health and productivity

2015 309 citations Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Association of “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure Time Physical Activity Patterns With Risks for All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality

2017 306 citations Gary O’Donovan, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
Social isolation and loneliness: Prospective associations with functional status in older adults.

2016 292 citations Anne McMunn, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
How does light-intensity physical activity associate with adult cardiometabolic health and mortality? Systematic review with meta-analysis of experimental and observational studies

2018 285 citations Sébastien Chastin, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Sleep and physical activity in relation to all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality risk

2021 184 citations Bo‐Huei Huang, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Effects of Regular Physical Activity on the Immune System, Vaccination and Risk of Community-Acquired Infectious Disease in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 168 citations Sébastien Chastin, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

2022 150 citations Emmanuel Stamatakis, Matthew Ahmadi et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Association between physical activity and inhibitory control in children 2024 ·International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ·(unknown), Paul W. Burgess, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter J. Savage, Mike Loosemore, Mark Hamer, (unknown)	2
2	Life-course social participation and physical activity in midlife: longitudinal associations in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) 2024 ·European Journal of Epidemiology ·(unknown), Daisy Fancourt, Alice Sullivan, Mark Hamer, George B. Ploubidis, Ichiro Kawachi	1
3	Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP) Among High-Risk People in India: A Multicenter Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial 2023 ·Diabetes Therapy ·Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Pallavi Mishra, Kavita Singh, Kalpana Singh, Tess Harris, Mark Hamer, Sheila Greenfield, N. K. Manjunath, (unknown), Somnath Mukherjee, Nikhil Tandon, Sarah Lewis, Sanjay Kinra, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, (unknown)	6
4	Joint associations of physical activity and sleep duration with cognitive ageing: longitudinal analysis of an English cohort study 2023 ·The Lancet Healthy Longevity ·Mikaela Bloomberg, Laura Brocklebank, Mark Hamer, Andrew Steptoe	51
5	Fractal complexity of daily physical activity and cognitive function in a midlife cohort 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Joanna M. Blodgett, Matthew Ahmadi, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Kenneth Rockwood, Mark Hamer	1
6	Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity and Cancer Incidence Among Nonexercising Adults 2023 ·JAMA Oncology ·Emmanuel Stamatakis, Matthew Ahmadi, Christine M. Friedenreich, Joanna M. Blodgett, Annemarie Koster, Andreas Holtermann, Andrew J. Atkin, Vegar Rangul, Lauren B. Sherar, Armando Teixeira‐Pinto, Ulf Ekelund, I‐Min Lee, Mark Hamer	70
7	Mental health-related risk factors and interventions in patients with heart failure: a position paper endorsed by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) 2022 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Thomas C. Baghai, Frank Doyle, Mark Hamer, Christoph Herrmann‐Lingen, (unknown), Cédric Lemogne, (unknown), Angelo Compare, Roland von Känel, Hendrik B. Sager, Willem J. Kop	35
8	Explaining Ethnic Differentials in COVID-19 Mortality: A Cohort Study 2021 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·G. David Batty, Bamba Gaye, Catharine R. Galé, Mark Hamer, Camille Lassale	18
9	Cross‐sectional associations of device‐measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity with cardio‐metabolic health in the 1970 British Cohort Study 2020 ·Diabetic Medicine ·Bo‐Huei Huang, Mark Hamer, Sébastien Chastin, Natalie Pearson, Annemarie Koster, Emmanuel Stamatakis	17
10	Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and morning surge in blood pressure in adult black and white South Africans 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Hypertension ·Gavin Lambert, Geoffrey A. Head, Won Sun Chen, Mark Hamer, Nicolaas T. Malan, Stephen Quinn, Markus P. Schlaich, Leoné Malan	5
11	Out‐of‐home care in childhood and biomedical risk factors in middle‐age: National birth cohort study 2019 ·American Journal of Human Biology ·Carlos de Mestral, Steven Bell, Mark Hamer, G. David Batty	8
12	High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Mortality 2018 ·Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Mark Hamer, Gary O’Donovan, Emmanuel Stamatakis	102
13	Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti adolescents and associations with socioeconomic indicators: the study of health and activity among adolescents in Kuwait 2018 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark Hamer, Anne McMunn, Peter H. Whincup, Christopher G. Owen, Emmanouil Stamatakis	2
14	Sedentary behavior and risk of future depression and cognitive decline in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2013 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Mark Hamer, Emmanuel Stamatakis	2
15	Physical Activity and Inflammatory Markers Over 10 Years 2012 ·Circulation ·Mark Hamer, Sèverine Sabia, G. David Batty, Martin J. Shipley, Ádám G. Tabák, Archana Singh‐Manoux, Mika Kivimäki	209
16	Using Additional Information on Working Hours to Predict Coronary Heart Disease 2011 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Mika Kivimäki, G. David Batty, Mark Hamer, J. E. Ferrie, Jussi Vahtera, Marianna Virtanen, Michael Marmot, Archana Singh‐Manoux, (unknown)	1
17	Sedentary behaviour: redefining its meaning and links to chronic disease 2011 ·British Journal of Hospital Medicine ·Emmanuel Stamatakis, Mark Hamer	7
18	Examining Overweight and Obesity as Risk Factors for Common Mental Disorders Using Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Genotype-Instrumented Analysis 2011 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Mika Kivimäki, Markus Jokela, Mark Hamer, John Geddes, Klaus P. Ebmeier, Meena Kumari, Archana Singh‐Manoux, Aroon D. Hingorani, G. David Batty	6
19	Physical Activity, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Disease: Is Domestic Physical Activity Beneficial? 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Emmanuel A. Stamatakis, Mark Hamer, Debbie A. Lawlor	3
20	Chronic Psychosocial Factors and Acute Physiological Responses to Laboratory-Induced Stress in Healthy Populations: A Quantitative Review of 30 Years of Investigations (vol 134, pg 829, 2008) 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Y Chida, Mark Hamer	16

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