Matthew Ahmadi

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Matthew Ahmadi is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Ahmadi has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Physiology, 46 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Matthew Ahmadi's work include Physical Activity and Health (47 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (42 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (14 papers). Matthew Ahmadi is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (47 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (42 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (14 papers). Matthew Ahmadi collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and United Kingdom. Matthew Ahmadi's co-authors include Emmanuel Stamatakis, Borja del Pozo Cruz, Stewart G. Trost, I‐Min Lee, Mark Hamer, Jason M. R. Gill, Aiden Doherty, Toby Pavey, Sharon L. Naismith and Cecilie Thøgersen‐Ntoumani and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Ahmadi

60 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

2022 150 citations Emmanuel Stamatakis, Matthew Ahmadi et al. profile →
Prospective Associations of Daily Step Counts and Intensity With Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Mortality and All-Cause Mortality

2022 134 citations Borja del Pozo Cruz, Matthew Ahmadi et al. profile →
Association of Daily Step Count and Intensity With Incident Dementia in 78 430 Adults Living in the UK

2022 92 citations Borja del Pozo Cruz, Matthew Ahmadi et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dose-response associations of device-measured sleep regularity and duration with incident dementia in 82391 UK adults 2025 ·BMC Public Health ·Weihe Bian, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Matthew Ahmadi, Yu Sun Bin, Svetlana Postnova, Andrew J. K. Phillips, Nicholas A. Koemel, Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Peter A. Cistulli, Emmanuel Stamatakis	2
2	Comparing Physical Activity Metrics From Different Placements of Thigh-Worn Accelerometers 2025 ·Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour ·(unknown), Pasan Hettiarachchi, Andreas Holtermann, Matthew Ahmadi, Peter Johansson	0
3	Testing a vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity intervention in adults transitioning to retirement: a pilot randomised controlled trial 2025 ·Age and Ageing ·(unknown), Joanna C. Moullin, Craig Thompson, Cecilie Thøgersen‐Ntoumani, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Matthew Ahmadi, Joanne McVeigh	0
4	Publisher Correction: Wearable device-based health equivalence of different physical activity intensities against mortality, cardiometabolic disease, and cancer 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Raaj Kishore Biswas, Matthew Ahmadi, Adrian Bauman, Karen Milton, Nicholas A. Koemel, Emmanuel Stamatakis	0
5	Promoting vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (vilpa) in middle-aged adults: an evaluation of the movsnax mobile app 2024 ·BMC Public Health ·Cecilie Thøgersen‐Ntoumani, Anne Grunseit, Andreas Holtermann, (unknown), Catrine Tudor‐Locke, Annemarie Koster, Nathan A. Johnson, Carol Maher, Matthew Ahmadi, Josephine Y. Chau, Emmanuel Stamatakis	0
6	Feasibility and acceptability of a cohort study baseline data collection of device-measured physical behaviors and cardiometabolic health in Saudi Arabia: expanding the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep consortium (ProPASS) in the Middle East 2024 ·BMC Public Health ·(unknown), Borja del Pozo Cruz, Shaima Alothman, Matthew Ahmadi, Paolo Caserotti, Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa, Andreas Holtermann, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Nidhi Gupta	0
7	Joint associations of diet and physical activity with incident type 2 diabetes and hypertension: an analysis of 144 288 UK Biobank participants 2024 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Elif İnan‐Eroğlu, Matthew Ahmadi, Amanda Sainsbury, Michael F. Leitzmann, Kamlesh Khunti, Thomas Yates, Emmanuel A. Stamatakis	0
8	Can incidental physical activity offset the deleterious associations of sedentary behaviour with major adverse cardiovascular events? 2024 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Nicholas A. Koemel, Matthew Ahmadi, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Annemarie Koster, Andrew J. Atkin, Angelo Sabag, Emmanuel Stamatakis	8
9	Contribution of Nutritional, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors to Parkinson's Disease 2024 ·Movement Disorders ·Nicola Veronese, (unknown), Teresa Fazia, Emilia Riggi, Lin Yang, Laura Piccio, Bo‐Huei Huang, Matthew Ahmadi, Mario Barbagallo, Maria Notarnicola, Gianluigi Giannelli, Giovanni De Pergola, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Emanuele Cereda, Luisa Bernardinelli, Luigi Fontana	11
10	Socioeconomic gradients in 24-hour movement patterns across weekends and weekdays in a working-age sample: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study 2024 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Joanna M. Blodgett, David Bann, Sébastien Chastin, Matthew Ahmadi, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Rachel Cooper, Mark Hamer	1
11	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
12	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
13	Association between device‐measured stepping behaviors and cardiometabolic health markers in middle‐aged women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 2023 ·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ·Wei Le, Matthew Ahmadi, Hsiu‐Wen Chan, Sébastien Chastin, Mark Hamer, Gita D. Mishra, Emmanuel Stamatakis	2
14	Do associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease and mortality differ across socioeconomic groups? A prospective analysis of device-measured and self-reported UK Biobank data 2023 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·Susan Paudel, Matthew Ahmadi, Philayrath Phongsavan, Mark Hamer, Emmanuel Stamatakis	41
15	Are associations of leisure-time physical activity with mortality attenuated by high levels of chronic ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in older adults? A prospective cohort study 2023 ·Experimental Gerontology ·Po‐Wen Ku, Andrew Steptoe, Yun‐Ju Lai, Yung‐Feng Yen, Matthew Ahmadi, Elif İnan‐Eroğlu, Sufen Wang, (unknown), Emmanuel Stamatakis	4
16	Changes in physical activity and adiposity with all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality 2022 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Matthew Ahmadi, I‐Min Lee, Mark Hamer, Borja del Pozo Cruz, (unknown), Elif İnan‐Eroğlu, Yun‐Ju Lai, Po‐Wen Ku, Emmanuel Stamatakis	19
17	Preschool HABIT-ILE: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to determine efficacy of intensive rehabilitation compared with usual care to improve motor skills of children, aged 2–5 years, with bilateral cerebral palsy 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Leanne Sakzewski, Sarah Reedman, (unknown), Megan Thorley, Andrea Burgess, Stewart G. Trost, Matthew Ahmadi, David Rowell, Mark D. Chatfield, Yannick Bleyenheuft, Roslyn N. Boyd	5
18	Physical Activity Classification in Youth Using Raw Accelerometer Data from the Hip 2020 ·Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science ·Matthew Ahmadi, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Stewart G. Trost	26
19	Machine Learning Models for Classifying Physical Activity in Free-Living Preschool Children 2020 ·Sensors ·Matthew Ahmadi, Toby Pavey, Stewart G. Trost	47
20	Non-wear or sleep? Evaluation of five non-wear detection algorithms for raw accelerometer data 2019 ·Journal of Sports Sciences ·Matthew Ahmadi, Nicole Nathan, Rachel Sutherland, Luke Wolfenden, Stewart G. Trost	56

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