Michael Pratt

62.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
207 papers, 27.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Pratt is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Pratt has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 27.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 119 papers in Physiology and 74 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Michael Pratt's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (135 papers), Physical Activity and Health (115 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (57 papers). Michael Pratt is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (135 papers), Physical Activity and Health (115 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (57 papers). Michael Pratt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Colombia. Michael Pratt's co-authors include James F. Sallis, Adrian Bauman, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Cora L. Craig, Ulf Ekelund, Pekka Oja, Agneta Yngve, Alison L. Marshall, Michael Booth and Ross C. Brownson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Michael Pratt

200 papers receiving 26.2k citations

Hit Papers

International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2003 1998 2009 2011 2021 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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.

  1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity
    2003 15.6k citations Adrian Bauman, Michael Pratt et al. profile →
  2. Relationship of Physical Activity and Television Watching With Body Weight and Level of Fatness Among Children
    1998 1.0k citations Michael Pratt et al. profile →
  3. The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries
    2009 724 citations Adrian Bauman, James F. Sallis et al. profile →
  4. The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sitting
    2011 457 citations Adrian Bauman, James F. Sallis et al. profile →
  5. Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective
    2021 283 citations Michael Pratt, Gregory W. Heath et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Pratt United States 57 12.0k 11.9k 5.8k 3.3k 2.7k 207 27.3k
Cora L. Craig Canada 38 12.7k 1.1× 10.9k 0.9× 5.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 71 26.4k
Pekka Oja Finland 65 12.0k 1.0× 9.2k 0.8× 4.3k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 157 30.2k
Richard P. Troiano United States 64 16.4k 1.4× 16.6k 1.4× 5.5k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 111 30.6k
Charles E. Matthews United States 77 16.4k 1.4× 11.8k 1.0× 4.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 314 30.6k
Fiona Bull Australia 70 13.3k 1.1× 12.6k 1.1× 6.0k 1.0× 6.4k 1.9× 2.3k 0.8× 177 29.7k
Ian Janssen Canada 95 21.7k 1.8× 19.7k 1.7× 5.8k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 3.3k 1.2× 356 44.5k
David W. Dunstan Australia 97 21.5k 1.8× 15.5k 1.3× 7.8k 1.3× 2.4k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 456 37.3k
Geneviève N. Healy Australia 69 14.8k 1.2× 10.7k 0.9× 5.7k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 217 22.1k
Guy Faulkner Canada 65 8.0k 0.7× 7.2k 0.6× 3.5k 0.6× 3.4k 1.0× 3.8k 1.4× 499 20.8k
­Abby C. King United States 98 17.7k 1.5× 10.6k 0.9× 7.7k 1.3× 4.7k 1.4× 3.3k 1.2× 486 37.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Pratt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Pratt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sonke, Jill, Virginia Pesata, Tasha L. Golden, et al.. (2025). The arts for disease prevention and health promotion: a systematic review. Nature Medicine. 31(11). 3907–3916.
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Pratt, Michael, et al.. (2025). Aggression as a contributing factor to social defeat and stress vulnerability. Neurobiology of Stress. 36. 100728–100728. 1 indexed citations
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Ding, Ding, et al.. (2025). A bibliometric analysis of three decades of research on the correlates and determinants of physical activity in China. Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde. 30.
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Hallal, Pedro Curi, et al.. (2024). Gender Differences in Physical Activity and Health-Related Authorships Between 1950 and 2019. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(5). 458–464. 5 indexed citations
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Pratt, Michael, Deborah Salvo, Gerardo Araya Vargas, et al.. (2024). Physical Activity Policies at National and Subnational Levels: A Study in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(5). 445–457. 4 indexed citations
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Spence, John C., et al.. (2024). Progress in physical activity research, policy, and surveillance in Canada: The global observatory for physical activity – GoPA!. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2866–2866. 1 indexed citations
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Varela, Andrea Ramírez, et al.. (2024). Breaking Barriers: An Innovative Tool to Assess the National and City-Level Physical Activity Policy Development to Practice Disconnect. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(5). 425–433. 8 indexed citations
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Stewart, Tom, Jan Dygrýn, Lukáš Rubín, et al.. (2024). Where Are Czech Adolescents Active? The Patterns of Movement and Transport Behavior in Different Active Living Domains. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(6). 586–594. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Junshi, Anne Tang, Ding Ding, et al.. (2024). The Evolution of Physical Activity and Health Research in China: A Bibliometric Analysis of Study Areas and Sex Balance in Authorship. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(8). 802–806. 2 indexed citations
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Varela, Andrea Ramírez, Deborah Salvo, Ross C. Brownson, et al.. (2023). Shaping Policy and Practice: Analyzing the Reach of Highly Cited and High Altmetrics Publications for Broader Impact on Physical Activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 20(12). 1092–1101. 2 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Gérson, André O. Werneck, Danilo R. Silva, et al.. (2020). Association between Perceived Neighborhood Built Environment and Walking and Cycling for Transport among Inhabitants from Latin America: The ELANS Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(18). 6858–6858. 15 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Gérson, André O. Werneck, Danilo R. Silva, et al.. (2020). Socio-Demographic Correlates of Total and Domain-Specific Sedentary Behavior in Latin America: A Population-Based Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15). 5587–5587. 13 indexed citations
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Crist, Katie, Ruben Brondeel, Chase Reuter, et al.. (2020). Correlates of active commuting, transport physical activity, and light rail use in a university setting. Journal of Transport & Health. 20. 100978–100978. 16 indexed citations
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Kovalskys, Irina, Mauro Fisberg, Georgina Gómez, et al.. (2015). Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS). Nutrients. 7(9). 7914–7924. 54 indexed citations
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Parra, Diana C., et al.. (2011). How does network structure affect partnerships for promoting physical activity? Evidence from Brazil and Colombia. Social Science & Medicine. 73(9). 1365–1370. 19 indexed citations
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Soares, Jesus, Eduardo J. Simões, Luiz Roberto Ramos, Michael Pratt, & Ross C. Brownson. (2010). Cross-Sectional Associations of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures With Selected Factors: A Population-Based Sample in Recife, Brazil. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 7(s2). S229–S241. 8 indexed citations
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Pratt, Michael & Janet E. Fulton. (2009). Staying on Task: Challenges of Global Physical Activity Surveillance. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 6(s1). S3–S4. 1 indexed citations
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Rutt, Candace, Michael Pratt, Andrew L. Dannenberg, & Brian L. Cole. (2005). Connecting Public Health and Planning Professionals: Health Impact Assessment. Places Journal. 17(1). 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Guangmin, Caroline A. Macera, Thomas L. Schmid, et al.. (2004). COST ANALYSIS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: THE CASE OF BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT: THE CASE OF BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAILS IN LINCOLN, NEB. American Journal of Public Health. 94(4). 2 indexed citations
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Pratt, Michael, et al.. (1987). The Generation of Ig-Secreting UC 729-6 Derived Human Hybridomas by Electrofusion. Hybridoma. 6(5). 469–477. 19 indexed citations

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