Paul J. Collings

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Collings is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Collings has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 30 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Collings's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (45 papers), Physical Activity and Health (27 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (15 papers). Paul J. Collings is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (45 papers), Physical Activity and Health (27 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (15 papers). Paul J. Collings collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Portugal. Paul J. Collings's co-authors include Ulf Ekelund, Cyrus Cooper, Nicholas C. Harvey, Hazel Inskip, Keith M. Godfrey, Stephen J. Sharp, Søren Brage, John Wright, Esther van Sluijs and Alison McMinn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Collings

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day

2014 345 citations Kathryn R. Hesketh, Alison McMinn et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prospective associations between muscle strength and genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes with incident type 2 diabetes: a UK Biobank study 2025 ·BMC Medicine ·Mengyao Wang, Paul J. Collings, (unknown), Ziyuan Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Shan Luo, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Youngwon Kim	1
2	Physical Fitness, Biological Aging, and Healthy Longevity 2025 ·Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ·Z M Chen, Paul J. Collings, (unknown), (unknown), Shan Luo, (unknown), Søren Brage, Tomas I. Gonzales, Youngwon Kim	1
3	Associations of reallocating sedentary leisure-time to alternative discretionary movement behaviours with incident cardiometabolic diseases in 0.5 million Chinese adults 2025 ·The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific ·Paul J. Collings, (unknown), (unknown), Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Parco M. Siu, Benjamin J. Cowling, Stephen J. Sharp, Søren Brage, (unknown), Huaidong Du, Derrick Bennett, Youngwon Kim	0
4	Deep learning of movement behavior profiles and their association with markers of cardiometabolic health 2024 ·BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making ·Vahid Farrahi, Paul J. Collings, Mourad Oussalah	0
5	Ten-Year Changes in the Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Adults: An Analysis of the 2 Cross-Sectional Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg Studies 2023 ·Journal of Physical Activity and Health ·(unknown), Paul J. Collings, Marion Tharrey, Camille Perchoux, Laurent Malisoux	1
6	Arterial stiffness and the reallocation of time between device-measured 24-hour movement behaviours: A compositional data analysis 2023 ·Atherosclerosis ·Paul J. Collings, (unknown), Laurent Malisoux	2
7	Substituting device-measured sedentary time with alternative 24-hour movement behaviours: compositional associations with adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in the ORISCAV-LUX 2 study 2023 ·Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome ·Paul J. Collings, (unknown), Gloria Aguayo, Guy Fagherazzi, Laurent Malisoux, (unknown)	5
8	Sociodemographic, temporal and bedtime routine correlates of sleep timing and duration in South Asian and white children: A Born in Bradford study 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Helen L. Ball, Paul J. Collings	5
9	Independent associations of sleep timing, duration and quality with adiposity and weight status in a national sample of adolescents: The UK Millennium Cohort Study 2021 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Paul J. Collings	13
10	Associations of diarised sleep onset time, period and duration with total and central adiposity in a biethnic sample of young children: the Born in Bradford observational cohort study 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Paul J. Collings, (unknown), (unknown), Helen L. Ball, John Wright	7
11	Associations of Pregnancy Physical Activity with Maternal Cardiometabolic Health, Neonatal Delivery Outcomes and Body Composition in a Biethnic Cohort of 7305 Mother–Child Pairs: The Born in Bradford Study 2019 ·Sports Medicine ·Paul J. Collings, Diane Farrar, (unknown), Jane West, Sally Barber, John Wright	25
12	Associations of social and economic and pregnancy exposures with blood pressure in UK White British and Pakistani children age 4/5 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Jane West, Debbie A. Lawlor, Gillian Santorelli, Paul J. Collings, Peter H. Whincup, Naveed Sattar, Diane Farrar, John Wright	5
13	Birth weight, biological maturation and obesity in adolescents: a mediation analysis 2017 ·Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease ·André O. Werneck, Danilo R. Silva, Paul J. Collings, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Ênio Ricardo Vaz Ronque, Manuel J. Coelho‐e‐Silva, Luís B. Sardinha, Edílson Serpeloni Cyrino	11
14	Biocultural approach of the association between maturity and physical activity in youth 2017 ·Jornal de Pediatria ·André O. Werneck, Danilo R. Silva, Paul J. Collings, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Ênio Ricardo Vaz Ronque, Manuel J. Coelho‐e‐Silva, Luís B. Sardinha, Edílson Serpeloni Cyrino	2
15	Biological Maturation, Central Adiposity, and Metabolic Risk in Adolescents: A Mediation Analysis 2016 ·Childhood Obesity ·André O. Werneck, Danilo R. Silva, Paul J. Collings, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Ênio Ricardo Vaz Ronque, Décio Sabbatini Barbosa, Edílson Serpeloni Cyrino	22
16	Sleep Duration and Adiposity in Early Childhood: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations from the Born in Bradford Study 2016 ·SLEEP ·Paul J. Collings, Helen L. Ball, Gillian Santorelli, Jane West, Sally Barber, Rosemary McEachan, John Wright	31
17	Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children’s Accelerometry Database 2015 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Maria Hildebrand, Elin Kolle, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Paul J. Collings, Katrien Wijndaele, Katarzyna Kordas, Ashley R Cooper, Lauren B. Sherar, Lars Bo Andersen, Luís B. Sardinha, Susi Kriemler, Pedro C. Hallal, Esther van Sluijs, Ulf Ekelund	23
18	Levels and patterns of objectively-measured physical activity volume and intensity distribution in UK adolescents: the ROOTS study 2014 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Paul J. Collings, Katrien Wijndaele, Kirsten Corder, Kate Westgate, Charlotte L Ridgway, Valerie Dunn, Ian Goodyer, Ulf Ekelund, Søren Brage	87
19	Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day breakdown → 2014 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Kathryn R. Hesketh, Alison McMinn, Ulf Ekelund, Stephen J. Sharp, Paul J. Collings, Nicholas C. Harvey, Keith M. Godfrey, Hazel Inskip, Cyrus Cooper, Esther van Sluijs	345
20	Physical activity intensity, sedentary time, and body composition in preschoolers 2013 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Paul J. Collings, Søren Brage, Charlotte L Ridgway, Nicholas C. Harvey, Keith M. Godfrey, Hazel Inskip, Cyrus Cooper, Nicholas J. Wareham, Ulf Ekelund	104

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