Pedro López

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Pedro López is a scholar working on Physiology, Oncology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro López has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Physiology, 30 papers in Oncology and 20 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Pedro López's work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (25 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (24 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (18 papers). Pedro López is often cited by papers focused on Nutrition and Health in Aging (25 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (24 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (18 papers). Pedro López collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Brazil and United States. Pedro López's co-authors include Ronei Silveira Pinto, Régis Radaelli, Robert U. Newton, Daniel A. Galvão, Dennis R. Taaffe, Anderson Rech, Rafael Grazioli, Eduardo Lusa Cadore, Míkel Izquierdo and Juliana Lopes Teodoro and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Pedro López

75 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Resistance Training Load Effects on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

2020 174 citations Pedro López, Régis Radaelli et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pedro López Australia	24	698	404	365	262	173	85	1.7k
Gwendolyn A. Thomas United States	18	358 0.5×	468 1.2×	458 1.3×	115 0.4×	120 0.7×	29	1.4k
Tina L. Skinner Australia	26	617 0.9×	568 1.4×	285 0.8×	244 0.9×	163 0.9×	94	1.9k
Massimo Lanza Italy	17	481 0.7×	273 0.7×	102 0.3×	179 0.7×	126 0.7×	46	1.3k
Shinichiro Morishita Japan	18	353 0.5×	497 1.2×	97 0.3×	121 0.5×	136 0.8×	109	1.3k
Mike Larvin United Kingdom	13	804 1.2×	459 1.1×	125 0.3×	66 0.3×	215 1.2×	24	2.0k
Kate A. Bolam Sweden	22	441 0.6×	871 2.2×	182 0.5×	140 0.5×	328 1.9×	46	1.5k
Christina M. Dieli‐Conwright United States	26	940 1.3×	1.2k 3.1×	146 0.4×	159 0.6×	379 2.2×	112	2.6k
Noel McCaffrey Ireland	19	409 0.6×	116 0.3×	311 0.9×	160 0.6×	109 0.6×	56	1.2k
Webb A. Smith United States	17	298 0.4×	230 0.6×	101 0.3×	125 0.5×	83 0.5×	37	1.1k
Anders Vinther Denmark	21	303 0.4×	350 0.9×	233 0.6×	65 0.2×	130 0.8×	75	1.1k

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Galvão, Daniel A., Dennis R. Taaffe, Chris Bishop, et al.. (2025). Association of muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in patients diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 59(10). 722–732. 9 indexed citations

Taaffe, Dennis R., Alice Avancini, Sara Pilotto, et al.. (2025). Effects of exercise on inflammation in female survivors of nonmetastatic breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117(10). 1984–1998. 8 indexed citations

López, Pedro, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, et al.. (2023). Effects and moderators of exercise medicine on cardiometabolic outcomes in men with prostate cancer previously or currently undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 186. 103995–103995. 1 indexed citations

López, Pedro, Daniel A. Galvão, Robert U. Newton, et al.. (2023). What are the most effective exercise, physical activity and dietary interventions to improve body composition in women diagnosed with or at high‐risk of breast cancer? A systematic review and network meta‐analysis. Cancer. 129(23). 3697–3712. 11 indexed citations

Hortobágyi, Tibor, Tomáš Větrovský, Jennifer S. Brach, et al.. (2023). Effects of Exercise Training on Muscle Quality in Older Individuals: A Systematic Scoping Review with Meta-Analyses. Sports Medicine - Open. 9(1). 41–41. 9 indexed citations

Grazioli, Rafael, Pedro López, Sandro R. Freitas, et al.. (2023). Effects of eccentric-emphasized leg curl intervention on muscle strength imbalance markers in professional soccer players during pre-season. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 35. 28–32.

Khan, Azim, C. Welman, Andrew Redfern, et al.. (2023). Association of Computed Tomography Measures of Muscle and Adipose Tissue and Progressive Changes throughout Treatment with Clinical Endpoints in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Cancers. 15(5). 1382–1382. 7 indexed citations

Muller, Carlos Henrique de Lemos, Juliano Boufleur Farinha, Pedro López, et al.. (2023). Effects of resistance training on heat shock response (HSR), HSP70 expression, oxidative stress, inflammation, and metabolism in middle-aged people. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 80(1). 161–173.

Radaelli, Régis, et al.. (2023). Moderators of Resistance Training Effects in Healthy Young Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 38(4). 804–814. 3 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, et al.. (2022). Resistance training effectiveness on body composition and body weight outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 23(5). e13428–e13428. 96 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, Anderson Rech, Μαρία Πετροπούλου, et al.. (2022). Does High-Velocity Resistance Exercise Elicit Greater Physical Function Benefits Than Traditional Resistance Exercise in Older Adults? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of 79 Trials. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 78(8). 1471–1482. 16 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, et al.. (2022). Dissociation between fatigued power output and traditional peak torque for isokinetic hamstring:quadriceps ratios in professional soccer players. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 18(3). 967–973. 3 indexed citations

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Coso, Juan Del, Gil Rodas, Javier Sánchez‐Sánchez, et al.. (2022). Association of the ACTN3 rs1815739 Polymorphism with Physical Performance and Injury Incidence in Professional Women Football Players. Genes. 13(9). 1635–1635. 8 indexed citations

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Galvão, Daniel A., Dennis R. Taaffe, Dickon Hayne, et al.. (2022). Weight loss for overweight and obese patients with prostate cancer: a study protocol of a randomised trial comparing clinic-based versus Telehealth delivered EXercise and nutrition intervention (the TelEX trial). BMJ Open. 12(6). e058899–e058899. 5 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, Régis Radaelli, Dennis R. Taaffe, et al.. (2020). Resistance Training Load Effects on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 53(6). 1206–1216. 174 indexed citations breakdown →

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López, Pedro, Daniel A. Galvão, Dennis R. Taaffe, et al.. (2020). Resistance training in breast cancer patients undergoing primary treatment: a systematic review and meta-regression of exercise dosage. Breast Cancer. 28(1). 16–24. 27 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, Dennis R. Taaffe, Robert U. Newton, et al.. (2020). Can Exercise Adaptations Be Maintained in Men with Prostate Cancer Following Supervised Programmes? Implications to the COVID-19 Landscape of Urology and Clinical Exercise. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 21. 47–50. 6 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, Dennis R. Taaffe, Robert U. Newton, Laurien M. Buffart, & Daniel A. Galvão. (2020). What is the minimal dose for resistance exercise effectiveness in prostate cancer patients? Systematic review and meta-analysis on patient-reported outcomes. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 24(2). 465–481. 18 indexed citations

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Teodoro, Juliana Lopes, Carolina Gassen Fritsch, Bruno Manfredini Baroni, et al.. (2019). Concurrent training performed with and without repetitions to failure in older men: A randomized clinical trial. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 29(8). 1141–1152. 17 indexed citations

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López, Pedro, Matheus D. Pinto, & Ronei Silveira Pinto. (2018). Does Rest Time before Ultrasonography Imaging Affect Quadriceps Femoris Muscle Thickness, Cross-Sectional Area and Echo Intensity Measurements?. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 45(2). 612–616. 36 indexed citations

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