R. S. Paffenbarger

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

R. S. Paffenbarger is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, R. S. Paffenbarger has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 5 papers in Physiology and 2 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in R. S. Paffenbarger's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Physical Activity and Health (5 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (2 papers). R. S. Paffenbarger is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Physical Activity and Health (5 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (2 papers). R. S. Paffenbarger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Canada. R. S. Paffenbarger's co-authors include I‐Min Lee, Robert T. Hyde, Howard D. Sesso, Neil Oldridge, Diane E. Bild, Rod K. Dishman, Bess H. Marcus, Patricia M. Dubbert, Kenneth E. Powell and ­Abby C. King and has published in prestigious journals such as JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, American Journal of Epidemiology and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

R. S. Paffenbarger

10 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Determinants of physical activity and interventions in ad... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Determinants of physical activity and interventions in adults
    1992 455 citations ­Abby C. King, S. N. Blair et al. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. S. Paffenbarger United States 7 734 523 217 208 147 11 1.3k
D. Gillis United States 12 979 1.3× 406 0.8× 124 0.6× 318 1.5× 132 0.9× 16 2.0k
Nicholas Beyler United States 11 702 1.0× 521 1.0× 182 0.8× 222 1.1× 113 0.8× 18 1.1k
Jarmo J. Malmberg Finland 8 587 0.8× 492 0.9× 84 0.4× 184 0.9× 107 0.7× 10 1.2k
Janet M. Warren United Kingdom 6 690 0.9× 643 1.2× 226 1.0× 340 1.6× 113 0.8× 10 1.3k
Janine Clarke Canada 14 887 1.2× 880 1.7× 180 0.8× 300 1.4× 97 0.7× 16 1.6k
Teresa L. Hart United States 14 789 1.1× 553 1.1× 106 0.5× 263 1.3× 140 1.0× 19 1.2k
Jared M. Tucker United States 18 772 1.1× 764 1.5× 178 0.8× 333 1.6× 115 0.8× 57 1.6k
Vegar Rangul Norway 18 735 1.0× 623 1.2× 137 0.6× 296 1.4× 154 1.0× 39 1.6k
Sindre M. Dyrstad Norway 18 879 1.2× 646 1.2× 154 0.7× 273 1.3× 283 1.9× 40 1.8k
Amanda E. Paluch United States 17 776 1.1× 523 1.0× 150 0.7× 233 1.1× 173 1.2× 36 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by R. S. Paffenbarger

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. S. Paffenbarger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. S. Paffenbarger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. S. Paffenbarger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. S. Paffenbarger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. S. Paffenbarger. R. S. Paffenbarger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Paffenbarger, R. S.. (2004). Physical Activity Epidemiology. American Journal of Epidemiology. 159(9). 910–911. 121 indexed citations
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Oguma, Yuko, Howard D. Sesso, R. S. Paffenbarger, & I. M. Lee. (2002). Physical activity and all cause mortality in women: a review of the evidence. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(3). 162–172. 165 indexed citations
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Oguma, Yuko, et al.. (2002). PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN WOMEN. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 34(5). S227–S227. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, I.-M., et al.. (2001). Does Physical Activity Play a Role in the Prevention of Prostate Cancer?. Epidemiologic Reviews. 23(1). 132–137. 42 indexed citations
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Blair, S. N., Claude Bouchard, I Gyárfás, et al.. (1998). Exercício para a saúde. Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte. 4(4). 120–121. 1 indexed citations
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Paffenbarger, R. S., Loretta DiPietro, Harold W. Kohl, I-M. Lee, & Andrea M. Kriska. (1998). EPIDEMIOLOGY IN EXERCISE SCIENCE: FROM THE FIELD TO THE LABORATORY AND BACK. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 30(Supplement). 45–45. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, I‐Min, et al.. (1997). Physical activity and risk of colon cancer: the Physicians‘ Health Study (United States). Cancer Causes & Control. 8(4). 568–574. 53 indexed citations
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Whittemore, Alice S., R. S. Paffenbarger, Jean H. Hankin, et al.. (1995). Response. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 87(17). 1330–1331. 2 indexed citations
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Paffenbarger, R. S., et al.. (1993). Measurement of physical activity to assess health effects in free-living populations. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 25(1). 60–70. 423 indexed citations
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King, ­Abby C., S. N. Blair, Diane E. Bild, et al.. (1992). Determinants of physical activity and interventions in adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 24(6). 221???236–221???236. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paffenbarger, R. S., Robert T. Hyde, Alvin L. Wing, et al.. (1990). Physical activity and physical fitness as determinants of health and longevity.. 33–48. 42 indexed citations

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