Rob Gathercole

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 778 citations indexed

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Rob Gathercole is a scholar working on Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Gathercole has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 8 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rob Gathercole's work include Thermoregulation and physiological responses (9 papers), Sports Performance and Training (8 papers) and Infrared Thermography in Medicine (8 papers). Rob Gathercole is often cited by papers focused on Thermoregulation and physiological responses (9 papers), Sports Performance and Training (8 papers) and Infrared Thermography in Medicine (8 papers). Rob Gathercole collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Rob Gathercole's co-authors include Ben C. Sporer, Trent Stellingwerff, Zachary J. Schlader, Blair D. Johnson, Nicole T. Vargas, Christopher L. Chapman, James R. Sackett, Matthew N. Cramer, Kathleen Dorrestein and Erica Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, The FASEB Journal and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Rob Gathercole

15 papers receiving 754 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.

Alternative Countermovement-Jump Analysis to Quantify Acute Neuromuscular Fatigue

2014 279 citations Rob Gathercole, Ben C. Sporer et al. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rob Gathercole United States	11	592	202	140	132	115	16	778
Andrew S. Gardner Australia	9	491 0.8×	171 0.8×	129 0.9×	196 1.5×	135 1.2×	15	601
Wade H. Sinclair Australia	16	392 0.7×	94 0.5×	120 0.9×	158 1.2×	120 1.0×	61	681
Dennis‐Peter Born Switzerland	19	698 1.2×	178 0.9×	201 1.4×	284 2.2×	208 1.8×	67	1.1k
Christopher C. Cheatham United States	11	364 0.6×	131 0.6×	111 0.8×	85 0.6×	87 0.8×	20	573
Alan Ruddock United Kingdom	18	351 0.6×	117 0.6×	307 2.2×	161 1.2×	154 1.3×	39	742
Ricardo Morán‐Navarro Spain	17	1.1k 1.8×	398 2.0×	188 1.3×	449 3.4×	95 0.8×	31	1.3k
Geoffrey M. Minett Australia	20	480 0.8×	83 0.4×	498 3.6×	108 0.8×	450 3.9×	70	1.0k
Norikazu Hirose Japan	19	921 1.6×	279 1.4×	62 0.4×	65 0.5×	78 0.7×	94	1.2k
Glenn Wright United States	21	910 1.5×	393 1.9×	193 1.4×	351 2.7×	123 1.1×	54	1.3k
Jürgen Freiwald Germany	21	1.0k 1.7×	302 1.5×	94 0.7×	170 1.3×	169 1.5×	84	1.3k

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Stellingwerff, Trent, Louise M. Burke, Hannah G. Caldwell, et al.. (2025). Integrative Field-Based Health and Performance Research: A Narrative Review on Experimental Methods and Logistics to Conduct Competition and Training Camp Studies in Athletes. Sports Medicine. 55(6). 1377–1403.

Melnik, Alexey V., Chris Callewaert, Kathleen Dorrestein, et al.. (2023). The Molecular Effect of Wearing Silver-Threaded Clothing on the Human Skin. mSystems. 8(1). e0092222–e0092222. 4 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., et al.. (2020). Increased skin wetness independently augments cool‐seeking behaviour during passive heat stress. The Journal of Physiology. 598(13). 2775–2790. 23 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, Blair D. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Thermal Behavior Augments Heat Loss Following Low Intensity Exercise. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(1). 20–20. 16 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, Blair D. Johnson, Rob Gathercole, & Zachary J. Schlader. (2019). Thermal Behavior During Exercise Alleviates Thermal Discomfort Despite Exacerbating Increases in Core Temperature. The FASEB Journal. 33(S1). 1 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, Blair D. Johnson, Rob Gathercole, & Zachary J. Schlader. (2019). Exercise intensity independently modulates thermal behavior during exercise recovery but not during exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology. 126(4). 1150–1159. 17 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, Blair D. Johnson, Rob Gathercole, & Zachary J. Schlader. (2019). Exercise Intensity Independently Modulates Thermal Behavior During Exercise Recovery, But Not During Exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 51(6S). 567–567. 2 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, Blair D. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Thermal behavior alleviates thermal discomfort during steady-state exercise without affecting whole body heat loss. Journal of Applied Physiology. 127(4). 984–994. 14 indexed citations

Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, James R. Sackett, et al.. (2018). Thermal behavior remains engaged following exercise despite autonomic thermoeffector withdrawal. Physiology & Behavior. 188. 94–102. 17 indexed citations

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Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, James R. Sackett, et al.. (2018). Thermal Behavior Differs between Males and Females during Exercise and Recovery. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 51(1). 141–152. 28 indexed citations

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Vargas, Nicole T., Christopher L. Chapman, Blair D. Johnson, Rob Gathercole, & Zachary J. Schlader. (2018). Skin wettedness is an important contributor to thermal behavior during exercise and recovery. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 315(5). R925–R933. 42 indexed citations

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Gathercole, Rob, et al.. (2015). Comparison of the Capacity of Different Jump and Sprint Field Tests to Detect Neuromuscular Fatigue. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 29(9). 2522–2531. 173 indexed citations

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Gathercole, Rob, Ben C. Sporer, & Trent Stellingwerff. (2015). Countermovement Jump Performance with Increased Training Loads in Elite Female Rugby Athletes. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(9). 722–728. 68 indexed citations

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Gathercole, Rob, et al.. (2014). Alternative Countermovement-Jump Analysis to Quantify Acute Neuromuscular Fatigue. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 10(1). 84–92. 279 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gathercole, Rob, Trent Stellingwerff, & Ben C. Sporer. (2014). Effect of Acute Fatigue and Training Adaptation on Countermovement Jump Performance in Elite Snowboard Cross Athletes. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 29(1). 37–46. 93 indexed citations

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Gathercole, Rob, et al.. (2014). Analysis of Jump Performance of World-Class Mogul Skiers Over an Olympic Quadrennial Cycle: A Case Study. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 9(1). 128–132. 1 indexed citations

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