Rosa Virgara

1.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 987 citations indexed

About

Rosa Virgara is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rosa Virgara has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 987 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 10 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rosa Virgara's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers), Physical Activity and Health (10 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (5 papers). Rosa Virgara is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers), Physical Activity and Health (10 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (5 papers). Rosa Virgara collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Rosa Virgara's co-authors include Carol Maher, Rachel Curtis, Ty Ferguson, Tim Olds, Dorothea Dumuid, Edward J. O’Connor, Emily Eglitis, Amanda Watson, Ben Singh and Aaron Miatke and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, British Journal of Sports Medicine and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Rosa Virgara

24 papers receiving 966 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systematic reviews

2023 402 citations Ben Singh, Tim Olds et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

2022 245 citations Ty Ferguson, Tim Olds et al. The Lancet Digital Health profile →
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chatbots on lifestyle behaviours

2023 82 citations Ben Singh, Tim Olds et al. npj Digital Medicine profile →

Peers

Rosa Virgara

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Ben Singh Australia

Ty Ferguson Australia

Diane K. Ehlers United States

Allison J. Carroll United States

George Mammen Canada

Nan Zeng United States

Megan A. McVay United States

Susan Aguiñaga United States

Barbara A. Stetson United States

Alexander Mok United Kingdom

Ben Singh Australia

Rosa Virgara

372 ×1.2

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141 ×0.6

PHEOH

192 ×0.8

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142 ×0.8

156 ×0.9

Citations per year, relative to Rosa Virgara Rosa Virgara (= 1×) peers Ben Singh

Countries citing papers authored by Rosa Virgara

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rosa Virgara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rosa Virgara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rosa Virgara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rosa Virgara 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 Rosa Virgara. Rosa Virgara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Eglitis, Emily, et al.. (2025). Levelling-up summer: using summer holiday programs to support child health and wellbeing – a Delphi study. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 3782–3782.

Eglitis, Emily, Catherine Simpson, Ben Singh, et al.. (2024). Effect of Summer Holiday Programs on Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Children. 11(8). 887–887. 2 indexed citations

Virgara, Rosa, Ben Singh, Edward J. O’Connor, et al.. (2024). Keep on truckin’: how effective are health behaviour interventions on truck drivers’ health? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2623–2623. 1 indexed citations

Eglitis, Emily, et al.. (2024). Children’s Health, Wellbeing and Academic Outcomes over the Summer Holidays: A Scoping Review. Children. 11(3). 287–287. 7 indexed citations

Eglitis, Emily, Ben Singh, Tim Olds, et al.. (2024). Health effects of children’s summer holiday programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 119–119. 2 indexed citations

Virgara, Rosa, et al.. (2024). Setting the game plan: an international Delphi study on evaluating a population-wide youth sports financial incentive. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3295–3295.

Singh, Ben, Tim Olds, Jacinta Brinsley, et al.. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chatbots on lifestyle behaviours. npj Digital Medicine. 6(1). 118–118. 82 indexed citations breakdown →

Eglitis, Emily, Catherine Simpson, Ben Singh, et al.. (2023). Effect of summer holiday programs on children’s mental health and wellbeing (MEDLINE).. 2 indexed citations

Singh, Ben, Tim Olds, Rachel Curtis, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systematic reviews. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(18). 1203–1209. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dumuid, Dorothea, Ben Singh, Jacinta Brinsley, et al.. (2023). Trends in Well-Being Among Youth in Australia, 2017-2022. JAMA Network Open. 6(8). e2330098–e2330098. 3 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Ty, Tim Olds, Rachel Curtis, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The Lancet Digital Health. 4(8). e615–e626. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Virgara, Rosa, et al.. (2022). Physical activity and screen time in outside school hours care services across Australia: current versus best practice. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 680–680. 2 indexed citations

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Curtis, Rachel, et al.. (2022). The relationships between school children's wellbeing, socio-economic disadvantage and after-school activities: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics. 22(1). 297–297. 20 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Ty, Rachel Curtis, François Fraysse, et al.. (2021). Annual, seasonal, cultural and vacation patterns in sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1384–1384. 18 indexed citations

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Curtis, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Improving User Experience of Virtual Health Assistants: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(12). e31737–e31737. 64 indexed citations

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Virgara, Rosa, et al.. (2021). Development of Australian physical activity and screen time guidelines for outside school hours care: an international Delphi study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 18(1). 3–3. 11 indexed citations

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Virgara, Rosa, et al.. (2020). A scoping review of physical activity and screen time guidelines for use in Outside School Hours Care. BMC Pediatrics. 20(1). 463–463. 4 indexed citations

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Maher, Carol, et al.. (2019). Physical activity and screen time in out of school hours care: an observational study. BMC Pediatrics. 19(1). 283–283. 16 indexed citations

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Virgara, Rosa, Carol Maher, & Gisela van Kessel. (2018). The comorbidity of low back pelvic pain and risk of depression and anxiety in pregnancy in primiparous women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 18(1). 288–288. 52 indexed citations

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Richards, Emma, Gisela van Kessel, Rosa Virgara, & Paula Harris. (2012). Does antenatal physical therapy for pregnant women with low back pain or pelvic pain improve functional outcomes? A systematic review. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 91(9). 1038–1045. 32 indexed citations

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