Russell R. Pate

68.9k total citations · 17 hit papers
531 papers, 50.4k citations indexed

About

Russell R. Pate is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell R. Pate has authored 531 papers receiving a total of 50.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 348 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 261 papers in Physiology and 188 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Russell R. Pate's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (341 papers), Physical Activity and Health (239 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (188 papers). Russell R. Pate is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (341 papers), Physical Activity and Health (239 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (188 papers). Russell R. Pate collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Russell R. Pate's co-authors include Marsha Dowda, Barry A. Franklin, Caroline A. Macera, Kenneth E. Powell, Gregory W. Heath, William L. Haskell, I‐Min Lee, Paul D. Thompson, Adrian Bauman and Jennifer R. O’Neill and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Russell R. Pate

514 papers receiving 47.1k citations

Hit Papers

Physical activity and public health. A recommendation fro... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2007 2007 1995 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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. Physical activity and public health. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine
    1995 5.6k citations Russell R. Pate profile →
  2. Physical Activity and Public Health
    2007 4.9k citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  3. Physical Activity and Public Health
    2007 3.7k citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  4. Physical Activity and Public Health
    1995 3.7k citations Russell R. Pate profile →
  5. Exercise and Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
    2003 1.5k citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  6. Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth
    2016 1.5k citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  7. The Evolving Definition of "Sedentary"
    2008 942 citations Russell R. Pate, Jennifer R. O’Neill et al. profile →
  8. Using objective physical activity measures with youth: How many days of monitoring are needed?
    2000 928 citations Stewart G. Trost, Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  9. Physical Activity Assessment in Children and Adolescents
    2001 754 citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  10. Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Youth
    2006 587 citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  11. Evaluating a model of parental influence on youth physical activity
    2003 587 citations Stewart G. Trost, Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  12. Validation and Calibration of an Accelerometer in Preschool Children
    2006 561 citations Russell R. Pate, Kerry L. McIver et al. profile →
  13. Leisure-Time Running Reduces All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk
    2014 558 citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  14. Understanding differences between summer vs. school obesogenic behaviors of children: the structured days hypothesis
    2017 494 citations Keith Brazendale, Michael W. Beets et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  15. Motor Skill Performance and Physical Activity in Preschool Children
    2008 475 citations Karin A. Pfeiffer, Jennifer R. O’Neill et al. profile →
  16. Physical Activity to Prevent and Treat Hypertension: A Systematic Review
    2019 248 citations Russell R. Pate et al. profile →
  17. The Scientific Foundation for the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition
    2018 247 citations Russell R. Pate et al. Journal of Physical Activity and Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Russell R. Pate United States 92 25.7k 23.5k 11.1k 8.4k 4.9k 531 50.4k
Ulf Ekelund United Kingdom 100 30.3k 1.2× 30.3k 1.3× 8.8k 0.8× 10.5k 1.2× 4.7k 1.0× 477 57.2k
Peter T. Katzmarzyk United States 104 25.3k 1.0× 24.0k 1.0× 5.8k 0.5× 9.1k 1.1× 3.4k 0.7× 621 49.8k
Mark S. Tremblay Canada 103 27.2k 1.1× 19.7k 0.8× 11.3k 1.0× 8.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.4× 597 47.4k
Barbara E. Ainsworth United States 85 23.1k 0.9× 26.9k 1.1× 2.7k 0.2× 8.7k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 371 55.3k
Ian Janssen Canada 95 19.7k 0.8× 21.7k 0.9× 6.4k 0.6× 5.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 356 44.5k
Willem van Mechelen Netherlands 107 14.9k 0.6× 9.9k 0.4× 3.7k 0.3× 9.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.4× 695 42.5k
Neville Owen Australia 125 26.6k 1.0× 33.1k 1.4× 2.4k 0.2× 13.0k 1.5× 3.8k 0.8× 719 63.6k
Adrian Bauman Australia 125 32.6k 1.3× 37.5k 1.6× 3.5k 0.3× 18.8k 2.2× 4.7k 1.0× 1.1k 88.5k
Richard P. Troiano United States 64 16.6k 0.6× 16.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.2× 5.5k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 111 30.6k
Steven N. Blair United States 101 16.2k 0.6× 25.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.2× 6.8k 0.8× 10.1k 2.1× 327 52.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carlson, Jordan, Yang Bai, Elizabeth A. Dodson, et al.. (2025). Results From the 2024 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 23(3). 293–300.
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Beets, Michael W., Sarah Burkart, Christopher D. Pfledderer, et al.. (2024). Differences in elementary-age children’s accelerometer - measured physical activity between school and summer: three-year findings from the What’s UP (Undermining Prevention) with summer observational cohort study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 86–86. 2 indexed citations
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Saunders, Ruth P., Marsha Dowda, Rod K. Dishman, & Russell R. Pate. (2024). A Comprehensive Planning Framework for Designing Effective Physical Activity Interventions in Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(9). 890–905.
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Saunders, Ruth P., Marsha Dowda, Rod K. Dishman, & Russell R. Pate. (2024). A Longitudinal Examination of Direct and Indirect Influences of Parental Behaviors on Child Physical Activity. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 33(7). 2262–2270. 2 indexed citations
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White, J. W., Srihari Nelakuditi, David E. Brown, et al.. (2024). Comparison of raw accelerometry data from ActiGraph, Apple Watch, Garmin, and Fitbit using a mechanical shaker table. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0286898–e0286898. 5 indexed citations
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Kohl, Harold W., et al.. (2023). An Assessment of State-Level Planning for Physical Activity Promotion in the United States. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 20(7). 633–638.
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Johnson, Suzanne Bennett, Roy Tamura, Kerry L. McIver, et al.. (2022). The association of physical activity to oral glucose tolerance test outcomes in multiple autoantibody positive children: The TEDDY Study. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(7). 1017–1026. 1 indexed citations
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Pate, Russell R., Rod K. Dishman, Marsha Dowda, et al.. (2022). A Summary of One Research Team’s Contributions to Understanding Physical Activity Behavior in Children and Youth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21). 14136–14136. 4 indexed citations
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Schenkelberg, Michaela A., William H. Brown, Kerry L. McIver, & Russell R. Pate. (2020). An observation system to assess physical activity of children with developmental disabilities and delays in preschool. Disability and health journal. 14(2). 101008–101008. 4 indexed citations
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McIver, Kerry L., Russell R. Pate, Marsha Dowda, et al.. (2020). Cross-Country Comparisons of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among 5-Year-Old Children. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2020. 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Ross, Sharon E. Taverno, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Patricia I. Documét, & Russell R. Pate. (2018). ANDALE Pittsburgh: results of a promotora-led, home-based intervention to promote a healthy weight in Latino preschool children. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 360–360. 36 indexed citations
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Pate, Russell R., et al.. (2018). Barriers and Facilitators to Compliance with a State Healthy Eating Policy in Early Care and Education Centers. Childhood Obesity. 14(6). 349–357. 25 indexed citations
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D’Agostino, Ralph B., Dana Dabelea, Angela D. Liese, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal association between eating frequency and hemoglobin A1c and serum lipids in diabetes in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. Pediatric Diabetes. 19(6). 1073–1078. 3 indexed citations
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Kelley, George A., Kristi S. Kelley, & Russell R. Pate. (2017). Exercise and adiposity in overweight and obese children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ Open. 7(12). e019512–e019512. 9 indexed citations
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Pate, Russell R., Erica Y. Lau, Jennifer Flynn, et al.. (2015). Scientific Contributions of the Children’s Physical Activity Research Group. Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina). 13(1). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Kara M., Sara Wilcox, Jihong Liu, Steven N. Blair, & Russell R. Pate. (2015). Patient and Provider Perceptions of Weight Gain, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Counseling during Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study. Women s Health Issues. 26(1). 116–122. 82 indexed citations
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Dowda, Marsha, Rod K. Dishman, Dwayne E. Porter, Ruth P. Saunders, & Russell R. Pate. (2009). Commercial Facilities, Social Cognitive Variables, and Physical Activity of 12th Grade Girls. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 37(1). 77–87. 28 indexed citations
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Horn, Deborah B., Jennifer R. O’Neill, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Marsha Dowda, & Russell R. Pate. (2008). Predictors of Physical Activity in the Transition After High School Among Young Women. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 5(2). 275–285. 12 indexed citations
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Trost, Stewart G., et al.. (1997). A Prospective Study of the Determinants of Physical Activity in Rural Fifth-Grade Children. Preventive Medicine. 26(2). 257–263. 239 indexed citations
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Pate, Russell R. & Charles Corbin. (1981). Implications for Curriculum.. Journal of Physical Education and Recreation. 52(1). 36–38. 4 indexed citations

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