Simon Kolb

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 766 citations indexed

About

Simon Kolb is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Kolb has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 766 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Simon Kolb's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers), Physical Activity and Health (13 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (5 papers). Simon Kolb is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers), Physical Activity and Health (13 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (5 papers). Simon Kolb collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Simon Kolb's co-authors include Alexander Burchartz, Alexander Wöll, Claudia Niessner, Steffen Schmidt, Doris Oriwol, Annette Worth, Carina Nigg, Bastian Anedda, Kathrin Wunsch and Anke Hanssen‐Doose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Simon Kolb

23 papers receiving 749 citations

Hit Papers

Physical activity and screen time of children and adolesc... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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.

  1. Physical activity and screen time of children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: a natural experiment
    2020 387 citations Steffen Schmidt, Bastian Anedda et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Kolb Germany 12 261 243 210 143 132 25 766
Jeanette M. Garcia United States 15 174 0.7× 240 1.0× 165 0.8× 86 0.6× 117 0.9× 74 795
Erica Gobbi Italy 16 179 0.7× 207 0.9× 190 0.9× 121 0.8× 108 0.8× 57 763
Chelsea L. Kracht United States 16 107 0.4× 337 1.4× 206 1.0× 143 1.0× 86 0.7× 62 720
Nataša Zenić Croatia 19 162 0.6× 318 1.3× 323 1.5× 171 1.2× 142 1.1× 78 1.1k
Megan Kirk Canada 10 174 0.7× 120 0.5× 205 1.0× 155 1.1× 45 0.3× 21 728
Angela Carlin United Kingdom 14 115 0.4× 270 1.1× 283 1.3× 170 1.2× 78 0.6× 37 682
Simone Ciaccioni Italy 10 224 0.9× 305 1.3× 342 1.6× 110 0.8× 91 0.7× 23 985
Miriam Sánchez‐SanSegundo Spain 17 204 0.8× 194 0.8× 131 0.6× 131 0.9× 82 0.6× 55 859
Jennifer Zink United States 9 157 0.6× 132 0.5× 118 0.6× 57 0.4× 101 0.8× 27 461
Catherine Best United Kingdom 12 174 0.7× 200 0.8× 220 1.0× 219 1.5× 33 0.3× 35 883

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Kolb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Kolb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simon Kolb. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Simon Kolb. The network helps show where Simon Kolb may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Kolb

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

All Works

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Jekauc, Darko, Thomas Hinz, Alexander Burchartz, et al.. (2024). Socio-structural determinants of physical activity behavior in children and adolescents: The importance of social support. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 60(2). 212–230.
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Giurgiu, Marco, Janis Fiedler, Alexander Burchartz, et al.. (2024). The wearable landscape: Issues pertaining to the validation of the measurement of 24-h physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behavior assessment. Journal of sport and health science. 14. 101006–101006.
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Burchartz, Alexander, et al.. (2023). How specific combinations of epoch length, non-wear time and cut-points influence physical activity. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. 54(2). 169–178. 5 indexed citations
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Manz, Kristin, Alexander Burchartz, Claudia Niessner, et al.. (2023). The Challenge of Incomplete Data in Accelerometer Studies: Characteristics of Nonparticipation and Noncompliance in a Nationwide Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 20(3). 226–238. 1 indexed citations
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Giurgiu, Marco, Simon Kolb, Carina Nigg, et al.. (2022). Assessment of 24-hour physical behaviour in children and adolescents via wearables: a systematic review of free-living validation studies. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 8(2). e001267–e001267. 14 indexed citations
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Hinz, Thomas, Doris Oriwol, Hagen Wäsche, et al.. (2022). Changes of Self-Rated Health Status, Overweight and Physical Activity During Childhood and Adolescence—The Ratchet Effect of High Parental Socioeconomic Status. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 4. 781394–781394. 3 indexed citations
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Götte, Miriam, Steffen Schmidt, Alexander Burchartz, et al.. (2022). Physical activity in 9–15 year-old pediatric cancer survivors compared to a nationwide sample. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 149(8). 4719–4729. 8 indexed citations
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Kolb, Simon, Alexander Burchartz, Laura Krause, et al.. (2022). Physical Activity and Recurrent Pain in Children and Adolescents in Germany—Results from the MoMo Study. Children. 9(11). 1645–1645. 4 indexed citations
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Kolb, Simon, et al.. (2021). The orbitofrontal cortex maps future navigational goals. Nature. 599(7885). 449–452. 47 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Steffen, Alexander Burchartz, Simon Kolb, et al.. (2021). Influence of socioeconomic variables on physical activity and screen time of children and adolescents during the COVID‑19 lockdown in Germany: the MoMo study. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. 52(3). 362–373. 15 indexed citations
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Burchartz, Alexander, Doris Oriwol, Simon Kolb, et al.. (2021). Comparison of self-reported & device-based, measured physical activity among children in Germany. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1081–1081. 23 indexed citations
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Nigg, Carina, Doris Oriwol, Kathrin Wunsch, et al.. (2021). Population density predicts youth's physical activity changes during Covid-19 – Results from the MoMo study. Health & Place. 70. 102619–102619. 14 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Steffen, Bastian Anedda, Alexander Burchartz, et al.. (2020). Physical activity and screen time of children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: a natural experiment. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21780–21780. 387 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmidt, Steffen, Bastian Anedda, Alexander Burchartz, et al.. (2020). The physical activity of children and adolescents in Germany 2003-2017: The MoMo-study. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236117–e0236117. 41 indexed citations
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Rahman, Rubina, et al.. (2016). Accuracy of user-adjusted axial length measurements with optical biometry in eyes having combined phacovitrectomy for macular-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 42(7). 1009–1014. 13 indexed citations
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Arora, Sourabh, Simon Kolb, Elizabeth Goyder, & Martin McKibbin. (2012). Trends in the incidence of visual impairment certification secondary to diabetic retinopathy in the Leeds metropolitan area, 2005–2010. Diabetic Medicine. 29(7). e112–6. 8 indexed citations

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