Stephen J. Sharp

41.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
300 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Sharp is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Sharp has authored 300 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 88 papers in Physiology and 42 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Sharp's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (92 papers), Physical Activity and Health (55 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (35 papers). Stephen J. Sharp is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (92 papers), Physical Activity and Health (55 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (35 papers). Stephen J. Sharp collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Stephen J. Sharp's co-authors include Simon G. Thompson, Nicholas J. Wareham, Søren Brage, Kay‐Tee Khaw, Simon J. Griffin, Robert Luben, Ulf Ekelund, Katrien Wijndaele, Nita G. Forouhi and Ken K. Ong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Sharp

286 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Explaining heterogeneity in meta-analysis: a comparison of methods

1999 1.4k citations Stephen J. Sharp et al. profile →
Efficient Neutralization of Primary Isolates of HIV-1 by a Recombinant Human Monoclonal Antibody

1994 938 citations Stephen J. Sharp et al. profile →
Sedentary behaviour and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose response meta-analysis

2018 916 citations Stephen J. Sharp, Søren Brage et al. profile →
Variability in the Heritability of Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression

2012 435 citations Cathy E. Elks, Stephen J. Sharp et al. profile →
Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries

2020 391 citations Nazrul Islam, Stephen J. Sharp et al. BMJ profile →
Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day

2014 345 citations Ulf Ekelund, Stephen J. Sharp et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
Wearable-device-measured physical activity and future health risk

2020 232 citations Tessa Strain, Katrien Wijndaele et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen J. Sharp United Kingdom	73	4.8k	4.4k	2.4k	2.3k	2.1k	300	18.1k
Rebecca Hardy United Kingdom	79	4.4k 0.9×	4.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	448	21.5k
John Attia Australia	70	3.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	3.3k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	715	20.2k
Dallas R. English Australia	91	4.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	3.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	592	29.5k
Terence Dwyer Australia	74	6.1k 1.3×	4.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	465	20.1k
Thomas Vogt Germany	60	5.3k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	4.9k 2.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	412	27.5k
Alan Nevill United Kingdom	80	2.8k 0.6×	4.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	943 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	677	27.4k
Gary Cutter United States	96	3.4k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	847 0.4×	770	35.1k
Nicholas Day United Kingdom	90	5.1k 1.0×	3.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	270	26.8k
Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin Finland	87	5.7k 1.2×	3.7k 0.8×	2.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	553	26.0k
Richard M. Martin United Kingdom	67	4.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.6×	3.2k 1.3×	3.7k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	473	22.3k

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Colombo, Patricia Eustachio, et al.. (2024). The impact of behavioral weight management interventions on eating behavior traits in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 26(4). e13871–e13871. 4 indexed citations

Sluijs, Esther van, Ulf Ekelund, Pedro Curi Hallal, et al.. (2024). Family Car Ownership: Driving Inactivity in Young People? Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses in the International Children’s Accelerometry Database. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(12). 1391–1400.

Wang, Mengyao, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Shan Luo, et al.. (2023). Adherence to a healthy lifestyle, genetic susceptibility to abdominal obesity, cardiometabolic risk markers, and risk of coronary heart disease. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 118(5). 911–920. 10 indexed citations

Strain, Tessa, Paddy C. Dempsey, Katrien Wijndaele, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the Relationship Between Physical Activity Energy Expenditure and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study of Device-Measured Activity in 90,096 Adults. Diabetes Care. 46(6). 1145–1155. 12 indexed citations

Birch, Jack M, Julia Mueller, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2023). Are there inequalities in the attendance and effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions for adults in the UK? Protocol for an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 13(3). e067607–e067607.

Jones, Andy, Jean Adams, Tom Bishop, et al.. (2023). Kilocalorie labelling in the out-of-home sector: an observational study of business practices and consumer behaviour prior to implementation of the mandatory calorie labelling policy in England, 2022. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1088–1088. 8 indexed citations

Mueller, Julia, Amy L. Ahern, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2022). Association between patient activation, self-management behaviours and clinical outcomes in adults with diabetes or related metabolic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 12(1). e056293–e056293. 4 indexed citations

Xiao, Christina, Stephen J. Sharp, Esther van Sluijs, David Ogilvie, & Jenna Panter. (2022). Impacts of new cycle infrastructure on cycling levels in two French cities: an interrupted time series analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19(1). 77–77. 4 indexed citations

Corder, Kirsten, Helen Elizabeth Brown, Caroline Croxson, et al.. (2021). A school-based, peer-led programme to increase physical activity among 13- to 14-year-old adolescents: the GoActive cluster RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(6). 1–134. 8 indexed citations

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Islam, Nazrul, Stephen J. Sharp, Gerardo Chowell, et al.. (2020). Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries. BMJ. 370. m2743–m2743. 391 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strain, Tessa, Katrien Wijndaele, Paddy C. Dempsey, et al.. (2020). Wearable-device-measured physical activity and future health risk. Nature Medicine. 26(9). 1385–1391. 232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corder, Kirsten, Stephen J. Sharp, Stephanie T. Jong, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among UK adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 17(7). e1003210–e1003210. 31 indexed citations

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Wijndaele, Katrien, Thomas E. White, Lars Bo Andersen, et al.. (2019). Substituting prolonged sedentary time and cardiovascular risk in children and youth: a meta-analysis within the International Children’s Accelerometry database (ICAD). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 16(1). 96–96. 38 indexed citations

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Sharp, Stephen J., et al.. (2019). Frequency-Specific Microcurrent as Adjunctive Therapy for Three Wounded Warriors. Medical Acupuncture. 31(3). 189–192. 1 indexed citations

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Usher‐Smith, Juliet A., Amelia Harshfield, Catherine L. Saunders, et al.. (2018). External validation of risk prediction models for incident colorectal cancer using UK Biobank. British Journal of Cancer. 118(5). 750–759. 44 indexed citations

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Sluijs, Esther van, Stephen J. Sharp, Gina L. Ambrosini, et al.. (2016). The independent prospective associations of activity intensity and dietary energy density with adiposity in young adolescents. British Journal Of Nutrition. 115(5). 921–929. 19 indexed citations

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Østergaard, Søren Dinesen, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2015). Associations between Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. PLoS Medicine. 12(6). e1001841–e1001841. 138 indexed citations

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Golubić, Rajna, Katrien Wijndaele, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2014). Physical activity, sedentary time and gain in overall and central body fat: 7-year follow-up of the ProActive trial cohort. International Journal of Obesity. 39(1). 142–148. 69 indexed citations

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Pfister, Roman, Guido Michels, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2012). Resting Heart Rate and Incident Heart Failure in Apparently Healthy Men and Women in the EPIC-Norfolk Study. European Journal of Heart Failure. 14(10). 1163–1170. 32 indexed citations

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Mumby, Hannah S., Cathy E. Elks, Shengxu Li, et al.. (2011). Mendelian Randomisation Study of Childhood BMI and Early Menarche. Journal of Obesity. 2011. 1–6. 61 indexed citations

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