Tim Olds

36.6k total citations · 11 hit papers
411 papers, 22.5k citations indexed

About

Tim Olds is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Olds has authored 411 papers receiving a total of 22.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 252 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 169 papers in Physiology and 87 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tim Olds's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (231 papers), Physical Activity and Health (137 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (85 papers). Tim Olds is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (231 papers), Physical Activity and Health (137 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (85 papers). Tim Olds collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Tim Olds's co-authors include Carol Maher, Arthur D. Stewart, Michael Marfell-Jones, Grant R. Tomkinson, Kate Ridley, Lisa Matricciani, Dorothea Dumuid, Marie Williams, Kevin Norton and John Petkov and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tim Olds

399 papers receiving 21.7k 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.

International Standards for Anthropometric Assessment (2006)

2006 2.1k citations Tim Olds et al. profile →
Systematic review of the relationships between sleep duration and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

2016 634 citations Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Valerie Carson et al. profile →
In search of lost sleep: Secular trends in the sleep time of school-aged children and adolescents

2011 519 citations Lisa Matricciani, Tim Olds et al. profile →
Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: data from nine countries

2011 467 citations Tim Olds, Carol Maher et al. profile →
Combinations of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep: relationships with health indicators in school-aged children and youth

2016 434 citations Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Ian Janssen et al. profile →
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. profile →
The validity of consumer-level, activity monitors in healthy adults worn in free-living conditions: a cross-sectional study

2015 376 citations Ty Ferguson, Alex V. Rowlands et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
Compositional data analysis for physical activity, sedentary time and sleep research

2017 339 citations Dorothea Dumuid, Ty Stanford et al. profile →
Children's sleep and health: A meta-review

2019 272 citations Lisa Matricciani, Tim Olds et al. 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. profile →
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chatbots on lifestyle behaviours

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

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tim Olds	11.0k	7.6k	3.9k	3.9k	3.5k	411	22.5k
Charles H. Hillman	7.1k 0.6×	5.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	9.2k 2.4×	2.8k 0.8×	372	26.2k
Francisco B. Ortega	16.9k 1.5×	12.1k 1.6×	5.5k 1.4×	9.9k 2.6×	1.1k 0.3×	547	30.9k
Søren Brage	13.6k 1.2×	13.8k 1.8×	5.1k 1.3×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	459	27.5k
Edward McAuley	4.5k 0.4×	11.7k 1.5×	4.1k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	473	41.3k
David R. Lubans	10.1k 0.9×	7.2k 0.9×	3.9k 1.0×	9.8k 2.5×	724 0.2×	402	23.3k
Ian Janssen	19.7k 1.8×	21.7k 2.9×	5.8k 1.5×	6.4k 1.6×	1.5k 0.4×	356	44.5k
Jonatan R. Ruiz	16.5k 1.5×	12.4k 1.6×	5.5k 1.4×	8.9k 2.3×	1.0k 0.3×	677	32.1k
Michael Booth	8.4k 0.8×	8.6k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.5×	898 0.3×	77	21.8k
Mai J. M. Chinapaw	11.0k 1.0×	8.8k 1.2×	4.8k 1.2×	3.4k 0.9×	673 0.2×	357	21.4k
Richard P. Troiano	16.6k 1.5×	16.4k 2.2×	5.5k 1.4×	2.5k 0.6×	975 0.3×	111	30.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Olds

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Olds

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

All Works

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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

Mellow, Maddison L., Dorothea Dumuid, Alexandra Wade, et al.. (2024). Should We Work Smarter or Harder for Our Health? A Comparison of Intensity and Domain-Based Time-Use Compositions and Their Associations With Cognitive and Cardiometabolic Health. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(11). 4 indexed citations

Cliff, Dylan P., Devan Antczak, Eivind Aadland, et al.. (2024). Optimal levels of sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity needed to support cognitive function in children of the early years. BMC Pediatrics. 24(1). 735–735. 2 indexed citations

Miatke, Aaron, Tim Olds, Carol Maher, et al.. (2023). The association between reallocations of time and health using compositional data analysis: a systematic scoping review with an interactive data exploration interface. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 20(1). 127–127. 30 indexed citations

Maher, Carol, Ty Ferguson, Rachel Curtis, et al.. (2023). Weekly, Seasonal, and Festive Period Weight Gain Among Australian Adults. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2326038–e2326038. 2 indexed citations

Mellow, Maddison L., Dorothea Dumuid, Alexandra Wade, et al.. (2022). Twenty-four-hour time-use composition and cognitive function in older adults: cross-sectional findings of the ACTIVate study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 16. 1051793–1051793. 10 indexed citations

Lange, Katherine, Jessica A. Kerr, Toby Mansell, et al.. (2022). Can adult polygenic scores improve prediction of body mass index in childhood?. International Journal of Obesity. 46(7). 1375–1383. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Mengjiao, Kate Lycett, Tien Yin Wong, et al.. (2020). Do body mass index and waist-to-height ratio over the preceding decade predict retinal microvasculature in 11–12 year olds and midlife adults?. International Journal of Obesity. 44(8). 1712–1722. 5 indexed citations

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Grobler, Anneke, Richard Liu, Mengjiao Liu, et al.. (2020). Takeaway food, sugar-sweetened beverages and preclinical cardiometabolic phenotypes in children and adults. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 28(16). 1784–1794. 7 indexed citations

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Memon, Aamir Raoof, Corneel Vandelanotte, Tim Olds, Mitch J. Duncan, & Grace E. Vincent. (2019). Research Combining Physical Activity and Sleep: A Bibliometric Analysis. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 127(1). 154–181. 28 indexed citations

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Edney, Sarah, Jillian Ryan, Tim Olds, et al.. (2019). User Engagement and Attrition in an App-Based Physical Activity Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(11). e14645–e14645. 75 indexed citations

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Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Mikael Fogelholm, et al.. (2019). International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): Contributions to Understanding the Global Obesity Epidemic. Nutrients. 11(4). 848–848. 52 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ilea, Camille E. Short, Svetlana Bogomolova, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of Adopters of an Online Social Networking Physical Activity Mobile Phone App: Cluster Analysis. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 7(6). e12484–e12484. 12 indexed citations

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Brazendale, Keith, Michael W. Beets, Alex V. Rowlands, et al.. (2018). Converting between estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity derived from raw accelerations measured at the wrist and from ActiGraph counts measured at the hip: the Rosetta Stone. Journal of Sports Sciences. 36(22). 2603–2607. 5 indexed citations

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Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Stephanie T. Broyles, Catherine M. Champagne, et al.. (2016). Relationship between Soft Drink Consumption and Obesity in 9–11 Years Old Children in a Multi-National Study. Nutrients. 8(12). 770–770. 44 indexed citations

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Foley, Louise, Ralph Maddison, Yannan Jiang, et al.. (2013). Presleep Activities and Time of Sleep Onset in Children. PEDIATRICS. 131(2). 276–282. 66 indexed citations

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Matricciani, Lisa, Tim Olds, Sarah Blunden, Gabrielle Rigney, & Marie Williams. (2012). Never Enough Sleep: A Brief History of Sleep Recommendations for Children. PEDIATRICS. 129(3). 548–556. 185 indexed citations

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Olds, Tim, et al.. (2010). Normative Data on the Sleep Habits of Australian Children and Adolescents. SLEEP. 4 indexed citations

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Olds, Tim, et al.. (2007). Fitting the man to the machine: The ADAPT project. FedUni ResearchOnline (Federation University Australia). 2 indexed citations

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