Timothy S. Church

41.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
308 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

Timothy S. Church is a scholar working on Physiology, Complementary and alternative medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy S. Church has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Physiology, 102 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 87 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Timothy S. Church's work include Physical Activity and Health (116 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (102 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (77 papers). Timothy S. Church is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (116 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (102 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (77 papers). Timothy S. Church collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Timothy S. Church's co-authors include Steven N. Blair, Conrad P. Earnest, Steven N. Blair, Xuemei Sui, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Carl J. Lavie, Claude Bouchard, Robert Ross, Duck-chul Lee and Neil M. Johannsen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Timothy S. Church

305 papers receiving 27.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

2016 1.6k citations Robert Ross, Steven N. Blair et al. Circulation profile →
Sitting Time and Mortality from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer

2009 1.2k citations Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Timothy S. Church et al. profile →
Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Prevention of Major Mobility Disability in Older Adults

2014 1.0k citations Marco Pahor, Jack M. Guralnik et al. profile →
Trends over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation-Related Physical Activity and Their Associations with Obesity

2011 889 citations Timothy S. Church, Catrine Tudor‐Locke et al. profile →
Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Hemoglobin A _1c Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

2010 676 citations Timothy S. Church, Steven N. Blair et al. profile →
Effects of Different Doses of Physical Activity on Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Sedentary, Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women With Elevated Blood Pressure

2007 573 citations Timothy S. Church, Conrad P. Earnest et al. profile →
The Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Weight Loss and Maintenance

2013 569 citations Neil M. Johannsen, Carl J. Lavie et al. profile →
Leisure-Time Running Reduces All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk

2014 558 citations Duck-chul Lee, Carl J. Lavie et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Exercise and the Cardiovascular System

2015 522 citations Carl J. Lavie, Neil M. Johannsen et al. profile →
Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases

2014 494 citations Carl J. Lavie, Paul A. McAuley et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men

2011 431 citations Duck-chul Lee, Xuemei Sui et al. Circulation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy S. Church United States	85	14.3k	7.5k	7.5k	7.0k	3.0k	308	28.8k
Steven N. Blair United States	82	15.4k 1.1×	7.7k 1.0×	10.7k 1.4×	6.6k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	386	33.6k
Arthur S. Leon United States	67	14.9k 1.0×	6.6k 0.9×	10.0k 1.3×	5.2k 0.7×	3.5k 1.2×	253	33.8k
Robert Ross Canada	85	20.6k 1.4×	6.1k 0.8×	7.9k 1.1×	3.7k 0.5×	4.3k 1.5×	208	34.8k
John M. Jakicic United States	73	13.4k 0.9×	4.0k 0.5×	10.0k 1.3×	2.7k 0.4×	3.3k 1.1×	332	28.3k
Ralph S. Paffenbarger United States	66	10.7k 0.7×	5.9k 0.8×	8.6k 1.2×	4.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	148	26.8k
Paul D. Thompson United States	63	7.6k 0.5×	4.3k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.8×	238	20.9k
Steven N. Blair United States	101	25.4k 1.8×	11.9k 1.6×	16.2k 2.2×	10.1k 1.4×	4.3k 1.4×	327	52.0k
Eleanor M. Simonsick United States	102	15.3k 1.1×	5.3k 0.7×	4.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.2×	2.8k 0.9×	503	45.1k
Michael J. LaMonte United States	53	7.9k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	3.5k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	262	18.3k
Stephen B. Kritchevsky United States	111	26.0k 1.8×	7.0k 0.9×	6.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.2×	2.8k 0.9×	636	52.7k

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Fearnbach, S. Nicole, Neil M. Johannsen, Candice A. Myers, et al.. (2020). Adaptations to exercise in compensators and noncompensators in the E-MECHANIC Trial. Journal of Applied Physiology. 129(2). 317–324. 4 indexed citations

Manini, Todd M., Daniel P. Beavers, Marco Pahor, et al.. (2017). Effect of Physical Activity on Self‐Reported Disability in Older Adults: Results from the LIFE Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65(5). 980–988. 23 indexed citations

Smits, Jasper A. J., Mark B. Powers, David Rosenfield, et al.. (2016). BDNF Val66Met polymorphism as a moderator of exercise enhancement of smoking cessation treatment in anxiety vulnerable adults. Mental health and physical activity. 10. 73–77. 3 indexed citations

Smits, Jasper A. J., Michael J. Zvolensky, Michelle L. Davis, et al.. (2015). The Efficacy of Vigorous-Intensity Exercise as an Aid to Smoking Cessation in Adults With High Anxiety Sensitivity. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(3). 354–364. 83 indexed citations

Lavie, Carl J., Timothy S. Church, & Steven N. Blair. (2014). BMI and mortality among adults with incident type 2 diabetes.. New England Journal of Medicine. 370(14). 1361–1362. 2 indexed citations

Lavie, Carl J., Paul A. McAuley, Timothy S. Church, Richard V. Milani, & Steven N. Blair. (2014). Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(14). 1345–1354. 494 indexed citations breakdown →

Church, Timothy S.. (2014). Why Obesity Should Be Treated as a Disease. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 13(4). 205–206. 8 indexed citations

Camhi, Sarah M., Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Stephanie T. Broyles, et al.. (2013). Association of Metabolic Risk with Longitudinal Physical Activity and Fitness: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA). Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 11(3). 195–204. 9 indexed citations

Kline, Christopher E., Xuemei Sui, Martica H. Hall, et al.. (2012). Dose–response effects of exercise training on the subjective sleep quality of postmenopausal women: exploratory analyses of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2(4). e001044–e001044. 72 indexed citations

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Lee, Duck-chul, Xuemei Sui, Timothy S. Church, et al.. (2012). Changes in Fitness and Fatness on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(7). 665–672. 216 indexed citations

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Lee, Duck-chul, Xuemei Sui, Enrique G. Artero, et al.. (2011). Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men. Circulation. 124(23). 2483–2490. 431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Earnest, Conrad P., Steven N. Blair, & Timothy S. Church. (2011). Heart Rate Variability and Exercise in Aging Women. Journal of Women s Health. 21(3). 334–339. 21 indexed citations

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Earnest, Conrad P., Steven N. Blair, & Timothy S. Church. (2010). Age attenuated response to aerobic conditioning in postmenopausal women. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 110(1). 75–82. 11 indexed citations

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Oeffinger, Kevin C., Beverley Adams‐Huet, Ronald G. Victor, et al.. (2009). Insulin Resistance and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(22). 3698–3704. 107 indexed citations

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Jackson, Andrew S., Xuemei Sui, James R. Hébert, Timothy S. Church, & Steven N. Blair. (2009). Role of Lifestyle and Aging on the Longitudinal Change in Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Archives of Internal Medicine. 169(19). 1781–7. 248 indexed citations

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Nicklas, Barbara J., Fang‐Chi Hsu, Timothy S. Church, et al.. (2008). Exercise Training and Plasma C‐Reactive Protein and Interleukin‐6 in Elderly People. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 56(11). 2045–2052. 233 indexed citations

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Church, Timothy S., Thomas M. Gill, Anne B. Newman, et al.. (2008). Maximal Fitness Testing in Sedentary Elderly at Substantial Risk of Disability: LIFE-P Study Experience. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 16(4). 408–415. 15 indexed citations

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Otto, Michael W., Timothy S. Church, Lynette L. Craft, et al.. (2007). Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 68(5). 669–676. 42 indexed citations

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Jurča, Radim, Timothy S. Church, Gina M. Morss, Alexander Jordan, & Conrad P. Earnest. (2004). Eight weeks of moderate-intensity exercise training increases heart rate variability in sedentary postmenopausal women. American Heart Journal. 147(5). e8–e15. 133 indexed citations

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Church, Timothy S., et al.. (2002). Improvements in blood rheology after cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training in patients with coronary heart disease. American Heart Journal. 143(2). 349–355. 60 indexed citations

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