Ulf Ekelund

100.7k total citations · 22 hit papers
477 papers, 57.2k citations indexed

About

Ulf Ekelund is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Ekelund has authored 477 papers receiving a total of 57.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 378 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 367 papers in Physiology and 107 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ulf Ekelund's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (372 papers), Physical Activity and Health (341 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (106 papers). Ulf Ekelund is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (372 papers), Physical Activity and Health (341 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (106 papers). Ulf Ekelund collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden. Ulf Ekelund's co-authors include Søren Brage, Agneta Yngve, Adrian Bauman, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Nicholas J. Wareham, Michael Pratt, Alison L. Marshall, Michael Booth, James F. Sallis and Pekka Oja and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Ekelund

469 papers receiving 55.2k citations

Hit Papers

International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2012 2017 2006 2019 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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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. International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity
    2003 15.6k citations Ulf Ekelund, Agneta Yngve et al. profile →
  2. Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects
    2012 4.1k citations Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
  3. Accelerometer Data Collection and Processing Criteria to Assess Physical Activity and Other Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Practical Considerations
    2017 1.2k citations Ulf Ekelund, Francisco B. Ortega et al. profile →
  4. Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study)
    2006 1.1k citations Lars Bo Andersen, Luís B. Sardinha et al. profile →
  5. Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis
    2019 1.0k citations Ulf Ekelund, Jakob Tarp et al. profile →
  6. Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Time and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents
    2012 880 citations Ulf Ekelund profile →
  7. Guide to the Assessment of Physical Activity: Clinical and Research Applications
    2013 731 citations Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
  8. Physical Activity Levels and Patterns of 9- and 15-yr-Old European Children
    2004 715 citations Lars Bo Andersen, Luís B. Sardinha et al. profile →
  9. Age Group Comparability of Raw Accelerometer Output from Wrist- and Hip-Worn Monitors
    2014 689 citations Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
  10. 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence
    2020 670 citations Ulf Ekelund, Francisco B. Ortega et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  11. Separating Movement and Gravity Components in an Acceleration Signal and Implications for the Assessment of Human Daily Physical Activity
    2013 616 citations Ulf Ekelund, Søren Brage et al. profile →
  12. TV Viewing and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with Metabolic Risk in Children: The European Youth Heart Study
    2006 514 citations Ulf Ekelund, Søren Brage et al. profile →
  13. Reliability and validity of the combined heart rate and movement sensor Actiheart
    2005 513 citations Søren Brage, Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
  14. A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires
    2012 506 citations Søren Brage, Ulf Ekelund et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  15. Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention
    2021 459 citations Ulf Ekelund, Ding Ding et al. profile →
  16. Assessment of physical activity – a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research: a report of the exercise physiology section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
    2010 428 citations Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
  17. Sitting Time, Physical Activity, and Risk of Mortality in Adults
    2019 404 citations Emmanuel Stamatakis, Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →
  18. 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 et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  19. Do the associations of sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease mortality and cancer mortality differ by physical activity level? A systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis of data from 850 060 participants
    2018 269 citations Ulf Ekelund, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
  20. A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity measurement in adults: a DEDIPAC study
    2018 246 citations Ulf Ekelund et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  21. Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia
    2020 202 citations Ulf Ekelund, I‐Min Lee et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  22. Sedentary behavior and lifespan brain health
    2024 49 citations Ulf Ekelund et al. profile →

Peers

Ulf Ekelund
Russell R. Pate United States
Peter T. Katzmarzyk United States
Mark S. Tremblay Canada
Barbara E. Ainsworth United States
Ian Janssen Canada
Adrian Bauman Australia
Neville Owen Australia
I‐Min Lee United States
Richard P. Troiano United States
Willem van Mechelen Netherlands
Russell R. Pate United States
Ulf Ekelund
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ekelund, Ulf, Jakob Tarp, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, & Knut Eirik Dalene. (2024). Physical activity, sedentary time and health – a narrative review with new insights. PubMed. 71(11). 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Stamatakis, Emmanuel, Matthew Ahmadi, Christine M. Friedenreich, et al.. (2023). Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity and Cancer Incidence Among Nonexercising Adults. JAMA Oncology. 9(9). 1255–1255. 70 indexed citations
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Sánchez-Lastra, Miguel Adriano, Ding Ding, Knut Eirik Dalene, et al.. (2023). Body composition and mortality from middle to old age: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank. International Journal of Obesity. 47(8). 709–716. 4 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Gómez, David, Verónica Cabanas‐Sánchez, Tsung Yu, et al.. (2022). Long-term leisure-time physical activity and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: dose–response associations in a prospective cohort study of 210 327 Taiwanese adults. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 56(16). 919–926. 30 indexed citations
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Kwon, Soyang, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Ulf Ekelund, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal change in physical activity and adiposity in the transition from adolescence to early adulthood: the 1993 Pelotas cohort study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19(1). 83–83. 5 indexed citations
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Haapala, Eero A., Juuso Väistö, Johanna K. Ihalainen, et al.. (2021). Associations of physical activity, sedentary time, and diet quality with biomarkers of inflammation in children. European Journal of Sport Science. 22(6). 906–915. 20 indexed citations
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Tarp, Jakob, Anders Grøntved, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, et al.. (2021). Fitness, Fatness, and Mortality in Men and Women From the UK Biobank: Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(6). e019605–e019605. 19 indexed citations
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Stang, Julie, Pedro B. Júdice, Pablo Molina‐García, et al.. (2021). Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable heart rate devices: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE Network. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55(14). 767–779. 65 indexed citations
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Väistö, Juuso, Marja H. Leppänen, Ulf Ekelund, et al.. (2021). Longitudinal associations of physical activity, sedentary time, and cardiorespiratory fitness with arterial health in children – the PANIC study. Journal of Sports Sciences. 39(17). 1980–1987. 6 indexed citations
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Hansen, Bjørge Herman, Knut Eirik Dalene, Ulf Ekelund, et al.. (2020). Step by step: Association of device‐measured daily steps with all‐cause mortality—A prospective cohort Study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 30(9). 1705–1711. 42 indexed citations
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Johnston, William, Pedro B. Júdice, Pablo Molina‐García, et al.. (2020). Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable and smartphone step count: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE network. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55(14). 780–793. 62 indexed citations
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Stensrud, Trine, et al.. (2020). Pre‐ and post‐natal factors and physical activity in childhood: The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 30(11). 2264–2274. 1 indexed citations
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Stensrud, Trine, et al.. (2019). Early life risk factors for childhood obesity—Does physical activity modify the associations? The MoBa cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 29(10). 1636–1646. 16 indexed citations
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Dalene, Knut Eirik, Sigmund A. Anderssen, Lars Bo Andersen, et al.. (2018). Cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep, screen time, active school travel, sports/exercise participation and physical activity in children and adolescents. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 28 indexed citations
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Stavnsbo, Mette, Geir Kåre Resaland, Sigmund A. Anderssen, et al.. (2018). Reference values for cardiometabolic risk scores in children and adolescents: Suggesting a common standard. Atherosclerosis. 278. 299–306. 67 indexed citations
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Väistö, Juuso, Eero A. Haapala, Anna Viitasalo, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal associations of physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 29(1). 113–123. 45 indexed citations
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Kuzik, Nicholas, Valerie Carson, Lars Bo Andersen, et al.. (2017). Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Associations with Metabolic Health Across Weight Statuses in Children and Adolescents. Obesity. 25(10). 1762–1769. 41 indexed citations
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Dalene, Knut Eirik, Sigmund A. Anderssen, L. B. Andersen, et al.. (2017). Secular and longitudinal physical activity changes in population‐based samples of children and adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 28(1). 161–171. 79 indexed citations
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Ekelund, Ulf, Ken K. Ong, Yvonne Linné, et al.. (2006). Association of Weight Gain in Infancy and Early Childhood with Metabolic Risk in Young Adults. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 92(1). 98–103. 252 indexed citations
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Sjöstróm, Michael, Ulf Ekelund, & Agneta Yngve. (2000). Hur aktiva är våra barn och ungdomar. 9(4). 14–17. 1 indexed citations

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