Vítor P. Lopes

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
164 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Vítor P. Lopes is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vítor P. Lopes has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 26 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Vítor P. Lopes's work include Children's Physical and Motor Development (85 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (58 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (20 papers). Vítor P. Lopes is often cited by papers focused on Children's Physical and Motor Development (85 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (58 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (20 papers). Vítor P. Lopes collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and United States. Vítor P. Lopes's co-authors include Luís Paulo Rodrigues, David F. Stodden, José Maia, Lisa M. Barnett, Leah E. Robinson, Samuel W. Logan, Eva D’Hondt, Robert M. Malina, Beatriz Pereira and Luís Lopes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sports Medicine and International Journal of Obesity.

In The Last Decade

Vítor P. Lopes

149 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Motor Competence and its Effect on Positive Developmental Trajectories of Health

2015 943 citations Leah E. Robinson, David F. Stodden et al. Sports Medicine profile →
Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health

2021 194 citations Lisa M. Barnett, E. Kipling Webster et al. Sports Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vítor P. Lopes Portugal	27	2.9k	1.3k	896	859	735	164	3.7k
Luís Paulo Rodrigues Portugal	26	2.7k 1.0×	953 0.7×	981 1.1×	941 1.1×	746 1.0×	92	3.3k
Stephen J. Langendorfer United States	22	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	971 1.1×	901 1.2×	76	4.1k
Viviene A. Temple Canada	31	1.0k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	603 0.7×	285 0.3×	759 1.0×	105	3.4k
Samuel W. Logan United States	25	2.6k 0.9×	610 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	650 0.9×	100	3.5k
Rachel A. Jones Australia	32	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 1.7×	409 0.5×	816 0.9×	204 0.3×	121	3.7k
James C. Hannon United States	28	1.1k 0.4×	915 0.7×	366 0.4×	89 0.1×	576 0.8×	128	2.5k
Stephen Cobley Australia	40	3.3k 1.2×	704 0.5×	209 0.2×	181 0.2×	310 0.4×	132	5.5k
André Seabra Portugal	33	1.2k 0.4×	979 0.8×	143 0.2×	123 0.1×	299 0.4×	180	3.6k
Sean P. Cumming United Kingdom	43	3.6k 1.3×	982 0.8×	200 0.2×	126 0.1×	603 0.8×	170	6.7k
Lisa Olive Australia	24	568 0.2×	652 0.5×	192 0.2×	110 0.1×	181 0.2×	87	2.1k

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Lopes, Vítor P., et al.. (2024). Physical Activity in the Form of Children's Games and Motor Ability in a Group of Indigenous People in Indonesia. International journal of human movement and sports sciences. 12(2). 345–355. 1 indexed citations

Lopes, Vítor P., et al.. (2024). Relationship Between Motor Competence and Soccer-Specific Skills: A Longitudinal Study With Young Players. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 12(3). 455–468. 1 indexed citations

Lopes, Vítor P., et al.. (2023). Experimental Analysis of Heat Transfer at the Interface between Die Casting Molds and Additively Manufactured Cooling Inserts. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 32(23). 10934–10942.

Souza, Andrews, et al.. (2022). Thermal Contact Resistance between Mold Steel and Additively Manufactured Insert for Designing Conformal Channels: An Experimental Study. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 6(5). 99–99. 1 indexed citations

Meester, An De, Ryan S. Sacko, Carlos Luz, et al.. (2022). Potential relevance of a motor skill “proficiency barrier” on health‐related fitness in youth. European Journal of Sport Science. 23(8). 1771–1778. 7 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Luís Paulo, Carlos Luz, Rita Cordovil, André Pombo, & Vítor P. Lopes. (2022). Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method. Children. 9(11). 1769–1769. 5 indexed citations

Barnett, Lisa M., E. Kipling Webster, Ryan M. Hulteen, et al.. (2021). Correction to: Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health. Sports Medicine. 52(4). 921–921. 16 indexed citations

Barnett, Lisa M., E. Kipling Webster, Ryan M. Hulteen, et al.. (2021). Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health. Sports Medicine. 52(4). 875–920. 194 indexed citations breakdown →

Rodrigues, Luís Paulo & Vítor P. Lopes. (2013). Developmental pathways of change in health-related fitness and motor competence are related to obesity development in childhood. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 35. 1 indexed citations

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Lopes, Luís, Vítor P. Lopes, Rute Santos, & Beatriz Pereira. (2011). Association between physical activity and motor skills and coordination in Portuguese children. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 4 indexed citations

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Lopes, Vítor P., et al.. (2009). NET HEART RATE TO PRESCRIBE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN MIDDLE-AGED TO OLDER ACTIVE ADULTS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Maia, José, et al.. (2007). Factores genéticos e ambientais nos níveis e padrões de actividade física. Um estudo em gémeos. Biblioteca Digital do IPB (Instituto Politecnico De Braganca). 1 indexed citations

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Maia, José, et al.. (2007). EXPLORANDO A NOÇÃO E SIGNIFICADO DE TRACKING. UM PERCURSO DIDÁCTICO PARA INVESTIGADORES. 21. 1–23.

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Lopes, Vítor P., et al.. (2006). Sibling similarities in somatotype . SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Lopes, Vítor P., et al.. (2005). Estabilidade e mudança nos níveis de actividade física. Uma revisão da literatura baseada na noção e valores do tracking. Biblioteca Digital do IPB (Instituto Politecnico De Braganca). 2 indexed citations

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Maia, José, et al.. (2004). Corpo, maturação biológica e actividade física: um olhar interactivo em crianças e jovens madeirenses. Biblioteca Digital do IPB (Instituto Politecnico De Braganca). 1 indexed citations

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Lopes, Vítor P. & José Maia. (2004). Physical activity in children and youngsters. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations

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Magalhães, Pedro M., Vítor P. Lopes, & Tiago M. Barbosa. (2003). Avaliação da aptidão física referenciada ao critério do Fitnessgram em crianças de 10 a 12 anos em ambos os sexos da cidade de Bragança. Biblioteca Digital do IPB (Instituto Politecnico De Braganca).

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Lima, Margarida, Cristina Gonçalves, Maria dos Anjos Teixeira, et al.. (2001). Aggressive Natural-Killer Cell Lymphoma Presenting with Skin Lesions, Breast Nodule, Suprarenal Masses and Life-Threatening Pericardial and Pleural Effusions. Leukemia & lymphoma. 42(6). 1385–1391. 5 indexed citations

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Lopes, Vítor P. & José Maia. (2000). Critical or sensitive periods: revisiting a polemic them e in the light of the empiric investigation. Revista Paulista de Educação Física. 14(2). 128–140. 1 indexed citations

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