Yaël Netz

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yaël Netz is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaël Netz has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Physiology, 19 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Yaël Netz's work include Physical Activity and Health (33 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (12 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (11 papers). Yaël Netz is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (33 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (12 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (11 papers). Yaël Netz collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Lithuania and Belgium. Yaël Netz's co-authors include Gershon Tenenbaum, Meng‐Jia Wu, Betsy Jane Becker, Ayelet Dunsky, Aviva Zeev, Oron Levin, Ronnie Lidor, Gal Ziv, Sima Zach and Omri Inbar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yaël Netz

75 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being in Advanced Age: A Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies.

2005 686 citations Yaël Netz, Meng‐Jia Wu et al. Psychology and Aging profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaël Netz Israel	23	718	400	358	348	341	80	2.2k
James F. Konopack United States	16	690 1.0×	322 0.8×	212 0.6×	350 1.0×	281 0.8×	21	1.7k
Matthieu P. Boisgontier Canada	27	573 0.8×	411 1.0×	325 0.9×	206 0.6×	470 1.4×	107	2.9k
Erin A. Olson United States	22	719 1.0×	178 0.4×	366 1.0×	209 0.6×	223 0.7×	28	2.1k
Jason Fanning United States	28	1.0k 1.5×	200 0.5×	423 1.2×	602 1.7×	291 0.9×	123	3.0k
Élvio Rúbio Gouveia Portugal	24	549 0.8×	217 0.5×	310 0.9×	258 0.7×	287 0.8×	225	2.0k
Giuseppe Battaglia Italy	27	1.1k 1.6×	280 0.7×	440 1.2×	284 0.8×	621 1.8×	115	3.2k
Chelsea M. Stillman United States	21	670 0.9×	190 0.5×	447 1.2×	173 0.5×	263 0.8×	42	2.4k
Parinda Khatri United States	15	694 1.0×	337 0.8×	335 0.9×	307 0.9×	631 1.9×	26	2.2k
Lynette L. Craft United States	24	918 1.3×	443 1.1×	204 0.6×	335 1.0×	598 1.8×	37	2.7k

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Wollesen, Bettina, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Antoine Langeard, et al.. (2025). Reporting randomised trials of physical exercise or training interventions in older adults: the PETIO guideline. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 22(1). 24–24.

Langeard, Antoine, Юлія Павлова, Suzanne Jak, et al.. (2025). Investigating the mediating effect of myokines on exercise-induced cognitive changes in older adults: A living systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 178. 106381–106381. 1 indexed citations

Wollesen, Bettina, Antoine Langeard, Eleftheria Giannouli, et al.. (2025). Evidence-based exercise recommendations to improve functional mobility in older adults - A study protocol for living systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Research Europe. 4. 202–202. 1 indexed citations

Ballesteros, Soledad, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Αντωνία Καλτσάτου, et al.. (2024). Effects of chronic physical exercise on executive functions and episodic memory in clinical and healthy older adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews. 13(1). 98–98. 2 indexed citations

Ziv, Gal, Oron Levin, & Yaël Netz. (2024). Selecting an appropriate control group for studying the effects of exercise on cognitive performance. Psychology of sport and exercise. 72. 102602–102602. 4 indexed citations

Netz, Yaël, et al.. (2019). The Acute Effect of Exercise on Executive Function and Attention: Resistance Versus Aerobic Exercise. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 15(3). 208–215. 26 indexed citations

Levin, Oron, Yaël Netz, & Gal Ziv. (2017). The beneficial effects of different types of exercise interventions on motor and cognitive functions in older age: a systematic review. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 14(1). 20–20. 96 indexed citations

Dunsky, Ayelet, et al.. (2017). The effects of a resistance vs. an aerobic single session on attention and executive functioning in adults. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0176092–e0176092. 47 indexed citations

Netz, Yaël & Wiebren Zijlstra. (2015). EURAPA moves to open access: Research trends and challenges in physical activity in old age. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 12(1). 1–1. 16 indexed citations

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Levin, Oron & Yaël Netz. (2015). Aerobic training as a means to enhance inhibition: what’s yet to be studied?. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 12(1). 14–14. 14 indexed citations

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Dunsky, Ayelet, Sima Zach, Aviva Zeev, et al.. (2014). Level of physical activity and anthropometric characteristics in old age—results from a national health survey. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 11(2). 149–157. 15 indexed citations

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Zach, Sima, Aviva Zeev, Ayelet Dunsky, et al.. (2012). Adolescents' physical activity habits – results from a national health survey. Child Care Health and Development. 39(1). 103–108. 15 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, Ayelet Dunsky, Sima Zach, et al.. (2012). Psychological functioning and adherence to the recommended dose of physical activity in later life: results from a national health survey. International Psychogeriatrics. 24(12). 2027–2036. 2 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, Rebecca Goldsmith, Tal Shimony, Michal Arnon, & Aviva Zeev. (2012). Loneliness is associated with an increased risk of sedentary life in older Israelis. Aging & Mental Health. 17(1). 40–47. 46 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, et al.. (2009). Fitness’s Moderation of the Facilitative Effect of Acute Exercise on Cognitive Flexibility in Older Women. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 17(2). 154–166. 27 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, Aviva Zeev, Michal Arnon, & Gershon Tenenbaum. (2008). Reasons attributed to omitting exercising: A population‐based study. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 6(1). 9–23. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Meng‐Jia, Betsy Jane Becker, & Yaël Netz. (2007). Effects of Physical Activity on psychological Change in Advanced Age: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 6(1). 2–7. 1 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, et al.. (2007). Use of a device to support standing during a physical activity program to improve function of individuals with disabilities who reside in a nursing home. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology. 2(1). 43–49. 10 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, et al.. (2007). Age, Gender, and Level of Activity as Moderators of Personal Incentives to Physical Activity in Israel. The Journal of Psychology. 141(3). 241–262. 9 indexed citations

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Netz, Yaël, Meng‐Jia Wu, Betsy Jane Becker, & Gershon Tenenbaum. (2005). Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being in Advanced Age: A Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies.. Psychology and Aging. 20(2). 272–284. 686 indexed citations breakdown →

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