OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is 33. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	142
Changes in the 24-h movement behaviors during the transition to retirement: compositional data analysis	127
Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS I	126
Association between physical activity and frailty transitions in middle-aged and older adults: a nationwide longitudinal study	113
Associations of neighborhood walkability with moderate to vigorous physical activity: an application of compositional data analysis comparing compositional and non-compositional approaches	94
Impact of school salad bars on fruit and vegetable selection, intake, and waste in Mid-Atlantic elementary schools	91
Validity and reliability of self-reported methods for assessment of 24-h movement behaviours: a systematic review	85
Implementation of elementary school physical education quantity and quality law through school district audit, feedback, and coaching	76
The effects of grazing on daily caloric intake and dietary quality	76
Addressing schoolteacher food and nutrition-related health and wellbeing: a scoping review of the food and nutrition constructs used across current research	71
Physical activity from young adulthood to middle age and premature cardiovascular disease events: a 30-year population-based cohort study	70
A latent transition analysis of physical activity and screen-based sedentary behavior from adolescence to young adulthood	67
A systematic review of tools designed for teacher proxy-report of children’s physical literacy or constituting elements	66
Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour time-use composition, grey matter volume and cognitive function in healthy older adults	61
The Wearable Activity Tracker Checklist for Healthcare (WATCH): a 12-point guide for the implementation of wearable activity trackers in healthcare	55
Human spatial memory is biased towards high-calorie foods: a cross-cultural online experiment	53
The structured health intervention for truckers (SHIFT) cluster randomised controlled trial: a mixed methods process evaluation	52
Experience Sampling as a dietary assessment method: a scoping review towards implementation	50
Cook like a Boss Online: an adapted intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic that effectively improved children’s perceived cooking competence, movement competence and wellbeing	48
Offering a lifestyle intervention to women of premenopausal age as primary prevention for cardiovascular disease? – assessing its cost-effectiveness	48
Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children’s self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment; a longitudinal and cross-sectional study from the Born in Bradfo	47
Outcome domains measured in randomized controlled trials of physical activity for older adults: a rapid review	47
Distinct patterns of adult transport-related physical activity (TRPA) behaviour exist independent of the TRPA behaviours of childhood: the childhood determinants of adult health study	46
Effects of a three-armed randomised controlled trial using self-monitoring of daily steps with and without counselling in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes—the Sophia Step Study	44
Characterizing children’s eating patterns: does the choice of eating occasion definition matter?	43

Exploring the associations of depressive symptoms with healthy eating self-efficacy over time amongst women in the READI cohort study	43
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in a Chinese urban preschooler sample	42
The Home Environment Interview and associations with energy balance behaviours and body weight in school-aged children – a feasibility, reliability, and validity study	41
Effect of a relative pricing intervention and active merchandising on snack purchases: interrupted time series analysis of a hospital retailer-led strategy	40
Integrative development of a short screening questionnaire of highly processed food consumption (sQ-HPF)	36
Impact of increasing the relative availability of meat-free options on food selection: two natural field experiments and an online randomised trial	36
Making ‘being less sedentary feel normal’ –investigating ways to reduce adolescent sedentary behaviour at school: a qualitative study	34
Family-focused contextual factors associated with lifestyle patterns in young children from two mother-offspring cohorts: GUSTO and EDEN	34
The benefits and challenges of taxing sugar in a small island state: an interrupted time series analysis	33
Effects of behavioral performance, intrinsic reward value, and context stability on the formation of a higher-order nutrition habit: an intensive longitudinal diary study	33