2026 Charles E. Matthews: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	101	7815	7346	4074	3767	428	54566

Overview

Charles E. Matthews is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, focusing primarily on physical activity and its impact on health outcomes. Their work encompasses several subfields including physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, general health professions, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics covered in Matthews's research include:

Physical Activity and Health
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Cancer survivorship and care
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Nutrition and Health in Aging
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Recent publication venues where Matthews frequently publishes include Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, UNC Libraries, Cancer Research, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and SLEEP. These venues represent a strong engagement with research communities focused on exercise science, oncology, epidemiology, and sleep studies.

Among recent papers, Matthews has contributed to studies such as:

Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults (2020, JAMA)
Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts (2022, The Lancet Public Health)
Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia (2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
Estimated Number of Deaths Prevented Through Increased Physical Activity Among US Adults (2022, JAMA Internal Medicine)
Association of Leisure Time Physical Activity Types and Risks of All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality Among Older Adults (2022, JAMA Network Open)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthews include Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Steven C. Moore, Eleanor L. Watts, Erikka Loftfield, and I-Min Lee. These collaborations underline a network of researchers with overlapping interests in public health and physical activity-related epidemiological studies.

Best Publications

Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003–2004

Charles E. Matthews;Kong Y. Chen;Patty S. Freedson;Maciej S. Buchowski

3334
Citations
American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.

Kathryn H. Schmitz;Kerry S. Courneya;Charles Matthews;Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

3192
Citations
Too Much Sitting: The Population Health Science of Sedentary Behavior

Neville Owen;Geneviève N. Healy;Charles E. Matthews;David W. Dunstan

3086
Citations
Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable

Kristin L. Campbell;Kerri M. Winters-Stone;Joachim Wiskemann;Anne M. May

2025
Citations
Sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in US adults: NHANES 2003–06

Genevieve N. Healy;Charles E. Matthews;David W. Dunstan;David W. Dunstan;Elisabeth A.H. Winkler

1666
Citations
Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality: A Detailed Pooled Analysis of the Dose-Response Relationship

Hannah Arem;Steven C. Moore;Alpa Patel;Patricia Hartge

1544
Citations
Validation of accelerometer wear and nonwear time classification algorithm.

Leena Choi;Zhouwen Liu;Charles E. Matthews;Maciej S. Buchowski

1510
Citations
Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults

Steven C. Moore;I-Min Lee;Elisabete Weiderpass;Peter T. Campbell

1394
Citations
The Effect of Social Desirability and Social Approval on Self-Reports of Physical Activity

Swann Arp Adams;Charles E. Matthews;Cara B. Ebbeling;Charity G. Moore

1304
Citations
Sedentary Behavior: Emerging Evidence for a New Health Risk

Neville Owen;Phillip B. Sparling;Geneviève N. Healy;Geneviève N. Healy;David W. Dunstan

1119
Citations
Daily sitting time and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis.

Josephine Y. Chau;Anne C. Grunseit;Tien Chey;Emmanuel Stamatakis;Emmanuel Stamatakis

1031
Citations
Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and cause-specific mortality in US adults

Charles E Matthews;Stephanie M George;Steven C Moore;Heather R Bowles

927
Citations
Accelerometer data reduction: a comparison of four reduction algorithms on select outcome variables.

Louise C Mâsse;Bernard F Fuemmeler;Cheryl B Anderson;Charles E Matthews

878
Citations
Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis

Steven C. Moore;Alpa V. Patel;Charles E. Matthews;Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

802
Citations
BEST PRACTICES FOR USING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITORS IN POPULATION-BASED RESEARCH

Charles E. Matthews;Maria Hagströmer;David M. Pober;Heather R. Bowles

801
Citations
Measurement of adults' sedentary time in population-based studies.

Genevieve N. Healy;Genevieve N. Healy;Bronwyn K. Clark;Elisabeth A.H. Winkler;Paul A. Gardiner

781
Citations
Sources of variance in daily physical activity levels as measured by an accelerometer.

Charles E. Matthews;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Raymond W. Thompson;David R. Bassett

763
Citations
American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control.

Alpa V Patel;Christine M Friedenreich;Steven C Moore;Sandra C Hayes

626
Citations
Variability and Classification Accuracy of Serial High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Measurements in Healthy Adults

Ira S. Ockene;Charles E. Matthews;Nader Rifai;Paul M. Ridker

594
Citations
Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer.

Kathryn H. Schmitz;Anna M. Campbell;Martijn M. Stuiver;Martijn M. Stuiver;Martijn M. Stuiver;Bernardine M. Pinto

591
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center

James R. Hébert University of South Carolina

William J. Blot Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Patty S. Freedson University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alpa V. Patel American Cancer Society

Ira S. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Qiuyin Cai Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael F. Leitzmann University of Regensburg

Neville Owen Swinburne University of Technology

External Links

Personal website of Charles E. Matthews

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