2026 David C. Nieman: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	113	4884	4583	2645	2452	692	56150

Overview

David C. Nieman is affiliated with Appalachian State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these domains, Nieman's work concentrates on subfields such as rehabilitation, physiology, cell biology, genetics, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

The main topics covered in Nieman's research include exercise and physiological responses, muscle metabolism and nutrition, diet and metabolism studies, sports performance and training, high altitude and hypoxia, cardiovascular effects of exercise, and cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Nieman has contributed to a range of scholarly articles, with notable recent publications including:

"Coronavirus disease-2019: A tocsin to our aging, unfit, corpulent, and immunodeficient society" (2020), published in Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science
"ACSM Call to Action Statement: COVID-19 Considerations for Sports and Physical Activity" (2020), published in Current Sports Medicine Reports
"Exercise Is Medicine for Immune Function: Implication for COVID-19" (2021), published in Current Sports Medicine Reports
"PRESENT 2020: Text Expanding on the Checklist for Proper Reporting of Evidence in Sport and Exercise Nutrition Trials" (2020), published in International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
"Aerobic Exercise Attenuates Acute Lung Injury Through NET Inhibition" (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nieman include:

Camila A. Sakaguchi
Qibin Zhang
Susan Sumner
Ashraf M. Omar
James C. Williams

The scholar often publishes in select venues, among the most frequent being:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
Frontiers in Nutrition
Nutrients
Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science
Preprints.org

Best Publications

Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults: Guidance for Prescribing Exercise

Carol Ewing Garber;Bryan J. Blissmer;Michael R. Deschenes;Barry A. Franklin

12677
Citations
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the overtraining syndrome: joint consensus statement of the European College of Sport Science and the American College of Sports Medicine.

Romain Meeusen;Martine Duclos;Carl Foster;Andrew Fry

1339
Citations
The compelling link between physical activity and the body's defense system.

David C. Nieman;Laurel M. Wentz

1191
Citations
Immune response to heavy exertion

David C. Nieman

918
Citations
Infectious episodes in runners before and after the Los Angeles Marathon.

D C Nieman;L M Johanssen;J W Lee;K Arabatzis

856
Citations
Position statement. Part two: Maintaining immune health.

Neil P. Walsh;Michael Gleeson;David B. Pyne;David C. Nieman

818
Citations
Exercise and Immune Function

David C. Nieman;Bente K. Pedersen

760
Citations
Exercise, upper respiratory tract infection, and the immune system

David C. Nieman

746
Citations
Exercise, Infection, and Immunity

David C. Nieman

686
Citations
Exercise, nutrition and immune function

Michael Gleeson;David C Nieman;Bente K Pedersen

635
Citations
Physical activity and immune function in elderly women.

David C. Nieman;Dru A. Henson;Gary Gusewitch;Beverly J. Warren

588
Citations
The effects of moderate exercise training on natural killer cells and acute upper respiratory tract infections.

D. C. Nieman;S. L. Nehlsen-Cannarella;P. A. Markoff;A. J. Balk-Lamberton

527
Citations
Exercise and immune function. Recent developments.

David C. Nieman;Bente K. Pedersen

484
Citations
CARBOHYDRATE INGESTION INFLUENCES SKELETAL MUSCLE CYTOKINE mRNA AND PLASMA CYTOKINE LEVELS AFTER A 3-H RUN

D C. Nieman;J M. Davis;D A. Henson;J Walberg-Rankin

467
Citations
Cytokine changes after a marathon race

David C. Nieman;Dru A. Henson;Lucille L. Smith;Alan C. Utter

454
Citations
Influence of Obesity on Immune Function

David C Nieman;Dru A Henson;Sandra L Nehlsen-Cannarella;Melinda Ekkens

453
Citations
Immunonutrition support for athletes

David C Nieman

440
Citations
Carbohydrate and the cytokine response to 2.5 h of running

S. L. Nehlsen-Cannarella;O. R. Fagoaga;D. C. Nieman;D. A. Henson

440
Citations
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the overtraining syndrome: Joint consensus statement of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Romain Meeusen;Martine Duclos;Carl Foster;Andrew Fry

436
Citations
Cytokine expression and secretion by skeletal muscle cells : regulatory mechanisms and exercise effects

Jonathan M Peake;Paul Della Gatta;Katsuhiko Suzuki;David C Nieman

428
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dru A. Henson Appalachian State University

Jason D. Morrow Vanderbilt University

Mary Ann Lila North Carolina State University

Giuseppe Valacchi North Carolina State University

Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen

James A. Carson University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Michael Gleeson Loughborough University

Louise M. Burke Australian Catholic University

Gerald Sonnenfeld Binghamton University

Ginger L. Milne Vanderbilt University

External Links

Personal website of David C. Nieman

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