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Luís B. Sardinha

Luís B. Sardinha

University of Lisbon
Portugal

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
32503
World Ranking
11272
National Ranking
9

Luís B. Sardinha publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luís B. Sardinha sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 543 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Luís B. Sardinha D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luís B. Sardinha sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luís B. Sardinha is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Complementary and alternative medicine.

The research topics addressed by Sardinha include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Their publication record features recent papers such as:

  • Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents (2020) published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network (2023) published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Gender differences in the distribution of children's physical activity: evidence from nine countries (2023) published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable and smartphone step count: expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE network (2020) published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis (2021) published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Sardinha collaborates frequently with co-authors including:

  • Analiza M. Silva
  • João P. Magalhães
  • Megan Hetherington-Rauth
  • Inês R. Correia
  • Gil B. Rosa

The scientist's work is published frequently in venues such as:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • European Journal of Sport Science
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study)

    Lars Bo Andersen;Maarike Harro;Luis B Sardinha;Karsten Froberg

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Physical activity levels and patterns of 9- and 15-yr-old European children.

    Chris J. Riddoch;Lars B. O. Andersen;Niels Wedderkopp;Maarike Harro

  • Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in youth: the International children's accelerometry database (ICAD).

    Ashley R. Cooper;Ashley R. Cooper;Anna Goodman;Angie S. Page;Lauren B. Sherar

  • TV Viewing and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with Metabolic Risk in Children: The European Youth Heart Study

    Ulf Ekelund;Søren Brage;Karsten Froberg;Maarike Harro

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Independent associations of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with metabolic risk factors in children: the European youth heart study

    U. Ekelund;S. A. Anderssen;K. Froberg;L. B. Sardinha

  • A review of psychosocial pre‐treatment predictors of weight control

    P. J. Teixeira;S. B. Going;L. B. Sardinha;T. G. Lohman

  • Using self-determination theory to promote physical activity and weight control: a randomized controlled trial in women

    Marlene N. Silva;Paulo N. Vieira;Sílvia R. Coutinho;Cláudia S. Minderico

  • Associations between objectively assessed physical activity and indicators of body fatness in 9- to 10-y-old European children: a population-based study from 4 distinct regions in Europe (the European Youth Heart Study)

    Ulf Ekelund;Luis B Sardinha;Sigmund A Anderssen;Marike Harro

  • Mediators of weight loss and weight loss maintenance in middle-aged women.

    Pedro J. Teixeira;Marlene N. Silva;Sílvia R. Coutinho;António L. Palmeira

  • Pretreatment predictors of attrition and successful weight management in women

    P J Teixeira;S B Going;L B Houtkooper;E C Cussler

  • Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor for clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children independent of country, age and sex:

    Sigmund A. Anderssen;Ashley R. Cooper;Chris Riddoch;Luis B. Sardinha

  • Exercise Autonomous Motivation Predicts 3-yr Weight Loss in Women

    Marlene N. Silva;David Markland;Eliana V. Carraça;Paulo N. Vieira

  • Receiver operating characteristic analysis of body mass index, triceps skinfold thickness, and arm girth for obesity screening in children and adolescents

    Luis B Sardinha;Scott B Going;Pedro J Teixeira;Timothy G Lohman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Bo Andersen
Lars Bo Andersen University of Bergen
Ulf Ekelund
Ulf Ekelund Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Sigmund A. Anderssen
Sigmund A. Anderssen Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Rute Santos
Rute Santos University of Minho
Soren Brage
Soren Brage University of Cambridge
Bo Fernhall
Bo Fernhall University of Illinois at Chicago
Niels Møller
Niels Møller Aarhus University
Esther M. F. van Sluijs
Esther M. F. van Sluijs University of Cambridge
Steven B. Heymsfield
Steven B. Heymsfield Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital

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