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Australia
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
161
Citations
116621
World Ranking
740
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Neville Owen is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and has a significant body of research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Transportation, General Health Professions, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Owen's research extensively covers topics such as Physical Activity and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Urban Green Space and Health, Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology, Health Disparities and Outcomes, and Eating Disorders and Behaviors.

Recent publications by Neville Owen reflect an emphasis on sedentary behavior and public health. Notable recent papers include:

  • Sedentary Behavior and Public Health: Integrating the Evidence and Identifying Potential Solutions, 2020, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Physiology of sedentary behavior, 2023, Physiological Reviews
  • Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings from the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study, 2020, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Active Aging and Public Health: Evidence, Implications, and Opportunities, 2021, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Sit less and move more for cardiovascular health: emerging insights and opportunities, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Owen include:

  • David W. Dunstan
  • Takemi Sugiyama
  • Nyssa Hadgraft
  • Manoj Chandrabose
  • Mats Hallgren

Key publication venues where Neville Owen has consistently contributed are:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Mental Health and Physical Activity
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Transport & Health

Best Publications

  • Ecological models of health behavior.

    James F. Sallis;Neville Owen;Edwin B. Fisher

  • Correlates of adults' participation in physical activity: review and update.

    Stewart G. Trost;Neville Owen;Adrian E. Bauman;James F. Sallis

  • Too Much Sitting: The Population Health Science of Sedentary Behavior

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

  • Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women

    Ulf Ekelund;Ulf Ekelund;Jostein Steene-Johannessen;Wendy J Brown;Morten Wang Fagerland;Morten Wang Fagerland

  • Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine

    Neville G. Owen;James F. Sallis

  • Environmental factors associated with adults' participation in physical activity: a review

    Nancy Humpel;Neville Owen;Eva Leslie Leslie

  • Breaks in Sedentary Time: Beneficial associations with metabolic risk

    Genevieve N. Healy;David W. Dunstan;Jo Salmon;Ester Cerin

  • Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle

    Mark Stephen TremblayM.S. Tremblay;Rachel Christine ColleyR.C. Colley;Rachel Christine ColleyR.C. Colley;Travis John SaundersT.J. Saunders;Travis John SaundersT.J. Saunders;Genevieve Nissa HealyG.N. Healy;Genevieve Nissa HealyG.N. Healy

  • Sedentary behaviors and subsequent health outcomes in adults : A systematic review of longitudinal studies, 1996-2011

    Alicia Ann Thorp;Neville Owen;Neville Owen;Maike Neuhaus;David W. Dunstan

  • Understanding environmental influences on walking: Review and research agenda

    Neville Owen;Nancy Humpel;Eva Leslie;Adrian E. Bauman

  • Letter to the Editor: Standardized use of the terms "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours"

    Joel Barnes;Timothy K. Behrens;Mark E. Benden;Stuart Biddle

  • 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

  • Toward a better understanding of the influences on physical activity: the role of determinants, correlates, causal variables, mediators, moderators, and confounders.

    Adrian E Bauman;James F Sallis;David A Dzewaltowski;Neville Owen

  • Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world

    Gregory W Heath;Diana C Parra;Olga L Sarmiento;Lars Bo Andersen;Lars Bo Andersen

  • Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study

    James F Sallis;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Terry L Conway;Marc A Adams

  • Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting Reduces Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

    David W Dunstan;Bronwyn A Kingwell;Robyn Larsen;Genevive N Healy;Genevive N Healy

  • Objectively Measured Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Risk: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

    Genevieve N. Healy;Katrien Wijndaele;David W. Dunstan;Jonathan E. Shaw

  • Social-cognitive and perceived environment influences associated with physical activity in older Australians.

    Michael L. Booth;Neville Owen;Adrian Bauman;Ornella Clavisi

  • Physical activity and sedentary behavior: a population-based study of barriers, enjoyment, and preference.

    Jo Salmon;Neville Owen;David Crawford;Adrian Bauman

  • Too Little Exercise and Too Much Sitting: Inactivity Physiology and the Need for New Recommendations on Sedentary Behavior.

    Marc T. Hamilton;Genevieve N. Healy;David W. Dunstan;Theodore W. Zderic

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Dunstan
David W. Dunstan Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Genevieve N. Healy
Genevieve N. Healy University of Queensland
Takemi Sugiyama
Takemi Sugiyama Swinburne University of Technology
Ester Cerin
Ester Cerin Australian Catholic University
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis University of California, San Diego
Bronwyn A. Kingwell
Bronwyn A. Kingwell Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Mohammad Javad Koohsari
Mohammad Javad Koohsari Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jo Salmon
Jo Salmon Deakin University
Jonathan E. Shaw
Jonathan E. Shaw Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

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