Impact Factor
4.61
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
9.14
2,560 total citations
h5-index
65
h5 depth signal
Cited share
92.6%
276 of 298
Total citations
2,560
Citation footprint
Metric signal
10.26
External metric anchor
Self-citation
2.9%
74 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
Australia
480
United States
444
United Kingdom
436
Canada
208
Netherlands
186
Citing Fields of Research
Nutrition & Dietetics
1,442
Sports Science
454
Psychiatry & Psychology
195
Healthcare Policy
82
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
80
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,823
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
298
276 cited publications
Last 12 months
162
13.5 publications/month
Open access share
100.0%
162 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
Australia
480 citing publications
Leading citing field
Nutrition & Dietetics
1,442 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v8, 2011-
v1n1, 2004-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Nutrition & Dietetics
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
BioMed Central Ltd
Broad Categories
Behavioral Sciences
Nutritional Sciences
Sports Medicine
Nutrition & Dietetics
MeSH Descriptors
Diet
Physical Fitness
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01997-8
Open DOI
The effect of physical activity interventions on physical literacy in preschool children: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Background: Physical literacy is a crucial foundation for lifelong health, and early childhood is a critical period for its development. While physical activity interventions are believed to enhance physical literacy, previous reviews ha...
02
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01995-w
Open DOI
The sustainability of a trauma- and violence-informed physical activity program for women experiencing interpersonal and structural violence
Background: Women experiencing interpersonal and structural violence face significant barriers to physical activity, despite its well-established health benefits. To address these inequities, a Trauma- and Violence- Informed Physical Act...
03
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01989-8
Open DOI
Snacktivity™ to promote physical activity during pregnancy: feasibility randomised controlled trial
Background: Guidelines recommend that pregnant women complete at least 150 min of moderate-intensity physical activity per week. However, it is estimated that only 32% of pregnant women adhere to this guideline early in their pregnancy, ...
04
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01994-x
Open DOI
The science of scaling in health
Background: A pressing issue faced in public health and global health, is how to create and sustain equitable large-scale health improvement across local and national systems. In this paper, we discuss how the current emphasis in scaling...
05
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01992-z
Open DOI
The whole day matters, but so do living conditions: reframing the 24-hour movement through an equity lens
The 24-hour movement approach has strengthened physical activity science by integrating physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep within the day’s finite time. This Comment argues that its major contribution is also its main limit...
06
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01996-9
Open DOI
Fathers’ preconception diet quality and their children’s fruit and vegetable intake: longitudinal mediation through the home food environment
Background: Food parenting practices shape children’s dietary intake, yet the intergenerational effects of fathers’ preconception dietary patterns remain understudied. This study examined whether fathers’ diet quality patterns during ado...
07
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01985-y
Open DOI
Development of intervention package to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a factorial randomized trial
Background: Healthy lifestyle behaviors are recommended as a first-line management strategy for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), yet most patients fail to meet the dietary and physical activity recommendations. Therefore, thi...
08
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01978-x
Open DOI
Associations between a 24-hour movement behaviour composition including screen time and physical development in pre-schoolers
Background: It remains unclear how movement behaviour compositions that include screen-based sedentary behaviour (SED) and non-screen-based SED relate to physical development in young children. This study examined associations between a ...
09
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01988-9
Open DOI
Ecological momentary assessment of social context and physical activity: a systematic review
Background: Physical activity is shaped by social context, yet most research relies on retrospective, cross-sectional measures that cannot capture the moment-to-moment social dynamics of daily life. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) ...
10
DOI 10.1186/s12966-026-01962-5
Open DOI
Good science, poor visibility? Communicating behavioural nutrition and physical activity evidence in the algorithmic attention economy
Behavioural nutrition and physical activity research has produced a strong and growing evidence base to inform prevention, treatment, and policy across a wide range of health outcomes. Yet the visibility of this evidence beyond academic ...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from issue PDF caption (publisher Web site, viewed June 4, 2004).
Latest issue consulted: 1:8 (29 Mar. 2004) (viewed June 4, 2004).
Articles added on an individual basis as accepted.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.