10,000 Steps frontman named national leader by Australian’s 2025 Research Magazine
CQUniversity’s Professor Corneel Vandelanotte has been recognised as the top researcher for public health in The Australian's 2025 Research Magazine.
Prof Vandelanotte is a physical activity researcher, who is the long-time lead for CQUniversity's successful 10,000 Steps program which has been running since 2001.
Released today, The Australian's 2025 Research Magazine names the top researcher and top research institution in each field of research, based on the number of citations for papers published in the top 20 journals in each field over the past five years.
The lists of top research performers are created using big-data techniques to analyse publicly available data about researchers and their work. The top individual researcher, and the top university or research organisation, is named in each of the 250 fields.
CQUniversity’s Vice-President of Research Professor Grant Stanley congratulated Prof Vandelanotte on the achievement.
“It’s fantastic to see a CQUniversity researcher make the list as one of the country’s most high-performing researchers,” Prof Stanley said.
"To be included in this publication reflects Corneel’s ability and passion to deliver research that has real-world impact.
"Since joining CQUniversity in 2009, Corneel’s research has earned numerous awards, grants and fellowships, and today’s announcement cements his successes as an esteemed researcher at our regional university.
"I congratulate Corneel on this magnificent achievement."
Prof Vandelanotte said he was amazed to learn of his entry into the number one position for public health researcher in the country.
“I didn’t see that one coming, but I am very pleased to learn my research is being noticed and is having an impact - that is what it is all about, as scientists we are passionate to make a difference,” Prof Vandelanotte said.
“There’s many more things we want to do with the 10,000 Steps program, I’m hopeful this recognition will go some way to facilitating support from additional agencies to implement and disseminate the program at scale, as it will benefit the health of thousands of Australians.”
In addition to being a physical activity researcher, Prof Vandelanotte is a current ARC Future Fellow and NHMRC Ideas Grant holder, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviours, was again named as a Stanford University Elsevier World Top 2% Scientist this year and has this week been recognised as a 2024 Top Cited Scholar, highlighted by Scilit, a comprehensive scholarly database.
CQUniversity has also been named as a 'fast mover' in today’s magazine publication meaning it is one of the universities whose research influence grew more than five per cent in the past year.
The Australian's Research Magazine is now in its seventh year.
Learn more about Prof Vandelanotte's work at the 10,000 Steps website.
