Derek Yach

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Derek Yach is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Yach has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 31 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 23 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Derek Yach's work include Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (57 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (20 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (16 papers). Derek Yach is often cited by papers focused on Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (57 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (20 papers) and School Health and Nursing Education (16 papers). Derek Yach collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Switzerland. Derek Yach's co-authors include Corinna Hawkes, Karen Hofman, Robert Beaglehole, David Stückler, Kelly D. Brownell, Douglas Bettcher, Linda Richter, Noël Cameron, Prabhat Jha and Son Nam Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Derek Yach

143 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Global Burden of Chronic Diseases 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2006 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Global Burden of Chronic Diseases
    2004 987 citations Derek Yach et al. JAMA profile →
  2. Epidemiologic and economic consequences of the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes
    2006 654 citations Derek Yach et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek Yach South Africa 32 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 687 145 5.8k
Majid Ezzati United States 21 2.1k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 589 0.5× 892 0.8× 681 1.0× 25 7.0k
Robert Beaglehole New Zealand 50 2.3k 1.6× 2.0k 1.6× 1.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 2.0k 2.9× 160 10.2k
Stephen Vander Hoorn New Zealand 25 2.3k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 623 0.5× 917 0.8× 973 1.4× 33 8.8k
Mariachiara Di Cesare United Kingdom 21 2.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 415 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 823 1.2× 47 6.9k
Alexandra E. Shields United States 32 897 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 780 0.7× 566 0.5× 871 1.3× 86 5.9k
Karen Hofman South Africa 41 2.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 977 0.8× 290 0.2× 807 1.2× 179 6.5k
Krisela Steyn South Africa 49 2.3k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 869 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 178 7.9k
Stig Wall Sweden 44 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 364 0.3× 387 0.3× 613 0.9× 142 6.6k
Melanie Cowan Switzerland 17 2.5k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.9× 19 8.7k
Samira Asma United States 32 1.4k 1.0× 759 0.6× 977 0.8× 2.8k 2.4× 445 0.6× 91 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Yach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Yach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Yach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Yach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Yach based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Derek Yach. Derek Yach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pollack, Keshia M., et al.. (2015). National Institutes of Health Funding for Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Chronic Diseases. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 48(4). 462–471. 18 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek. (2014). The origins, development, effects, and future of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a personal perspective. The Lancet. 383(9930). 1771–1779. 31 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek, et al.. (2014). New Opportunities in the Changing Landscape of Prevention. JAMA. 312(8). 791–791. 18 indexed citations
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Sturm, Roland & Derek Yach. (2013). Eating better for less. To treat the obesity epidemic, why not lower prices on healthier food.. PubMed. 43(21). 27–27. 1 indexed citations
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Bergman, Michael, Martin Buysschaert, Peter E. H. Schwarz, et al.. (2012). Diabetes prevention: global health policy and perspectives from the ground. Diabetes Management. 2(4). 309–321. 54 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek. (2011). Nutritional change is not a simple answer to non-communicable diseases. BMJ. 343(aug11 3). d5097–d5097. 4 indexed citations
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Richter, Linda, Shane A. Norris, John Μ. Pettifor, Derek Yach, & Noël Cameron. (2007). Cohort Profile: Mandela's children: The 1990 birth to twenty study in South Africa. International Journal of Epidemiology. 36(3). 504–511. 248 indexed citations
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Steyn, Krisela, et al.. (2006). The influence of maternal cigarette smoking, snuff use and passive smoking on pregnancy outcomes: the Birth To Ten Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 20(2). 90–99. 128 indexed citations
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Bchir, A., Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Fred Binka, et al.. (2006). Better health statistics are possible. The Lancet. 367(9506). 190–193. 16 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek. (2005). Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking. BMJ. 330(7496). 898–900. 69 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek. (2000). Globalisation of tobacco industry influence and new global responses. Tobacco Control. 9(2). 206–216. 136 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek & Douglas Bettcher. (1998). The globalization of public health, II: The convergence of self-interest and altruism.. American Journal of Public Health. 88(5). 738–744. 71 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek. (1996). Tobacco in Africa.. PubMed. 17(1). 29–36. 20 indexed citations
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Katzenellenbogen, Judith, Derek Yach, & Rob Dorrington. (1993). Mortality in a Rural South African Mission, 1837–1909: An Historical Cohort Study Using Church Records. International Journal of Epidemiology. 22(6). 965–975. 8 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek, et al.. (1992). Smoking policies in the workplace in the western Cape.. PubMed. 81(1). 23–6. 3 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek, et al.. (1988). Smoking and health in South Africa.. PubMed. 73(7). 391–9. 25 indexed citations
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Botha, J. L., Debbie Bradshaw, R Gonin, & Derek Yach. (1988). The distribution of health needs and services in south Africa. Social Science & Medicine. 26(8). 845–851. 18 indexed citations
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Yach, Derek, et al.. (1987). Village health workers are able to teach mothers how to safely prepare sugar/salt solutions. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 1(2). 153–161. 5 indexed citations

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