Derek Yach

1.6k total citations
38 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

Derek Yach is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Yach has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Derek Yach's work include Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (7 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (5 papers). Derek Yach is often cited by papers focused on Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (7 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (5 papers). Derek Yach collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Switzerland. Derek Yach's co-authors include Douglas Bettcher, G. Emmanuel Guindon, Tara Acharya, C. A. Gardner, Stephen Tollman, Deborah Bradshaw, S R Benatar, Jonathan E. Myers, J. L. Botha and Linda Richter and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Public Health, Social Science & Medicine and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Derek Yach

36 papers receiving 692 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Yach South Africa	13	276	195	157	117	109	38	778
Jennifer Ibrahim United States	14	249 0.9×	165 0.8×	101 0.6×	86 0.7×	177 1.6×	50	754
Octavio Gómez Dantés Mexico	9	252 0.9×	164 0.8×	98 0.6×	146 1.2×	44 0.4×	18	802
Allyn L. Taylor United States	14	208 0.8×	169 0.9×	250 1.6×	71 0.6×	83 0.8×	33	765
Nandita Bhan United States	16	252 0.9×	142 0.7×	128 0.8×	56 0.5×	101 0.9×	36	780
M Petticrew United Kingdom	4	430 1.6×	214 1.1×	178 1.1×	88 0.8×	175 1.6×	7	795
Patricio V. Marquez United States	12	141 0.5×	122 0.6×	106 0.7×	126 1.1×	84 0.8×	50	606
Martin Donohoe United States	10	312 1.1×	95 0.5×	99 0.6×	107 0.9×	32 0.3×	25	728
Derek Wanless	4	691 2.5×	178 0.9×	134 0.9×	211 1.8×	56 0.5×	6	1.1k
Marjorie MacDonald Canada	20	783 2.8×	224 1.1×	72 0.5×	99 0.8×	68 0.6×	59	1.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yach, Derek, et al.. (2025). The Golden Age of Global Health is Over. What Follows?. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 15(1). 98–98.

Pronk, Nicolaas P., et al.. (2017). Health and Well-Being Metrics in Business. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 60(1). 19–22. 9 indexed citations

Aveyard, Paul, Derek Yach, Anna Gilmore, & Simon Capewell. (2016). Should we welcome food industry funding of public health research?. BMJ. 353. i2161–i2161. 17 indexed citations

Yach, Derek, et al.. (2016). The Importance of Computer Science for Public Health Training: An Opportunity and Call to Action. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2(1). e10–e10. 4 indexed citations

Pomeranz, Jennifer L., et al.. (2014). Making the Workplace a More Effective Site for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases in Adults. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 56(11). 1137–1144. 16 indexed citations

Yach, Derek, et al.. (2014). Public health lives: Gro Harlem Brundtland. Public Health. 128(2). 148–150. 7 indexed citations

Yach, Derek. (2013). Can we leave industry to lead efforts to improve population health? Yes. BMJ. 346(apr17 1). f2279–f2279. 5 indexed citations

Yach, Derek, et al.. (2010). The role and challenges of the food industry in addressing chronic disease. Globalization and Health. 6(1). 10–10. 49 indexed citations

Gardner, C. A., Tara Acharya, & Derek Yach. (2007). Technological And Social Innovation: A Unifying New Paradigm For Global Health. Health Affairs. 26(4). 1052–1061. 70 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek, et al.. (2004). Complex and controversial causes for the ‘obesity’ epidemic. Journal of Medical Marketing Device Diagnostic and Pharmaceutical Marketing. 4(3). 288–294. 3 indexed citations

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Guindon, G. Emmanuel, et al.. (2002). Trends and affordability of cigarette prices: ample room for tax increases and related health gains. Tobacco Control. 11(1). 35–43. 160 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek & Douglas Bettcher. (1998). The globalization of public health, I: Threats and opportunities.. American Journal of Public Health. 88(5). 735–744. 102 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek & Stephen Tollman. (1993). Public health initiatives in South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s: lessons for a post-apartheid era.. American Journal of Public Health. 83(7). 1043–1050. 30 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek. (1992). The use and value of qualitative methods in health research in developing countries. Social Science & Medicine. 35(4). 603–612. 53 indexed citations

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Parry, Charles, Derek Yach, & Stephen Tollman. (1992). Towards an essential national health research strategy for South Africa.. PubMed. 82(5). 299–300. 1 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek, et al.. (1991). Birth to ten: child health in South Africa in the 1990s. Rationale and methods of a birth cohort study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 5(2). 211–233. 54 indexed citations

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Kistnasamy, Barry & Derek Yach. (1990). Tuberculosis in commerce and industry in a Western Cape Suburb, South Africa, 1987. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 18(1). 87–93. 3 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek. (1988). The impact of political violence on health and health services in Cape Town, South Africa, 1986: methodological problems and preliminary results.. American Journal of Public Health. 78(7). 772–776. 20 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek & J. L. Botha. (1987). Epidemiological research methods. Part IV. Case-control studies.. PubMed. 71(12). 763–6. 4 indexed citations

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Yach, Derek, Jonathan E. Myers, Deborah Bradshaw, & S R Benatar. (1985). A Respiratory Epidemiologic Survey of Grain Mill Workers in Cape Town, South Africa. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 131(4). 505–510. 53 indexed citations

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