Dessalegn Y. Melesse

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Dessalegn Y. Melesse is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dessalegn Y. Melesse has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Dessalegn Y. Melesse's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (6 papers). Dessalegn Y. Melesse is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (6 papers). Dessalegn Y. Melesse collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Kenya and Brazil. Dessalegn Y. Melesse's co-authors include Ties Boerma, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Yi Mu, Lale Say, Juan Liang, Marleen Temmerman, Ann‐Beth Moller, Carine Ronsmans and Fernando C. Barros and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Gastroenterology and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Dessalegn Y. Melesse

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections

2018 902 citations Ties Boerma, Carine Ronsmans et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dessalegn Y. Melesse Canada	14	849	707	366	350	193	29	1.5k
Eugene J Kongnyuy United Kingdom	23	956 1.1×	567 0.8×	486 1.3×	196 0.6×	178 0.9×	71	1.8k
Lisa Avery Canada	18	758 0.9×	646 0.9×	231 0.6×	346 1.0×	300 1.6×	41	1.7k
Glen Mola Papua New Guinea	18	939 1.1×	887 1.3×	210 0.6×	416 1.2×	283 1.5×	73	1.7k
Othman Kakaire Uganda	19	847 1.0×	431 0.6×	491 1.3×	331 0.9×	119 0.6×	65	1.3k
Tippawan Liabsuetrakul Thailand	24	868 1.0×	579 0.8×	456 1.2×	594 1.7×	271 1.4×	164	2.0k
Alison M. El Ayadi United States	20	625 0.7×	486 0.7×	570 1.6×	324 0.9×	251 1.3×	78	1.6k
Euna M. August United States	22	453 0.5×	435 0.6×	358 1.0×	460 1.3×	282 1.5×	66	1.6k
Gerhard Theron South Africa	22	900 1.1×	732 1.0×	185 0.5×	390 1.1×	300 1.6×	93	1.6k
Thérèse Delvaux Belgium	25	1.1k 1.3×	609 0.9×	750 2.0×	408 1.2×	250 1.3×	105	2.0k
Oladapo Olayemi Nigeria	24	592 0.7×	620 0.9×	185 0.5×	286 0.8×	217 1.1×	102	1.5k

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Gebremedhin, Samson, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Melinda Munos, et al.. (2024). Effective Coverage of Modern Contraceptive Use in Ethiopia: An Ecological Linking Analysis of Service Provision Assessment and National Health Equity Surveys. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(12). 1570–1570.

Amouzou, Agbessi, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, et al.. (2024). Erosion of the Capital City Advantage in Child Survival and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Intervention Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Urban Health. 101(S1). 18–30. 5 indexed citations

Wehrmeister, Fernando C., Leonardo Z. Ferreira, Agbessi Amouzou, et al.. (2024). Identifying and Characterizing the Poorest Urban Population Using National Household Surveys in 38 Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Urban Health. 101(S1). 5–17. 1 indexed citations

Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Nkomba Kayeyi, Adom Manu, et al.. (2021). HIV trends and disparities by gender and urban–rural residence among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Reproductive Health. 18(S1). 120–120. 15 indexed citations

Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, Peter Waiswa, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Cheikh Fayé, & Ties Boerma. (2021). Examining the recent trends in adolescent sexual and reproductive health in five countries of sub‐Saharan Africa based on PMA and DHS household surveys. Reproductive Health. 18(S1). 121–121. 7 indexed citations

Mutua, Martin Kavao, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Caroline W. Kabiru, et al.. (2021). Wealth-related inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied among married and unmarried adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa. Reproductive Health. 18(S1). 116–116. 15 indexed citations

Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Martin Kavao Mutua, Allysha Choudhury, et al.. (2020). Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: who is left behind?. BMJ Global Health. 5(1). e002231–e002231. 145 indexed citations

Fayé, Cheikh, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, et al.. (2020). Large and persistent subnational inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health intervention coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Global Health. 5(1). e002232–e002232. 31 indexed citations

Boerma, Ties, Hannah Tappis, Ghada E. Saad, et al.. (2019). Armed conflicts and national trends in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: what can national health surveys tell us?. BMJ Global Health. 4(Suppl 4). e001300–e001300. 35 indexed citations

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Boerma, Ties, Carine Ronsmans, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, et al.. (2019). Global Epidemiology of Use of and Disparities in Caesarean Sections. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 74(3). 135–137. 5 indexed citations

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Maïga, Abdoulaye, Safia S Jiwani, Martin Kavao Mutua, et al.. (2019). Generating statistics from health facility data: the state of routine health information systems in Eastern and Southern Africa. BMJ Global Health. 4(5). e001849–e001849. 66 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y., et al.. (2018). Heterogeneity in geographical trends of HIV epidemics among key populations in Pakistan: a mathematical modeling study of survey data. Journal of Global Health. 8(1). 10412–10412. 12 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Lisa M. Lix, Zoann Nugent, et al.. (2016). Estimates of Disease Course in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using Administrative Data: A Population-level Study. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 11(5). jjw201–jjw201. 10 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Leigh Anne Shafer, Souradet Y. Shaw, et al.. (2016). Heterogeneity Among Sex Workers in Overlapping HIV Risk Interactions With People Who Inject Drugs. Medicine. 95(12). e3085–e3085. 11 indexed citations

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Evans, Charity, Ruth Ann Marrie, Feng Zhu, et al.. (2016). Adherence and persistence to drug therapies for multiple sclerosis: A population-based study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 8. 78–85. 56 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Laura E. Targownik, Harminder Singh, James Blanchard, & Çharles N. Bernstein. (2015). Patterns and Predictors of Long-term Nonuse of Medical Therapy Among Persons with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 21(7). 1615–1622. 10 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Shiva S. Halli, & Robert B. Tate. (2015). Variations over four decades in body mass index trajectories prior to diagnosis of diabetes mellitus: The Manitoba Follow-up Study, 1948–2007. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 106(3). e95–e100. 2 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y., Laura E. Targownik, Harminder Singh, et al.. (2013). 223 Patterns of Drug Avoidance in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology. 144(5). S–48. 3 indexed citations

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Safi, Mohammad A., Dessalegn Y. Melesse, & Abba B. Gumel. (2013). Dynamics Analysis of a Multi-strain Cholera Model with an Imperfect Vaccine. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 75(7). 1104–1137. 21 indexed citations

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Melesse, Dessalegn Y. & Abba B. Gumel. (2010). Global asymptotic properties of an SEIRS model with multiple infectious stages. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 366(1). 202–217. 34 indexed citations

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