Félix Assah

25.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Félix Assah is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Félix Assah has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 14 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Félix Assah's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (14 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (10 papers). Félix Assah is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (14 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (10 papers). Félix Assah collaborates with scholars based in Cameroon, United Kingdom and South Africa. Félix Assah's co-authors include Jean Claude Mbanya, Eugène Sobngwi, Nicholas J. Wareham, Søren Brage, Sostanie Enoru, Ayesha A. Motala, Ulf Ekelund, Michael I. Trenell, Inácio Crochemore‐Silva and Vincent T. van Hees and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Félix Assah

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
    2010 556 citations Jean Claude Mbanya, Eugène Sobngwi et al. profile →
  2. Autocalibration of accelerometer data for free-living physical activity assessment using local gravity and temperature: an evaluation on four continents
    2014 449 citations Félix Assah, Nicholas J. Wareham 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
Félix Assah Cameroon 20 680 666 639 288 238 52 2.1k
Lisa K. Micklesfield South Africa 28 1.4k 2.1× 1.0k 1.5× 330 0.5× 427 1.5× 461 1.9× 173 3.7k
Nidhi Gupta India 20 797 1.2× 368 0.6× 387 0.6× 153 0.5× 285 1.2× 77 1.9k
Sheila Maria Alvim Matos Brazil 22 961 1.4× 419 0.6× 236 0.4× 170 0.6× 251 1.1× 93 2.1k
Philip James United Kingdom 15 788 1.2× 687 1.0× 394 0.6× 264 0.9× 360 1.5× 47 2.6k
Euan Woodward United Kingdom 25 506 0.7× 925 1.4× 396 0.6× 372 1.3× 188 0.8× 40 2.3k
Takashi Muto Japan 33 935 1.4× 784 1.2× 568 0.9× 349 1.2× 644 2.7× 174 3.6k
Nipun Shrestha Australia 24 672 1.0× 795 1.2× 90 0.1× 135 0.5× 485 2.0× 63 1.9k
Claire Nightingale United Kingdom 25 957 1.4× 520 0.8× 146 0.2× 161 0.6× 222 0.9× 64 1.8k
Fernando Rodríguez‐Rodríguez Chile 25 687 1.0× 614 0.9× 95 0.1× 282 1.0× 451 1.9× 146 2.2k
Yanhui Dong China 24 1.1k 1.6× 426 0.6× 137 0.2× 251 0.9× 300 1.3× 183 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Félix Assah

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Fields of papers citing papers by Félix Assah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Félix Assah

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Félix Assah. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Félix Assah 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 Félix Assah. Félix Assah 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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Tatah, Lambed, Feyisayo A. Odunitan-Wayas, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, et al.. (2024). Clustering of diet and physical activity behaviours in adolescents across home and school area-level deprivation in Cameroon, South Africa, and Jamaica. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3234–3234. 2 indexed citations
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Tatah, Lambed, Louise Foley, M. Camille, et al.. (2024). Individual and socio-environmental factors associated with active transport to school among adolescents in yaoundé. Journal of Transport & Health. 42. 101977–101977.
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Tatah, Lambed, Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Eugene J Kongnyuy, Félix Assah, & Jean Claude Mbanya. (2023). Shared correlates of maternal and childhood overweight in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health survey data. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1265–1265. 2 indexed citations
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Popoola, Olalekan, Félix Assah, Taibat Lawanson, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the Temporal and Seasonal Variabilities in Air Pollution and Implications for Physical Activity in Lagos and Yaoundé. Atmosphere. 14(11). 1693–1693. 1 indexed citations
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Lawanson, Taibat, Louise Foley, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, et al.. (2022). The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Cities & Health. 7(4). 563–572. 2 indexed citations
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Camille, M., Albert Koulman, Nita G. Forouhi, et al.. (2022). Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults in rural and urban settings. Nutrition and Diabetes. 12(1). 34–34. 8 indexed citations
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Brugulat-Panés, Anna, James Woodcock, Lisa J. Ware, et al.. (2022). Active travel and paratransit use in African cities: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography. Journal of Transport & Health. 28. 101558–101558. 10 indexed citations
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Camille, M., Albert Koulman, Nita G. Forouhi, et al.. (2021). Associations of Serum Folate and Holotranscobalamin with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Cameroon. Nutrients. 14(1). 178–178. 3 indexed citations
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Tatah, Lambed, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Maylene Shung-King, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Cameroon’s Sectoral Policies on Physical Activity for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(23). 12713–12713. 9 indexed citations
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Lawanson, Taibat, et al.. (2020). The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos. Cities & Health. 5(sup1). S204–S207. 12 indexed citations
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Assah, Félix, et al.. (2019). Predictors of Non-Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents Living with HIV in the Centre Region of Cameroon. American journal of public health research. 7(4). 126–136. 5 indexed citations
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Nansseu, Jobert Richie, Félix Assah, Jean Joël Bigna, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of major cardiovascular disease risk factors among a group of sub-Saharan African young adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon. BMJ Open. 9(10). e029858–e029858. 11 indexed citations
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Wisdom, Jennifer P., Pamela A. Juma, Catherine Ndinda, et al.. (2018). Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health. 18(S1). 954–954. 21 indexed citations
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Bigna, Jean Joël, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Félix Assah, et al.. (2017). Relationship between estimated cardiovascular disease risk and insulin resistance in a black African population living with HIV: a cross-sectional study from Cameroon. BMJ Open. 7(8). e016835–e016835. 9 indexed citations
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Nansseu, Jobert Richie, Jean Joël Bigna, Vicky Jocélyne Ama Moor, et al.. (2017). Atherogenic index of plasma and 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in adult Africans living with HIV infection: A cross-sectional study from Yaoundé, Cameroon. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 402250430–402250430. 13 indexed citations
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Nansseu, Jobert Richie, Vicky Jocélyne Ama Moor, Jean Joël Bigna, et al.. (2017). Insulin resistance and associated factors among HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross sectional study from Cameroon. Lipids in Health and Disease. 16(1). 148–148. 21 indexed citations
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Assah, Félix & Jean Claude Mbanya. (2009). Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa – Overview of a Looming Health Challenge. touchREVIEWS in Endocrinology. 5(0). 13–13. 9 indexed citations
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Fezeu, Léopold, Félix Assah, Beverley Balkau, et al.. (2008). Ten‐year Changes in Central Obesity and BMI in Rural and Urban Cameroon. Obesity. 16(5). 1144–1147. 59 indexed citations
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Mbanya, Dora, Félix Assah, Nicaise Ndembi, & Lazare Kaptué. (2006). Monitoring antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited settings: CD4 counts or total lymphocyte counts?. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 11(2). 157–160. 18 indexed citations

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