Filip Meheus

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Filip Meheus is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Filip Meheus has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Epidemiology and 13 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Filip Meheus's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (14 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (9 papers). Filip Meheus is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (14 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (9 papers). Filip Meheus collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Filip Meheus's co-authors include Marleen Boelaert, Di McIntyre, Jérôme Vignat, Melina Arnold, Mathieu Laversanne, Freddie Bray, Salvatore Vaccarella, Anne Ε. Cust, David C. Whiteman and Deependra Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Filip Meheus

57 papers receiving 3.5k 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 Burden of Cutaneous Melanoma in 2020 and Projections to 2040

2022 650 citations Jérôme Vignat, Salvatore Vaccarella et al. profile →
The current and future incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in 185 countries, 2020–40: A population-based modelling study

2022 412 citations Filip Meheus, Jérôme Vignat et al. profile →
The cost of inaction on physical inactivity to public health-care systems: a population-attributable fraction analysis

2022 196 citations Juana Willumsen, Filip Meheus et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Filip Meheus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Filip Meheus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Filip Meheus 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 Filip Meheus. Filip Meheus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global paid and unpaid productivity losses due to cancer-related mortality 2025 ·JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ·Yek‐Ching Kong, (unknown), Phuong Bich Tran, Jérôme Vignat, Freddie Bray, Cindy L. Gauvreau, Paul Hanly, Alison Pearce, Marianna de Camargo Cancela, (unknown), Nirmala Bhoo‐Pathy, André Ilbawi, Filip Meheus, Isabelle Soerjomataram	0
2	Socioeconomic Burden of Ovarian Cancer in 11 Countries 2025 ·JCO Global Oncology ·Brian Hutchinson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Garrison Spencer, André Ilbawi, Filip Meheus, (unknown), Raffaella Casolino	3
3	Novel Framework of Financial Hardship in Childhood Cancer: Incorporating Stakeholder Perspectives 2024 ·JCO Global Oncology ·Julie Ritter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Phillip Cohen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Beverley M. Essue, Felícia Marie Knaul, Sara Malone, Troy Quast, Russell S. Kirby, Eva Steliarova‐Foucher, I‐Chan Huang, Filip Meheus, Nickhill Bhakta	1
4	The cost of inaction on physical inactivity to public health-care systems: a population-attributable fraction analysis breakdown → 2022 ·The Lancet Global Health ·(unknown), Juana Willumsen, Filip Meheus, André Ilbawi, Fiona Bull	196
5	Temporal and geographical variations of thyroid cancer incidence and mortality in France during 1986–2015: The impact of overdiagnosis 2021 ·Cancer Epidemiology ·Mengmeng Li, Patricia Delafosse, Filip Meheus, Françoise Borson‐Chazot, Jean‐Christophe Lifante, Raphael Simon, (unknown), Jean‐Damien Combes, Luigino Dal Maso, Stéphanie Polazzi, Antoine Duclos, Marc Colonna, Salvatore Vaccarella	11
6	Productivity losses due to premature mortality from cancer in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS): A population-based comparison 2018 ·Cancer Epidemiology ·Alison Pearce, Linda Sharp, Paul Hanly, Антон Барчук, Freddie Bray, Marianna de Camargo Cancela, Prakash C. Gupta, Filip Meheus, You‐Lin Qiao, Freddy Sitas, Shaoming Wang, Isabelle Soerjomataram	87
7	What level of domestic government health expenditure should we aspire to for universal health coverage? 2017 ·Health Economics Policy and Law ·Di McIntyre, Filip Meheus, John‐Arne Røttingen	125
8	Benchmarking the Cost per Person of Mass Treatment for Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Approach Based on Literature Review and Meta-regression with Web-Based Software Application 2016 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Christopher Fitzpatrick, Fiona Fleming, (unknown), (unknown), Filip Meheus, Kingsley Asiedu, Anthony W. Solomon, Antonio Montresor, Gautam Biswas	42
9	An outbreak investigation of visceral leishmaniasis among residents of Dharan town, eastern Nepal, evidence for urban transmission of Leishmania donovani 2013 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Surendra Uranw, Epco Hasker, Lalita Roy, Filip Meheus, Murari Lal Das, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Suman Rijal, Marleen Boelaert	33
10	Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score to Target Viral Load Testing in Adults With Suspected First-Line Treatment Failure in Resource-Constrained Settings 2013 ·JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ·(unknown), Sopheak Thai, Olivier Koole, Joris Menten, Filip Meheus, Johan van Griensven, Lutgarde Lynen	14
11	Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage 2012 ·The Lancet ·Anne Mills, John E. Ataguba, James Akazili, Josephine Borghi, Bertha Garshong, Suzan Makawia, Gemini Mtei, Bronwyn Harris, J. Macha, Filip Meheus, Di McIntyre	240
12	Socio–economic aspects of neglected diseases: sleeping sickness and visceral leishmaniasis 2010 ·Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology ·Marleen Boelaert, Filip Meheus, Jo Robays, Pascal Lutumba	30
13	Combination therapy for visceral leishmaniasis 2010 ·The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Johan van Griensven, Manica Balasegaram, Filip Meheus, Jorge Alvar, Lutgarde Lynen, Marleen Boelaert	237
14	Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Combination Therapies for Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent 2010 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Filip Meheus, Manica Balasegaram, Piero Olliaro, Shyam Sundar, Suman Rijal, Md Abul Faiz, Marleen Boelaert	92
15	The poorest of the poor: a poverty appraisal of households affected by visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India 2009 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·Marleen Boelaert, Filip Meheus, Antonio Pérez Sánchez, Shri Prakash Singh, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Albert Picado, Bruno Meessen, Shyam Sundar	140
16	Superar la fragmentación y avanzar hacia la cobertura universal: claves desde Ghana, Sudáfrica y la República Unida de Tanzanía 2008 ·Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Di McIntyre, Bertha Garshong, Gemini Mtei, Filip Meheus, Michael Thiede, James Akazili, Mariam Ally, Moses Aikins, Jo-Ann Mulligan, Jane Goudge	3
17	Barriers to access to antiretroviral treatment in developing countries: a review 2008 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·(unknown), Filip Meheus, Henri van Asten, André van der Ven, Rob Baltussen	165
18	Achieving better measles immunization in developing countries: does higher coverage imply lower inequality? 2008 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Filip Meheus, Eddy van Doorslaer	22
19	Drug policy for visceral leishmaniasis: a cost‐effectiveness analysis 2007 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·Veerle Vanlerberghe, Graciela Diap, Philippe J. Guérin, Filip Meheus, Sibylle Gerstl, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Marleen Boelaert	47
20	Costs of patient management of visceral leishmaniasis in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India 2006 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·Filip Meheus, Marleen Boelaert, Rob Baltussen, Shyam Sundar	38

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